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Impressionist Art

IMPRESSIONIST STYLE

Emerging in 19th-century France, Impressionist art embraced loose brushwork and plein-air painting to respond to the movement of daily life. Although the pioneers of the Impressionist movement — Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Paul Cézanne, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir — are now household names, their work was a radical break with an art scene led and shaped by academic traditions for around two centuries. These academies had oversight of a curriculum that emphasized formal drawing, painting and sculpting techniques and historical themes.

The French Impressionists were influenced by a group of artists known as the Barbizon School, who painted what they witnessed in nature. The rejection of pieces by these artists and the later Impressionists from the salons culminated in a watershed 1874 exhibition in Paris that was staged outside of the juried systems. After a work of Monet’s was derided by a critic as an unfinished “impression,” the term was taken as a celebration of their shared interest in capturing fleeting moments as subject matter, whether the shifting weather on rural landscapes or the frenzy of an urban crowd. Rather than the exacting realism of the academic tradition, Impressionist paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings represented how an artist saw a world in motion.

Many Impressionist painters were inspired by the perspectives in imported Japanese prints alongside these shifts in European painting — Édouard Manet drew on ukiyo-e woodblock prints and depicted Japanese design in his Portrait of Émile Zola, for example. American artists such as Mary Cassatt and William Merritt Chase, who studied abroad, were impacted by the work of the French artists, and by the late 19th century American Impressionism had its own distinct aesthetics with painters responding to the rapid modernization of cities through quickly created works that were vivid with color and light.

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Style: Impressionist
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Large American Impressionist Wild Flower Landscape Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large vintage impressionist signed landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring: 33 by 45 inches overall, and 24 by 36 painting alone. In excellent original condition. H...
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1950s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

French Expressive Charcoal Sketch of a Standing Nude Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Standing Nude Figure black pen drawing on artist paper painting: 13.75 x 9 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: very good and sound condition
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Ballpoint Pen

1932 Regatta Oil Painting Classic American Nautical Racing Scene Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A dynamic and highly detailed 1932 oil painting by Allan C. Sawyer, this work captures an exhilarating regatta with a fleet of classic sailboats cutting through wind-whipped waves. P...
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1930s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Large Victorian Signed Oil Harvest Wheat sheaves Rural Scene & Figures framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Corn Field" by Alfred Bennet (British, 1861-1916) This beautifully executed oil on canvas painting titled "The Corn Field", signed and dated 1886 by British artist Alfred Benne...
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Early 19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Pretty Nude Lady Kneeing beside a Window
Located in West Sussex, GB
Konstantin Razumov (Born 1974) Russian Pretty Nude Lady Kneeing beside a Window Oil on canvas: 13 x 9 inches. Frame: 19 x 15 inches. Konstantin Razumov's work has been offered ...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Sakura - Cherry Tree Spring Blossom
Located in Zofingen, AG
A beautiful modern floral painting, made with professional varnished acrylics and Amsterdam acrylic sprays on stretched heavy canvas. I ship this marvellous artwork ready to hang. Di...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Antique 19 century Original Oil painting on board, Landscape, Amazing Frame
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This antique painting on board depicts a tranquil and atmospheric landscape, bathed in the soft glow of dawn or dusk. The composition is rich in depth, with towering trees framing a ...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

French Still Life with Pink White and Purple Flowers in a Golden Jug
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Still Life with Pink White and Purple Flowers in a Golden Jug by Fanch Lel Size: 18.25 x 15 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed Condition: Good cond...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Vintage French Impressionist Signed Oil Villefranche sur Mer Harbor Cote d'Azur
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Villefranche-sur-Mer by Felix Pierre MANGIAPAN (b.1884) signed oil on canvas, framed Framed: 19.5 x 21 inches Canvas : 14 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, Nice, France Con...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

"Mountain bloom" Large impressionistic floral oil painting .Landscape
Located in Oslo, NO
In creating this piece, I melded the fluidity of acrylics with the richness of oils to give life to a scene where the vibrancy of expressionism, the elegance of fine art, and the sof...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Blue Sea
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Carol Sideman– American (1925-2021) Title: Blue Sea #57 Year: circa 1975 Medium: Acrylic paint, gouache, chine colle on heavy watercolor paper Si...
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1970s Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board, Oil

ENGLISH Mid 20th Century Impressionist oil painting LONDON KENSINGTON GARDENS
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Francis William Helps RBA (1890-1972) British TITLE: “Kensington Gardens London" SIGNED: lower left MEDIUM: oil on board SIZE: 47cm x 40cm inc. frame CONDITION: very good DE...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after the drawing). A soft and delicate impression, printed in Paris in 1948 and published in an edition of 1200 by Braun et Cie. Size: 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (164 x 1...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph, Stencil

Ladies in Poppy Meadow Picking Wild Flowers Signed Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Path Across the Fields" by Paul Morgan, British 20th century signed oil on board, framed Framed: 21 x 24.5 inches Board : 16 x 20 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: ve...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Olive branch
Located in Zofingen, AG
This vibrant oil painting captures the Mediterranean spirit through the delicate beauty of olive branches against a clear blue sky. The interplay of deep green leaves and ripening ol...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

"Spring fantasy 01"
Located in Zofingen, AG
We feel the smell of spring. It comes with sunshine, with the singing of birds and of course with flowering. Flowers are everywhere, in the forest, on city streets, in our gardens. T...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

Robin Hoods Bay Headland and Shoreline Under Cloudy Sky Yorkshire 1983
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Robin Hoods Bay Headland and Shoreline Under Cloudy Sky Yorkshire 1983 By Tony Herbert (1927-2024) Medium: Watercolor on paper, unframed Size: 8.75 inches (height) x 11 inches...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Huge French Signed Oil Painting Provencal House in Floral Garden Large Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Provencal House French, mid/second half 20th century indistinctly signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 28.75 x 47 inches canvas: 22.75 x 46 inches condition: very good...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Suggestive Nude of a Woman oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Technical Sheet Title: "Suggestive Nude of a Woman" Artist: Rosendo González Carbonell (1910-1985) Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 36.2...
Category

1970s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Rivière de Mon Paix', Pair of Fine French Impressionist Oils, Musée d'Orsay
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Rivière de Mon Paix' by Raoul André Ulmann. Pair of Fine French Impressionist Oils, Musée d'Orsay, Luxembourg Museum. Sold as a pair. --- Raoul André Ulmann (French, 1867-1941) E...
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1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Two Women at the Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Two Women at the Beach By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 8.75 x 10.75 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed Condition:...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Listed American Artist George F. Kaumeyer (1856-1951) Antique landscape painting
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is a stunning original large antique 19th-century oil painting on canvas that captures a glowing forest landscape at sunset, with fiery hues of orange, red, and gold stre...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Original 19th century Antique Oil painting on canvas, seascape, Signed, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an original signed antique oil painting on canvas depicting a moody seascape with turbulent waves crashing against a rugged shoreline beneath an overcast sky. The distant ho...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Shadows Of Sunny February
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting depicts a bright winter day, with a snow-covered forest and an open field bathed in golden sunlight. The trees glisten with frost, and the pristine snow sparkles under t...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

French Impressionist Watercolor of Coastal Scene with Boats and Greenery
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Watercolor of Coastal Scene with Boats and Greenery By Maurice Mazeilie (French 1924-2021) Medium: Watercolor on paper, unframed Size: 7 x 5.25 inches (He...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Riverside View of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Riverside View of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 6.75 x 8.75 inches (height x width) Signed: Verso Oil paint...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"Winter Sage" Original Oil Painting, Landscape, Snow scene
Located in Denver, CO
"Winter Sage" by Dan Young is an original oil painting depicting a rural snow scene. Dan Young was born in Denver and grew up in western Colorado. “Camping and fishing throughout th...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Large Italian Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Grand Canal Venice Atmospheric
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Grand Canal, Venice Italian Impressionist artist, second half 20th centuyr indistinctly signed oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 26 x 32 inches Provenance: Private collection Cond...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Park City Spring - Framed Fantasy Landscape Painting on Handmade Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Michaela Jean is an accomplished painter, devoted gardener, and mother from Southern California (USA). Her lifelong passion for art and nature began in childhood, inspired by her gra...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil Pastel, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Handmade Paper

River Spain Spanish landscape oil on board painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Technical Details Artist: Rosendo González Carbonell Title: River Year: c.1980 Technique: Oil on board Dimensions (without frame): 10.6 x 1...
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1980s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Breath of Autumn . Large size landscape
Located in Oslo, NO
In this painting, I sought to capture the ephemeral beauty of light cascading through the trees, symbolizing life's fleeting moments. With both acrylic and oil, I embraced fine art a...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Junius Allen Salmagundi Club Artist oil painting Winter Afternoon
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Winter Afternoon oil on canvas panel image is 12 x 16 Painting has been cleaned by PA Conservatory. BIO: Junius Allen, N.A. ( 1898-1962) was considered one of the most promising art...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Fine French Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait Elegant Lady with Parasol
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady by Pio Santini (French 1908-1986) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 34 x 28 inches canvas: 26 x 20 inches Provenance: Private collection, Lyon, France ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Landscapes of the Pyrenees and Mallorca oil on board painting spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
**Technical Details** - Author: Josep Puigdengolas Barella (1906-1987) - Title: *Landscapes of the Pyrenees and Mallorca* - Technique: Oil on panel (painted on both sides) - ...
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1950s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Impressionistic Landscape Painting Michael Budden Beautiful Skies Series
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Silvered Sky, Beautiful Skies Series oil/panel 6 x 8 image unframed, 12.38 x 14.38 framed Silvered Sky is a study painting in the Beautiful Skies Series by award winning contemporar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

French Impressionist Harbour Scene with Sailboats and Quayside Architecture
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Harbour Scene with Sailboats and Quayside Architecture By Fanch Les Signed: Yes Size: 12.25 x 16.25 inches (height x width) Oil painting on cardboard, un...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"Fishing Schooners and Sailboats at a dock" Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Fishing Schooners and Sailboats at a dock, "Fischerschoner und Segelboote an einem Dock" by Rudolph Guba (German/American, 1884-1950) Impasto work which depicts several sailing vesse...
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1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Brittany Coastline Boats Moored at Sea Signed 20th Cent French Impressionist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fishing Boats at Brittany by Claude Marin (French 1914-2001) signed and dated 81 oil on artist card stuck on board, unframed board: 7.5 x 9.5 inches Provenance: private collection, P...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

oil on board painting Bullfighting Scene
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Bullfighting Scene Artist: José María Tuser Vázquez (Barcelona, 1919 - 1986) Medium: Oil on panel Dimensions: 18.1 x 15 inches Signed: Yes, lower right corner "Tuser" Framed: ...
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1960s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Sailboats at Harbour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Sailboats at Harbour By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 6.25 x 8.5 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting on card, unframed Con...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

California Lupines and Poppies, c. 1930
Located in Pasadena, CA
Consigned to the gallery, Pasadena, California; By descent to a private collector, Encino, California; Acquired in 1997 by a private collector, Palo Alto and Oceanside, California; F...
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1930s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Quaint Harbor Scene with Boats at Low Tide
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Quaint Harbor Scene with Boats at Low Tide By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 11 x 14.25 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Large Signed Paris Street Scene Detailed Sidewalk Cafe Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French cafe scene landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 29 by 41 inches overall, and 24 by 36 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. H...
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1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique French Impressionist Signed Park Landscape Detailed Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period impressionist mo...
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1920s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board, Canvas

French Oil painting of a Outdoor Market Scene in Impressionist Style
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Oil painting of a Outdoor Market Scene in Impressionist Style By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 6.5 x 8 inches (height x width) Signed: Bottom left Oil painting on bo...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Floral Landscape Impressionistic Oil Painting by Michael Budden Summer Fields IV
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Summer Fields 9 x 12 image Summer Fields IV is an oil painting on canvas that showcases the beautiful light of a summer day shinning on a beautiful field of flowers. This painting wa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Oil

"Extol" Abstracted Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary landscape painting by Bri Custer, titled Extol, captures the quiet reverence of the natural world through expressive brushwork and a refined, earthy palette. The pi...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Boats at Low Tide
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Boats at Low Tide By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 6 x 8.5 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting on board, unframed Conditio...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

"Country side Sunset" Colorful Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful impressionist pastoral landscape with beautiful color tones throughout. Waltsak has portrayed this piece in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and has packed much feelin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait Sarah Bernhardt as Camille in Lady of the Camellias in Spain 1882 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Francisco Inglada Barcelona, ​​1850-1903 Oil on canvas 56 x 43 cm (74 x 62 cm with frame) Signed upper left "Inglada" Beautiful carved wooden frame Francisco Inglada painted here th...
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1880s Impressionist Art

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Oil

Realistic Seascape Venice Painting Michael Budden Gondoliers Sunlight & Flags
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Sunlit Voyage, Gondoliers, Venice is a beautiful oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a pair of gondoliers heading through...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Oil

Impressionistic Seascape Nocturne Painting Michael Budden Moon Light Sailing
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Moonlight Light Sailing oil/canvas 26 x 26 image unframed, 31.25 x 31.25 framed Moonlight Sailing is an oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Oil

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Figures Walking Through a Sunlit Park
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Figures Walking Through a Sunlit Park By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 7 x 8.75 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting on boa...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Antique Summer Sunrise River Landscape Framed Original New York Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Charming early 20th-century oil landscape depicting a quiet riverside scene with trees, reeds, and soft reflections in the water. Painted in a gentle impressionist style with atmosph...
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1890s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

French Impressionist Sunlit Mediterranean Grove Twisted Olive Trees Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunlit Mediterranean Grove by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary) signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 24 x 28 inches canvas: 18 x 22 inches condition: very good provena...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

French Impressionist Harbour Scene with Fishing Boats and Whitewashed Houses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Harbour Scene with Fishing Boats and Whitewashed Houses By Fanch Lel Size: 15 x 18.25 inches (height x width) Oil painting on cardboard, unframed Conditio...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

French Landscape of the Gulf of Ajaccio Corsica with Trees and Sailboats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Landscape of the Gulf of Ajaccio Corsica with Trees and Sailboats By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 8.5 x 10.75 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed Con...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Antique Italian Impressionist Signed Venice Cityscape Gold Gilt Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Italian impressionist Venice cityscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely ...
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1890s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

"Bouquet with hydrangeas."
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting is called "Bouquet with hydrangeas". Bright colors create a joyful mood and a feeling of the nearness of spring. The work was written in the technique of impressionism t...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Still Life With Mimosa Flower Arrangement - Oil On Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Still Life With Mimosa Flower Arrangement - Oil On Canvas Original 1988 still life oil painting depicting a small blue vase of yellow mimosa flowers by Francisco Giordano (Italian, ...
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1980s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

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