$2,083
H 28.75 in W 23.63 in D 0.79 in
"The Rose Bowl" ("Le bocal à la rose"), Still Life Interior Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This piece is not framed. Yves Calméjane is a French artist, mostly influenced by Auguste Chabaud and Jean Arène.
Canvas, Oil
$1,480
H 18.9 in W 22.45 in D 1.58 in
"Puy d'Aoust", Impressionist Hilly Landscape Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This piece is framed with a grey wooden frame handcrafted by the artist. Yves Calméjane is a French artist, mostly influenced by Auguste Chabaud and Jean Arène.
Canvas, Oil
$2,083
H 23.63 in W 28.75 in D 0.79 in
"Lord de Borias Married His Daughter", Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This piece is not framed. Yves Calméjane is a French artist, mostly influenced by Auguste Chabaud and Jean Arène.
Canvas, Oil
$2,083
H 23.63 in W 28.75 in
"The White Theater", Winter Rural Landscape Impressionist Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
The cold weather can almost be felt through the frozen sky. Yves Calméjane usually uses light impasto techniques, with the weft of the canvas often still visible.
Canvas, Oil
$2,083
H 23.63 in W 28.75 in
"Autumn Road", Rural Landscape with Cows Impressionist Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This piece is not framed. Yves Calméjane is a French impressionist artist, mostly influenced by Auguste Chabaud and Jean Arène.
Canvas, Oil
$3,769
H 44.89 in W 57.49 in
"The Path of Playing Hooky", French Countryside Way Through Fields Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
"The Path of Playing Hooky" ("Le chemin de l'école buissonnière"), by Yves Calméjane, is an evocative oil on canvas that sweeps the viewer into the pastoral tranquility of the Dordog...
Canvas, Oil
$3,365
H 38.19 in W 51.19 in
"The Fierce Seasons", Bold Fauvist Autumn Landscape Oil on Canvas
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
The painting does not strain for effect; the effect simply arrives. Yves Calméjane trained at the Beaux-Arts in Nantes and Paris before settling in Provence for roughly thirty years...
Canvas, Oil
$2,926
H 31.89 in W 39.38 in D 0.79 in
"The Naked Soil", Sweeping Ochre Farmland Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
These are not pretty fields dressed for a postcard; they are working land, stripped and open under a pale sky, and the painting honours that plainness with warmth and attention rathe...
Canvas, Oil
$3,769
H 44.89 in W 57.49 in
"Wheat Under the Storm", Captivating Stormy Landscape of pre-Harvest Fields
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Yves Calméjane trained at the Beaux-Arts in Nantes and Paris before spending roughly three decades in Provence, drawn to the region's light and its tradition of plein-air painting.
Canvas, Oil
$2,926
H 31.89 in W 39.38 in
"From the Field to the Red Hill", Vibrant Impressionist Oil Landscape Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
It rewards patience and rewards movement. Yves Calméjane trained at the Beaux-Arts in Nantes and Paris before settling in Provence for some thirty years, working consistently en ple...
Canvas, Oil
$2,083
H 23.63 in W 28.75 in
"Villégiature au fil de l'eau", French River Town Oil Painting, Soft
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This oil on canvas, measuring H 23.6 in x W 28.7 in, captures a luminous afternoon along the Dronne river in Brantôme, a medieval town in the Périgord sometimes called the Venice of ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,083
H 23.63 in W 28.75 in D 0.79 in
"Brantôme's Bridge", Impressionist River Landscape Oil Painting, Soft Warm
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Since the painter planted his easel on the riverbank opposite the customary vantage point, this oil on canvas reveals a side of Brantôme's Pont Coudé that most visitors never pause t...
Canvas, Oil
$2,083
H 23.63 in W 28.75 in
"White Gardens", Bold Impressionist Oil Painting of a Snowy Rural Landscape
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This painting is a quietly luminous depiction of a snow-covered garden in winter, rendered in oil on canvas at H 23.6 in x W 28.7 in. Bare deciduous trees dominate the foreground and...
Canvas, Oil
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H 21.26 in W 25.6 in
"Prairie Lined by a Footpath", Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This piece is not framed. Yves Calméjane is a French artist, mostly influenced by Auguste Chabaud and Jean Arène.
Canvas, Oil
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H 23.63 in W 28.75 in D 0.79 in
"Under the Sea, the Beach", Impressionist Marine Landscape Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This piece is not framed. Yves Calméjane is a French artist, mostly influenced by Auguste Chabaud and Jean Arène.
Canvas, Oil
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H 31.89 in W 39.38 in
"Encounter", Dirt Road by a Pond Impressionist Rural Landscape Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Yves Calméjane usually uses light impasto techniques, with the weft of the canvas often still visible.
Canvas, Oil
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H 31.89 in W 39.38 in D 0.79 in
"Hiking Plan", Mountainous Dirt Path Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Yves Calméjane usually uses light impasto techniques, with the weft of the canvas often still visible.
Canvas, Oil
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H 31.89 in W 39.38 in D 0.79 in
"The Yellow Step", Rural Mountainous Landscape Impressionist Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork depicts a rural landscape. Yves Calméjane usually uses light impasto techniques, with the weft of the canvas often still visible.
Canvas, Oil
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H 31.89 in W 39.38 in D 0.79 in
"Pathway of the Mica Sheets", Rural Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This piece is not framed. Yves Calméjane is a French impressionist artist, mostly influenced by Auguste Chabaud and Jean Arène.
Canvas, Oil
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H 21.26 in W 25.6 in D 0.6 in
"Le Puy de Sancy", Impressionist Mountain Landscape Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This piece is not framed. Yves Calméjane is a French artist, mostly influenced by Auguste Chabaud and Jean Arène.
Canvas, Oil
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H 23.63 in W 28.75 in D 0.79 in
"The Golden Flow" ("La coulée dorée"), Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This piece is not framed. Yves Calméjane is a French artist, mostly influenced by Auguste Chabaud and Jean Arène.
Canvas, Oil
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H 21.26 in W 25.6 in D 0.6 in
"Murol's Castle" ("Le château de Murol"), Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This piece is not framed. Yves Calméjane is a French artist, mostly influenced by Auguste Chabaud and Jean Arène.
Canvas, Oil
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H 21.26 in W 25.6 in D 0.6 in
"Low Sun" ("Soleil bas"), Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This masterpiece is somehow more raw, more instinctive than most artworks of Yves Calméjane — is it why or because he "dared" figuring the sun ?
Canvas, Oil
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H 31.89 in W 39.38 in D 1.19 in
"Beside the Pond" ("Au bord de l'étang"), Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This piece is framed with a grey wooden frame handcrafted by the artist. Yves Calméjane is a French artist, mostly influenced by Auguste Chabaud and Jean Arène.
Canvas, Oil
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H 21.26 in W 25.6 in D 0.79 in
"Snow Flower", Couple of White Trees in a Yellow Prairie Landscape Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This piece is not framed. Yves Calméjane is a French impressionist artist, mostly influenced by Auguste Chabaud and Jean Arène.
Canvas, Oil
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H 63 in W 78.75 in
"Charolais Cows", Large Rural Hilly Landscape Impressionist Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork is unusual in Yves Calméjane artistic production by its size, only two pieces currently being this large.
Canvas, Oil
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H 63 in W 78.75 in
"Bourbonnais Scene", Large Rural Hilly Landscape Impressionist Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork is unusual in Yves Calméjane artistic production by its size, only two pieces currently being this large.
Canvas, Oil
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H 31.89 in W 39.38 in D 0.79 in
"Memory of a Stroll in the Field", Bucolic Landscape Impressionist Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork depicts a rural landscape. Yves Calméjane usually uses light impasto techniques, with the weft of the canvas often still visible.
Canvas, Oil
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H 31.89 in W 39.38 in D 0.79 in
"The Beetles' Garden", Green Rural Landscape Impressionist Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork depicts a rural landscape. Yves Calméjane usually uses light impasto techniques, with the weft of the canvas often still visible.
Canvas, Oil
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H 31.89 in W 39.38 in D 0.79 in
"The Meadow Beach", Mountainous Rural Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork depicts a rural landscape. Yves Calméjane usually uses light impasto techniques, with the weft of the canvas often still visible.
Canvas, Oil
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H 31.89 in W 39.38 in D 0.79 in
"Fire Trail", Ochre Mountainous Dirt Road Landscape Impressionist Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork depicts a rural landscape. Yves Calméjane usually uses light impasto techniques, with the weft of the canvas often still visible.
Canvas, Oil
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H 31.89 in W 39.38 in D 0.79 in
"Green Springs", Summer Ochre Rural Landscape Impressionist Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork depcits a rural landscape. Yves Calméjane usually uses light impasto techniques, with the weft of the canvas often still visible.
Canvas, Oil
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H 51.19 in W 38.19 in D 0.79 in
"The Carmes Valley", Stream, Cliff, Forest Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This piece is not framed. Yves Calméjane is a French impressionist artist, mostly influenced by Auguste Chabaud and Jean Arène.
Canvas, Oil
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H 23.63 in W 28.75 in
"The Water Gate", Rural Town River Landscape Impressionist Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This piece is not framed. Yves Calméjane is a French impressionist artist, mostly influenced by Auguste Chabaud and Jean Arène.
Canvas, Oil
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H 31.89 in W 39.38 in D 1.19 in
"Edge of the Valley" ("Bord de vallon"), Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This piece is not framed. Yves Calméjane is a French impressionist artist, mostly influenced by Auguste Chabaud and Jean Arène.
Canvas, Oil
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H 31.89 in W 39.38 in D 0.79 in
"The Sheeps", Graze, Forest and Hills Green Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Hills extend on the background. Yves Calméjane usually uses light impasto techniques, with the weft of the canvas often still visible.
Canvas, Oil
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H 31.89 in W 39.38 in D 0.79 in
"Trees on Fields", Green Summer Rural Landscape Impressionist Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This piece is not framed. Yves Calméjane is a French impressionist artist, mostly influenced by Auguste Chabaud and Jean Arène.
Canvas, Oil
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H 23.63 in W 28.75 in D 0.79 in
"Clear Days", Dandelion Fields Yellow Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This piece is not framed. Yves Calméjane is a French impressionist artist, mostly influenced by Auguste Chabaud and Jean Arène.
Canvas, Oil
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H 31.89 in W 39.38 in D 0.79 in
"Feelings of Temperatures", Rainbowish Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This piece is not framed. Yves Calméjane is a French impressionist artist, mostly influenced by Auguste Chabaud and Jean Arène.
Canvas, Oil
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H 38.19 in W 51.19 in D 0.79 in
"The Iris' Butte", Purple Iris in the Wild Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
The colors are both vivid and refreshing. Yves Calméjane usually uses light impasto techniques, with the weft of the canvas often still visible.
Canvas, Oil
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H 31.89 in W 39.38 in D 0.79 in
"Grove", Summer Hills Rural Yellow Landscape Impressionist Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This piece is not framed. Yves Calméjane is a French impressionist artist, mostly influenced by Auguste Chabaud and Jean Arène.
Canvas, Oil
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H 31.89 in W 39.38 in D 0.79 in
"Freshness of the Shadow", Bucolic Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This piece is not framed. Yves Calméjane is a French impressionist artist, mostly influenced by Auguste Chabaud and Jean Arène.
Canvas, Oil
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H 51.19 in W 63.78 in
"Orchestra of Irises", Vibrant Post-Impressionist Purple Floral Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
"Orchestra of Irises" (original title "Orchestre d'Iris") by Yves Calméjane is a masterful oil on canvas that truly encapsulates the vibrant beauty of the natural world.
Canvas, Oil
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H 31.89 in W 39.38 in D 0.79 in
"The Edge of the Field", Bold Plein-Air Oil on Canvas, Ochre and Olive Tones
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
The light feels consistent and observed rather than invented, falling without drama across the entire scene. Yves Calméjane trained at the Beaux-Arts in Nantes and Paris before sett...
Canvas, Oil
Laguna Hills
By William Wendt
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by William Wendt. "Laguna Hills" is an impressionist landscape, oil on canvas in an earth-tone palette by American artist William Wendt. The artwork is signed in the lower...
Canvas, Oil
$21,600Sale Price|20% Off
H 33 in W 38 in
Landscape Painting by Arvid Nyholm, Impressionist, Swedish American, Chicago
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Arvid Frederick Nyholm (Swedish-American, 1866-1937) Signed: A Nyholm (Lower, Right and Lower, Left) " Mother and Child in a Landscape ", circa 1910-1920 Oil on Canvas 25" x 30"...
Canvas, Oil
$1,600
H 16 in W 22.88 in
Untitled (One Cent Life) /// Joan Mitchell Female Artist Abstract Expressionism
By Joan Mitchell
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Joan Mitchell (American, 1925-1992) Title: "Untitled" (Page 92-93) Portfolio: One Cent Life *Unsigned edition Year: 1964 Medium: Original Lithograph on wove paper Limited edi...
Lithograph
$1,650 / item
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
$2,121 / item
H 4.15 in W 5.35 in D 7.75 in
Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Mini-Tratten' Verdigris Patinated Outdoor Sconce
By Hans-Agne Jakobsson, Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Mini-Tratten' verdigris patinated outdoor sconce. An exclusive made for U.S. and UL listed authorized re-edition of the classic Swedish design executed in rich v...
Metal
Paysage avec batteuse a Montfoucault
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Paysage avec batteuse a Montfoucault (Landscape with Thresher at Montfoucault)" is a pastel by French Impressionist Camille Pissarro. The artwork is signed lower right, "C. Pissarro...
Paper, Pastel, Board
The 'Matisse' Etagere
Located in London, GB
The 'Matisse' wrought iron side table. A hand made and patinated wrought iron etagere with whimsical Matisse style cut-out decoration. Made to order based on a 1960s original. Avail...
Wrought Iron
$655Sale Price / item|55% Off
H 33.47 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Dining Chairs by Henning Kjærnulf, Model Razorblade, Denmark, Oak
By Henning Kjærnulf
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Set of striking dining chairs by Henning Kjærnulf, made of oak and boucle. Refreshing design with bold Baroque coming together nicely with Mid-Century Modernism. Model: Razorblade ...
Oak
$2,052 / item
H 40 in W 30 in D 0.03 in
"Les Terrains" Signed Limited Edition Art Print by Christiane Lemieux - 30"x40"
Located in New York, NY
Our first limited edition fine art print “Les Terrains” is an emotive abstract landscape translated in gouache, charcoal and pastel. Created by artist Christiane Lemieux, there will ...
Paper
$9,750
H 40 in W 32 in D 2 in
Stunning Art Deco Young Woman Portrait Framed Signed Rare Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Exquisite antique portrait painting of a young fashionable woman. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 31H by 24L.
Canvas, Oil
$585
H 8.27 in W 10.63 in D 1.58 in
Summer Birches - Atmospheric Nature Painting, Framed
By Grzegorz Wójcik
Located in Salzburg, AT
This painting is signed on the back, the frames are made of oak A few words of the artist about his art: When i painting landscapes, I usually choose simple geometric arrangements,...
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
$2,500
H 22 in W 28 in
Pastel Grid (Spice) - contemporary, minimalist, abstract, pastel on paper
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This colourful contemporary pastel on paper in grid form is by Milly Ristvedt. The classic grid pattern becomes more than a ‘container’ for colour in the hands of master colourist M...
Paper, Pastel
"Marchand" Scalloped Walnut Dresser by Christiane Lemieux
Located in New York, NY
The Marchand 6-drawer dresser showcases elegantly scalloped edge detailing and textural drawer fronts, making it a distinctive piece in any bedroom. It sits on minimal turned legs, b...
Oak
$1,980Sale Price|20% Off
H 18 in W 22 in D 2 in
Antique American School Impressionist Landscape Nicely Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist landscape painting. Oil on board. Housed in a period impressionist giltwood frame. Excellent condition.
Canvas, Oil
$2,500
H 11.5 in W 13.5 in D 1.25 in
"Point Pleasant" Bucks County New Hope PA River Snow Scene Oil Painting Framed
By Christopher Willett 1
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful Impressionist winter pastoral scene of colorful quaint homes by the river. Willet has portrayed this piece in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and has packed much feel...
Oil, Board, Canvas
$1,800,000
H 27 in W 24 in D 2.5 in
Pierre Auguste Renoir Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919) Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret bears signature (lower left) oil on canvas 17 15/16 x 14 3/4 in (45.5 x 37.4 cm) Painted between 1862-1863 Footn...
Canvas, Oil
Born in 1956 near Paris, Yves Calméjane is a French artist. Calméjane studied fine arts in Nantes and Paris. He then followed tracks of his favorite painters to settle in Provence and finally joined Auvergne in 2013. Calméjane is mostly influenced by Auguste Chabaud and Jean Arène.
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.
Figurative art, as opposed to abstract art, retains features from the observable world in its representational depictions of subject matter. Most commonly, figurative paintings reference and explore the human body, but they can also include landscapes, architecture, plants and animals — all portrayed with realism.
While the oldest figurative art dates back tens of thousands of years to cave wall paintings, figurative works made from observation became especially prominent in the early Renaissance. Artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and other Renaissance masters created naturalistic representations of their subjects.
Pablo Picasso is lauded for laying the foundation for modern figurative art in the 1920s. Although abstracted, this work held a strong connection to representing people and other subjects. Other famous figurative artists include Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Figurative art in the 20th century would span such diverse genres as Expressionism, Pop art and Surrealism.
Today, a number of figural artists — such as Sedrick Huckaby, Daisy Patton and Eileen Cooper — are making art that uses the human body as its subject.
Because figurative art represents subjects from the real world, natural colors are common in these paintings. A piece of figurative art can be an exciting starting point for setting a tone and creating a color palette in a room.
Browse an extensive collection of figurative paintings on 1stDibs.