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"Winter stream" Oil cm.70 x60, Snow, winter 2005
"Winter stream" Oil cm.70 x60, Snow, winter 2005

"Winter stream" Oil cm.70 x60, Snow, winter 2005

By Georgij Moroz

Located in Torino, IT

Snow, ,white, winter Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015) 1937: he was born in Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina. 1949-56: he began artistic studies in Dnepr...

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Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th Century Oil on Canvas: Mountain Lake with Snow-Capped Peak
19th Century Oil on Canvas: Mountain Lake with Snow-Capped Peak

19th Century Oil on Canvas: Mountain Lake with Snow-Capped Peak

Located in Genève, GE

alpine landscape oil painting, mountain landscape painting, alpine lake painting, snow capped mountain landscape, European landscape oil painting, Swiss Alps landscape painting, anti...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Robert Alexander Graham Melting Snow Colorado Winter Landscape Oil Painting
Robert Alexander Graham Melting Snow Colorado Winter Landscape Oil Painting

Robert Alexander Graham Melting Snow Colorado Winter Landscape Oil Painting

By Robert Graham

Located in Denver, CO

“Melting Snow” is a timeless original oil on canvas painting by American landscape artist Robert Alexander Graham (1873–1946), beautifully portraying a serene winter scene in the Col...

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1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Winter Oil Painting Snow Bound by Clifford Grear Alexander Massachusetts
Winter Oil Painting Snow Bound by Clifford Grear Alexander Massachusetts

Winter Oil Painting Snow Bound by Clifford Grear Alexander Massachusetts

By Clifford Grear Alexander

Located in Chesterfield, NJ

Snow Bound oil on stretched canvas. Image is 16 x 22 unframed and 21.5 x 27.5 framed. The painting signed front LL in what looks like an original frame. Painting could use a light ...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Dogs in Snow Storm, Madison Square, New York City

Dogs in Snow Storm, Madison Square, New York City

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

A palette of soft greys and magentas serves as the perfect environment to render fun loving New Yorkers and their dogs semi silhouetted abstract shapes.

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1990s Impressionist Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Aldro T. Hibbard Oil Painting “Winter Landscape” New England Snow Scene
Aldro T. Hibbard Oil Painting “Winter Landscape” New England Snow Scene

Aldro T. Hibbard Oil Painting “Winter Landscape” New England Snow Scene

Located in Rockport, MA

The composition depicts a snow-laden New England village nestled among rolling hills, with a church steeple rising gently from the clustered rooftops, anchoring the scene both visual...

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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Winter's Fairy Tale / Impressionism /Oil / Winter, Snow, Sky, Northern Lights.
Winter's Fairy Tale / Impressionism /Oil / Winter, Snow, Sky, Northern Lights.

Winter's Fairy Tale / Impressionism /Oil / Winter, Snow, Sky, Northern Lights.

By Vik Schroeder

Located in Zofingen, AG

The original oil painting. Canvas on cardboard 30*40 cm. The artwork is framed. The work was created with a palette knife and a paintbrush, using environmentally friendly oil colors...

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2010s Abstract Impressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Winter, Snow, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Winter, Snow, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

Winter, Snow, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

By Oksana Kalenyuk

Located in Granada Hills, CA

Artist: Oksana Kalenyuk Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on canvas Year: 2022 Style: Impressionism Title: Winter Size: 6" x 8" x 0.8'' inch...

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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mountain Lake Cabin in Snow, Mid-Century Winter Landscape
Mountain Lake Cabin in Snow, Mid-Century Winter Landscape

Mountain Lake Cabin in Snow, Mid-Century Winter Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

Serene mid-century winter landscape with a cabin near a lake covered in snow and tall mountains in the distance by William Dunn (American b. 1953.) Signed "W. Dunn" lower left. Di...

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1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Snow Scene with Old Mill - Early 20th Century Winter Landscape
Snow Scene with Old Mill - Early 20th Century Winter Landscape

Snow Scene with Old Mill - Early 20th Century Winter Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

Bright winter landscape of an old mill in the snow by E. Harrison (American, 20th Century). Signed "E. H." lower left. Unframed. Image, 16"H x 20"L.

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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Traditional English Painting Water Mill in Winter Snow with Horse
Traditional English Painting Water Mill in Winter Snow with Horse

Traditional English Painting Water Mill in Winter Snow with Horse

By English School

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), dated 1990, signed to the front and inscribed verso Title - "Snow Bound" Road to the Green, Water Mill. English ...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic

Bethesda fountain Central Park in Snow With Purple Umbrella
Bethesda fountain Central Park in Snow With Purple Umbrella

Bethesda fountain Central Park in Snow With Purple Umbrella

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

A woman in a purple umbrella is captured in front of Bethesda Fountain Central Park in a driving snowstorm. Her formal pose perfectly aligns with the bronze sculpture so that one ele...

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2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Mid 20th Century Canadian snow covered landscape, Halliburton Highlands Ontario
Mid 20th Century Canadian snow covered landscape, Halliburton Highlands Ontario

Mid 20th Century Canadian snow covered landscape, Halliburton Highlands Ontario

Located in Woodbury, CT

Outstanding Oil on board a snow-covered Canadian landscape of the Haliburton Highlands near Ontario. Andrew B Phin is a painter, who is listed as a 20th-century Canadian painter of ...

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1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

The forbidden city in the snow Watercolor Original Painting on Paper

The forbidden city in the snow Watercolor Original Painting on Paper

By Lin Qingyi

Located in Granada Hills, CA

Watercolor Original Painting Artist: Lin Qingyi Title: The forbidden city in the snow Medium: Watercolor on Paper Year: 2024 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 7" x 7.5" x 0.1" inch ( ...

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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Yan Hu Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "Snow View 3"
Yan Hu Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "Snow View 3"

Yan Hu Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "Snow View 3"

By Yan Hu

Located in New York, NY

Title: Snow View 3 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 23 x 27 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Year: 2007 Arti...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

"Sled in the snow" Oil cm. 50 x 30 1974
"Sled in the snow" Oil cm. 50 x 30 1974

"Sled in the snow" Oil cm. 50 x 30 1974

By Leonid VAICHILIA

Located in Torino, IT

Sled,Snow,White,Winter LEONID VAICHLIA (St. Petersburg, 1922) Works by Leonid Vaichlia can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, United States and in the follo...

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1970s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

"Birch"  Oil cm. 35 x 48 1984  Snow, Forest, white
"Birch"  Oil cm. 35 x 48 1984  Snow, Forest, white

"Birch" Oil cm. 35 x 48 1984 Snow, Forest, white

By Boris LAVRENKO

Located in Torino, IT

Birch,Snow, Forest, white, Art, shipping free Boris Lavrenko (Rostov, 1920 – St. Petersburg, 2001) Works by Boris Lavrenko can be found in various private collections in Europe, ...

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1980s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

First Snow, Impressionism, Landscape, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
First Snow, Impressionism, Landscape, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

First Snow, Impressionism, Landscape, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

By Alex Kalenyuk

Located in Granada Hills, CA

Artist: Alex Kalenyuk Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on canvas Year: 2008 Style: Impressionism Title: First Snow, Size: 31.5" x 39.5" x ...

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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Snow Day, Landscape, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Snow Day, Landscape, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

Snow Day, Landscape, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

By Alex Kalenyuk

Located in Granada Hills, CA

Artist: Alex Kalenyuk Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on canvas Year: 2019 Style: Impressionism Title: Snow Day, Size: 27.5" x 35.5" x 1'...

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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

First Snow, Abstract Art Contemporary Original Painting, Ready to Hang
First Snow, Abstract Art Contemporary Original Painting, Ready to Hang

First Snow, Abstract Art Contemporary Original Painting, Ready to Hang

By Voskan Galstian

Located in Granada Hills, CA

Artist: Voskan Galstian Work: Original Acrylic Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Year: 2023 Style: Abstract Art, Title: First Snow, Size: 24" x...

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2010s Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Winter Snow Landscape Oil Painting by Michael Budden Winter Lace
Winter Snow Landscape Oil Painting by Michael Budden Winter Lace

Winter Snow Landscape Oil Painting by Michael Budden Winter Lace

By Michael Budden

Located in Chesterfield, NJ

Winter Lace (touched up frame on right side) oil/canvas panel signed LL 8 x 10 image unframed, 14.5 x 16.5 framed Here is a beautiful winter scene that I did back in 08 and has hung ...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Snow scene by Hughes Claude Pissarro, Cantepie, Sous la Neige
Snow scene by Hughes Claude Pissarro, Cantepie, Sous la Neige

Snow scene by Hughes Claude Pissarro, Cantepie, Sous la Neige

By Hughes Claude Pissarro

Located in London, GB

Cantepie, Sous la Neige by Hughes Claude Pissarro (b. 1935) Pastel on card 51 x 37 cm (20 ¹/₈ x 14 ⁵/₈ inches) Signed lower left, H. Claude Pissarro The work comes with a certifica...

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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and ...

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Pastel

Siebe Johannes Ten Cate (1858-1908) Dordrecht under the snow, pastel signed
Siebe Johannes Ten Cate (1858-1908) Dordrecht under the snow, pastel signed

Siebe Johannes Ten Cate (1858-1908) Dordrecht under the snow, pastel signed

By Siebe Johannes Ten Cate

Located in Paris, FR

The smoke escaping from the boat's chimney echoes the snow on the city's rooftops. These characteristics clearly demonstrate how Ten Cate forged a highly original and personal path w...

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1890s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

" the post woman "Oil cm. 101 x 101, Snow, winter
" the post woman "Oil cm. 101 x 101, Snow, winter

" the post woman "Oil cm. 101 x 101, Snow, winter

By Georgij Moroz

Located in Torino, IT

Snow, ,white,Ukraine,winter Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015) 1937: he was born in Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina. 1949-56: he began artistic studies i...

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Early 2000s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

“Notre Dame dans la Neige” (Notre Dame in the Snow)
“Notre Dame dans la Neige” (Notre Dame in the Snow)

“Notre Dame dans la Neige” (Notre Dame in the Snow)

By Henri Stenn

Located in Southampton, NY

Notre Dame in the snow, early evening, along the Seine by the French artist, Henri Stenn. The painting has a wonderful tonal quality that is characteristic of the artist’s work. The...

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1960s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Snow at Dusk (Encaustic Landscape Painting of Wintry Country Forest)
Snow at Dusk (Encaustic Landscape Painting of Wintry Country Forest)

Snow at Dusk (Encaustic Landscape Painting of Wintry Country Forest)

By Regina Quinn

Located in Hudson, NY

Encaustic, abstracted, impressionistic landscape of a wintry forest at evening "Snow at Dusk" made in 2024 by Regina Quinn encaustic, India ink, and oil with wax on panel 24 x 24 x 2...

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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Wax, Encaustic, Oil, Panel

Snow Covered Cathedral In a Tranquil Winter French Landscape Oil Painting
Snow Covered Cathedral In a Tranquil Winter French Landscape Oil Painting

Snow Covered Cathedral In a Tranquil Winter French Landscape Oil Painting

By Georges Bordonove

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Snow covered Village signed by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary) dated 1986 oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 29 inches condition: very good provenance: from a larg...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Winter Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden Snow Moonlight Stars Cabin Deer
Winter Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden Snow Moonlight Stars Cabin Deer

Winter Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden Snow Moonlight Stars Cabin Deer

By Michael Budden

Located in Chesterfield, NJ

Magical Moment oil/canvas signed LL 18 x 24 image unframed, 24.38 x 30.25 framed Here is a beautiful winter scene with deer under moonlight based on a farm near my studio.. It includ...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Snow in Central Park  Billionaire Row -  Monochromatic  Grey and Blue
Snow in Central Park  Billionaire Row -  Monochromatic  Grey and Blue

Snow in Central Park Billionaire Row - Monochromatic Grey and Blue

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

Color Photography pioneer Mitchell Funk is famous for blending representation with a broad emphasis on abstract qualities. He is a photographic minimalist cropping out extraneous d...

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2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Last Snow, Winter, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Last Snow, Winter, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

Last Snow, Winter, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

By Alex Kalenyuk

Located in Granada Hills, CA

Artist: Alex Kalenyuk Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on canvas Year: 2002 Style: Impressionism Title: Over the Lake, Size: 23.5" x 31.5"...

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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

January snow on the Chertanovka River, Painting, Canvas, oil. 39.3 x 49.9 cm
January snow on the Chertanovka River, Painting, Canvas, oil. 39.3 x 49.9 cm

January snow on the Chertanovka River, Painting, Canvas, oil. 39.3 x 49.9 cm

By Simon Kozhin

Located in Zofingen, AG

The artist painted this plain air picture in Tsaritsyno Park near the Chertanovka River in January on a frosty, snowy, cloudy day. This work enchants with its quiet winter landscape,...

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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Snow at Richmond Park Landscape Figurative Painting London, white, blue, yellow
Snow at Richmond Park Landscape Figurative Painting London, white, blue, yellow

Snow at Richmond Park Landscape Figurative Painting London, white, blue, yellow

By Alan Halliday

Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Framed size: 27" x 27" A rare and evocative oil painting Snow at Richmond Park by Alan Halliday captures the quiet beauty and communal spirit of a winter’s day in one of London’s mo...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Street in the Snow, Landscape, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Street in the Snow, Landscape, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

Street in the Snow, Landscape, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

By Alex Kalenyuk

Located in Granada Hills, CA

Artist: Alex Kalenyuk Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on canvas Year: 2021 Style: Impressionism Title: Street in the Snow Size: 6" x 8" x ...

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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Covered with the Snow, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Covered with the Snow, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

Covered with the Snow, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

By Alex Kalenyuk

Located in Granada Hills, CA

Artist: Alex Kalenyuk Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on canvas Year: 2011 Style: Impressionism Title: Covered with the Snow, Size: 31.5"...

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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Winter Eve" Snow in Santa Fe New Mexico - Oil on Paper
"Winter Eve" Snow in Santa Fe New Mexico - Oil on Paper

"Winter Eve" Snow in Santa Fe New Mexico - Oil on Paper

Located in Soquel, CA

"Winter Eve" Snow in Santa Fe New Mexico - Oil on Paper A winter snow in Santa Fe New Mexico by Jina Pamaititis de Amusategui (Tina) a Los Angeles and later New Mexico artist. A Los ...

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1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Central Park Snow Storm, By Mitchell  Funk, Landscape Photography, Impressionism
Central Park Snow Storm, By Mitchell  Funk, Landscape Photography, Impressionism

Central Park Snow Storm, By Mitchell Funk, Landscape Photography, Impressionism

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

Snow comes to Manhattans' Central Park and veteran street photographer Mitchell Funk captures it. Besides the understated muted beauty of the image, it's a document of emptiness in ...

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2010s Impressionist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Central Park in Snow Bethesda Fountain with Monochromatic Color Scheme
Central Park in Snow Bethesda Fountain with Monochromatic Color Scheme

Central Park in Snow Bethesda Fountain with Monochromatic Color Scheme

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

There are not many days in Central Park when it actually snows with density. That makes this image simultaneously a beautiful post-impressionist composition as well as a work of doc...

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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Landscape Photography

Materials

Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Vintage French Oil Painting Of Fallen Snow Over French Alps Village
Vintage French Oil Painting Of Fallen Snow Over French Alps Village

Vintage French Oil Painting Of Fallen Snow Over French Alps Village

By Leon Hatot 1

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953) Title: Impressionist oil painting Medium: oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed. Size: painting: 10 x 13 inches. Pr...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Neige à Paris by H. Claude Pissarro - Snow scene of Paris
Neige à Paris by H. Claude Pissarro - Snow scene of Paris

Neige à Paris by H. Claude Pissarro - Snow scene of Paris

By Hughes Claude Pissarro

Located in London, GB

Neige à Paris by H. Claude Pissarro (b. 1935) Pastel on card 37 x 51 cm (14 ⁵/₈ x 20 ¹/₈ inches) Signed lower right, H. Claude Pissarro This work is accompanied by a certificate of ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist More Art

Materials

Pastel

1940s Swedish Signed Oil Painting - Winter Snow River Landscape - Framed
1940s Swedish Signed Oil Painting - Winter Snow River Landscape - Framed

1940s Swedish Signed Oil Painting - Winter Snow River Landscape - Framed

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: Swedish School, signed and dated 1940's Title: Winter Sunshine. Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed. Size: painting: 13.25 x 18.25 inches, frame: 17.75 x 22.7...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Solitary Runner Central Park Snow Storm,  Abstract Photography   Mitchell Funk
Solitary Runner Central Park Snow Storm,  Abstract Photography   Mitchell Funk

Solitary Runner Central Park Snow Storm, Abstract Photography Mitchell Funk

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

A vast and wide view of one of the world's most densely populated cities shows only one person. A lone runner surrounded by white snow is framed by New York's Central Park South sky...

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Early 2000s American Impressionist Landscape Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

"Melting Snow" 2023 Impressionistic winter scene in Vermont, fence and mountains
"Melting Snow" 2023 Impressionistic winter scene in Vermont, fence and mountains

"Melting Snow" 2023 Impressionistic winter scene in Vermont, fence and mountains

By Viktor Butko

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

Butko paints the natural, sprawling light of early, mid, and late day. In this composition–his largest of 2023—Butko takes on early summer's mid-day light in Northeastern U.S. The cl...

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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Linen, Oil

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A Close Look at Impressionist Art

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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Painting is an art form that has spanned innumerable cultures, with artists using the medium to tell stories, explore and communicate ideas and express themselves. To bring abstract paintings, landscape paintings, still-life paintings and other original paintings into your home is to celebrate and share in the long tradition of this discipline.

When we look at paintings, particularly those that originated in the past, we learn about history, other cultures and countries of the world. Like every other work of art, paintings — whether they are contemporary creations or works that were made during the 19th century — can often help us clearly see and understand the world around us in a meaningful and interesting way.

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.

Today, creating a wall of art is a wonderful way to enhance your space, showcase beautiful pieces and tie an interior design together.

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