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Impressionist alla prima landscape 'Summer promises'
Located in THOMERY, FR
meaning in a world that often feels chaotic and cruel. "In any case, I believe that this is a deep
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

IMPRESSIONIST URBAN SCENE 'THE ARCADES, LA ROCHELLE'
Located in THOMERY, FR
Shopping under the arcades of La Rochelle on a beautiful summer afternoon and developing a feeling
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Barbara
By Augustus Edwin John
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
graduation was recognized as the most talented draughtsman of his generation. In the summer of 1897, John
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1930s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Untitled (Undertow Variant)
By Louisa Chase
Located in Fairlawn, OH
earned a degree in printmaking in 1973. After attending Yale’s summer program in Norfolk, Conn., in her
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1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Cookham Dean, A Post Impressionist Landscape, Homage to Cezanne
By Bernard Meninsky
Located in Cotignac, FR
there from 1906 to 1911, being financed by a succession of scholarships. He attended summer courses at
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Paper

"Ram's Head" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences"
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell, country home of the Churchill's, and the Churchill
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Chained Beast" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences"
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell, country home of the Churchill's, and the Churchill
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Frontpiece to a Bestiary" From the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences"
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell, country home of the Churchill's, and the Churchill
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Sheet of Studies" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences"
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell, country home of the Churchill's, and the Churchill
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Sheet of Studies" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences"
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
symbol.' Sittings were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell, country home of the Churchill's, and
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Ants" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences"
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell, country home of the Churchill's, and the Churchill
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Ram's Head, Full Face" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences"
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell, country home of the Churchill's, and the Churchill
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Bird Form" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences"
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell, country home of the Churchill's, and the Churchill
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Toad I" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences"
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell, country home of the Churchill's, and the Churchill
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Ram's Head" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences"
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell, country home of the Churchill's, and the Churchill
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Armadillo" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences"
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell, country home of the Churchill's, and the Churchill
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Three Organic Forms
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell, country home of the Churchill's, and the Churchill
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Three Organic Forms
Three Organic Forms
H 37 in W 30.25 in D 1.35 in
Submerged Form
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell, country home of the Churchill's, and the Churchill
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Submerged Form
Submerged Form
H 31.5 in W 37.5 in D 1.1 in
Bird and Mouse
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell, country home of the Churchill's, and the Churchill
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Bird and Mouse
Bird and Mouse
H 35.5 in W 29.25 in D 1.1 in
Art Nouveau Southern French Fayance art pottery FLOOR VASE rare colours&pattern
Located in Kumhausen, DE
one day. The warm blue June was spread Upon the earth; blue summer overhead, Without a cloud to fleck
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Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Pottery

Warm Waters No. 19 (Nautical Style Photograph of Blue Ocean Waves on 3 Panels)
By Jeri Eisenberg
Located in Hudson, NY
, languid summer days of my childhood were spent there with family, jumping waves and playing in the sand
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Wax, Mulberry Paper

Warm Waters No. 33 (Nautical Style Photograph of Blue Ocean Waves on 3 Panels)
By Jeri Eisenberg
Located in Hudson, NY
, languid summer days of my childhood were spent there with family, jumping waves and playing in the sand
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2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Wax, Mulberry Paper

Hybrid
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell, country home of the Churchill's, and the Churchill
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Hybrid
Hybrid
H 39.25 in W 32.5 in D 1.75 in
Beetles II (With Electric Lamp)
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
symbol.' Sittings were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell, country home of the Churchill's, and
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Owl (Rose Ground)
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell, country home of the Churchill's, and the Churchill
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Owl (Rose Ground)
Owl (Rose Ground)
H 38.15 in W 31.35 in D 1.25 in
Bird About to Take Flight
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell, country home of the Churchill's, and the Churchill
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Beetles #1
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell, country home of the Churchill's, and the Churchill
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Beetles #1
Beetles #1
H 30.65 in W 36.5 in D 2 in
Hanging Form, Owl and Bats
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
the subject as a revered, 'international symbol.' Sittings were done during the summer of 1954 at
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Emerging Insect
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
, 'international symbol.' Sittings were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell, country home of the
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Cynocephalus
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell, country home of the Churchill's, and the Churchill
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Cynocephalus
Cynocephalus
H 39 in W 32.25 in D 0.85 in
"Insect, Simulating Seeds" Important color lithograph.
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell, country home of the Churchill's, and the Churchill
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Chauve-Souris" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondence"
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell, country home of the Churchill's, and the Churchill
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Chauve-Souris in a Looking-Glass against a Window"
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
as a revered, 'international symbol.' Sittings were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Sheet of Studies" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences"
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
as a revered, 'international symbol.' Sittings were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Warm Waters #20 (Nautical Style Photograph of Blue Ocean Waves in White Frame)
By Jeri Eisenberg
Located in Hudson, NY
, languid summer days of my childhood were spent there with family, jumping waves and playing in the sand
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Wax, Mulberry Paper

Warm Waters #17 (Nautical Seascape Photograph, Blue Ocean Waves in White Frame)
By Jeri Eisenberg
Located in Hudson, NY
ocean, or by the ocean, but close enough so that many long, languid summer days of my childhood were
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Encaustic, Mulberry Paper

Mid-Century Modern, Mixed Media Abstract Composition with Blue White Yellow
By Richard Sorby
Located in Denver, CO
Artists Program there in the summers of 1954 and 1956. The influence of the younger Ernst’s work is
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20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modernist Trees, 1940s Framed Modernist Landscape Watercolor Painting, Red Green
By Richard Sorby
Located in Denver, CO
and Surrealism, Max Ernst) when he participated in the Visiting Artists Program there in the summers
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1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Giuseppe Zanotti Olive Green Leather Cruel Summer Ankle Strap Sandals Size 38
By Giuseppe Zanotti
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Giuseppe Zanott's Cruel Summer sandals are all about making a statement with your fashion. These in
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2010s Italian Heels

Giuseppe Zanotti Black/Gold Leather and Suede Cruel Summer Sandals Size 38.5
By Giuseppe Zanotti
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
stunning Cruel sandals! Crafted from leather as well as suede and styled as an open-toe with stiletto heels
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2010s Italian Sandals

Kanye West x Giuseppe Zanotti White Leather Cruel Summer Sandals Size 35
By Giuseppe Zanotti
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
take your breath away! The Cruel sandals have been crafted from leather into an open-toe silhouette and
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2010s Italian Heels

Giuseppe Zanotti Black/Gold Patent Leather and Suede Cruel Summer Sandals Size 3
By Giuseppe Zanotti
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
piece for any summer ensemble.
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2010s Italian Sandals

Giuseppe Zanotti 20th Anniversary Jewel Edition Metallic Gold Leather Cruel Summ
By Giuseppe Zanotti
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
stunning Cruel Summer Wing sandals from their 20th Anniversary Jewel Edition! Crafted from metallic gold
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2010s Italian Sandals

In Contemplation (Impressionist portrait of a young man)
By David Levine
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
). Other books by Levine include A Summer Sketchbook (1963), The Man from M.A.L.I.C.E. [Movies, Art
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1950s American Impressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Illustration Board, Oil

The Chinook (Abstract Landscape Composition in Blue, Gold and White)
By Richard Sorby
Located in Denver, CO
the summers of 1954 and 1956. The influence of the younger Ernst’s work is reflected in Sorby’s
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

“Noon, in Summer, ” Daphnis et Chloé
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: “A Midi, l’Été (Noon, in Summer),” from Daphnis et Chloé Year: 1977 Medium: Offset
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1970s Expressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

“Noon, in Summer, ” Daphnis et Chloé
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: “A Midi, l’Été (Noon, in Summer),” from Daphnis et Chloé Year: 1977 Medium: Offset
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1970s Expressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

“The Summer Season, ” Daphnis et Chloé
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: After Marc Chagall (1897-1985) Title: “La Saison d’Été (The Summer Season),” from Daphnis
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1970s Expressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Offset

“The Summer Season, ” Daphnis et Chloé
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: “La Saison d’Été (The Summer Season),” from Daphnis et Chloé Year: 1977 Medium: Offset
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1970s Expressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Offset

“The Summer Season, ” Daphnis et Chloé
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: After Marc Chagall (1897-1985) Title: “La Saison d’Été (The Summer Season),” from Daphnis
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1970s Expressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Offset

Colorful neo-impressionist gouache on paper "Summer Games"
Located in THOMERY, FR
This series of paintings is inspired by by the concept of Dolce Vita, in this case summer games by
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Drawings ...

Materials

Acrylic, Gouache

“The Summer Season, ” Daphnis et Chloé (Cramer 46)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: After Marc Chagall (1897-1985) Title: “La Saison d’Été (The Summer Season),” from Daphnis
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1970s Expressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Lion" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences"
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
were done during the summer of 1954 at Chartwell, country home of the Churchill's, and the Churchill
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

View from Sacre Coeur
By David Levine
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Library the same year). Other books by Levine include A Summer Sketchbook (1963), The Man from
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1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

The Bridge (Mid-Century Abstract Painting with blue, yellow, white & black)
By Richard Sorby
Located in Denver, CO
) when he participated in the Visiting Artists Program there in the summers of 1954 and 1956. The
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

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