Manuel Isidor Valle Micolau was born in Torres de Segre in 1874. He was a Lleida photographer and artist trained in the Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid and established in Vic since the late 19th century. Micolau died in Barcelona in 1959.
Catalan Impressionist Twilight Landscape with Trees and Purple Sky Oil Spain Art
By Manuel Isidor Valle Micolau
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Catalan Impressionist Twilight Landscape with Trees and Purple Sky Artist: Manuel Isidor Valle Micolau (1874-1959) Title: Twilight Landscape Medium: Oil on panel Dimensions: 18 x 11...
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Early 1920s Spanish Village Landscape Oil Painting Mediterranean Plein Air art
By Manuel Isidor Valle Micolau
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Early 1920s Spanish Village Landscape Oil Painting Mediterranean Plein Air Artist: Manuel Isidor Valle Micolau (1874–1959) Title: Spanish village landscape Date: c.1925 Medium: Oil on cardboard Dimensions: 11.5 × 19 cm (4.53 × 7.49 in) Frame dimensions: 22 × 28 cm (8.66 × 11.02 in) Signature: Signed lower left Condition: Good vintage condition Frame: Included Charming early 20th-century Mediterranean village landscape painted around 1925 by Spanish artist Manuel Isidor Valle Micolau. This small yet atmospheric plein-air composition captures the luminous architecture and open spatial rhythm typical of Catalan and Spanish townscapes of the period. The warm ochre building at left anchors the composition while the distant white houses and terracotta roofs dissolve softly into a quiet horizon under a pale sky. Executed with a fresh and direct brushstroke typical of outdoor painting practice, the work preserves the immediacy and spontaneity of early modern Iberian landscape tradition. The palette balances sandy earth tones with soft greys and Mediterranean light blues, creating a refined decorative presence despite its intimate scale. Works of this type were often painted on location and function today as authentic visual fragments of pre-industrial Spain, highly appreciated by collectors seeking original European atmosphere rather than studio reinterpretations. A refined and elegant example of early 20th-century Spanish plein-air painting. Manuel Isidor Valle Micolau (1874–1959) was a Spanish painter and photographer trained at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid and later active in Vic, Catalonia. His work reflects the transition between late academic landscape tradition and early modern plein-air practice in Spain, focusing on architecture, village environments, and atmospheric studies of Mediterranean light. Today his paintings are appreciated for their documentary sensitivity and their connection to the development of early 20th-century Catalan landscape painting. This work relates to the Mediterranean plein-air tradition associated with: Joaquín Sorolla Santiago Rusiñol Modest Urgell Eliseu Meifrèn and early Catalan landscape painters working between Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Original early 20th-century Spanish plein-air paintings of this intimacy and authenticity are increasingly difficult to source. Spanish landscape painting Mediterranean village painting Catalan landscape painting plein air oil painting 1920s Spanish painting European townscape small antique oil painting...
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$6,500
H 17.5 in W 20 in
"Seascape" Henry Ward Ranger, Impressionist Coastal Scene, Atmospheric Sky
By Henry Ward Ranger
Located in New York, NY
Henry Ward Ranger Seascape, circa 1905 Estate stamp lower right Oil on academy board 11 1/4 x 13 7/8 inches A key person in the establishment of the Old Lyme, Connecticut art colon...
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$15,000
H 27 in W 30 in
"Low Tide - Brittany, France, " Henriette Oberteuffer, Coastal Landscape
By Henriette Amiard Oberteuffer
Located in New York, NY
Henriette Amiard Oberteuffer (1878 - 1962) Low Tide - Brittany, France Oil on canvasboard 18 x 21 1/2 inches Signed lower right Painter, printmaker, and teacher Henriette Amiard Oberteuffer (1878-1962) was born in Le Havre, France and studied at the Academie Julian in Paris with Jean-Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant. She moved with her husband and fellow artist George Oberteuffer...
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$2,619
H 23.63 in W 19.69 in D 0.79 in
A courtyard in Odessa - Landscape Painting Colors Blue White Yellow Brown Green
By Zlata Shyshman
Located in Sofia, BG
"A courtyard in Odessa" is an impressionist painting, oil on canvas by Maestro Zlata Shyshman. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: oil painting STYLE: Impressionist, Contemporary Editio...
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$2,500
H 13 in W 17 in D 1.25 in
San Gabriel Mountains in Autumn Landscape California School 1930s
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful California plein air painting of San Gabriel Mountains in autumn with iconic Sycamore tree in foreground. Circa 1960. Unsigned. Presented in vintage gilt-toned carved wood frame. Image size: 10"H x 14"W. The San Gabriel Mountains have inspired many famous plein air painters including Hanson Puthuff, Marion Kavanagh Wachtel, Maurice Braun...
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
$4,000
H 15 in W 17 in
"Along Peconic Bay, Long Island" Irving Ramsey Wiles, Impressionist Work
By Irving Ramsey Wiles
Located in New York, NY
Irving Ramsey Wiles Along Peconic Bay, Long Island Signed lower left Oil on canvas laid on cardboard 8 x 10 inches In his heyday—the first quarter of the twentieth century—Irving W...
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$10,000
H 10 in W 12 in D 1.25 in
"Washington Square Park Nocturne" Impressionist Oil Painting with Figures in NYC
By Johann Berthelsen, 1883-1972
Located in New York, NY
A stunning jewel and pertinent example of Berthelsen's charming New York City scenes. Here we find a Washington Square Park at night and the Manhattan buildings depicted in the far b...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$12,500
H 18 in W 24 in
Normandy Village, Hollywood Los Angeles - Oil Painting, 20th Century
By Paul Grimm
Located in Palm Desert, CA
“Normandy Village, Hollywood, Los Angeles” is an oil painting by German artist, Paul Grimm. This painting captures a distinctive and historic view of the architectural enclave of Nor...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$5,950
H 19 in W 23 in D 1 in
“Untitled (Low Country Home)” American Impressionist Spanish Moss South Carolina
Located in Yardley, PA
An exceptional work by George Waller Parker (1888-1957) of a home in the South Carolina Lowcountry. Perhaps the best example of Parker’s work to be offered in recent decades, this w...
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$4,889
H 9.85 in W 13.78 in D 0.12 in
Morteratsch Glacier Landscape Painting, Oil on Canvas, 25x35 cm
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
Morteratsch is a valley glacier in the Bernina Massif, canton of Graubnden, Switzerland. This painting is a naturalistic study of the Morteratsch Glacier in Switzerland—a stunning la...
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Rising Moon. Bay Kamish_Burun. Kerch.
By Oleksandr Khrapachov
Located in Edinburgh, GB
plein air Kerch
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$2,400
H 13.5 in W 15.5 in D 1.5 in
"View of New Hope" Pennsylvania Pastoral Autumnal Landscape Oil Painting Framed
By Christopher Willett 1
Located in New York, NY
Impressionist pastoral scene of a quaint autumnal view of the bridge heading into New Hope, Bucks County, PA. Willet has portrayed this piece in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and has packed much feeling into this miniature work. It is almost as if we are there in the early morning, bringing a beautiful feeling of nostalgia. Christopher is known for capturing the beauty and simplicity of an earlier time of the 20th Century; old New York, families working together, villages and farms and friends taking walks together. Many are depicted in recognizable historical settings and this piece is an excellent example of this as he captures a snow-filled historic setting of Bucks County with the calm, endearing charm of a snowy morning. Christopher engages his audience with the quick use of brushwork and great attention to picking up the energy passionately of his subjects. The piece comes housed in a contemporary dark tone wood frame with a gold tone edge and it is ready to be displayed with hanging wire on verso. Art measures 8 x 10 inches Frame measures 13.5 x 15.5 inches Christopher Willett...
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$3,034
H 7.09 in W 9.45 in D 0.12 in
Plyos. Church of the Resurrection of Christ on Mount Levitan Impressionist New
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
The artist painted this life-size sketch during a creative trip to Plyos in 2006 in one session in the alla prima style. This painting depicts a picturesque rural landscape with the ...
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H 7.09 in W 4.34 in
Spanish landscape with river oil on board painting Spain impressionism
By Manuel Isidor Valle Micolau
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Manuel Isidor Valle Micolau (1874-1959) - Spanish landscape - Oil on board Oil mesures 18x11 cm. Frame measures 28x22 cm. Photographer and artist from Lleida trained at the "Círculo...
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H 4.53 in W 7.49 in
Spanish Impressionist Landscape with Village and Mountains Mediterranean Oil Art
By Manuel Isidor Valle Micolau
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Spanish Impressionist Landscape with Village and Mountains c.1925 Artist: Manuel Isidor Valle Micolau Title: Spanish Landscape with Village and Mountains Medium: Oil on panel Dimens...
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