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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
Rural landscape
Rural landscape

Rural landscape

Located in Genève, GE

Work on canvas signed Dimension with frame 46.5 x 54.5 x 2.5 cm This captivating work depicts a picturesque village nestled in a rolling landscape. The red-roofed houses contrast wit...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

"Gently Awakening"
"Gently Awakening"

"Gently Awakening"

Located in Edinburgh, GB

This oil painting was created en plein air in a Cozy Garden, capturing the artist’s personal impression of a quiet morning in full bloom. Painted in the artist’s expressive manner, w...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

J.Harvey Large Oil painting on canvas, SHIPS BATTLE AT SEA, Signed, Framed
J.Harvey Large Oil painting on canvas, SHIPS BATTLE AT SEA, Signed, Framed

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 Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a Pekingese Dog Charming Antique English Watercolour Painting
Portrait of a Pekingese Dog Charming Antique English Watercolour Painting

Portrait of a Pekingese Dog Charming Antique English Watercolour Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Portrait of a Pekingese Dog English artist, late 19th century Watercolour drawing on board, unframed drawing: 7.25 x 5 inches Provenance: Private collection, UK Condition: This paint...

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Late 19th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Watercolor

Summer Arrangement, St. Ives

Summer Arrangement, St. Ives

By Dorothea Sharp

Located in Belgravia, London, London

Oil on board Board size: 24 x 20 Framed size: 30.5 x 26.75 inches Signed lower left

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20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Oil, Board

My light. Original painting by Liudmila Shabazova
My light. Original painting by Liudmila Shabazova

My light. Original painting by Liudmila Shabazova

Located in Zofingen, AG

Portrait of a young woman with a baby. Modern painting in the style of impressionism. Against a dark background, a warm light shines, the light of love and tenderness.As is typical ...

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2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard

One Hydrangea, Original Painting
One Hydrangea, Original Painting

One Hydrangea, Original Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Carey Parks illustrates a single hydrangea in a glass vase imposed on a background with a similar hue. Her impressionist style depicts the petals and l...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

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Acrylic

Near the Ilyinka village
Near the Ilyinka village

Near the Ilyinka village

By Simon Kozhin

Located in Zofingen, AG

In crafting this piece, I sought to capture the serene majesty of nature, rendered through the impressionistic play of light and shadow. The birch trees stand as sentinels over the s...

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2010s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rural Landscape, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Rural Landscape, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

Rural Landscape, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

Located in Granada Hills, CA

Artist: Boris Serdyuk Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Style: Impressionism Year: 2020 Title: Rural Landscape Size: 19.5" x 27.5" ...

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2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Moorish Palace Gardens - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Lucien Levy-Dhurmer
Moorish Palace Gardens - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Lucien Levy-Dhurmer

Moorish Palace Gardens - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Lucien Levy-Dhurmer

By Lucien Levy-Dhurmer

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Signed post impressionist oil on canvas landscape by French painter Lucien Levy-Dhurmer. The piece depicts the gardens of a Moorish Palace at evening. Painted in largely blues, there are some flowering trees in the front of the work below a much larger bare tree. Beyond that the palace sits below a starry sky. Mr. Jumeau-Lafond believes the work was likely painted in Morocco but he also stated that Dhurmer often used imagination to construct settings for his ideas. Signature: Signed lower left Dimensions: Framed: 39"x31" Unframed: 32"x24" Provenance: Private collection - France The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Jean-David Jumeau-Lafond A certificate of authenticity from Mr. Jumeau-Lafond is available upon request Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer did not follow the conventional route for education in fine arts but was nevertheless a pupil of the painters Raphaël Collin, Vio and Wallet. He was an ornamental painter in an earthenware factory in Golfe-Juan from 1887 to 1895, which influenced his use of pastel. He travelled to Italy in 1895. Around 1902 he painted the portraits of Rodenbach, Pierre Loti and Marguerite Moreno. Although he had not been instructed by Puvis de Chavannes or Gustave Moreau, he seemed to have much in common with those visionary 'painters of the soul' who had been exhibiting at the Salon de la Rose-Croix for several years: Edmond Aman-Jean, Louis Welden Hawkins, Henri Martin, Charles Maurin and Alphonse Osbert. Following the example of some of these artists, Lévy-Dhurmer admired Italian Renaissance art, evidence of which can be seen in pastels such as Woman with a Medal, Medusa, Circes and Florence. His translation of the Symbolist themes in the scores of Beethoven ( Appassionata), Fauré or Debussy into different hues made him seem like a visionary, but his aesthetic seems to have changed to some extent after 1900, when his landscape painting became more prominent. In fact, only his presentation and style changed. He continued to suggest feelings, interpretations and emotions but without relying on any traditional allegories. He became involved in the Intimist movement, along with Ernest Laurent, Charles Cottet, Henri le Sidaner and René Ménard, whose pastels presaged the Classicism of the 1930s. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris from 1882. From 1906 he was associated with the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. He showed his works in individual exhibitions, notably in 1896 at the Galerie Georges Petit in Paris, which was a very successful exhibition and earned him admiration in artistic and literary circles alike. Several decades later the exhibition Around Lévy-Dhurmer ( Autour de Lévy-Dhurmer) at the Galeries du Grand Palais in Paris in 1973 revealed a tendency in art which had been largely unknown until then and which remained on the margins of the great innovative movements of the 20th century, but which was nonetheless of a quality which could not be ignored. Lévy-Dhurmer obtained a distinction from the Salon des Artistes Français in 1896 and a bronze medal at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris. He became a Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur in 1902. Museum and Gallery Holdings Bayonne (Mus. Basque): Portrait of Pierre Loti (1896, pastel) Brest (MBA): Circes Detroit (AI): Vase with Dragonflies (1890, earthenware with iridescent glaze) Mulhouse: Harvest New York (Metropolitan Mus. of Art): Flower Pot (c. 1893, earthenware with metallic glaze) Paris (Mus. d'Orsay): Portrait of Georges Rodenbach (c. 1895, pastel on paper); The Woman with a Medal (1896, pastel on paper on card); The Lost Explorer...

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1910s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Cottage House in France in Summer, Impressionist Oil on Canvas, Framed
Cottage House in France in Summer, Impressionist Oil on Canvas, Framed

Cottage House in France in Summer, Impressionist Oil on Canvas, Framed

By Jean-Pierre Dubord

Located in PARIS, FR

Conditions : Very good Conditions. Oil on canvas signed lower left framed. This painting presents a captivating landscape of Normandy. The houses in the background, with their slate...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil, Watercolor

Seasscape
Seasscape

Seasscape

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork "Seascape" c.2010 is an oil painting on canvas by artist Julie Gregory. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size is 24 x 36 inches, framed s...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

The Prospector at Dusk, Early 20th Century Cowboy w Donkey Figurative Landscape
The Prospector at Dusk, Early 20th Century Cowboy w Donkey Figurative Landscape

The Prospector at Dusk, Early 20th Century Cowboy w Donkey Figurative Landscape

By George Sanders Bickerstaff

Located in Soquel, CA

A rare figurative for this well-listed California artist of a Nevada mining town landscape with prospector and burro by George Sanders Bickerstaff (American, 1893 - 1954), circa 1920. Signed lower right corner. Presented in patinated gilt-toned wood frame. Image size: 24"H x 30.5"W. Frame size: 32.5"H x 38"W. Bickerstaff was active/lived in California, Arkansas. George Bickerstaff is known for Landscape, coastal views, still life, western painting. Landscape painter. Born in Marianna, Arkansas on April 12, 1893. Bickerstaff was a self-taught artist except for a brief period at the Art Institute of Chicago. He led a peripatetic existence before moving to California in 1922. His early years were spent in San Diego, Los Angeles, and Van Nuys. He exhibited often in the latter with Paul Lauritz. A prolific oil painter of mountain and desert scenes, his landscapes often include eucalypti as well as rolling hills of California wildflowers...

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1920s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Yellow Field, Original Painting
Yellow Field, Original Painting

Yellow Field, Original Painting

By Janet Dyer

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Using a palette knife, artist Janet Dyer paints a rural landscape in rich, jewel-like tones. A cloudy sky softens the light, revealing layered colors that shi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Dyakovo gorodische
Dyakovo gorodische

Dyakovo gorodische

By Simon Kozhin

Located in Zofingen, AG

In April, sometimes it can still be quite cold, especially if the wind blows from the river, your hands freeze almost instantly. This picturesque hill in Kolomenskoye Park has an anc...

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2010s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Lookout, " Oil painting
"Lookout, " Oil painting

"Lookout, " Oil painting

By Judd Mercer

Located in Denver, CO

Judd Mercer's (US based) "Lookout," is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a rural farm building with a sloping tin roof nestled at the foothills of pine covered green mo...

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2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Corner of my Garden" Leon Foster Jones, Impressionist, Blooming Spring Flora
"Corner of my Garden" Leon Foster Jones, Impressionist, Blooming Spring Flora

"Corner of my Garden" Leon Foster Jones, Impressionist, Blooming Spring Flora

Located in New York, NY

Leon Foster Jones Corner of my Garden, 1902 Signed and dated lower left Oil on canvas 26 x 25 inches Provenance Goldfield Galleries, Los Angeles, California Private Collection, Virginia Beach, Virginia Leon Foster Jones was a painter of landscapes, an etcher, a lithographer, and an educator. He was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, his father held the position of overseer in one of the hosiery mills in the Manchester area. In approximately 1901, he married Josephine Currier. During the initial years of their marriage, the couple resided in Concord, New Hampshire. They made Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York their permanent home in 1910, although the artist had begun working there as early as 1907. Numerous sources indicate that throughout his life, Jones gained recognition primarily for his paintings and etchings featuring historical sites across Long Island. His artistic education included four years at the Cowles Art School in Boston, Massachusetts, where he studied under Joseph Rodefer DeCamp...

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Early 1900s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Duo, Oil Painting
Duo, Oil Painting

Duo, Oil Painting

By Judy Mackey

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Two large white hydrangea blooms fill a simple vase, their presence creating a quiet, intimate focus. Painted alla prima with a palette knife, the work is rich ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

"Sunset over the city"
"Sunset over the city"

"Sunset over the city"

Located in Edinburgh, GB

Original Oil painting by Ukrainian artist Evgeny Chernyakovsky "Sunset over the city" 65.0 X 75.0 CM / 25.5 X 21.6 IN HIGH QUALITY oil on canvas Signed on the front and back Dated 2...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Roses √4
Roses √4

Roses √4

Located in Zofingen, AG

Gorgeous roses are embraced by hydrangeas. The classic blue vase looks fresh against the beige background. The dark blue background creates contrast. This is what I love most: the br...

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2010s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Bush of Red lilies"
"Bush of Red lilies"

"Bush of Red lilies"

Located in Edinburgh, GB

In the foreground, a lush bush of red lilies blooms as a vibrant accent, like a living flame amidst the tranquil surroundings. The petals are velvety, a deep scarlet, with soft trans...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

ZhiQin Yu Impressionist Original Oil Painting "Lost Beauty - Lotus"
ZhiQin Yu Impressionist Original Oil Painting "Lost Beauty - Lotus"

ZhiQin Yu Impressionist Original Oil Painting "Lost Beauty - Lotus"

Located in New York, NY

Title: Lost Beauty - Lotus Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 23.75 x 19.5 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

1940's Fashion Illustration - The Two Elegant Brides
1940's Fashion Illustration - The Two Elegant Brides

1940's Fashion Illustration - The Two Elegant Brides

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas. The painting, executed in gouache and pencil. The sketch is original, vintage and me...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Gouache

Impressionistic Seascape Ocean Sunrise Painting Michael Budden Morning Sun
Impressionistic Seascape Ocean Sunrise Painting Michael Budden Morning Sun

Impressionistic Seascape Ocean Sunrise Painting Michael Budden Morning Sun

By Michael Budden

Located in Chesterfield, NJ

SunSational 7 x 10 unframed, 10.63 x 13.63 x 1.256 x 18 x 1.5 framed SunSational is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcas...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

August Midday - impressionist landscape, painting
August Midday - impressionist landscape, painting

August Midday - impressionist landscape, painting

Located in Zofingen, AG

Sunny August landscape is full of freshness and heat. We know, that summer is a period of beautiful flowers and the warm Sun. Nikolay never misses the opportunity to go plein air, wh...

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2010s Impressionist Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

The Bouquet Of Aromatic Lilacs - lilacs still life painting
The Bouquet Of Aromatic Lilacs - lilacs still life painting

The Bouquet Of Aromatic Lilacs - lilacs still life painting

Located in Zofingen, AG

The modern and stylish still life with lilacs will become a wonderful decoration of any interior! The painting is 100% hand painted using high quality oil paints on canvas. The uniq...

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2010s Impressionist Paintings

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Oil, Cotton Canvas

Mt. Greylock - Holder Wenzel Jensen
Mt. Greylock - Holder Wenzel Jensen

Mt. Greylock - Holder Wenzel Jensen

Located in North Clarendon, VT

Exhibited, well painted,fall impressionist scene of Mt Greylock, Massachusetts painted by Holger Wenzel Jensen. Exhibition label attached verso. Exhibited, Chicago Galleries Associ...

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Early 1900s Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

Large-Scale Baltic Figurative Courtyard Genre Scene
Large-Scale Baltic Figurative Courtyard Genre Scene

Large-Scale Baltic Figurative Courtyard Genre Scene

Located in Soquel, CA

A substantial mid-century Baltic figurative courtyard genre painting by an unknown Eastern European artist (latvia or Lithuania possible) (20t...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Oil, Board

Bouquet in a fashionable vase.
Bouquet in a fashionable vase.

Bouquet in a fashionable vase.

Located in Zofingen, AG

The picture is painted in a light and elegant style. A composition of flowers in a fashionable vase looks impressive . In this work, the artist managed to convey a bright and at th...

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2010s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

A Quiet Companion
A Quiet Companion

A Quiet Companion

Located in Zofingen, AG

A Quiet Companion captures a gentle moment of intimacy and reflection. A young woman sits quietly with a small dog resting on her arm, creating a scene filled with calm and tendernes...

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2010s Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

Vintage Original Maritime Oil Painting – Signed, Rocky Coast Waves Seascape
Vintage Original Maritime Oil Painting – Signed, Rocky Coast Waves Seascape

Vintage Original Maritime Oil Painting – Signed, Rocky Coast Waves Seascape

Located in Palm Coast, FL

A dramatic original seascape oil painting on canvas, capturing powerful waves crashing against a rugged rocky shoreline under a wide, cloud-filled sky. The artist builds the motion o...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

Figural Group Study Pencil Drawing L J Wortley No 10
Figural Group Study Pencil Drawing L J Wortley No 10

Figural Group Study Pencil Drawing L J Wortley No 10

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Figural Group Study Pencil Drawing L J Wortley No 10 Artist: L. J Wortley Medium: pencil on paper, mounted Size with mounting: 8.75 x 11 inches (height x width) Inscribed: upp...

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Mid-19th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Pencil

New England Hillside
New England Hillside

New England Hillside

By Harriet Randall Lumis

Located in Milford, NH

A fine landscape oil painting by American artist Harriet Randall Lumis (1870-1853). Lumis was born in Salem, CT, and ironically, her art background did not begin until after she marr...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Foggy Coastal Seascape in Oil on Illustration Board
Foggy Coastal Seascape in Oil on Illustration Board

Foggy Coastal Seascape in Oil on Illustration Board

Located in Soquel, CA

Foggy Coastal Seascape in Oil on Illustration Board Dramatic seascape with coastal cliffs by unknown artist "Kelly" (20th Century). The viewer stands at the edge of the ocean, atop ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

Large French Impressionist Vintage Oil Painting Golden Yellow Sunlit Pathway
Large French Impressionist Vintage Oil Painting Golden Yellow Sunlit Pathway

Large French Impressionist Vintage Oil Painting Golden Yellow Sunlit Pathway

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: French School, 20th century Title: The Golden Sunlit Pathway Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 21.5 x 18 inches Provenance: private collection, Fr...

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20th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

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