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.
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
"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
Summer Sheep By Natalie Bird
By Natalie Bird
Located in Deddington, GB
original Oil on board Image size: H:14 cm x W:18 cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Oil on board
Oil, Board
$350
H 9 in W 9 in D 1.5 in
Three Bird Paintings , Chilean Artist, Emerging Artist, oil, Framed , 9x9 , 8x9
By Viviano Ovaldo Cid
Located in Houston, TX
These are three bird paintings by Chilean artist Viviana Ovanda.The framed size on the first 2 is 9 x 9. The size on the third on is 8 x 9. These were painted in Santiago, Chile where the artist resides with her family. The fixed price on each one is $350 each. All proceeds go back to the artist to develop here career in Chile. I included the cow painting to show her other work at the gallery. It is 24 x 31 and is $1700 Viviana Ovando Cid Visual Artist and Painter. She studied Visual Arts at the University of Chile and specialized as a Painter at the Martín Soria Academy of Fine Arts. Awarded by the Chilean-Japanese Cultural Institute and the National Society of Fine Arts. Viviana has participated constantly in group and individual exhibitions nationwide, Thanks to her constant concern she handles different painting techniques, from those coined by the Classic Academy to digital techniques, participating in 2D and 3D animation projects, exploring new representation techniques. Who are your biggest influences? Are you inspired by the work of your colleagues or someone else in particular? Antonio López, Goya, Rembrandt, Velásquez, Sorolla, Caravaggio, Franz Marc, Muñoz Vera, Sergio Castillo...
Oil
$5,000
H 24 in W 27 in D 2 in
"Summer Day at Nice" French Beach Scene Impressionistic Oil Painting on Canvas
By Suzanne Demarest
Located in New York, NY
A stunning oil painting scene depicting figures by the beach in a sunny day at Nice, France done in the 20th Century. The vibrant colors and impressionistic brushwork is done with bo...
Canvas, Oil
$439Sale Price|20% Off
H 14.5 in W 17.25 in D 0.75 in
Mid Century Figurative Seascape with Sailboats
By Henryk Dzienczarski
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century figurative seascape with boats by Henryk Dzienczarski, (Poland, b-1917). Signed "H. Dzienczarski" lower right. Displayed in a wood fra...
Oil, Illustration Board
$350
H 5 in W 5 in D 1 in
"Le Jardin de Monet, II" (2023) by Leigh Ann Van Fossan, Oil Painting, Lily Pond
By Leigh Ann Van Fossan
Located in Denver, CO
Leigh Ann Van Fossan's "Le Jardin de Monet, II" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impression of a lily pond. Van Fossan was born in Vail, Colorado, and began oi...
Canvas, Oil
$2,490
H 15.75 in W 18.12 in
Sunlit Forest and Distant Blue Mountains – A Northern Swedish Landscape by Lycke
By Oscar Lycke
Located in Stockholm, SE
This luminous landscape painting by Oscar Lycke captures the rolling hills and deep forests of northern Sweden, likely from the Sundsvall region. The foreground is dominated by lush ...
Oil, Board
$4,050
H 28 in W 53 in D 1 in
Winter, Landscape Impressionism Large Original Oil Painting, Ready to Hang
By Vahe Yeremyan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original oil Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2017 Subject: Winter, SIZE: 28" x 53" x 1.5''inch Unframed, Stretched o...
Canvas, Oil
Connecticut Countryside
By Jan Pawlowski
Located in Greenwich, CT
Polish, b. 1949 Pawlowski was born in 1949 in Poland. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In 1979 he was awarded his "authorization and certification" by the Ministr...
Canvas, Oil
$3,000
H 30 in W 40 in D 1.13 in
American Impressionist Painting of Women Standing in an Open Field Landscape
By André Gisson
Located in Houston, TX
Early American Impressionist oil on canvas painting by New York born artist André Gisson. The work features a group of three women standing in an open field. The loose brushwork give...
Oil, Canvas
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H 18.51 in W 15.36 in D 1.58 in
Multicolored Fauvist Coastal and Forest Scene. Provence.
By Antoine Giroux
Located in Cotignac, FR
Highly colorful fauvist coastal and forest scene in oil on board by Belgian artist Antoine Giroux. Presented in a black tray frame. This vibrant artwork captures a serene natural co...
Oil, Board
$2,000
H 20 in W 23 in D 3 in
"Around Place de l'Opéra" Post-Impressionist Parisian Street Scene Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful impressionist oil painting on canvas by Gene Jordan depicting a tremendously vivid and alive street scene from Paris in the 20th Century with a view around the Place de l...
Oil, Board, Canvas
$4,142
H 12.8 in W 10.44 in
Severin Nilson Children in Meadow Oil Painting Swedish Impressionism
Located in Stockholm, SE
Severin Nilson (1846–1918) Sweden Children in a Flower Meadow signed lower right Severin Nilson oil on board laid on panel unframed 25 × 18 cm (9.8 × 7.1 in) framed 32.5 × 26.5 cm ...
Oil, Wood Panel, Board
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