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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: 1940s
Central Park Zoo with Sea Lions and Animals
Located in Miami, FL
A charming and stylized depiction of a day at the Central Park Zoo. with World War Two uniformed visitors front and center. Sea lions put on a show in front of a packed audience. The...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Gouache

Mid 20th Century Impressionist Original Oil Landscape of Shongum, New Jersey
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful impressionistic landscape of Shongum Lake, New Jersey countryside in Spring with Stream and blossoms by Rudolph J. Eicher (1884 - 1958), Circa 1940s. Bright springtime fo...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Linen, Oil, Panel

20th Century French Forest Landscape Oil painting Signed
Located in Sempach, LU
Landscape of Fontainebleau Georges Bousquet Moret (1904-1976) was, first, an engineer passionate about arts. This passion led him to devote his f...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Bathers in a Lake - Lithograph and Stencil Watercolor, 1947
Located in Paris, FR
Paul CEZANNE (after) Bathers in a Lake Lithograph and Stencil watercolor (printed in Jacomet workshop) After a watercolor painted c. 1902/06 On heavy paper 11.5 x 15 cm (c. 4.5 x 6 ...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Watercolor, Lithograph, Stencil

Alpine Landscape - 20th Century Impressionist Snowy Winter Canadian Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful 1940's impressionist oil on canvas laid on board depicting a snow covered Alpine Landscape by Canadian RA artist Adolphus George Broomfield. This excellent quality and c...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil

Mid-Century Big Sur Rocky Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic seascape along rocky Big Sur beach with surf by Willard Little (American, 20th century), circa 1940. Aqua blue water, both shallow and deep, reflects the golden sunlight. Are...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas, Cardboard

Stowe Vermont Village Sleigh Ride, Mid Century Winter Figurative Landscape
By Walter Thomas Sacks
Located in Soquel, CA
Stowe Vermont Village Sleigh Ride - Mid Century Winter Figurative Landscape A bright, crisp morning and a sleigh ride through new snow in Stowe, Vermont...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Swiss Alps Fauvist Modern Impasto Landscape - Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Swiss Alps Landscape - Original Oil on Canvas Original oil landscape by Alphons Muller (Swiss, 1898-1955) depicting the Swiss Alps. Dark green trees emerge on either side, with a sm...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Emile Albert Gruppe Fishing Boats Ex- Christies 30x36
Located in Dallas, TX
Emile Gruppé (1896-1978) Fishing Boats A large and commanding marine sailboat fishing boat scene with blue waters and blue skies. Birds are flying up above and fish swimming below ...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Paint

fishermen's beach Spanish seascape Spain oil on canvas painting mediterranean
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joaquín Asensio Mariné (1890-1961) - Beach - Oil on canvas Oil measures 65x81 cm. Frame measures 81x96 cm. Asensio Mariné (Barcelona, 1890-1961) was a painter who specialized in lan...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

1944 Boats in a Harbor American Painting Signed Nowotny
Located in Larchmont, NY
JJ Nowotny Untitled, 1944 (date partially obscured but appears to be '44) Oil on canvas 24 x 30 in. Framed: 31 x 37 x 2 in. Signed and dated lower right
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Seurat, Le haut de forme, 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

Antique French Impressionist Paris Street Scene Signed Villon Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted impressionist painting of Paris signed "Villon". Great color and composition. Framed.
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Flowers in vase
Located in Täby, SE
Yelva Petrea Sophie Vermehren, born February 13, 1878 in Helsingborg, died in 1980 102 years old, was a Swedish-Danish painter. She was the daughter of the wholesaler Johan Carl Emil...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil

Seurat, Le peintre au travail, 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, 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, Sketch of Dancers, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Degas, A Portfolio Of 10 Reproductions, Ten B...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

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

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

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, Les Ciseaux, Les Monotypes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on Marais vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, E. Degas Les Monotypes, 1948. Published by Quatre...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

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

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, 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, La poseuse debout, 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, Famille Cardinal, Les Monotypes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on Marais vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, E. Degas Les Monotypes, 1948. Published by Quatre...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

Degas, La Danseuse de dos, Les Monotypes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on Marais vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, E. Degas Les Monotypes, 1948. Published by Quatre...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

Degas, Famille Cardinal, Les Monotypes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on Marais vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, E. Degas Les Monotypes, 1948. Published by Quatre...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

Degas, Famille Cardinal, Les Monotypes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on Marais vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, E. Degas Les Monotypes, 1948. Published by Quatre...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

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

Degas, Dancer standing, in profile, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Degas, A Portfolio Of 10 Reproductions, Ten B...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

Degas, La Toilette, Les Monotypes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on Marais vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, E. Degas Les Monotypes, 1948. Published by Quatre...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

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, La concierge. Vers, 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, L'échafaudage, 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, La Chanteuse du Cafe-Concert, Les Monotypes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on Marais vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, E. Degas Les Monotypes, 1948. Published by Quatre...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

Degas, La Fete de la Patronne, Les Monotypes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on Marais vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, E. Degas Les Monotypes, 1948. Published by Quatre...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

"The Gossips"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Richard Wedderspoon (1889 - 1976). Richard Wedderspoon was an important member of the New Hope Art Colony as both an Impressionist and Modernist painter. Wedderspoon was not only a respected painter, but also a teacher who spent summers at his Bucks County home and the school year at Syracuse University where he was Professor of painting. He was born in Red Bank, New Jersey and first studied art at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh. He continued his studies at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, and at age twenty four, he enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts studying with Henry McCarter and Daniel Garber. While there his roommates were Charles Garner and Lloyd Ney. Wedderspoon began friendships with fellow artists, Charles Hargens, Clarence Johnson and Stanley Reckless...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Seurat, Torse d'homme nu, 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, Fort de la Halle, 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

'River Landscape', French Impressionist, Musée d'Art Moderne, Salon d'Automne
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'F. Laval' for Fernand Laval (French, 1886-1966) and dated 1948. Born in Dordogne, Fernand Laval arrived in Paris at the age of 26 to study art and, during the e...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Antique French Exhibited Signed Still Life Modern Baguette Bread Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed lower right.
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Degas, Dans l'Omnibus, Les Monotypes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on Marais vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, E. Degas Les Monotypes, 1948. Published by Quatre...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

Degas, Nu couche, Les Monotypes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on Marais vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, E. Degas Les Monotypes, 1948. Published by Quatre...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

Degas, Famille Cardinal, Les Monotypes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on Marais vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, E. Degas Les Monotypes, 1948. Published by Quatre...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

Degas, Un Client serieux, Les Monotypes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on Marais vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, E. Degas Les Monotypes, 1948. Published by Quatre...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

Degas, Famille Cardinal, Les Monotypes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on Marais vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, E. Degas Les Monotypes, 1948. Published by Quatre...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

Degas, La Loge, Les Monotypes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on Marais vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, E. Degas Les Monotypes, 1948. Published by Quatre...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

Degas, Petite Fete de la Patronne, Les Monotypes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on Marais vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, E. Degas Les Monotypes, 1948. Published by Quatre...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

Degas, Conversation, Les Monotypes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on Marais vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, E. Degas Les Monotypes, 1948. Published by Quatre...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

Degas, Le Bain, Les Monotypes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on Marais vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, E. Degas Les Monotypes, 1948. Published by Quatre...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

Degas, Nu debout, Les Monotypes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on Marais vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, E. Degas Les Monotypes, 1948. Published by Quatre...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

Degas, Au Salon, Les Monotypes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on Marais vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, E. Degas Les Monotypes, 1948. Published by Quatre...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

Antique American Impressionist New England Beach Bathers Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century impressionist bather scene by John Edward Costigan (1888 - 1972). Oil on board. Framed. Signed verso.
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Degas, Famille Cardinal, Les Monotypes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on Marais vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, E. Degas Les Monotypes, 1948. Published by Quatre...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

Degas, On attend les Clients, Les Monotypes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on Marais vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, E. Degas Les Monotypes, 1948. Published by Quatre...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

Degas, Le Coucher, Les Monotypes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on Marais vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, E. Degas Les Monotypes, 1948. Published by Quatre...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Engraving

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