Cottage Art

“Barn On River Rd Deerfield” by Marcia Wise is a 12 X 16 inch contemporary oil painting from the artist’s collection of palette knife paintings in which complementary colors of reds ...

Dimensions with frame: 46,3 x 54,5 x 3 cm. Signed "Megevand" in the lower left corner. This expressive mid-20th-century landscape depicts a hillside village composed of clustered houses with warm terracotta roofs, surrounded by lush vegetation and gently rolling fields. The artist has approached the landscape with a distinctly Modernist sensibility, reducing the architecture and surrounding countryside to broad, simplified forms. The houses are constructed through planes of soft pink, cream, ochre and muted blue, while the foreground is dominated by rich shades of green applied with vigorous, textured brushwork. Rather than seeking a precise topographical representation, the painter focuses on the interplay of color, volume and rhythm, giving the composition a strong and spontaneous character. The contrast between the geometric forms of the village and the dense, almost sculptural vegetation is particularly effective. A softly painted, luminous sky completes the composition and enhances the warm, peaceful atmosphere of the scene. With its expressive handling of paint, harmonious palette and simplified treatment of perspective, the work reflects the influence of Post-Impressionism and the development of European Modernist landscape painting during the first half of the 20th century. mid century landscape painting, modernist village painting, European modernist painting, signed oil painting, village landscape painting, hillside village painting, French village painting...

In this evocative 1973 composition titled Village au soleil, bord de rivière, celebrated French painter Bernard Buffet captures a rural landscape suspended between stillness and stor...

Beautiful watercolor painting of a quaint blue farmhouse surrounded by lush green trees by Lillie Esther (Hillman) Heebner (American, 1923-2016), a Watsonville, Monterey Bay area artist. Signed "L.E. Heebner" bottom right. Unframed. Image: 15"H x 23"W. Lillie (Lil) E. Heebner was guided through life by her creativity. Even at 92, she never felt old, and often said so. She met every situation in life—including death—with ingenuity. Although born in Richmond, Lillie lived in Watsonville all her life. Her father, Frederick H. Hillman, grew up on a strawberry ranch in Pajaro, graduated from Watsonville High School in 1916, and served in France during World War I. He later worked for Martinelli's Apple Cider plant and became foreman. Lillie's mother, Esther C. Hobson, moved as an infant from Bakersfield to Santa Cruz with her family in 1901, when they founded Hobson's Bath House at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk...

N.C. Wyeth's Port Clyde Harbor, Maine (c. 1922/1924) captures the coastal village that had become central to his artistic life. Having established a studio in Port Clyde in 1920, Wye...

Leon Foster Jones Corner of my Garden, 1902 Signed and dated lower left Oil on canvas 26 x 25 inches Provenance Goldfield Galleries, Los Angeles, California Private Collection, Virginia Beach, Virginia Leon Foster Jones was a painter of landscapes, an etcher, a lithographer, and an educator. He was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, his father held the position of overseer in one of the hosiery mills in the Manchester area. In approximately 1901, he married Josephine Currier. During the initial years of their marriage, the couple resided in Concord, New Hampshire. They made Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York their permanent home in 1910, although the artist had begun working there as early as 1907. Numerous sources indicate that throughout his life, Jones gained recognition primarily for his paintings and etchings featuring historical sites across Long Island. His artistic education included four years at the Cowles Art School in Boston, Massachusetts, where he studied under Joseph Rodefer DeCamp...

Title: Château Tower and Gardens at Vannes Brittany French Watercolour by Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 9.75 x...

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Typical small old church in the Texas Hill Country. Easter time brings blankets of wildflowers throughout the Hill Country, and none more noteworthy than the bluebonnets. There is also some Indian paintbrush...

Unsigned. Inscribed indistinctly to the lower right. On canvas on stretchers.

An original oil painting by Pauline Plummer (b.1933), depicting a view of St Andrews Church, Redlingfield. Well presented in a painted wooden frame. On board.

"Le Petit Clements" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran, this Contemporary Impressionist street scene captures a timeless scene in the South of Fra...

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Four tiny cabins nestle among autumn foliage, with rolling mountains and fluffy clouds providing a serene backdrop. A rutted dirt road leads from their entryways and winds alongside a tall birch tree in the foreground. The vibrant colors exude an enchanting, cheerful, and whimsical charm.

About the Artist
Artist John Jaster paints in a style he describes as realistic impressions, capturing colorful views of his adventures across the Americas. "People always ask me how I get such deep brilliant colors," says John. "The answer is layers. Since acrylic paint dries mostly transparent, it requires multiple layers of paint to build up to a specific color. With the right lighting that depth of layering is like sunshine glistening through clear water." In college, John felt a pull towards computer science and pursued a career in software architecture. Although the two paths...

Title: French Castle Towers Winter Trees and Blue Sky Landscape Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size (H x W): 7.25 x 10....

"Evening Shadows" by Victor Butko (1978, Moscow) is a contemporary neo-impressionist painting of Stonington Harbor, Maine, depicting a neighborhood along the harbor at dusk. The gold...

JERRY BERNECHE Small Town No. 20 Watercolor on Arches 21.5 x 29.25 inches

Jack Hofflander, American (1920 - 2003) - Barnyard II, Year: 1979, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, 30 AP, Image Size: 30 x 22 inches, Size: 35 ...

Cecile Hertz-Eyrolles (1875-1974), Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Studio stamp verso.

Franz von Zülow (1883–1963) – Vibrant Landscape with Village Medium: Mixed media on paper (likely gouache or watercolor with ink) Dimensions: Framed: 41 x 53 cm Flat: 30 x 45 cm Si...

Van Weiss (20th Century) Signed: Van Weiss (Lower, Left) " Winter Landscape ", c. 1920s-1930s Oil on Canvas 24" x 34"

Acrylic on Canvas, 2005 12 x 16 in, Unframed Signed by Artist Good Condition Classic Alex Perez piece, vibrant in color and mesmerizing in its dreamlike brush strokes. This little...

This pastoral landscape painting captures the tranquil essence of rural life, featuring a quaint red-roofed cottage nestled among lush green trees with a church spire rising in the d...

Elizabeth Chalmers. Watercolour painting of cottages and gardens in the Cotswold village of Sherbourne. Size: H:29.00 cm x W:44.50 cm. Artist Bio: Elizabeth Chalmers was born in N...

Original oil on masonite painting of a winter thaw in a panoramic farm landscape with haystacks. Signed lower left by the artist. Circa 1950. Condition is excellent. The paintin...

A delightful mid 20th century landscape by the artist Hendrik Verburg (1895-1973) depicting a view of a verdant vegetable garden in rural France. The artist has employed loose, textu...

Acrylic on Unstretched Canvas, 2005 12 x 16 in, Unframed Signed by Artist, comes with Certificate of Authenticity Good Condition

Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Sag Harbor Antique Shop, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 35, Image Size: 12 x 15.5 ...

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Artist Joanie Ford started this piece with a carefully drawn and detailed image. "I had been to similar places in my life, and as I...

Title: Snow Village Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 11.5 x 15.25 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This p...

Mid Century Garden Landscape, "In the Old Spanish Garden" by Florence Nuez A charming Spanish home is the focus of this lovely mid century landscape painting by Santa Cruz, Californ...

Rural life. 1970s, cardboard, oil, 23.5x36.5 cm Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I) His first professional education was at National University at studies to R.Suta, J. Bine an...

This impressionistic plein air painting captures the serene charm of Werdenberg, a picturesque Swiss town, bathed in the soft light of spring. The lush green hills, rustic houses, an...

High Desert Scene at sunrise circa 1930s by Herbert A. Schmidt (American, 1885 - 1930) Schmidt was a well known architect and designer of many San Francisco buildings and was a pupil at the Mark Hopkins Art Institute (SF) in 1899-1901. Graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in Architecture. President of the San Francisco Bohemian Club...

"Cabin on Lake Michigan Shore" is an original oil painting on board by Francesco Spicuzza. The artist signed the piece in the lower left. It depicts a small cabin on the lakeshore surrounded by bright vegetation. 14" x 20" art 22 3/4" x 29" frame Francesco J. Spicuzza, born in Sicily on July 23, 1883, came to America at the age of 8. He supported himself as a fruit peddler until a newspaperman gave him $4 a week to go to school. He attended classes at the Milwaukee Art Students League, where he studied under Alexander Mueller. There he learned to paint in the then-fashionable "Munich School" technique, with detailed realism in heavy browns and grayed-out hues. Spicuzza completed eight grades in four years, and then in 1911, three businessmen advanced him enough money to allow him to study in New York under artist and teacher John Carlson. It was during this time that Spicuzza changed his style of painting, developing an impressionistic use of color, form and atmospheric renditions. After a period of grinding poverty, one of Spicuzza's pictures won a major New York competition. It was the first of 60 wins, both in the U.S. and Paris. He became a fashionable painter, and many of the leading collections have his work. Spicuzza's typical works were beach scenes, still life, landscapes and portraits done in pastels, oils, ink, charcoal and watercolors. Much of his work traced the history of Milwaukee in the early 1900s. He was probably best known for his scenes of women and children splashing in the waves...

This painting has an interesting backstory. Borias is a French locality of the Livradois-Forez, between Augerolles and the Brugeron. The artist was painting this artwork, when the ...

Hulda's House, by Lu Haskew Oil 14x18" image size Still Life Painting This painting is unframed, canvas on gator board, the price reflects that it is unframed. Shipping price inclu...

Size: 97×97 cm (Total canvas size including stretching margins: 107×107 cm) Year: 2026 Materials: acrylic on canvas Shipping: rolled In Our Quiet Evening, the artist invites the vie...

Along the path on a walk, a vivid impressionist oil painting by Carol H. Kelly (American, 20th Century). Signed "C.H. Kelly" and dated "70" lower right. Unframed. Image size, 18.5"H ...

Leon Collins Birthdate Unknown, died 2025 Galveston / Navasota Texas Artist Image Size: 36 x 24 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas "Austin, Texas" UT Tower Leon Collins Birthdate Unknown-Died...

A captivating landscape by the artist Bess Defries-Brady. Thatched and timber cottages by a stone bridge. Indistinctly signed and dated to the lower right. On canvas on stretchers.

Cottage With A Garden Landscape Canvas 36x30 Colin Maxwell Parsons was born in Birmingham, England in 1936 and became a professional artist in 1969. Prior to devoting all of his eff...

Richard Stalter The Neighbor's Barn Oil on board 8 7/8 x 12 inches Richard Stalter was born in Dayton, Ohio, on April 27, 1934. He developed an interest in art at a very early age,...

A sensitive study by the artist Pauline Plummer (b.1933). The artist has expertly captured the essence of a summer's day in the garden in a loose, impressionist style. Unsigned. On b...

Steps descend to a rocky stream in the lower portion of this impressionistic oil painting by Andre Beauce, while rustic farm buildings occupy the upper ha...

"Country House" by Camille Meriot (French 1887-1975) pastel on unframed paper paper: 9.75 x 12.75 inches Fine original French Impressionist painting by the well listed and popular ...

Cottage in Autumn Color, by Lu Haskew Oil 18x24" image size Landscape Painting This painting is unframed, canvas on gator board, the price reflects that it is unframed. Shipping pr...

Doesn't this scene just make you want to be there, in this cottage in the country? I liked this painting enough that I actually put some money into it with a restorer to get it into ...

Old but Useful, by Lu Haskew Oil 14x18" image size Still Life Painting This painting is unframed, canvas on gator board, the price reflects that it is unframed. Shipping price incl...

​Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- Gary Faigin says of Kurt Solmssen’s work, “Though a realist, Kurt Solmssen does not so much record what ...

House in Center Bridge Oil on canvas, 22 x 24 inches (50.8 x 61 cm) Framed dimensions: 27 3/8 x 29 1/4 inches Signed lower left: K. Nunamaker Provenance The artist; Private collecti...

Charming Village Road by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018) pastel painting on artist paper inscribed verso painting: 10 x 13 inches condition: This painting is in excell...

Uri Blayer (Israeli, born 1971) "Sanctuary" 2003 Oil paint on linen, stretcher bars The artist signed the bottom right of the artwork. "Sanctuary" by Israeli artist Uri Blayer is a ...

This painting was painted from life in the summer of 2025, from the balcony of the apartment where the artist stayed while traveling in Italy. The landscape is imbued with an atmosph...

A bright, evocative scene overlooking the whitewashed homes of a Greek island (Santorini or Mykonos?) that takes me back to carefree college days knocking around Europe with no money...

Title: British Impressionist Watercolor of Sunlit Garden with Flowers and Trellis By Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed Signed: Yes Dime...

William James Glackens 1870-1938 American Southern France Stamped by artist's estate “W.G. by E.G.” (en verso) Oil on canvas board William James Glackens was one of the most impo...

French Landscape signed by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary) dated 1967 oil painting on canvas, unframed unframed: 20 x 24 inches condition: very good provenance: from a large...

Stanley Reckless's formal art training began at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1913. He studied with Daniel Garber and was greatly influenced by his teacher's lyrical a...

BEST VIEWED ON MOBILE DEVICE Grand-Brassac is situated in the Dordogne department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It is part of newly released small works from V....Vaughan's collection of recent travels in and around France and Italy. V....Vaughan painted each of these on location "en plein air" It has an Impressionistic Style as seen in many of Virginia Vaughan's paintings. V....Vaughan is know for her animal, Texas missions Italy, France and Gulf Coast paintings. . Also shown in photos are other paintings by in the "Small Works" collection. Photos were taken to show the detail of each painting. Her paintings are part of the permanent collection of the Gadsen Museum of Art, the Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art and the Great Plains Art Museum as well as in countless private collections. In the fall 2023 she will teach a workshop at a castle in France, where artists will stay and enjoy the southern French food and scenes. I paint because it’s the best way I know to communicate, study, and observe creative work that’s how Texas painter V…. Vaughan (the first initial stands for Virginia) describes her drive to create fine art. “It’s a calling,” she says of her life’s work, which has taken several twists and turns but has, nevertheless, led her down the path toward fulfillment. A lifelong Texan, Vaughan grew up in the Austin area and today makes her home in Round Rock, a suburb of the capital city. As a child, she exhibited a love of making art and played the role of the creative one among the seven children in her family, eventually working for several of her siblings as a sign painter and designer. Her parents forever encouraged her to appreciate and mine her passion, instilling in her that it was not simply a passing fancy, but an innate gift. “It was always conveyed to me that this was a God-given talent,” she says. Somehow that made me feel like it was something I was supposed to do. It gave me permission to pursue it. Vaughan attended college on an athletic scholarship, though she filled her schedule with art classes and subsequently secured an internship at an advertising agency. That introduction to the corporate world set her off in a new direction—she left school to parlay the summer job into a full-time position. She continued to work as a commercial artist for many years after that, winning several prestigious ADDY Awards and working on high-profile accounts for Samsung, the Lady Bird Johnson...

Kenneth Nunamaker never took a formal art lesson. His “training” began during his travels out West as a young man, where he painted in his spare time. It continued informally through...

This contemporary impressionist landscape painting by Leonard Wren depicts a house on a warm summer day.