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Art Subject: Boat
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Coastal Scene with Boat at Anchor
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Coastal Scene with Boat at Anchor
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 6.25 x 8.75 inches (height x width)
Signed: Yes
Oil painting on boar...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Barcas al atardecer en la costa - Óleo sobre tabla
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra va firmada por el artista en la parte inferior
La obra se presenta enmarcada con un marco de la época de la obra
Medidas obra: 15 cm. altura x 29 cm. ancho
Medidas obra: 3...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Pencil Drawing of Docked Rowboats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Pencil Drawing of Docked Rowboats
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Medium: Pencil on unframed paper
Size: 13.75 inches (heig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Boats in Harbor, Mid Century Double-Sided Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
A gorgeous double sided mid century impressionist watercolor painting depicting boats docked at the harbor on one side and a sailboat docked by a pier on verso by C. Campbell. Signed...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Emile Gruppe, Gloucester Harbor Scene by American Impressionist Painter
By Emile Gruppe
Located in Rockport, MA
Emile Gruppé beautifully captures a busy Gloucester harbor scene with fishermen tending to their boats—a signature subject for the artist. This example is pre-1945.
Gruppé was reno...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-Century French Ink and Wash Drawing of Sailboats Moored at Harbour With Mast
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-Century French Ink and Wash Drawing of Sailboats Moored at Harbour With Masts
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Medium: Ink and wash on unframed paper
Size: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pen, Ink
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Pastel of Colourful Docked Boats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Pastel of Colourful Docked Boats
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Medium: Pastel on unframed paper
Size: 10.75 inches (heigh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Happy Day, Figurative, Coastal, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara H. Hakobyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2021
Style: Impressionism
Title: Happy Day
Size: 31.5" x 43" x 1'' in...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
The Illusion of Progress
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"The Illusion of Progress" is a 59in x 79in original oil painting by Katherine Fraser in a handmade wood frame.
"Life often strikes me as a string of moments, like a series of film ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
''Shop along the Canal'' Cosy Dutch Painting of Canal Houses
Located in Utrecht, NL
The relaxed atmosphere is characteristic of the oil paintings by Dutch artist Laetitia de Haas (1948). Her work radiates a distinction and tranquilit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1970's French Modernist Signed oil Painting Three Fishing Boats in Sleepy Harbou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Sleepy Harbor
French artist signed and dated 1976
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 18 x 21.75 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Venice', French Impressionist, Paris, École des Beaux-Arts, Venetian Vedute
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Bonnaure' for Alain Bonnaure (French, born 1941) and painted circa 1995.
When he was a young artist, Alain Bonnaure's work was purchased by the renowned French p...
Category
1990s Other Art Style Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Gouache, Laid Paper
Large Mid Century French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Busy Fishing Harbor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Town Harbor
French School, mid 20th century
signed oil on board, unframed
board : 24 x 32 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very good condition (slight...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Evening Venice
Located in Zofingen, AG
In crafting this piece, I was enchanted by the interplay of light and water, aiming to evoke the tranquility of a serene sail at dusk. Using a mix of acrylic and oil, I blended reali...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Cardboard
Venice. Evening 4
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, I've captured the enchanting essence of Venice at dusk. Using a blend of acrylics and oils, I employed expressionistic strokes to evoke the fluidity of the water an...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
French Impressionist Painting of Beached Fishing Boats on Dark Card
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Painting of Beached Fishing Boats on Dark Card
by Fanche Lel
Size: 8.25 inches (height) x 10.5 inches (width)
Oil painting on card, unframed
Condition: Th...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Barcelona Spain oil on canvas painting spanish seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Pascual Fresquet Almurin (1930) - La Barceloneta Barcelona Spain - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 38x46 cm.
Frame size 48x56 cm.
Painter born in Hospital...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$651 Sale Price
32% Off
French Watercolour of Beached Fishing Boats in Brittany by Fanch Lel
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolour of Beached Fishing Boats in Brittany by Fanch Lel
by Fanche Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 7.75 inches (height) x 12.5 inches (width)
Gouache painting on card, unfra...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Kenneth Raymond Denton (1932-2024) - Framed Oil, Winter Sunlight, Scarborough
Located in Corsham, GB
A large coastal scene by award-winning British artist Kenneth Denton (b.1932). Entitled 'Winter Sunlight, Scarborough'. The painting has been presented in an attractive gilt frame wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Fishermen in boats”
Located in Warren, NJ
signed Lisani lower right
Provenance
From the Gene Worrell Collection, Virginia Museum of Animal Art
Measurements
Frame: 19 3/4 by 23 1/2 inches
Sight: 15 1/2 by 19 1/2 inches...
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dejun Chen Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "Untitled - Port"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Untitled - Port
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 46.5 x 39.25 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Year: 2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Petit Port Du Havre 1965 Mid-20th Century French Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
M.O. Cahierre.
French ( Mid-20th Century ).
Petit Port du Havre, 1965.
Oil on Canvas.
Signed & Dated Lower Left.
Image size 14.2 inches x 21.1 inches ( 36cm x 53.5cm ).
Frame size 19...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Watercolor of Le Port de Douarnenez Brittany at Sunset
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolor of Le Port de Douarnenez Brittany at Sunset
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper
Size: 11.5 x 15 (...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
Venetians Gondolas 1
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this vibrant composition, I've captured the essence and rhythm of Venetian gondolas. Using acrylic and oil, I blend expressionism with impressionism to evoke the lively yet serene...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
French Coastal Harbour with Houses and Boats and Twin Lighthouses
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Coastal Harbour with Houses and Boats and Twin Lighthouses
by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Signed: Yes
Size: 9.25 inches (height) x 11.5 inches (width)
Gouache painting ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Marine Scene, French Breton Watercolour, The Fishing Nets
By Girard
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Mid 20th Century watercolour on paper view of Breton fishermen gathering their nets by Girard. The painting is signed bottom right and presented in a period wood and plaster f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Antique Victorian, Impressionist 19th century English oil, Fishings boat at Sea
Located in Woodbury, CT
Antique Victorian, Impressionist 19th century English oil, Fishings boat at Sea.
Adolphus Knell was a superb painter of marine subjects during the middle of the 19th century. His wor...
Category
1860s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Boats Along the Wharf Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful watercolor landscape of boats along the wharf by Henry Hank Volle (American, 20th Century). Presented in a rustic wooden frame. Signed "Henry Volle" lower left. Artists bio...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$700 Sale Price
20% Off
"Montauk Point Lighthouse" Contemporary British Naive School Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
From the "Living The Dream" Series comes Therese James' lovely painting of this most iconic of lighthouses. Standing on the easternmost point of Long Island it's New York States fir...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Sampans on the Seine River, Paris
By Jules Pages
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right.
A prominent landscape and marine painter, Jules Eugène Pages spent most of his career in France where he was a well-known Impressionist painter, but he mainta...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
VICTORIAN SIGNED OIL PAINTING - WHITBY FISHERMEN STANDING ON EAST PIER HARBOUR
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Charles E Flowerdew (British exh.1885), signed & dated 1903.
Title: Whitby Fishermen standing on the East Pier harbour
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed.
Size...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Penobscot Bay Expedition
By Tom Lovell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Tom Lovell was well known for his thought provoking illustrations for Life magazine, The Saturday Evening Post and National Geographic. He was the first artist to win the National Academy of Western Art's highest honor, the Prix de West, twice. This lot was painted circa 1960 just before he was commissioned to paint a series of Civil War battle...
Category
1960s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Transport
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower left.
In this richly imaginative painting by Julian Nemethy reimagines the Hudson River day liner not merely as a vessel of transport, but as a dreamscape in motion. The steamboat, rendered with meticulous precision, glides through a river that shimmers magically—beneath a sky alive with imaginative playful clouds
Nemethy’s signature style is on full display: whimsical flourishes, exaggerated perspectives, and a near-naïve attention to detail that invites the viewer into a world where nostalgia and fantasy intertwine. The day liner becomes a symbol of freedom and wonder, a floating stage for the American imagination. It’s a celebration of movement, memory, and the enduring romance of the Hudson.
Contemporary artist Julian Nemethy is the son of artist Albert Nemethy, and his work can be distinguished from that of his father by the use of
fantastical elements, extreme use of color and detail, and whimsical
touches.
Julian Nemethy is one of the many artists in the Nemethy family. Born in Hungary, his parents fled the Communist regime in the mid-1950s when Julian was a small child. He was one of six siblings who were raised by their father.
In high school, Julian taught himself to paint, and felt he had found his vocation. In the 1980s, he moved to the Smokey Mountains of...
Category
1980s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Francesco Guarana (Venetian) - 19th/20th century landscape painting - Venice
Located in Varmo, IT
Francesco Guarana (active in Venice in the second half of the 19th century) - Venice, view of the beginning of the Grand Canal with the Basilica of S. Maria ...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Coastal Watercolour of Lighthouse and Fishing Boats with Pink Tinged Sky
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Coastal Watercolour of Lighthouse and Fishing Boats with Pink Tinged Sky
by Fanche Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 9.25 inches (height) x 11.75 inches (width)
Watercolor painting...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
French Impressionist Moored Red Fishing Boats Under a Stormy Sky
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Moored Fishing Boats
signed by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 15 x 18 inches
Oil painting on board, unframed
Condition: The painting is in good condition, with minor signs of aging...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-Century French Impressionist OFishing Boats Moored on the Beach with Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fishing Boats Moored
Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist
oil on board unframed
board: 13 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: great condition
For more any m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Lighthouse Perched on a Rocky Outcrop
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Lighthouse Perched on a Rocky Outcrop
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 8.75 x 10.75 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, un...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Edgartown Light" a folded sail rests against the spars in front of a lighthouse
Located in Edgartown, MA
Michel Brosseau was born in Nantes and has lived in Bordeaux for many years. Both cities are on the Atlantic coast of France and have rich maritime histories, highlighted by prospero...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
View Of A City At Night From The River, circa 1900
Located in Blackwater, GB
View Of A City At Night From The River, circa 1900
European School - Signed Indistinctly
Fine large circa 1900 European Impressionist city landscape at night...
Category
19th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,940 Sale Price
20% Off
"Junk Boats" Modern Impressionist Oil of China
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Junk Boat"is a colorful example of Bryan Mark Taylor's modern approach to Impressionism. This beautiful oil on panel captures the mood and feel of the Mainland China port with the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
“sundown sails”
Located in Warren, NJ
Ashton Howard original painting on canvas “sundown sails”. In Good condition measures 47x22 1/2
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
NAPLES - Posillipo School - Italian Landscape Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
NAPLES - Oil on oval canvas cm.30x50 by Ettore Ferrante, Italy 2003.
Gold leaf gilded wooden frame cm.48x68 available on request
Ettore Ferrante is a refined and excellent landscape ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Coastal Scene with Fishing Boat and Lighthouse in Pastel
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Coastal Scene with Fishing Boat and Lighthouse in Pastel
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 5.5 x 6.75 inches (height x width)
Paste...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pastel
NOCTUNO EN CADAQUES
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fishing Under The Setting Sun
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Fishing Under The Setting Sun
by William Thornley
British fl. 1858 - 1898
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 16 x 24 inches
Framed size: 22.25 x 30.25 inches
...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Venice 2
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, I've merged the vibrancy of acrylics with the depth of oils to capture the tranquil essence of Venice. The interplay of light and shadow, realism and impressionism,...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Cardboard
Venice in December by Céelle - Oil on canvas 50x73 cm
By Céelle
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas
Gilded wooden frame
66,5 x 90 x 3,5 cm
CÉELLE is an artist born in France in 1929 and died in 2018. Her works have been sold at public auction 64 times, mainly in the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Florida Seascape
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Step into a serene seaside escape with this original painting by Marina Fisher. Featuring a vibrant coastal garden adorned with red flowers, a charming fountain, and a marina filled...
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
NAPLES - Posillipo School Italian Landscape Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Naples - Ettore Ferrante - Italia - Oil on canvas cm. 60x90. Gold leaf gilded wooden frame mis. est. 86x116.
Ettore Ferrante is a refined and excellent view painter of the past. As ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A pair of Harbour views
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
John Willes Johnson (1793-1863)
Harbour Scenes
A pair, oil on canvas
Both signed and dated
Canvas Size - 15 x 15 in
Framed Size - 16 x 18 1/2 in
John Samuel Willes Johnson (1793-186...
Category
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Scottish Highlands Signed Oil Painting Summer Loch Sunset Harvest Field
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Aberfeldy"
by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950)
signed, lower corner with pseudonym "W. Richards"
titled verso to canvas
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 12 x 20 inches
fra...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
British Impressionist Watercolor of Venetian Canal Scene with Colourful Facades
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Impressionist Watercolor of Venetian Canal Scene with Colourful Facades
by Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023)
Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed
Dimensions:...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Sur le Bosphone, On the Bosphorus, Orientalist Beautiful Girl in Boat
Located in Miami, FL
The key to this painting's charm is that the subject is a beautiful young woman who is showing her face. She lounges comfortably in a carpeted boat with a lute by her side, running...
Category
1980s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sunrise at Monomoy
By Marla Korr
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1950
Marla Korr attended Brooklyn College, earning both a B.A. and a M.F.A. There she studied with Philip Pearlstein, Lennart Anderson ...
Category
2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Roscoff Harbour with Boats and Lighthouse French Coastal Painting
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Roscoff Harbour with Boats and Lighthouse French Coastal Painting
by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Signed: Yes
Size: 10.5 inches (height) x 13....
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Row or Ride?
Located in Zofingen, AG
This surreal artwork captures a moment of enigmatic stillness on a sunlit beach. A white rowboat rests on the sand, its simplicity contrasting with a sleek vintage car parked behind ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
"Shimmering Sunset" Sailboats Tied Up With Glowing Water Reflections
By Tom Swimm
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Shimmering Sunset" with glowing water reflections of sailboats tied up to the dock is a quintessential example of Tom Swimm's enhanced realism. This colorful oil painting exhibits a...
Category
2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jing Hong Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "The Beidai River"
Located in New York, NY
Title: The Beidai River
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 20 x 27 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Honfleur Harbour Vintage French Signed Oil Painting framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Honfleur Harbour
French School, 20th century
signed oil on canvas, framed
signed verso
framed: 20.5 x 23.5 inches
canvas: 15 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
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