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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
Impressionist Painting of Venetian Canal with Bridge and Sunlit Buildings
Impressionist Painting of Venetian Canal with Bridge and Sunlit Buildings

Impressionist Painting of Venetian Canal with Bridge and Sunlit Buildings

By Fanch Lel

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Impressionist Painting of Venetian Canal with Bridge and Sunlit Buildings By Fanch Les Size: 18.25 x 15.25 inches (height x width) Oil painting on cardboard, unframed Conditio...

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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

American Impressionist Artist Allen Dean Cochran Oil Painting Summer Catskills
American Impressionist Artist Allen Dean Cochran Oil Painting Summer Catskills

American Impressionist Artist Allen Dean Cochran Oil Painting Summer Catskills

By Allen Dean Cochran

Located in Chesterfield, NJ

"Foothills of the Catskills," 1915 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right: Allen D. Cochran, titled on the frame plaque 24" H x 30" W CONDITION Visual: Generally good cond...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Oil

Boats on the beach oil on cardboard painting impressionism spanish seascape
Boats on the beach oil on cardboard painting impressionism spanish seascape

Boats on the beach oil on cardboard painting impressionism spanish seascape

By Joaquin Terruella Matilla

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Joaquin Terruella Matilla (1891-1957) - Landscape - Oil cardboard Oil measures 14x10 cm. Frame measures 25x20 cm. Joaquim Terruella Matilla (1891 - 1957) Joaquim Terruella Matilla,...

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1920s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Cardboard

French Hilltop Village Church Mountains Landscape Gouache Painting Bernard Labbe
French Hilltop Village Church Mountains Landscape Gouache Painting Bernard Labbe

French Hilltop Village Church Mountains Landscape Gouache Painting Bernard Labbe

By Bernard Labbe

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: French Hilltop Village Church Mountains Landscape Gouache Painting Bernard Labbe Artist: Bernard Labbe (French, mid 20th century) Medium: gouache on paper, unframed Size: 16 x...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Gouache

Impressionistic Seascape Painting Michael Budden Beautiful Skies Series Sunrise
Impressionistic Seascape Painting Michael Budden Beautiful Skies Series Sunrise

Impressionistic Seascape Painting Michael Budden Beautiful Skies Series Sunrise

By Michael Budden

Located in Chesterfield, NJ

Golden Moment, Beautiful Skies Series oil/panel, 6 x 8 image unframed, 9.75 x 11.75 x 1.5 framed signed LR Golden Moment is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contempor...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Oil

Sunset, Impressionist Lithograph by John Beerman
Sunset, Impressionist Lithograph by John Beerman

Sunset, Impressionist Lithograph by John Beerman

By John Beerman

Located in Long Island City, NY

John Beerman, American (1958 - ) - Sunset, Year: 1994, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: CTP #3, Image Size: 18 x 30 inches, Size: 25.5 x 37 in. (64.7...

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1990s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

Pond Waterlilies Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Pond Waterlilies Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

Pond Waterlilies Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

By Vahe Yeremyan

Located in Granada Hills, CA

Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: Pond Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2026 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 10" x 19" x "0.8 inch (25 x 48 x 2cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wrapped on W...

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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Two Women at the Beach
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Two Women at the Beach

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Two Women at the Beach

By Fanch Lel

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

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Oil

"Bluebonnets Texas Hill Country"
"Bluebonnets Texas Hill Country"

"Bluebonnets Texas Hill Country"

Located in San Antonio, TX

Robert Wood (G. Day) (1889 -1979) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 20 x 24 Frame Size: 29 x 33 Medium: Oil Signed Lower left "Bluebonnet" Biography Robert Wood (G. Day) (1889 -1979) A painter of realistic landscapes reflecting a vanishing wilderness in America, Robert Wood (not to be confused with Robert E. Wood) is reportedly one of the most mass-produced artists in the United States. His painting became so popular he was unable to meet all of the demands, and many of his works were reproduced in lithographs and mass distributed as prints, place mats, and wall murals by companies including Sears, Roebuck. He was born in Sandgate, Kent on the south coast of England near Dover, the son of W.L. Wood, a famous home and church painter who recognized and supported his son's talent. In fact, he forced his son to paint by keeping him inside to paint rather than playing with his friends. At age 12, Wood entered the South Kensington School of Art. As a youth, he came to the United States in 1910, having served in the Royal Army, and he never returned to England. He traveled extensively all over the United States, especially in the West, often in freight cars, and also painted in Mexico and Canada. His itinerant existence took him to Illinois where he worked as a farmhand, to Pensacola, Florida where he married, briefly in Ohio, Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. In 1912, he was in Los Angeles, and in the late 1920s and early 1930s, in San Antonio, Texas, where he lived and in 1928 exhibited in the "Texas Wildflower Competition." From San Antonio, he gained a national reputation for his strong colored, dramatic paintings. Some of that prestige has been credited to his association with Jose Arpa, prominent Texas artist. Wood also gave art lessons, and one of his students was Porfirio Salinas. During this period, Wood sometimes signed his paintings G. Day or Trebor, which is Robert spelled backwards. In 1941 he went to California and painted numerous desert and mountain landscapes and coastal scenes. He lived in Carmel for seven years, and then moved to Woodstock, New York, but he soon returned to California, settling first in Laguna Beach, then San Diego, and finally in the High Sierras, where he and his wife built a home and studio near Bishop and lived until his death in 1979. Robert Wood was born March 4, 1889, in Sandgate, England, a small town on the Kentish coast not far from the white cliffs of Dover. His father, W. J. Wood, was a successful painter who recognized Robert's unusual talent. At the age of twelve, his father enrolled Wood in art school in the small town of Folkstone. He then attended the South Kensington School of Art. While attending art school, Wood won four first awards and three second awards, one each year, a record. In 1910 after service in the Royal Army, nineteen-year-old Wood and his friend, Claude Waters, immigrated to America. Initially, he settled in Illinois and worked as a hired hand on a farm belonging to Water's uncle. He would then strike out on his own, living the life of an itinerant painter. Wood traveled as a hobo, hopping freight trains and selling or bartering small paintings to support him along the way. When times were hard, he worked at whatever job was available. In this manner, he saw most of the United States and fell in love with rural America. By 1912, Wood visited Los Angeles for the first time, arriving on the day of the Titanic tragedy. Later that year, he had met, courted and married young Eyssel Del Wagoner in Florida. The couple moved to Ohio where a daughter, Florence, was born. During World War I, the family moved to Seattle where a son, John Robert Wood, was born in 1919. In the early 1920's, the young Wood family was almost constantly on the move. They stayed for short periods in Kansas, Missouri, California and for a longer time in Portland, Oregon, where Wood's friend Claude Waters had settled. Wood's seemingly endless wanderings disrupted his family life and delayed his development as a painter. However, through his travels he developed an appreciation for the American landscape that would inspire him for the rest of his career. Although aware of the current movement away from traditional realism in American art, he elected to travel that solitary path and remain true to his own vision of American’s grandeur and beauty poetically translated through his landscape and seascape paintings. In 1923, the Wood family discovered the beautiful city of San Antonio, Texas and it was there that he and his family would finally settle. He studied briefly at the San Antonio Art School with Spanish colorist Jose Arpa y Perea (1860-1952), who had arrived in San Antonio that same year. In the latter part of the 1920’s, Jose Arpa’s influence quickly became evident. Wood after several years of experimentation was becoming fine easel painter, capable of great subtlety with a new mature original style. Like Texas painters Robert Onderdonk (1853-1917) and his son Julian Onderdonk (1882-1922), Robert Wood concentrated on the distinctive Texas landscape with its Red Oak trees and wildflowers that covered the hill country landscape. He developed a reputation for his scenes of Blue Bluebonnets, the state flower. In the spring, the Texas prairie is covered with wildflowers, especially in the hill country surrounding San Antonio and Austin. Wood incorporated native stone barns and rough wood farmhouses that added authenticity and romance to his compositions. In 1925, Wood was divorced from his wife. In 1932, he moved to the famous scenic loop on San Antonio's outskirts. While still living in Texas, he took extensive western sketching trips that brought him to California. It is evident that his 1930’s California...

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1950s Impressionist Art

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Oil

'European Street Scene', by an Unknown Artist, Oil on Canvas Painting
'European Street Scene', by an Unknown Artist, Oil on Canvas Painting

'European Street Scene', by an Unknown Artist, Oil on Canvas Painting

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

This 25.5" x 29.5" oil on canvas painting is by an unknown artist; the signature reads as 'Pilou' which is a common European surname. The painting depicts a busy street scene with pe...

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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Sunset embankment"
"Sunset embankment"

"Sunset embankment"

By Evgeny Chernyakovsky

Located in Edinburgh, GB

Original Oil painting by Ukrainian artist Evgeny Chernyakovsky "sunset embankment" 25.0 X 35.0 CM / 9.8 X 13.7 IN HIGH QUALITY oil on canvas Signed on the front and back Dated 2024 ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

First Picks, Oil Painting
First Picks, Oil Painting

First Picks, Oil Painting

By Onelio Marrero

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Early morning sunlight streams across the interior of an antique store, casting a warm glow over the floor and displayed collectibles. A single collector arrive...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Oil

Summer Landscape Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Summer Landscape Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

Summer Landscape Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

Located in Granada Hills, CA

Artist: Garry Nalbandyan Title: Lake Side Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2026 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 12" x 19.5" x 0.8" inch (31 x 50 x 2cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wr...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Autumn flowers
Autumn flowers

Simon KozhinAutumn flowers, 2017

$2,832Sale Price|20% Off

Autumn flowers

By Simon Kozhin

Located in Zofingen, AG

Autumn flowers in the middle lane are full of variety, an abundance of shapes and shades. The most delicate combinations create harmonious scales. Warm and cold shades on a gray day ...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

"Sunny Beach".
"Sunny Beach".

"Sunny Beach".

By Liudmila Shabazova

Located in Zofingen, AG

Open space, wind movement, brightness and freshness.These feelings come to us when we look at this picture. The color palette is rich in contrasts and smooth transitions. The work wa...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Nicely Framed Detailed American School Antique Beach Scene Original Oil Painting
Nicely Framed Detailed American School Antique Beach Scene Original Oil Painting

Nicely Framed Detailed American School Antique Beach Scene Original Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Very finely painted early 1900s American impressionist beach scene. Oil on board. Framed. Signed verso. Great colors and very well painted. Excellent ready to hang condition.

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Early 1900s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Antique English Panoramic Sunset Fall River Classical Landscape Framed Painting
Antique English Panoramic Sunset Fall River Classical Landscape Framed Painting

Antique English Panoramic Sunset Fall River Classical Landscape Framed Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique English landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang and...

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1890s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

"Water lilies"
"Water lilies"

"Water lilies"

By Evgeny Chernyakovsky

Located in Edinburgh, GB

The painting evokes a sense of peace, a dissolution of form and light. The viewer seems to be looking at the surface of a quiet pond, reflecting the sky, trees, and clouds. Water lil...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

1900's Horses at the Trough
1900's Horses at the Trough

1900's Horses at the Trough

By William Lemos

Located in Soquel, CA

Charming mid century oil painting of two horses at watering trough by William M. Lemos, Santa Cruz and San Francisco artist (American, 1861-1942), circa 1900. Writing on verso is in ...

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Early 1900s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Cardboard

American Impressionist Interior of the artists studio
American Impressionist Interior of the artists studio

American Impressionist Interior of the artists studio

By Marion Huse

Located in Woodbury, CT

A printmaker, painter, and commercial artist, Marion Huse created work that ranged from realism to abstraction and included portraits, figure subjects, landscapes, and floral still l...

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1960s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Antique American Female Impressionist Wild Flower Landscape Signed Oil Painting
Antique American Female Impressionist Wild Flower Landscape Signed Oil Painting

Antique American Female Impressionist Wild Flower Landscape Signed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Impressive early American impressionist flower landscape painting by Lila Caroline McGillivray Knowles (1886 - 1979). Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Image size, 10 by 12 inches.

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1920s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Sunflower
Sunflower

Sunflower

By Casey Childs

Located in Pasadena, CA

Visual Description: This contemporary painting painted in oil on linen is a portrait of a red-headed woman in an impressionistic style. Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly ...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Landscape View of Cohansey River, Greenwich NJ
Landscape View of Cohansey River, Greenwich NJ

Landscape View of Cohansey River, Greenwich NJ

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Benjamin Eisenstat (1915-2001). View of Cohansey River, Greenwich NJ, ca. 1960's. Oil on linen canvas 16 x 22 inches. Signed lower right. Signed, titled by artist on verso. Origi...

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1960s Impressionist Art

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Linen, Oil

Rain on the Farm, Original Painting
Rain on the Farm, Original Painting

Rain on the Farm, Original Painting

By Fernando Garcia 1

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Fernando Garcia presents a sweeping landscape of vibrant yellow fields with farmhouses dotting the distance. He uses the rain on the plains as the main...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Figures on Beach Shoreline Painting of Cliffs in Ireland Oil on Canvas 1990's
Figures on Beach Shoreline Painting of Cliffs in Ireland Oil on Canvas 1990's

Figures on Beach Shoreline Painting of Cliffs in Ireland Oil on Canvas 1990's

Located in Preston, GB

Figures on Beach Shoreline Painting of Cliffs in Ireland Oil on Canvas 1990's, by Irish Artist Darren Paul. Art measures 17 x 13 inches Frame measures 24 x 19 inches This atmospheric coastal landscape captures the rugged beauty of Fair Head, one of Northern Ireland's most iconic natural landmarks. Painted with expressive brushwork and a sensitive understanding of light, the composition draws the viewer across the golden sands and shimmering waters towards the dramatic basalt cliffs that rise majestically above the sea. Soft coastal light filters through sweeping cloud formations, creating a sense of movement and changing weather that is synonymous with the wild Antrim coastline. In the foreground, figures strolling along the beach provide both scale and a human connection to the vast landscape, while the distant white cottages nestle beneath the imposing cliffs, emphasising the harmony between nature and rural life. The artist's confident handling of colour and texture evokes the fresh sea air, rolling surf and expansive horizons of this celebrated Irish location. Rich earth tones contrast beautifully with cool blues and silvery greys, creating a balanced and inviting composition that captures both the grandeur and tranquillity of the scene. A timeless portrayal of one of Ireland's most spectacular coastal settings, this painting will appeal to collectors of Irish landscapes, maritime subjects and works that celebrate the enduring beauty of the natural world. Darren Paul was born in Belfast in 1944. From childhood, Darren had an affinity for art. He attended art classes under the tutorage of Desmond Kinney...

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1990s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Panel

'The Garden in Summer', Tsar Nicholas II, Queen Elizabeth II, Russian Imperial
'The Garden in Summer', Tsar Nicholas II, Queen Elizabeth II, Russian Imperial

'The Garden in Summer', Tsar Nicholas II, Queen Elizabeth II, Russian Imperial

By Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

'The Garden in Summer' by Olga Alexandrovna. Tsar Nicholas II, Queen Elizabeth II, Russian Imperial ---- Signed lower right, 'Olga' for Her Imperial Highness, Olga Alexandrovna, Gr...

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1930s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Water Lilies, Prague Impressionist Summer Landscape
Water Lilies, Prague Impressionist Summer Landscape

Water Lilies, Prague Impressionist Summer Landscape

Located in Beachwood, OH

Václav Radimský (Czech, 1867-1946) Water Lilies, c. 1910 Oil on board Signed lower left 28 x 39 inches Václav Jan Emanuel Radimský was a Czech impressionist painter who resided in F...

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1910s Impressionist Art

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Oil

Sunset Impression
Sunset Impression

Sunset Impression

By Andrei Belaichuk

Located in Zofingen, AG

Sunset Impression captures a fleeting moment when light dissolves into water and color becomes emotion. The golden glow of the setting sun spreads across the cool blue surface, formi...

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2010s Impressionist Art

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Oil

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