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Pyrenees Landscape - Early 20th Century French Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful early 20th century French impressionist oil on canvas depicting a Pyrenees landscape, by Georges Pacouil.
The work is signed lower left and inscribed with artist's name...
Category
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Landscape 110 by Jean Krille - Oil on masonite 100x100cm
By Jean Krille
Located in Geneva, CH
Jean Krillé’s paintings are known for their expressive use of color and dynamic, abstract forms, blending realism with abstraction in his depictions of nature. His landscapes often f...
Category
Neo-Expressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$3,600 Sale Price
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"BANKS OF BLUE" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY BLUEBONNETS RIVER 40X50 FRAMED
Located in San Antonio, TX
W. A. Slaughter
(1923 - 2003)
Dallas / San Antonio Artist
Size: 30 x 40
Frame: 40 x 50
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dated 1974
"Banks of Blue" Texas Bluebonnets
Biography
W. A. Slaughter (1...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Charming Vintage Seaside Oil Painting of Children Playing — Signed SB, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is this delightful vintage original oil painting on canvas, capturing an idyllic moment of childhood play by the seaside. Two young children—a boy and a girl—are shown en...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
White Doves Pigeons in Bird Cage Mid Century French Post Impressionist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
James Longueville, British Impressionism, Morston, North Norfolk oil painting
Located in Harkstead, GB
Beautiful light in this view of Morston the North Norfolk coast
James Longueville (born 1943)
Setting sail, Morston
Signed, inscribed with title to the reverse
Oil on board
16 x 24 ...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Rabbit Hunters
By Roger Medearis
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rabbit Hunters, egg tempera on Masonite, 12 x 9 inches, 1947, signed and dated lower left, signed, titled and dated verso “Rabbit Hunters Egg Tempera Roger Medearis 1947,” exhibited at Medearis' solo show at Kende Galleries, New York, in 1949 (Medearis’ record book, a copy of which is held by Vose Galleries in Boston, MA, indicates this is painting “No. 23” and that is was completed in 1947 and sold via Kende Galleries (at Gimbel Brothers...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Board
Modernist Mid century Swedish tram and figure scene in Fauvist colors
Located in Woodbury, CT
Acquiring a mid-20th-century Fauvist painting by Wilhelm Henning is an opportunity to own a piece of art that captures the vibrant spirit and expressive color palette of the Fauvist ...
Category
Fauvist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Sunset Cloudscape Gold Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract sunset oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 34H by 30L.
Category
Abstract 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
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Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Expressionist White Flower Still Life
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage abstract flower still life oil painting. Oil on paper. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang an...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Californian Coastline Seascape Landscape Impasto Painting by 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Californian Coastline Seascape Landscape Impasto Oil Painting by 20th Century Artist, Constance Lee
Art measures 19 x 15 inches
Frame measures 21 x 17 ...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1925 Solar Eclipse Winter Antique American Impressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 18H by 24L.
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,980 Sale Price
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Antique American Impressionist Framed New England Coastal Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted American impressionist coastal landscape painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed verso. Image size, 13 by 16 inches.
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,160 Sale Price
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Swiss Vintage Snow Caped Alpine Village Langscape
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6052 Swiss vintage snow caped village landscape in an ornate wood frame
Image size 11x16"
Category
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Swedish Hamlet in a Snowy Winter Landscape with Birch Trees by Danish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Swedish Hamlet in a Snowy Winter Landscape with Birch Trees by Danish Artist, Jens Christian Bennedsen (1893-1967).
Art measures 38 x 26 inches
Frame measures 44 x 32 inches
An oi...
Category
Realist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Blue Red & Green Abstract Expressionist Painting by British Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Blue, Red & Green Abstract Expressionist Painting, entitled 'Tropical City #1', an extremely rare early work from leading British Contemporary Artist...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Cotton, Paint, Varnish, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, ...
English Farmhouse in Countryside Miniature Oil Painting by 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
English Farmhouse in Countryside Miniature Oil Painting by 20th Century Artist
Art measures 6 x 2.5 inches
Frame measures 12 x 8 inches
Framed, Mounted, Signed, Unique Original ...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
French Vintage Oil Painting View over old town
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"View over the Town"
by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013)
oil painting on board, unframed
Size 8.75 x 12.5 inches
The painting could not have better provenance - having come fr...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Roses et Fuschias - Impressionist Still Life Oil Painting by Maxime Maufra
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas still life painting circa 1909 by French impressionist painter Maxime Maufra. The piece depicts pink roses and fuchsias in a garden.
Signature:
Signed lower l...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Impressionist Framed Cherry Blossom Landscape Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful American impressionist landscape oil painting by John J. Inglis (1867 - 1946). Colorful and vibrant cherry blossom view. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 24H...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Southern California Grapevine Valley, Large-Scale 1930's Landscape
By Jene Jackman
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous large-scale pastel colored landscape of a Southern California grapevine valley by Eugene (Jene) Jackman (American, 1910-1970), 1937. Rolling hills sprawl across this vast la...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,280 Sale Price
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Mid-Century French Watercolour Beach Scene With Green Umbrella and Seated Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-Century French Watercolour Beach Scene With Green Umbrella and Seated Figure
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Medium: Watercolor on unframed paper
Size: 13....
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Antique American Modernist Framed Large Abstract Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract oil painting by Martin Rosenthal (1899 - 1974). Oil on board. Measuring 28 by 42 inches overall and 26 by 40 painting alone. Oil on board. Signed. In exc...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,420 Sale Price
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French Impressionist Oil Painting of Lakeside Trees and Cottage Path
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Lakeside Trees and Cottage Path
by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 11.25 inches (height) x 10 inches (width)
Gouache painting on card, un...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Modernist Fauvist Oil Painting Constantin Kluge French Countryside Blooms
Located in Surfside, FL
Constantine Kluge (French 1912-2003)
Les Pommiers en Fleurs
Oil on canvas of apple trees in bloom
Hand signed lower right.
Provenance: purchased from Wally Findlay Galleries. (bear...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Near to Romont, Vaud" by Claude Sauthier - Oil on Canvas - 130x130 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Claude Sauthier was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1929 and passed away in the same city in 2016. He studied at the Geneva School of Decorative Arts and initially worked as a graphi...
Category
Modern 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Farm in the English Countryside with Warm Golden Brown & Lush Green Colours
Located in Preston, GB
Farm in the English Countryside with Warm Golden Brown & Lush Green Colours by 20th Century British Artist, Christopher Osborne.
Art measures 10 x 8 inches
Frame measures 13 x 11 ...
Category
Photorealist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Harbor Scene with Boats and Waterfront
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Harbor Scene with Boats and Waterfront
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 8.75 x 10.75 inches (height x width)
Signed: Yes
Oil painting o...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Park Spring (Impressionistic Figurative Painting of Figures in a Park Landscape)
Located in Hudson, NY
Modern impressionist style figurative painting of a family in a colorful park landscape
“Park Spring” painted by William Clutz in 1996
60 x 50 inches in a natural wood floater frame
Wire backing, signed lower right
This figurative oil on canvas painting was made in 1996 by William Clutz as part of a series of works called "Crossings". These paintings were a study of NYC dwellers engaging in the simple, daily activity of crossing the street. In this piece, Clutz captures a joyful moment of a mother and father walking in a sunlit park landscape with their young child. Bright sunlight radiates through lush fall foliage and fills the scene with a soft orange light. With broad, expressionistic brushstrokes, he discovers the extraordinary in the ordinary, by emphasizing the effects of sunlight on the human form. The painting is in excellent condition and is framed in a natural wood floater frame.
More about the artist:
In New York in the early 50's and 60's, abstract expressionism was the orthodox approach to art at the time. However, Clutz was committed to his personal style that focused on abstracted human figures within urban tableaux. Working in a context of artists who challenged abstract expressionism's popularity in New York, Clutz established himself as a significant proponent of abstract figuration. His paintings focus on human figures within the urban environment, often exposing the transfiguration of his subjects as they travel through the complex light of city streets or summer parks, as shown in two of his early works.
Clutz's interest in working from direct observation of urban life was influenced by a long-standing interest in German Expressionism, as well as artists like Henri Matisse, Arshile Gorky, and Nicholas De Stael...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Hill Looking Over the Water, Early 20th Century Landscape by Paul Kujal
By Paul Kujal
Located in Soquel, CA
Hill Looking Over the Water, Early 20th Century Landscape by Paul Kujal
Serene depiction of a hill looking out over the water by Paul Kujal (Austrian, 1888...
Category
Naturalistic 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Framed Fauvist Forest Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted American school fauvist landscape painting. Great colors and modern composition. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 16"H by 20L. Excellent condition and ready to ...
Category
Fauvist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gandria by Moser - Watercolor on paper 17x24 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on watercolor paper
Category
Modern 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$160 Sale Price
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On the way to school
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Dimension with frame 53 x 69.5 x 4 cm
On the way to school. This captivating work depicts a picturesque rural scene, imbued with tranquility and nostalgia. The winding...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Trees on the Coast, Mid Century Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic California coastal scene by an unknown artist. The orientation of brushstrokes in this piece create a sense of movement in the trees and the grass, hinting at the way the win...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Fiberboard
$540 Sale Price
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European Post Impressionist Mountain Valley Town Modern Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
This expressive mid-century landscape painting captures a rugged mountain setting with bold, gestural brushwork and a vivid, modernist palette. Likely painted by a European post impr...
Category
Fauvist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique American Impressionist Seal Rocks California Coastal Seascape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted early American impressionist seacape painting by Elmer Ellsworth Garnsey (1862 - 1946). Oil on board. Framed. Signed verso. Image s...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1930's French Impressionist Oil Fishing Boats Drying Nets Beached Estuary
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Drying Nets
Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist
signed oil on board unframed
board: 16 x 13 inches
inscribed verso
Provenance: private collection, Paris
Condition: overall goo...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Medieval Castle on a Cliff by the Sea on North Coast of Ireland by Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Medieval Castle on a Cliff by the Sea on North Coast of Ireland by 20th Century Irish Artist, John Wright. An impressionistic impasto original oil painting of Dunce Castle, used in Game of Thrones.
Art measures 24 x 18 inches
Frame measures 34 x 28 inches
This vibrant painting captures the dramatic beauty of a rugged coastal scene, dominated by an ancient castle perched atop a rocky cliff. The artist's dynamic brushwork and bold use of color bring the landscape to life, with the turquoise and blue hues of the sea contrasting against the warm, sunlit rocks and castle walls. The swirling water and textured rocks in the foreground add depth and movement, making the scene both captivating and lively. Encased in a classic gold-trimmed frame, this artwork is a striking piece that will add a touch of historical grandeur and natural beauty to any space.
Dunluce Castle is a now-ruined medieval castle in Northern Ireland, the seat of Clan MacDonnell. It is located on the edge of a basalt outcropping in County Antrim and is accessible via a bridge connecting it to the mainland. The castle is surrounded by extremely steep drops on either side, which may have been an important factor to the early Christians and Vikings who were drawn to this place where an early Irish fort once stood.
Dunluce is one of the most picturesque and romantic of Irish Castles. With evidence of settlement from the first millennium, the present castle ruins date mainly from the 16th and 17th Centuries. It was inhabited by both the feuding McQuillan and MacDonnell clans.
Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster, built the first castle at Dunluce, In the 13th century. The earliest features of the castle are two large drum towers about 9 metres (30 ft) in diameter on the eastern side, both relics of a stronghold built here by the McQuillans after they became lords of the "an Rúta" (territory) in the early 1500s.
Later Dunluce Castle became the home of the chief of the Clan MacDonnell of Antrim and later John Mor MacDonald the 6th chief Clan Donald of Scotland. In 1584 with the passing off John Mor MacDonald, the Antrim Glens and Castle were seized by Sorley Boy MacDonnell, making it the seat again solely of the MacDonnell Clan. Sorley Boy took the castle, keeping it for himself and improving it in the Scottish style. Sorley Boy swore allegiance to the crown and his son Randal was made 1st Earl of Antrim by King James I.
The Girona, a galleass (Ship) from the Spanish Armada, was wrecked in a storm on the rocks at Lacada Point on the night of 26 October 1588. Cannons from the ship were installed in the gatehouses and the rest of the cargo sold, funding restoration of the castle.
Dunluce Castle served as the seat of the Earl of Antrim until the impoverishment of the MacDonnells in 1690, following the Battle of the Boyne...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Port-Villez Neige Original French Landscape Impressionistic Riverscape Painting
Located in Preston, GB
French Landscape Impressionistic Riverscape Painting by Modern French Artist, Georges Charles Robin (1903-2003). View of the River Seine, France, during the snow melt. Oil on Canvas, Signed on the lower right (faintly). Presented in an authentic period frame with canvas slip.
Art measures 29 x 23 inches
Frame measures 36 x 30 inches (approx.)
Born in Paris in 1903, Georges Charles Robin was a student of Paul Michel Dupuy...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Gesso
Mid Century Seascape and Figural Original oil painting on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Seascape and Figural Original oil painting on Linen 1956
Solitary figure on wharf by California artist Robert Watson, painted 1956 (1923 - 2004)The following, is from To...
Category
American Realist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Antique American Impressionist Fall Landscape Signed Framed New England Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist landscape oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed in monogram. Image size, 12H by 16L.
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$620 Sale Price
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Vitnage American Modernist Abstract Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 10H by 10L.
Category
Abstract 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Traditional English Oil Country Cottage Children Playing in Lane & Chickens
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Country Lane
by Les Parsons (British b. 1945) * see below
signed
oil on canvas, framed in swept gilt frame.
framed: 15.5 x 19.5 inches
canvas: 12 x 16...
Category
Victorian 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary', Ventura Art Museum, Large Oil, UCSB, MFA, PAMF
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower right, 'R. S.' for Richard Schloss (American, born 1953) and dated 1982; additionally signed and dated, verso.
A substantial and luminous landscape by this well-lis...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Stowe Vermont Village Sleigh Ride, Mid Century Winter Figurative Landscape
By Walter Thomas Sacks
Located in Soquel, CA
Stowe Vermont Village Sleigh Ride - Mid Century Winter Figurative Landscape
A bright, crisp morning and a sleigh ride through new snow in Stowe, Vermont...
Category
Post-War 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chauncey Foster Ryder Landscape with Figures Oil Painting 1868-1949 Tonalist
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
CHAUNCEY FOSTER RYDER (American, 1868-1949),
Pasture Lands
oil/canvas signed LR 31.5 x 39.5 image, 40.5 x 48.5 framed
A wonderfully subtle tonalist painting by Ryder incorporating a farmer/farmhand probably moving cows about the pastures mid right in the scene. Ryder uses a subtle S design from lower left that zig zags up to the figure and cows. The painting shows Ryder's masterful use of abstract design and technique utilizing textures in his application of paint giving the painting life and interest.
Original frame, some craquelure in sky, old surface. Bears Newhouse Galleries, possibly NYC, label verso.
The painting hangs in my collection currently and would benefit from a cleaning and new varnish. It is a large museum quality oil painting.
SHIPPING-This will need In Home Delivery service as it is too large for me to pack. The handling time is listed as 10 days but is dependent on who 1stdibs hires and their schedule to pick up and deliver. 3 -7 weeks is listed in the shipping section for this service. Buyer can also arrange for their own pick up.
Bio-
Chauncey Foster Ryder (29 February 1868 – 18 May 1949)[1] was an early 20th century American Postimpressionist Tonalist landscape painter known for a green-gray palette termed 'Ryder green'.
Education and personal life
Ryder was born in 1868 in Danbury, Connecticut, but grew up mainly in New Haven.[2][3] He began studying painting as a boy. In his early twenties, he moved to Chicago to attend the Art Institute,[4] then Smith's Academy.[5] After only a year at the latter, he was hired as an instructor.[5]
In 1891, he married Mary Dole Keith.[5] In 1901, they moved to Paris, France, where Ryder continued his art education, studying with Jean-Paul Laurens at the Académie Julian. Ryder stayed in France for several years, living in an art colony at Étaples and exhibiting his work at the Paris Salon (1903–1909).[3] He took on occasional students, including American painter William Posey Silva...
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Tonalist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Apples, Hommage to Rousseau, Large, Square, Naive Oil on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large square French fantasy naive oil on canvas by Jean Henry Brossat. Signed to the front and bearing a title in Russian (?) script to the rear. In a plai...
Category
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,135 Sale Price
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French Impressionist Still Life of Pink and Peach Roses in Blue Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Still Life of Pink and Peach Roses in Blue Vase
By F. Le Lay
Size: 10.75 x 8.75 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unframed
Condition: The pai...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painting Normandy Dieppe harbor Naïve art French 20th
Located in PARIS, FR
20th century French painting
View of the quays of Dieppe, Normandy
Oil on canvas (old canvas)
Located at the bottom left "Dieppe"
47 x 65 cm
Naïve art of th...
Category
French School 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early 20th Century Plein Air Study for Homesteader Colorado Mountain Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Robert Azensky Fine Art is pleased to offer original 1909 sketch study of oil painting "Homesteader Colorado Mountain" painting by Frank Tenney Johnson.
It's always special to see the evolution of a painting through the plein air sketches ("studies") by the artist prior to its painting. Frank Tenney Johnson traveled throughout the Colorado Rockies sketching and painting western landscapes and native American and cowboy figurative art.
Medium: Charcoal on paper
Signature: Lower left corner
Date: "1909" below signature
Condition: Tonal aging and minor edge wear consistent with age and use. See images.
Presented in black painted wood frame
Mat size: 14"H x 11"W
Paper size: 9"H x 6"W
Image size (visible with mat): 8"H x 5.25"W
Frank Tenney Johnson was born in Coucil Bluffs, Iowa, in 1874 not far from the Overland Trail. During his childhood, he saw the steady stream of people heading west in all forms of horse-drawn conveyance. This early exposure to the American West was critical in leading Johnson towards the Western landscape as an inspiration for his work. The resulting body of work is a moody and romantic depiction of a long-gone America, rendered in a style that has become practically a genre all its own.
At the age of ten, Johnson moved from Iowa to Milwaukee, WI. There, he took an apprenticeship with F.W. Heinie, a prominent panoramic painter. After a year with Heinie, Johnson apprenticed for Richard Lorenz, a painter and former Texas Ranger who specialized in depictions of horses and western scenes. It was probably during his time with Lorenz that Johnson decided to focus on western subjects himself. He also started illustrating for regional papers and publications, in order to save money for further training.
Further training, as with many of the artists who populated New Mexico in the early twentieth century, took place at the Art Students League in New York, where Robert Henri, William Merritt Chase, John Twachtman, Kenneth Hayes Miller and F. Louis Mora were in the process of teaching perhaps the last great batch of pre-modernists. Though highly stimulated by the training, Johnson was only able to stay for five months, after which he returned to Milwaukee to work and save money in an effort to return to New York. He was able to do so after a time and, upon returning, established an important professional relationship with Emerson Hough, the editor of "Field & Stream" magazine.
At Hough's urging (and on Hough's dime), Johnson traveled to Hayden, Colorado, where he tagged along with a group of cowpunchers in order to sketch their way of life. Though primarily an artist, Johnson also wrote accounts of his time in Colorado for "Field & Stream." After Colorado came Cheyenne, Wyoming, where Johnson attended a "Frontier Days" celebration; after Wyoming, Johnson traveled to New Mexico, where he observed the Navajos and their threatened way of life. This trip changed Johnson from an academic artist with an appreciation for the west to a truly western artist.
Of particular interest to him, in stark contrast to other western artists of the time like Frederic Remington and C.M. Russell, were the more quotidian scenes of the West. Specifically, Johnson focused upon scenes featuring horses, especially at night. Johnson painted a great number of pieces that featured horses tied up outside of saloons, inns or trading posts for the night, the moonlit night punctuated by the warm glow from the lamps inside. In this, he can be considered a pioneer, as his night pieces still serve as the archetype for such work in western art.
Johnson became quite successful through his work for "Field & Stream." He was chosen to illustrate books by the prominent writer Zane Grey, and his gallery shows sold briskly. In fact, one particular show, at the Grand Central Art Galleries at the Biltmore Hotel in New York, sold out opening night. In fact, one man had bought out the entire show: Amon Carter. Having achieved financial security and comfort, Johnson followed his good friend Clyde Forsythe to Alhambra, CA, where the two established residency and shared a studio.
California treated Johnson well. He and Forsythe founded the gallery at the Los Angeles Biltmore...
Category
Hudson River School 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Laid Paper
Provence Countryside Landscape Red Roofs French Expressionist Original Painting
By Akos Biro
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
AKOS BIRO (HUNGARIAN 1911-2002)
gouache/ painting
board size: 9.5 x 10.75 inches
Beautifully colourful, original painting by the very popular and highly regarded Hungarian/ French p...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Antique American School Cubist Signed Framed Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 12H by 10L.
Category
Cubist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,180 Sale Price
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Antique American School Cubist Signed Rare Early Framed Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed.
Category
Cubist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,160 Sale Price
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Antique American Female Impressionist Wild Flower Landscape Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist flower landscape painting by Lila Caroline McGillivray Knowles (1886 - 1979). Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Image size, 10 by 12 inches.
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vilanoveta Sitges Spain oil on canvas painting spanish landscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Carrer de la Vilanoveta
Artist: Rafael Monzó (Sitges, 1952)
Year: 1979
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 18.1 x 15 inches (21.7 x 18.5 inches framed)
Signature: Lower lef...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,060 Sale Price
25% Off
Figures on the Beach - Mid 20th Century French Impressionist Seaside Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful 1950's French impressionist oil on board depicting a busy coastal scene with figures on the beach and sailing boats on the sea.
The work is very well painted and atmosp...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Place de Furstenberg Paris St. Germain 1950's French Signed Modernist Oil Paint
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
La Place de Furstenberg
French School, mid 20th century
titled verso,
signed front and back
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 26 x 31 inches
canvas: 21 x 26 inches
provenance: private c...
Category
Modern 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Spanish Landscape with Farmhouse oil painting Spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Spanish Landscape with Farmhouse
Artist: Rafael Duran Benet (Barcelona, 1931–2015)
Technique: Oil on canvas board
Dimensions: 13 x 16.1 in
Signature: Signed "R. Duran" in ...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$542 Sale Price
23% Off
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 16H by 20L.
Category
Abstract 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$460 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Impressionist French view of Montmartre, Paris, France
Located in Woodbury, CT
Y. Gonez (French, mid-20th century)
Market Scene, Montmartre with Sacré-Cœur, ca. 1950s
Oil on canvas, in a Montparnasse-style frame
In this lively street scene, Y. Gonez captures t...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil