Skip to main content

Duane Albert Armstrong Paintings

American, b. 1938

Duane Albert Armstrong, a native Californian, was born in Fresno on Christmas Day in 1938. He was raised in the countryside near San Luis Obispo until 1950 when his family moved to the Santa Clara Valley. Duane’s mother, a teacher, was also an artist and writer. She wrote several short stories and lyrics for several songs, some of which were published. With this background, Duane learned about painting materials and techniques while still in his childhood. He also had exposure to art shows and museums at the time and was fascinated by the way the various artists were able to make their canvases come alive with paint. This was the beginning of a lifelong interest in painting, which has resulted in several significant breakthroughs in the world of art, his most popular being his "Fields of Grass" series, which has been reproduced worldwide. Duane now has over 185 paintings in print, and his art has been marketed in over 3,500 department stores in the United States.

During the 1970s, his work earned him the status of being one of the top five print sales artists in the nation. Of this widespread acceptance, a representative of Heritage Publications stated, "Duane Armstrong will be recognized as one of the top five contemporary painters in America during this decade." Armstrong has worked with many young artists, encouraging them to branch off into their directions and styles, to produce and work, knowing quite well that painting is not so much involved with that mystical gift some call "talent" as it is with that four-letter word, "work." He has always chosen to work and produce rather than sell and promote, which explains why he very rarely attends his shows. Duane believes that creating art and marketing art are two different worlds and prefers to leave the marketing to others while he spends his time exploring the unlimited realm of visual expression.

(Biography provided by Robert Azensky Fine Art)

to
5
6
2
1
3
2
1
2
4
Overall Height
to
Overall Width
to
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
1
2
6
860
657
651
610
6
6
6
5
3
Artist: Duane Albert Armstrong
"China Rocks" Landscape
By Duane Albert Armstrong
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene atmospheric styled landscape scene of peaks in China with soft sunrise in the background by Duane Albert Armstrong (b. 1938), 1983. Signed and dated lower right and on verso. ...
Category

1980s American Impressionist Duane Albert Armstrong Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Koi Pond" with Water Lilies Oil on Canvas
By Duane Albert Armstrong
Located in Soquel, CA
"Koi Pond" with Water Lilies Oil on Canvas A bird's eye view looking down into a dark koi fish pond, highlighted with three lotus flowers, by Duane Albe...
Category

Early 2000s Realist Duane Albert Armstrong Paintings

Materials

Lacquer, Giclée, Canvas, Oil

Blurring the lines and Cross Southwestern Motif in Glossy Finish Oil
By Duane Albert Armstrong
Located in Soquel, CA
Cross, an abstract finished with a high gloss lacquer by Duane Albert Armstrong (American, b. 1938). Presented in a black wood frame. Signed "D. Armstrong" and dated "2006" lower rig...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Duane Albert Armstrong Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Black Hole" - Large Scale Cosmic Abstract
By Duane Albert Armstrong
Located in Soquel, CA
A magnificent cosmic abstract painting by Duane Albert Armstrong (American, b. 1938) reminiscent of the amazing images of space sent back from the Hubble telescope. Titled "Black Hol...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Duane Albert Armstrong Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Lacquer, Oil

"Pueblo V" - Minimal Silhouetted Landscape
By Duane Albert Armstrong
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene silhouetted landscape scene of a pueblo community against a beautiful pale blue and lavender sky by Duane Albert Armstrong (b. 1938). Black...
Category

1990s American Impressionist Duane Albert Armstrong Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

"Meltdown in No. 23" Abstract
By Duane Albert Armstrong
Located in Soquel, CA
"Meltdown in No. 23", a large scale abstract finished with a high gloss lacquer by Duane Albert Armstrong (American, b. 1938). Presented in a black metal frame. Signed "D. Armstrong"...
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Duane Albert Armstrong Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Lacquer, Oil

Related Items
Dmitri Wright - Petite Mind Meadow - Opus Eight, Painting 2024
By Dmitri Wright
Located in Greenwich, CT
About the artist: As an American artist, Wright’s travels have taken him to paint and/or teach throughout the United States and visiting over a dozen National Park sites in addition...
Category

2010s American Impressionist Duane Albert Armstrong Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

Dmitri Wright - Petite Mind Meadow - Opus Three, Painting 2024
By Dmitri Wright
Located in Greenwich, CT
About the artist: As an American artist, Wright’s travels have taken him to paint and/or teach throughout the United States and visiting over a dozen National Park sites in addition...
Category

2010s American Impressionist Duane Albert Armstrong Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

Antique American Impressionist Cloud Study Sunset New Hampshire Landscape Oil
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Artist bio; Lawrence, William Hurd (1866-1938) "Invincible!" By Charles B. Driscoll So...
Category

1890s American Impressionist Duane Albert Armstrong Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Venetian Canal" Late 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Spanish Artist Antonio Reyna
By Antonio Reyna Manescau
Located in Madrid, ES
ANTONIO REYNA MANESCAU Spanish, 1859 - 1937 VENETIAN CANAL signed & located "A. Reyna, Venezia" (lower left) oil on canvas 11-1/2 x 19-3/4 inche...
Category

1890s Realist Duane Albert Armstrong Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sailing in the Sun
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Sailing in the Sun” The passion for sailing, ocean beauty and the colourful sky reflection on the ship have inspired the creation of this artwork. She expresses sailing emotion on c...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Duane Albert Armstrong Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Lacquer, Varnish, Ink, Acrylic

Sailing in the Sun
Sailing in the Sun
H 63 in W 39.38 in D 1.58 in
Summer Landscape with Birches by Austrian Master Gollob Early 20th century Oil
Located in Stockholm, SE
Heinrich Gollob (1886 - 1917) - Austrian painter. Gollob's attention to detail demonstrates his talent for bringing landscapes to life through vibrant colors, textures and the play o...
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Duane Albert Armstrong Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil

"Ca' d' Oro, Venice" Late 19th Century Oil on Canvas of Venice, by Antonio Reyna
By Antonio Reyna Manescau
Located in Madrid, ES
ANTONIO REYNA MANESCAU Spanish, 1859 - 1937 CA' D' ORO, VENICE signed & located "A. Reyna, Venezia" (lower right) oil on canvas 11-1/2 x 19-3/4 ...
Category

1890s Realist Duane Albert Armstrong Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Winter Storm, NYC"
By Johann Berthelsen, 1883-1972
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to offer this piece by Johann Berthelsen (1883 – 1972). Born in 1883 in Denmark to artistically inclined parents, Johann Berthelsen would become a widely successful singer, teacher, and painter. After his parents divorced, his mother brought Berthelsen and his siblings with her to the United States in 1890, eventually settling in Wisconsin. At eighteen, Berthelsen moved to Chicago in the hope of becoming an actor, but a friend at the Chicago Musical College convinced him to audition at his school. Berthelsen received a full scholarship and enrolled at the college, where he was awarded the Gold Medal twice. After graduating, he had an active career traveling across the United States and Canada performing in operas and concerts, before joining the voice faculty at his alma mater in 1910. In 1913, Berthelsen became the voice department director at the Indianapolis Conservatory of Music. While in Chicago, Berthelsen met the landscape painter, Svend Svendsen...
Category

20th Century American Impressionist Duane Albert Armstrong Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Venetian vedutist (Canaletto follower) - Late 19th century painting - Venice
By Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto)
Located in Varmo, IT
Follower of Antonio Canal, known as Canaletto (19th century) - Venice, view of the Island of S. Giorgio from the Punta della Dogana. 30 x 40 cm without frame, 41.5 x 51.5 cm with fr...
Category

Late 19th Century Realist Duane Albert Armstrong Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dmitri Wright - Petite Mind Meadow - Opus Ten, Painting 2024
By Dmitri Wright
Located in Greenwich, CT
About the artist: As an American artist, Wright’s travels have taken him to paint and/or teach throughout the United States and visiting over a dozen National Park sites in addition...
Category

2010s American Impressionist Duane Albert Armstrong Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

"Mamounia Garden" American 20th Century Oil Painting of Blossoming Flowers
Located in New York, NY
A vibrant oil painting by American artist Gordon Micunis. Known for Richly colored botanical and landscape paintings, theatre scenery and costume design...
Category

1980s American Impressionist Duane Albert Armstrong Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"In Port"
By Edward Willis Redfield
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Edward Willis Redfield (1869 - 1965) Edward W. Redfield was born in Bridgeville, Delaware, moving to Philadelphia as a young child. Determined to be an artist from an early age, he studied at the Spring Garden Institute and the Franklin Institute before entering the Pennsylvania Academy from 1887 to 1889, where he studied under Thomas Anshutz, James Kelly, and Thomas Hovenden. Along with his friend and fellow artist, Robert Henri, he traveled abroad in 1889 and studied at the Academie Julian in Paris under William Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury. While in France, Redfield met Elise Deligant, the daughter of an innkeeper, and married in London in 1893. Upon his return to the United States, Redfield and his wife settled in Glenside, Pennsylvania. He remained there until 1898, at which time he moved his family to Center Bridge, a town several miles north of New Hope along the Delaware River. Redfield painted prolifically in the 1890s but it was not until the beginning of the twentieth century that he would develop the bold impressionist style that defined his career. As Redfield’s international reputation spread, many young artists gravitated to New Hope as he was a great inspiration and an iconic role model. Edward Redfield remained in Center Bridge throughout his long life, fathering his six children there. Around 1905 and 1906, Redfield’s style was coming into its own, employing thick vigorous brush strokes tightly woven and layered with a multitude of colors. These large plein-air canvases define the essence of Pennsylvania Impressionism. By 1907, Redfield had perfected his craft and, from this point forward, was creating some of his finest work. Redfield would once again return to France where he painted a small but important body of work between 1907 and 1908. While there, he received an Honorable Mention from the Paris Salon for one of these canvases. In 1910 he was awarded a Gold Medal at the prestigious Buenos Aires Exposition and at the Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915 in San Francisco, an entire gallery was dedicated for twenty-one of his paintings. Since Redfield painted for Exhibition with the intent to win medals, his best effort often went into his larger paintings. Although he also painted many fine smaller pictures, virtually all of his works were of major award-winning canvas sizes of 38x50 or 50x56 inches. If one were to assign a period of Redfield’s work that was representative of his “best period”, it would have to be from 1907 to 1925. Although he was capable of creating masterpieces though the late 1940s, his style fully matured by 1907 and most work from then through the early twenties was of consistently high quality. In the later 1920s and through the 1930s and 1940s, he was like most other great artists, creating some paintings that were superb examples and others that were of more ordinary quality. Redfield earned an international reputation at a young age, known for accurately recording nature with his canvases and painting virtually all of his work outdoors; Redfield was one of a rare breed. He was regarded as the pioneer of impressionist winter landscape painting in America, having few if any equals. Redfield spent summers in Maine, first at Boothbay Harbor and beginning in the 1920s, on Monhegan Island. There he painted colorful marine and coastal scenes as well as the island’s landscape and fishing shacks. He remained active painting and making Windsor style furniture...
Category

Early 1900s American Impressionist Duane Albert Armstrong Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Previously Available Items
Koi Pond by Duane Armstrong
By Duane Albert Armstrong
Located in Soquel, CA
Amazing view looking down into a dark koi fish pond, highlighted with two purple lotus flowers, by Duane Albert Armstrong (b. 1938). Finished with a high gloss lacquer. Due to this fact, and play of light on the image surface, depth of image changes for the viewer - much like an actual pond. Please see all photos. Signed and dated lower right: "D. Armstrong '98". Also signed on verso. Presented in a black lacquer and gold frame. Verso label includes: "Framing by Annie Armstrong...
Category

1990s Realist Duane Albert Armstrong Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Lacquer

Ladybug in Peril
By Duane Albert Armstrong
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderfully accurate rendering of a thread-like spider web painted entirely in black and white, punctuated only by a tiny lady bug, by Duane Albert Armstrong (b. 1938). Finished with a high gloss lacquer. Humorously signed "D. Armstrong & Spider" with date "'86" lower right. Also signed on verso. Presented in a black lacquer frame. Verso label includes: "Framing by Annie Armstrong...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Duane Albert Armstrong Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Day's End" - Minimal Silhouetted Landscape
By Duane Albert Armstrong
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene minimal silhouetted landscape scene against a beautiful pale blue and lavender sky with birds by Duane Albert Armstrong (b. 1938). Black silhouette is done in a high gloss paint. Signed and dated lower right: "D. Armstrong '98." Presented in a black lacquer frame. Verso label includes: "Framing by Annie Armstrong...
Category

1990s American Impressionist Duane Albert Armstrong Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Orange Sun Abstract
By Duane Albert Armstrong
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant and substantial, this mid-century by Duane Albert Armstrong (American, b. 1938). Signed and dated 1965 on lower right corner. Unframed. Measures 48"H x 45"W x .33"D. A Ca...
Category

1960s Abstract Duane Albert Armstrong Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

'Wild Grasses with Ladybird', Large American Landscape Oil, Santa Clara, Nature
By Duane Albert Armstrong
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right "D. Armstrong" for Duane Armstrong (American, born 1938) and dated 1983. A substantial, semi-abstract oil landscape showing a red ladybird among a profusion of w...
Category

1980s Naturalistic Duane Albert Armstrong Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Duane Albert Armstrong paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Duane Albert Armstrong paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of paintings to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Duane Albert Armstrong in fabric, oil paint, paint and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the abstract style. Not every interior allows for large Duane Albert Armstrong paintings, so small editions measuring 27 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Harriet Holden Nash, Marion Huse, and Catherine Warren. Duane Albert Armstrong paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $2,000 and tops out at $6,000, while the average work can sell for $2,120.

Recently Viewed

View All