American Impressionist Paintings

Painted en plein-air in Chianti, Italy, a colorful sky cascades above a distant hillside, and the near foliage in the foreground. Ben Fenske (b. 1978) although a native of Minnesot...

Alexander Bower (1875 - 1952) Reflections, Motif No. 1, Rockport, Massachusetts Oil on canvas 22 x 18 inches Signed lower right; titled on the stretcher An American Impressionist, Alexande Bower was born in New York, studied at The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, and was living with his wife in Cliff Island, Maine by 1914. Despite his urban upbringing, the coast and the sea fascinated Bower. A large portion of his paintings are seascapes, particularly scenes depicting the coast of Cape Elizabeth...

Richard Hayley Lever (1876-1958) was born in Australia and studied art in both Paris and London. His art hangs in many museums worldwide. While living in New York, he painted many m...

An oil painting by Timothy Andrew McGuire. Painted en plein air in Jeffersonville, Vermont. A winter landscape or snow scene. A winding river sits in the middle of the composition, r...

Emile Gruppé (1896-1978) Fishing Boats A large and commanding marine sailboat fishing boat scene with blue waters and blue skies. Birds are flying up above and fish swimming below ...

Kim Ford Kitz grew up in Southern California Beach towns, lived in San Francisco as a young adult, and now lives and works in a former furniture warehouse converted into an airy art ...

"Soft Yellow Sunset" soft contemporary impressionist oil painting of the sun setting over Noyack Bay in Sag Harbor, New York. Fenske works in a loose-im...

The painting "Zeppelin" by William R. Davis, an oil on board measuring 4 1/2" x 6 1/4", captures the haunting elegance of a dirigible silhouetted against the subdued glow of a settin...

Jim’s of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Walter Emerson Baum (1884 - 1956). Born in Sellersville, Pennsylvania, Walter Baum was one of the only membe...

Small size watercolor image of shells. Painting is mainly blue, yellow and brown tones. Painting is framed in a painted wooden gold frame with a yellow matte. Dimensions without Fram...

Painting size w/o frame: 12”x16” Painting size with frame: 19"x23" In Gloucester, American artist William Smith Robinson (1861–1945) mas...

"Wild Sea, Isle of Madeira" by Sparky LeBold (US and Portugal based) is a beautiful handmade oil painting that depicts rocky shore with dark storm clouds above. ARTIST STATEMENT Sp...

This is a beautiful expressionist style painting by Juanjo Saez. Juanjo's pictorial work is an exploration of color, texture, and movement, creating vibrant compositions that capture...

Framed dimensions: 74.93 x 86.75 inches A large scale oil painting of a harbor of fishing shacks, seen from above, in Nova Scotia. Tim McGuire Born in 1971, Tim McGuire grew up in...

Titled on verso panel Signed lower left corner Measures Painting 17 x 22 inches Framed 21.125 x 26.75 inches William H. Kinnicutt (1865–1934) was an American artist known for his ...

Harold C. Dunbar (1882 - 1953) Meadow Landscape in Summer, 1929 Oil on canvas 17 1/2 x 21 inches Signed and dated lower left Harold C. Dunbar — painter, teacher, writer, and illustrator — was born in Brockton, MA on December 8, 1882. He resided in Chatham, MA and died in 1953. His work includes portraits, landscapes, street scenes, still lifes, harbors and coastal scenes. Dunbar studied with Ernest Lee Major (1864-1950) and Joseph De Camp...

A child of the American South, Elliott Daingerfield was born in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where his father, C...

Josh George's (US based) "A Level of Organization" is an original, handmade mixed media painting that depicts a bustling inner city interchange. About the Artist: Josh George is a ...

A fine impressionist oil painting of a beachside scene with figures by American artist John Rutherford Boyd (1884-1951). Boyd was born in Philadelphia, PA, and attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied under American painter Thomas Anshutz...

A painting by Ralph Waterhouse. "Spring Sunset" is a landscape painting, oil on canvas laid on board in a palette of oranges and greens by American artist Ralph Waterhouse. The artwo...

David P. Curtis "Wooded Hillside" striking painting captures the warm glow of sunlight streaming through a canopy of trees, illuminating the forest floor with dappled light. The rich...

Oil on canvas signed in the lower left and inscribed in verso. Measuring 37.5" x 37.5" with the frame and 30" x 30" canvas only. It is in excellent condition and ready to hang. Born...

Large-scale watercolor painting of calla lilies. Signed "Ewing" lower left. Displayed in a rustic wood frame with gray stain. Shipped without glass. Mat board has some light foxing a...

Jonas Lie (American, 1880-1940) Boat at the End of a Jetty OIl on canvas board Signed lower right 12.75 x 10.5 inches 18.75 x 16.75 inches, framed Jonas Lie was a prolific painter, ...

Wonderful painting of his most popular subject matter: Gloucester Harbor. Charles Movalli (1945–2016) had a BA from Clark University and a PhD from the University of Connecticut. ...

Kevin Weckbach's (US based) "Quilted Land" is an original, hand made oil painting that depicts an aerial view of farmland with patterns from the roads and sectioned green and pink l...

Roses original contemporary mixed media painting. Pau Alemany Mascareñas estudió la carrera de arquitectura, pero destacó sobre todo en el campo de la pintura. Formado con artistas ...

"Self Portrait of Addison Thomas Millar at Desk" is a captivating painting by the American Impressionist artist Addison Thomas Millar. This self-portrait offers a glimpse into the in...

Painted during the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida. A black and white depiction of a canal, is barely recognizable, due to Fenske's wild brushstrokes and lack...

William Jean Beauley Great Kills, circa 1917 Signed lower right Oil on panel 40 x 50 inches Housed in its original Newcomb-Macklin gilt frame Pro...

Evenings Approach oil/panel 16 x 20 image, 22.25 x 26 framed Evenings Approach was inspired by our visit to Boca Grande one year. Sitting on the beach waiting for the Green Flash tha...

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Pastel portrait of artist's granddaughter. Complemented by original signed Harer frame. Illustra...

Edwin B. Kelley Jr. (American). Monterey Bay Cyprus tree Landscape. Oil on panel measuring 12 x 16 inches. Unframed. Signed lower left.

A fine large impressionist winter landscape by American artist Charles Herbert Woodbury (1864-1940). Woodbury was born in Lynn, MA, and sold his first painting when he was fifteen ye...

Clarence Keiser Hinkle American, 1880-1960 Pont Neuf Bridge, France 1906 Oil on board 10 ¾ by 13 ¾ in, w/ frame 18 by 21 in Signed lower right An academy trained California painter...

A wonderful depiction of a colorful landscape with puffed trees by the country side. For this beautiful depiction, we find distinct elements that are unique to the earlier works of O...

Ann Brockman (1895–1943) was an American artist who achieved success as a figurative painter following a successful career as an illustrator. Born in California, she spent her childhood in the American Far West and, upon marrying the artist William C. McNulty, relocated to Manhattan at the age of 18 in 1914. She took classes at the Art Students League where her teachers included two realist artists of the Ashcan School, George Luks and John Sloan. Her career as an illustrator began in 1919 with cover art for four issues of a fiction monthly called Live Stories. She continued providing cover art and illustrations for popular magazines and books until 1930 when she transitioned from illustrator to professional artist. From that year until her death in 1943, she took part regularly in group and solo exhibitions, receiving a growing amount of critical recognition and praise. In 1939 she told an interviewer that making money as an illustrator was so easy that it "almost spoiled [her] chances of ever being an artist."[1] In reviewing a solo exhibition of her work in 1939, the artist and critic A.Z Kruse wrote: "She paints and composes with a thorough understanding of form and without the slightest hesitancy about anatomical structure. Add to this a magnificent sense of proportion, and impeccable feeling for color and an unmistakable knowledge of what it takes to balance the elements of good pictorial composition and you have a typical Ann Brockman canvas."[2] Early life and training Brockman was born in Northern California in 1895 and spent much of her youth in nearby Oregon, Washington, and Utah.[1][3] She met the artist William C. McNulty in Seattle where he was employed as an editorial cartoonist. They married in March 1914 and promptly moved to Manhattan where he worked as a freelance illustrator.[4][5] At the time of their marriage, Brockman was 18 years old.[6] Over the next few years, her career generally followed that path that her husband had previously taken. His art training had been at the Art Students League beginning in 1908; she began her training there after moving to New York in 1914.[1] After an early career as an editorial cartoonist, he freelanced as a magazine and book illustrator beginning in 1914; she began her career as a magazine and book illustrator in 1919.[7] He embarked on a teaching career in the early 1930s and not long after, she began giving art instruction.[8][9] While they both adhered to the realist tradition in art, their usual subjects were different. His prominently depicted urban cityscapes in the social realist whereas hers generally focused on rural landscapes. He was best known for his etchings and she for her oils and watercolors.[8][10] Brockman returned to the Art Students League in 1926 to take individual instruction for a month at a time from George Luks and John Sloan.[1] Despite their help, one critic said McNulty's "sympathetic encouragement and guidance" was more important to her development as a professional artist.[11] Career in art In the course of her career as illustrator, Brockman would sometimes paint portraits of celebrities before drawing them, as for example in 1923 when she painted the French actress Andrée Lafayette who had traveled to New York to play title role in a film called Trilby.[12] She would also sometimes accept commissions to make portrait paintings and in 1929 painted two Scottish terriers on one such commission.[13] During this time, she also produced landscapes. In 1924 she displayed a New England village street scene painting in the Second Annual Exhibition of Paintings, Watercolors, and Drawings in the J. Wanamaker Gallery of Modern Decorative Art.[14] Available sources show no further exhibitions until in 1930 a critic for the Boston Globe described one of her portraits as "well done" in a review of a Rockport Art Association exhibition held that summer.[15] Between 1931 and her death in 1943, Brockman participated in over thirty group exhibitions and five solos.[note 1] Her paintings appeared in shows of the artists' associations to which she belonged, including the Rockport Art Association, Salons of America, Society of Independent Artists, and National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors.[17][19]Between 1932 and 1935, her paintings appeared frequently in New York's Macbeth Gallery.[20][23][25][27] She won an award for a painting she showed at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1940.[41] In 1942, the Whitney Museum bought one of the paintings she showed in its Biennial of that year.[10] Critical praise for her work steadily increased during the decade that ended with her untimely death in 1943. In 1932, her painting called "The Camera Man" was called "a clever piece of illustration."[21] Three years later, a painting called "Small Town" gave a critic "the impression of freshness, honesty, and skill".[29] In 1938, a critic described her "Folly Cove" as "masterful" and said "Pigeon Hill Picnic" was "sustained by excellence of execution".[48] At that time, Howard Devree of the New York Times saw "evidence of gathering powers" in her work and wrote "she imparts a dramatic feeling to landscape. She even manages this time to do trees touched by Autumn tints without calendar effect, which is no small praise."[51] Three years later, a Times critic reported Brockman had "set herself a new high" in the watercolors she presented,[52] and another critic said the gallery where she was showing had not "for some time" shown "so outstanding a solo exhibitor as Ann Brockman."[2] Shortly before her death, a critic for Art News maintained that she was "one of America's most talented women painters".[46] After she had died, a critic said Brockman's paintings "displayed real power", adding that she was "highly rated among the nation's professional artists" and was known to give "aid and encouragement, always with a smile," both artists and to her students.[10] in reviewing the memorial exhibition at the Kraushaar Galleries held in 1945, reviewers wrote about the strength and vibrancy of her personality, the quality of her painting ("every bit as good, possibly better than people had thought"),[53] called her "one of the best of our twentieth century women painters", and credited "her sense of the vividness of life" as a contributor to "the unusual breadth that is so characteristic of her work.[11] One noted that her work was "widely recognized throughout the country" and could be found in the collections of prominent museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago.[54] Writing in the Times, Devree wrote, "even those who had followed the steady growth of this artist for more than a decade, each successive show being at once an evidence of new achievement and an augury of still better work to come, may well be surprised at the combined impact of the selected paintings in the present showing,"[55] and writing in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, A.Z Kruse said she had made "extraorginary accomplishments", painted with "inordinate distinction" showing a "lyrical majesty," and possessed "a keen esthetic sense which did not deviate from truth."[54] Artistic style (1) Ann Brockman, undated drawing, black chalk on paper, 18 x 22 inches (2) Ann Brockman, High School Picnic, about 1935, oil on canvas, 34 1/4 x 44 1/4 inches (3) Ann Brockman, untitled landscape, about 1943, watercolor and pencil on paper, 15 1/4 x 22 1/2 inches (4) Ann Brockman, North Coast, undated watercolor, 21 1/2 x 30 inches (5) Ann Brockman, On the Beach, 1942, watercolor on paper, 16 1/2 x 20 inches (6) Ann Brockman, Lot's Wife, 1942, oil on canvas, 46 x 35 inches (7) Ann Brockman, New York Harbor, 1934, watercolor on paper, 13 1/2 x 19 1/4 inches (8) Ann Brockman, Youth, 1942, oil on board, 13 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches Brockman was a figurative painter whose main subjects were rural landscapes and small-town and coastal scenes. She worked in oils and watercolors, becoming better known for the latter late in her career. Most of her paintings were relatively small. Although she made figure pieces infrequently, the nudes and circus and Biblical scenes she painted were seen to be among her best works. In 1938, Howard Devree wrote: "Her gray-day marines and coast scenes are familiar to gallery goers and are favorites with her fellow artists. Her figure pieces have attained a sculptural quality without losing warmth or taking on stiffness. One spirited circus incident of equestriennes about to enter the big tent compares not unfavorably with many of the similar pictures by a long line of painters who have been fascinated by the theme. She imparts a dramatic feeling to landscape. She even manages this time to do trees touched by Autumn tints without calendar effect, which is no small praise."[51] Similarly, a critic for Art Digest wrote that year: "Fluently and virilely painted, [her] canvases suggest a close affinity between nature and humans. The artist takes her subjects out in the open where they may picnic or bathe with space and air about them. A fast tempo is felt in the compositions of restless horses and nimble entertainers busily alert for the coming performance. Miss Brockman is also interested in portraying frightened groups of people, hurrying to safety or standing half-clad in the lowering storm light."[56] Her palette ranged from vivid colors in bright sunlight to somber ones in the overcast skies of stormy weather. Of the former, one critic spoke of the rich colors and "sun-drenched rocks" of her coastal scenes and another of her "summery landscapes of coves and picnics."[11][50] Of the latter, Howard Devree said she "painted so many moody Maine coast vignettes of lowering skies and uneasy seas that artists have been heard to refer to an effect as 'an Ann Brockman day'".[57] Brockman's handling of Biblical subjects can be seen in the oil called "Lot's Wife", shown above, Image No. 6. Her watercolor called "On the Beach" and her oil portrait called "Youth" may both indicate the "sculptural quality" that Devree said was typical of her figure pieces (Image No. 8, above). An example of Brockman's bright palette in a typical summer theme is the oil painting called "High School Picnic" shown above, Image No. 2. Next to it is a painting, an untitled landscape of about 1943 whose medium, watercolor on paper, shows off the sunny palette she often used (Image No. 3). Among the darkest of her works was an untitled 1942 drawing she made in black chalk (shown above, Image No. 1). In a book called Drawings by American Artists (1947), the artist and art editor Norman Kent noted that this study influenced her painting through its use of "forms" that were "elastic" and suggested "color". He said its "massing of dark and light" created "a definite mood" that was "impressionistic" and had "the strength of a man's work".[58] Brockman's undated watercolor called "North Coast" (shown above, Image No. 4) is an example of the paintings to which Kent referred. Illustrator (9) Ann Brockman, cover, March 12, 1917, Every Week magazine (10) Illustration of an article, "The Taking of a Salient" by Henry Russell...

Oil on board Provenance Estate of Marjorie MacMonnies Wysong (the artist's granddaughter); Hap Moore Auctions; Martin Ferrick Antiques Exhibitions Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, American Women Artists: 1860–1960, October 13–November 10, 2017. Description During her expatriate career, between the mid-1880s and return to the United States in 1920, painter and muralist Mary Fairchild MacMonnies (later Low) was one of the most successful American women artists of her generation. Mary Fairchild was born in Connecticut, but was raised largely in St. Louis, Missouri. Inspired by her mother's work as a painter of miniatures and dissatisfied as a school teacher, she enrolled in the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, where she led a movement for women to be permitted to draw model posed in the nude, an important component of artistic training then considered improper for well-bred young women. Impressed by her talent and drive, the school's director, Halsey Ives...

Illustrated in "Joseph Barrett, The Prime Years 1970s - 1990s", pg. 40, plate #046. Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Joseph Barrett (1936 – ) Joseph Barrett was born in Midland, North Carolina, in 1936 and studied at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. Barrett, now of Lahaska, Pennsylvania, has been painting his entire adult life. His favorite subjects include the landscape surrounding New Hope and many local landmarks often encompassing figures into his compositions. Barrett utilizes a heavy impasto and his palette bears similarities to that of Fern Coppedge and George Sotter. Barrett’s paintings are always found in unique and somewhat charming handmade frames designed by the artist and finished in metal leaf. A living contemporary of the no longer living “New Hope School” impressionist painters, Joseph Barrett resides outside of New Hope above his old-fashioned antique shop and studio. Entering Barrett’s shop is like taking a step back in time. Inside this cluttered and dusty haven of treasures from the past, is a studio spanning only four by eight feet. This little studio, containing cans of old brushes and hundreds of used paint tubes...

A lively, impressionistic depiction of Emily and Mindy chatting on a park bench in Paris from the iconic hit show "Emily in Paris" We are whisked away in this cherished scene with th...

Gorgeous 1930's seascape of Pebble Beach by M.C. Richardson (Late 19th/Early 20th Century), 1932. Attribution on verso with notes of exhibition (Legion of...

Carle John Blenner (1862 - 1952) Pont Neuf, Seine, Paris, France, 1887 Oil on canvas 15 x 22 inches Signed and dated lower right; titled lower left ...

This artwork titled "The Abandoned Factory" c.1945 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist William E. Frates, 1891-969 It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size is 24 x 30 inches, framed is 40.75 x 34.5 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold brownish frame, with fabric liner. This particular artwork has been exhibited at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco, August to April 1946. About the artist: Painter, etcher. Born in Hayward, CA in 1896. Frates first studied art in San Francisco with Wm Otto...

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed Lower Right George W. Sotter (1879-1953) George W. Sotter is remembered for painting the scenic towns, farms, mills a...

This artwork titled "The Marina Sausalito" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Clifford Holmes 1876-1963. It is signed at the lower left corner by the arti...

Walter Farndon June Day at the Sound Signed lower right Oil on canvas 20 x 24 inches Living and working in an era of passionate and often controversial changes in the art world, Wal...

A wonderful still life by Rockport, MA Artist Rudy Colao (1927-2014). Rudy created these lovely still lifes by using inspiration from actual floral bouquets or floral landscapes. Si...

Morning Sun III oil/panel 6 x 8 image Morning Sun III is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a uniquely beautiful seasc...

A colorful impressionist floral still life with fruit by American artist Humbert Howard (1905-1990). Howard was born in Philadelphia and considered an important figure among contemporary African-American artists. He was educated at Howard University in Washington, D.C., the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and the Barnes Foundation in Merion, Pennsylvania. Howard was also art director of the Pyramid Club, a respected black cultural center in Philadelphia. As director of the club’s art exhibitions, he selected works by both black and white artists for display. By the time he retired in 1971, he had developed a loyal following of collectors and dealers in the Philadelphia area. In the eighties, he became increasingly involved with younger members of the local art scene and became a mentor to emerging black artists...

Gorgeous American impressionist still life oil painting of a dark brown vase with stems of pink roses in front of a vibrant purple background by ...

Abel Warshawsky, American (1883-1962) Harbor Scene Oil on Canvas Signed lower right 13 x 16.25 canvas 17 x 20 inches framed Early 20th Century Harbor Scene Seascape/Landscape Pain...

Jim’s of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to offer this piece by Walter Emerson Baum (1884 - 1956). Born in Sellersville, Pennsylvania, Walter Baum was one of the only members...

'Downtown Skyline and Tug' 2012 by NY contemporary artist Lawrence Kelsey. Oil on canvas, 42 x 34 in. A painting of downtown New York City in late afternoon in atmospheric hues of or...

"Yellow Teapot" is a bright impressionist still life with red tray and glass bottle. Painted from direct observation, in the painters Tuscan home. Bio...

Vivid oil painting of a seated figure holding a terracotta vase, surrounded by hanging pottery, by August Lenox (American, 1908-1986). Signed "Lenox" ...

William Anderson Coffin (1855 - 1925) Springtime Landscape, circa 1910 Oil on canvas 30 x 24 inches Signed lower right Landscape and figure painter William Anderson Coffin was born...

Vogue USA, Fashion Illustration. Meticulously drawn in a descriptive and yet creative way. Antonio's full mastery of his art is on full display...

Illustrated in "Joseph Barrett, The Prime Years 1970s - 1990s", pg. 8 #008 Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Joseph Barrett (1936 – ) Joseph Barrett was born in Midland, North Carolina, in 1936 and studied at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. Barrett, now of Lahaska, Pennsylvania, has been painting his entire adult life. His favorite subjects include the landscape surrounding New Hope and many local landmarks often encompassing figures into his compositions. Barrett utilizes a heavy impasto and his palette bears similarities to that of Fern Coppedge and George Sotter. Barrett’s paintings are always found in unique and somewhat charming handmade frames designed by the artist and finished in metal leaf. A living contemporary of the no longer living “New Hope School” impressionist painters, Joseph Barrett resides outside of New Hope above his old-fashioned antique shop and studio. Entering Barrett’s shop is like taking a step back in time. Inside this cluttered and dusty haven of treasures from the past, is a studio spanning only four by eight feet. This little studio, containing cans of old brushes and hundreds of used paint tubes...

This original late 19th-century watercolor painting beautifully captures a classic Colorado mountain landscape by iconic early 20th century artist, Charles Partridge Adams. The compo...

Charles Movalli (1945–2016) had a BA from Clark University and a PhD from the University of Connecticut. He painted and wrote about art for over thirty years. He belonged to the Nort...