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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
Coastal scene and fishing boats at moonlight, French Oil painting By G. Maroniez
Located in Gavere, BE
Maroniez is best known as an accomplished painter of the sea and the life of fishermen. He painted mainly in Brittany ( France ) Museums and galleries holdings : Boulogne: Mussel b...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

"BEND IN THE CREEK" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY LIMESTONE BLUFFS RIVER 33 X 45 FRAMED
Located in San Antonio, TX
W. A. Slaughter (1923 - 2003) Dallas / San Antonio Artist Image Size: 24 x 36 Frame Size: 33 x 45 Medium: Oil on Canvas "Bend in the Creek" Texas Hill Country Biography W. A. Slaught...
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1970s Impressionist Art

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Oil

Untitled California Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Carl Thorp – American (1912-1989 ) Title: Untitled, California landscape Year: circa 1950 Medium: Oil on canvas Image size: 24.5 x 29.5 inches Framed size: 27.5 x 32.5 inches Signature: Signed lower right Condition: Very good This artwork is untitled. It looks like a scene in California. There is a sun-dappled, partially shaded foreground, a dark shaded row of trees mid-ground and a sunny hillside or mountainside as background, showing in the upper right of the composition. The painting is composed of oil on canvas. It is signed in the lower right corner by the artist. It is framed in a wooden gold frame. The painting is in very good condition. The frame is in good condition with a small 1/8" dent. Please see pictures. About the artist: Carl Thorp (1912–1989) was an American artist who became known for Impressionist landscapes of California, sometimes referred to as California Scene Painting, as well as New York City, Boston and New Orleans Cityscapes. He was born in Lubbock, Texas on November 14, 1912. Active in California between 1928 and 1957, Carl Thorp studied at the Academy of Fine Art in San Diego with Maurice Braun and Alfred Mitchell...
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1950s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

VALLEY RAMPARTS -
Located in Santa Monica, CA
FRANCES H. GEARHART (1869-1958) VALLEY RAMPARTS 1933 Color block print, signed and titled in pencil. 10 1/8 x 12 inches. Very large and good impression In generally good condition. ...
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1930s Impressionist Art

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Woodcut

Large French Impressionist Nicely Framed Paris Street Scene Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early French impressionist Paris street scene oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 24H by 40L.
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Large Classic Marine Signed Oil Painting Sailing Ship on Choppy Seas Gilt Framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sailing Ship at Sea Signed C.S .Vokes dated 83 signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 24 x 34 inches canvas: 20 x 30 inches condition: very good provenance: private collection...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Jesse F. Santos "Harvesting Rice" Philippine Landscape Oil Painting c.1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jesse F. Santos "Harvesting Rice" Philippine Landscape Oil Painting c.1970 Original oil on canvas Dimensions 30" wide x 24" high Signed and dated lower right Very good vintage co...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

French Impressionist Oil Landscape Muddy Sea Scape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Landscape" by Maurice Mazeilie (French) oil painting on artist paper, unframed painting: 6.5 x 9 inches A delightful original oil painting by the 20th century French Impressionist...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Landscapes of the Pyrenees and Mallorca oil on board painting spain
Located in Sitges, 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

"Over Looking the Delaware" Upper Bucks County PA Pastoral Landscape Scene
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful Impressionist summer pastoral scene of a colorful quaint home and barn in a green pastoral landscape. Willet has portrayed this piece in a most intimate, yet energetic wa...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

CLAUDE MONET Style 19th CENTURY IMPRESSIONISM OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING
By (after) Claude Monet
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING Antique 19th Century Fine Quality Piece Gold Gilt frame OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING BRITISH SCHOOL 19th Century in a Gold Frame Description. 19th century Piece “Good C...
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Mid-19th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

«Summer symphony» Original floral painting . Field of flowers. Large .
Located in Oslo, NO
This artwork is a vivid celebration of nature's abundance, featuring an intricate arrangement of wildflowers bursting with color. The piece masterfully captures diverse flora with a ...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Watcher" (2024) Original Oil Portrait Painting by Michael Carson
Located in Denver, CO
Michael Carson's (US based) "Watcher" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting. This beautiful, handcrafted oil painting rests at 30 x 22", a...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

Cotton Candy by Allison Chambers, Oil on paper Floral Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
Allison Chambers — Cotton Candy Oil on Paper, 10 x 10 inches Contemporary impressionist Allison Chambers brings her signature palette knife technique to this floral still life, Cott...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Paper, Oil

"A TEXAS BREED" G. HARVEY SCULPTURE. BRONZE TEXAS LONGHORN SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
G. Harvey (Gerald Harvey Jones) (1933-2017) San Antonio, Austin, and Fredericksburg Artist Image Size: 8 inches tall Frame Size: 8 inches across Medium: Bronze Sculpture "A Texas Bre...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Bronze

Abstract Still Life with Fruit and Flowers
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful still life with flowers and fruit by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Unsigned but was acquired from the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Unframed. Image; 14"H x 20"W. Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson(American, 1928-2009) owned and operated the Bear Flag Gallery in San Juan Bautista, California for many years and was known for his plein air watercolor...
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1980s Impressionist Art

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Paper, Watercolor

English Harvest - Vintage Impressionist Landscape Painting with Horses & Figures
Located in Preston, GB
English Harvest - Vintage 20th Century Impressionist Oil Painting with Horses & Figures by British Artist, David Hyde Art measures 16 x 12 inches Frame m...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model Portrait of a Nude Lady reclining French School, circa 1970's indistinctly signed oil painting on card, unframed size: 25 x 18 inches condition: overall very good,...
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1970s Impressionist Art

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Oil

La Boullie (The Porridge), Old Masters Drypoint Etching by Jean Francois Millet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Etching printed in brownish black on light tan Chine collé, 1861. Image measures 6 x 5 inches, displayed in a 15.5 x 12.5 inch frame. Etched signature and date lower left. A very goo...
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1860s Impressionist Art

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Drypoint, Etching, Intaglio

Abbey in Lavender Light
Located in Zofingen, AG
Set amidst the rolling hills of Provence, the historic Sénanque Abbey emerges from a sea of lavender. Bathed in gentle light, its stone walls carry centuries of silence, while violet...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Zaragoza Spain oil on canvas painting impressionist spanish landscape
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Technical Data Sheet Title: La Arboleda (Zaragoza) Artist: Juan Bayón Salado (Bay Sala) Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 23.6 x 28.7 inches Condition: Unframed Period: Mid-20th century Style: Impressionism with Expressionist influences Description: This painting depicts a wooded riverside landscape, likely the Ebro River as it passes through Zaragoza. The open composition and vibrant natural light emphasize green and ochre tones, evoking an atmosphere of tranquility and connection with nature. The arrangement of trees in perspective guides the viewer's eye toward the horizon, where a red building provides contrast and balance to the scene. On the right, small human figures add dynamism and depth to the landscape. The loose brushstrokes and tonal transitions suggest an agile yet detailed execution. Artist's Biography Juan Bayón Salado, artistically known as Bay Sala, was born in Logroño on June 24, 1913, and passed away in Bilbao on April 2, 1995. In 1918, his family moved to Bilbao, where he developed most of his artistic career. In the early 1930s, he set up his easel in Bilbao’s Arenal district, painting and raffling his works to support his parents. In 1941, he held his first exhibition in Bilbao, followed by another in Zaragoza in 1942, where he began signing his works as Bay Sala. In 1950, he moved to Paris in search of Impressionist roots, residing there until the late 1960s. His style is characterized by Impressionist brushstrokes with Expressionist touches, focusing primarily on urban and rural landscapes. His works are part of significant collections and museums, including the Museum of Fine Arts in Bilbao and the San Telmo Museum in San Sebastián. Similar Artists Bay Sala’s style can be related to other artists who focused on landscapes and the capture of natural light. Among them are: Camille Pissarro: French Impressionist painter known for his rural and urban landscapes capturing atmosphere and natural light. Alfred Sisley: British-French artist celebrated for Impressionist landscapes reflecting the serenity of nature. Joaquín Sorolla: Spanish painter and master in representing Mediterranean light in beach scenes and landscapes. Martín Rico y Ortega: Spanish artist renowned for detailed landscapes and urban views with notable Impressionist influences. Darío de Regoyos...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

British Impressionist Watercolor, Waterfront Scene with Sailboats and Boathouse
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Impressionist Watercolor, Waterfront Scene with Sailboats and Boathouse by Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed Dimensions:...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

Ballerina
Located in Riga, LV
Laimonis Bubieris (1934-2012) Ballerina, canvas/oil, 85x77 cm
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1980s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Ballerina
Ballerina
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Antique American School Large Panoramic Seascape Coastal Sunset Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school seascape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Image size, 30L x 24H.
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1930s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

French North African early 20th century Impressionist, Fishermen coming ashore
Located in Woodbury, CT
French North African early 20th-century Impressionist, Fishermen coming ashore with their daily catch. André Humbert was born in Paris on the 27th of November. He was a student of t...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Celebration music festival
Located in New York, NY
I have worked directly with the artist up to the time of her death and had the last paintings she had finished, two were the portraits of my children. She was very delightful to wor...
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1980s Impressionist Art

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Oil

"Along The Creek" Point Pleasant Pike Bucks County Bucks County PA River Snow
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful Impressionist winter pastoral scene of colorful quaint homes by the river. Willet has portrayed this piece in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and has packed much feel...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Fine Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Rocky Coastline Beach Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Coastline by Charles Martin-Sauvaigo (French 1881-1970) * see notes below French Impressionist painter oil painting on wooden panel unframed size: 8.25 x 10.5 inches condition: v...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Impressionistic Winter Snow Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden Winter Woods
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Winter Woods is a beautiful impressionistic winter landscape snow scene. The painting is on a canvas panel and exudes the rich qualities of oil paint with bright strong color, a vari...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Oil

French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Provencal Landscape with Stone House
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Provencal House French Impressionist artist, late 20th century indistinctly signed oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 13.75 x 17.5 in...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Nude in the studio
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Molded frame Diensions with frame : 87 x 73.5 x 4.5 cm This captivating work depicts a female nude in a dynamic pose, combining softness and tension. Every curve of t...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Incoming Spring Rain: large oil painting, dramatic landscape with clouds in blue
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a large, glorious and dramatic oil painting of a dark, cloud-filled sky. It is painted on all edges so there is no need for framing. It is wired with all installation hardware and ready to hang. Signed on the back. Bucks County, PA landscape artist Kirby Fredendall...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

British Impressionist Watercolor of a Farmyard Scene with a Figure and Chickens
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Impressionist Watercolor of a Farmyard Scene with a Figure and Chickens By Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed Dimensions:...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

Vintage Still Life -- Yellow & Blue Floral
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid late 1970's floral still-life featuring a colorful bouquet by Doro (American, 20th Century), 1979. Signed and dated "Doro 1979" lower left. Unframed. Image size, 24"H x 18"L.
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1970s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

"LOST AND FOUND" CATTLE STRAYS IN WEST TEXAS. WESTERN COWBOY COWS. FRAME 30 X 42
Located in San Antonio, TX
Lester Hughes (1938-2021) El Paso Artist Image Size: 24 x 36 Frame Size: 30 x 42 Medium: Oil "Lost and Found" West Texas Cattle STRAYS Biography Lester Hughes (1938-2021) From El Pas...
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1970s Impressionist Art

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Oil

"Sketch" Walter Elmer Schofield, Impressionist Coastline, Philadelphia Artist
Located in New York, NY
Walter Elmer Schofield Sketch, circa 1880s Oil on panel 12 x 14 inches Walter Elmer Schofield is regarded as a leader of the Philadelphia Impressionists and central to the broader ...
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1880s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Panel

Pacific Grove Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous seascape of Pacific Grove, California just north of Carmel by Marie Duncan (American, 20th Century), c. 1990. Signed lower right corner. Excelle...
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1990s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Summer Fields, Michigan Artist, American Impressionism, Landscape
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Mathias Alten (German/American 1871-1938) Signed: M. Alten (Lower, Left) " Summer Fields ", circa 1914 Oil on Canvas Laid on Board 10" x 14" Housed in a 2" Carved Newcomb Mackl...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Franklin White, British Australian Impressionist view of English country cottage
Located in Harkstead, GB
A wonderful image of an English country cottage set in a meadow with cattle grazing. Franklin White (1892-1975) A cottage in the countryside Signed with initials and dated (19)32 Oi...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Óleo sobre tela - Bodegón - Año 1974
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Estado de conservación muy aceptable el de la pintura La obra se presenta enmarcada (el marco presenta una leve falta) Medidas obra: 65 cm altura x 92 cm ancho. Medidas marco 70 c...
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1970s Impressionist Art

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Oil

Impressionistic Painting Michael Budden Evening Retreat Egret Marsh Coastal
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Evening Retreat Egret is an oil painting on Masonite panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a beautifully lit sundown and an egret catching the ligh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Oil

Romanian Morning
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting will come to you stretched on a wooden stretcher and completely ready to be placed in the interior. ABOUT THE ARTWORK "In 'Romanian Morning' from my 'Madeleine' series...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Renoir “ Bather Seated On a Rock”
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is a print of one ofRenoir’s most famous paintings titled “Bather on a seated rock.” it was printed by. Spadem, a well-known Paris printing company. It is numbered what looks t...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

"At the Cafe Paris" Impressionistic Oil Painting Woman in Cafe wearing Chanel
Located in New York, NY
This artwork is a vibrant, impressionistic painting featuring a woman seated at a table at café Paris with a strong emotion being felt. Her story if felt through the expression in he...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Lazy Days Blues" TEXAS BLUEBONNETS, NICE LARGER SIZE LANDSCAPE CIRCA 1950
Located in San Antonio, TX
Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 25 x 30 Frame Size: 34 x 39 Medium: Oil on Canvas Circa 1950 "Lazy Day Blues" Texas Bluebonnet Biography Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) Porfirio Salinas was a self-taught artist who painted landscapes of Central Texas with an emphasis on the vast bluebonnet fields that grow there in the springtime. Born in 1910 in Bastrop, Texas, he attended public schools in San Antonio. He also observed works in progress by the director of the San Antonio Art School, Jose Arpa, as well as landscape painter, Robert Wood. Wood is said to have paid Salinas five dollars a picture to paint bluebonnets because "he hated to paint bluebonnets". Salinas served in the military from 1943 to 1945. Although he was assigned to Fort Sam Houston, he was allowed to live at home. At the fort, Colonel Telesphor Gottchalk assigned him to paint murals for the officer's lounge and various other projects, and Salinas continued to be able to paint during his entire conscripted period. Even before he achieved notoriety among galleries, dealers, and museums, Salinas was widely followed and appreciated by many Texans, including former President Lyndon B. Johnson, who may be considered responsible for launching Salinas popularity beyond the boundaries of Texas. In 1973, Texas capital, Austin, honored Salinas for having "done much to bring the culture of Mexico and Texas closer together with his paintings". Salinas died in April 1973 in San Antonio, Texas. From the years of the Great Depression through President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society of the 1960s, Texan Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) remained one of the Lone Star State's most popular artists. Today, his works remain popular with Texas collectors and those who love landscapes of the beautiful "Hill Country" that lies in the center of the state. One of the first Mexican American painters to become widely recognized for his art, Salinas was a favorite of President Lyndon Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, as well as of Sam Rayburn, the longest-serving Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Texas Governor John Connelly. In fact, President Johnson was so enamored with his Salinas paintings that the artist will forever be associated with America's first Texas-born President. Works by Porfirio Salinas is in a number of museum collections, grace the halls of the Texas State Capitol and the Governor's Mansion in Austin, and are included in virtually every major private collection of Early Texas Art. Porfirio Salinas was born on November 6, 1910, near the small town of Bastrop, Texas, about thirty miles from Austin. His father, Porfirio G. Salinas (1881-1967), and his mother, Clara G. Chavez, struggled to make a hardscrabble living as tenant farmers, but eventually were forced to give up farming. The family moved to San Antonio, where Salinas' father was able to get a job working as a laborer for the railroad, but the scenic area around Bastrop, with its pine trees and the wide expanse of the Rio Grande River, would forever remain a touchstone for the artist. For the rest of his life, Salinas and his brothers went back frequently to visit their grandmother in her little farmhouse. When in Bastrop, Porfirio painted on the banks of the Rio Grande or in the groves of pine trees. The Salinas family was close-knit, and Porfirio was the middle child of five children, so he had an older brother and sister as well as a younger brother and sister. His mother was a native of Mexico, so throughout his childhood the family made the long drive to Mexico to visit Clara Salinas' family. As a child growing up in the bi-lingual section of San Antonio, Salinas drew and painted incessantly and by the time he was ten, he was already producing work that was mature enough to sell to his schoolteachers. Many years later in an article in the New York Times he was described as a "boy whose textbooks were seldom opened and whose sketchbook was never closed." Instead of studying, the young artist spent his spare time watching artists paint in and around San Antonio. As an aspiring painter, Salinas was fortunate to grow up in the historic city, which had the most active art scene in Texas. It was his exposure to older, professional painters that encouraged the precocious young painter to leave school early in order to help his family and pursue a career as a professional artist, despite his father's inability to see art as a career with any future for his son. When Salinas was about fifteen he came to know the artist Robert W. Wood (1889-1979). He met Wood while he was employed in an art supply store and he soon began to work as an assistant to the English-born painter, who had moved from Portland to San Antonio in 1924. Although the diminutive Englishman was already an established professional artist, he did not have a great deal of formal art training and so he was then studying with the academically trained Spanish painter Jose Arpa (1858-1952) in order to augment his knowledge and give his work a more polished look. Salinas was an eager young man, and while working in Wood's downtown San Antonio studio he learned to stretch canvases, frame paintings and to sketch in larger compositions from small plein-air studies for the English artist. He began to accompany Wood and Arpa to the hills outside San Antonio, where they painted small Plein-air studies of fields of blue lupin - the state flower, the famous "Bluebonnets" of Texas - in the springtime and scenes of the gnarled Red Oaks as they changed color in the fall. He was soon assisting Wood in the tedious work of painting the tiny blue flowers that collectors wanted to see in the landscapes they purchased of central Texas. According to a 1972 newspaper story, "Legend has it that one day in the 1920s artist Robert Wood decided he could not bear to paint another bluebonnet in one of his landscapes. He hired young Porfirio Salinas to paint them in for him at five dollars a painting." Whether this story is accurate or apocryphal isn't clear, but the ambitious and independent young Salinas wasn't destined to be anyone's assistant for very long. The formative event of Porfirio Salinas' teenage years was the Texas Wildflower Competitive Exhibitions, a Roaring-Twenties dream of the eccentric oilman Edgar B. Davis (1873-1951). These competitive shows of paintings of wildflowers and Texas life were mounted in San Antonio from 1927 to 1929. Held at the newly opened Witte Museum each spring, the exhibition featured large cash prizes donated by the philanthropic Davis, which were an inducement for artists to travel from all over the United States to paint in the Hill Country of Texas. The "Davis Competitions," as they were known, helped to cement San Antonio's reputation as an art center, a legacy that remains with the "River City" today. The shows generated a great deal of excitement in the area, helping to make celebrities of the some of the artists who had already settled there and encouraging others to make San Antonio their home. Over the three years that the wildflower competitions were held, more than 300 paintings were exhibited, and many thousands of viewers saw the paintings at the Witte Museum and on tours throughout the state and in New York. Each year Davis would generously purchase the winning paintings and then donate them to the San Antonio Art League. Young Porfirio Salinas would have been able to not only watch his two mentors - Robert W. Wood and Jose Arpa - paint the works that they entered in the Davis Competitions, he would have been able to see Arpa take several of the major prizes, receiving the judge's accolades for "Verbena," "Cactus Flower" and "Picking Cotton," works that are still on view at the San Antonio Art League Museum today. Unfortunately, Davis eventually put his donations to work in other charitable endeavors, bringing to an end the wildflower events, but only after they inspired Salinas and other young painters and had helped to make wildflower paintings the most sought-after subject for traditionalist Texas collectors. In 1930, when he was only twenty, Salinas hung out a shingle and began to paint professionally, augmenting the sales of his easel paintings with what little business he could garner by painting signs for local concerns. It was a struggle for the young artist to make a living, as the effects of the Great Depression were settling in. His early works are very similar to those of Robert Wood's, both in subject matter and treatment. Salinas did small paintings of Bluebonnets for the tourists who visited San Antonio to see the famous Alamo as well as paintings of the Texas missions...
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1950s Impressionist Art

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Oil

Winter Urban City Street Scene Painting American Impressionist Paul Bachem
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
A beautiful winter street scene by contemporary artist Paul Bachem. oil on canvas on panel 14 x 11 unframed, 20 x 17 framed in a distressed looking frame. BIOGRAPHY Paul Bachem stud...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Oil

Landscape with characters spanish original oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Joaquim Marsillach i Codony (1905-1986) - Landscape with characters Oil on canvas Oil measures 46x55 cm. Frame measures 69x78 cm. Marsillach Codony...
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1950s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Cove Within - Original Colorful Oceanscape Still Life Oil Painting on Canvas
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...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Gold Leaf

"Winter Solitude" Buckingham PA, Bucks County Snow Scene Landscape Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
Impressionist winter pastoral scene of a quaint snow covered home by theBuckingham, Bucks County, PA. Willett has portrayed this charming scene in a most intimate, yet energetic way,...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Roses, Flowers Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Flowers oil Painting, Impressionism Artist: Ashot Muradyan Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Linen Year: 2025 Style: Impressionism, Subject: R...
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2010s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Listed British Artist Edward Armfield (1817-1896) Antique Original oil painting
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is a phenomenal 19th century original oil painting on canvas by Listed British Artist Edward Armfield 1817-1896, depicting a dogs in the manger. Signed in the lower-lef...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Venice Festival, Italy, Cityscape, Gondola, Canal
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Sibley, Iowa, in 1886, Frederic Milton Grant studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, with additional training at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Grant traveled to Italy in...
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1930s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Large British Sporting Art Oil Painting White Horse in Green Fields signed 20thC
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Horse in a Field English artist "M. Lees" signed and dated 1971 oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 26 x 30 inches canvas: 20 x 24 inches Provenance: private collect...
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1970s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Bouquet Of Daisies
Located in Zofingen, AG
A sunny still life with bouquets of fresh daisies is a wonderful and inique wall decor. White and golden petals glows against a soft background. The flowers spill naturally from vase...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Elegant Nude in Pink Peignoir, standing before a Mirror
Located in West Sussex, GB
Konstantin Razumov (Born 1974) Russian Elegant Nude in Pink Peignoir, standing before a Mirror Oil on canvas: 11 x 16 inches. Frame: 18 x 23 inches. Konstantin Razumov's work has...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

'North Sea Dunes - Le Zwin' by René Toussaint (1902 - Spa - 1972)
Located in Knokke, BE
René Toussaint 1902 – Spa – 1972 Belgian Painter 'Belgian Coast – Le Zwin' Signature: signed lower left ’R Toussaint’ Medium: oil on panel Dimensions: image size 50 x 60 cm, frame...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Vintage American Impressionist Landscape Giltwood Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 20 by 24 inches overall, and 16 by 20 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. ...
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1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Young woman seen from the back)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Young woman seen from the back) Sanguine crayon, charcola and watercolor on paper, c. 1910 Signed with the estate stamp, Lugt 5169 lower left corner Provenance: Estate of ...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Art

Materials

Charcoal

Making a Run Impressionist Clipper Sailing Ship in Rough Seas, Water, Boat
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed size: 17" x 21" Making a Run by Montague Dawson vividly portrays a historic sailing vessel battling rough seas. The ship strides forward under full sail, decks awash, rigging...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Provence Colorful Trees Landscape - French Impressionist Original Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provence Colourful Trees, French Original Oil Painting French schooled artist, 20th Century Oil painting on thin card/paper, unframed Card size: 15 x 18 inches Delightful French Imp...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

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