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American Impressionist Artist Guy C Wiggins 1883-1962 Landscape Oil Painting
By Guy Carleton Wiggins
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Rocks & Trees
Oil/Board
12 x 16 image
Signed lower left although hard to read.
No restoration
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 18.75 in W 22.75 in D 1.25 in
Impressionism Oil on Board Guy C. Wiggins
By Guy Carleton Wiggins
Located in Atlanta, GA
Framed oil on canvas board by Guy Carleton Wiggins (1883–1962). Wiggins was an American
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street - American Impressionist Cityscape Oil by Guy Wiggins
By Guy Carleton Wiggins
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
. He liked to spend his winters in New York and summers in Connecticut. Wiggins' paintings reflect the
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Locomotive Train in Snowstorm, " Guy Wiggins, American Impressionist, Winter
By Guy Wiggins
Located in New York, NY
Guy C. Wiggins (1883 - 1962)
Locomotive Train in Snowstorm, 1957
Oil on paperboard
8 x 10 inches
Category
1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
5th Avenue Storm at 42nd Street by Guy Carleton Wiggins
By Guy Carleton Wiggins
Located in New Orleans, LA
, Wiggins began painting at an early age and was a frequent visitor to the Old Lyme Art Colony, the first
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 32 in W 37 in D 2 in
"Snow on Fifth Ave " NYC Impressionist Oil Painting Style of Guy Wiggins
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
NYC. This work is a following of Guy Wiggins. This painting is signed lower right and it comes housed
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
No Reserve
H 11 in W 9 in D 1 in
"5th Avenue - Midtown" Impressionist Snow Oil Painting in Style of Guy Wiggins
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
essence of New York in snow. This work is a following of Guy Wiggins. This painting is signed by the
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
H 17.5 in W 13 in D 1.75 in
"Snow in Flatiron" Impressionist Oil Painting Snow Scene Style of Guy Wiggins
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
just above 23rd street and 5th Avenue, NYC. This work is a following of Guy Wiggins. This painting
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
No Reserve
H 11 in W 9 in D 0.5 in
"Snow by Flatiron" Impressionist Oil Painting Snow Scene Style of Guy Wiggins
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
street and 5th Avenue, NYC. This work is a following of Guy Wiggins. This painting is signed by the
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
After Guy Wiggins - 20th Century Oil, A Winter Morning
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed with Guy Wiggin's signature to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame with an acanthus
Category
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Snow on Downtown Wall St" NYC Impressionist Oil Painting Style of Guy Wiggins
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
, American impressionist Cindy Shaoul’s oil paintings depict the much-loved locales and hotspots of
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
H 9.5 in W 7.5 in D 1 in
"NYC in Snow" NYC Impressionist Oil Painting in Style of Guy Wiggins Snow Scene
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
essence of New York in snow. This work is a following of Guy Wiggins. This painting is signed lower left
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
"For a Walk w Yorkies in NY" Impressionist Oil Painting in Style of Guy Wiggins
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
essence of New York in snow. This work is a following of Guy Wiggins. This painting is signed verso and it
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
H 13.5 in W 9.5 in D 1.25 in
Folk Art Mural Landscape Painting by David Wiggins, circa 1990s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Folk Art Mural Landscape Painting by David Wiggins, circa 1990s, an oil on canvas fanciful
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
New York Harbor
By Guy Wiggins
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
from 1903 when Childe Hassam began painting there.
Wiggins spent part of his childhood in England and
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large Fresco by David Wiggins and Kevin Paulsen
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Large framed mural fragment by Kevin Paulsen and David Wiggins, from the mid 1990s. Thinned oil on
Category
Late 20th Century North American Neoclassical Revival Paintings
Materials
Foam, Plaster, Paint
Hacer Presente II
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Hacer Presente II" is an oil on canvas painting by Kim Douglas Wiggins. The painting is signed
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Snow by Washington Square Park" Impressionist Snow Scene Style of Guy Wiggins
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Avenue, NYC. This work is a following of Guy Wiggins. This painting is signed by the artist lower right
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
H 12.5 in W 10.5 in D 0.75 in
Winter on Killingworth Hills
By Guy Carleton Wiggins
Located in New York, NY
Guy C. Wiggins paints an idyllic winter scene of a horse and buggy moving along a wintry road
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Central Park, Winter
By Guy Carleton Wiggins
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower left: Guy Wiggins / Guy Wiggins; on verso (photo available): CENTRAL PARK. WINTER
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gloucester
By Guy Carleton Wiggins
Located in Milford, NH
Wiggins (1883-1962). Wiggins was born in Brooklyn, New York, and had a long and successful career as an
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
"Snow by Washington Square Park" Impressionist Oil Painting in Greenwich Village
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
beautiful brushwork. Inspired by Guy Wiggins, this piece captures the essence of Greenwhich living, and much
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
No Reserve
H 14 in W 10 in D 1 in
"Snow By Flatiron" Impressionistic Oil Painting New York City Landscape in Snow
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts an impressionistic scene of a figure with an umbrella in a Snow Filled NYC
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Humming Along III" Landscape Nature Animals Bright Colorful Playful Oil Paint
By Lisa Houck
Located in Wellesley, MA
Humming Along III, Oil on Panel, 16 x 12 Inches, is one of a series of paintings, watercolors
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Family”
By Hazel Finck
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right 1930
Biography Hazel Finck
Born in New Haven
Category
1930s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Impressionist James Goodwin McManus Old Lyme CT Salmagundi Club Artist
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
James Goodwin McManus (American 1882-1958) CT
oil/panel
Summer landscape with split rails
signed
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
In the Sierras by Historic Woman Artist Kate W. Newhall (American, 1840-1917)
Located in New York, NY
Historic woman artist Kate W. Newhall's painting "In the Sierras" is oil on panel, measures 7 x 11
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Vertumnus & Pomona
Located in London, GB
Charles Victoire Frédéric Moench
1784-1867
Vertumnus & Pomona
Oil on panel
Image size: 32 x 26
Category
1820s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'A Visit to the Lake House' Graphic, Colorful Landscape, Patterned and Playful
By Lisa Houck
Located in Wellesley, MA
Humming Along III, Oil on Panel, 16 x 12 Inches, is one of a series of paintings, watercolors
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"La Marre de Soire, " George Leonard, American Impressionist, Beach Seascape
Located in New York, NY
George Henry Leonard, Jr. (1869 - 1928)
La Marre de Soire
Oil on canvas
15 x 21 3/4 inches
Signed
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"A Summer Afternoon" Wilson Irvine, Old Lyme Connecticut, American Impressionism
By Wilson Henry Irvine
Located in New York, NY
Wilson Irvine
A Summer Afternoon, circa 1915
Signed lower left
Oil on canvas
25 x 30 inches
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Living on the Edge" Colorful Landscape Nature Bright Animals Watercolor
By Lisa Houck
Located in Wellesley, MA
.
Children’s Hospital, Waltham, MA: eleven-panel, oil-on-wood painting for the lobby, 2005.
Grant from
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
'Soaring and Surfing' Folk inspired black/white woodcut print of bird in flight
By Lisa Houck
Located in Wellesley, MA
.
Children’s Hospital, Waltham, MA: eleven-panel, oil-on-wood painting for the lobby, 2005.
Grant from
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Woodcut
"Flittering and Fluttering" Folk Art inspired linoleum print of birds, deep aqua
By Lisa Houck
Located in Wellesley, MA
, Waltham, MA: eleven-panel, oil-on-wood painting for the lobby, 2005.
Grant from Massachusetts Cultural
Category
2010s Folk Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Linocut
"Reigning and Roosting" Folk Art inspired linoleum block bird print, deep blue
By Lisa Houck
Located in Wellesley, MA
, Waltham, MA: eleven-panel, oil-on-wood painting for the lobby, 2005.
Grant from Massachusetts Cultural
Category
2010s Folk Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Linocut
"Humming and Harmonizing" Folk Art inspired hummingbird print, blue / off white
By Lisa Houck
Located in Wellesley, MA
, Waltham, MA: eleven-panel, oil-on-wood painting for the lobby, 2005.
Grant from Massachusetts Cultural
Category
2010s Folk Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Linocut
Summer Blues (abstract expressionist monoprint)
By David Chamberlain
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful 1994 monotype painting by American artist, David Chamberlain (b.1950). Summer Blues. Oil
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Summer Blues (abstract expressionist monoprint)
By David Chamberlain
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful 1994 monotype painting by American artist, David Chamberlain (b.1950). Oil on Arches
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Untitled (abstract expressionist monoprint)
By David Chamberlain
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful 1994 monotype painting by American artist, David Chamberlain (b.1950). Oil on Arches
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Monoprint
"All About the Square" Plant Abstraction, Nature Modern Black and White Etching
By Lisa Houck
Located in Wellesley, MA
-panel, oil-on-wood painting for the lobby, 2005.
Grant from Massachusetts Cultural Council, 2005. For a
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
"Chittering & Chattering III" Folk inspired linocut bird series, blue and white
By Lisa Houck
Located in Wellesley, MA
.
Children’s Hospital, Waltham, MA: eleven-panel, oil-on-wood painting for the lobby, 2005.
Grant from
Category
2010s Animal Prints
Materials
Linocut
'Chittering & Chattering V' Folk inspired linocut bird series in blue and white
By Lisa Houck
Located in Wellesley, MA
.
Children’s Hospital, Waltham, MA: eleven-panel, oil-on-wood painting for the lobby, 2005.
Grant from
Category
2010s Folk Art Animal Prints
Materials
Linocut
"Chittering & Chattering IV" Folk inspired linocut bird series in blue and white
By Lisa Houck
Located in Wellesley, MA
.
Children’s Hospital, Waltham, MA: eleven-panel, oil-on-wood painting for the lobby, 2005.
Grant from
Category
2010s Animal Prints
Materials
Linocut
'Chittering & Chattering VI' Folk bright blue/white linoleum bird block print
By Lisa Houck
Located in Wellesley, MA
.
Children’s Hospital, Waltham, MA: eleven-panel, oil-on-wood painting for the lobby, 2005.
Grant from
Category
2010s Folk Art Animal Prints
Materials
Linocut
"Chittering & Chattering I" Folk inspired linocut series of bird, blue/white,
By Lisa Houck
Located in Wellesley, MA
.
Children’s Hospital, Waltham, MA: eleven-panel, oil-on-wood painting for the lobby, 2005.
Grant from
Category
2010s Animal Prints
Materials
Linocut
"Chittering & Chattering II" Folk inspired linocut series bird, blue and white
By Lisa Houck
Located in Wellesley, MA
.
Children’s Hospital, Waltham, MA: eleven-panel, oil-on-wood painting for the lobby, 2005.
Grant from
Category
2010s Animal Prints
Materials
Linocut
"Watching and Waiting, " Folk inspired Blue Linoleum Block Print of Owls
By Lisa Houck
Located in Wellesley, MA
.
Children’s Hospital, Waltham, MA: eleven-panel, oil-on-wood painting for the lobby, 2005.
Grant from
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Linocut
"Flying and Fishing, " Folk inspired Blue Linoleum Block Print of Bird in Flight
By Lisa Houck
Located in Wellesley, MA
.
Children’s Hospital, Waltham, MA: eleven-panel, oil-on-wood painting for the lobby, 2005.
Grant from
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Linocut
"All About the Square" Plant Abstraction, Nature Modern Black/White Etching
By Lisa Houck
Located in Wellesley, MA
-panel, oil-on-wood painting for the lobby, 2005.
Grant from Massachusetts Cultural Council, 2005. For a
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
"Chittering and Chattering, " Folk inspired Blue Linoleum Block Print of Birds
By Lisa Houck
Located in Wellesley, MA
-panel, oil-on-wood painting for the lobby, 2005.
Grant from Massachusetts Cultural Council, 2005. For a
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Linocut
'Chittering and Chattering I' Folk inspired blue/white linoleum print of bird
By Lisa Houck
Located in Wellesley, MA
.
Children’s Hospital, Waltham, MA: eleven-panel, oil-on-wood painting for the lobby, 2005.
Grant from
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Linocut
"Wading and Wondering" Folk inspired Blue/White Linoleum Block Print of Heron
By Lisa Houck
Located in Wellesley, MA
-panel, oil-on-wood painting for the lobby, 2005.
Grant from Massachusetts Cultural Council, 2005. For a
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Linocut
'Dipping and Diving' Folk inspired linoleum block print of ducks in blue/white
By Lisa Houck
Located in Wellesley, MA
-panel, oil-on-wood painting for the lobby, 2005.
Grant from Massachusetts Cultural Council, 2005. For a
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Linocut
'Chittering and Chattering' Folk-like linoleum print of birds in blue and white
By Lisa Houck
Located in Wellesley, MA
devoted to her exceptional paintings, watercolors, mosaics, prints and public art projects.
At times
Category
2010s Animal Prints
Materials
Linocut
"Stopping and Staring" Folk inspired Teal and White Linoleum Bird Print
By Lisa Houck
Located in Wellesley, MA
-panel, oil-on-wood painting for the lobby, 2005.
Grant from Massachusetts Cultural Council, 2005. For a
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Linocut
"Chittering and Chattering III "Folk inspired Linoleum Blue/White Print of Birds
By Lisa Houck
Located in Wellesley, MA
.
Children’s Hospital, Waltham, MA: eleven-panel, oil-on-wood painting for the lobby, 2005.
Grant from
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Linocut
Kim Douglas Wiggins Original Oil Painting On Board Signed Illustration Artwork
Located in Bloomington, MN
Kim Douglas Wiggins Authentic & Original Oil Painting on Board, Professionally Custom Framed and
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Fifth Avenue at Madison Square, Guy Wiggins, Oil on Canvas, American
By Guy Wiggins
Located in NEW YORK, NY
GUY WIGGINS
American, 1883–1962
Fifth Avenue at Madison Square, New York
Signed Guy C. Wiggins
Oil
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Exceptional Snowy New York City Scene Oil Painting after Guy Wiggins
By Guy Carleton Wiggins
Located in Mount Penn, PA
Great oil on canvas 20th century copy of famous guy Wiggins painting of Iconic NYC Street Snow
Category
1990s American Paintings
Venice
By Guy Carleton Wiggins
Located in New York, NY
This is an animated scene, where Wiggins applies the same vigorous brushstrokes and bold light-over
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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You may wish to dust your oil painting so that layers of dust don’t begin to gather on its surface. This should only be considered to remove loose dust. Never spray any chemical substance on your oil painting. Do not use a damp cloth to dust your oil painting. (Again, your painting should not be exposed to moisture.)
To remove loose dust, use a soft brush that measures approximately one to two inches wide with natural-hair bristles. Do not use a dust cloth or a feather duster, as those items may catch or leave threads or feathers behind. Do not apply pressure or dust your painting for an extended period of time.
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- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2024Yes, oil paintings darken over time. As oil paint is made of pigment particles, the range of substances that are used as pigment in oil paint can render certain colors susceptible to aging. Slowing the aging process for an oil painting involves storing your painting properly and keeping the work out of exposed sunlight. Temperature control and humidity are also important in preserving the life of an oil painting and slowing the aging process.
To maintain oil paintings that you purchased for your home, experts suggest that you keep them out of direct sunlight. Prolonged exposure to the sunlight coming in from a window can fade the colors in your painting. Do not hang your oil painting near a heat source or where it can get wet (bathrooms and kitchens are not safe for your oil painting).
You may wish to dust your oil painting so that layers of dust don’t begin to gather on its surface. This should only be considered to remove loose dust. Never spray any chemical substance on your oil painting. Do not use a damp cloth to dust your oil painting. (Again, your painting should not be exposed to moisture.)
To remove loose dust, use a soft brush that measures approximately one to two inches wide with natural-hair bristles. Do not use a dust cloth or a feather duster, as those items may catch or leave threads or feathers behind. Do not apply pressure or dust your painting for an extended period of time.
If you think that your oil painting is considerably dirty or believe that other issues may be at work, experts strongly suggest that you consult with a professional conservator.
Read about how to arrange your wall art and find oil paintings for sale on 1stDibs. - 1stDibs ExpertMay 3, 2024A few things make an oil painting valuable. Age has a major impact on price, with pieces made over a century ago tending to fetch the highest prices. Who created the painting also matters. The more famous the artist, the higher the selling price for a painting is likely to be. Finally, the condition of the work and whether it is in its original frame will also impact how much it is worth. Find a diverse assortment of oil paintings on 1stDibs.
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Oils typically command higher prices than acrylic paintings, because they generally require more skill.
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