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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
Artist's Family Portrait - British American Impressionist art oil painting
Artist's Family Portrait - British American Impressionist art oil painting

Artist's Family Portrait - British American Impressionist art oil painting

By James Jebusa Shannon

Located in Hagley, England

This stunning British American Impressionist portrait oil on canvas painting is by Sir James Jebusa Shannon circa 1905. The painting is of the artist and his wife Florence and daught...

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Early 1900s Impressionist Art

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Oil

Vintage oil painting on board, seascape, Clipper ship on Sunset, Signed, framed
Vintage oil painting on board, seascape, Clipper ship on Sunset, Signed, framed

Vintage oil painting on board, seascape, Clipper ship on Sunset, Signed, framed

Located in Palm Coast, FL

The painting depicts a dramatic seascape featuring a large sailing ship battling through turbulent waters. The ship is painted with dynamic, sweeping lines that convey motion, and it...

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1990s Impressionist Art

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Oil

Still life with flowers and fruits
Still life with flowers and fruits

Still life with flowers and fruits

Located in Zofingen, AG

Impressionist still life with flowers and fruit Painting expresses movement towards rebirth, light and sun, renewal, associated with spring. This idea of movement and renewal is expr...

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2010s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Cardboard

Untitled (Snow-capped Mountains) – Grand Teton National Park, c. 1930s
Untitled (Snow-capped Mountains) – Grand Teton National Park, c. 1930s

Untitled (Snow-capped Mountains) – Grand Teton National Park, c. 1930s

By Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel

Located in Pasadena, CA

Provenance Consigned to the gallery by private collectors Signed "Marion Kavanagh Wachtel" lower right Description Marion Kavanagh was a pupil of William Keith in San Francisco who, upon learning of her move to Southern California, urged her to contact Pasadena artist Elmer Wachtel. A romance blossomed and the two were married in 1904. During their marriage, out of respect for her husband, Marion Wachtel painted in watercolor, giving Elmer Wachtel the honor of painting in the more “serious” medium of oil. After the untimely passing of her husband and a period of grieving, Marion took up oil painting in 1930, working both en plein air and in the studio. This masterful plein air painting is a poetic interpretation of the snow-capped mountains in Grand Teton National Park...

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1930s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Panel

K.Maskell Oil Painting Tall Ship at Sea Maritime Nautical Ocean Seascape, Framed
K.Maskell Oil Painting Tall Ship at Sea Maritime Nautical Ocean Seascape, Framed

K.Maskell Oil Painting Tall Ship at Sea Maritime Nautical Ocean Seascape, Framed

Located in Palm Coast, FL

This original oil on canvas painting depicts a fully rigged sailing ship cutting through rolling ocean waves under a bright, open sky. The artist emphasizes precision and clarity in ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Oil

River Seine Paris Barges Moored on Quay Signed 20thC French Impressionist Oil
River Seine Paris Barges Moored on Quay Signed 20thC French Impressionist Oil

River Seine Paris Barges Moored on Quay Signed 20thC French Impressionist Oil

By Claude Marin

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Paris by Claude Marin (French 1914-2001) signed and dated 83 oil on artist card stuck on board, unframed board: 8 x 9.75 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris, France Conditio...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

In full bloom -Floral Symphony collection
In full bloom -Floral Symphony collection

In full bloom -Floral Symphony collection

Located in Zofingen, AG

This painting feels like a whispered love confession. A soft field of flowers glows in warm blush and golden light, as if morning itself is breathing through the petals. Gentle brush...

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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Impressionistic Farm Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden Spring Farm Study
Impressionistic Farm Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden Spring Farm Study

Impressionistic Farm Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden Spring Farm Study

By Michael Budden

Located in Chesterfield, NJ

Spring Farm Study oil/panel 8x12 image unframed, 13.38 x 17.8 framed, Spring Farm is a beautiful impressionistic landscape oil painting that I did on location near my studio in 2016....

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Oil

Signed French Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait of a Man seated in Library
Signed French Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait of a Man seated in Library

Signed French Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait of a Man seated in Library

By Antique French

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: French School, indistinctly signed, dated 1910 Title: Portrait of a man seated in a library room of books. Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Large Antique American Impressionist Nicely Framed Picnic Landscape Oil Painting
Large Antique American Impressionist Nicely Framed Picnic Landscape Oil Painting

Large Antique American Impressionist Nicely Framed Picnic Landscape Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring 20 by 27 inches painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a gold g...

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Early 1900s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Antique American Impressionist Bustling Summer Day at the Beach Oil Painting
Antique American Impressionist Bustling Summer Day at the Beach Oil Painting

Antique American Impressionist Bustling Summer Day at the Beach Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American impressionist beach scene oil painting by Frank Leslie Spradling (1886 - 1972). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Handsomely framed in a gold giltwood molding. Excell...

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1920s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

French Impressionist Signed Oil Winter Village Scene Snow-Covered Landscape
French Impressionist Signed Oil Winter Village Scene Snow-Covered Landscape

French Impressionist Signed Oil Winter Village Scene Snow-Covered Landscape

By Henri Stenn

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Charming Winter Village Scene titled verso by Henri Stenn (French 1903-1993) signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 15 x 18 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: ...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

"Four Peonies", Oil painting
"Four Peonies", Oil painting

"Four Peonies", Oil painting

Located in Denver, CO

Yana Beylinson's (US based) "Four Peonies" is an oil painting that depicts impressionistic pink flowers with vivid green leaves. Artist Bio: Yana is driven by a deep r...

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2010s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Huge Mid Century French Oil Floral Still Life Pink Blossoms in Terracotta Vase
Huge Mid Century French Oil Floral Still Life Pink Blossoms in Terracotta Vase

Huge Mid Century French Oil Floral Still Life Pink Blossoms in Terracotta Vase

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Elegant Floral Still Life French School, mid 20th century signed oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 39.5 x 32 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very good conditi...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

"Italian Fishing Boat" Early 20th Century American Marine Oil Painting Framed
"Italian Fishing Boat" Early 20th Century American Marine Oil Painting Framed

"Italian Fishing Boat" Early 20th Century American Marine Oil Painting Framed

By Harold C. Wolcott

Located in New York, NY

An extraordinary marine painting by Wolcott from the early 20th Century depicting a tranquil harbor scene with an Italian Fishing Boat in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The composition t...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board, Canvas

Young Lady Crocheting
Young Lady Crocheting

Young Lady Crocheting

By Karl Albert Buehr

Located in Mc Lean, VA

American Impressionist Genre Figure Oil on Canvas Framed in gold leaf frame Excellent condition signed "K.A. Buehr" lower left Exhibited 24th Annual Exhibition, Art Institute...

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Late 19th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

L"Ame du Poete (The Soul of the Poet)
L"Ame du Poete (The Soul of the Poet)

L"Ame du Poete (The Soul of the Poet)

By Louis Legrand

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "L'Ame du Poete (The Soul of the Poet)" 1901, is an original etching and aquatint by renown French artist Louis Auguste Mathieu Legrand, 1863-1951. Signed in the ...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Young Boy with Donkey, William Weintraub
Young Boy with Donkey, William Weintraub

Young Boy with Donkey, William Weintraub

By William Weintraub

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: William Weintraub (1926) Title: Young Boy with Donkey Year: 1962 Medium: Oil on board Size: 33 x 25.5 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed and dated by the artist ...

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1960s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Mid Century French Original Pastel Painting of Hillside Village with Olive Trees
Mid Century French Original Pastel Painting of Hillside Village with Olive Trees

Mid Century French Original Pastel Painting of Hillside Village with Olive Trees

By Josine Vignon

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Mid Century French Original Pastel Painting of Hillside Village with Olive Trees Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Oil Pastel on artist paper Size: 19.75 (he...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil Pastel

1900's English Impressionist Watercolor Painting Silent Cloudy Meadow
1900's English Impressionist Watercolor Painting Silent Cloudy Meadow

1900's English Impressionist Watercolor Painting Silent Cloudy Meadow

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Cloudy Meadow English School, early 1900's original watercolor painting on artists paper, unframed overall paper size: 7.5x 11 inches From a large private collection of English wat...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

Original oil painting on board, European Cityscape, Unsigned, Framed
Original oil painting on board, European Cityscape, Unsigned, Framed

Original oil painting on board, European Cityscape, Unsigned, Framed

Located in Palm Coast, FL

Up For Sale is an Original Oil Painting On board, depicting an urban scene, capturing the everyday life of a town or city's older quarter. The artist has chosen a loose, expressive s...

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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

"At the Farm" Susan Grisell, American Farm Landscape, New England Countryside
"At the Farm" Susan Grisell, American Farm Landscape, New England Countryside

"At the Farm" Susan Grisell, American Farm Landscape, New England Countryside

By Susan Grisell

Located in New York, NY

Susan Grisell At the Farm, circa 1970 Signed lower right Oil on board 8 x 10 inches Following the guidance of her long-time teacher and mentor, the respected New England impressionist painter, Bernard Lennon, Susan Grisell developed a style marked adherence to nature. Her paintings are recognizable for their effortless rendering, with line and color that express the impressions of what she observes, and dense brushwork that conveys her response following the sensitive observation of atmosphere. In May 2023, one of Susan's paintings "Blue Crock...

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1970s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Tropical flora. miniature oil painting
Tropical flora. miniature oil painting

Tropical flora. miniature oil painting

Located in Zofingen, AG

Original small oil painting on canvas . How often are we in the moment, genuinely captivated by the beauty of nature, connecting with ourselves? Filled with the nature of Thailand,...

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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century French Original Pastel Drawing of Sunlit Woodland and Village
Mid Century French Original Pastel Drawing of Sunlit Woodland and Village

Mid Century French Original Pastel Drawing of Sunlit Woodland and Village

By Josine Vignon

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Mid Century French Original Pastel Drawing of Sunlit Woodland and Village Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Oil Pastel on artist paper Size: 19.75 (height) x...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil Pastel

Golden Symphony, Oil Painting
Golden Symphony, Oil Painting

Golden Symphony, Oil Painting

By Gail Greene

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A golden light sweeps across the lowlands as the sun sets. Warm hues of ochre, red, and green sparkle in the last light of day. A path meanders past the pond an...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Oil

Anne Packard "Outer Beach" 30x40 Beach Sailboat Seascape Oil Painting on Canvas
Anne Packard "Outer Beach" 30x40 Beach Sailboat Seascape Oil Painting on Canvas

Anne Packard "Outer Beach" 30x40 Beach Sailboat Seascape Oil Painting on Canvas

By Anne Packard

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

This piece, “Outer Beach” is a 30x40 oil painting on canvas by artist Anne Packard. Featured is a serene coastal view looking out between grassy dunes to the open water beyond. A san...

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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Afternoon Picnic" Still Life Out Doors Impressionist Oil Painting with Florals
"Afternoon Picnic" Still Life Out Doors Impressionist Oil Painting with Florals

"Afternoon Picnic" Still Life Out Doors Impressionist Oil Painting with Florals

By Martha Walter

Located in New York, NY

A whimsical depiction by Martha Walter of a picnic table with flowers, cups, Pepsi bottles, bowls and a basket. The bold colors and strong contrasts make Walter's work so striking an...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Impressionist Print of Boats in Antibes Harbour, France, 1955

Impressionist Print of Boats in Antibes Harbour, France, 1955

By Nicolas de Stael (after)

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This 1986 reproduction presents Nicolas de Staël’s Boats in the Harbour, a composition originally painted in 1955 during the artist’s celebrated Antibes period. In this late body of ...

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1950s Impressionist Art

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Offset

Antique  Dutch School original oil painting on canvas, Genre scene, Gold Frame
Antique  Dutch School original oil painting on canvas, Genre scene, Gold Frame

Antique Dutch School original oil painting on canvas, Genre scene, Gold Frame

Located in Palm Coast, FL

This captivating antique oil painting on canvas is a fine example of Dutch School genre art, evoking the style of the 17th-century master Adriaen van Ostade. The composition features...

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Mid-19th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

1930's French Impressionist Oil Fishing Boats Beached in Estuary
1930's French Impressionist Oil Fishing Boats Beached in Estuary

1930's French Impressionist Oil Fishing Boats Beached in Estuary

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Fishing Boats Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist oil on board unframed board: 13 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: overall good and sound condition...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

“Portrait of a Seated Lady in Wicker Chair”
“Portrait of a Seated Lady in Wicker Chair”

“Portrait of a Seated Lady in Wicker Chair”

Located in San Francisco, CA

A picture of calm refined beauty, the sitter epitomizes elegant and casual repose propped up against pillow in her spacious wicker armchair. Captured by master American portraitist ...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Boat Oxford Md Impressionistic Seascape Painting Michael Budden Fresh Paint
Boat Oxford Md Impressionistic Seascape Painting Michael Budden Fresh Paint

Boat Oxford Md Impressionistic Seascape Painting Michael Budden Fresh Paint

By Michael Budden

Located in Chesterfield, NJ

Fresh Paint oil/panel 11 x 14 unframed 16.5 x 19.5 framed Fresh Paint is an oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a beautiful boat...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Oil

"Bouquet of yellow flowers"
"Bouquet of yellow flowers"

"Bouquet of yellow flowers"

Located in Edinburgh, GB

The painting depicts a bouquet of lush yellow chrysanthemums. The flowers occupy the center of the composition, seeming to radiate a soft inner light. Their dense, multi-layered peta...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Mother and Child
Mother and Child

Mother and Child

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork "Mother and Child" c.1970 is an oil painting on canvas by German/American artist Eva Sikorski, 1917-1990. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

'Bridge, Venice' — Turn of the Century American Impressionism
'Bridge, Venice' — Turn of the Century American Impressionism

'Bridge, Venice' — Turn of the Century American Impressionism

By John Marin

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

John Marin, 'Bridge, Venice', etching, 1907, Zigrosser 59. Signed in pencil. Signed and dated 'Marin 07' in the plate, lower center; titled 'Le Pont Venezia' in the plate lower right. A superb, delicately inked impression, on antique cream laid paper, the full sheet with margins (5/8 to 3/4 inches); slight lightening to the paper within the original mat opening, otherwise in excellent condition. Printed by George Haskell, New York. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 5 x 7 1/16 inches; sheet size 6 5/8 x 8 11/16 inches. Literature: 'John Marin: Peintre Graveur', Charles Saunier, L' Art Décoratif, Paris, January, 1908 (illustrated). 'The Complete Etchings of John Marin', Carl Zigrosser, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1969 (illustrated). Impressions of this work are in the following museum collections: Art Institute of Chicago (Stieglitz Collection), Cleveland Museum of Art, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. ABOUT THE ARTIST "How to paint the landscape: First, you make your bow to the landscape. Then you wait, and if the landscape bows to you, then, and only then, can you paint the landscape." —John Marin “I would say to a person who thinks he wants to paint, go and look at the way a bird flies, a man walks, the sea moves. There are certain laws, certain formulae. You have to know them. They are nature's laws and you have to follow them just as nature follows them... You don't create the formulae... You see them." —John Marin, conversation with Dorothy Norman...

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Early 1900s Impressionist Art

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Etching

Impressionistic Sunrise Sensation II Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden
Impressionistic Sunrise Sensation II Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden

Impressionistic Sunrise Sensation II Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden

By Michael Budden

Located in Chesterfield, NJ

Sunrise Sensation II is a beautiful impressionistic landscape scene that is the enlarged version of a smaller study also listed here on 1stdibds. The painting is on a canvas and exud...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Oil

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Find a wide variety of authentic Impressionist art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue and other colors. Many Pop art Paintings/style/impressionist/?creator=richard-szkutnik>paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Vahe Yeremyan, Richard Szkutnik, Iryna Kastsova, and Mitchell Funk. Frequently made by artists working with Oil Paint, and Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Impressionist art, so small editions measuring 8 inches across are also available. Prices for art made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $225 and tops out at $7,200, while the average work sells for $1,423.