$7,300
H 21 in W 25 in D 2 in
Mary Burgess Snowscape Pennsylvania Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Mary Burgess is of the New Hope School and this is a wonderful Pennsylvania Impressionist winter
Canvas
$6,000
H 30.5 in W 35.5 in D 2 in
Cabin Run Covered Bridge Bucks County Pennsylvania Impressionist Oil Painting
By Christopher Willett
Located in Philadelphia, PA
painter in the New Hope, Bucks County Impressionist style- he works full time in the mediums of oil on
Canvas, Paint
$3,475
H 24 in W 26 in D 2 in
Antique American Impressionist Nicely Framed Pennsylvania Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting by Frances M. Lichten (1889 - 1961). Oil on
Oil, Board
$1,180Sale Price|20% Off
H 14 in W 10 in D 2 in
Antique American Pennsylvania Impressionist Landscape Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape painting. Nicely painted and in excellent condition
Canvas, Oil
George A Newman Pennsylvania Impressionist
Located in San Francisco, CA
George A Newman: 1875-1965. Well listed Pennsylvania artist with auction records over $3000. He
Oil
$18,000
H 23 in W 27 in
Summer Farm, American Impressionist, Oil, Landscape, New Hope, Pennsylvania
By John Fulton Folinsbee
Located in Wiscasset, ME
, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, the National Academy
Canvas, Oil
$8,500
H 29 in W 33 in D 2 in
Antique American Pennsylvania Impressionist Framed Landscape Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare antique oil painting by Charles W. Patterson (1870 - 1938) . Oil on canvas, signed lower
Canvas, Oil
$15,500
H 19.5 in W 25.5 in D 1 in
Lumberville in Winter, Pennsylvania Impressionist Snow Landscape
By Laurence A. Campbell
Located in Doylestown, PA
impressionist style. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1939, Campbell was known to visit the Philadelphia
Oil, Board
$6,000
H 17 in W 23 in D 2 in
The Blue Bed, Environmental Portrait by Pennsylvania Impressionist
Located in Doylestown, PA
The Blue Bed is an interior, environmental portrait by living artist and Pennsylvania Impressionist
Oil, Board
Pennsylvania Dairy Barn, Oil Painting
By Doug Cosbie
Located in San Francisco, CA
, facade, architecture, impressionism, oil painting, beigePennsylvania Dairy BarnDoug
Oil
Evening, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, Oil Painting
By Doug Cosbie
Located in San Francisco, CA
, PennsylvaniaDoug CosbieOil painting on stretched canvasFinished edgesVarnished and
Oil
Early Fall, York County, Pennsylvania, Oil Painting
By Doug Cosbie
Located in San Francisco, CA
, landscape, oil painting, yellowEarly Fall, York County, PennsylvaniaDoug CosbieOil
Oil
$6,000
H 16 in W 17 in
"Manayunk" Walter Emerson Baum, Pennsylvania Impressionist Landscape of Manayunk
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in New York, NY
Oil on board 12 x 14 inches Walter Baum was born December 14, 1884 in Sellersville, Pennsylvania
Oil, Board
$425
H 14 in W 18 in D 1.75 in
White Farmhouse, Berks County Pennsylvania, Oil Painting
By Doug Cosbie
Located in San Francisco, CA
, impressionist, Wyeth, wood, landscape, Pennsylvania, United States, barn, architecture, log barn, rural, country
Oil
Pennsylvania Farm
By Marion Butler Ewald
Located in North Clarendon, VT
A beautiful Pennsylvania Farm painted by Marion Butler Ewald. Strong, bright and bold. Her career
Oil
"Pennsylvania Dutch Village"
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Lambertville, NJ
in Sellersville, Pennsylvania, Walter Baum was one of the only members of the New Hope Art Colony
Canvas, Oil
Pennsylvania Farm, Evening
By George Gallo
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed "G Gallo" lower left corner UNFRAMED: 24" x 48" FRAMED: 30" x 54" Artist Statement “This painting is all about ...
Canvas, Oil
Clifton House, Pennsylvania
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated lower left: A.P. Martino / 1929
Oil
$1,650
H 48.5 in W 34 in D 2 in
Pocono Mountains Pennsylvania in Winter Original Oil on Canvas by Bobby Topping
Located in Soquel, CA
Pocono Mountains Pennsylvania in Winter Original Oil on Canvas by Bobby Topping Pocono Pennsylvania
Canvas, Oil
$2,400
H 13.5 in W 15.5 in D 1.5 in
"View of New Hope" Pennsylvania Pastoral Autumnal Landscape Bridge Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
New Hope, Bucks County using the mediums of oil on board or canvas, and watercolor in an Impressionist
Oil, Board
"The Covered Bridge, Point Pleasant" (Pennsylvania)
By Herbert Pullinger
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts for studies with Henry McCarter and Thomas Anshutz. Although Pullinger
Canvas, Oil
Pearl A Van Sciver New Hope Pennsylvania
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pearl A Van Sciver: 1895-1966. Well listed Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artist. She has had Auction
Oil
$15,000
H 46 in W 36 in D 2 in
Environmental Portrait of a Lady by Pennsylvania painter Glenn Harrington
Located in Doylestown, PA
This portrait of a lady is an environmental portrait painted by living Pennsylvania painter, Glenn
Linen, Oil
$20,800Sale Price|20% Off
H 38 in W 44 in
"Forest Snow" George Gardner Symons, Snowy Winter Landscape, Pennsylvania
By George Gardner Symons
Located in New York, NY
George Gardner Symons Forest Snow, circa 1920s Signed lower right Oil on canvas laid on board 30 x
Canvas, Oil
$16,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 30 in W 35 in
"Winter Scene, " George Gardner Symons, Snowy Hill Landscape, Pennsylvania
By George Gardner Symons
Located in New York, NY
George Gardner Symons (1863 - 1930) Winter Scene Oil on canvas 20 x 25 inches Signed lower right
Canvas, Oil
$2,650
H 10 in W 8 in D 1 in
Women Seated in Garden "Femmos Restant" New Hope Pennsylvania Artist Edna Gass
By Edna Gass
Located in Soquel, CA
New Hope School. The New Hope School of Pennsylvania Impressionists is an artistic movement that
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
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H 39 in W 47 in D 3 in
Manayunk Autumn, Pennsylvania Impressionist Cityscape
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Doylestown, PA
Pennsylvania Impressionist and New Hope School painter Walter Emerson Baum. The artwork is in original
Canvas, Oil
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H 27.75 in W 24.75 in D 2 in
“Bridge Over Canal, New Hope” American Impressionist Pennsylvania Suffragist Oil
Located in Yardley, PA
, impressionistic brushwork, inspired by her time in Europe. The work is oil on board and is signed in the lower
Oil, Board
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H 39.5 in W 47.5 in D 2 in
Bethlehem Houses, Pennsylvania Impressionist Snowy Winter Landscape
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Doylestown, PA
Pennsylvania Impressionist and New Hope School painter Walter Emerson Baum. The painting features a rural Bucks
Canvas, Oil
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H 23.25 in W 27.25 in D 2 in
Haystacks, Pennsylvania Impressionist Autumn Landscape, Signed and Framed
By Roy C. Kneeland
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Haystacks" is a 16" x 20" oil on board Pennsylvania landscape by American impressionist painter
Oil, Board
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H 38 in W 46 in D 2 in
Bucks County Farmhouse, Hagersville, Pennsylvania Impressionist Snow Landscape
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Doylestown, PA
Pennsylvania Impressionist and New Hope School painter Walter Emerson Baum. The painting features a rural Bucks
Oil, Canvas
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H 6.75 in W 8.5 in D 1.5 in
Winter Village, Pennsylvania Impressionist Snowy Landscape, Miniature Painting
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Doylestown, PA
Pennsylvania Impressionist and New Hope School painter Walter Emerson Baum. The painting features a rural Bucks
Oil, Board
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H 18 in W 22 in
Sellersville, Pennsylvania Impressionist Autumn Landscape, Bucks County Scene
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Sellersville, PA" is a 12" x 16" oil on board winter/autumn landscape by Pennsylvania
Oil, Board
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H 34 in W 59 in D 4 in
Manayunk Houses, Regional American Cityscape by Pennsylvania Impressionist
By Giovanni Martino
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Manayunk Houses" is a 25 x 50 inches, oil on canvas, regional, American cityscape by Pennsylvania
Canvas, Oil
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H 33 in W 38 in D 2 in
Crystal Bar, Interior American Regional Scene by Pennsylvania Impressionist
By Paulette Victorine J. Van Roekens
Located in Doylestown, PA
, crafted by her husband and Pennsylvania Impressionist painter Arthur Meltzer. Provenance: Estate of the
Canvas, Oil
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H 25 in W 29 in D 1.75 in
South Perkasie PA, Regional Pennsylvania Impressionist Winter Snow Landscape
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Doylestown, PA
Pennsylvania Impressionist and New Hope School painter Walter Emerson Baum. The painting features a rural Bucks
Canvas, Oil
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H 17 in W 21 in D 1.5 in
Two Red Barns, Pennsylvania Impressionist Winter Landscape, Bucks County
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Two Red Barns" is a 12" x 16" oil on board winter landscape by Pennsylvania Impressionist and New
Oil, Board
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H 38 in W 50 in D 1.5 in
New Hope Canal, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Impressionist, Regional Landscape
By Laurence A. Campbell
Located in Doylestown, PA
"New Hope Canal" by American Impressionist painter Laurence A. Campbell is a 36 x 48 inches, oil on
Canvas, Oil
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H 19.5 in W 23.5 in
View of Sellersville, Pennsylvania Impressionist Winter Landscape, Bucks County
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Doylestown, PA
"View of Sellersville" is a 16" x 20" oil on board winter landscape by Pennsylvania Impressionist
Oil, Board
"Pennsylvania"
By Harry Leroy Johnson
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on paper, perhaps done on a Mass card by American artist Harry Leroy Johnson. Unsigned and
Oil
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H 30 in W 36 in D 1.5 in
View of Lambertville, NJ, Pennsylvania Impressionist Landscape by Delaware River
By John Fulton Folinsbee
Located in Doylestown, PA
"View of Lambertville, NJ" is a 18" x 24" Oil on Paper landscape by American Impressionist painter
Paper, Oil
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H 40 in W 48 in
"Winter Scene: Canal Near New Hope, Pennsylvania" Impressionist Snowy Landscape
By George Gardner Symons
Located in New York, NY
George Gardner Symons Winter Scene: Canal Near New Hope, Pennsylvania Signed lower left Oil on
Canvas, Oil
“Pennsylvania Panoramic”
By William McNair
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas painting of a Pennsylvania country scene by the American artist, William McNair
Canvas, Oil
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H 16 in W 18 in D 1.5 in
"Fells House" Buckingham Pennsylvania, Pastoral Winter Landscape Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
Impressionist winter pastoral scene of a quaint snow covered home by Buckingham, PA. Willett has
Oil, Board
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H 6 in W 8 in D 0.75 in
"View to Lambertville" Pennsylvania Pastoral Snow Landscape Bridge Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
Impressionist winter pastoral scene of a quaint snow covered view to Lambertville, Bucks County, PA
Oil, Board
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H 21 in W 25 in D 2 in
Antique American Impressionist Pennsylvania Exhibited Landscape Oil Painting
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting by Walter Emerson Baum (1884 - 1956). Oil on
Canvas, Oil
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H 22.5 in W 22.5 in D 2 in
American Impressionist Bucks Co Pennsylvania Winter Snow Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American impressionist oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1900. Signed illegibly
Canvas, Oil
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H 27 in W 32 in D 1.5 in
Bucks County Barn, Pennsylvania Impressionist Regional Landscape, Oil on Canvas
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Bucks County Barn" is an Impressionist landscape by Pennsylvania painter John Pierce Barnes
Oil, Paint
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H 37.5 in W 45.25 in D 2 in
Summer Day, Regional Pennsylvania Impressionist Landscape
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Summer Day" is a 32" x 40" oil on canvas landscape in Bucks County, by Pennsylvania Impressionist
Canvas, Oil
Pennsylvania Fall, Oil Painting
By Doug Cosbie
Located in San Francisco, CA
, representational, oil painting, greenPennsylvania FallDoug CosbieOil painting on stretched
Oil
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H 26 in W 30 in D 2 in
Winter Day (Pennsylvania Impressionist industrial factory landscape)
By George Mathews Harding
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
George Harding (1882-1959). Pennsylvania Landscape, c.1925. Oil on canvas measures 16 x 20 inches
Cotton Canvas, Oil
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H 34 in W 36 in D 2 in
Antique American School Pennsylvania Impressionist Signed Large Landscape
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school impressionist landscape painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1925. Signed on
Canvas, Oil
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H 15.25 in W 17.25 in D 2 in
Bass Rock, New England Seascape by Pennsylvania Impressionist
By Giovanni Martino
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Bass Rock" is a 8.5 x 10.5 inches, oil on canvas, New England seascape by Pennsylvania
Canvas, Oil
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H 26 in W 30 in D 2 in
Cows, Impressionist Landscape with Animals, New Hope School, Pennsylvania
By John Fulton Folinsbee
Located in Doylestown, PA
his outstanding talent in painting Pennsylvania Impressionist landscapes. This 16" x 20"' oil on
Canvas, Oil
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H 12 in W 20 in
"Saturday Night, New Hope, " Pennsylvania, Delaware River, Impressionist, 2005
By Anthony Michael Autorino
Located in Wiscasset, ME
, Autorino moved to New Hope, Pennsylvania, where he set up a studio and gallery space, eventually relocating
Canvas, Oil, Board
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H 14.5 in W 17.5 in D 1.5 in
Raven Rock, NJ, Pennsylvania Impressionist Landscape with Houses, Delaware River
By Stanley L. Reckless
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Raven Rock, NJ" is an Impressionist landscape by Pennsylvania and New Hope School painter Stanley
Oil, Board
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H 19.75 in W 23.75 in D 2 in
Mill Road, Pennsylvania Impressionist Winter Landscape, Snow Scene with Figures
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Mill Road" is a 16" x 20" oil on board winter landscape in Bucks County, by Pennsylvania
Oil, Board
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H 19 in W 21 in D 3 in
Fern Coppedge (American, 1883-1951) "New Hope, Pennsylvania" Oil Painting
By Fern Isabel Coppedge
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fern Coppedge (American, 1883-1951) "Winter - New Hope" original oil painting circa 1920 Original
Canvas, Oil
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H 23.5 in W 18.75 in D 0.75 in
'Modernist Landscape, ' by Unknown (Pennsylvania School), Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed 23.5" x 18.75" oil on canvas Modernist Landscape painting is by an Unknown artist from
Canvas, Oil
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H 18 in W 24 in D 2 in
Vintage American Pennsylvania Farm Landscape; Signed Oil on Canvas, ca 1940’s
Located in Baltimore, MD
Inez Dunnick Smith was a Pennsylvania artist who was active in the York area. She was born in 1902
Oil
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H 14.25 in W 11.5 in
"Bucks County Landscape" George Sotter, Pennsylvania Impressionism, River View
By George William Sotter
Located in New York, NY
. W. Sotter Oil on artist board 12 x 9 inches Born in Pittsburgh in 1879 to Nicholas and Katherine
Oil, Board
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H 31 in W 32 in
"A View from Highland Inn, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania" Charlotte Buell Coman
By Charlotte Buell Coman
Located in New York, NY
Charlotte Buell Coman A View from Highland Inn, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, 1911 Signed lower left
Oil, Canvas
Harry Leith-Ross "Morning In Early Spring"
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in San Francisco, CA
the important members of New Hope Pennsylvania school of Impressionists. Painting is oil on board
Oil
New Hope School - Oil on Canvas
Located in Charleston, SC
A wonderful Pennsylvania impressionist oil on canvas depicting a landscape with barns along a river
Canvas
$3,500
H 33 in W 28 in D 3 in
Stowe Vermont Village Sleigh Ride, Mid Century Winter Figurative Landscape
By Walter Thomas Sacks
Located in Soquel, CA
Stowe Vermont Village Sleigh Ride - Mid Century Winter Figurative Landscape A bright, crisp morning and a sleigh ride through new snow in Stowe, Vermont is this charming winter land...
Canvas, Oil
$2,750
H 11.5 in W 14 in D 1 in
"House by the Stream" Pastoral Summer Countryside Landscape Oil Painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful Impressionist summer pastoral scene of a colorful and quaint home by the stream. Willet has portrayed this piece in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and has packed muc...
Oil, Board, Canvas
$64,076
H 22 in W 28.5 in
Dans les champs - Neo Impressionist Riverscape Oil by Leo Marie Gausson
By Léo Gausson
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated neo-impressionist landscape oil on canvas by French painter Leo Marie Gausson. Gausson painted this picturesque view of then fields above Triel-sur-Seine, a small to...
Canvas, Oil
$1,720Sale Price|20% Off
H 23.25 in W 27.25 in D 0.75 in
Pillar Point Fishing Dock, Half Moon Bay - Mid Century Landscape
By William Winthrop Ward
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautifully detailed mid-century coastal landscape of Pillar Point Fishing Dock near Half Moon Bay, California by William Winthrop Ward (American, 1901-1985). Signed lower left: "W. ...
Linen, Oil
$2,625Sale Price|20% Off
H 21.26 in W 32.68 in
Summer Day on the West Coast of Sweden by Swedish Impressionist Alfred Wahlberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Alfred Wahlberg was a distinguished Swedish landscape painter whose career spanned Germany, France, and Sweden. During his early years, he resided in Düsseldorf, where he was influen...
Canvas, Oil
$3,799
H 42 in W 25 in
HUGE OIL PAINTING By MAJOR John E .Bale 19th Century BRITISH SCHOOL
By John Edward Bale
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING SIGNED 19th Century BRITISH SCHOOL Fine Original Antique 19th Century British OIL PAINTING GOLD GILT FRAME By Major John Edward Bale Excellent Condition Panel, ...
Oil
New England Winter
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Gordon Ham (20th century) New England Winter, ca. 1940. Oil on unstretched canvas panel, 14 x 17 inches. Measuring 17 x 20 inches framed. Signed lower right. Vertical cracking ...
Oil
$2,875
H 12 in W 15 in D 2 in
Antique French Impressionist Signed Park Landscape Detailed Original Painting
By Gabriel Spat
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period impressionist mo...
Oil, Board, Canvas
$3,250
H 24 in W 20 in D 2 in
New York City 5th Avenue Empire State Impressionist Winter Scene Oil Painting
By Christopher Willett
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Impressionist New York City, a snowy winter day on 5th avenue. Cars fill the street and snow fills the air. The city that never sleeps gleaming with patriotic pride with the famous E...
Canvas, Paint
$2,475
H 12 in W 15 in D 2 in
Antique French Impressionist Family Portrait Landscape Signed Oil Painting
By Gabriel Spat
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French impressionist portrait landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 12 by 15 inches overall, and 6 by 9 painting alone.. In excell...
Oil, Board
$680Sale Price|20% Off
H 9.75 in W 11.5 in D 1.5 in
Impressionistic Farm Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden Sky Cloud Study
By Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Afternoon Sky is an oil on panel painting just completed in the studio. The painting exudes the rich qualities of oil paint with bright strong color, a variety of lost and found edge...
Oil
$2,275
H 19 in W 23 in D 2 in
Antique American Winter Impressionist Snow Landscape Framed Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting by Cecil Chichester (1891 - 1963). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 19 by 23 inches overall, and 16 by 20 painting alo...
Canvas, Oil
$1,980Sale Price|20% Off
H 28 in W 32 in D 2 in
Antique American Impressionist Coastal Sunset Beach Scene Pointillist Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderfully painted sunset coastal beach scene. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 20"H by 24"L.
Canvas, Oil
$5,200Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.5 in W 20 in
"Seascape" Henry Ward Ranger, Impressionist Coastal Scene, Atmospheric Sky
By Henry Ward Ranger
Located in New York, NY
Henry Ward Ranger Seascape, circa 1905 Estate stamp lower right Oil on academy board 11 1/4 x 13 7/8 inches A key person in the establishment of the Old Lyme, Connecticut art colon...
Oil, Board
$960Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.5 in W 20.5 in D 1 in
Impressionistic Rural Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden Sunset Inspiration
By Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Inspiration LL oil/panel 11 x 14 unframed, 17.5 x 20.5 framed "Inspiration II " is a beautiful impressionistic sunset landscape oil painting that I did of a farm near my studio in 20...
Oil
$3,495
H 25 in W 29 in D 2 in
Antique American Impressionist Winter Landscape Exhibited Signed Oil Painting
By Ernest Albert
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist winter landscape oil painting by Ernest Albert (1857 - 1946). Oil on canvas, circa 1900. Signed. Framed. Image size, 24"L x 20"H.
Canvas, Oil
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.
Find a collection of authentic Impressionist art on 1stDibs.
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.
Whether you’re seeking works by the world’s most notable names or those authored by underground legends, find a vast collection of landscape paintings on 1stDibs.