Ernest Lawson was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada in 1873. In 1888, he enrolled in classes at the Kansas City Art Institute. There, he studied with Ella Holman, whom he would later marry. Lawson realized that there were not many opportunities for artists in Kansas City, and 1890, he moved with his father to Mexico City. He worked as a draughtsman for an English engineering company and studied in the evenings at the San Carlos Art School. By 1890, he had saved enough money to move to New York, and he began studies at the Art Students League under John Henry Twachtman. Lawson developed his Impressionist style while studying under Twachtman and J. Alden Weir at their school in Cos Cob, Connecticut. He became devoted to landscape painting, and this interest remained unchanged throughout his professional life. In 1893, he traveled to France, where he studied in Paris at the Académie Julian under Jean-Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant. During his stay in France, Lawson painted at Moret-sur-Loing, near the Fontainebleau forest, where he met Alfred Sisley, who along with Twachtman was the main influence on his work. In 1898, Lawson and his family moved to Washington Heights in Manhattan, and by the turn of the century, his work centered almost exclusively on views of this neighborhood. He and his family moved to Greenwich Village in 1906, and once there Lawson met William Glackens. Through this important and outgoing artist, Lawson became associated with a group of American artists in New York City, including Arthur B. Davies, Maurice Prendergast, William Glackens, Everett Shinn, Robert Henri, John Sloan, and George Luks. This group, who called themselves The Eight, held a well-publicized exhibition at the Macbeth Gallery in New York in February 1908. They were men of widely different tendencies and five of the eight artists were known best for their gritty urban scenes. However, common opposition to academicism, as well as an interest in the daily lives of the middle and lower classes bound all eight artists and the environment in which they lived. A committed landscapist, Lawson always began a work out of doors in the en plein air method. He did not create preliminary drawings but instead painted directly on the canvas. Lawson's work includes pure landscapes, foreign scenes, urban views and rural village scenes. His extremely rich and varied palette has been described as having a crushed jewel effect. Like the Impressionists, Lawson used intensely contrasting colors and rough impasto textures in his work and he had a particular interest in the effect of light on the surface of the landscape. After Lawson became associated with the artists of The Eight, his work became progressively less picturesque. Lawson created many winter landscapes during the first two decades of the 20th century and in them, the impasto and brushstrokes take on their structural significance.
"Cheyenne Mountain (Summer in Colorado)" Ernest Lawson, Modernist Western Scene
By Ernest Lawson
Located in New York, NY
Ernest Lawson Cheyenne Mountain (Summer in Colorado), circa 1927-30 Signed lower center Oil on canvas 12 x 16 inches Provenance Mrs. Bertram H. Catzen Manor Circle Gallery, Pelham, ...
Canvas, Oil
Ernest Lawson Oil on Board Painting Titled "Zoo in Central Park"
By Ernest Lawson
Located in New York, NY
In many ways Ernest Lawson bridges the work of the American Impressionists and the Realists of Robert Henri’s circle. Although he is often thought of as a painter of pure landscapes, who’s primary interests were light and atmospheric effects, after settling in Washington Heights...
Oil
Sketch for Post Office Mural in Short Hills, New Jersey
By Ernest Lawson
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Ernest Lawson is an artist who defies easy categorization. His work exhibits characteristics of both Impressionism and realism. In fact, he studied with the American Impressionists, ...
Oil, Board
$8,783
H 32 in W 38 in
Lumier et neige fondante - Impressionist Landscape Oil by William Samuel Horton
By William Samuel Horton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape by American impressionist painter William Samuel Horton. The piece depicts a nighttime view of Pontarlier, a commune in eastern France near the Swiss b...
Canvas, Oil
$17,156
H 24.5 in W 30 in
A Walk in the Forest - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Gustave Cariot
By Gustave Camille Gaston Cariot
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on board figures in landscape by French post impressionist painter Gustave Cariot. The piece is set in Wiesbaden, Germany depicts a breathtaking view of the Rive...
Oil, Board
Landscape Cloud Dr. 064
By Theodore Waddell
Located in Bozeman, MT
Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil
Bannack Horses
By Theodore Waddell
Located in Bozeman, MT
Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...
Canvas, Encaustic, Oil
$17,500
H 38.25 in W 44.25 in D 2 in
"The Hill Pasture" 1901 by Ida Josephine Burgess, Michigan Hills Impressionist
Located in Yardley, PA
A large, sweeping Michigan summer vista by the accomplished American painter, Ida Josephine Burgess (1855-1934). Burgess gives us a high vantage point over a lush hill pasture descen...
Canvas, Oil
Sandö, Wallda Varby, Halland, 1913
By Olof Thunman
Located in Stockholm, SE
Olof Thunman (1879–1944) Sweden Sandö, Wallda Varby, Halland, 1913 oil on canvas (laid on panel) unsigned unframed 31 x 47 cm (approx. 12.2 x 18.5 in) framed 42 x 58 cm (approx. 16...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$2,250
H 22 in W 26 in D 1.5 in
"Snow Day Sledding" Post-Impressionist Colorful Winter Scene Oil Painting Framed
By John Reilly 1
Located in New York, NY
A lively and colorful winter scene oil painting depicting a snowy hill by the village with people sledding and skiing with much depth and detail. Capturing a cozy winter magic scene,...
Oil, Board
$23,202
H 30.5 in W 42.5 in D 3.25 in
19th Century landscape genre oil painting of farmworkers with horses & a dog
By George Cole
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
George Cole British, (1810-1883) Rick Making, Lunchtime Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1883 Image size: 23.5 inches x 35.5 inches Size including frame: 30.5 inches x 42.5 inches Prove...
Canvas, Oil
$4,250
H 30 in W 36 in
Broadwood, 19th century English portrait of a horse in a stable with landscape
By William Albert Clark
Located in Woodbury, CT
William Albert Clark (1851–1925) “Broadwood” – Portrait of a Hunter in a Stable Circa 1890 Oil on canvas Signed lower right Original English oak frame A distinguished late Victoria...
Canvas, Oil
$3,800
H 14 in W 20.5 in D 1 in
"View of Venice" Impressionist Oil Painting with Figures and Boats along Venice
By Niek van der Plas
Located in New York, NY
This captivating scene of Venice from the 21st Century is a wonderful display of Van der Plas's true passion for outdoor genre paintings. The vibrant colors and impressionistic brush...
Oil, Board
$1,500
H 21 in W 23 in D 1.375 in
Abandoned Vermont Shack Painting by Henry Thomas Clark
Located in New York, NY
Untitled, 20th Century Oil on canvas 16 x 20 in. Framed: 21 x 23 x 1 3/8 in. Signed lower left: Clark
Canvas, Oil
Snowy Mountains
By Theodore Waddell
Located in Bozeman, MT
Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...
Oil, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media
Little Ranch, Colorado by Ernest Lawson
By Ernest Lawson
Located in New Orleans, LA
Ernest Lawson 1873-1939 Canadian-American Little Ranch, Colorado Signed "E. Lawson" (lower right) Signed, titled and inscribed "119 East 19th St / N.Y. City" (en verso) Oil on can...
Canvas, Oil
New York Farm in Winter, 1913
By Ernest Lawson
Located in New York, NY
Ernest Lawson brings his unique style to the representation of a snowy farm scene in his artwork entitled, “New York Farm in Winter.”
Canvas, Oil
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H 20 in W 24 in D 1.75 in
1920s Colorado Mountain Landscape Oil Painting Farm, Jewel Tones Green Purple
By Ernest Lawson
Located in Denver, CO
Oil on board painting titled 'Little Ranch, Colorado' by Earnest Lawson (1873-1939) circa 1925-1930. Colorado mountain landscape scene with three structu...
Oil, Board
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H 16 in W 20 in
Summer Reflections, Hudson River, Ernest Lawson New York Impressionist Landscape
By Ernest Lawson
Located in New York, NY
Ernest Lawson (1873 - 1939) Summer Reflections, Inwood on the Hudson River, New York, circa 1905 Oil on canvasboard 12 x 16 inches Signed lower left Provenance: Macbeth Gallery, Ne...
Oil, Board
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H 13.5 in W 16 in
"Trees and Rocks, " Ernest Lawson, Ashcan American Impressionism Modern Landscape
By Ernest Lawson
Located in New York, NY
Ernest Lawson (1873 - 1939) Trees and Rocks Oil on board 7 15/16 x 10 1/4 inches Signed lower left: E. LAWSON; inscribed on verso: Trees + Rock / Ernest Lawson / Trees + Rock Provenance: Gift of the artist By descent in the artist’s family Private collection Christie’s New York, New York, March 4, 2003, Lot 62 Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania Private collection, 2005 Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York, New York, acquired from above, 2006 Private collection, Connecticut, acquired from above, 2007 Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York, New York, acquired from above, 2014 Private collection, Georgia, acquired from above, 2015 Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina, March 23, 2018, Lot 495 Exhibited: Halifax, Canada, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Ernest Lawson; From Nova Scotia Collections, August 12 - October 30, 1983, no. 10. Literature: Questroyal Fine Art, WHY, New York, May 2014, p. 22, illustrated. A small, densely painted composition Trees and Rocks displays Ernest Lawson’s signature encrusted surface. His energetic paint application is composed of layer upon layer of color. While the pigments blend together in many areas, others are defined by a patch or dab of unmixed color. These impastoed brushstrokes or slashes of the palette knife are often the brightest colors, heightening the overall tonality of the work. Additionally, Lawson scratched at the paint layer – dragging the back of the brush through the wet pigments, to further invigorate the overall facture. Trees and Rocks, looks incredibly fresh, as if Lawson just stumbled upon this landscape motif of a few rocks, some trees, and a lake in the background. Boldly, Lawson painted the sky as a series of white dabs placed atop the blue water and the encircling trees. Since his days at John Twachtman’s and J. Alden Weir’s summer school in Cos Cob, Connecticut in 1892, Lawson was in the habit of wandering around in search of a motif. While his technique varied over time, he devotedly focused on creating a sense of the atmosphere of each place, recording his impressions of the light and season. Scholars have noted that after his trip to Spain in 1916-17, Lawson painted a set of diminutive landscape...
Oil, Board
On The Rialto, Mexico City
By Ernest Lawson
Located in Denver, CO
Housed in a period (likely original) frame, outer dimensions measure 23 x 27 ¼ x 1 inches; image dimensions measure 16 x 20 inches. About the Artist: Ernest Lawson (1873 San Franci...
Canvas, Oil