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Impressionist Landscape Paintings

IMPRESSIONIST STYLE

Emerging in 19th-century France, Impressionist art embraced loose brushwork and plein-air painting to respond to the movement of daily life. Although the pioneers of the Impressionist movement — Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Paul Cézanne, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir — are now household names, their work was a radical break with an art scene led and shaped by academic traditions for around two centuries. These academies had oversight of a curriculum that emphasized formal drawing, painting and sculpting techniques and historical themes.

The French Impressionists were influenced by a group of artists known as the Barbizon School, who painted what they witnessed in nature. The rejection of pieces by these artists and the later Impressionists from the salons culminated in a watershed 1874 exhibition in Paris that was staged outside of the juried systems. After a work of Monet’s was derided by a critic as an unfinished “impression,” the term was taken as a celebration of their shared interest in capturing fleeting moments as subject matter, whether the shifting weather on rural landscapes or the frenzy of an urban crowd. Rather than the exacting realism of the academic tradition, Impressionist paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings represented how an artist saw a world in motion.

Many Impressionist painters were inspired by the perspectives in imported Japanese prints alongside these shifts in European painting — Édouard Manet drew on ukiyo-e woodblock prints and depicted Japanese design in his Portrait of Émile Zola, for example. American artists such as Mary Cassatt and William Merritt Chase, who studied abroad, were impacted by the work of the French artists, and by the late 19th century American Impressionism had its own distinct aesthetics with painters responding to the rapid modernization of cities through quickly created works that were vivid with color and light.

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"The Attack of the Merrimac" Alexander Charles Stuart, Civil War Naval Battle
Located in New York, NY
Alexander Charles Stuart The Attack of the Merrimac Signed lower left Oil on artist board 13 3/4 x 23 1/4 inches Alexander Charles Stuart, a Scottish-born painter of ships and marin...
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1860s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Indian Creek, Michigan Landscape, Chicago Artist, American Impressionist
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Alfred Juergens (American, 1866 - 1934) Signed: Alfred Juergens (Lower, Left) " Indian Creek " (Michigan) Oil on Board 14 1/2" x 19" Housed in a 3...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Cradle of Civilization
Located in Denver, CO
Lone figure with city
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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

"Just snowed" white, snow, forest, winter Oil cm.100 x 99 Free Shipping
Located in Torino, IT
Published in a monographic catalogue Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015) 1937: he was born in Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina. 1949-56: he began artistic...
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1990s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Whispers of Lavender Skies, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Bathed in the hush of twilight, rows of blooming lavender stretch endlessly beneath a sky brushed with fading light. Each bold, textured stroke captures the fle...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Impressionist landscape painting 'Garden in summer'
Located in THOMERY, FR
Linda Clerget is a French contemporary artist born in 1985 in Paris. She grew up in a family of artists and was introduced to art by her parents at an early age. After studying fine arts, she started her career as an artist by exhibiting her work in art galleries in Paris. Her first works were mainly paintings inspired by Japanese prints, but she soon evolved into a more hybrid style inspired by neo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

"Risen Moon" Frederick Judd Waugh, Coastal Landscape, Rocky Coast Marine Scene
Located in New York, NY
Frederick Judd Waugh Risen Moon Signed lower right, Grand Central Art Galleries Inc. label on verso Oil on board 25 x 30 inches Mainly known as a marine painter. Waugh's sea paintings were enthusiastically received; for five consecutive years, he was awarded the Popular Prize at the Carnegie International Exhibition. Waugh was the son of a well-known Philadelphia portrait painter, Samuel Waugh...
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1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Impasto Oil Painting of Moor in English Countryside by British Landscape Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Impasto Oil Painting of a Moorland in the English Countryside by British Landscape Artist. Original on Canvas. Expressive and atmospheric depiction of a stormy. Art measures 26 x ...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Cotton, Varnish, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Wood, Wood Pan...

Village on a Hillside (Impressionist Oil Painting, Eastern Europe)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A bright, happy, delightful oil in the Impressionist style from Eastern Europe, acquired when we were buying a lot of art from over there. We do not have the artist's name for this o...
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20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

"View of the Empire State NYC in Snow" Impressionistic Ashcan School Style
Located in New York, NY
An impressionistic depiction of a figure in the snow with cars and buildings in the busy City Streets. The Empire State Building is portrayed in the background as the snow filled str...
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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Windy Walk along the Coastal Path
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Windy Walk along the Coastal Path By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 10.75 x 8.75 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting on boa...
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20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Winter Street Scene, New York City - Oil Painting by Kenneth Frazier
Located in Long Island City, NY
A New York City winter steet scene (possibly Madison Ave?) by American Impressionist, Kenneth Frazier (1867 - 1949). Painting measures 18 x 12 inches,...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Celestial Tide Seascape Impressionism Original oil Painting Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Linen Year: 2025 Style: Impressionism, Title: Celestial Tide Size: 44.5" x 63.5" ...
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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Linen

Impressionistic Farm Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden A Perfect Evening
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
A Perfect Evening oil/canvas 11 x 14 unframed, 14.25 x 17.25 framed A Perfect Evening is a beautiful impressionistic landscape scene that was painted en plein air, on site, near my s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Realistic Seascape Venice Painting Michael Budden Gondoliers Sunlight & Flags
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Sunlit Voyage, Gondoliers, Venice is a beautiful oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a pair of gondoliers heading through...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Doctor Lake, Wisconsin Landscape, Burnett County
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
George Raab (American, 1866 - 1943) Signed: G. Raab 1912 (Lower, Right) " Doctor Lake ", 1912 Oil on Canvas 18" x 22" Housed in a 3" Period Carved Frame in the style of Newcomb ...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century French Impressionist Landscape, 'On the Banks of the Seine'.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th Century romantic oil on canvas of the banks of the river Seine around Paris presented in a carved period gilt frame. In all likelihood painted 'en plein air' in autumn or winter the painting has the feeling of some of the impressionists of the late 19th century. See Claude Monet and his 'Les Bords de la Seine à Argenteuil', Alfred Sisley's views of the Seine from the 1870's or Gustave...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nicely Framed Antique American School Bustling Summer Beach Impressionist Ocean
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted antique American impressionist beach scene painting. Oil on board. Signed. Handsomely framed in a giltwood impressionist molding. Ready to hang excellent cond...
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1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rio de San Barnaba, Venice 1927 - Impressionist Riverscape Oil by Emma Ciardi
By Emma Ciardi
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on panel landscape by Italian impressionist painter Emma Ciardi. The work depicts a view of the Rio de San Barnaba which runs through Venice, It...
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1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Concarneau Fishing Harbour Mid 20th Century French Impressionist Signed Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Concarneau Harbour' by Henri Stenn (French 1903-1993) signed, titled verso oil on canvas, framed in original Montparnasse style frame framed: 26 x 22 inches canvas: 18 x 15 inches P...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Antique Italian Sunset Florence Cityscape Large Framed Ponte Trinita Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large and very impressive sunset view of Florence Italy. Great colors and perspective in this piece. Signed illegibly on back and located as the "Ponte Santa Trinita". Framed in a...
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1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Contemporary, impressionistic Fox Hunt scene by well established equine artist
Located in Charleston, US
"They Still Meet at Eleven", is fox hunting painting by Larry Wheeler, one of the best sporting artists in the United States. He is renowned for...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Farm Rural Road Landscape Oil Painting by Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Rural Road Along Rt 616 Study An oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a beautiful country road and farm landscape study. The im...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

"RUINAS EN EL OESTE DE TEXAS" RUINS IN WEST TEXAS
By Dalhart Windberg
Located in San Antonio, TX
Dalhart Windberg Born 1933 Texas Artist Image Size: 24 x 36 Frame Size: 32 x 44 Medium: Oil Applied by Palette Knife Dated 1969 "Ruinas en el oeste de Texas" Ruins in West Texas Biography Dalhart Windberg Born 1933 Born in Goliad County, Texas, and living in Georgetown, Texas, (2010), Dalhart Windberg is a painter of romantic landscapes inspired by his travels throughout Texas, Mexico, Spain, Greece and European countries. He was named after a popular Country and Western singer...
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1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Mother & Children - Impressionist Figurative Oil by Jean-Francois Raffaelli
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas figures in landscape by French impressionist painter Jean-Francois Raffaelli. The work depicts two young girls with their mother in a landscape overlooking boats...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Spring in Weimer Texas Hill Country Bluebonnets, Oil Texas Landscape 18" x 24"
Located in Houston, TX
Spring in Weimer is painted from a plein aire study from a day in Weimar, Texas. This was painted in the spring when the bluebonnets are beginning to bloom. It is common for people t...
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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

As the Sun Sets, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This painting captures the setting sun over a game trail in Rockaway, NJ, artist Onelio Marrero’s hometown. A cold snap coated the ground, highlighting the ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

"Time to Cheer" Oil on Canvas by Laura 12" x 16"
By Laura 113
Located in Atlanta, GA
Item is in excellent condition and has only been displayed in a gallery setting. Item includes custom built frame; framed dimensions are approximately 14 x 18 inches. Laura was born...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Along the Path - Figurative Landscape
By Carol H. Kelly
Located in Soquel, CA
Along the path on a walk, a vivid impressionist oil painting by Carol H. Kelly (American, 20th Century). Signed "C.H. Kelly" and dated "70" lower right. Unframed. Image size, 18.5"H ...
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1970s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

"Misty Bayou" HAZE. ONE OF HIS BEST Dated 1917 Alexander Drysdale (1870-1934)
By Alexander John Drysdale
Located in San Antonio, TX
Alexander John Drysdale (1870-1934) New Orleans Louisiana / New York Artist Size: 20 x 30 Frame: 26 x 36 Medium: Oil Wash? Watercolor? Dated: 1917 "Misty Bayou" Housed in the original magnificent frame. Alexander John Drysdale (1870-1934) New Orleans Louisiana / New York Artist Alexander John (A.J.) Drysdale was an early 20th century Louisiana artist who specialized in landscapes using the technique of oil wash, that gave his works a characteristic of a hazy look. Drysdale made use of this technique by diluting the oil paint with kerosene and applying it with cotton balls. Alexander John Drysdale, born in Marietta, Georgia on March 2, 1870, came to New Orleans at the age of fifteen with his parents. His father, Reverend Alexander J. Drysdale, became the rector of Christ Church Cathedral. Alex received private tutoring from a Professor Mehado and art lessons from Ida Hackell at the Southern Art Union. Later in New Orleans (1887) he studied art under Paul Poincy (1833-1909). The exact date of Drysdale's arrival in New York is unknown, but he enrolled in the Art Students League where he received instruction from Charles C. Curran and Frank Vincent DuMond. Apparently, he remained in New York for about five years and did not go to Europe for further study. After some time, Drysdale began specializing in landscapes, executed in a tonalist manner. Back in New Orleans, Drysdale was inspired by local subjects, especially swamp or bayou areas and other desolate wetlands. Over a period of many years Drysdale's landscapes evolved to a unique stylistic maturity. In 1909 he received a gold medal from the New Orleans Art Association. It is easy to see the influence of two artists that he admired: Corot and Inness. Working equally well in oil and watercolor (he also did scenes in charcoal), Drysdale usually divided his scene into halves or thirds, typically, a foreground consisting of tall swamp grasses achieved with broad vertical strokes; a middle ground consisting of a backdrop row of trees at the horizon line executed with staccato, jabbing strokes resulting in textural contrast; and a background devoted totally to a tonalist-like moisture-laden sky often hazy with no clouds or only a slight indication of them. This formulaic compositional format rendered with an economy of technique resulted in imagery with repetitious forms and shapes diffused in a nebulous space. In this regard, Drysdale's works are impressionistic; he also tended to use the violets and blues of the impressionist palette. Yet he lacked a specific interest in color and light. Although his expression of the Louisiana scenery is very personal, even mystical, the artist appears to have been very limited in subject matter. One of his last works was a mural for the Shushan (New York) Airport administration building, and shortly before his death he was employed as an artist by the Civil Works Administration. Drysdale was a member of the Arts and Crafts Club of New Orleans, and his work was in the permanent collection of the Delgado Museum for many years. The artist worked at his studio at 320 Exchange Place in the picturesque Vieux Carré until his death at the age of sixty-three. Stewart (in Painting in the South, 1983), describes how Drysdale was a shrewd businessman. He would solicit new homeowners who might need a canvas to decorate a wall, or a cotton broker who recently made the headlines. Drysdale died in New Orleans, on February 9, 1934. Sources: Louisiana Artists from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. James W. Nelson. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University, 1968; Wiesendanger, Martin and Margaret Wiesendanger, Nineteenth Century Louisiana Painters and Paintings from the Collection of W. E. Groves. New Orleans: W. E. Groves Gallery, 1971, pp. 44-45; Painting in the South: 1584-1980, Exh. cat. Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum, 1983, pp. 106-107, 114, 276; Chambers, Bruce W., Art and Artists of the South: The Robert P. Coggins Collection of American Paintings. Exh. cat. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, 1984, p. 88; Zellman, Michael David, 300 Years of American Art. Seacacus, NJ: Wellfleet Press, 1987, p. 634; Gerdts, William H., Art across America: Two Centuries of Regional Painting, 1710-1920. New York: Abbeville Press, 1990, vol. 2, pp. 110-111. Submitted by Richard H. Love and Michael Preston Worley, Ph.D. Biography from The Johnson Collection ALEXANDER JOHN DRYSDALE (1870–1934) Born in Marietta, Georgia, Alexander John Drysdale was the only son of an ordained Episcopal priest whose ministry required frequent moves to parishes in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. In 1883, he accepted the call to become dean of Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans, and was later elected a bishop. Alexander, thirteen years old when the family settled in New Orleans, began his art studies under the instruction of Ida C. Haskell, a California-born artist who was on the faculty of the recently established Southern Art Union. The local academy had been founded by several leading artists, including Andres Molinary, William Henry Buck...
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1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Mixed Media

Antique Pre Raphaelite Woman and Butterfly French Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French important portrait oil painting by Achilles Theodore Cesbron (1849 - 1915). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 21 by 29 inches overall and 12 by 20 painting alone.
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1880s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Spring in the Valley Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant plein air painting of blooming meadows, and oil on paper landscape by J. A. Johnson (American, 20th C.). Presented in a wooden frame. Pr...
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1990s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Paper, Oil

American Impressionist Cape Ann Art Charles Movalli from Gloucester
Located in Rockport, MA
Charles Movalli’s Honfleur beautifully captures the charm of the French port town.. A red sailboat stands out in the harbor, with a smaller white-sailed boat nearby, set against rustic buildings and a church spire in the background. Movalli (1945–2016) was a renowned American impressionist painter from Gloucester, Massachusetts, influenced by the Cape Ann art...
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20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic

Flowers inspiration
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting reflects my deep admiration for the beauty and resilience of nature. Through oils, I've harmonized impressionism with realism to capture the spontaneity and wispy essen...
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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rocky Outcropping and Bathers at the Swimming Hole - Landscape
By Tyler Micoleau
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly textured landscape, with thick impasto illustrating a glorious scene of figures swimming in calm waters near large rocks and swaying trees, by Tyler Micoleau (American, 1911-2001). Signed and dated "Tyler Micoleau 1968" in the lower left corner. Presented in a gold colored wood frame. Image size: 12"H x 16"W Tyler Micoleau (American, 1911-2001) was born in Rhode Island but spent most of his life in Nevada County, California. He was a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and an instructor at Brown University. Micoleau moved to Nevada City...
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1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

French Impressionist Barbizon School Landscape, Forest at Mont-de-l'Enclus
Located in Cotignac, FR
1930s French Impressionist Barbizon School oil on panel view of a forest by Georges Guerin (1910-1984). The painting is signed bottom left and is also titled and dated to the back of...
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1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

New York City Streets
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mid century impressionist painting depicting midtown Manhattan and a view of the Empire State Building by Chinese American artist Chuck Fee Wong. Benjaman Gallery...
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1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Walk Through Town California Gold Country
Located in Soquel, CA
A Walk Through Town California Gold Country An old town in the California Gold Country, depicting green and blue buildings with brown rooftops and gree...
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1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Impressionistic Seascape Ocean Nocturne Painting Michael Budden Mystical Voyage
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Mystical Voyage oil/panel 11 x 14 image unframed, 17.5 x 20.38 framed Mystical Voyage is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that show...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Whispers of a dream in bloom
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, I capture the delicate dance of wildflowers against a serene sky. Through the blend of impressionism and realism, using oils, I explore the tranquility and subtle v...
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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Lazy Days Blues" TEXAS BLUEBONNETS, NICE LARGER SIZE LANDSCAPE CIRCA 1950
Located in San Antonio, TX
Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 25 x 30 Frame Size: 34 x 39 Medium: Oil on Canvas Circa 1950 "Lazy Day Blues" Texas Bluebonnet Biography Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) Porfirio Salinas was a self-taught artist who painted landscapes of Central Texas with an emphasis on the vast bluebonnet fields that grow there in the springtime. Born in 1910 in Bastrop, Texas, he attended public schools in San Antonio. He also observed works in progress by the director of the San Antonio Art School, Jose Arpa, as well as landscape painter, Robert Wood. Wood is said to have paid Salinas five dollars a picture to paint bluebonnets because "he hated to paint bluebonnets". Salinas served in the military from 1943 to 1945. Although he was assigned to Fort Sam Houston, he was allowed to live at home. At the fort, Colonel Telesphor Gottchalk assigned him to paint murals for the officer's lounge and various other projects, and Salinas continued to be able to paint during his entire conscripted period. Even before he achieved notoriety among galleries, dealers, and museums, Salinas was widely followed and appreciated by many Texans, including former President Lyndon B. Johnson, who may be considered responsible for launching Salinas popularity beyond the boundaries of Texas. In 1973, Texas capital, Austin, honored Salinas for having "done much to bring the culture of Mexico and Texas closer together with his paintings". Salinas died in April 1973 in San Antonio, Texas. From the years of the Great Depression through President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society of the 1960s, Texan Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) remained one of the Lone Star State's most popular artists. Today, his works remain popular with Texas collectors and those who love landscapes of the beautiful "Hill Country" that lies in the center of the state. One of the first Mexican American painters to become widely recognized for his art, Salinas was a favorite of President Lyndon Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, as well as of Sam Rayburn, the longest-serving Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Texas Governor John Connelly. In fact, President Johnson was so enamored with his Salinas paintings that the artist will forever be associated with America's first Texas-born President. Works by Porfirio Salinas is in a number of museum collections, grace the halls of the Texas State Capitol and the Governor's Mansion in Austin, and are included in virtually every major private collection of Early Texas Art. Porfirio Salinas was born on November 6, 1910, near the small town of Bastrop, Texas, about thirty miles from Austin. His father, Porfirio G. Salinas (1881-1967), and his mother, Clara G. Chavez, struggled to make a hardscrabble living as tenant farmers, but eventually were forced to give up farming. The family moved to San Antonio, where Salinas' father was able to get a job working as a laborer for the railroad, but the scenic area around Bastrop, with its pine trees and the wide expanse of the Rio Grande River, would forever remain a touchstone for the artist. For the rest of his life, Salinas and his brothers went back frequently to visit their grandmother in her little farmhouse. When in Bastrop, Porfirio painted on the banks of the Rio Grande or in the groves of pine trees. The Salinas family was close-knit, and Porfirio was the middle child of five children, so he had an older brother and sister as well as a younger brother and sister. His mother was a native of Mexico, so throughout his childhood the family made the long drive to Mexico to visit Clara Salinas' family. As a child growing up in the bi-lingual section of San Antonio, Salinas drew and painted incessantly and by the time he was ten, he was already producing work that was mature enough to sell to his schoolteachers. Many years later in an article in the New York Times he was described as a "boy whose textbooks were seldom opened and whose sketchbook was never closed." Instead of studying, the young artist spent his spare time watching artists paint in and around San Antonio. As an aspiring painter, Salinas was fortunate to grow up in the historic city, which had the most active art scene in Texas. It was his exposure to older, professional painters that encouraged the precocious young painter to leave school early in order to help his family and pursue a career as a professional artist, despite his father's inability to see art as a career with any future for his son. When Salinas was about fifteen he came to know the artist Robert W. Wood (1889-1979). He met Wood while he was employed in an art supply store and he soon began to work as an assistant to the English-born painter, who had moved from Portland to San Antonio in 1924. Although the diminutive Englishman was already an established professional artist, he did not have a great deal of formal art training and so he was then studying with the academically trained Spanish painter Jose Arpa (1858-1952) in order to augment his knowledge and give his work a more polished look. Salinas was an eager young man, and while working in Wood's downtown San Antonio studio he learned to stretch canvases, frame paintings and to sketch in larger compositions from small plein-air studies for the English artist. He began to accompany Wood and Arpa to the hills outside San Antonio, where they painted small Plein-air studies of fields of blue lupin - the state flower, the famous "Bluebonnets" of Texas - in the springtime and scenes of the gnarled Red Oaks as they changed color in the fall. He was soon assisting Wood in the tedious work of painting the tiny blue flowers that collectors wanted to see in the landscapes they purchased of central Texas. According to a 1972 newspaper story, "Legend has it that one day in the 1920s artist Robert Wood decided he could not bear to paint another bluebonnet in one of his landscapes. He hired young Porfirio Salinas to paint them in for him at five dollars a painting." Whether this story is accurate or apocryphal isn't clear, but the ambitious and independent young Salinas wasn't destined to be anyone's assistant for very long. The formative event of Porfirio Salinas' teenage years was the Texas Wildflower Competitive Exhibitions, a Roaring-Twenties dream of the eccentric oilman Edgar B. Davis (1873-1951). These competitive shows of paintings of wildflowers and Texas life were mounted in San Antonio from 1927 to 1929. Held at the newly opened Witte Museum each spring, the exhibition featured large cash prizes donated by the philanthropic Davis, which were an inducement for artists to travel from all over the United States to paint in the Hill Country of Texas. The "Davis Competitions," as they were known, helped to cement San Antonio's reputation as an art center, a legacy that remains with the "River City" today. The shows generated a great deal of excitement in the area, helping to make celebrities of the some of the artists who had already settled there and encouraging others to make San Antonio their home. Over the three years that the wildflower competitions were held, more than 300 paintings were exhibited, and many thousands of viewers saw the paintings at the Witte Museum and on tours throughout the state and in New York. Each year Davis would generously purchase the winning paintings and then donate them to the San Antonio Art League. Young Porfirio Salinas would have been able to not only watch his two mentors - Robert W. Wood and Jose Arpa - paint the works that they entered in the Davis Competitions, he would have been able to see Arpa take several of the major prizes, receiving the judge's accolades for "Verbena," "Cactus Flower" and "Picking Cotton," works that are still on view at the San Antonio Art League Museum today. Unfortunately, Davis eventually put his donations to work in other charitable endeavors, bringing to an end the wildflower events, but only after they inspired Salinas and other young painters and had helped to make wildflower paintings the most sought-after subject for traditionalist Texas collectors. In 1930, when he was only twenty, Salinas hung out a shingle and began to paint professionally, augmenting the sales of his easel paintings with what little business he could garner by painting signs for local concerns. It was a struggle for the young artist to make a living, as the effects of the Great Depression were settling in. His early works are very similar to those of Robert Wood's, both in subject matter and treatment. Salinas did small paintings of Bluebonnets for the tourists who visited San Antonio to see the famous Alamo as well as paintings of the Texas missions...
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1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

20th Century New York Cityscape W/ Figures & Flags by Sebastian
Located in San Francisco, CA
20th Century New York Cityscape W/ Figures & Flags by Sebastian Oil on canvas Dimensions 20" wide x 24" high The frame measures 22.75" wide x 26.75" high Signed in the lower left...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

J.Harvey Large Oil painting on canvas, SHIPS BATTLE AT SEA, Signed, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an Original Large signed Oil painting on canvas depicting two ships battling for glory. It is an unusual maritime scene that makes this painting very spectacular. Bright ...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Coastal Dreaming, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Coastal Davenport, California, comes alive with the essence of the Pacific coast in artist Lisa Elley's impressionist seascape. Rugged cliffs meet the gentle ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

19th Century Original Oil Malaysian Fishermen and Schooner
Located in Soquel, CA
19th Century Impressionist Original Oil Painting of Malaysian Fishermen and Schooner by Alberto Bonghi The painting is a depiction of a scene in Malaysia with a Schooner in backgro...
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1890s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Sunlit Greek Rooftop Village Overlooking The Greek Coastline Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Greek Town Rooftops signed by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary) dated 1987 oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 29 inches condition: very good provenance: from a large...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

"Sheepish" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Sheepish" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impasto painting of a sheep gathered on a green hillside.
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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Oaks in Tejon Ranch
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED: 12" x 16" FRAMED: 19.5" x 23.625" x 2.375" Artist Statement “The painting was created during a plein air painting trip o...
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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"Winter Tree Shadows" Snowy Maine Scene
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
An atmospheric oil painted on from a study created on location in Maine by noted California artist Jacobus Baas, "Winter Tree Shadows " exhibits the subtle touch and beautiful light ...
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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sunlit Fields and Shadowed Peaks in a Mountainous French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunlit Field Landscape dated 1994 signed by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary) oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 20 x 25.5 inches condition: very good provenance: from a ...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Impressionist Winter Landscape in Evening Light by Swedish Artist Anton Genberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
A magnificent Winter Landscape by the Swedish artist Anton Genberg (1862-1939). In this painting from 1912, we see the characteristic features that made ...
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1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century Original Hudson River School Landscape - Fishing in Sierras
Located in Soquel, CA
1880s Century Original California School Oil Painting of Native Americans Fishing in Sierras by Ransome Gillet Holdredge Wonderful landscape of Sierra Mountains in Hudson River Scho...
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1880s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Raw Linen, Stretcher Bars

Four Hooded Crows in a Winter Landscape, c. 1910–1915
Located in Stockholm, SE
This quietly atmospheric painting by Jon Loman captures a group of four hooded crows in a snow-covered winter landscape. Three of the birds perch on a rustic wooden fence, while the ...
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1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Impressionistic Floral Landscape Oil Painting by Michael Budden Early Spring
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Early Spring is an oil painting on canvas panel that showcases the beautiful light of a spring day with flowering trees, etc. Painting is unframed. SELLERS STATEMENT I have been in t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Tree by the lake" by Hans Hotz - Oil on cardboard 35x39 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on cardboard sold with frame Total size with frame 55x59 cm
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Old Chateau Castle next to Bridge Green Landscape Original French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Chateau Félix Raoul Eteve (French, 1902-1967) *see notes below signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 21 x 24 inches canvas: 15 x 19 inches provenance: private collection, Fra...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Antique American Impressionist Fall Hills Landscape Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted early American impressionist landscape oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed.
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1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vermont Landscape Sugaring Scene by Gloucester Artist Emile A. Gruppe
Located in Rockport, MA
Emile Gruppe captures the charm of a Vermont winter in "Sugaring," a beautifully atmospheric scene of traditional maple syrup harvesting. Gruppe’s expressive brushwork and soft, wint...
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20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Impressionist landscape paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Impressionist landscape paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add landscape paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, green, purple, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Vahe Yeremyan, Iryna Kastsova, Michael Budden, and Marc Dalessio. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Impressionist landscape paintings, so small editions measuring 0.33 inches across are also available.

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