Early 20th Century Landscape Paintings

Albert Charpentier was born on December 18, 1878 in Paris. A pupil of Jean-Léon Gérôme, Fernand Cormon and Marcel Baschet, he is a genre and portrait painter, member of the Society ...

This is a very rare painting by Louisville, Kentucky native Goldsborough Cowan Robinson. He was born in 1887 to Charles Bonnycastle Robinson (1853-1928) and his wife Helen Blasdell ...

Artist: Santinetti, Italian (XIXth-XXth) Title: Sailboats in Venice Year: 1900 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 14 in. x 30 in. (35.56 cm x 76.2 cm) Frame: 26.5 x 36 inches

Artist/ School: Suzanne Crochet (French c. 1930 female French Impressionist artist), signed Title: The Old Provencal Village Medium: oil on board, un...

Early 20th Century Impressionist Oil Painting C.1920 Original oil on board Dimensions 16" wide x 11" high The distres...

A whimsical oil painting depicting a park scene in Paris during spring by Luigi Cagliani. As an Italian Impressionist artist, most of Cagliani's works were produced in the first half...

Piccola pittura a olio ,luminoso paesaggio della Bretagna francese, molto luminoso,splendida cornice

Glücksburg Castle near Flensburg is an original modern artwork realized in the first half of 20th Century Oil on hardboard. Hand signed "H. Th. Nöbbe" on the lower margin. Include...

The Scottish Highlands Charles M.C Kinley (British antique) signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 18.5 x 26 inches canvas: 16 x 24 inches provenance: private collection, Engl...

George Howell Gay (American, 1858-1931) Untitled Seascape, c. late 19th-early 20th century Watercolor on board 12 x 17 3/4 in. Framed: 16 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. Signed lower right: Geo Howell Gay George H. Gay was well known for his watercolor landscapes, seascapes and paintings of rivers and ships, mostly along the shores of New England. Gay also painted snowscapes, but these are scarcer. It is unusual to find an oil painting by this artist, as he worked mainly in watercolor. Some of his works display a tonalist aesthetic. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 2, 1858, and lived in Chicago and then in 1889, settled in Bronxville, New York. Gay was a pupil of Paul Brown and Henry Elkins in Chicago. He is known to have exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1890; Boston Art...

Artist/ School: Suzanne Crochet (French c. 1930) French Impressionist artist Title: The French Countryside Medium: oil on board, unframed Size: board: 8.5 x 13 inches Provenan...

Aris Knikker (1887 - 19662) Dutch landscape with cows resting underneath a tree and windmill on the horizon Signed lower right A. Knikker Oil on canvas Di...

Antique American impressionist landscape painting by Edna Thurber (1887 - 1981). Oil on canvas, circa 1915. Signed. Displayed in a period impressionist ...

Kenneth R. Nunamaker paints a small community of homes on a snowy day with mountains in the background in his artwork entitled, “Snowy Winter Landscape on the Delaware.”

Beautiful landscape depicting an idyllic view of a stream at College Lake with craftsman home in Watsonville, California by William Lemos (American, 1861-1942), c.1920s. Signed "Lemo...

Charles Henry Miller (American, 1842-1922) The Road and The Ridge, c. late 1800s-early 1900s Oil on canvas 24 x 32 in. Signed lower left: Cha. H. Miller Inscribed verso: "The Road and The Ridge" Charles Henry Miller was a noted artist and painter of landscapes from Long Island, New York. The American poet Bayard Taylor called him, "The artistic discoverer of the little continent of Long Island." Miller was educated at Mount Washington Collegiate Institute, and graduated in medicine at the New York Homeopathic Institute in 1864. Before his graduation, he had occasionally painted pictures, and in 1860 he exhibited The Challenge Accepted at the National Academy of Design, in New York City. He lived in Queens at the summer estate, Queenslawn, originally purchased by his parents. He went abroad in 1864 and again in 1867, and was a pupil in the Bavarian Royal Academy at Munich under the instruction of Adolf Lier...

Early Twentieth Century Newlyn School Marine Pure Seas Oil Painting, entitled Cornish Blue by the artist, most likely a view of the sea around Newlyn and Penzance. It is a study in l...

Work on canvas Golden wooden frame 67 x 100 x 4.5 cm

Arbre à l'Automne à Saint Paul Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968) Circa 1920's Pastel on paper, signed lower left 12 x 9 inches Raymond Thibesart was born into an affluent famil...

Artistic stippling has come in to its own, in this delicate river scene. In the foreground a single figure stands to the left of small arched bridge, above a red roofed church and vi...

"Cows at Rest in Front of the Barn" Michael Therkildsen (Danish, 1850 - 1925) Oil on canvas 9 x 14 3/4 (15 3/4 x 21 1/4 frame) inches Signed lower left The son of farmer Hans Micha...

An impressive painting in size and execution, a frosty winter day in a birch grove with a small pond. The orange-yellow sunset reflected on the surface of the pond creates the illusion of bizarre reflections. The frosty haze that has enveloped the forest intertwines with the approaching twilight, enhancing the sense of depth and atmosphere. On the right we see a traveler returning from the forest with an armful of brushwood on his back. In the distance a small flock of birds flies in, alarmed by something, bringing a sense of movement to this scene. The contrast of bright and cold shades creates an atmosphere of calm and silence...

Wilhelm Feldmann (1859 Lüneburg - 1932 Lübeck), Sunny forest landscape, c. 1900. Oil on canvas, marouflaged on wood, 37 cm x 48 cm (inside dimensions), 42.5 cm x 53.5 cm (frame), sig...

Turn of 20th Century Spanish-American War Coast Guard Cutter with Cannons Original Oil Painting A fine example of maritime ship portraiture oil painting of a Coast Guard Cutter with cannons under sails during the Spanish American War by renowned Nautical British/American painter Captain William Lindsay Challoner (British/American 1852-1901), 1901. Auction values Luminous and striking painting with seaman unfurling sails heading into rough waters. Challoner served as captain of a naval vessel (Coast Guard Cutter) during the Spanish-American War. Here he is depicted on the deck of the ship while seamen scramble aloft on the rigging during a gale. The captain stands tall before the cannons at the ready to fend off intruders. His paintings are rare and highly prized by museums and Nautical collectors alike. Signed: Lower right corner "W. Challoner" Not framed Dated: "1910" Provenance: A local Monterey Bay area estate find. Condition: Professionally restored (conservation report available) Image size: 27.75"H x 47.38"W William Lindsay Challoner lived the peripatetic life of a mariner, spending much of his time at sea, and in ports such as New Orleans and San Francisco, California. He was born in Bedminster, England, and attended the York Naval Academy. In 1880, Challoner married Mary Cadogan. That same year, the couple immigrated to Argentina and then New Orleans. They had one son, William Lindsay Challoner, Jr. Lloyd’s Lists record Challoner as master aboard J.P. Macheca, a “Clipper Schooner” running bananas from Jamaica during the mid-1880s. The clipper also raced at the Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans. As is often the case, Challoner’s middle name is misspelled as “Lindsey” in J.P. Macheca & Co. records. He is also said to have served as captain for vessels in the Morgan Line. Painting was at first an avocation for Challoner, but his draftsmanship and handling of paint suggest academic training. He may also have learned to make precise topographical drawings at the York Naval Academy. Many of his ship portraits are in the English tradition, notably followers of Samuel Walker, a leading English maritime artist in the 1850s. Like his Liverpool counterparts, Challoner used receding linear and atmospheric perspective to focus on the crisp portraits of specific ships. At their best, his canvases are highly finished, a style that imitates the Venetian tradition of topographical city views associated with Giovanni Antonio Canal, also known as Canaletto. However, Challoner’s restrained bravura paint handling also may bear witness to the influence of the French Impressionists. Challoner seems to have arrived in New Orleans about 1880. He advertised in the press and exhibited at the Creole Art Gallery and Grunewald’s Music Store in New Orleans. In 1887, Challoner moved to San Francisco, where he exhibited his maritime scenes at the Mechanic’s Institute and became a U.S. citizen. He may have been back in New Orleans after 1891, and served as captain of a naval vessel during the Spanish-American War. His art clients tended to be men involved in the shipping industry—ship owners and commission merchants, along with professional clubs and maritime benevolent societies. Challoner’s principal competition in New Orleans was August Norieri, a talented ship portraitist and painter of marines. While Norieri lived hand-to-mouth, Challoner drew a handsome salary working as a ship captain, presumably until shortly before his death at the age of 49. Securing the commission for painting the newly founded New Orleans Yacht Club suggests that Challoner was held in higher regard as an artist than Norieri. The two artists together met the market demand for ship portraiture and marine views in the port city, as had Edward Arnold and James Guy...

North Park, Kendall oil/canvas laid to panel image 9 x 12 Purchased from the artist in 2003. This is a beautiful plein air painting done in North Park, Kendall. This is one of three ...

Work on wood Golden frame Dimensions with frame : 51.5 x 37 x 3.5 cm This work of art depicts a bustling market scene in the heart of Naples' Old Town, characterized by monumental ar...

Work signed Jeannet, artist unknown from the gallery. Dated 1927 Sold with frame, total size with frame is 44x56 cm

Signed and dated post impressionist riverscape oil on canvas by French painter Ferdinand du Puigaudeau. This stunning and large work depicts a view of the river Loire in Nantes, Fran...

This evocative early 20th-century oil painting by Scottish artist Robert Russell MacNee RGI (1880-1952) depicts a farm with a track, horses, and figures. MacNee was an accomplished p...

"Houseboats in Moon Light", a rare early 20th century tonalist nocturnal harbor landscape scene at Greenbrae Boardwalk, San Rafael, California by Charles Rollo Peters (American, 1862-1928), 1912. Inscribed "Charles Rollo Peters Greenbrae, 1912" in the lower left corner. Presented in an antique giltwood frame. Image size: 19.5"H x 25.25"W Auction record high for this noted Nocturnal and Tonalist artist is $58,000. Rare works like this one range $30,000-$35,000. (Note: the photos showing the inscribed signature have been adjusted to show contrast and the artists inscribed signature in other photos enhanced by acrylic over inscription in the oil paint for visibility). Although not noted on verso, the title is taken from two others done the same year at Greenbrae Boardwalk near San Rafael, California. Charles Rollo Peters (American, 1862-1928), called "The Poet of Night", is best known for his Tonalist landscapes, especially nocturnes, with much of his subject matter being scenes around his home in Monterey, California. James McNeill Whistler, who promoted the Tonalist aesthetic in Europe, was a major influence on his painting, and "is reported to have said that Peters was the only artist other than himself who could paint nocturnes." (Gerdts) As Peters matured, his life became increasingly tumultuous, but the one stable part of his existence was his painting. He continued to pour his emotions into his work, creating lonely, mysterious nocturnes with a palette of deep blues and blacks. The scenes were invariably dotted with a speck of light emanating from the moon or a lighted window. His landscapes usually displayed a more prominent sky view and often included a winding path or road trailing off in the distance. Peters was born in San Francisco in 1862 to a wealthy family, and in San Francisco attended Bates Private School for Boys and the City College, where his talent for sketching and painting became obvious and was encouraged. After graduation from the College, he spent time as a commercial artist, but this pursuit did not hold his interest. In the mid 1880s, he began to study privately with Jules Tavernier and also attended classes with Virgil Williams and Christian Jorgensen at the California School of Design. During this period, he painted Bay-Area scenery. In 1886, he began a four-year period of study and travel in Europe, enrolling in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian. His teachers were Jean-Leon Gerome and Fernand Cormon. In San Francisco, where he returned in 1890, he met and married Kathleen Mary Murphy, and the couple immediately departed for an extended trip to England and France. Peters painted the countryside and produced numerous landscape paintings, especially moonlit views of Brittany and Paris---his first nocturnes, encouraged by the aesthetic of Whistler, whose influence was pervasive in England and France. Upon his return to California about 1895, Peters held a large show in San Francisco and was able to sell many of his works. Soon after, he and his family relocated to Monterey, California where Peters became interested in California adobe ruins and missions as subjects for his paintings. Night paintings with rich blues highlighted by moon light became his signature work. Like most Tonalists, he painted in his studio. It was written of him that Monterey residents often saw him "wandering about in the semi-darkness, taking down notes here and there, studying the different phases of light, and creating a vivid mental picture of the scene he wished to paint." (Lowrey 158) In 1899, he made a tour with his collection of paintings through Chicago, Maine, Long Island, and New York City where he held a solo exhibition at the Union Club and received very favorable publicity. One reviewer of the Union Club work wrote: "The artist has studied the atmospheric effect of the night to good purpose, and in the representation of the silvery gray of moonlight he has arrived at singular proficiency." Peters returned to Monterey in 1900, and purchased thirty acres of land where he built an estate. He exhibited in the annual exhibitions of the San Francisco Art Association and the Bohemian Club. Along with William Keith, Xavier...

Sunset on sea English School, early 1900's original watercolor painting on artists paper, unframed overall paper size: 7.75 x 11 inches From a large private collection of English w...

Compelling fauvist seascape with boldly colorful ocean waves and glowing sunset by Northern California artist John Ramm (American, 1879-1948), 1929. Impasto brush strokes add depth and interest to high voltage color palette. Signed lower right corner and dated on stretcher "29" . Condition: Good; minor edge losses professionally restored/in-painted. Signature slightly augmented to enhance readability. Image size: 22"H x 28"W. The son of German immigrants, John Henry Ramm was the son of German immigrants, and his father had been a Duke in his native land. Ramm moved to San Francisco in 1893 and worked as an apprentice to a photographer. He married Nettie Hoist in Sacramento and they lived in San Francisco. He was a close friend of painter Manuel Valencia...

Signed lower right, "C. Stilling" for Carl Conrad Stilling (Danish, 1874-1938) and inscribed 'Hyères'; dated lower left, '1928' and titled in Danish, verso...

Fauvist signed oil on canvas riverscape circa 1920 by French post impressionist painter Robert Antoine Pinchon. The work depicts a view of the R...

Very impressive impressionist coastal scene. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.

Eugène Galiany aka Eugène GALIEN-LALOUE (1854-1941) A delightful pastoral Normandy landscape by the master of this genre Galien-Laloue. Signed E Galiany and presented in a walnut ...

Gorgeous California landscape titled, "Sunrise on Tin Mountain, Death Valley" with Oak in foreground and mountains and Eucalyptus trees in background by Edward Langley...

Anthony Thieme Dismantled Boat Signed lower right Oil on canvas 30 x 25 inches Anthony Thieme was born in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam in 1888. He studied at the Academy of Fine...

Work on canvas Molded frame in plaster and gilded wood 81 x 94 x 6 cm Geneva landscape painted on the back of the canvas This captivating work depicts a rural landscape, rich in d...

A fine impressionist landscape in the Souhegan Valley of New Hampshire, probably Wilton, by American artist Chauncey Foster Ryder (1868-1949). Ryder grew up in New Haven, Connecticut...

Signed impressionist oil on canvas landscape painting by French painter Maxime Maufra. The piece depicts people rowing boats through the flooded streets in Paris. Signature: Signed...

Crop Meadow English School, early 1900's original watercolor painting on artists paper, unframed overall paper size: 8 x 11.25 inches From a large private collection of English wat...

In the tradition of 1930s impressionist, here is a painting by H. A. Burnham of a harbor scene, displaying confident brushstrokes and a striking tropical palette. This oil painting c...

A lovely scene adeptly painted by listed American artist and illustrator Jan Nosek (1876 - 1966) who was active in the late 19th and early 20th Century. This scene created in the ea...

Antique American modernist flower still life oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1910. Signed on verso. Image size, 18L x 23H. Housed in a period frame.

Signed lower left, 'Henri Buron' for Henri Lucien Joseph Buron (French, 1880-1969) and dated lower right 1927; additionally signed verso and dated. The painting is displayed in a cu...

This oil on canvas painting was done by the American artist, Warren Sheppard. Signed twice lower left. One signature over another. See signatures photo's. Circa 1920 to 1930. Recently lightly cleaned and gold leaf frame custom made for the painting. Overall 27 by 37 inches. Some craquelure; mainly in sky. Otherwise, good condition. A student of Dutch marine artist, Mauritz de Haas, Warren Sheppard built two successful careers around his love of the sea: marine painting and yacht designing. He was born in Greenwich, New Jersey, a town on the Delaware River below Philadelphia, which has been associated with ships and shipping since the earliest Colonial times. His father was a sea captain and the young Sheppard took many voyages with his father to make artistic studies. He learned perspective drawing at Cooper Union in New York City in addition to his studies with de Haas. In 1879, he spent four months sketching Mediterranean port cities including Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples and Messina in Sicily. Between 1888 and 1893, he also studied painting in Venice and Paris. By the time he was in his mid-thirties, he had established himself as a successful illustrator and painter. The yachts he painted were the most lavish of his day, owned by the wealthiest of men. He was an expert in the design and rigging of ships of present and earlier times. His work was highly regarded for its authenticity as well as its artistic merit.Sheppard was also an expert navigator and sailed a number of famous yachts in races. Twice he was to command Tamerlane when it won the New York to Bermuda run. His book, Practical Navigation, was used for many years by the United States Naval Academy...

Impressionist River landscape, English Fisherman on river at Sunrise with a Cottage. Owen Morgan was a classic British Impressionist. While Impressionism is often associated with F...

Here for your consideration is an outstanding oil on canvas painting by Max Silbert. Signed lower right. Circa 1915. Recently professionally cleaned with no restorations. The fra...

Antique American impressionist oil painting by Felicie Waldo Howell (1897 - 1968). Oil on board, circa 1928. Signed. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. Image, 12"L x 6"H.

This charming highland scene depicts a Scottish loch painted in shades of icy blue. The artist used gestural brushwork to convey texture in the sweeping landscape, capturing the scen...

Georgina Klitgaard Fodder Stacks, Bearsville Signed lower right Oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches Georgina Klitgaard’s art has sometimes gotten lost in the critical propensity to assign...

A beautiful oil on panel circa 1900 by French impressionist painter Emilio Boggio. The piece depicts a coastal scene. The blue-green water crashes against the rocks on a grey day. S...

Renwick Taylor Above the Bay, 1925 Oil on board Signed (Lower right and verso): RENWICK TAYLOR

A beautiful antique impressionist painting by American artist Joseph Varga

Early 20th century English portrait oil of a Falcon hunting bird in a landscape. George Anderson Short was an English painter of Animal, Hunting...

Arthur Bésengez 1867 – 1947 Belgian Painter 'Portrait of a Boy' Signature: Signed lower right and dated 1913 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: Image size 168 x 103, frame size 186 ...

Signed, verso, in Cyrillic, 'Аlexander Yurievich Tyutrin', (Russian, born 1951) dated 1982 and titled, 'Kazantipsky Bay'. Old attached label verso, from 'Art Salon-Shop', bearing a...