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Art Subject: City
"Print Seller" 2014 - contemporary plein air painting of New York City figure
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a New York City scene. Painted en plein air on a sidewalk in Manhattan, a figure is sitting in front of a booth of artwork underneath a colorful umbrella. Small li...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Rouen Street Scene Thickly Painted 20th Century French Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French Expressionist School, indistinctly signed Title: Rouen street scene Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, unframed. Siz...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Liesenbruken, Abandoned Train Bridge, Contemporary Photorealist Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
A bridge to nowhere has been taking no one there for almost 70 years. The Liesenbrücken bridge has been rusting with iron will and doing little else since it was abandoned in favor o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Pequena Italia (Little Italy) NYC
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery setting. Jesús Navarro was born in Jerez, (Cadiz), located in southern Spain, in 1952. By the age of tw...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Conversation w/The Delivery Man, oil, 26x17, Lucca, Italy, Impressionism
Located in Houston, TX
Conversation with the Delivery man was painted onsite in Lucca, Italy. The artists frequently travels to Lucca to paint.Look for shipping discount. Other available paintings shown below. After a long career as a concept illustrator in the advertising and motion-picture industry, James Crandall...
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Night Life in the City - Figurative Cityscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Night Life in the City - Figurative Cityscape Mid 1960s cityscape by an unknown artist. Oil on artists board. Image, 16"H x 20"W
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1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

Fox Theater Atlanta by Stephanie Amato, Framed City Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unframed this piece measures 14 x 11. Stephanie was born and raised on Long Island, NY. Choosing computer programming as her first career, her passion for drawing and painting promp...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Old Paris
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Kamsar Ohanyan is an Armenian artist born in 1991 who lives and works in Yerevan, Armenia. He studied in Yerevan at State Pedagogical University with Kh. Abovyan at th...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"War Brides, Wash Sq NYC" American Scene WWII Modernism WPA Mid-Century Oil
Located in New York, NY
"War Brides, Wash Sq NYC" American Scene WWII Modernism WPA Mid-Century Oil. 30 x 40 inches. Oil on canvas, c. 1942. Signed lower right. Titled on the stretcher. Housed in a sensational Heydenryk frame. Our gallery, Helicline Fine Art...
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

New York, New York (Downtown Manhattan Oil Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
For lovers of the Big Apple, a scene that really captures the pulse of the city! Original acrylic on canvas. Proudly presented by Guy Lyman Fine Art...
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Afternoon In Rome" Colorful Modern Impressionist Cityscape
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
""Afternoon In Rome" is rich with color and texture, and is an excellent example of Pil Ho Lee's modern approach to Impressionism. Included is a custom black wood frame chosen by t...
Category

2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Big City Of Dreams" Contemporary Impressionist Oil of NYC
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Big City Of Dreams" is rich with color and texture, and is an excellent example of Pil Ho Lee's modern approach to Impressionism. The Painting is on 2" deep board, and ready to han...
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2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Miniature Watercolor of Kingswood Methodist Church in Bristol
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Miniature Watercolor of Kingswood Methodist Church in Bristol by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed Measurements: 2.75 inche...
Category

20th Century English School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"Cityscape in Yellow", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Cityscape in Yellow" is an oil painting that depicts a busy city street lined with cars and buildings, all cast in a warm yellow light. About...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

French Contemporary Art By Carole Leprince - Je m'en Vais
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylics on canvas Carole Leprince is a French artist born in 1966 who lives & works in Houilles, France. Over the years, her personal photos have been the inspiration for painting...
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Venice Canal", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Spanish Painter Ulpiano Checa
Located in Madrid, ES
ULPIANO CHECA Spanish, 1860 - 1916 VENICE CANAL signed & located "U. Checa" Venezia (lower left) Also dedicated: "A Marguerite Pinédo affectueusement" ...
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1890s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Futurist Vision - Mid-Century New York Skyline - Industrial Progress
Located in Miami, FL
Rarely do you come across a work of art that is vastly different than just about anything you see. This work is undeniably brilliant and a sheer pleasure to behold. Alexander Leydenfrost...
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1950s Art Deco Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board, Graphite, Charcoal

"Congress Avenue (V)" Austin, Texas Urban Cityscape Street Scene
Located in Austin, TX
By Pep Suari 36" x 36" Acrylic on Canvas This dynamic painting is iconic for those from Austin, Texas. It depicts the view of Congress Avenue facing the Texas Capitol building in th...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Stormy Night, Tribeca, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
One of those cold, blustery nights in Tribeca, snow squalls and wind! The play of street lights, window lights, and car lights against the darkening night sky highlights the lone fi...
Category

Early 2000s Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

The street of Toledo, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Street view of the old historical spanish city, painted by oil on canvas. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of...
Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Piazza Tola - Tranquil Urban Neighborhood Scene, Original Painting, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Time stands still in the Piazza Tola. For a brief second the hustle and bustle of urban life has quieted to the tranquil simplicity of a this urban scene. Ogawa adds swaths of soft c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Rue des Seigneurs, Montreal
Located in Westmount, QC
John Little, Canadian, b. 1928 Rue des Seigneurs, Montreal Oil on canvas panel 12 x 16 in Signed lower right ; signed and titled verso framed John Little RCA is a Canadian artist, ...
Category

1980s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Snow Flurry, St Martin's, Stamford
Located in London, GB
Signed lower left. This beautiful original oil painting by Peter van Breda depicts St Martin's in a winter's flurry of snow, looking down into Stamfor...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Trippa Stand, Florence
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A plein air painting of a man buying Trippa, a Florentine street food, in a small piazza. Artist Bio: Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, California. Even in his earliest...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel, Wood Panel

Mid 20th Century French Modernist Paris Montmartre Street Scene Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Montmartre, Paris French School, mid 20th century signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 27 x 27.5 inches canvas: 14 x 19 inches inscribed verso Provenance: private collection, Paris,...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Russian Contemporary Art by Eduard Churkin - Motion 2.2
Located in Paris, IDF
Artificial aging technique, oil & acrylic on canvas Motion 2.2 is based on a feature about the film Ieri, Oggi, Domani from the director Vittorio de Sica in 1963
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Jerusalem Hills
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Dondi Schwartz is an Israeli artist born in Canada in 1961 who lives and works in the Kibbutz Beeri, Negev, Israel. Schwartz studied art at the Avni School of Arts in...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

July in Fayence. City, France, landscape impressionism, vertical
Located in Oslo, NO
"The painting “July in Faience” was painted en plein air in France." said Anna Shesterikova about this artwork. "I was able to convey the mood of a warm, sunny morning in a small tow...
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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Grand Canal
Located in London, GB
Image dimensions: 51cm x 76cm Framed dimensions: 67.1cm x 92.9cm Signed lower right. This beautiful painting shows the twinkly Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. Born in Kent, award win...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Winter Night, Murray St, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A moody winter's night on Murray St in lower Manhattan in Tribeca. The night sky, snow showers, colorful bar signs, window lights and street lights all combine to create a cold slushy chilly scene, offset by the promise of warmth within! Although the particular bars are now history, replaced by the ever changing New York real estate...
Category

Early 2000s Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Historic Miniature Watercolor of Wine Street Looking to Corn Street in Bristol
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of Wine Street Looking to Corn Street in Bristol by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed Measure...
Category

20th Century English School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Old Corner in Schuls by Ernest Voegeli - Oil on Canvas 46x60 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Ernest Voegeli is an artist who has found his path through a combination of solid technique and a clear, insightful approach to color, form, and composition. While his work is primar...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Santa Croce
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A plein air painting of a winding street. Light speckles the shady street. A study in the masterful use of perspective by Dalessio. Artist Bio Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel, Wood Panel

American Contemporary Art by Elena Borstein - Frank Gehry Mashup
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas Elena Borstein currently lives and works in New York City and the Adirondack Mountains. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, She received her B.S. Degree from Skidmore C...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Cityscape Reflection
Located in Austin, TX
Gorgeous view of the Austin, Texas skyline on Town lake during a colorful sunset. Yellows, reds, oranges and purples erupt off the canvas in a dramatically beautiful fashion in this ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Les Troits de Montmartre", Lucien Delarue, Impressionist, Paris, 22x18, Oil
Located in Dallas, TX
Lucien Delarue is known internationally as an artist who faithfully captures the romantic moods of Paris. His famous subject of the ''Rooftops of Montmarte,'' along with other Paris ...
Category

1990s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Downtown New Orleans (Full Moon)" -- Skyscape Painting by Kristin Moore, 2024
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Downtown New Orleans (Full Moon)", by Kristin Moore, is a part of her 2024 solo exhibition, “Through the Bayou, Into the Garden”, at Ferrara Showman Gallery. Marking a transition fr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood

Flatiron on a Sunny Day, Oil Painting on MDF Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
This is a beautiful one-of-a-kind original realism painting. The piece ships framed and ready to hang with artist signature on the front. This item ships from the United States.
Category

2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

The St Paul's Shoe Shuffle- urban, landscape, oil painting, London, Street
Located in London, GB
Based in Kent, UK, Adam De Ville says - I am a self taught painter of landscapes, cityscapes, still life, abstract and portraits. Painting is about storytelling, feeling, character...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Evening Light, Florence" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Evening Light, Florence" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a street within the terracotta lined walls of an Italian city. Artist Biography: The Soviet educational system singled out 8-year-old Daud Akhriev for special arts training. He painted and drew under the best painters and instructors for the next fourteen years. This culminated in a master’s degree from the Russian Academy in Leningrad (sic), after an obligatory two years in the Russian army. Though representational in orientation, Russian Academic philosophy encourages sampling, experimenting, and referencing styles and techniques from all of art history. The Russian academic training at its best imparts an artist a wide array of abilities honed to such that technical struggle is greatly reduced, leaving more time for experimentation and creativity. Akhriev, who enthusiastically cultivated all skills and styles while at the Academy, is an artist with public works in mosaic, oil on linen, water media, cast bronze monumental sculpture and ceramics. He is comfortable working in decorative styles, designing fabrics and patterns, and is equally at ease switching into Old Master oil painting. He admires Rembrandt and Schiele, Moser and Mailloll, Velasquez, Sargent and Sorolla. Akhriev is a Master Signature member of Oil Painters of America, the Artists Union of Russia, as well as the Association of Pastel Painters of Spain, the British Association of Modern Mosaicists, and the Society of American Mosaic Artists. He has won numerous prizes from the Salon International and International Masters Exhibitions in Texas, and at OPA regional and national exhibitions. He won Grand Prize from Pastel Magazine’s international 100 competition in 2015 and was twice honored again in 2017. Erlanger Hospital awarded Akhriev and team the creation of their non-denominational chapel which won “Ten Best Mosaic in Situ” in 2016 from the Society of American Mosaic Artists. He is an internationally renowned instructor of figurative and landscape painting and drawing. His work is published in several art books in Russian, Chinese and English. Magazines such as Fine Art Connoisseur, Pastel Journal and Artists Magazine have large features on his work. Currently his pastel paintings are at the Ming Gallery of Pastel Painting in Suzhou, China, by invitation, and are going to be in the inaugural exhibition of the new Chinese museum pastel painting throughout history through the present day. He has served as a juror for Oil Painters of America, and he frequently teaches masterclasses in Italy. The artist is a huge sports fan and loves film and travel. He speaks Russian, Ingush, English, basic Spanish, and can communicate using hand gestures in any other language. His extracurricular passion is teaching young artists. He resides in Tennessee and Andalusia, Spain with his artist wife, Melissa Hefferlin.
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

"Opening" Contemporary Abstract Architectural Cityscape Framed Oil on Canvas
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Opening" is a framed oil on canvas painting by Ben Schwab, depicting an abstracted cityscape in vibrant colors. The artist's technique of layering architectural forms and the reflec...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

Wet Roads
Located in Zofingen, AG
In creating this painting, I delved into the transient beauty of a rain-soaked cityscape through an amalgamation of impressionism and abstract styles. Using acrylics and oils, I stro...
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2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Cardboard

Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Village Solak
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Skidmore Fountain, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Rain glistens on the cobblestones, reflecting the light of lampposts and an approaching streetcar. The Skidmore Fountain, standing proudly since 1888, once quen...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Evening Light in Salzburg, Austria
Located in Indianapolis, IN
Fine 22K gold gilt frame.
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2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

1950s French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Cagnes sur Mer South of France
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cagnes sur Mer Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

After a Brief Rain, Dresden
Located in Indianapolis, IN
An original cityscape by the nationally awarded artist John Michael Carter. Perfect condition and with a superior quality hand carved 22K gold gilt...
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2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Street in Montmartre
Located in Riga, LV
Vladimir Ilibayev(1952). Painter Born in Ventspils, Latvia in 1952. Education Studied 2 years in Moscow State University, the Faculty of Philosophy. Graduated from St. Peterburg ...
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Meat Packing District NYC, Painting, Oil on MDF Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting captures an interesting, vital, and vibrant part of New York City. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed b...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid 20th Century Oil - Parisian Street
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming oil scene of a Parisian Street in the early Autumn evening. We can see various figures walking around amongst the large buildings and autumnal trees. Unsigned. On board.
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"London" Cityscape Oil Painting on Canvas by Denis Paul Noyer, Framed
Located in Encino, CA
"London," an original oil on canvas by Denis Paul Noyer, is a piece for the true collector. Noyer's capture of the architectural details of the surrounding buildings projects from th...
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1970s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"East 42nd Street" Contemporary Impressionist Oil of NYC
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"East 42nd Street" is rich with color and texture, and is an excellent example of Pil Ho Lee's modern approach to Impressionism. Included is a custom black wood frame chosen by the ...
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2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Venetian Canal" Late 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Spanish Artist Antonio Reyna
Located in Madrid, ES
ANTONIO REYNA MANESCAU Spanish, 1859 - 1937 VENETIAN CANAL signed & located "A. Reyna, Venezia" (lower left) oil on canvas 11-1/2 x 19-3/4 inche...
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1890s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fine c. 1900's French Impressionist Oil Painting Colorful Village Street View
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Village Lane French Impressionist artist, circa 1900's Circle of Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 13 x 16 inches provenance: private collection, ...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

San Pedro Harbor
Located in New York, NY
It is infrequent, to say the least, that a diagnosis of tuberculosis proves fortuitous, but that was the event, in 1921, that set Paul Starrett Sample on the road to becoming a professional artist. (The best source for an overview of Sample’s life and oeuvre remains Paul Sample: Painter of the American Scene, exhib. cat., [Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, 1988] with a detailed and definitive chronology by Sample scholar, Paula F. Glick, and an essay by Robert L. McGrath. It is the source for this essay unless otherwise indicated.) Sample, born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1896 to a construction engineer and his wife, spent his childhood moving with his family to the various locations that his father’s work took them. By 1911, the family had landed in Glencoe, Illinois, settling long enough for Paul to graduate from New Trier High School in 1916. Sample enrolled at Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire, where his interests were anything but academic. His enthusiasms included the football and basketball teams, boxing, pledging at a fraternity, and learning to play the saxophone. After the United States entered World War I, Sample, to his family’s dismay, signed on for the Naval Reserve, leading directly to a hiatus from Dartmouth. In 1918 and 1919, Sample served in the U.S. Merchant Marine where he earned a third mate’s license and seriously contemplated life as a sailor. Acceding to parental pressure, he returned to Dartmouth, graduating in 1921. Sample’s undergraduate life revolved around sports and a jazz band he formed with his brother, Donald, two years younger and also a Dartmouth student. In November 1933, Sample summarized his life in a letter he wrote introducing himself to Frederick Newlin Price, founder of Ferargil Galleries, who would become his New York art dealer. The artist characterized his undergraduate years as spent “wasting my time intensively.” He told Price that that “I took an art appreciation course and slept thru it every day” (Ferargil Galleries Records, circa 1900–63, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, available on line). In 1920, Donald Sample contracted tuberculosis. He went for treatment to the world-famous Trudeau Sanitorium at Saranac Lake, in New York State’s Adirondack Mountains for the prescribed regimen of rest, healthful food, and fresh air. Visiting his brother in 1921, Paul also contracted the disease. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, and had no certain cure before the development of streptomycin in 1946. Even for patients who appeared to have recovered, there was a significant rate of recurrence. Thus, in his letter to Price, Sample avoided the stigma conjured by naming the disease, but wrote “I had a relapse with a bad lung and spent the next four years hospitalized in Saranac Lake.” The stringent physical restrictions imposed by adherence to “the cure” required Sample to cultivate an alternate set of interests. He read voraciously and, at the suggestion of his physician, contacted the husband of a fellow patient for instruction in art. That artist, then living in Saranac, was Jonas Lie (1880–1940), a prominent Norwegian-American painter and an associate academician at the National Academy of Design. Lie had gained renown for his dramatic 1913 series of paintings documenting the construction of the Panama Canal (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; United States Military Academy, West Point, New York). Primarily a landscape artist, Lie had a particular affinity for scenes with water. His paintings, impressionistic, atmospheric, and brushy, never strayed from a realistic rendering of his subject. Sample regarded Lie as a mentor and retained a lifelong reverence for his teacher. Sample’s early paintings very much reflect Lie’s influence. ` In 1925, “cured,” Sample left Saranac Lake for what proved to be a brief stay in New York City, where his veteran’s benefits financed a commercial art course. The family, however, had moved to California, in the futile hope that the climate would benefit Donald. Sample joined them and after Donald’s death, remained in California, taking classes at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. In Sample’s account to Price, “I couldn’t stomach the practice of painting a lot of High Sierras and desert flowers which seemed to be the only kind of pictures that were sold here so I got a job teaching drawing and painting at the art school of the University of Southern California.” Initially hired as a part-time instructor, Sample progressed to full-time status and ultimately, by the mid-1930s, to the post of Chairman of the Fine Art Department. Sample, however, did not want to wind up as a professor. “Teaching is all right in small doses,” he wrote, “but I have a horror of drifting into being a college professor and nothing more.” At the same time as he taught, Sample began to exhibit his work in a variety of venues at first locally, then nationally. Though he confessed himself “a terrible salesman,” and though occupied with continued learning and teaching, Sample was nonetheless, ambitious. In 1927, he wrote in his diary, “I am eventually going to be a painter and a damned good one. And what is more, I am going to make money at it” (as quoted by Glick, p. 15). In 1928, Sample felt sufficiently solvent to marry his long-time love, Sylvia Howland, who had also been a patient at Saranac Lake. The Howland family were rooted New Englanders and in summertime the Samples regularly traveled East for family reunion vacations. While the 1930s brought serious hardship to many artists, for Paul Sample it was a decade of success. Buttressed by the financial safety net of his teacher’s salary, he painted realist depictions of the American scene. While his work addressed depression-era conditions with a sympathetic eye, Sample avoided the anger and tinge of bitterness that characterized much contemporary realist art. Beginning in 1930, Sample began to exhibit regularly in juried exhibitions at important national venues, garnering prizes along the way. In 1930, Inner Harbor won an honorable mention in the Annual Exhibition of the Art Institute of Chicago. That same year Sample was also represented in a show at the Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo and at the Biennial Exhibition of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. In 1931, Dairy Ranch won the second Hallgarten Prize at the Annual Exhibition of the National Academy of Design, in New York. Sample also made his first appearances at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, and The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. In 1936, Miner’s Resting won the Temple Gold Medal at the Pennsylvania Academy’s Annual Exhibition. Always interested in watercolor, in 1936, Sample began to send works on paper to exhibitions at the Whitney Museum, New York. While participating in juried exhibitions, Sample also cultivated commercial possibilities. His first New York art dealer was the prestigious Macbeth Gallery in New York, which included his work in a November 1931 exhibition. In 1934, Sample joined the Ferargil Galleries in New York, after Fred Price arranged the sale of Sample’s Church Supper to the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1937, The Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased Sample’s Janitor’s Holiday from the annual exhibition of the National Academy of Design, a notable honor. As prestigious as this exhibition schedule may have been, by far Sample’s most visible presence in the 1930s and 1940s was the result of his relationship with Henry Luce’s burgeoning publishing empire, Time, Inc. Sample’s first contribution to a Luce publication appears to have been another San Pedro...
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20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Francois Gerome - Paris City Landscape
Located in Naples, Florida
Francois Gerome - Paris City Landscape
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20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

California Dreaming I - California, Landscape, Acrylic, Canvas
Located in London, GB
Born in Portsmouth, England in 1969, Claire Smith graduated from Falmouth School of Art in 1991 with a 1st Class degree in ‘Fine Art & Printmaking’. Four years later, Claire moved t...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Long Crendon. Hyde Street
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, I sought to capture the serene, almost timeless essence of an English village at dusk. My brushstrokes carry the cool tones of twilight, blending with the warm ligh...
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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

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