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G. Tinnard - Framed Early 20th Century Oil, The Farmer's Little Helper
G. Tinnard - Framed Early 20th Century Oil, The Farmer's Little Helper

G. Tinnard - Framed Early 20th Century Oil, The Farmer's Little Helper

Located in Corsham, GB

A young girl wearing a pink dress holds a pail in a barn, with a cow visible in the background. The work is rendered in a loose, impressionistic style with subtle impasto.

Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

T. Palmgren - Framed 20th Century Oil, Winter Trees
T. Palmgren - Framed 20th Century Oil, Winter Trees

T. Palmgren - Framed 20th Century Oil, Winter Trees

Located in Corsham, GB

A striking snowy scene depicting several winter trees – some bare, some evergreen – screening a long barn in the distance. Presented in a simple gilt-effect frame.

Category

20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Nature’s Way" Oil Painting 72" x 36" inch by Genevieve May
"Nature’s Way" Oil Painting 72" x 36" inch by Genevieve May

"Nature’s Way" Oil Painting 72" x 36" inch by Genevieve May

By Genevieve May

Located in Culver City, CA

Raised in a renovated tobacco barn in a rural town outside of Northampton, Massachusetts, Genevieve May was born the daughter of accomplished artists and authors, Dennis Nolan and La...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

William Pitt (act.1851-1890) - Framed 1876 Oil, Radway Under Edge Hill
William Pitt (act.1851-1890) - Framed 1876 Oil, Radway Under Edge Hill

William Pitt (act.1851-1890) - Framed 1876 Oil, Radway Under Edge Hill

Located in Corsham, GB

A charming rural scene with rustic thatched barns and cottages. An inscription on the reverse identifies the location as Radway in Warwickshire.

Category

Late 19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Carry You" Oil Painting 20" x 20" inch by Genevieve May
"Carry You" Oil Painting 20" x 20" inch by Genevieve May

"Carry You" Oil Painting 20" x 20" inch by Genevieve May

By Genevieve May

Located in Culver City, CA

Raised in a renovated tobacco barn in a rural town outside of Northampton, Massachusetts, Genevieve May was born the daughter of accomplished artists and authors, Dennis Nolan and La...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Silver Tree, Original Painting
Silver Tree, Original Painting

Silver Tree, Original Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist CommentsArtist Edward McHugh drew inspiration from a photograph he took on the Columbia Plateau, commonly known as the Palouse, in eastern Washington State. The red barn remai...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Peep Show - Wave Landscape Pastel Painting
Peep Show - Wave Landscape Pastel Painting

Peep Show - Wave Landscape Pastel Painting

By Dina Gardner

Located in Boston, MA

She loves a big, bustling city and stunning architecture but she also loves being surrounded by anything that nature has to offer from a dilapidated barn, to the sun setting over the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Pastel

Shaken Not Stirred - Wave Landscape Pastel Painting
Shaken Not Stirred - Wave Landscape Pastel Painting

Shaken Not Stirred - Wave Landscape Pastel Painting

By Dina Gardner

Located in Boston, MA

She loves a big, bustling city and stunning architecture but she also loves being surrounded by anything that nature has to offer from a dilapidated barn, to the sun setting over the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Pastel

Shadow Boxer - Wave Landscape Pastel Painting
Shadow Boxer - Wave Landscape Pastel Painting

Shadow Boxer - Wave Landscape Pastel Painting

By Dina Gardner

Located in Boston, MA

She loves a big, bustling city and stunning architecture but she also loves being surrounded by anything that nature has to offer from a dilapidated barn, to the sun setting over the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Pastel

"Dog Guarding Rooster and Chickens" Eugène Rémy Maes (Belgian, 1849-1931)
"Dog Guarding Rooster and Chickens" Eugène Rémy Maes (Belgian, 1849-1931)

"Dog Guarding Rooster and Chickens" Eugène Rémy Maes (Belgian, 1849-1931)

By Eugène Rémy Maes

Located in SANTA FE, NM

A detailed and richly studied painting of a breed of shepherd keeping watch over a flock of chickens in a barn. Eugène Rémy Maes stood out from his contemporaries by sheer quality o...

Category

1920s Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel

"Snowdrops" Photorealistic Painting in Oil on Panel, Signed
"Snowdrops" Photorealistic Painting in Oil on Panel, Signed

"Snowdrops" Photorealistic Painting in Oil on Panel, Signed

Located in Soquel, CA

A small-scale still life of snowdrops emerging through melting snow, set against a red wood wall, likely a barn. Henderson uses restrained, fine detailed brushwork to emphasize clari...

Category

1970s Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Heartland, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Heartland, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Heartland, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Loretta Kaltenhauser

Located in Yardley, PA

The central feature is a rustic barn evoking a sense of peace and solitude. The harmonious interplay of colors and composition captures the tranquility found in nature.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Jockeys Up - The Paddock at Belmont Park
Jockeys Up - The Paddock at Belmont Park

Jockeys Up - The Paddock at Belmont Park

By Peter Howell

Located in Lexington, KY

He got his start painting by working around different tracks and barns to get a closer connection to the horses and the environment that they live in.

Category

20th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

River Cypress, Spring Light, Oil Painting
River Cypress, Spring Light, Oil Painting

River Cypress, Spring Light, Oil Painting

By Elizabeth Garat

Located in San Francisco, CA

Elizabeth works from a bright studio converted from her home’s detached garage, complete with barn wood walls, a skylight, and a Dutch door that opens to the breeze.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

Thomas Easley - The Rush, Painting 2018
Thomas Easley - The Rush, Painting 2018

Thomas Easley - The Rush, Painting 2018

By THOMAS EASLEY

Located in Greenwich, CT

One can imagine it as a blurred scene of farm buildings and barn roofs behind the rapid rooster. He fills the frame, scampering through from left to right, and is most assuredly, qui...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

"My Limoge" flower vase on the kitchen table contrasts against house patterns
"My Limoge" flower vase on the kitchen table contrasts against house patterns

"My Limoge" flower vase on the kitchen table contrasts against house patterns

By Anne Harney

Located in Edgartown, MA

Personal objects such as, Grandmother’s iron, plaster models, dolls, material, mirrors and soda crates from a cousin’s barn, all make for an interesting story. Her landscapes of New...

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas, Acrylic

The garden smells of summer Landscape Oil Painting Post Impressionism
The garden smells of summer Landscape Oil Painting Post Impressionism

The garden smells of summer Landscape Oil Painting Post Impressionism

Located in Granada Hills, CA

The composition unfolds horizontally, leading the eye back to a modest house or barn rendered in saturated ultramarine and indigo, standing in contrast against the glowing cyan sky.

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Summer blue night Landscape Oil Painting Post Impressionism
Summer blue night Landscape Oil Painting Post Impressionism

Summer blue night Landscape Oil Painting Post Impressionism

Located in Granada Hills, CA

On the left side, the artist introduces warmer orange and red hues, which might represent distant houses, barns, or simply the fiery glow of the sunset reflecting on natural forms.

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Severance" Oil Painting 48" x 60" inch by Genevieve May
"Severance" Oil Painting 48" x 60" inch by Genevieve May

"Severance" Oil Painting 48" x 60" inch by Genevieve May

By Genevieve May

Located in Culver City, CA

Raised in a renovated tobacco barn in a rural town outside of Northampton, Massachusetts, Genevieve May was born the daughter of accomplished artists and authors, Dennis Nolan and La...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Stars twinkle in a calm sky Landscape Oil Painting Post Impressionism
Stars twinkle in a calm sky Landscape Oil Painting Post Impressionism

Stars twinkle in a calm sky Landscape Oil Painting Post Impressionism

Located in Granada Hills, CA

On the right side of the canvas, a small structure—perhaps a village home or barn—appears nestled in darkness, defined by cool shadows of midnight blue, burgundy, and muted violets, ...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Upland Fir 2 Oil /Canvas Landscape Light & Color New England Pastel Colors
Upland Fir 2 Oil /Canvas Landscape Light & Color New England Pastel Colors

Upland Fir 2 Oil /Canvas Landscape Light & Color New England Pastel Colors

By Peter Batchelder

Located in Houston, TX

I am fascinated on many levels when coming across a barn or seaside cottage. From an artist’s perspective I am interested in the nature of the architecture, how it sits within its l...

Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1930s American Modernist Landscape Painting by Burchfield Student Albright
1930s American Modernist Landscape Painting by Burchfield Student Albright

1930s American Modernist Landscape Painting by Burchfield Student Albright

By Elizabeth Compton Chase

Located in Buffalo, NY

A striking winter landscape watercolor by American artist Elisabeth Compton Chase, dated 1948, depicting a rural road leading past a red barn and farmhouse set within a snow-covered ...

Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

"Field in Half Light" Wolf Kahn, Impressionist, Countryside Light, Skyscape
"Field in Half Light" Wolf Kahn, Impressionist, Countryside Light, Skyscape

"Field in Half Light" Wolf Kahn, Impressionist, Countryside Light, Skyscape

By Wolf Kahn

Located in New York, NY

Focusing on such thematic imagery as the tended fields, houses and sturdy barns of New England, Kahn's work represents a masterful synthesis of illusionistic representation and abstr...

Category

1970s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid Century Swedish Expressive Landscape Oil Painting - Quiet Farmstead
Vintage Mid Century Swedish Expressive Landscape Oil Painting - Quiet Farmstead

Vintage Mid Century Swedish Expressive Landscape Oil Painting - Quiet Farmstead

Located in Bristol, GB

Rendered in a restrained, modernist style, the painting balances abstraction and representation. The barns are simplified into bold planes of colour, while hedgerows and fields are r...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Warming Sun" Stormy Day on a Fall Evening by Quince Galloway
"The Warming Sun" Stormy Day on a Fall Evening by Quince Galloway

"The Warming Sun" Stormy Day on a Fall Evening by Quince Galloway

Located in Soquel, CA

Rendered in a realistic style evocative of twentieth-century American Regionalism, the composition features a brilliant white gabled barn and two towering silos illuminated by a sudd...

Category

1970s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

"Birth Expectations" Oil Painting 36" x 60" inch by Genevieve May
"Birth Expectations" Oil Painting 36" x 60" inch by Genevieve May

"Birth Expectations" Oil Painting 36" x 60" inch by Genevieve May

By Genevieve May

Located in Culver City, CA

Raised in a renovated tobacco barn in a rural town outside of Northampton, Massachusetts, Genevieve May was born the daughter of accomplished artists and authors, Dennis Nolan and La...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Circle of William Shayer (1787–1879) - 19th Century Oil, Girl Riding Donkey
Circle of William Shayer (1787–1879) - 19th Century Oil, Girl Riding Donkey

Circle of William Shayer (1787–1879) - 19th Century Oil, Girl Riding Donkey

By WILLIAM SHAYER SENIOR (1787-1879)

Located in Corsham, GB

Her expression is pensive as she rides away from the family farm, where her mother can be seen entering the barn in the background. The artist’s meticulous attention to detail is evi...

Category

19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

19th century Hen house interior with cockerel, chickens
19th century Hen house interior with cockerel, chickens

19th century Hen house interior with cockerel, chickens

Located in Woodbury, CT

Each bird possesses its own distinct character, from the watchful stance of the dominant cockerel to the quietly feeding hens and the inquisitive pigeons exploring the barn floor. Th...

Category

1890s Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

19th century Hen house interior with cockerel, chickens
19th century Hen house interior with cockerel, chickens

19th century Hen house interior with cockerel, chickens

Located in Woodbury, CT

Each bird possesses its own distinct character, from the watchful stance of the dominant cockerel to the quietly feeding hens and the inquisitive pigeons exploring the barn floor. Th...

Category

1890s Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

19th century Hen house interior with cockerel, chickens
19th century Hen house interior with cockerel, chickens

19th century Hen house interior with cockerel, chickens

Located in Woodbury, CT

Each bird possesses its own distinct character, from the watchful stance of the dominant cockerel to the quietly feeding hens and the inquisitive pigeons exploring the barn floor. Th...

Category

1890s Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Swedish Rural Landscape Fårö Gotland Oil Painting 1933
Swedish Rural Landscape Fårö Gotland Oil Painting 1933

Swedish Rural Landscape Fårö Gotland Oil Painting 1933

By Carl Johansson

Located in Stockholm, SE

In the foreground stands a characteristic stone barn with a thatched roof, a building type long associated with the agricultural traditions of Gotland and its surrounding islands.

Category

1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Classic Still Life Painting, Soft Neutral Oil on Canvas 36x36

Classic Still Life Painting, Soft Neutral Oil on Canvas 36x36

By Anne Harney

Located in Atlanta, GA

Personal objects such as, Grandmother’s iron, plaster models, dolls, material, mirrors and soda crates from a cousin’s barn, all make for an interesting story. Her landscapes of New ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vermont River Town, Oil on Canvas, Hudson River School, Circa 1860s
Vermont River Town, Oil on Canvas, Hudson River School, Circa 1860s

Vermont River Town, Oil on Canvas, Hudson River School, Circa 1860s

Located in Fredericksburg, VA

Likely painted circa 1860s, the composition looks across a calm river toward a peaceful Vermont town, where clustered homes, barns, and a church steeple rest among gently rolling fie...

Category

Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

City Pulse - Figurative Abstract Textured Impasto City Triptych Oil Painting
City Pulse - Figurative Abstract Textured Impasto City Triptych Oil Painting

City Pulse - Figurative Abstract Textured Impasto City Triptych Oil Painting

By Ekaterina Ermilkina

Located in Los Angeles, CA

REPRESENTATION Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles, CA EXHIBITIONS 2024 Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY 2023 “Urban Ecologies: Cities Are Built for Art”, Artspace Warehouse, Los ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Two to Tango - Pastel Floral Painting
Two to Tango - Pastel Floral Painting

Two to Tango - Pastel Floral Painting

By Dina Gardner

Located in Boston, MA

She loves a big, bustling city and stunning architecture but she also loves being surrounded by anything that nature has to offer from a dilapidated barn, to the sun setting over the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Pastel

Transparency - Rolling Waves Impressionist Painting
Transparency - Rolling Waves Impressionist Painting

Transparency - Rolling Waves Impressionist Painting

By Dina Gardner

Located in Boston, MA

She loves a big, bustling city and stunning architecture but she also loves being surrounded by anything that nature has to offer from a dilapidated barn, to the sun setting over the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Pastel

Backseat Driver - Surging Ocean Impressionist Painting
Backseat Driver - Surging Ocean Impressionist Painting

Backseat Driver - Surging Ocean Impressionist Painting

By Dina Gardner

Located in Boston, MA

She loves a big, bustling city and stunning architecture but she also loves being surrounded by anything that nature has to offer from a dilapidated barn, to the sun setting over the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Pastel

Travel, Original Painting
Travel, Original Painting

Travel, Original Painting

By Jaime Ellsworth

Located in San Francisco, CA

Jaime works in her studio attached to a small barn, where her dogs, donkeys, and horses keep her company while she paints.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Flag Wave 2007 - Acrylic Painting, Canadian, Contemporary, Signed
Flag Wave 2007 - Acrylic Painting, Canadian, Contemporary, Signed

Flag Wave 2007 - Acrylic Painting, Canadian, Contemporary, Signed

By Charles Pachter

Located in Bloomfield, ON

His impressive oeuvre has evolved over time and includes portraits of notable Canadians—the first, Margaret Atwood, and several series dedicated to Canadian images, including the Que...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"LAZY AFTERNOON" ON THE RIVER FRAMED 24 X 30
"LAZY AFTERNOON" ON THE RIVER FRAMED 24 X 30

"LAZY AFTERNOON" ON THE RIVER FRAMED 24 X 30

By John Austin Hanna

Located in San Antonio, TX

Despite his successes as an illustrator, Hanna believes that his career really took off once he traded in the “big city skylines” for the rock houses, livestock, landscape and old ba...

Category

20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

A Colorful, Mid-Century Modern American Scene Painting, "The Farm"
A Colorful, Mid-Century Modern American Scene Painting, "The Farm"

A Colorful, Mid-Century Modern American Scene Painting, "The Farm"

By Charles Turzak

Located in Chicago, IL

The painting depicts a vibrant, sunlit depiction of a Midwestern country farm, including a red barn and silo. The painting is oil on canvas, dating from the 1950s.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

In the Dales, Original Painting
In the Dales, Original Painting

In the Dales, Original Painting

By Robert Hofherr

Located in San Francisco, CA

Stone walls and barn surfaces are suggested rather than detailed, letting color, texture, and composition create a unique and engaging visual experience.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Race Ya, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Race Ya, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Grace Diehl

Located in Yardley, PA

The vibrant, bold red of the barn stands in delightful contrast to the calm blues and greens of the landscape.

Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Still Life - Contemporary Minimalist Still Life Oil Painting, Dark Blue + Flower
Still Life - Contemporary Minimalist Still Life Oil Painting, Dark Blue + Flower

Still Life - Contemporary Minimalist Still Life Oil Painting, Dark Blue + Flower

By Tom Harford Thompson

Located in Kingsclere, GB

Tom works from his studio in an 18th-century barn in rural Carmarthenshire where his painting, with its palette of bright colour and earthy tones, draws inspiration from the changing...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Melting Snow, Original Painting
Melting Snow, Original Painting

Melting Snow, Original Painting

By Robert Hofherr

Located in San Francisco, CA

Words that describe this painting: snow, winter, sunny, sunshine, house, barn, tree, shadow, bright, backlit, Massachusetts, season, home, expressionism, landscape, acrylic painting,...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist More Art

Materials

Acrylic

Lee Tiller, Birdsong in Springtime, Original Contemporary Impressionist Painting
Lee Tiller, Birdsong in Springtime, Original Contemporary Impressionist Painting

Lee Tiller, Birdsong in Springtime, Original Contemporary Impressionist Painting

By Lee Tiller

Located in Deddington, GB

His studio, “the yellow house” which is adjacent to his home is an old converted bothy (small traditional barn) that overlooks a glacial valley known locally as ‘The Pocket’.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Poetry In A Vase - Pastel Bouquet Painting
Poetry In A Vase - Pastel Bouquet Painting

Poetry In A Vase - Pastel Bouquet Painting

By Dina Gardner

Located in Boston, MA

She loves a big, bustling city and stunning architecture but she also loves being surrounded by anything that nature has to offer from a dilapidated barn, to the sun setting over the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Pastel

"TEXAS AUTUMN" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY ROBERT WOOD
"TEXAS AUTUMN" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY ROBERT WOOD

"TEXAS AUTUMN" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY ROBERT WOOD

By Robert W. Wood

Located in San Antonio, TX

Wood incorporated native stone barns and rough wood farm houses that added authenticity and romance to his compositions.

Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Spotted Horse
Spotted Horse

Spotted Horse

By Bruce Lauritzen

Located in Bozeman, MT

At eight years old he was introduced to adult figure drawing at the College of Marin ''barn'' under Moya del Pino, a well known figurative muralist.

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Animal Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

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Barn Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a broad range of barn paintings for sale on 1stDibs. Browse a selection of Contemporary, Impressionist or Post-Impressionist versions of these works for sale today — there are 106 Contemporary, 99 Impressionist, 27 Modern, 14 Abstract and 4 Post-Impressionist examples available. There are many variations of these items available, from those made as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a barn paintings that pops against an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include that feature elements of gray, brown, black, blue and more. Carol Young, Charles Pachter, Geri Eubanks, Sandra Pratt and Tracy Helgeson took a thoughtful approach to this subject that are worth considering. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and fabric. Not every interior allows for large iterations of these items, so small barn paintings measuring 5 inches across are available.

How Much are Barn Paintings?

The average selling price for barn paintings we offer is $2,225, while they’re typically $200 on the low end and $295,000 for the highest priced.

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Cave walls were the canvases for what were arguably the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict natural scenery through art. Portrait paintings and drawings, which, along with sculpture, were how someone’s appearance was recorded prior to the advent of photography, are at least as old as Ancient Egypt. In the Netherlands, landscapes were a major theme for painters as early as the 1500s. Later, artists in Greece, Rome and elsewhere created vast wall paintings to decorate stately homes, churches and tombs.

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