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Luminist Paintings

William Hicks (1823-1890) Luminist Painting on Canvas of Man on Horseback
William Hicks (1823-1890) Luminist Painting on Canvas of Man on Horseback

William Hicks (1823-1890) Luminist Painting on Canvas of Man on Horseback

Located in New Windsor, NY

Thomas Hicks (1823-1890) oil paint on stretched canvas of a man on horseback. A wonderful, luminist period painting that celebrates nature. Circa 1850-1860.

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Antique Mid-19th Century American American Classical Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Pine, Paint

Tropical Sunset, Exotic South America
Tropical Sunset, Exotic South America

Tropical Sunset, Exotic South America

By Norton Bush

Located in New York, NY

He employed a Hudson River School technique called "Luminist" painting and we see that here with the incredibly translucent approach to how he applied paint.

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1890s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

43 Playa Acrylic Painting, Luminist Style, Framed, 1990s, Excellent
43 Playa Acrylic Painting, Luminist Style, Framed, 1990s, Excellent

43 Playa Acrylic Painting, Luminist Style, Framed, 1990s, Excellent

By Giner Bueno

Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL

He studied at the School of Arts and Crafts of Valencia and finished his studies in Paris, where he was awarded first prize for the best oil and watercolor painting, in his beginning...

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1990s Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Spanish Beach Scene with Figures and Parasols, Mediterranean Impressionist Oil
Spanish Beach Scene with Figures and Parasols, Mediterranean Impressionist Oil

Spanish Beach Scene with Figures and Parasols, Mediterranean Impressionist Oil

By Gabriel Casarrubios

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Mediterranean Painting, Beach Scene, Coastal Art, Spanish Impressionism, Seaside Painting, Sorolla Style, Beach Figures, Ocean View Art, Coastal Landscape, Mediterranean Decor, Spani...

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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Incident: Large Framed Vertical Luminist Style Oil Landscape Painting
Incident: Large Framed Vertical Luminist Style Oil Landscape Painting

Incident: Large Framed Vertical Luminist Style Oil Landscape Painting

By Leigh Palmer

Located in Hudson, NY

Oil on canvas 60 x 48 inches This large vertical painting of an expansive pastoral landscape was created by artist Leigh Palmer a few years after his move to the Hudson River Valley...

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Mediterranean Fishermen on Spanish Beach Post Impressionist Oil Painting Europe
Mediterranean Fishermen on Spanish Beach Post Impressionist Oil Painting Europe

Mediterranean Fishermen on Spanish Beach Post Impressionist Oil Painting Europe

By Gabriel Casarrubios

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Mediterranean painting, Spanish coastal painting, Fishermen scene, Post Impressionist oil painting, Sorolla style, Beach scene painting, Spanish impressionism, Mediterranean art, Coa...

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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Large luminist framed painting of mountains in snow, oil on cotton, J. Doeser
Large luminist framed painting of mountains in snow, oil on cotton, J. Doeser

Large luminist framed painting of mountains in snow, oil on cotton, J. Doeser

Located in EVERDINGEN, NL

As can be recognized in this painting which is mostly in purple and yellow. Some early work by Mondriaan show the same kind of use of bright luminist colours.

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Vintage 1920s Dutch Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Cotton, Wood

"Tropical Luminous Flowers-Homage to Martin Johnson Heade, Luminist, "
"Tropical Luminous Flowers-Homage to Martin Johnson Heade, Luminist, "

"Tropical Luminous Flowers-Homage to Martin Johnson Heade, Luminist, "

By David Barnett

Located in Milwaukee, WI

"Tropical Luminous Flowers--Homage to Martin Johnson Heade, Luminist (1819-1904)" is an original acrylic and watercolor painting on antique (c. 1860s) J.

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Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Acrylic, Watercolor

View from Coatue, Lifting Fog, Afternoon Sun
View from Coatue, Lifting Fog, Afternoon Sun

View from Coatue, Lifting Fog, Afternoon Sun

By Joseph McGurl

Located in Greenwich, CT

My artistic influences began during my youth. The luminist paintings I walked past on the way to art classes at the Boston M.F.A. formed part of my cultural identity.

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2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Into the Light
Into the Light

Into the Light

By Joseph McGurl

Located in Greenwich, CT

My artistic influences began during my youth. The luminist paintings I walked past on the way to art classes at the Boston M.F.A. formed part of my cultural identity.

Category

2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Panel

Alfred Copestick, Coastal Scene: New York, Oil on Canvas, 1857
Alfred Copestick, Coastal Scene: New York, Oil on Canvas, 1857

Alfred Copestick, Coastal Scene: New York, Oil on Canvas, 1857

Located in Queens, NY

It belongs to the same rare lineage as his Fort Hamilton view and the celebrated harbor scene at The Met. This painting is a museum-worthy canvas: a work of youthful genius, steeped...

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19th Century Academic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

In the Afterglow (Contemporary Atmospheric Landscape Color Field Painting)
In the Afterglow (Contemporary Atmospheric Landscape Color Field Painting)

In the Afterglow (Contemporary Atmospheric Landscape Color Field Painting)

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

Modern Luminist, Hudson River School landscape painting on canvas of the expansive view over the Hudson River as observed at the top of Olana, the historic home of Frederic Church "...

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2010s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Creek Meets River: Hudson River School Landscape Painting of Water and Mountains
Creek Meets River: Hudson River School Landscape Painting of Water and Mountains

Creek Meets River: Hudson River School Landscape Painting of Water and Mountains

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

Modern Luminist, Hudson River School landscape painting on canvas of a creek and river meeting around a forest bend with mountains in the distance "Where Creek Meets River" by Jane B...

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2010s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"BIG FALLS" COLORADO, MONTANA, UTAH, WASHINGTON 51 X 75 FRAMED A.D. GREER
"BIG FALLS" COLORADO, MONTANA, UTAH, WASHINGTON 51 X 75 FRAMED A.D. GREER

"BIG FALLS" COLORADO, MONTANA, UTAH, WASHINGTON 51 X 75 FRAMED A.D. GREER

By A.D. Greer

Located in San Antonio, TX

Greer (Austin Artist) An artist, poet, lecturer, and illustrator, A D Greer became a legend among Texas landscape painters because of his popularity and the high-dollar values of his...

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1970s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"WESTERN MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE" AUSTIN ARTIST FRAMED 27 X 46
"WESTERN MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE" AUSTIN ARTIST FRAMED 27 X 46

"WESTERN MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE" AUSTIN ARTIST FRAMED 27 X 46

By A.D. Greer

Located in San Antonio, TX

Greer (Austin Artist) An artist, poet, lecturer, and illustrator, A D Greer became a legend among Texas landscape painters because of his popularity and the high-dollar values of his...

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1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Robert K. White "To the Beach at Del Mar" 2021 Oil, Southern California Scene
Robert K. White "To the Beach at Del Mar" 2021 Oil, Southern California Scene

Robert K. White "To the Beach at Del Mar" 2021 Oil, Southern California Scene

By Robert Kenneth White

Located in Miami, FL

His work resonates with those who appreciate the introspective realism of Edward Hopper, the narrative tension of Bo Bartlett, and the luminous detail of American Luminists. Collect...

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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

In the Black
In the Black

In the Black

Located in Greenwich, CT

He is heavily influenced by the luminist style of painting popular among late 19th century American landscape artists.

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2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

All Clear
All Clear

All Clear

Located in Greenwich, CT

He is heavily influenced by the luminist style of painting popular among late 19th century American landscape artists.

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2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Maine Harbor Sunset
Maine Harbor Sunset

Maine Harbor Sunset

By William R. Davis 1

Located in Milford, NH

He has become well-known in New England and across the country as a self-taught artist of luminist marine and landscape paintings, which capture the tranquil light of sunset and sunr...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Radiant Autumn -Wakken - Post Impressionist Oil, Cows in Landscape - Modest Huys
Radiant Autumn -Wakken - Post Impressionist Oil, Cows in Landscape - Modest Huys

Radiant Autumn -Wakken - Post Impressionist Oil, Cows in Landscape - Modest Huys

By Modest Huys

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

From 1905, he participated in the exhibitions of Vie et Lumière, a luminist group, mainly painting landscapes. After the First World War, he painted scenes of the devastation at the ...

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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Chocorua at Twilight
Chocorua at Twilight

Chocorua at Twilight

By William R. Davis 1

Located in Milford, NH

Davis was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, grew up in Hyannis Port, MA and became well-known in New England and across the country as a self-taught artist of luminist marine and la...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Garden After the Storm

Garden After the Storm

By Arica Hilton

Located in Chicago, IL

His work was the Romantic preface to the Luminists and the Impressionists. His paintings took the free expression of the feeling of the artist as a starting point.

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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

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Nighttime Harbor Scene
Nighttime Harbor Scene

Nighttime Harbor Scene

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H 40 in W 33 in D 4 in

Nighttime Harbor Scene

Located in Hudson, NY

Luminist painting, oil on canvas by British artist, Edward Steel Harper, RBSA 1878-1951, signed and dated 1912, lower right featuring a harbor scene in the evening light with doc...

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Vintage 1910s English Romantic Paintings

Materials

Copper

Along the Coast
Along the Coast

Alfred Thompson BricherAlong the Coast

Unavailable

H 15 in W 33 in

Along the Coast

By Alfred Thompson Bricher

Located in New York, NY

The glassy water, asymmetrically-weighted composition, and sense of silence and serenity all identify this work as a Luminist painting. The artist’s style progressed over his lifetim...

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19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Dane au Bouquet

Gaston WallaertDane au Bouquet

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H 44 in W 31.5 in

Dane au Bouquet

By Gaston Wallaert

Located in New Orleans, LA

Gaston Wallaert’s “Dame au bouquet” shows the remarkable change taking place at this time in Belgium paintings. The Belgium Luminists were just one avant-garde group, and the Luminis...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rudi Polder Abstract Landschap, Luminist Painting, 1980s Blue Tones
Rudi Polder Abstract Landschap, Luminist Painting, 1980s Blue Tones

Rudi Polder Abstract Landschap, Luminist Painting, 1980s Blue Tones

Located in AMSTERDAM, NL

Calming and tranquil work by Dutch artist Rudi Polder, known for his beautiful paintings of seascapes in soft pastels. Calming and tranquil work by Dutch artist Rudi Polder, known...

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Vintage 1980s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

Rudi Polder, “Light on See”, Luminist Painting, 1980s Blue Tones
Rudi Polder, “Light on See”, Luminist Painting, 1980s Blue Tones

Rudi Polder, “Light on See”, Luminist Painting, 1980s Blue Tones

Located in AMSTERDAM, NL

Calming and tranquil work by Dutch artist Rudi Polder, known for his beautiful paintings of seascapes in soft pastels. “Light on see”, 1983, signed and dated on the front and vers...

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Vintage 1980s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

Illuminata II (Luminist & Hudson River School Style Landscape Painting, Framed)
Illuminata II (Luminist & Hudson River School Style Landscape Painting, Framed)

Illuminata II (Luminist & Hudson River School Style Landscape Painting, Framed)

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

Modern, Luminist and Hudson River School style landscape painting on panel of orange and yellow sunset over a river in soft focus Small, square landscape painting, 6 x 6 inches unfra...

Category

2010s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Cloud Icon XVI: Luminist-Style Oil Painting of Warm Clouds and Blue Sky
Cloud Icon XVI: Luminist-Style Oil Painting of Warm Clouds and Blue Sky

Cloud Icon XVI: Luminist-Style Oil Painting of Warm Clouds and Blue Sky

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

cloud landscape oil painting on panel floated in dark wood frame 25 x 25 Jane Bloodgood-Abrams highlights the sublime beauty of the evening sky with this square skyscape painting on...

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2010s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Beach Scene With Dog (Panoramic Oil Landscape Painting of Blue Ocean and Dog)
Beach Scene With Dog (Panoramic Oil Landscape Painting of Blue Ocean and Dog)

Beach Scene With Dog (Panoramic Oil Landscape Painting of Blue Ocean and Dog)

By Bill Sullivan

Located in Hudson, NY

About the work by John Ashbery: With only a tinge of irony, Bill Sullivan makes new the vast spaces and swooning optimism of nineteeth-century Luminist painting. Reaffirming the cont...

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1990s American Realist Landscape Paintings

MASO DE FALP SITGES beach boat spanish luminist marine painting 19th
MASO DE FALP SITGES beach boat spanish luminist marine painting 19th

MASO DE FALP SITGES beach boat spanish luminist marine painting 19th

Located in PARIS, FR

He studied law and architecture in Madrid before going to live in France from 1872 to 1885 where he studied painting with the painter Léon Bonnat. Felipe Maso was first of all a hist...

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19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Flemish Countryside' by Frans Coppens (1895 – 1974) Luminist Painter
'Flemish Countryside' by Frans Coppens (1895 – 1974) Luminist Painter

'Flemish Countryside' by Frans Coppens (1895 – 1974) Luminist Painter

Located in Knokke, BE

Frans Coppens Haaltert 1895 – 1974 Aalst Belgian Painter 'Flemish Countryside' Signature: signed lower right 'F Coppens' Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: image size 50 x 60 cm, fr...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Quiet River at Dusk" Martin Johnson Heade, Salt Marsh, Luminist Landscape
"Quiet River at Dusk" Martin Johnson Heade, Salt Marsh, Luminist Landscape

"Quiet River at Dusk" Martin Johnson Heade, Salt Marsh, Luminist Landscape

By Martin Johnson Heade

Located in New York, NY

Martin Johnson Heade Quiet River at Dusk, circa 1859 Oil on canvas 15 x 25 inches Martin Johnson Heade was born in Lumberville, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania on August 11, 1819. He...

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1850s Academic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Clay Bluffs on No Man’s Land" Sanford Gifford, 19th Century Luminist Landscape
"Clay Bluffs on No Man’s Land" Sanford Gifford, 19th Century Luminist Landscape

"Clay Bluffs on No Man’s Land" Sanford Gifford, 19th Century Luminist Landscape

By Sanford Robinson Gifford

Located in New York, NY

Sanford Robinson Gifford A Sketch of Clay Bluffs on No Man’s Land, South of Martha's Vineyard, 1877 Stamp on verso of canvas: S. R. Gifford [estate] Sale Typed label on upper stretch...

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1870s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Florida Everglades Sunset, " Luminist Hudson River School by Female Artist
"Florida Everglades Sunset, " Luminist Hudson River School by Female Artist

"Florida Everglades Sunset, " Luminist Hudson River School by Female Artist

By Laura Woodward

Located in New York, NY

Laura Woodward (1834 - 1926) Florida Everglades Scene Watercolor on paper 7 x 9 1/8 inches Signed lower left Provenance: Private Collection, New England Laura Woodward was Florida...

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Late 19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Catskills Spring No. 3 (Contemporary Hudson Valley Landscape Oil Painting)
Catskills Spring No. 3 (Contemporary Hudson Valley Landscape Oil Painting)

Catskills Spring No. 3 (Contemporary Hudson Valley Landscape Oil Painting)

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

Pairs well as a set of three with these other listings: Catskills Spring No. 1 LU2278513742 Catskills Spring No. 2 LU2278513782 This modern Hudson River School and Luminist style l...

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Catskills Spring No. 1 (Contemporary Hudson Valley Landscape Oil Painting)
Catskills Spring No. 1 (Contemporary Hudson Valley Landscape Oil Painting)

Catskills Spring No. 1 (Contemporary Hudson Valley Landscape Oil Painting)

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

Pairs well with these other 2 listings as set of three: Catskills Spring No. 2 LU2278513782 Catskills Spring No. 3 LU2278513822 This modern Hudson River School and Luminist style ...

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Catskills Spring No. 2 (Contemporary Hudson Valley Landscape Oil Painting)
Catskills Spring No. 2 (Contemporary Hudson Valley Landscape Oil Painting)

Catskills Spring No. 2 (Contemporary Hudson Valley Landscape Oil Painting)

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

Pairs well in a triptych with these 2 other listings: Catskills Spring No. 1 LU2278513742 Catskills Spring No. 3 LU2278513822 This modern Hudson River School and Luminist style l...

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Harmony (Landscape Oil Painting of Hudson Valley in Hudson River School Style)
Harmony (Landscape Oil Painting of Hudson Valley in Hudson River School Style)

Harmony (Landscape Oil Painting of Hudson Valley in Hudson River School Style)

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

Hudson Valley landscape painting on panel by Jane Bloodgood-Abrams 14 x 14 inches, framed oil on panel Classical small scale square landscape oil painting on panel of a vignette of...

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2010s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Chasing Light: Landscape Oil Painting of Blue Sky & Clouds in Hudson Valley
Chasing Light: Landscape Oil Painting of Blue Sky & Clouds in Hudson Valley

Chasing Light: Landscape Oil Painting of Blue Sky & Clouds in Hudson Valley

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

landscape oil painting on canvas 42 x 62 inches in thin black frame Jane Bloodgood-Abrams captures the majesty of the Hudson River Valley in daylight in this horizontal oil painting...

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2010s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Clouds Rising: Contemporary Hudson River Landscape Painting of Clouds & River
Clouds Rising: Contemporary Hudson River Landscape Painting of Clouds & River

Clouds Rising: Contemporary Hudson River Landscape Painting of Clouds & River

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

Hudson River School style landscape painting of a large cloud over mountains and the Hudson River "Clouds Rising" by Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, painted in 2018 oil on canvas, 20 x 20 inc...

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2010s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Oneness: Contemporary Hudson River Valley Landscape Painting of Luminous Clouds
Oneness: Contemporary Hudson River Valley Landscape Painting of Luminous Clouds

Oneness: Contemporary Hudson River Valley Landscape Painting of Luminous Clouds

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

Hudson River School style landscape painting of the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains at sunset "Oneness" by Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, painted in 2017 oil on canvas, 20 x 20 inches, 2...

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2010s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Iconic Landscape: Hudson River School Landscape Painting of a Mountainous Valley
Iconic Landscape: Hudson River School Landscape Painting of a Mountainous Valley

Iconic Landscape: Hudson River School Landscape Painting of a Mountainous Valley

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

Modern Luminist, Hudson River School landscape painting on canvas of sun shining through a clouded sky onto a serene river valley with blue mountains and fall foliage "Iconic Landsca...

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2010s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Passing Clouds Over the Marshes (Hudson River School Landscape Painting, Framed)
Passing Clouds Over the Marshes (Hudson River School Landscape Painting, Framed)

Passing Clouds Over the Marshes (Hudson River School Landscape Painting, Framed)

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

Modern, Hudson River School style landscape painting on canvas of sunlit clouds over a grassy marsh with pine trees Horizontal landscape painting, 20 x 30 inches unframed, 22.5 x 32....

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2010s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Above the Valley: Landscape Oil Painting of Sunset of the Hudson River Valley
Above the Valley: Landscape Oil Painting of Sunset of the Hudson River Valley

Above the Valley: Landscape Oil Painting of Sunset of the Hudson River Valley

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

landscape oil painting on canvas 24 x 48 inches Jane Bloodgood-Abrams captures the majesty of the Hudson River Valley at Twilight in this horizontal oil painting on canvas.

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2010s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cloud Lift: Hudson River School Landscape Painting of Clouds, Forest & River
Cloud Lift: Hudson River School Landscape Painting of Clouds, Forest & River

Cloud Lift: Hudson River School Landscape Painting of Clouds, Forest & River

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

Hudson River School style landscape painting of a large cloud over mountains and a river "Cloud Lift" by Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, painted in 2019 oil on panel, 16 x 16 inches 18 x 18 x...

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2010s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Cloud Icon XXVI (Small Contemporary Cloudscape Painting on Panel, Framed)
Cloud Icon XXVI (Small Contemporary Cloudscape Painting on Panel, Framed)

Cloud Icon XXVI (Small Contemporary Cloudscape Painting on Panel, Framed)

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

Modern Luminist, Hudson River School landscape painting of white billowing clouds "Cloud Icon XXVI" by Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, painted in 2023 12 x 12 inches, oil on panel, 13.75 x 13...

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Cloud Icon XXV (Small Contemporary Cloudscape Painting on Panel, Framed)
Cloud Icon XXV (Small Contemporary Cloudscape Painting on Panel, Framed)

Cloud Icon XXV (Small Contemporary Cloudscape Painting on Panel, Framed)

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

Modern Luminist, Hudson River School landscape painting of white billowing clouds "Cloud Icon XXV" by Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, painted in 2023 12 x 12 inches, oil on panel, 13.75 x 13....

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Cloud Icon XXIV (Small Contemporary Cloudscape Painting on Panel, Framed)
Cloud Icon XXIV (Small Contemporary Cloudscape Painting on Panel, Framed)

Cloud Icon XXIV (Small Contemporary Cloudscape Painting on Panel, Framed)

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

Modern Luminist, Hudson River School landscape painting of white billowing clouds "Cloud Icon XXIV" by Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, painted in 2023 12 x 12 inches, oil on panel, 13.75 x 13...

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Clouds on the Horizon: Hudson River School Landscape Painting in Classical Frame
Clouds on the Horizon: Hudson River School Landscape Painting in Classical Frame

Clouds on the Horizon: Hudson River School Landscape Painting in Classical Frame

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

Modern Luminist, Hudson River School style landscape painting on panel of a sunset over a river valley Vertical landscape painting, 6.5 x 4.5 inches unframed, 10 x 9 x 3 inches in io...

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2010s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Enigma I (Small Oil Painting of Yellow Cloud in Blue Sky with Pine Forest)
Enigma I (Small Oil Painting of Yellow Cloud in Blue Sky with Pine Forest)

Enigma I (Small Oil Painting of Yellow Cloud in Blue Sky with Pine Forest)

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

Small landscape painting on panel in Hudson River School style oil on panel 6 x 6 inches unframed 8 x 8 inches framed Beautiful small scale square oil painting on panel of a large a...

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2010s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Light Over the Berkshires (Contemporary Hudson River School Oil Painting)
Light Over the Berkshires (Contemporary Hudson River School Oil Painting)

Light Over the Berkshires (Contemporary Hudson River School Oil Painting)

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

Light Over the Berkshires (Contemporary Hudson River School Oil Painting) by Jane Bloodgood-Abrams 24 x 36 inches oil on canvas 29 x 41 x 1.5 inches framed Jane Bloodgood-Abrams h...

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Valley Luminous: Hudson River School Landscape Oil Painting of Summer Sunset
The Valley Luminous: Hudson River School Landscape Oil Painting of Summer Sunset

The Valley Luminous: Hudson River School Landscape Oil Painting of Summer Sunset

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

Academic style, Hudson River School landscape painting of a orange and yellow sunset over the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains "The Valley Luminous" by Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, pain...

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2010s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Maracaibo Twilight (Colorful Venezuelan Landscape Painting on Canvas, Framed)
Maracaibo Twilight (Colorful Venezuelan Landscape Painting on Canvas, Framed)

Maracaibo Twilight (Colorful Venezuelan Landscape Painting on Canvas, Framed)

By Bill Sullivan

Located in Hudson, NY

About the artist's work by John Ashbery: With only a tinge of irony, Bill Sullivan makes new the vast spaces and swooning optimism of nineteeth-century Luminist painting. Reaffirming...

Category

1990s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Catskill Sunset (Contemporary Hudson River School Style Landscape Painting)
Catskill Sunset (Contemporary Hudson River School Style Landscape Painting)

Catskill Sunset (Contemporary Hudson River School Style Landscape Painting)

By Bill Sullivan

Located in Hudson, NY

About the artist's work by John Ashbery: With only a tinge of irony, Bill Sullivan makes new the vast spaces and swooning optimism of nineteeth-century Luminist painting. Reaffirming...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Sunset Sail, Nixes Mate, Boston Harbor”
“Sunset Sail, Nixes Mate, Boston Harbor”

“Sunset Sail, Nixes Mate, Boston Harbor”

By Joseph McGurl

Located in Southampton, NY

My artistic influences began during my youth. The luminist paintings I walked past on the way to art classes at the Boston M.F.A. formed part of my cultural identity.

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2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Bill Sullivan: New York, NY (Cityscape Oil Painting, Pink Sunset in Manhattan)
Bill Sullivan: New York, NY (Cityscape Oil Painting, Pink Sunset in Manhattan)

Bill Sullivan: New York, NY (Cityscape Oil Painting, Pink Sunset in Manhattan)

By Bill Sullivan

Located in Hudson, NY

"I think he thought of himself primarily as a landscape painter, who also painted cityscapes and waterscapes and cloudscapes and that kind of thing," he said. "He was always painting...

Category

1990s Fauvist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting Italian Coast
Oil Painting Italian Coast

Oil Painting Italian Coast

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H 28 in W 48 in D 2 in

Oil Painting Italian Coast

Located in Rochester, NY

Large romantic luminist oil painting of the southern Italian coast.

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Antique 19th Century Italian Romantic Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Paint

25 Series, No. 9: Catskill Mountain Pastel Landscape Drawing on Paper, Framed
25 Series, No. 9: Catskill Mountain Pastel Landscape Drawing on Paper, Framed

25 Series, No. 9: Catskill Mountain Pastel Landscape Drawing on Paper, Framed

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

McKenna Award) "River" WAAM National Exhibition, Woodstock, NY Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT "An Enduring Influence: 8 Painters Inspired by the Hudson Ri...

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2010s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Moonrise Over the Marshes (Iconic Hudson Valley Landscape Oil in Gilded Frame)
Moonrise Over the Marshes (Iconic Hudson Valley Landscape Oil in Gilded Frame)

Moonrise Over the Marshes (Iconic Hudson Valley Landscape Oil in Gilded Frame)

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

Modern Luminist, Hudson River School landscape painting on panel of a moonrise over marshes "Moonrise Over the Marshes" by Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, painted in 2023 Vertical landscape p...

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William R. Davis Marine Oil Painting Passing Showers

William R. Davis Marine Oil Painting Passing Showers

By William R. Davis 1

Located in Milford, NH

This exceptional luminist marine oil painting was painted by American artist William R.

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21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings

William R. Davis Marine Oil Painting, Passing Showers
William R. Davis Marine Oil Painting, Passing Showers

William R. Davis Marine Oil Painting, Passing Showers

By William R. Davis 1

Located in Milford, NH

This exceptional luminist marine oil painting was painted by American artist William R.

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21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings

Bucolic Landscape Painting of Cattle by Carl Weber
Bucolic Landscape Painting of Cattle by Carl Weber

Bucolic Landscape Painting of Cattle by Carl Weber

By Carl Weber

Located in Shippensburg, PA

While both men focused on landscapes with an overall Barbizon influence, Carl Weber was heavily influenced by his father's passion for romantic elements and he excelled at watercolor...

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Antique 19th Century American Barbizon School Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Hudson River Vignette (Black & White Landscape Drawing of Mountains & River)
Hudson River Vignette (Black & White Landscape Drawing of Mountains & River)

Hudson River Vignette (Black & White Landscape Drawing of Mountains & River)

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

McKenna Award) "River" WAAM National Exhibition, Woodstock, NY Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT "An Enduring Influence: 8 Painters Inspired by the Hudson River School," AS...

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2010s Hudson River School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Creek in the Catskills Sunset (Small Landscape Pastel Drawing by Jane Bloodgood)
Creek in the Catskills Sunset (Small Landscape Pastel Drawing by Jane Bloodgood)

Creek in the Catskills Sunset (Small Landscape Pastel Drawing by Jane Bloodgood)

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

McKenna Award) "River" WAAM National Exhibition, Woodstock, NY Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT "An Enduring Influence: 8 Painters Inspired by the Hudson River School," AS...

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2010s Hudson River School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

25 Series, No. 7: Pastel on Paper Landscape Drawing of Clouds in Sky, Framed
25 Series, No. 7: Pastel on Paper Landscape Drawing of Clouds in Sky, Framed

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By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

McKenna Award) "River" WAAM National Exhibition, Woodstock, NY Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT "An Enduring Influence: 8 Painters Inspired by the Hudson River School," AS...

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2010s Hudson River School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

No. 24:  Mini Landscape Pastel of Hudson Valley Sunset, Jane Bloodgood-Abrams
No. 24:  Mini Landscape Pastel of Hudson Valley Sunset, Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

No. 24: Mini Landscape Pastel of Hudson Valley Sunset, Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

McKenna Award) "River" WAAM National Exhibition, Woodstock, NY Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT "An Enduring Influence: 8 Painters Inspired by the Hudson River School," AS...

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2010s Hudson River School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

No 23:  Small Landscape Drawing of Hudson Valley Moonrise, Jane Bloodgood-Abrams
No 23:  Small Landscape Drawing of Hudson Valley Moonrise, Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

No 23: Small Landscape Drawing of Hudson Valley Moonrise, Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

McKenna Award) "River" WAAM National Exhibition, Woodstock, NY Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT "An Enduring Influence: 8 Painters Inspired by the Hudson River School," AS...

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2010s Hudson River School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

25 Series, No. 22: Landscape Drawing on Paper of a Sunset in the Hudson Valley
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25 Series, No. 22: Landscape Drawing on Paper of a Sunset in the Hudson Valley

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

McKenna Award) "River" WAAM National Exhibition, Woodstock, NY Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT "An Enduring Influence: 8 Painters Inspired by the Hudson River School," AS...

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2010s Hudson River School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

25 Series, No. 8: Pastel on Paper Landscape Drawing of Sunset Clouds, Framed
25 Series, No. 8: Pastel on Paper Landscape Drawing of Sunset Clouds, Framed

25 Series, No. 8: Pastel on Paper Landscape Drawing of Sunset Clouds, Framed

By Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

Located in Hudson, NY

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2010s Hudson River School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Farmhouse in Spring - Post Impressionist Pointillist Oil Landscape - Modest Huys
Farmhouse in Spring - Post Impressionist Pointillist Oil Landscape - Modest Huys

Farmhouse in Spring - Post Impressionist Pointillist Oil Landscape - Modest Huys

By Modest Huys

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

From 1905, he participated in the exhibitions of Vie et Lumière, a luminist group, mainly painting landscapes. After the First World War, he painted scenes of the devastation at the ...

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1910s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Located in Milford, NH

Davis was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, grew up in Hyannis Port, MA and became well-known in New England and across the country as a self-taught artist of luminist marine and la...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

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By William R. Davis 1

Located in Milford, NH

Davis was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, grew up in Hyannis Port, MA and became well-known in New England and across the country as a self-taught artist of luminist marine and la...

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21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

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Snow on the Farm - Post Impressionist Oil, Snowy Winter Landscape by Modest Huys

By Modest Huys

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

From 1905, he participated in the exhibitions of Vie et Lumière, a luminist group, mainly painting landscapes. After the First World War, he painted scenes of the devastation at the ...

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Clearing Storm, Echo Lake, Franconia, NH

Clearing Storm, Echo Lake, Franconia, NH

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Located in Milford, NH

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

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Luminist Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of luminist paintings available on 1stDibs. Finding the perfect contemporary, Impressionist or Old Masters examples of these works for your space is difficult — today, we have a vast range of variations and more on offer. These items have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. You can search the luminist paintings that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of brown, gray, blue and beige. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, Bill Sullivan, Claude Buck, Robert W. Stark, Jr. and William R. Davis are consistently popular. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in paint, oil paint and fabric — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much are Luminist Paintings?

Prices for art of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — luminist paintings in our inventory begin at $336 and can go as high as $685,000, while the average can fetch as much as $6,913.

Finding the Right Paintings for You

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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