Pier Paintings

Now the lighthouse remains surrounded by buildings. But this vintage building is still working for tourist purposes. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: T...

An inlet of San Diego Bay with lights reflected in it on a full moon night. Beach in the foreground, water mid-ground, land and lights and horizon in back ground. Night sky and full ...

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...

Fabienne Delord-Descourvières is a French painter who lives & works in Yermenonville in Eure-et-Loir, France.

Attersee Austria, Original Contemporary Impressionist Seascape Painting, 2016 24" x 36" x 1.5" (HxWxD) Acrylic on Canvas Hand-signed by the artist. Somewhere between a landscape, waterscape, and still life, this work by artist Ingrid Dohm...

I painted this view of the Venice canal on a foggy gray morning, playing with the chromaticism of the scene to alter the colors and create a special luminosity. I used soft tones to ...

I painted this view of the Venice canal on a foggy gray morning, playing with the chromaticism of the scene to alter the colors and create a special luminosity. I used soft tones to ...

Egg tempera on canvas, Shadow joint frame Frank Suplie is a German artist born in 1950 lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Painters Association of the North Ge...

Eric Ward (British, 20th Century) Mousehole Regatta, Cornwall Oil on canvas Signed lower right Eric Ward was a gifted British landscape and marine painter whose colourful interpretations of Britain’s coastal villages captured the charm and vitality of seaside life during the twentieth century. Working in a fresh Impressionist manner, Ward became particularly known for his evocative harbour scenes, where brilliant coastal light, shimmering reflections and the movement of sailing craft combined to create compositions of enduring decorative appeal. His paintings celebrate the unique character of Britain’s maritime heritage, especially the picturesque fishing communities of Cornwall. This delightful painting depicts the picturesque harbour of Mousehole, one of Cornwall’s most celebrated fishing villages, during the excitement of the annual regatta. Sheltered by its historic granite harbour walls, the tranquil waters are alive with traditional sailing boats, their colourful sails reflected in the calm sea beneath an expansive summer sky. Small rowing boats drift quietly in the foreground, while visitors stroll along the quayside, enjoying the festivities against a backdrop of whitewashed cottages climbing the hillside beyond. Ward masterfully captures the distinctive atmosphere that has attracted artists to Mousehole for well over a century. His confident brushwork and luminous palette beautifully convey the clarity of the Cornish light, where brilliant blues, soft turquoise waters and warm earth tones combine in perfect harmony. The vibrant red and white sails punctuate the composition with striking accents of colour, while the broken reflections dancing across the harbour create an impression of gentle movement and sparkling sunshine. Throughout the twentieth century, Mousehole became one of Britain’s most important artistic destinations, drawing painters inspired by its intimate harbour, traditional fishing boats and unspoilt coastal scenery. Ward continues this distinguished tradition, producing a work that balances careful observation with an impressionistic freedom, allowing colour and atmosphere to take precedence over meticulous detail. The result is a painting that is both instantly recognisable as one of Cornwall’s most beloved harbours and timeless in its celebration of the English seaside. Beautifully composed and executed with a lively painterly touch, this oil on canvas perfectly encapsulates the relaxed spirit of a Cornish regatta. Rich in colour, light and maritime character, it is an excellent example of Eric Ward’s coastal paintings and would make a charming addition to any collection of British marine art, Cornish paintings...

This vibrant artwork vividly captures a bustling harbor scene with an array of colorful fishing boats gently bobbing on the reflective water. Each vessel, painted with meticulous det...

Xavier Rodes was born in 1971 in Barcelona, Spain. He studied Art at EINA College, where he created a final project on the subject of “Industrial and Urban Landscape”. Today, he live...

Date: circa 1957 Medium: Gouache on Board Dimensions: 25.50" x 17.75" Signature: Signed Left Original illustration for a poster for the Grace Line Travel c...

Xavier Rodes was born in 1971 in Barcelona, Spain. He studied Art at EINA College, where he created a final project on the subject of “Industrial and Urban Landscape”. Today, he live...

This artwork titled "Goletas Pesqueras On La Bahia De San Antonio, Chile" is a large oil painting on canvas by Culean artist Ernesto Romero Diaz. I...

Xavier Rodes was born in 1971 in Barcelona, Spain. He studied Art at EINA College, where he created a final project on the subject of “Industrial and Urban Landscape”. Today, he live...

Ramón Pichot Soler (Barcelona, 1924–1996) Title: Cadaqués with Boats Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 65 × 100 cm (25.6 × 39.4 inches) Support / Mounting: Canvas stretched on woode...

Title: Original Watercolour Southwold Harbour Coastal Scene with Boats and Jetty By Tony Herbert (1927-2024) Signed: Bottom left Medium: Watercolor on artists paper Size: 11.25 x 15....

A Colorful, Vibrant, Mid-Century Modern Great Lakes Harbor Scene by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. This charming watercolor, completed in the early 1950's, depicts a wonderfu...

"Reflections" is an impressionist oil painting of Rolf Hellem's mother sitting on a dock looking down into the water. Hellem intentionally left the edges of the painting unfinished a...

Title: French Harbour with Boats Watercolor River Port French Modern Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on paper, unframed Size (H x W): 11.5 x 15....

Title: La Ciotat Harbour Church Boats Watercolor French Modern Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on paper, unframed Signed lower left, Inscribed l...

An oil painting by Russian Impressionist, Viktor Butko, of the South Ferry touching down in Sag Harbor at night. A pickup truck leads the line of cars exit...

In this tranquil seascape, I've captured the serene harmony of sunset at the tranquil port, where the quiet water reflects the pastel sky. Using oils, I evoke a gentle calm through a...

"The Boat Yard" by Maurice Crawshaw (British, born 1947) signed lower corner oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas measurements:14 x 18 inches provenance: private collection, Eng...

Valery Baida was born in 1958 in Russia. From 1983 to 1989 he studied at the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography at the Faculty of Arts. Taken part in exhibitions since 1983....

Title: Mediterranean Harbour with Boats French Modernist Watercolour by Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour and felt pen on artist paper, unframed S...

Mid Century Modern Nautica Landscape of Boats and Wharf in Acrylic on Paper Vibrant mid century landscape by California artist Bertram Spencer (American, 1918-1992). Three sailboats...

Sunny Sailboats In Blue Marina By Green Hills At Calm Harbor French Oil Painting Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) signed lower left Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 39.5 x...

Title: Boat I Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 39 x 46.5 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This painting i...

Title: French Brittany Harbour Scene Coastal Watercolour Seascape by Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist's paper, unframed Size (H x W): 6...

Alexander Bower (1875 - 1952) Portland Harbor, Maine, 1910 Oil on canvas 27 x 33 inches Signed and dated lower right An American Impressionist, Alexande Bower was born in New York, studied at The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, and was living with his wife in Cliff Island, Maine by 1914. Despite his urban upbringing, the coast and the sea fascinated Bower. A large portion of his paintings are seascapes, particularly scenes depicting the coast of Cape Elizabeth...

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...

Title: Southwold Harbour Suffolk View Across Estuary with Jetty Boats and Fishing Huts By Tony Herbert (1927-2024) Signed: Lower left Medium: Watercolor on artists paper Size: 10 x 1...

Title: Original Watercolour Southwold Harbour Scene with Fishing Boats and Jetty 1994 By Tony Herbert (1927-2024) Medium: Watercolor on artists paper Size: 11 x 15 inches Condition: ...

Signed Adolfo Perez Frameless

Leigh Ann Van Fossan's "Fire in the Sky" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a group of sailboats docked as a sunset colors the sky and water a vibrant orange hue.

Xavier Rodes was born in 1971 in Barcelona, Spain. He studied Art at EINA College, where he created a final project on the subject of “Industrial and Urban Landscape”. Today, he live...

Coastal Seaside (Criel) by Guy Pichon (French 1933-2007) oil on canvas, unframed signed canvas: 24 x 29 inches provenance: private collection, France The painting is in very good ...

Title: Southwold Harbour Fishing Boat Low Tide Estuary Scene with Sheds and Moorings By Tony Herbert (1927-2024) Annotated verso: “Southwold March 95 River Blyth” Medium: Watercolor ...

Title: French Watercolor Painting of “Le Village de Pêcheurs” at Le Canon by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017) Signed: Yes Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper, unframed Si...

Title: Brittany Watercolor of Beached Fishing Boats by the Harbour by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017) Signed: Yes Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper Size: 12.25 x 16.25...

Rustic Dockside signed by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary) dated 1993 oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 20 x 25 inches condition: very good provenance: from a large pr...

Ryan Reynolds’ newest series of paintings features coastal Northern and Central California wooden piers that extend from the land into the sea, and it depicts the people of Trinidad ...

The painting depicts a calm marina on a warm, sunny day. At the center of the composition are moored sailboats with tall masts, rising in vertical lines into the blue sky. These slen...

Signed Adolfo Perez Frameless

Xavier Rodes was born in 1971 in Barcelona, Spain. He studied Art at EINA College, where he created a final project on the subject of “Industrial and Urban Landscape”. Today, he live...

"Day of Rest" San Pedro Harbor Fishing Boats Oil on Linen 1948 Oil on linen of San Pedro fishing docks, Los Angeles, California by California artist Harry ...

Leigh Ann Van Fossan's "The Inlet" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a group of sailboats docked in the darkness as their lights cast glimmering reflections on the i...

Valery Baida was born in 1958 in Russia. From 1983 to 1989 he studied at the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography at the Faculty of Arts. Taken part in exhibitions since 1983....

This c.1950s painting by Charles Vickery, Small Boat on the New England Harbor, captures the artist’s hallmark sensitivity to maritime atmosphere and coastal light. Vickery’s scenes ...

Xavier Rodes was born in 1971 in Barcelona, Spain. He studied Art at EINA College, where he created a final project on the subject of “Industrial and Urban Landscape”. Today, he live...

Catalogue raisonné reference: Publisher: Tvorchestvo (2015) Language: English Russian ISBN-10: 5000280512 ISBN-13: 978-5000280515. Artwork description Original oil painting on canva...

Through my brushwork, I sought to capture the essence of this serene seascape, employing oil paints to blend fine art with a touch of impressionism and realism. The tranquil waters a...

The painting reveals a majestic seascape of Montenegro. The deep azure waters of the Adriatic stretch to the horizon, reflecting the radiance of a clear sky and the silhouettes of mi...

A watercolor painting with a southern summer landscape with boats - saturated blue colors of water, coastal greenery and white boats near the shore. The painting with boats and the sea is based on memories of a trip to St. Nicholas Island, Crete. The rich, but at the same time calm color of the painting with boats will bring the warmth of a summer day into the room and give a calming mood. This painting with boats and the sea is made on magnificent cotton paper with light-resistant paints of world manufacturers. Watercolor painting the sea port will perfectly complement any interior. Light watercolor painting with boats in the port will look good in the living room, bedroom or kitchen. Painting with the sea and boats will also be a wonderful gift to friends and family for any celebration. "Sunny day in Crete", watercolor, paper The size of the painting is 38x56cm Author Irina Pronina

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A lone figure sits at the end of a wooden dock, quietly waiting for a catch. A small boat gently floats nearby and casts its reflection on the calm water. The...

Modernist harbour scene in oil. Presented in a large gilt-effect frame with hessian trim. Signed in the lower right. Signed, titled and dated (1970) verso. On canvas on stretchers.

Work on canvas Golden wooden frame with glass pane 61.5 x 79.5 x 3 cm

The painting reveals sunny Dubrovnik, an ancient city on the shores of the azure Adriatic Sea. Slender palm trees line the promenade, their long fronds gently swaying in the gentle s...

A fine 20th Century harbour scene in acrylic, showing small yachts at anchor in a quiet harbour. The artist has signed to the lower right corner and the painting has been presented i...