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Impressionist 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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Style: Impressionist
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The Fishmonger, Mid-Century 1940's New York Impasto Figurative Cityscape
By Dorothy Rossen Greenberg
Located in Soquel, CA
A vivid mid-century impasto figurative cityscape oil painting of New York during the 1940s by Dorothy Rossen Greenberg (American, 1915-2005). A Fishmonger plies his trade amidst a harbor side street scene, amongst the hustle and bustle of the city. Signed lower right corner "D. Rossen." Unframed. Canvas size: 21.5"H x 17"W. In 1947, Rossen was awarded first prize in sculpture at the Village Art Center, New York City. Winner of the Chi Omega...
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1940s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abundant Floral Still Life
By Gerdell Schroder
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful still life oil painting, abundant with color and texture in a variety of fruit and flowers. A full spectrum of rich color throughout. Signed lower left Gerdell (Gerdill) Sc...
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1990s Impressionist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Black House in Shadow
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- Having worked from a studio in the Gowanus area of Brooklyn for two decades, Elizabeth O'Reilly is at home in the abandoned precinc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

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Panel, Oil

"Concrete Construction"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed lower left. Illustrated in "New Hope for American Art" Harry Leith-Ross (1886 - 1973) The son of an English father and a Dutch mother, Harry Leith-Ross was born in the British Colony of Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean a thousand miles off the southeast coast of Africa. His first formal art instruction began in England under Stanhope Forbes, followed by studies with Jean Paul Laurens at the Academie Julian in Paris. Leith-Ross came to the United States to enroll at the National Academy of Design in New York City in 1910, and then to Woodstock, in 1913. It was in Woodstock at the Art Students League, under the tutelage of Birge Harrison and John F. Carlson, that Leith-Ross would receive the training that most influenced his career as an artist. There he formed a lifelong friendship with fellow artist, John Folinsbee. The two artists shared a studio during this time and participated in several joint exhibitions exclusively featuring their work, including an exhibit at the Louis Katz...
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20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Board, Oil

Draped Nude
By Thomas Fogarty Jr.
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Painter and teacher, Thomas Fogarty, Jr., taught at the Art Students League in Manhattan for many years and exhibited his oil and pastel landscapes and still lifes at the Whitney Museum of American Art and many New York galleries. Fogarty began his teaching career at the Pratt Institute and Rutgers University, before joining the faculty at the Art Students League, where he taught painting, composition and life drawing. Fogarty was a member of the Society of Independent Artists. Both the artist and his father, Thomas Fogarty, Sr., were beloved teachers at the Art Students League and influenced generations of American painters, including Norman Rockwell. In “Draped Nude,” Fogarty’s vibrant use of color and soft, sensitive brushwork reminds the viewer of Pierre Bonnard’s interiors or early Picasso...
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20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

Black House in Shadow
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- Having worked from a studio in the Gowanus area of Brooklyn for two decades, Elizabeth O'Reilly is at home in the abandoned precinc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Gray House, Night
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- Having worked from a studio in the Gowanus area of Brooklyn for two decades, Elizabeth O'Reilly is at home in the abandoned precinc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

Old Naples Building
Located in Nutfield, Surrey
Marcel Gatteaux was born in London in 1962. He started drawing and painting at an early age. Following studies at Camberwell Art School, and whilst still continuing to paint, he un...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

"Sailboats in an Italian Harbor" Impressionist European Seascape
Located in Austin, TX
Impressionist seascape by Ruth Elgart of an Italian harbor featuring sailboats and a beach. Executed in oil on canvas and measures 22.5 x 34 inches. Framed
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20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Signed American School Panoramic Summer Lake View Serene Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist seascape signed oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 20L x 16H.
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1960s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Monumental Flowers. Large Impressionist Floral Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
The talent of Francesca Owen really shines through in this beautiful statement piece. Her use of palette is subtle and her brushwork is able to move the paint over the canvas to crea...
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2010s Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

"Backlight Adobe" - Southwest Plein Air Landscape in Oil on Canvas 1997
Located in Soquel, CA
"Backlight Adobe" - Southwest Plein Air Landscape in Oil on Canvas 1997 Vibrant desert landscape with an adobe building by Fred Tom Tuch (American, 1924-2012). This piece is composed...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Marseille - Coastal Landscape Impressionist Watercolor - Johan Barthold Jongkind
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A wonderful oil on paper by Dutch impressionist painter Johan Barthold Jongkind depicting a view of the calm blue sea off the coastline of Marseille. This work is stamped with the c...
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1870s Impressionist Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Roses, Light, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Ethereal impression of delicate roses in a light filled space. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: R...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

Antique American School Impressionist Horse Race Clydesdale Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage impressionist horse portrait painting. Oil on board. Nicely framed. Image size, 13L x 11H. Signed.
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1920s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Summer Bouquet' Impressionist Still Life painting orange, red & white flowers
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Summer Bouquet' by Marcel Dyf. A beautiful floral still life painting of orange, yellow, red and white flowers To watch Dyf paint was entrancing. Even as an old man, he would stand rather than sit before the easel, working with extraordinary vigour and intense concentration. His palette was a rainbow of fresh colours and his hand continually darted back and forth from the canvas. At intervals he would step back or consider briefly another picture before returning to the easel, his eye refreshed. Usually he sketched straight onto the canvas, which he set up on his travelling easel...
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20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Saint-Paul-les-Durance - Impressionist Oil, River Landscape by Paul Guigou
By Paul Camille Guigou
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist riverscape oil on panel dated 1863 by sought after French painter Paul Camille Guigou. The piece depicts a view of the river i...
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1860s Impressionist Paintings

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Panel, Oil

English 19th Century pair of landscape oil paintings 'After the Hunt' with Dogs
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
This exquisite pair of 19th century painting by John W. Morris (1865-1924) features dogs in a British Green landscape after a days hunti...
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19th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Three Horses Scene" - Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene landscape with horses by Paul Kirtland Mays (American, 1887-1961). Signed "Paul Mays" lower right (under the mat) and on verso. Tag on verso from Carmel Art Association 60th Anniversary Show Presented in a rose colored mat and frame. Paper size: 8"H x 10.5"W Painter, illustrator, muralist. Born in Cheswick, PA on Oct. 4, 1887. After drawing and painting during his childhood, at age 15, Mays began his art studies at the Cheshire Academy in Connecticut. He further studied at Oberlin College, Hawthorne School in Provincetown, and the Art Students League of New York City under William M. Chase. His first art exhibition at age 23 in NYC was such a financial success that he was able to further his art studies in Paris at Academies Colarossi and Grande Chaumière, and London's Slade School. In 1915 he came to San Francisco to assist Albert Herter...
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1930s Impressionist Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

Winter Landscape with Houses
By James Moore Preston
Located in Milford, NH
A fine impressionist winter landscape with houses by American artist James Moore Preston (1873-1962). Preston was born in Roxborough, PA, studied with Thomas Anshutz...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Winter Sunshine
Located in Milford, NH
A beautiful winter landscape with birch trees by American artist Paul Bernard King (1867-1947). King was born in Buffalo, New York, and after becoming an established printer, went on to study at the NY Art Students League with Henry S...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Flight Into Egypt
Located in Missouri, MO
Flight Into Egypt by Louis Carl Hvasta (1913-1993) Unframed: 24" x 36" Framed: 31.25" x 43" Signed and Dated Lower Left Frame was hand made by the ar...
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20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Board, Oil

19th Century Landscape Painting of woodland & alpine trees 'Snowy Scene'
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Schultzberg always captured the effects of sunlight on a winter landscape, working confidently with thick impasto.'Snowy Scene' is a beautiful example of his work, showing the woodla...
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1880s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Along the Coast
By Lilian Mackendrick
Located in Missouri, MO
Framed Size: 29 x 38.5 inches Lilian MacKendrick was a natural born artist. She had a talent that was intuitive and a searching artistic intellect. The daughter of Russian emigrants, she grew up in the art world of New York's Armory Show. A graduate of New York University with a degree in Fine Arts, she went on to study sculpture at City College of New York as well as painting at the Art Students League. Her early attempts were in the non-objective field. Despite her tremendous admiration for the great European painters of the 18th & 19th centuries (she copied, as a learning exercise, all the drawings of Goya and Rembrandt in this country), her tastes, since childhood, were for Oriental rather than American and European painting which she found "too violent." But she continued her exploration of the fusion of East and West, arriving at a synthesis that has been described, among other things, as a "recovery of the image." Some of her work, however, has echoes of the work of the French masters Pierre Bonnard and Henri Matisse; a reference that the artist herself would not find offensive. She regularly spent summer vacations in France. Many observers of her work say that her paintings make them feel that life is good again; that there is something wonderful and exciting about the world they are eager to see when they wake up in the morning, and that her paintings are 'singular and striking'. Jane Janson's statement in regards to MacKendrick's 1958 exhibition at Hirschl & Adler Galleries easily applies to some of her painting: "Her range of blazing summer color and exuberant pattern captivate the eye, and lend renewed zest to a realm which has been ignored for awhile, and to which we return with instinctive delight." "Has seen" is the operative phrase because her works are rarely seen these days, although there are over 400 works in private collections. A devastating flood in her studio in 1984 destroyed a number of works. Permanent Collections Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, Texas Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MI Galeria d'Arte Contemporanea, Bordighera, Italy Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Georgia Museum, Athens, GA Brandeis University, Boston, MA Bezalel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C. Exhibitions Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA Galerie Benezit, Paris USIS, Ostend, Belgium Audubon Artists, New York Witte Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX New York City Center Third Biennial of American Painting, Bordighera, Italy Florida Gulf Coast Art...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

The Spanish Peaks, Southern Colorado, Mountain Landscape Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"The Spanish Peaks, Southern Colorado", vintage early 20th century original mountain landscape painting by Charles Partridge Adams (1858-1942). The C...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Watercolor

MAURICE MAZEILIE - FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST OIL OCEAN BEACH COASTAL VIEW
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Ocean Beach" by Maurice Mazeilie (French) oil painting on card, unframed painting: 8 x 10 inches A delightful original oil painting by the 20th century French Impressionist artist...
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20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

Paysage au Vaudemont - Impressionist Landscape Pastel by Armand Guillaumin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Impressionist pastel on board by French painter Jean Baptiste Armand Guillaumin. The piece depicts a view of landscape with trees to th...
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1910s Impressionist Paintings

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Board, Pastel

'Trouville Sur Mer' French Landscape beach scene with figures, sea and beach hut
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Trouville Sur Mer' is a gloriously warm painting of late summer in Trouville, France. To watch Dyf paint was entrancing. Even as an old man, he would stand rather than sit before the easel, working with extraordinary vigour and intense concentration. His palette was a rainbow of fresh colours and his hand continually darted back and forth from the canvas. At intervals he would step back or consider briefly another picture before returning to the easel, his eye refreshed. Usually he sketched straight onto the canvas, which he set up on his travelling easel...
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20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

American Impressionist, sketch of The Statue of Liberty from the East River NYC
Located in Woodbury, CT
American Impressionist Off the Statue of Liberty, New York City, August 2010 Hall traveled to NYC in 2010 and painted a number of marine, river, and cityscapes for private clients. ...
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2010s Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

Scene on Windspear Road, Watercolor by Charles Burchfield 1935
Located in Long Island City, NY
A watercolor painting by Charles Burchfield from 1935. An impressionist landscape of green foliage and a grassy hill in soft earth tones. Signed and dated in the lower right, beautif...
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1930s Impressionist Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

19th Century French Impressionist Period Oil Painting - Portrait of Bearded Man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, late 19th century, indistinctly monogrammed upper left corner. Title: Portrait of a Bearded Man Medium: oil painting on canvas laid to board, unframe...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

"Mountain Fog", oil painting, encaustic, landscape, sunlight, clouds, sky, field
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Mountain Fog" is an encaustic with oil paint and beeswax over watercolor, on a cradled panel measuring 36" high by 24" wide. The painting arrives in a custom walnut floater frame by American Frame Company. From Regina Quinn...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

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Wax, Watercolor, Oil, Wood Panel

Le Quais et la Louvre
Located in Missouri, MO
Antoine Blanchard "Le Quais et la Louvre" Oil on Canvas Signed Canvas Size: 13 x 18 inches Framed Size: 22.5 x 27.5 inches Antoine Blanchard French (1910-1...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

'Still Life of Pears', Philadelphia Post-Impressionist
By Eleida Bosler Ashcraft
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Eleida Ashcraft' (American, 1875-1940) and dated 1931/2. A delicate oil still-life showing a variety of pears in a ceramic bowl standing on a draped wicker-tabl...
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1930s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Squid Boats After Sunset
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Gay Summer Rick paints iconic urban coastal landscapes, from Los Angeles to New York City, rendered with a keen sense of place and a flair for abstraction. Sparsely populated though ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

Springtime at the Farm
Located in Missouri, MO
George W. Drew (1875-1968) "Springtime at the Farm" Oil on Canvas 24 x 36 inches (site) 31.5 x 43.25 (framed) George W. Drew was born 21 December 1875 in Massachusetts. He was a member of the Independent Artists Association. He exhibited at the National Academy of Design and they have him recorded as living at 745 Columbus Ave., N.Y. in the year 1898. He also exhibited at the Allied Artists of America, which was established in 1914, Salons of America, N.Y. State Fair, Newark State Fair, Newark Museum and New York Museum of Science & Industry. Although there is little known about the personal life of George W. Drew, his paintings appear on the art market quite often. It is obvious that his work has always been well received because of the numerous exhibitions he has participated in. He is known for his rustic luminous depictions of the Nineteenth Century American Landscape. Like many of the Hudson River Painters...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

The Atmosphere Of Knowledge - Abstract Oil Painting Blue Brown Beige White
Located in Sofia, BG
"The Atmosphere Of Knowledge" is an impressionist landscape painting by Maestro Lili Sotirova. The painting is unframed. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: Oil painting STYLE: Impress...
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2010s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Les Dunes A Theven-Kerbrat, Oil Painting by Laurent Marcel Salinas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, French (1913 - 2010) Title: Les Dunes A Theven-Kerbrat Year: 1985 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 14 x 16.75 inches
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1990s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Flame of Liberty, Paris - Princess Diana's Memorial, signed oil painting
By Christian Ehlinger
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Flame of Liberty, Paris by Christian Ehlinger, French b. 1931 oil painting on canvas, unframed signed lower left canvas: 20 x 24 inches provenance: private collection, Paris Fin...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

"Fascination", Nude Woman in the Forest by Gaspare J Ruffolo
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressionist portrait of a nude woman in the forest by Gaspare J Ruffolo (1908 - 1997). Oil on board, circa 1941. Signed "Ruffolo". Displayed in a white modernist frame. Image ...
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1940s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"The Cool Water", Nude Woman in the Forest by Gaspare J Ruffolo
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressionist portrait of a nude woman in the forest by Gaspare J Ruffolo (1908 - 1997). Oil on board, circa 1941. Signed "Ruffolo". Displayed in a white modernist frame. Image ...
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1940s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'The Seine in Winter', School of Paris, Tonalist Snowy Landscape
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Oil landscape showing a view of Paris and the Seine in wintertime, with mauve and teal branches of bare trees contrasted against a background of ivory and blush with a view beyond to...
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1950s Impressionist Paintings

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Oil, Board

'Cafe' Expressionist Painting
Located in Rye, NY
Cafe is a typical Maimon Impressionist painting of 1993 with an wide color pallet of blues, greens, oranges and greys. Isaac Maimon is an Israeli born artist (b.1951) who studied at...
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1990s Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

Study for Skunk Cabbage, Watercolor Painting by Charles Burchfield 1931
Located in Long Island City, NY
A watercolor painting by Charles Burchfield from 1931. A still life botanical painting of a skunk cabbage in natural setting. Signed and dated in lower right, beautifully matted and framed in gold ornate frame. The painting has an excellent provenance through top New York Galleries including DC Moore...
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1930s Impressionist Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

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