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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
Period: 20th Century
Avril
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Avril (April) Color aquatint and etching, c. 1906 Signed in pencil lower right Edition: c. 100 Excellent impression, fresh colors Reference: Merrill Chase Volume 1, No. 9 Condition: ...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Art

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Aquatint

Seurat, L'homme au plaid, Seurat (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Seurat, 1948. Publishe...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

Seurat, Le nœud noir, Seurat (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Seurat, 1948. Publishe...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

Degas, Composition, Degas Pastels Et Dessins Reproduits Par D. Jacomet (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on vélin d'Arches paper, mounted on archival museum board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Deg...
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1950s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

In the Meadow, Springtime Dutch
By Cornelis Bouter
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Springtime, 'In the Meadow' by Cornelis Bouter (1888-1966) is a Dutch painting with figures and landscape in an impressionist style with early spring blossoms. Idyllic scene by a river under tree blossoms, this fine oil on canvas painting is very well presented in an original frame. Children play while mother peels apples in a pleasant afternoon setting. Sure to please this Easter! Imported by Saltire...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Impressionist Flower Garden Signed Landscape Bird Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very interesting and finely painted 1928 American impressionist landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Signed "E.W. Jackson". Framed.
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1920s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Livermore Valley Ranch
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Livermore Valley Ranch" c.1960, is a watercolor on paper by American artist Dale Allen Miller, 1917-2005. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. T...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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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

The carousel
Located in PARIS, FR
Pierre Léonce FURT 1870-? The carousel Painting, oil on canvas Signed and dated 1904 Painting: 27 x 41 cm (10.6 x 16.1 inches) Beautiful original frame: 37 x 51 cm (14.6 x 20.1 inche...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Venture into the Dales. Original Watercolor of Yorkshire. Browns. Modern British
By Ronald Lowe
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Ronald Lowe. English ( b.1932 - d.1985 ). Venture into the Dales. Watercolor. Signed. Image size 20.9 inches x 27.2 inches ( 53cm x 69cm ). Frame size 29.1 inches x 35.6 inches ( 74...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

Degas, Composition, Degas Pastels Et Dessins Reproduits Par D. Jacomet (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on vélin d'Arches paper, mounted on archival museum board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Deg...
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1950s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

Degas, Composition, Degas Pastels Et Dessins Reproduits Par D. Jacomet (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on vélin d'Arches paper, mounted on archival museum board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Deg...
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1950s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

Early 20th Century Mission Carmel, California Watercolor.
Located in Soquel, CA
1906 Original Watercolor Painting of Mision de San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (Mission Carmel) Historically accurate watercolor painting of Carmel historic landmark Mission Carmel i...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Art

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Laid Paper, Pencil, Watercolor

1930's French Impressionist Sandy Path Leading To Stone Castle Tower
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Tower signed by Louise Alix, French 1950's Impressionist gouache on artist paper stuck on board, unframed painting: 18 x 15 inches provenance: from a large private collection...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Gouache

Seurat, En marche, Seurat (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Seurat, 1948. Publishe...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

Degas, Composition, Degas Pastels Et Dessins Reproduits Par D. Jacomet (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on vélin d'Arches paper, mounted on archival museum board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Deg...
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1950s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

"Eternal Problem" - 1924 Etching on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Eternal Problem" - 1924 Etching on Paper Etching on paper titled "Eternal Problem" by Elias M. Grossman (American, 1898-1947). A bearded rabbi is portrayed thinking with his hand p...
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1920s Impressionist Art

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Paper, Ink, Etching

Sailboats at Port by Mystery American Artist
Located in Larchmont, NY
Mystery American Artist Untitled, c. Early 20th Century Oil on canvas 20 x 23 3/4 in. Framed: 25 3/4 x 29 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. Signed lower right Inscribed verso: Dolitsky "Dolitsky" lik...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Antique American Impressionist New England Mountain Landscape Frame Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted American impressionist landscape painting by John Rummell (1861 - 1942). Oil on board. Framed. Signed.
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1920s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Near Amalfi
Located in Clinton Township, MI
This giclee on canvas called "Near Amalfi" by Howard Behrens is embellished and signed by the artist. It is numbered 11/25. Framing options are available.
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Giclée

The Silk Mills in New Hope, Pennsylvania Impressionist Regional Landscape
Located in Doylestown, PA
"The Silk Mills in New Hope" is an Impressionist, Regional landscape by Pennsylvania painter John Pierce Barnes. Classic in its vibrant colors and highly energetic brush strokes, this 25" x 25" oil on canvas is framed in a 22k gold reproduction frame and the painting is estate stamped on the stretcher and canvas on verso. John Pierce Barnes was born in Philadelphia in 1893. He graduated from high school in the Germantown area of Philadelphia and served in the U.S. Navy during the First World War. After his discharge from the Navy, John began his training at the Philadelphia School of Industrial Design, now the University of the Arts. Barnes then studied at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia from 1921-1925. He exhibited watercolors and pastels in the Annual Philadelphia Water Color and Miniature Exhibitions of 1921 and 1922. John Pierce Barnes studied with Daniel Garber, and also Henry Hugh Breckenridge and Arthur B. Carles at the PAFA. He was awarded Cresson Travel Scholarships in 1923 and 1924. These awards enabled him to study in France, Belgium and Holland. John Pierce Barnes experimented in several styles, but is best known for his oil paintings of landscapes and portraits rendered in the Impressionist style. Some of his work was painted in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, some in Europe, but mostly in eastern Pennsylvania. Up until the time of his death in 1954, Mr. Barnes was employed by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) Victor Design Division in Camden, New Jersey. He is credited with designing a past RCA logo...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century Original Autumnal Landscape -- The Old Adobe Water Mill
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century Original Autumnal Landscape of Old Water Mill in Oil on Linen Wonderful antique landscape of water mill during autumn season. Smoke billowing from the mill adds t...
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1910s Impressionist Art

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Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Degas, Composition, Degas Pastels Et Dessins Reproduits Par D. Jacomet (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on vélin d'Arches paper, mounted on archival museum board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Deg...
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1950s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

English School Mid 20th Century Oil Painting: Pekingese Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Oil Painting: A Pekingese "Lovely Maid of Kyratown" by Dorothy Alexandra Johnson (1902-1988) signed lower right oil painting on canvas, unstretched 5.0 x 7.0 inches A delightful ...
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1950s Impressionist Art

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Oil

Seurat, Femme au manchon, Seurat (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Seurat, 1948. Publishe...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

Degas, Composition, Degas Pastels Et Dessins Reproduits Par D. Jacomet (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on vélin d'Arches paper, mounted on archival museum board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Deg...
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1950s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

Midcentury Nude Portrait by Kevin McAlpin
Located in Larchmont, NY
Kevin McAlpin (American, 20th Century) Untitled, c. mid-20th century Mixed media on canvas 24 x 19 7/8 in. Framed: 30 x 26 x 1 1/4 in. Signed lower right: Kevin McAlpin
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil

Rialto Bridge in Venice by Louis Degallaix
Located in Pasadena, CA
Oil on canvas representing a bridge in Venice. The painting is signed Degallaix dated 1926. Very sensitive touch in a watercolor style. DEGALLAIX louis Born in Saint-Quentin, XIX °....
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Degas, Composition, Degas Pastels Et Dessins Reproduits Par D. Jacomet (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on vélin d'Arches paper, mounted on archival museum board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Deg...
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1950s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

Degas, Composition, Degas Pastels Et Dessins Reproduits Par D. Jacomet (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on vélin d'Arches paper, mounted on archival museum board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Deg...
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1950s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

Coming Home Woodblock Print c.1930's WPA Woodcut Print Hand Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Some of his prints were published by the WPA some were done in Soviet Moscow in Russia.. it is a wood engraving signed in pencil. From a small edition. Albert Abramovitz (1879-1963...
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1930s Impressionist Art

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Woodcut

Degas, Composition, Degas Pastels Et Dessins Reproduits Par D. Jacomet (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on vélin d'Arches paper, mounted on archival museum board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Deg...
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1950s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Still Life Apples and Wine
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life by Paul Flaubert (1928-1994, French) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 17 x 24 inches canvas: 15 x 22 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Degas, Composition, Degas Pastels Et Dessins Reproduits Par D. Jacomet (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on vélin d'Arches paper, mounted on archival museum board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Deg...
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1950s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

Degas, Composition, Degas Pastels Et Dessins Reproduits Par D. Jacomet (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on vélin d'Arches paper, mounted on archival museum board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Deg...
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1950s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

Reflections of Lake Como
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Framed "Reflections on Lake Como" is a limited edition ARTIST PROOF numbered 22/25. It is a tasteful new frame. $400
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Giclée

(b.1935) St Ives Original post-impressionist oil painting CORNSTOOKS ZENNOR
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: John Harvey STISA (1935-2023) British TITLE: "Cornstooks Zennor Cornwall" SIGNED: unsigned - acquired directly from the artists family MEDIUM: oil on canvas SIZE: 89cm x 75cm...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

"Neve in Val Ceresio" Mid Century Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting in Snow
Located in New York, NY
This stunning piece of art titled "Neve in Val Ceresio" is a captivating original work by renowned Italian artist Carlo Aimetti. Aimetti was known for his captivating scenes portrayi...
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1950s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

San Giorgio Maggiore, 1923
Located in New York, NY
Oliver Dennett Grover paints a beautiful view from the river onto a city with buildings stretching up above in his artwork entitled, “San Giorgio...
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1920s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Large Mid Century California Nocturnal Seascape (Double Sided Painting)
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful double-sided painting of a California nocturnal seascape on one side and a Sierra mountain scene on one side on the other by William L. Hughes. Signed "W. L. Hughes" bottom...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil, Masonite

Bathing by the Big Rock, American Impressionist Landscape and Beach Scene
Located in Doylestown, PA
This Impressionist beach scene and landscape was painted by American artist Martha Walter. The 15 x 18 oil on board is framed in a 22K gold reproduction frame and is signed "Martha W...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Board, Oil

Seurat, Saltimbanques: la danseuse et le caissier, Seurat (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Seurat, 1948. Publishe...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

Blossoming apple trees. Cardboard, oil, 51.5x72 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Blossoming apple trees. Cardboard, oil, 51.5x72 cm Vilhelms Purvitis is very famous and favorite Latvian landscape painter, he is founder of landscape painting school in Latvia, art...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil, Cardboard

Portrait of a Lady - Modern British Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A superb 1930's Modern British oil on canvas portrait of a seated lady wearing a red shirt. The work is very beautiful and whilst unsigned is quite clearly by an artist of very high ...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Seurat, Au concert Européen, Seurat (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Seurat, 1948. Publishe...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

Still Life with Cantaloupe and Chianti Bottle Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Still Life with Cantaloupe and Chianti Bottle in Oil on Canvas Classically styled still life by Ben Dominguez (American, 20th Century). Several pieces of fruit sit on a table, surro...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

Pacific Grove Beach Cottage Garden Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Pacific Grove Beach Cottage Garden Landscape Charming landscape oil painting of an Pacific Grove, California cottage, overlooking the beach by M. Lynch (American, 20th Century), cir...
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1980s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Beargrass - Original Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Beargrass - Original Watercolor on Paper Original watercolor depicting beargrass, also known as horse tail, by Marie Yunker (American, 20th C). Hues of greens and blues take up the ...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Paper, Watercolor

Farmhouse by the Sea - Original Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Farmhouse by the Sea - Original Watercolor on Paper Tranquil landscape of a seaside farmhouse on the sand surrounded by coastal plants, in soft neutral watercolors. A distant ocean s...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Paper, Watercolor

1950s French Cows Munching In Summer Green Field Oil Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

River landscape by Henri Epstein - Riverscene painting
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE. River landscape by Henri Epstein (1892-1944) Oil on canvas 55 x 81 cm (21 ⁵/₈ x 31 ⁷/₈ inches) Signed lower left H Epst...
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1920s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Black and White Figurative Nude - Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Black and White Figurative Nude - Oil on Canvas Black and white figurative nude by F Vasquez (20th C). The nude torso of a woman takes up the canvas. Her right hand is on her hip wh...
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1990s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Overlooking Amalfi
Located in Clinton Township, MI
"Overlooking Amalfi" is a lithograph on paper signed by the artist Howard Behrens. It is a limited edition and numbered 20/25. There is some evidence of wear, but only on the borde...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

Signac, Antibes, Signac Dessins (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Lana Papiers Spéciaux paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Signac Dessins, 1950. Published by George...
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1950s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

Seurat, Le moissonneur, Seurat (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Seurat, 1948. Publishe...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

Seurat, Portrait de Paul Signac, Seurat (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Seurat, 1948. Publishe...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

Seurat, Le casseur de pierres, Seurat (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Seurat, 1948. Publishe...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

Haystacks. 1984, cardboard, oil, 40x49.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Haystacks. 1984, cardboard, oil, 40x49.5 cm Edgars Vinters (1919-2014) Edgars Vinters is working in oil, watercolor and monotype techniques. He paints landscapes in different season...
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1980s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Cardboard

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