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Leo B Blake New England Winter Stream Oil Painting
Leo B Blake New England Winter Stream Oil Painting

Leo B Blake New England Winter Stream Oil Painting

By Leo Blake

Located in Dallas, TX

Winter Stream, New England, Impressionist Leo B. Blake. This winter snow river and birch tree

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1940s Landscape Paintings

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Paint

Berkshire Hills in Summer

Berkshire Hills in Summer

By Leo Blake

Located in Boston, MA

Signed lower right: " Leo B. Blake."

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1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Peaceful New England Village

Peaceful New England Village

By Leo Blake

Located in Boston, MA

Signed lower right: "Leo B. Blake." From the estate of the artist. In fine condition. Leo B. Blake

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1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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Antique English 19th century marine scene
Antique English 19th century marine scene

Antique English 19th century marine scene

By William Anderson

Located in Woodbury, CT

Outstanding English late 18th / early 19th century marine scene by one of Britain's best known and sought after painters. William (or Wiliam) Anderson (1757 – 27 May 1837) was a Scot...

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1810s Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Rockport Landscape
Rockport Landscape

Giovanni MartinoRockport Landscape, 1931

$1,440Sale Price|20% Off

H 35 in W 39 in D 2 in

Rockport Landscape

By Giovanni Martino

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Beautiful 1931 painting by American artist, Giovanni Martino (1908-1997). Oil on canvas measures 25 x 30 inches. Measures 35 x 39 inches framed. The scene depicts what is definitivel...

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1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Antique Dutch 19th century ships at sea, fishing boats, men rowing.
Antique Dutch 19th century ships at sea, fishing boats, men rowing.

Antique Dutch 19th century ships at sea, fishing boats, men rowing.

Located in Woodbury, CT

A very well-painted Dutch 19th century marine scene. The small boat is full of men who are rowing hard to get to the larger vessels, possibly to either take goods on or off the large...

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1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"New England Farm" winter landscape by David Bareford
"New England Farm" winter landscape by David Bareford

"New England Farm" winter landscape by David Bareford

By David Bareford

Located in Rockport, MA

"New England Farm Landscape in Snow" by David Bareford possesses a combination of captivating composition, mastery of light and atmosphere, emotional resonance, unique style, and the...

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2010s Landscape Paintings

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Oil

"Forest Landscape" John F. Carlson, circa 1925 American Impressionist Landscape
"Forest Landscape" John F. Carlson, circa 1925 American Impressionist Landscape

"Forest Landscape" John F. Carlson, circa 1925 American Impressionist Landscape

By John F. Carlson

Located in New York, NY

John F. Carlson Forest Landscape, circa 1925 Signed lower right Watercolor on paper Sight 21 x 24 1/2 inches The native Swede John Fabian Carlson became a household name in New Yor...

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1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

"New England Farm, " Landscape Oil Painting
"New England Farm, " Landscape Oil Painting

"New England Farm, " Landscape Oil Painting

By John C. Traynor

Located in Westport, CT

This large landscape oil painting by John Traynor captures a scene in New England. Cows are visible in front of a long picket fence, with a red barn and house behind the fence and lu...

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1990s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Yacht Racing off Cape Cod, Vernon Broe (American 1930-2011)
Yacht Racing off Cape Cod, Vernon Broe (American 1930-2011)

Yacht Racing off Cape Cod, Vernon Broe (American 1930-2011)

Located in Downingtown, PA

Yacht Racing off Cape Cod, Vernon Broe (American 1930-2011), oil on board A fine example of Vernon Broe work depicting a yacht race off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Broe's marine opain...

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Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings

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Paint

"Winter Landscape" William Lester Stevens, Cape Ann Snowy Landscape
"Winter Landscape" William Lester Stevens, Cape Ann Snowy Landscape

"Winter Landscape" William Lester Stevens, Cape Ann Snowy Landscape

By William Lester Stevens

Located in New York, NY

William Lester Stevens Winter Landscape Signed lower right Oil on canvas 32 x 36 inches Born on June 15, 1888, in Rockport, Massachusetts, Stevens displayed his artistic abilities ...

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1920s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Main Street, Rockport, Cape Ann " Anthony Thieme, Summer Street Scene Landscape
"Main Street, Rockport, Cape Ann " Anthony Thieme, Summer Street Scene Landscape

"Main Street, Rockport, Cape Ann " Anthony Thieme, Summer Street Scene Landscape

By Anthony Thieme

Located in New York, NY

Anthony Thieme (1888 - 1954) Main Street, Rockport Oil on canvas 25 x 30 inches Signed lower right Anthony Thieme was born in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam in 1888. He studied at...

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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Winter Stream
Winter Stream

Jonas LieWinter Stream, 1914

$9,800

H 29.75 in W 33.75 in D 1.25 in

Winter Stream

By Jonas Lie

Located in Milford, NH

A fine impressionist landscape of a winter stream by American artist Jonas Lie (1880-1940). Lie was born in Moss, Norway to an accomplished Norwegian engineer and an American mother....

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1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Sunset, Rockport Harbor
Sunset, Rockport Harbor

Emile Albert GruppeSunset, Rockport Harbor

$36,000

H 43.63 in W 49.63 in D 2 in

Sunset, Rockport Harbor

By Emile Albert Gruppe

Located in Milford, NH

A colorful Cape Ann, Massachusetts marine harbor scene with boats docked by American artist Emile Albert Gruppé (1896-1978). Gruppé was born in Rochester, NY, and is renowned for his...

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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"End of the Day, Gloucester Harbor"

"End of the Day, Gloucester Harbor"

By John Fulton Folinsbee

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by John Fulton Folinsbee (1892 - 1972). One of the finest painters to embark upon the New Hope Art Colony, John...

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1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"The Neighbors"
"The Neighbors"

"The Neighbors"

By George William Sotter

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed lower right and is Illustrated in the Ashley John Gallery catalog titled "The Pennsylvania Impressionists". George Willi...

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20th Century American Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bars of Light
Bars of Light

Bars of Light

By Walter Launt Palmer

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Walter Launt Palmer is best known as “the painter of the American Winter.” In Bars of Light, the cool areas of shade haphazardly crisscross and then blanket the warm sunlight on the ...

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Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

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Leo Blake for sale on 1stDibs

Leo B. Blake received a thorough education in art at the Art Institute of Chicago where he was a student from 1908 to 1912. His instructors at this time included such notables as J.H. Vanderpoel, Alphonse Mucha, Allen Philbrick, W.J. Reynolds, Antonin Sterba, and F. DeForrest Schook. He also received special training under Mathis Alten, Birge Harrison, Conway Peyton and Alfred East. While at the Institute, he was honored with two scholarships in 1910 and 1911. After emerging from the Art Institute of Chicago, Blake began his career in illustration and commercial art and continued his residence in the Mid-West until he decided to break away and work as a free lance painter according to his own ideas and preferences. He set up a permanent studio in the Berkshires in 1933. Blake spent the rest of his career depicting landscape and seasonal changes around New England. Blake was an active member of the Salmagundi Club, Illinois Academy of Fine Arts, Pittsfield Art League (President 1935), Berkshire Business Men's Art League, North Shore Arts Association, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, New Haven Paint and Clay Club, Springfield Art League, and the American Artists Professional League. Blake exhibited throughout the country at many fine institutions including at the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois Academy of Fine Arts (award, 1931), Allied Artists of America, Berkshire Museum, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts (award, 1939), Salmagundi Club (award, 1942), Philadelphia Art Alliance, and Syracuse University. Blake's work is represented in the permanent collections of the Illinois State Museum, Mechanics Institute of the Rochester Institute of Technology and the Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Mass. Blake taught painting at Williams College from 1937 to 1941 and at the Berkshire Museum from 1943 to 1953. He also taught at the Lenox Art Study Group, Lenox Library, Great Barrington Painting Class, Great Barrington High School, Crestalbal School for Girls, Junior League of Pittsfield, and Blake Studios Summer School.

Finding the Right Landscape-paintings for You

It could be argued that cave walls were the canvases for the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict and elevate natural scenery through art, but there is a richer history to consider.

The Netherlands was home to landscapes as a major theme in painting as early as the 1500s, and ink-on-silk paintings in China featured mountains and large bodies of water as far back as the third century. Greeks created vast wall paintings that depicted landscapes and grandiose garden scenes, while in the late 15th century and early 16th century, landscapes were increasingly the subject of watercolor works by the likes of Leonardo da Vinci and Fra Bartolomeo.

The popularity of religious paintings eventually declined altogether, and by the early 19th century, painters of classical landscapes took to painting out-of-doors (plein-air painting). Paintings of natural scenery were increasingly realistic but romanticized too. Into the 20th century, landscapes remained a major theme for many artists, and while the term “landscape painting” may call to mind images of lush, grassy fields and open seascapes, the genre is characterized by more variety, colors and diverse styles than you may think. Painters working in the photorealist style of landscape painting, for example, seek to create works so lifelike that you may confuse their paint for camera pixels. But if you’re shopping for art to outfit an important room, the work needs to be something with a bit of gravitas (and the right frame is important, too).

Adding a landscape painting to your home can introduce peace and serenity within the confines of your own space. (Some may think of it as an aspirational window of sorts rather than a canvas.) Abstract landscape paintings by the likes of Korean painter Seungyoon Choi or Georgia-based artist Katherine Sandoz, on the other hand, bring pops of color and movement into a room. These landscapes refuse to serve as a background. Elsewhere, Adam Straus’s technology-inspired paintings highlight how our extreme involvement with our devices has removed us from the glory of the world around us. Influenced by modern life and steeped in social commentary, Straus’s landscape paintings make us see our surroundings anew.

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