British artist Donald McIntyre’s seascape paintings capture the essence of coastal shorelines through vivid compositions imbued with a calm simplicity. McIntyre's work embodies the Scottish Colourist tradition of landscape art. He places the viewer at the boundary of civilization and nature, with a strong focus on the natural scenery, as the images of manmade structures seem to fade into the background.
McIntyre was born in Leeds, Yorkshire. He studied dentistry at the Glasgow Dental Hospital and also attended night classes at the Glasgow School of Art. While working as a dentist, he served in the British Army, taught art classes and painted in his spare time.
In the late 1950s, McIntyre left dentistry to take up painting full time. He traveled throughout the British Isles, painting scenes of shorelines and countrysides, as well as occasional interior settings and portraits. The seascapes McIntyre created are a favorite among Scottish art collectors.
McIntyre exhibited at many galleries throughout the United Kingdom before his death in 2009. Many public and private collections contain his works, including the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth — as well as galleries in Birkenhead, England and Newport, Wales.
On 1stDibs, enjoy a selection of Donald McIntyre's tranquil landscape, figurative and interior paintings.
Deep Blue Sea Seascape Painting of crashing waves and water, rocks and sand
By Donald McIntyre
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed size: 29" x 41" Deep Blue Sea captures the raw, untamed beauty of the shoreline, where rocks, sand, and sea converge in a symphony of bold colour and energetic brushwork. The...
Paper, Acrylic
Pleasure Boats
By Donald McIntyre
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Acrylic on board Board size: 11.5 x 21.25 inches Framed size: 18.25 x 28.25 inches Signed lower right
Acrylic, Board
Green Sea, Port Ban Landscape Painting of the Sea with figures on the beach
By Donald McIntyre
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed size: 29.5" x 39.5" McIntyre’s Green Sea, Port Ban captures the luminous beauty of the Scottish coastline with bold colour and expressive brushwork. The wide sweep of pale sa...
Paper, Acrylic
$16,950
Pleasure Boats Coastal Landscape painting of boats, figures, fisherman and beach
By Donald McIntyre
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed Size: 29" x 33" Pleasure Boats presents a pared-back yet evocative vision of the shore, where a group of small vessels rest quietly on the beach. A large white boat, with figu...
Paper, Acrylic
$18,648Sale Price|20% Off
Stormy Day Craster Northumberland Colorist Post Impressionist Oil Painting
By Donald McIntyre
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Donald McIntyre. English ( b.1923 - d.2009 ). Stormy Day, Craster, Northumberland Oil On Paper Mounted On Board. Signed Lower Left. Image size 16.3 inches x 32.5 inches ( 41.5cm x 8...
Oil, Laid Paper
$12,060Sale Price|20% Off
Craster From The North Northumberland Colorist Tradition Framed Oil Painting
By Donald McIntyre
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Donald McIntyre. English ( b.1923 - d.2009 ). Craster From North. Northumberland. Oil On Board. Signed Lower Left. Image size 12.8 inches x 26 inches ( 32.5cm x 66cm ). Frame size 2...
Oil
Looking Out To Sea Figurative landscape painting of the sea, rocks and beach
By Donald McIntyre
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed Size: 29" x 33" Looking Out to Sea is a striking evocation of the Scottish coastline, painted with the artist’s characteristic vigour and bold palette. The scene unfolds upon ...
Paper, Acrylic
$9,326Sale Price|24% Off
Girl And Chapel In North Wales Welsh Post Impressionist Colourist Oil Painting
By Donald McIntyre
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Donald McIntyre. English ( b.1923 - d.2009 ). Girl And Chapel, North Wales. Oil On Card. Signed With Monogram Twice Lower Left. Image size 12 inches x 15.6 inches ( 30.5cm x 39.5cm ...
Oil
$12,950
Porthscatho Coastline Painting of boat, sea & beach. Atmospheric green, yellow
By Donald McIntyre
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed Size: 28" x 38" McIntyre’s Porthscatho captures the quiet rhythm of a Cornish fishing village, its boats drawn up onto the shore at low tide. The composition leads the eye acr...
Oil, Panel
$16,950
Figures on the Beach, landscape painting of the sea with figure, boat and waves
By Donald McIntyre
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed size: 29" x 32.5" Donald McIntyre’s Figures on the Beach presents a tranquil coastal scene where the quiet rhythms of seaside life are translated into bold passages of colour ...
Paper, Acrylic
Ballinaboy (near Connemara), 1977, circa - Bright Acrylic Landscape Painting
By Donald McIntyre
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Born in Yorkshire of Scottish parents, Donald McIntyre spent the most memorable years of his childhood in the west of Scotland. McIntyre studied painting under James Wright, R.S.W, ...
Board, Acrylic
$24,291
Port en Caple
By Donald McIntyre
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on board Board size: 20.5 x 24.5 inches Framed size: 25 x 29 inches Signed lower left
Oil, Board
Mousehole, Cornwall
By Donald McIntyre
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on board Board size: 19.5 x 24.5 inches Framed size: 28.5 x 32.5 inches Signed lower right
Oil, Board
$3,500
H 29.5 in W 35.5 in D 2.5 in
“Autumn Landscape, c. 1910” American Impressionist New England Fall Oil Signed
Located in Yardley, PA
Warm air seems to move through this scene as the eye wanders along a gentle swale dotted with granite boulders, low stone walls and scrubby autumn color. A ribbon of meadow pulls us ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,320Sale Price|51% Off
H 44 in W 36 in D 3 in
Antique 1898 American Impressionist O/C Venetian Canal Scene / Gilded Frame
Located in Exton, PA
Here is a fine, early American Impressionist painting of a Venetian Canal. The painting is oil on canvass measuring 36" x 28". Overall framed dimensions are 44" x 35". The painting i...
Oil
$2,000
H 23 in W 19.75 in D 2 in
Small Scale Fauvist Landscape - Forest Wonder
By John Francis Stenvall
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant fauvist landscape of redwood trees titled "Forest Wonder" by John Stenvall (American, 1907- 1998), 1993. Signed lower left corner. Presented in g...
Paper, Acrylic
$3,293
H 27.96 in W 33.67 in
Provence Landscape - Large Mid 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful large c.1960 French oil on paper laid on board cubist influenced landscape by Oleg Zinger. The work depicts a summer landscape with white build...
Laid Paper, Oil
Moonlight and Mist
By Eliot Clark
Located in Greenville, DE
New York City artist Eliot Candee Clark was well known for his impressionist landscapes. He was the son of painter Walter Clark. Many of his paintin...
Canvas, Oil
$1,950
H 19.5 in W 23.5 in D 1 in
“Bermuda Coast” Henrietta Dunn Mears American Impressionist Oil on Board Signed
By Henrietta Dunn Mears
Located in Yardley, PA
A vibrant Bermuda seascape depicting the rocky shoreline with turquoise waters breaking against sunlit boulders beneath a sweeping tree. Mears uses bold, textured brushstrokes and a ...
Oil, Board
$4,500
H 29 in W 35 in D 2 in
“Impressionist Landscape, c. 1915-1920” California Forest American Impressionist
By Francis Stillwell Dixon
Located in Yardley, PA
“Impressionist Landscape, c. 1915-1920” by Francis Stillwell Dixon (American, 1879-1967). One of Dixon’s finest canvases, depicting a tranquil forest scene bathed in soft, dappled l...
Canvas, Oil
$36,025Sale Price|25% Off
H 29 in W 52 in D 2 in
Fifth Avenue Manhattan New York City Panoramic Painting by Contemporary Artist
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Fifth Avenue Manhattan New York City Panoramic Painting by Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield. This is a major work from her New York Series. Art measures 48 x 24 inches Frame me...
Acrylic, Wood Panel, Panel, Varnish, Gesso, Board, Paint, Wood
$1,150
H 40 in W 55.2 in
Illustration Style Diptych of Ripe Pomegranate Tree, Acrylic Painting on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This beautiful painting by Romina Milano presents a contemporary interpretation of pomegranates, rendered through expressive brushwork and a vibrant, balanced palette. Organic forms ...
Acrylic, Watercolor, Paper
$3,349
H 13.78 in W 16.15 in
Crowded Street Scene From Luntmakargatan, Stockholm
Located in Stockholm, SE
Olof Arborelius (1842–1915) From Luntmakargatan, Stockholm oil on paper mounted on board signed with monogram “OA” unframed 24 × 30 cm (9.4 × 11.8 in) frame 35 × 41 cm (13.8 × 16.1...
Oil, Board, Laid Paper
Mt. Greylock - Holder Wenzel Jensen
Located in North Clarendon, VT
Exhibited, well painted,fall impressionist scene of Mt Greylock, Massachusetts painted by Holger Wenzel Jensen. Exhibition label attached verso. Exhibited, Chicago Galleries Associ...
Oil
$790
H 40 in W 28 in
Anthuriums and Poppies, Fauvist Landscape, Flowers Bouquet, Illustration Style
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Anthuriums and Poppies" is an illustration style painting of exotic flowers bouquet. Red flowers, expressionist gestures, and intricate textures come together in this artwork to cr...
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
Iona
By Donald McIntyre
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Acrylic on board Board size: 19.75 x 23.75 inches Framed size: 29 x 33 inches Signed lower right
Acrylic, Board
Sold
H 25 in W 30 in
Modern British Landscape of Snowdonia, Wales by Donald McIntyre 'Y'Garn'
By Donald McIntyre
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Y’Garn' is a stunning landscape painting created by the highly sought after artist, Donald McIntyre. Y'Garn is a famous mountain in Snowdonia in a National Park in Wales, renowned f...
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 8 in W 11 in
'Three Fishing Boats on the Shore', West coast of Scotland, Beach Scene
By Donald McIntyre
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Three Fishing Boats on the Shore' is a stunning example of Donald Mcintyre painting at his best. The painting is full of life, with a wonderful bright colour palette, reminicent of ...
Oil, Board
Harbour Wall
By Donald McIntyre
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Born in 1923 in Yorkshire but brought up in North West Scotland, Donald Mclntyre studied at the Glasgow School of Art under James Wright At Garelochhead. He has exhibited at the London Galleries, Royal Cambrian Academy, Galleries Racines Brussels, Fosse Gallery and Thackery Gallery. His subjects include Scottish and English landscapes in a strong post-impressionist style which shows the influence of 20th century Scottish artists from Cadell through to Redpath and Phihpson and Michie. His paintings are in the collections of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, Wiliamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead, Newport Art Gallery, Merthyr...
Oil, Board
Road to Errisslannan
By Donald McIntyre
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Born in 1923 in Yorkshire but brought up in North West Scotland, Donald Mclntyre studied at the Glasgow School of Art under James Wright At Garelochhead. He has exhibited at the London Galleries, Royal Cambrian Academy, Galleries Racines Brussels, Fosse Gallery and Thackery Gallery. His subjects include Scottish and English landscapes in a strong post-impressionist style which shows the influence of 20th century Scottish artists from Cadell through to Redpath and Phihpson and Michie. His paintings are in the collections of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, Wiliamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead, Newport Art Gallery, Merthyr...
Acrylic, Board
Rocky Shore
By Donald McIntyre
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Born in 1923 in Yorkshire but brought up in North West Scotland, Donald Mclntyre studied at the Glasgow School of Art under James Wright At Garelochhead. He has exhibited at the London Galleries, Royal Cambrian Academy, Galleries Racines Brussels, Fosse Gallery and Thackery Gallery. His subjects include Scottish and English landscapes in a strong post-impressionist style which shows the influence of 20th century Scottish artists from Cadell through to Redpath and Phihpson and Michie. His paintings are in the collections of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, Wiliamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead, Newport Art Gallery, Merthyr...
Acrylic, Board
Cottage on the Bay
By Donald McIntyre
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Born in 1923 in Yorkshire but brought up in North West Scotland, Donald Mclntyre studied at the Glasgow School of Art under James Wright At Garelochhead. He has exhibited at the London Galleries, Royal Cambrian Academy, Galleries Racines Brussels, Fosse Gallery and Thackery Gallery. His subjects include Scottish and English landscapes in a strong post-impressionist style which shows the influence of 20th century Scottish artists from Cadell through to Redpath and Phihpson and Michie. His paintings are in the collections of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, Wiliamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead, Newport Art Gallery, Merthyr...
Acrylic, Board
Stroll along the Harbour
By Donald McIntyre
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Born in 1923 in Yorkshire but brought up in North West Scotland, Donald Mclntyre studied at the Glasgow School of Art under James Wright At Garelochhead. He has exhibited at the London Galleries, Royal Cambrian Academy, Galleries Racines Brussels, Fosse Gallery and Thackery Gallery. His subjects include Scottish and English landscapes in a strong post-impressionist style which shows the influence of 20th century Scottish artists from Cadell through to Redpath and Phihpson and Michie. His paintings are in the collections of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, Wiliamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead, Newport Art Gallery, Merthyr...
Acrylic, Board