Luminist Paintings

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William A. CarsonEarly 20th-century Luminist Painting of Yosemite, Attributed to W.A. Carson, Circa 1920-1940

$1,475

Early 20th-century Luminist Painting of Yosemite, Attributed to W.A. Carson

Located in San Francisco, CA

On offer is a well-preserved Luminist-style mountain landscape, with a pack train crossing a rocky, sunlit canyon toward a distant lake.

Category

Early 20th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Francois GailliardFramed Belgian Luminist Oil Painting Le Petit Jardinier With Potted Geraniums, 1887

$27,052

Framed Belgian Luminist Oil Painting Le Petit Jardinier With Potted Geraniums

Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset

Available for sale; this original oil painting is by the Belgian luminist artist François Gailliard and is dated 1887.

Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gabriel CasarrubiosMediterranean Fishermen on Spanish Beach Post Impressionist Oil Painting Europe, c.2000

$411Sale Price|40% Off

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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

$5,441Sale Price|20% Off

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.

Category

Vintage 1920s Dutch Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Cotton, Wood

Rodolphe WytsmanRodolphe Wytsman - La Vieille Ferme de Profondeville, Belgian Luminist 1913, 1913

$11,844

Rodolphe Wytsman - La Vieille Ferme de Profondeville, Belgian Luminist 1913

By Rodolphe Wytsman

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Rodolphe Paul Wytsman (Belgian, 1860–1927), La Vieille Ferme de Profondeville, oil on canvas, signed lower left and dated 1913 — a Belgian Luminist landscape by a founding member of ...

Category

1910s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Lady in the Garden' by Adolphe Crespin, Brussels 1859 – 1944, Belgian Painter

Located in Knokke, BE

Adolphe Crespin Brussels 1859 – 1944 Belgian Painter 'Lady in the Garden' Signature: Signed lower left Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: Image size 62 x 52 cm, frame size 83 x 73 c...

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Claude BuckMid Century Modern Realist Watercolor Still-Life with Toothbrush & Tool, 1960s

$1,155Sale Price|30% Off

Mid Century Modern Realist Watercolor Still-Life with Toothbrush & Tool

By Claude Buck

Located in Soquel, CA

These paintings had Luminist elements achieved with light-toned paints worked with transparent glazes.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Arica HiltonGarden After the Storm, 2026

Price Upon Request

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.

Category

2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Recent Sales

Nighttime Harbor Scene

Unavailable

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...

Category

Vintage 1910s English Romantic Paintings

Materials

Copper

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...

Category

19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Gaston WallaertDane au Bouquet

Unavailable

Sold

H 37 in W 84 in D 1 in

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...

H 12 in W 16 in D 1.5 in

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.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings

William R. Davis Marine Oil Painting, Passing Showers

Sold

H 17.5 in W 21.5 in D 2 in

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.

$36,800

H 20 in W 27 in D 6 in

Morning in the Tropics: Late 19th Century Hudson River School Painting

By Frederic Edwin Church

Located in Milwaukee, WI

According to the catalogue raisonne of Church's work, the artist only produced one painting titled Morning in the Tropics (1858). This painting currently resides at the Walters Art M...

Category

Late 19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Materials

Oil

Michael BuddenImpressionistic Seascape Painting Michael Budden Beach Play V, 2023

$1,200

H 13 in W 15 in D 0.75 in

Impressionistic Seascape Painting Michael Budden Beach Play V

By Michael Budden

Located in Chesterfield, NJ

Beach Play V oil/panel image 8 x 10 unframed, 13 x 15 framed Beach Play V is an oil painting on panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a beach full...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

$5,200

H 24.75 in W 32.75 in D 1.5 in

"Beach Scene with Figures" Impressionistic Oil Painting in Zandvoort Holland

Located in New York, NY

A wonderfully rich beach scene done in Zandvoort Holland in the Mid-20th Century depicting figures in the sand. Some figures are by the water as kids play in the distance. The impres...

Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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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.

No matter your preference, whether you favor Post-Impressionist paintings, animal paintings, Surrealism, Pop art or another movement or specific period, arranging art on a blank wall allows you to evoke emotions in a room while also showing off your tastes and interests. A symmetrical wall arrangement may comprise a grid of four to six pieces or, for an odd number of works, a horizontal row. Asymmetrical arrangements, which may be small clusters of art or large, salon-style gallery walls, have a more collected and eclectic feel.

Download the 1stDibs app, which includes a handy “View on Wall” feature that allows you to see how a particular artwork will look on a particular wall, and read about how to arrange wall art. And if you’re searching for the perfect palette for your interior design project, what better place to turn than to the art world’s masters of color?

On 1stDibs, you’ll find an expansive collection of paintings and other fine art for your home or office. Browse abstract paintings, portrait paintings, paintings by emerging artists and more today.

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