Ben Fenske Paintings
American, b. 1978
Ben Fenske, although a native of Minnesota, has been working and living in Sag Harbor, New York and Florence, Italy for the last 12 years. An oil painter in the spirit of the 19th and 20th-century Impressionists, he often chooses informal and contemporary scenes with an implied narrative. His work, which features brash and suggestive brushstrokes, delights in light and color and is regularly exhibited in shows across the US. Fenske has been the subject of countless national articles, most notably the American Artist Magazine, which included him as one of the Best 25 Living Artists in 2012.
(Biography provided by Grenning Gallery)
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Artist: Ben Fenske
Greenport Basin
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a marina in Greenport, on the North Fork of Long Island, New York. Bright blues and subtle reds and browns create this beautiful, realistic, impressionist painting...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flowering Olive Grove
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A large scale, horizontally oriented oil painting of the property surrounding Fenske's home in Tuscany. An important canvas exhibited in his 2021 solo show, "Flowering Olive Grove" i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Watching a Sunset
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted from life, two figures sit at the bays shore havingg just basked in the setting of the sun beneath the purple horizon. The bay reflects the backlit clouds above in a silver c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Polo Pony, Sketch
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Framed dimensions: 17.5 x 21.5 inches
An impression of a horse, standing on the grass in the sun, before a trailer which is attached to a pick-up truck.
Ben Fenske (b. 1978) althou...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Oil
Laundry, Pink and White
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Pink sheets and white tunics hang upside down on a clothing line outside Fenske's home in Chianti, Italy. Painted in a neo-pointilist style, Fenske creates a scene with many short, t...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Slough
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"The Slough" is an oil painting of a landscape under large puffy clouds. Painted in the style of classical realism.
Framed in an antique gold frame.
Ben Fenske (b. 1978) although a...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Red Sail at Dering Harbor
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted en plein air on Shelter Island. Grassy sand dunes make up the foreground, and boars rest inside the harbor just off the main street. One sailboat sticks out, with it's bright...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Water, Roses, Window, Table
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A large oil painting of an open window's view to the outdoors, painted from an interior of the artist's home in Tuscany. Situated in the kitchen, facing the window, the walls and roo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Long Beach Study
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted en plein air in Sag Harbor, NY. A favorite local beach to watch the sunset over Noyac Bay. Painted on wood panel with loose brushstrokes, an impressionist painting that is ne...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Sailboat
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted en plein-air in Sag Harbor, in the famous Hamptons in New York. A single sailboat rests on the shore of a quiet beach. Subtle, soft hues are painted with loose brushstrokes, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spring Blossoms
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting that acts as both a still life, and an interior painting. A glass pitcher holds a pair of branches from a pear tree, flowering white pear blossoms reach upward amidst...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Single Rose
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a glass pitcher holding a single peach-toned rose, situated on a wooden surface, beside a rustic mirror. A canvas of neutral palettes accentuated by the organic fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Tea, Reading
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Tea, Reading" is an oil painting by Ben Fenske. A woman sits in Fenske's kitchen, reading a book and sipping on tea. Light streams in through an open window, leaving streaks of ligh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Violet Horizon
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A medium scale, horizontally oriented oil painting of the sun setting over the bay. Painted from life, in Sag Harbor, NY, the peconic bay glistens with colors as the sun sets over th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Soft Yellow Sunset
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of the sun setting over Noyac Bay in Sag Harbor, New York. Fenske works in a loose-impressionistic style, it's almost abstract. This painting glows with color, and up...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Sunday Sunrise
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted en plein air in Tuscany, an early morning landscape painted at sunrise. The sky turns from a deep lilac on top, to a soft pink and bright pale yellow towards the horizon. A b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Road to the House
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A large scale, horizontally oriented oil painting of Fenske's home in Tuscany. An important canvas in his 2021 solo show, “Road to the House” depicts a a classic Tuscan farmhouse, ag...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
September Still Life
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a still life. A blue teapot is placed as the focal point; it stands out in color but also in shape. A motley of greens surround the teapot, scatterings of fruit: p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Morning Walk
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A horizontally oriented oil painting of the property just beyond Fenske's home in Tuscany. An important canvas exhibited in his 2021 solo show, "Morning Walk" is a celebration in var...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl, Morning
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A stunning medium-sized portrait of a woman getting dressed in front of an open window. Glass window panes opened wide, allowing in bright natural light and lush greens of the outdoo...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Horse Standing
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a brown horse, standing on green grass on a sunny day. Painted en plein air, after days of studying and sketching, Ben Fenske captured the correct proportions and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
11 O'Clock
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"11 O'Clock" is an oil painting by Ben Fenske. Set in Fenske's kitchen, chairs are pulled out from the table, inviting the viewer to down. Light streams in through an open window, le...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Poppies and Daisies
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of poppies and wild daisies, hand picked from the hills of Tuscany, and arranged in the artist's kitchen. A solid, rich brown, vessel holds the poppies and daisies, a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Shelter Island Creek
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted en plein-air on Shelter Island, just north of the Hamptons in New York. A single sailboat rests alongside a dock in a quiet harbor.
Ben Fenske (b. 1978) although a native of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Zinnias
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of multi-colored zinnias, hand picked from the gardens in the Hamptons, on the East End of Long Island. Flowers reach out of the cylindrical yellow vase. A pitcher of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Daydream
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a nude woman, sleeping cozily in the daytime. A nude figure sleeps curled up on a bed adorned with printed textiles. The open window beams light from a bright and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gibson, Moonrise
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A large scale, horizontally oriented oil painting of the moon over the ocean. Painted from memory, a moonscape at Gibson Lane beach in Sagaponack New York. The full moon sits just ab...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Poppies, Blue and White
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of poppies, hand picked from the hills of Tuscany, and arranged in the artist's kitchen. A solid, rich brown, vessel holds the poppies and daisies, against a pale gre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Long Beach Sketch
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted en plein-air at Fosters Memorial Beach in Sag Harbor, a colorful impression of the sunset over the bay. Painted with loose, expressive brushstrokes, Ben Fenske creates a near...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Sturgeon Moonbeams
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A medium sized, horizontally oriented oil painting of the moon over the ocean. Painted from memory, a moonscape at Gibson Lane beach in Sagaponack New York. The full moon sits high i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Winter Still Life
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A still-life oil painting of items on a rustic wooden table. A box of clementines, a silver espresso maker, a sack of potatoes, canned goods, a bottle of wine, and a 6-pack of bottle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Horse Sketch
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil on wood panel sketch of a horse, on a sunny day. The horse stands before a bright green field. Wood panel remains exposed as your eye drifts away from the center of the painti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Late Afternoon, Church
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A small scale oil on wood panel sketch of a white church, painted from life. A blue sky is dusted with an orange hue, signifying the end of the day. Orange light hits the roof of the...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lilacs
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a classic subject. A leafy grouping of lilacs spill over a cylindrical glass vase. Natural light comes from the right side, resulting in a shadowing of the left. F...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Break Up
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
“The Break Up” by Ben Fenske (2009) is a somber and powerful figurative oil painting that gives us a peek inside the artist’s own personal life. Painted from life, after the end of ...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pink Skirt
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Pink Skirt is an oil painting by Ben Fenske. Painted from life in his home in Chianti, Italy, his muse, Beatrice, sits on a wooden chair between her wardrobe and a sun-soaked window....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wildflowers
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of flowers in a pitcher. A bouquet of wildflowers consists of freshly picked Tuscan flowers; red poppies, white and yellow daisies, and fresh lavender. This bounty fl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Canal at Indian Mound Road
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted during the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida. A black and white depiction of a canal, is barely recognizable, due to Fenske's wild brushstrokes and lack...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Hanna Sketch
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A stunning full-size portrait of a woman in a pink dress, straw hat, and red sandals. Although Fenske titles this work as only a sketch, we feel it’s a truly mesmerizing and dynamic ...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bar Scene
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted on site at a local pub, Ben Fenske sketches out an incoherent bar scene. Perhaps the obscurity of forms is a nod to the inebriated state that alcohol puts one in. Also the re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Olive Oil
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A still-life oil painting of items on the artist's kitchen table. A large jug of olive-oil sits centrally, a half-full bottle of red wine, a tumbler half-filled with the same wine, o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Floral Sheets
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a female nude.
A nude figure lies on her back on a bed. Colorful textiles surround her. The sheet she lies on is white with green flowers and yellow spots. Her l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Oil
Yellow Teapot
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Impressionistic still life with a yellow teapot and glass bottle, nearly half full.
Painted from direct observation, in the painters Tuscan home.
Bio-
Ben Fenske (b. 1978) altho...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Evening Cloud
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
“Evening Cloud” (2019, Oil on linen, 35.43 x 49.21 inches). An oil painting, created en plein air in Tuscany. Rolling hills illuminated and shadowed by the natural light of a clouded...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mirror Summer Light
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil on canvas painting of a woman sitting in front of a mirror, tending to her hair. Window open behind her admits natural light.
Ben Fenske (b. 1978) although a native of Minnes...
Category
2010s Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunset Long Beach
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted en plein-air at Fosters Memorial Beach in Sag Harbor, NY, "Sunset Long Beach" is an example of contemporary impressionism. Fenske utilizes a motley of colors to represent nat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Boat Yard, Lifting Fog
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted en plein-air at a marina on Long Island. An old time fishing boat is the central subject, view from the bow. A small rowboat rests in the foreground. A couple of fishing shac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Jess Panda, Sketch
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A contemporary oil painting of a woman stepping out of her small car, a Fiat Panda. Painted from life, shadows are purple and atmospheric. She's parked on bright green grass, in rura...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Parked Panda
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
“Parked Panda” was painted en plein air in Tuscany, Italy. A classic European car, a Fiat to be exact, is parked on the grass on a bright sunny day.
Ben Fenske (b. 1978) although ...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bea, Garden
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A contemporary oil painting of a woman standing in a garden. Wearing a printed orange dress, she almost blends into the colorful landscape which surrounds her. Tall wild grass sits i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Sitting Nude, Bea
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a nude female figure, sitting upon a bed, chest bent over knees, hand on head, seemingly bored. Hues of pink surround the figure due to decorative fabrics that are...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Oil
Amy Outside
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil on canvas painting of a woman outdoors, a curvy tree in the near distance frames her portrait. She wears a yellow short sleeve button-down and a matching scarf in her hair.
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Category
2010s Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Model, Astone Studio
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
After studying anatomy and academic painting at the Florence Academy of Art, Ben Fenske took the skills he learned and stepped back, putting his own hand into an academically proport...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fish (Naselli)
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil on canvas painting of two fish, unwrapped atop a rustic table.
Ben Fenske (b. 1978) although a native of Minnesota, and has been working and living in Sag Harbor, New York an...
Category
2010s Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tree
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A contemporary oil painting of a large, shapely tree in Florence, Italy. Bright green hues fill the canvas, in wide, urgent brushstrokes. A bright blue sky meets a distant horizon.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blue Light Nude, Bea
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The first painting of the "Bea Nudes Series" is a loose presentation of brushstrokes that make up a figure standing in her bedroom. Clothes hang on the left edge of the image. Two so...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Oil
Afternoon Break
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A female figure stands at the windowsill looking out. Taking a breather from whatever she may have been doing prior. She leans comfortably on the sill while the other hand ashes a ci...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Between Main Street and Washington
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted en plein air in Sag Harbor, New York, a small sketch of the classic charming architecture. Painted from underneath the Sag Harbor Cinema, Fenske looks across the street. Urge...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Ben Fenske Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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