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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
Vibrant Cubist Portrait of a Musician with Guitar Mid 20th Century Painting
Vibrant Cubist Portrait of a Musician with Guitar Mid 20th Century Painting

Vibrant Cubist Portrait of a Musician with Guitar Mid 20th Century Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Cubist Portrait of a Musician Marcel Seignobos (1892-1972) signed oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 22 x 15 inches Provenance: private collection, Cote d'Azur, France Condition: very...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Landscape, California
Landscape, California

Landscape, California

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork "Landscape, California" c. 1935 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Elmer Stanhope, 1907-1956. It is signed at the lowe...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Golden Light Through the Palm
Golden Light Through the Palm

Golden Light Through the Palm

Located in Zofingen, AG

Original 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, I exp...

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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Impressionist Harbour Scene of Whitewashed Buildings and Boats with Blue Sky
Impressionist Harbour Scene of Whitewashed Buildings and Boats with Blue Sky

Impressionist Harbour Scene of Whitewashed Buildings and Boats with Blue Sky

By Fanch Lel

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Impressionist Harbour Scene of Whitewashed Buildings and Boats with Blue Sky By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 19.25 x 23.75 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unfram...

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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

"Autumn landscape"
"Autumn landscape"

"Autumn landscape"

Located in Edinburgh, GB

The painting was painted en plein air in the Kharkiv region. A gloomy autumn landscape in the a la prima technique. In the foreground is water and in the background is a rural landsc...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Walberswick Suffolk Coastal River Scene with Bridge and Village Watercolour 1981
Walberswick Suffolk Coastal River Scene with Bridge and Village Watercolour 1981

Walberswick Suffolk Coastal River Scene with Bridge and Village Watercolour 1981

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Walberswick Suffolk Coastal River Scene with Bridge and Village Watercolour 1981 By Tony Herbert (1927-2024) Medium: Watercolor on board Signed: In Pencil bottom right Size: 1...

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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

Flowers Of Spring
Flowers Of Spring

Flowers Of Spring

Located in Zofingen, AG

An unique contemporary painting with lilacs is a beautiful wall decor. The painting was painted from life. The picture is very cozy, perfect gift, looks great in the interior will de...

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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Impressionist Oil on Canvas, The Salmon Pool, Canonbie, Scotland
Impressionist Oil on Canvas, The Salmon Pool, Canonbie, Scotland

Impressionist Oil on Canvas, The Salmon Pool, Canonbie, Scotland

Located in Cotignac, FR

Early 20th Century oil on canvas view of a salmon river by Miss D L Murray. The painting is signed bottom left and there is an artist's label with title to th...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Edgar Degas, Dancer Arranging Her Dress, 1945 (after)
Edgar Degas, Dancer Arranging Her Dress, 1945 (after)

Edgar Degas, Dancer Arranging Her Dress, 1945 (after)

By Edgar Degas

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph after Edgar Degas (1834–1917), titled Danseuse arrangeant sa robe (Dancer Arranging Her Dress), originates from the 1945 folio Degas, Ten Ballet Sketches. Published by The Studio Publications, Inc., New York, rendered and printed by Albert Carman, City Island, 1945, this work reflects Degas’s sensitive mastery of line, movement, and intimate observation, capturing the grace, poise, and psychological immediacy that define his iconic ballet imagery. In Danseuse arrangeant sa robe (Dancer Arranging Her Dress), Degas reveals gesture and inner emotion through economical contour and lyrical nuance. Executed as a lithograph and pochoir on velin paper, this work measures 17 x 13 inches (43.18 x 33.02 cm). Signed in the plate and unnumbered as issued. Rendered and printed by Albert Carman, City Island, one of the notable American ateliers specializing in fine art lithography during the mid-20th century. Artwork Details: Artist: After Edgar Degas (1834–1917) Title: Danseuse arrangeant sa robe (Dancer Arranging Her Dress), from Degas, Ten Ballet Sketches, 1945 Medium: Lithograph and pochoir on velin paper Dimensions: 17 x 13 inches (43.18 x 33.02 cm) Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered as issued Date: 1945 Publisher: The Studio Publications, Inc., New York Printer: Albert Carman, City Island, 1945 Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Provenance: From the 1945 folio Degas, Ten Ballet Sketches, published by The Studio Publications, Inc., New York Notes: Excerpted from the album, Born in Paris in 1834, Edgar Degas lived, and surely loved the life of that city during most of his years. These continued somewhat sadly beyond those of most of his friends— into the debacle of the first World War, during which he died in 1917. Judging by the frequency with which he used them as models, he must have had an especial admiration for the ballet girls who followed a profession that at the time brought none of the glory and prosperity which attend it today. New aspects of the human body, revealed in movement, fascinated him. But his occupation with the simply anatomical side of his subjects never resulted in a cold interpretation. On the contrary there is a warmth and sympathy that pervades all of his work. The drawings here represent the painter in one important phase of his multi-sensitive view of life; and permit an insight which a more ambitious work might not do-into the operation of the creative process, the artist's transformation of reality as it passes through the mesh of his sensibilities. The Edition of this Portfolio is limited to MMMD examples. Rendered by Albert Carman. About the Publication: Degas, Ten Ballet Sketches, published in 1945 by The Studio Publications, Inc., New York, stands as one of the most elegant and scholarly mid-century American fine art folios devoted to the ballet imagery of Edgar Degas. Conceived as a high-quality interpretive portfolio, the album presents a series of lithograph-and-pochoir renderings based on Degas’s original drawings, executed with exceptional attention to tonal subtlety, contour fidelity, and the emotional interiority that defines the artist’s draftsmanship. Rendered and printed by Albert Carman on City Island, the publication embodies an American postwar effort to restore and celebrate European masterworks through meticulous handcraft and artisanal color application, honoring Degas’s distinctive line and the atmospheric delicacy of his studio-based studies. Produced in a substantial edition of MMMD examples, the portfolio offered audiences rare access to Degas’s private working drawings—images rarely seen outside institutional collections—while exemplifying the technical refinement and interpretive care characteristic of Carman’s workshop. Today, Degas, Ten Ballet Sketches remains a sought-after historical publication, valued for its craft, fidelity to Degas’s aesthetic, and its role in preserving and disseminating the artist’s intimate ballet imagery in a beautifully executed mid-century fine art format. About the Artist: Edgar Degas (1834–1917) was a French painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor whose groundbreaking fusion of classical draftsmanship, modern experimentation, and psychological depth helped define the trajectory of Western art, positioning him as one of the most influential figures of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; renowned for his depictions of ballet dancers, racehorses, theater scenes, cafe life, domestic interiors, milliners, laundresses, and women at their toilette, Degas reimagined observational realism through radical compositional innovation—employing extreme cropping, asymmetrical framing, oblique viewpoints, and dramatic lighting that anticipated photographic and cinematic language long before these technologies shaped visual culture, and although associated with Impressionism, he rejected plein-air spontaneity in favor of studio-based discipline rooted in the linear precision of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, the expressive chromaticism of Eugene Delacroix, and the modernity of Edouard Manet while also drawing inspiration from Japanese ukiyo-e prints, classical sculpture, and early photography; his independent artistic philosophy resonated with and helped shape the innovations of Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray, whose explorations of movement, form, dream logic, abstraction, and conceptualism all find antecedents in Degas’s investigations into seriality, temporality, and the fragmented figure, and his pioneering use of pastel, monotype, and wax sculpture fundamentally transformed each medium, influencing artists from Henri Matisse, Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, and Giacomo Manzu to Paula Rego, contemporary realists, experimental photographers, and choreographers; his works are held in nearly every major museum collection worldwide—including the Musee dOrsay, the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Courtauld Institute, and the National Gallery, London—affirming his central place in the history of art, and the highest auction record for Degas was achieved at Sothebys London on February 3, 2015, when Danseuses en Bleu sold for 37,033,000 GBP, cementing his status as one of the most sought-after and enduringly significant artists of the Western canon. Edgar Degas lithograph...

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1940s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

1930s French Impressionist Watercolour of Children in an Idyllic Country Scene
1930s French Impressionist Watercolour of Children in an Idyllic Country Scene

1930s French Impressionist Watercolour of Children in an Idyllic Country Scene

Located in Cotignac, FR

French Impressionist watercolour on paper view of children in an idyllic country scene by Henri Clamen. Signed bottom right. Acquired from the atelier of the artist with other signed works. Pencil annotation top right and to the back of the paper. A charming view of two children waiting in the shade of a beautiful summers day by the side of a country lane. An archway through to a farmyard and a farmhouse beyond. Dappled light through the overhead leaves and branches. In the lane to the left a hay wain...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

John Ormondroyd, Norfolk scene with windmill, Follower of Edward Seago
John Ormondroyd, Norfolk scene with windmill, Follower of Edward Seago

John Ormondroyd, Norfolk scene with windmill, Follower of Edward Seago

Located in Harkstead, GB

A very atmospheric scene of a windmill and sailing boat in the Norfolk countryside under a huge sky. John Ormondroyd (born circa 1950) A windmill and sailing boat in the Norfolk cou...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Impressionist Oil Painting Port Scene with Green Dome and Fishing Boats
Impressionist Oil Painting Port Scene with Green Dome and Fishing Boats

Impressionist Oil Painting Port Scene with Green Dome and Fishing Boats

By Fanch Lel

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Impressionist Oil Painting Port Scene with Green Dome and Fishing Boats By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 13.25 x 16.25 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed C...

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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

'Summer River Landscape, ' Unknown, Oil Painting on Board
'Summer River Landscape, ' Unknown, Oil Painting on Board

'Summer River Landscape, ' Unknown, Oil Painting on Board

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

This 24" x 30" oil on board painting is of a summer landscape with trees and a meandering river in the center of the scene. The artist is unknown, however, there is a signature in th...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Grid Abstract Contemporary art Original Painting, Ready to Hang

Grid Abstract Contemporary art Original Painting, Ready to Hang

Located in Granada Hills, CA

Artist: Varouján Hovakimyan Title: Grid Medium: Acrylic on Textured Canvas Year: 2022 Style: Contemporary Art Dimensions: 30" x 40'' x 1.5" inch (76 x 101 x 4cm) Presentation: Unfram...

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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Elegant French Salon Interior with Antique Armchair and Flowers Oil Painting
Elegant French Salon Interior with Antique Armchair and Flowers Oil Painting

Elegant French Salon Interior with Antique Armchair and Flowers Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Elegant Interior signed by Charles Martin-Sauvaigo (French 1881-1970) * see notes below French Impressionist painter oil painting on canvas unframed size: 18 x 15 inches condition: ...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

"Lots Daughter" Oil Painting
"Lots Daughter" Oil Painting

"Lots Daughter" Oil Painting

Located in Denver, CO

Clyde Steadman's "Lots Daughter" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impasto painting of individuals in an interior setting.

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2010s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Panel

Impressionist Acrylic Painting - White Daisy and Red Poppy Field
Impressionist Acrylic Painting - White Daisy and Red Poppy Field

Impressionist Acrylic Painting - White Daisy and Red Poppy Field

Located in Zofingen, AG

This original, oversized floral painting bursts with life, showcasing a vibrant field of white daisies and red poppies. The artist's impressionistic style captures the beauty of natu...

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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Varnish, Spray Paint

Landscape Painting by New England Artist David P. Curtis "Sweet Sound"
Landscape Painting by New England Artist David P. Curtis "Sweet Sound"

Landscape Painting by New England Artist David P. Curtis "Sweet Sound"

Located in Rockport, MA

Step into the tranquility of a quiet cove in this serene coastal scene. The shimmering reflections on the water and the soft clouds drifting across the sky invite you to pause and ta...

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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Charcoal Portrait “Laughs with World, Dies Alone”
Charcoal Portrait “Laughs with World, Dies Alone”

Charcoal Portrait “Laughs with World, Dies Alone”

Located in San Francisco, CA

Almost an apt marking for a tombstone, “Laughs with World, Dies Alone,” the title of this drawing by Granville Redmond (1871-1935) of silent film star Larry Semon was likely made on ...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Paper, Charcoal

Spring is Coming, Landscape, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Spring is Coming, Landscape, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

Spring is Coming, Landscape, 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: 2012 Title: Spring is Coming Size: 27...

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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Sunset
Sunset

Sunset

By Simon Kozhin

Located in Zofingen, AG

Twilight, located near the village of Haddenham in Buckinghamshire, is a slight coolness and almost calm. Slowly floating clouds above strangers and gradually changing color from gre...

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Early 2000s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Cardboard

Paysage, Impressionist Giclee Print after Marc Chagall
Paysage, Impressionist Giclee Print after Marc Chagall

Paysage, Impressionist Giclee Print after Marc Chagall

By Marc Chagall

Located in Long Island City, NY

Marc Chagall, After, Russian (1887 - 1985) - Paysage, Medium: Giclee, facsimile signed, Edition: 375, Image Size: 12.5 x 18.25 inches, Frame Size: 26 x 31 inches, Publisher: L...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Giclée

Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Farming Girl Dappled Light Landscape
Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Farming Girl Dappled Light Landscape

Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Farming Girl Dappled Light Landscape

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Farmers Daughter French Impressionist, early 1900's signed oil painting on board, unframed board: 8.75 x 5.5 inches condition: very good provenance: from a private collection in ...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

DESERT BARRIER
DESERT BARRIER

DESERT BARRIER

By Frances H. Gearhart

Located in Santa Monica, CA

FRANCES H. GEARHART (1869-1958) DESERT BARRIER c. 1933 Color block print, unsigned 12 x 9 ¼”. Typical original margins on good fibrous japan paper. Many very good impressions by G...

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1930s Impressionist Art

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Woodcut

1930's French Impressionist Still Life Painting Daffodils and Pink Roses In Vase
1930's French Impressionist Still Life Painting Daffodils and Pink Roses In Vase

1930's French Impressionist Still Life Painting Daffodils and Pink Roses In Vase

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Flower Bunch by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back old exhibition label verso signed oil painting on board, unframed measures: 12 high by ...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

MOOD IN SYNC
MOOD IN SYNC

MOOD IN SYNC

By Daria Kusto

Located in CÓRDOBA, ES

Original painting by artist Daria Kusto. Acrylic on Canvas. The magic flow reality... Painting rolled in a sturdy tube. Shipping from Spain, safely and promptly. A quiet face, eyes ...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Street Market
Street Market

Street Market

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Street Market" c. 1975, is an oil painting on canvas by noted Dutch artist Johannes Josephus Hovener, b.1936. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork (canvas) size is 24 x 32 inches, framed size is 33.5 x 41.5 inches. Framed in original wooden gold frame, with fabric liner. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Johannes Josephus (Jan) Hovener (1936) Johannes Josephus (Jan) Hovener was born in Rotterdam on 14th August, 1936. Hovener enjoyed the study at the Rotterdam Academy. After his studies, Hovener won the Talens Prize in 1959. It was therefore Willem Sandberg, director of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, who wrote the following about a self-portrait by Hovener: As someone who could do something and had an incredible vision. Especially for someone of twenty years old. Hovener initially started as a pottery painter with Delft blue at the Porceleyne Fles. Meanwhile, Hovener has more than half a century of experience and has become a all round...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Fanasy with Flowers 146
Fanasy with Flowers 146

Fanasy with Flowers 146

Located in Zofingen, AG

"Fantasy with Flowers" (series of 300+ pictures)   paper 59x42cm  On the paper acrylic, oil pastel, felt-tip pen, ink, gold leaf, pencils, silver,mixed media. Flowers are a smile of ...

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2010s Impressionist Art

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Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper

1890's French Impressionist Signed Oil Still Life Flowers in Vase Beautiful Work
1890's French Impressionist Signed Oil Still Life Flowers in Vase Beautiful Work

1890's French Impressionist Signed Oil Still Life Flowers in Vase Beautiful Work

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

French School, indistinctly signed/ dated 1898 signed and dated oil painting on canvas, unframed painting: 13 x 9 inches provenance: from a private collection, France condition: over...

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Late 19th Century Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Riomaggiore"
"Riomaggiore"

"Riomaggiore"

Located in Edinburgh, GB

The painting reveals a picturesque corner of the Italian coast—Riomaggiore—on a sunny day. Narrow, tall houses in pastel shades—ochre, terracotta, lemon yellow, and azure—line up lik...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

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