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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
Gianni Cilfone, Winter Landscape, Mount Mansfield, Vermont
Gianni Cilfone, Winter Landscape, Mount Mansfield, Vermont

Gianni Cilfone, Winter Landscape, Mount Mansfield, Vermont

Located in Rockport, MA

A serene winter landscape by Gianni Cilfone portraying a snow-covered New England countryside set against Mount Mansfield in Vermont. Painted in oil with confident brushwork, the com...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Olive Trees in Manosque, Provence, Large French Modernist Signed Oil Painting
Olive Trees in Manosque, Provence, Large French Modernist Signed Oil Painting

Olive Trees in Manosque, Provence, Large French Modernist Signed Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: A. Davy, French School, late 20th century Title: Olive Trees, Manosque (Provence). Medium: signed, oil painting on canvas, framed and inscribed verso. Size: ...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

"Yard by the sea"
"Yard by the sea"

"Yard by the sea"

Located in Edinburgh, GB

The painting transports you to a cozy Greek courtyard, bathed in the soft light of the southern sun. The white walls of the houses dazzle, reflecting the blue sky and creating a feel...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Autumn"
"Autumn"

"Autumn"

Located in Edinburgh, GB

In the heart of late autumn, when everything is enveloped in calm and silence, the artist Alexander Khrapachev takes the viewer to the dawn of this autumn season. The feeling of a hu...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sailing
Sailing

Sailing

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork "Sailing" c.2000 is an oil painting on canvas by French impressionist artist Pierre Du Bois, b.1952. It is signed at the lower right corner...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Lilac Idyll, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Lilac Idyll, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

Lilac Idyll, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

Located in Granada Hills, CA

Artist: Shapoval Ivan Leontyevich Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Style: Impressionism Year: 2008 Title: Lilac Idyll, Size: 24" x ...

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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Boats Anchored by a Tower on a Cloudy Day
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Boats Anchored by a Tower on a Cloudy Day

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Boats Anchored by a Tower on a Cloudy Day

By Fanch Lel

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Boats Anchored by a Tower on a Cloudy Day By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 6 x 9.25 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unfr...

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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Turquoise Surf
Turquoise Surf

Turquoise Surf

Located in Zofingen, AG

Turquoise Surf captures the luminous energy of a wave as it rises and breaks along the shore under an open sky. The painting is inspired by the spirit of Impressionism, focusing on l...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Óleo sobre tela - Bodegón - Año 1971
Óleo sobre tela - Bodegón - Año 1971

Óleo sobre tela - Bodegón - Año 1971

Located in Sant Celoni, ES

Firmado en la parte inferior y fechado del año 1971 Se presenta enmarcada la pintura (el marco presenta algunos signos de uso) El estado de la pintura es aceptable Medidas obra: 3...

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1970s Impressionist Art

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Oil

Original Oil Painting Sailing Boat Harbor Storm Seascape Nautical Art Framed
Original Oil Painting Sailing Boat Harbor Storm Seascape Nautical Art Framed

Original Oil Painting Sailing Boat Harbor Storm Seascape Nautical Art Framed

Located in Palm Coast, FL

A charming vintage oil painting on canvas depicting a sailing vessel navigating lively coastal waters near a wooden pier. The composition captures a moment of motion and atmosphere, ...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"Sur Le Boulevard Paris" Colorful Impressionist Cityscape Scene Oil on Canvas
"Sur Le Boulevard Paris" Colorful Impressionist Cityscape Scene Oil on Canvas

"Sur Le Boulevard Paris" Colorful Impressionist Cityscape Scene Oil on Canvas

By Johannes Schiefer

Located in New York, NY

A charming Parisian scene oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Johannes Schiefer. This painting is a wonderful example of his work from the prime of his career. Capturing a v...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

British Impressionist Watercolor of a Highland Cottage and Mountain Landscape
British Impressionist Watercolor of a Highland Cottage and Mountain Landscape

British Impressionist Watercolor of a Highland Cottage and Mountain Landscape

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: British Impressionist Watercolor of a Highland Cottage and Mountain Landscape By Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed Dimensions: 1...

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Early 2000s Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

Figures at an Outdoor Cafe on a Busy Summers Day British Watercolour Painting
Figures at an Outdoor Cafe on a Busy Summers Day British Watercolour Painting

Figures at an Outdoor Cafe on a Busy Summers Day British Watercolour Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Summers Day Signed By Tony Herbert (1927-2024) Medium: Watercolor on artists paper on board, framed - glass covered Framed: 15 x 16 inches Watercolour: 8 x 9.5 inches Condition: Goo...

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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Picnic Shade

Picnic Shade

By Donald S. Vogel

Located in Dallas, TX

Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure with his viewers. Vogel entreats us to "rejoice and celebrate each new day, knowing it...

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1980s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Entanglement" Abstracted Landscape Oil Painting
"Entanglement" Abstracted Landscape Oil Painting

"Entanglement" Abstracted Landscape Oil Painting

Located in Westport, CT

In Entanglement, Bri Custer distills the essence of the forest into layered forms and expressive brushwork. Rooted in observation yet propelled by abstraction, this oil painting conj...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century American Impressionism -- Old Lyme New England Farm
Early 20th Century American Impressionism -- Old Lyme New England Farm

Early 20th Century American Impressionism -- Old Lyme New England Farm

By George M. Bruestle

Located in Soquel, CA

Gorgeous early 20th Century American Impressionist landscape of New England Farm by George M. Bruestle (American, 1871 - 1939), Circa 1914. Signed lower left and on verso. Presented in gilt-toned wood frame. Image size: 8"H x 10"W. George Matthew Bruestle is an American Realist/Impressionist painter known for his intimate landscapes. Born and raised in New York City, Bruestle studied at the Art Students' League of New York in 1886 at the young age of fifteen and later in Paris. That same year, Bruestle visited Essex, CT and eventually purchased a second home in Hadlyme, Old Lyme as the Art Colony formed. Bruestle's main studio was in New York City. Inspired by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot [1796-1875] and other French landscape painters, Bruestle's style was a mix of Early Realism and Early Impressionist techniques. He was an adept draftsman and his paintings favored earlier European examples but, later took on a brighter Impressionist palette and brushy quality of the Old Lyme Art...

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1920s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Antique 1898 American Impressionist O/C Venetian Canal Scene / Gilded Frame
Antique 1898 American Impressionist O/C Venetian Canal Scene / Gilded Frame

Antique 1898 American Impressionist O/C Venetian Canal Scene / Gilded Frame

Located in Exton, PA

Here is a fine, early American Impressionist painting of a Venetian Canal. The painting is oil on canvass measuring 36" x 28". Overall framed dimensions are 44" x 35". The painting i...

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1890s Impressionist Art

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Oil

"Kachina Eagle Dancer" - 1939 Hopi Serigraph
"Kachina Eagle Dancer" - 1939 Hopi Serigraph

"Kachina Eagle Dancer" - 1939 Hopi Serigraph

Located in Soquel, CA

"Kachina Eagle Dancer" - 1939 Serigraph Serigraph of a Kachina Eagle Dancer by Hopi Pueblo artist Kyrate Tuvahoema (Native American, 1914-1942). The Kachina Eagle Dancer wears a vib...

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1930s Impressionist Art

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Paper, Ink

Floral Meadow
Floral Meadow

Floral Meadow

Located in Zofingen, AG

This painting is like a quiet whisper of a meadow at sunset, when the day gently takes its leave and time stands still for a moment. In those tender shades of pink and gold lies a me...

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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Paysans portant du foin" original etching

"Paysans portant du foin" original etching

By Camille Pissarro

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original etching and drypoint. Catalogue reference Delteil 126. Printed on laid paper in 1900 and published in Paris by Henri Floury as the frontispiece for Gustave Geffroy's...

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Early 1900s Impressionist Art

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Etching

Women Outside Breton Hotel - Chromolithograph on Paper
Women Outside Breton Hotel - Chromolithograph on Paper

Women Outside Breton Hotel - Chromolithograph on Paper

By Alson Skinner Clark

Located in Soquel, CA

Women Outside Breton Hotel - Chromolithograph on Paper In a pastel palette, Alson Skinner Clark (American, 1876-1949) captures the rustic beauty of a side street in a Breton village as two women converse outside of a hotel on a blue sky day. Signed “Alson Clark...

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1910s Impressionist Art

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Laid Paper, Lithograph

In the Cesvaina's palace
In the Cesvaina's palace

In the Cesvaina's palace

Located in Riga, LV

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

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Impressionist Signed Fall Forest Interior Framed Oil Painting
Antique American Impressionist Signed Fall Forest Interior Framed Oil Painting

Antique American Impressionist Signed Fall Forest Interior Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American impressionist fall landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed faintly. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 20 by 22 inches overall. H...

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1930s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Abstract Fantasy
Abstract Fantasy

Abstract Fantasy

Located in Zofingen, AG

In creating this tapestry of emotion and color, I poured my soul onto the canvas with every stroke. This piece embodies my passion for abstract and impressionism, spiced with a dash ...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Flowers morning
Flowers morning

Flowers morning

Located in Zofingen, AG

Acr. on canvas painting. Size of painting - 37cm x 37cm , (14,5" x 14,5") size with frame- 18,5" x 18,5" - (45,5cm x 45,5cm) The thickly applied paint vibrates wtih color, and the m...

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Early 2000s Impressionist Art

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Acrylic

9th & Broadway, Painting, Oil on Canvas
9th & Broadway, Painting, Oil on Canvas

9th & Broadway, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By John Kilduff

Located in Yardley, PA

This painting was painted on location (plein air) in Downtown Los Angeles. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Red Farmhouse in a Vineyard - Horse in Rocky Meadow on Reverse Acrylic on Board
Red Farmhouse in a Vineyard - Horse in Rocky Meadow on Reverse Acrylic on Board

Red Farmhouse in a Vineyard - Horse in Rocky Meadow on Reverse Acrylic on Board

Located in Soquel, CA

Red Farmhouse in a Vineyard - Horse in Rocky Meadow on Reverse Acrylic on Board (Two Sided) Lush vineyard landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009)....

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Acrylic, Board

Finely Detailed British Watercolor Topographical Landscape Scene
Finely Detailed British Watercolor Topographical Landscape Scene

Finely Detailed British Watercolor Topographical Landscape Scene

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Medium: Watercolour on paper, unframed Size: 10 inches (height) x 14 inches (width) Signed: No Condition: Sound condition Provenance: Private collection Description: This watercolor...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

A Northern Vision in Miniature
A Northern Vision in Miniature

A Northern Vision in Miniature

Located in Stockholm, SE

This exquisitely detailed drawing by Swedish artist Oscar Lycke captures a rustic settlement nestled in the golden highlands of northern Sweden, most likely depicting the traditional...

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1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil

Moorish Palace Gardens - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Lucien Levy-Dhurmer
Moorish Palace Gardens - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Lucien Levy-Dhurmer

Moorish Palace Gardens - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Lucien Levy-Dhurmer

By Lucien Levy-Dhurmer

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Signed post impressionist oil on canvas landscape by French painter Lucien Levy-Dhurmer. The piece depicts the gardens of a Moorish Palace at evening. Painted in largely blues, there are some flowering trees in the front of the work below a much larger bare tree. Beyond that the palace sits below a starry sky. Mr. Jumeau-Lafond believes the work was likely painted in Morocco but he also stated that Dhurmer often used imagination to construct settings for his ideas. Signature: Signed lower left Dimensions: Framed: 39"x31" Unframed: 32"x24" Provenance: Private collection - France The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Jean-David Jumeau-Lafond A certificate of authenticity from Mr. Jumeau-Lafond is available upon request Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer did not follow the conventional route for education in fine arts but was nevertheless a pupil of the painters Raphaël Collin, Vio and Wallet. He was an ornamental painter in an earthenware factory in Golfe-Juan from 1887 to 1895, which influenced his use of pastel. He travelled to Italy in 1895. Around 1902 he painted the portraits of Rodenbach, Pierre Loti and Marguerite Moreno. Although he had not been instructed by Puvis de Chavannes or Gustave Moreau, he seemed to have much in common with those visionary 'painters of the soul' who had been exhibiting at the Salon de la Rose-Croix for several years: Edmond Aman-Jean, Louis Welden Hawkins, Henri Martin, Charles Maurin and Alphonse Osbert. Following the example of some of these artists, Lévy-Dhurmer admired Italian Renaissance art, evidence of which can be seen in pastels such as Woman with a Medal, Medusa, Circes and Florence. His translation of the Symbolist themes in the scores of Beethoven ( Appassionata), Fauré or Debussy into different hues made him seem like a visionary, but his aesthetic seems to have changed to some extent after 1900, when his landscape painting became more prominent. In fact, only his presentation and style changed. He continued to suggest feelings, interpretations and emotions but without relying on any traditional allegories. He became involved in the Intimist movement, along with Ernest Laurent, Charles Cottet, Henri le Sidaner and René Ménard, whose pastels presaged the Classicism of the 1930s. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris from 1882. From 1906 he was associated with the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. He showed his works in individual exhibitions, notably in 1896 at the Galerie Georges Petit in Paris, which was a very successful exhibition and earned him admiration in artistic and literary circles alike. Several decades later the exhibition Around Lévy-Dhurmer ( Autour de Lévy-Dhurmer) at the Galeries du Grand Palais in Paris in 1973 revealed a tendency in art which had been largely unknown until then and which remained on the margins of the great innovative movements of the 20th century, but which was nonetheless of a quality which could not be ignored. Lévy-Dhurmer obtained a distinction from the Salon des Artistes Français in 1896 and a bronze medal at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris. He became a Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur in 1902. Museum and Gallery Holdings Bayonne (Mus. Basque): Portrait of Pierre Loti (1896, pastel) Brest (MBA): Circes Detroit (AI): Vase with Dragonflies (1890, earthenware with iridescent glaze) Mulhouse: Harvest New York (Metropolitan Mus. of Art): Flower Pot (c. 1893, earthenware with metallic glaze) Paris (Mus. d'Orsay): Portrait of Georges Rodenbach (c. 1895, pastel on paper); The Woman with a Medal (1896, pastel on paper on card); The Lost Explorer...

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1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Countryside Farmette Painting by Mystery European Artist
Countryside Farmette Painting by Mystery European Artist

Countryside Farmette Painting by Mystery European Artist

Located in New York, NY

Mystery European Artist Untitled (Countryside Farmette), c. 1880 Oil on canvas 12 x 10 in. Framed: 16 x 13 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.

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19th Century Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century French Post-Impressionist Oil Boats Moored Estuary Scene, framed
Mid Century French Post-Impressionist Oil Boats Moored Estuary Scene, framed

Mid Century French Post-Impressionist Oil Boats Moored Estuary Scene, framed

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Moored Boats French School, mid 20th century oil on canvas, framed framed: 22.5 x 28.5 inches canvas : 19.75 x 25.5 inches provenance: private collection, Brittany condition: good an...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Having a cigarette amongst Green and Blue-hand painted Large CanvasEdition 12/20
Having a cigarette amongst Green and Blue-hand painted Large CanvasEdition 12/20

Having a cigarette amongst Green and Blue-hand painted Large CanvasEdition 12/20

Located in London, GB

This Limited Canvas Edition ( #12 of 20 ) is authentically hand painted by the artist on Giclée canvas; finished with Shizico Yi's original brushstroke and oil paints on 90% of the ...

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2010s Impressionist Art

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Gesso, Canvas, Archival Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

1940's Fashion Illustration - Lady In White Dress With Draped Orange Head Scarf
1940's Fashion Illustration - Lady In White Dress With Draped Orange Head Scarf

1940's Fashion Illustration - Lady In White Dress With Draped Orange Head Scarf

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas. The painting, executed in gouache and pencil. The sketch is original, vintage and me...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Gouache

Snake Charmer Busy Market Place British Mid 20th Century Impressionist Painting
Snake Charmer Busy Market Place British Mid 20th Century Impressionist Painting

Snake Charmer Busy Market Place British Mid 20th Century Impressionist Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Snake Charmer Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982) signed original oil painting on board, unframed size: 10.5 x 14.75 inches condition: overall very good, minor wear to the edges ...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Paper, Oil

Incoming Spring Rain: large oil painting, dramatic landscape with clouds in blue
Incoming Spring Rain: large oil painting, dramatic landscape with clouds in blue

Incoming Spring Rain: large oil painting, dramatic landscape with clouds in blue

By Kirby Fredendall

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

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