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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
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Reflections of a Cottage on a Misty Lake
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Reflections of a Cottage on a Misty Lake

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Reflections of a Cottage on a Misty Lake

By Fanch Lel

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Reflections of a Cottage on a Misty Lake By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 8.5 x 10.75 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting ...

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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Bistro on South Street, Oil Painting
Bistro on South Street, Oil Painting

Bistro on South Street, Oil Painting

By Onelio Marrero

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A woman sits outside a Philadelphia bistro, reading her book. The bright morning light shines through the establishment's windows, revealing a glimpse of its i...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Oil

Mid 20th Century French Oil Pre-Raphaelite Portrait of a Lady
Mid 20th Century French Oil Pre-Raphaelite Portrait of a Lady

Mid 20th Century French Oil Pre-Raphaelite Portrait of a Lady

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Working Sketch by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on artist paper stuck on board, unframed measures: 10.5 high by 12 inche...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

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

Impressionistic Landscape Painting Michael Budden Beautiful Skies Series Sunrise

By Michael Budden

Located in Chesterfield, NJ

Sunrise Colors, Beautiful Skies Series oil/panel 6x8 image unframed, 9.75 x 11.63 x .75 framed signed LL Sunrise Colors is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contempora...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Oil

Vintage French Impressionist Paris Street Scene Signed Oil Painting
Vintage French Impressionist Paris Street Scene Signed Oil Painting

Vintage French Impressionist Paris Street Scene Signed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American impressionist Paris street scene oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 13 by 15 inches overall. Handso...

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1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Board, Oil

A Quiet Presence
A Quiet Presence

A Quiet Presence

Located in Zofingen, AG

A Quiet Presence is part of the Modern Muses series, where everyday gestures and intimate moments become spaces of quiet reflection. The faceless figure sits relaxed in a chair, hold...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Vintage American Impressionist Signed Landscape Original Framed Oil Painting
Vintage American Impressionist Signed Landscape Original Framed Oil Painting

Vintage American Impressionist Signed Landscape Original Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 16 by 22 inches overall. Handsomely fram...

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1990s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

British Impressionist Watercolor of a Riverside Scene with Cottages and Boats
British Impressionist Watercolor of a Riverside Scene with Cottages and Boats

British Impressionist Watercolor of a Riverside Scene with Cottages and Boats

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: British Impressionist Watercolor of a Riverside Scene with Cottages and Boats 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

Coral Reef Fish Painting Impasto
Coral Reef Fish Painting Impasto

Coral Reef Fish Painting Impasto

Located in Zofingen, AG

* Title: Coral Reef * Size: 12 x 8 inches * Materials: oil, stretched canvas, palette knife * Shipping: gallery standards packaging, express shipping Bright abstract seascape paintin...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Fine Edwardian Portrait of a Lady 1900's British Oil Painting on Canvas
Fine Edwardian Portrait of a Lady 1900's British Oil Painting on Canvas

Fine Edwardian Portrait of a Lady 1900's British Oil Painting on Canvas

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Portrait of a Lady British School, early 1900's Circle of Samuel Luke Fildes (1843-1927) British. Bust Portrait of a Lady, Oil on canvas, 24" x 20" (61 x 50.8cm) plus gilt swept f...

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Early 1900s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sun and Sails
Sun and Sails

Sun and Sails

Located in Zofingen, AG

In creating this painting, I immersed myself in the dance of colors and forms. Using acrylics, oils, and pastels, I captured an ethereal sunrise where light and sea merge into a vibr...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Roses in the garden.
Roses in the garden.

Roses in the garden.

Located in Zofingen, AG

A hot summer day is filled with sun. Its reflections are reflected on rose petals and leaves. The painting is filled with bright colors, in places the paint has a gold effect to conv...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

1930's French Modernist Oil Painting Lunaria Honesty Plants Still Life Blue Jug
1930's French Modernist Oil Painting Lunaria Honesty Plants Still Life Blue Jug

1930's French Modernist Oil Painting Lunaria Honesty Plants Still Life Blue Jug

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Lunaria - Honesty Plant French School, circa 1930's period oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 18 x 15 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: very good condition The f...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

By nightfall. Chamzinka
By nightfall. Chamzinka

By nightfall. Chamzinka

By Simon Kozhin

Located in Zofingen, AG

This plain air painting is painted from life near the railway in Chamzinka, with a view of the falling dusk to the fields after a hot day, filled with soft pastel tones. The artist m...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Coastal Scene from the Swedish West Coast (1923)
Coastal Scene from the Swedish West Coast (1923)

Coastal Scene from the Swedish West Coast (1923)

Located in Stockholm, SE

Anton Genberg’s coastal painting captures a tranquil harbor scene along Sweden’s west coast. In this 1923 oil painting, a cluster of weathered boathouses stands by the water’s edge, ...

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1920s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Impressionist Sunset Harbour Scene with Sailboats and Reflections in France
Impressionist Sunset Harbour Scene with Sailboats and Reflections in France

Impressionist Sunset Harbour Scene with Sailboats and Reflections in France

By Fanch Lel

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Impressionist Sunset Harbour Scene with Sailboats and Reflections in France by Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 8.25 inches (height) x 10 inches (width) (size excluding frame; 4.75...

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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Spiritus I – Quies
Spiritus I – Quies

Spiritus I – Quies

Located in Zofingen, AG

This work explores the themes of inner peace and harmony. The central figure is enveloped in golden light and merges with the natural world to form a unified image of a guardian spir...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"The Naked Soil", Sweeping Ochre Farmland Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
"The Naked Soil", Sweeping Ochre Farmland Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas

"The Naked Soil", Sweeping Ochre Farmland Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas

By Yves Calméjane

Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

A deep ochre warmth spreads across this generously scaled oil on canvas, measuring H 31.9 in x W 39.4 in x D 0.8 in, pulling the eye across an undulating rural landscape that breathe...

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2010s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Original Signed Oil Painting on Canvas, Landscape, Genre Scene, Framed
Original Signed Oil Painting on Canvas, Landscape, Genre Scene, Framed

Original Signed Oil Painting on Canvas, Landscape, Genre Scene, Framed

Located in Palm Coast, FL

This original oil painting on canvas is a traditional pastoral landscape, capturing a serene and idyllic rural scene. The composition is rich in earthy tones, with warm browns, green...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

The Boat in Martigues, France
The Boat in Martigues, France

The Boat in Martigues, France

By Marie-Anne Nivoulies de Pierrefort

Located in London, GB

'The Boat in Martigues', oil on canvas, by Marie de Nivouliès de Pierrefort (circa 1910). Martigues is a small port town just northwest of Marseille in the South of France. Its nickname is the Provençal Venice. Further eastward down the coast is the town of Toulon where the artist was born in 1879. Nivouliès depicts a charming sailboat tied to the small pier yet with an unfurled sail. It looks to be a wondrous day along the Mediterranean, the kind we can always dream about. The painting is over one hundred years old and is in fair condition, yet recently brought back to life by an art restoration professional. Elegantly framed, it is stabilised now for decades into the future. Signed by the artist on the lower right corner. Please enjoy the many photos accompanying the listing. Upon request, a video may be provided of the artwork. About the Artist: Although she was a direct descendant of the counts of de Pierrefort, Marie de Nivouliès de Pierrefort's (1879-1968) family was very poor. In spite of the poverty, Pierrefort attended a Catholic school run by nuns, obtaining a scholarship from the School of Fine Arts of Paris. While still a student, she attended workshops of great Impressionist masters such as Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) and Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947). In 1910 she won a travel award from the school and traveled to Tunisia where she painted several Mediterranean landscapes. In 1938 the painter moved to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she painted the beautiful landscapes seen from her window. In Rio, Pierrefort had two individual exhibitions, both at the National Museum of Fine Arts, in the years 1946 and 1956. Although widowed in 1944, Pierrefort decided not to return to France until 1950. She remained there until 1959 when she definitively returned to Brazil. Her atelier in the neighbourhood of Glória was frequented by many emerging artists who learned the techniques of impressionism from her. Afterwards, Pierrefort painted for almost a decade in Brazil until she passed away in 1968 in Rio. After her death, many canvases were found in her studio but had been damaged or destroyed by humidity and by the intervention of her many cats. The painter Sergio Telles...

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1910s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

SELF PORTRAIT DRAWING
SELF PORTRAIT DRAWING

SELF PORTRAIT DRAWING

By Max Liebermann

Located in Santa Monica, CA

MAX LIEBERMANN (1847 1935) SELF PORTRAIT DRAWING (Selbstportrat) c. 1922 (Schiefler, 341, III b) Etching, signed in pencil, Scarce signed example found in Max Liebermann “Sein Leb...

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1920s Impressionist Art

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Etching

Mid 20th Century French Impressionist Oil Still Life of Flowers Female Artist
Mid 20th Century French Impressionist Oil Still Life of Flowers Female Artist

Mid 20th Century French Impressionist Oil Still Life of Flowers Female Artist

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on board, unframed measures: 15 high by 18 inches wide condition: overall very good an...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Vintage American School Signed Impressionist Flower Still Life Rare Oil Painting
Vintage American School Signed Impressionist Flower Still Life Rare Oil Painting

Vintage American School Signed Impressionist Flower Still Life Rare Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American impressionist flower still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 32 by 38 inches overall. Handso...

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Early 2000s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Original oil painting on canvas, cityscape, Paris, unsigned, framed
Original oil painting on canvas, cityscape, Paris, unsigned, framed

Original oil painting on canvas, cityscape, Paris, unsigned, framed

Located in Palm Coast, FL

This vibrant impressionist-style cityscape captures a bustling Parisian street scene, likely from the late 19th or early 20th century. Tall, historic buildings with warmly glowing sh...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

April Day, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
April Day, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

April Day, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

Located in Granada Hills, CA

Artist: Boris Serdyuk Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Style: Impressionism Year: 2020 Title: April Day Size: 19.5" x 27.5" x 0.8'...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

Sunset, Impressionist Lithograph by John Beerman

By John Beerman

Located in Long Island City, NY

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

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1990s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

"Meeting Place" (2024) by Mo Myra, Original Watercolor Painting
"Meeting Place" (2024) by Mo Myra, Original Watercolor Painting

"Meeting Place" (2024) by Mo Myra, Original Watercolor Painting

Located in Denver, CO

"Meeting Place" (2024) by Mo Myra is a watercolor painting on paper that depicts a landscape with tall trees and a river running through it. Mo Myra, born in 1990, is a Connecticut-...

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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Scattered" - Original Gouache Landscape Painting on Paper
"Scattered" - Original Gouache Landscape Painting on Paper

"Scattered" - Original Gouache Landscape Painting on Paper

By Judd Mercer

Located in Denver, CO

“Scattered” is a woodland landscape study by Judd Mercer. The painting captures a grove of aspen and birch trees with warm seasonal light filtering through the foliage. This piece wa...

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2010s Impressionist Art

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Paper, Gouache

Rockport Landscape
Rockport Landscape

Rockport Landscape

By Giovanni Martino

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Beautiful 1931 painting by American artist, Giovanni Martino (1908-1997). Oil on canvas measures 25 x 30 inches. Measures 35 x 39 inches framed. The scene depicts what is definitively the Rockport, Mass. fishing pier. Excellent condition with a few very minor areas of paint flaking. The darker areas in the sky is a result of unpainted areas. The canvas is sized with glue but not primed white: observable areas of natural linen color results. Signed wet into wet and dated lower left. No restoration or overpaint. Giovanni Martino, National Academy of Design* member, was born on May 1, 1908 in Philadelphia PA where all seven brothers and one sister, Filomina, Frank, Antonio, Albert, Ernest, Giovanni, Edmond, and William became painters. They were under the tutelage of their eldest brother, Frank, who in the late 1920s, founded the first commercial art* studio, Martino Studios, at 27 South 18th Street. Besides studying with his two eldest brothers, Giovanni also studied with Albert Jean Adolph at La France Institute, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts*, The Graphic Sketch Club, and Spring Garden Institute in Philadelphia. In his mid teens he accompanied his two eldest brothers to New Hope searching for subjects to paint. In the 1930s, he also started to paint in Manayunk, a hilly mill town along the Schuylkill River...

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1930s Impressionist Art

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Oil

Impressionist Winter Landscape from 1928
Impressionist Winter Landscape from 1928

Impressionist Winter Landscape from 1928

Located in Stockholm, SE

In the foreground, a rustic wooden fence and a stand of evergreens emerge from soft, pristine drifts, their dark green needles and the artist’s characteristic ultramarine shadows con...

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1920s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

19th/20th century American school Antique oil painting on canvas, Portrait
19th/20th century American school Antique oil painting on canvas, Portrait

19th/20th century American school Antique oil painting on canvas, Portrait

Located in Palm Coast, FL

Up for sale is a 19th/20th-century American school Antique original oil painting on canvas depicting a portrait of a fisherman seated by a table with fishing creel and basket. No v...

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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

American Impressionist “Old Friends”
American Impressionist “Old Friends”

American Impressionist “Old Friends”

Located in San Francisco, CA

Bit of a mystery here. Fabulous American impressionist landscape appears to be unsigned. It is titled on the back old friends which I assume refers to the trees. I heavy impasto and ...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Huge French Signed Oil Painting Provencal House in Floral Garden Large Canvas
Huge French Signed Oil Painting Provencal House in Floral Garden Large Canvas

Huge French Signed Oil Painting Provencal House in Floral Garden Large Canvas

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Provencal House French, mid/second half 20th century indistinctly signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 28.75 x 47 inches canvas: 22.75 x 46 inches condition: very good...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Jessie Louisa Wissler American Modernist Framed Oil Painting
Jessie Louisa Wissler American Modernist Framed Oil Painting

Jessie Louisa Wissler American Modernist Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting by Jessie Louisa Wissler. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 23 by 18 inches ...

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1920s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Vintage French Oil Painting Of A Golden Field Of Hay Bales
Vintage French Oil Painting Of A Golden Field Of Hay Bales

Vintage French Oil Painting Of A Golden Field Of Hay Bales

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953) Title: Impressionist oil painting Medium: signed oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed. dated 1944 Size: painting: 1...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Morning light, oil painting, winter landscape, fine art, nature, square
Morning light, oil painting, winter landscape, fine art, nature, square

Morning light, oil painting, winter landscape, fine art, nature, square

Located in Oslo, NO

“Morning Light” is a stunning oil painting on an MDF board measuring 30x30 cm. The artist has beautifully captured the tranquility of a winter morning, bathed in soft light and delic...

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2010s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Panel

By The Edge of The Sea by Yuri Krotov Russian contemporary Artist
By The Edge of The Sea by Yuri Krotov Russian contemporary Artist

By The Edge of The Sea by Yuri Krotov Russian contemporary Artist

By Yuri Krotov

Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares

The name of Yuri Krotov [Юрий Кротов] as an artist became known to the art-lovers in Europe in 1992 during the sale of Russian paintings at the auction room Drouot in Paris, Thanks t...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

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Oil

Edgar Degas, Dancer Standing in Profile, 1945 (after)
Edgar Degas, Dancer Standing in Profile, 1945 (after)

Edgar Degas, Dancer Standing in Profile, 1945 (after)

By Edgar Degas

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph after Edgar Degas (1834–1917), titled Danseur debout de profil (Dancer Standing in Profile), 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 Danseur debout de profil (Dancer Standing in Profile), 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: Danseur debout de profil (Dancer Standing in Profile), 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

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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.