Maria Bertrán, a painter born in Venezuela who immigrated to the United States in the late 1960s, splits her time between her home in Laguna Beach, California, and her studio in Provence, France. She is a consummate observer — Bertrán finds interesting scenes in street markets, harbors, building facades in populous European villages and elsewhere — and her gestural brushstrokes and daring use of vibrant color bring life to her Impressionistic works as she endeavors to communicate her deep appreciation for her radiant surroundings in her work.
Bertrán infuses her landscape paintings with her heartfelt response to the beauty of the natural world and to her medium. “For me painting is my happy place, and it is technical but also emotional,” she has said. “It is color and joy, and I hope to share these feelings with as many people as possible through my art.”
Bertrán received her BFA from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, continuing her figurative drawing studies in Paris. In 1980, she settled in Laguna Beach. Pacific Edge Gallery, where a permanent exhibition of her work can be found, has represented the artist since 1987.
Bertrán has a deep love of working with natural light, and she is constantly seeking to capture its essence in her paintings. The artist has traveled extensively and has painted scenes from Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, the South Pacific and the United States.
Bertrán has had numerous solo exhibitions in locales such as Aspen, Key West, Provence, Stockbridge and New York City. Her work is held in the collection of the Laguna Art Museum in California.
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"Peonies and Apples On The Table" Contemporary Impressionist Still Life
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Peonies and Apples On The Table" is an beautiful oil painted from life in her studio in Provence by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures the brilliant r...
Oil
$3,000
"Spring Cherry Blossoms In Provence" Contemporary Impressionist Oil Painting
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
An exceptional large oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran, this Contemporary Impressionist landscape captures the beauty of Spring in the South of France. "Spring Ch...
Oil
"Poppies Near Rousillon" Contemporary Impressionist Oil of Provence
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Poppies Near Rousillon" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures a timeless scene in the Luberon Val...
Oil
$4,600
"Spring Glory Below St. Saturnin" Contemporary Impressionist Oil of Provence
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Spring Glory Below St. Saturnin" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertrán, this Contemporary Impressionist landscape captures the beauty of Spring in t...
Oil
"Oak Tree Lavender Field" Contemporary Impressionist Oil of Provence
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Oak Tree Lavender Field" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran, this Contemporary Impressionist landscape captures the beauty of Summer in the South...
Oil
"Clouds Over Main Beach" Contemporary Impressionist Laguna Beach Seascape
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Bright sunny blues, golden sands, and colorful hillside fill "Clouds Over Main Beach" an exceptional oil painted on location in Laguna Beach, on the California Riviera by Maria B...
Oil
$4,400
Contemporary Impressionist Oil Painting Of Provencal Village by Maria Bertran
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Le Petit Clements" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran, this Contemporary Impressionist street scene captures a timeless scene in the South of Fra...
Oil
$4,200
"Lavender On The Road To Ferrasier" Contemporary Impressionist Oil of Provence
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Lavender On The Road To Ferrasier" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures a timeless scene in the ...
Oil
"Poppies By The Woods" Contemporary Impressionist Oil of Provence
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Poppies By The Woods" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertrán, this Contemporary Impressionist landscape captures the beauty of Spring in the South of...
Oil
"Mon Cabanon" Contemporary Impressionist Oil of Provence
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Mon Cabanon" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures a timeless scene in the South of France. Creat...
Oil
"Dress of Many Colors" Contemporary Impressionist Figure
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Dress of ManyColors" is an beautiful oil painted from life in her studio in Provence by Maria Bertrán. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures the peaceful repose of the ...
Oil
"Autumn Cherry Trees" Contemporary Impressionist Oil of Provence
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Autumn Cherry Trees" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures a timeless scene in the South of Franc...
Oil
"Bandol Coastline" Contemporary Impressionist Oil Painting by In Provence
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
An exceptional oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran, this Contemporary Impressionist seascape captures the beauty of Spring in the South of France. "Bandol Coastline...
Oil
"Pointeau Reflections" Contemporary Impressionist Seascape
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Pointeau Reflections" is an beautiful oil painted on location by Maria Bertrán in Brittany, France. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures the peaceful feeling of the ti...
Oil
$5,800
"Flowers By The Provencal Doorway" Impressionist Oil Painting by Maria Bertran
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Flowers By The Provencal Doorway" is an beautiful oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures a timeless Spring scene in ...
Oil
"Treasure Island Park" Contemporary Impressionist Laguna Beach Seascape
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Bright sunny blues, rich greens, and colorful flowers fill "Treasure Island Park" an exceptional oil painted on location in Laguna Beach, on the California Riviera by Maria Bertr...
Oil
"Sunflowers and Red Cosmos" Contemporary Impressionist Still Life Oil
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Sunflowers and Red Cosmos" is an beautiful large oil painted from life in her studio in Provence by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures the brilliant g...
Oil
"Gulf of Dingle, Ireland" Contemporary Impressionist Oil of Ireland
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Gulf of Dingle, Ireland" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Ireland by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist landscape captures the beauty of Summer in the West ...
Oil
$3,400
"Flowers and Poppies In The Valley" Contemporary Impressionist Oil of Provence
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Flowers and Poppies In The Valley" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertrán, this Contemporary Impressionist landscape captures the beauty of Spring in...
Oil
$3,400
"Le Brusc Lagoon, " Impressionist Oil Of French Riviera Boats by Maria Bertran
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Bright sunny blues and colorful water reflections fill "Le Brusc Lagoon," an exceptional oil painted on location in the Cote d'Azul, French Riviera by Maria Bertran, this Contemporar...
Oil
$3,200
"Mallorca Landscape With Cabanon" Modern Impressionist Oil Of Mallorca, Spain
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Mallorca Landscape With Cabanon" features bright sunny blues, greens, and colorful flowers; it is an exceptional oil painted on location on the island of Mallorca in by Maria Ber...
Oil
$6,000
"Shadows On The Door" Contemporary Impressionist Oil Painting by Maria Bertran
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Shadows On The Door in Les Bourges" is an beautiful oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures a timeless scene in the S...
Oil
"Alley In Calla" Modern Impressionist Oil Painting of Spain
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Alley In Calla" is an beautiful oil painted on location in Southern Spain by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures a timeless scene in the South of Spain....
Oil
$16,000
H 14 in W 18.5 in
Marée basse, beau temps, French Post-Impressionist, Beach Scene, colorful canvas
Located in New York, NY
Provenance Wally Findlay Galleries, New York Private Collection, USA Our delightful beachfront scene depicts families reveling on the sand with sailboats yachting in the distance. T...
Canvas, Oil
Henriette Chabot with Peonies
By Jacques Emile Blanche
Located in Mc Lean, VA
This painting was owned by Comte Robert de Montesquiou (1855–1921), Paris Literature: Jane Roberts, Jacques-Émile Blanche (2012), pg. 47 (color illus.), p. 191. Included as no. R...
Canvas, Oil
$6,618
H 23.63 in W 37.41 in
'The Moonlit Boathouse ' oil on canvas by Otto Lindberg
By Otto Lindberg
Located in London, GB
Otto Lindberg (1880-1955) 'The Moonlit Boathouse' Oil on canvas 60 x 95 cm, 73.5 x 108 cm framed Signed and dated 1940 There is something mesmerising about the way the moonlight...
Canvas, Oil
Les Arbres Oil Painting, Pointillist Style, Framed, 20th Century
By Yvonne Canu
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower right: Canu Provenance: Private Collection, US Yvonne Canu was influenced by the Pointillists school and very strongly so by Georges Seurat and by Sunday Afternoon on ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,569
H 10 in W 13 in D 2 in
Jean Lachaud (1882-1952) French Post Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Holywell, GB
Jean Lachaud (1882-1952) French Post Impressionist Landscape An expansive tranquil rural landscape, built through layered fields of poppies, hedgerows, and distant hills by Jean Lac...
Oil
"Deauville" 20th century French beach scene oil on canvas
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower left: F. gall Provenance: Private Collection Anne French Fine Arts, 2009 Private Collection, Florida Francois Gall was born in Kolozsvar, Hungary in 1912. He began hi...
Canvas, Oil
$18,000
H 31 in W 32.5 in
"Autumn", French Post-Impressionist, oil on canvas, framed landscape, 1963
By Roger Mühl
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: Private Collection OH David Findlay, NY Roger Mühl was born in Strasbourg in 1929 and became a notable French painter, draftsman and sculptor. In 1954, he settled in Mon...
Oil, Canvas
$853
H 5.52 in W 3.55 in
View of Ostend. Oil sketch on cardboard. Signed and titled.
By Jules Pierre van Biesbroeck
Located in Paris, FR
View of Ostend. Oil sketch on cardboard. Signed and titled on the back. This work will be recorded in the catalogue raisonné of the work of the artist currently in preparation. Jule...
Oil
$2,040
H 19 in W 25 in D 5 in
Lucien Hector JONAS (1880-1947) Dijon French Post Impressionist Oil Painting
By Lucien Jonas
Located in Holywell, GB
Lucien Hector Jonas (1880–1947) Dijon, France, 1938 A stylish en plein air view of the town square in Dijon, painted in May 1938. Executed in oil on paper laid onto canvas, a techni...
Oil
$739
H 5.52 in W 3.55 in
View of Bou-Sada. Oil sketch on cardboard. Signed and titled.
By Jules Pierre van Biesbroeck
Located in Paris, FR
View of Bou°_Sada. Oil sketch on cardboard. Signed and titled on the back. This work will be recorded in the catalogue raisonné of the work of the artist currently in preparation. J...
Oil
$739
H 5.52 in W 3.55 in
'Plaines de la Midjeda Blida'. Oil sketch on cardboard. Signed and titled.
By Jules Pierre van Biesbroeck
Located in Paris, FR
'Plaines de la Midjeda Blida'. Oil sketch on cardboard. Signed and titled on the back. This work will be recorded in the catalogue raisonné of the work of the artist currently in pre...
Oil
$1,058
H 8.27 in W 11.03 in
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Bouquet of anemones, Signed oil painting
By Maurice Asselin
Located in Paris, FR
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Bouquet of anemones Signed lower left (partially hidden by the frame) Oil on canvas In good condition 21 x 28 cm Framed : 27 x 34cm Maurice Asselin ...
Oil
Femme à la promenade
By Albert Andre
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Large and historically significant post-impressionist painting by Albert André. Exhibition: Exposition Post et Néo-Impressionniste, Durand-Ruel Gallery, Paris, 10–31 March 1899, n...
Canvas, Oil
$853
H 6.23 in W 8.47 in
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) Still life with fruits, Signed oil painting
By Maurice Asselin
Located in Paris, FR
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) Still life with fruits Signed lower left Oil on cardboard In good condition 15.8 x 21.5 cm Framed : 25 x 31.5 cm (a hole as visible on the photographs ...
Oil
$57,000
H 27.75 in W 31.75 in D 3 in
Henri Charles Manguin Vibrant Still Life Flowers And Fruits Oil Painting
By Henri Charles Manguin
Located in Dallas, TX
Henri Charles Manguin (French, 1874-1949) Still life with a pitcher of flowers and a platter of fruit on a table Oil on canvas laid on Masonite Canvas: 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 61.0 cm...
Oil, Canvas, Board
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H 36 in W 24 in D 2 in
"Floral Fantasy" Contemporary Impressionist Still Life Oil
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Floral Fantasy" is a large, beautiful oil painted from life in her studio in Laguna Beach by Maria Bertrán. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures the brilliant red, lav...
Oil
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H 27 in W 24 in D 1 in
"Tulips In Provencal Vase" Contemporary Impressionist Still Life Oil
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Tulips In Provencal Vase" is an beautiful oil painted from life in her studio in Provence by Maria Bertrán. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures the brilliant red, lav...
Oil
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H 24 in W 15 in D 1 in
"Red and Yellow Roses" Contemporary Impressionist Still Life Oil
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Red and Yellow Roses" is an beautiful oil painted from life in her studio in Provence by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures the brilliant red and yell...
Oil
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H 21 in W 15 in D 1 in
"Stream In The Alps" Contemporary Impressionist French Alps
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Stream In The Alps" is an beautiful oil painted on location in the French Alps by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures a timeless scene of a fresh stream...
Oil
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H 13 in W 20 in D 1 in
"Gulf of Moribihan" Contemporary Impressionist Oil Of Brittany
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Bright sunny blues and colorful water reflections fill "Gulf of Moribihan" a luminous oil painted on location in Brittany by Maria Bertran, this Contemporary Impressionist street ...
Oil
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H 26 in W 32 in D 1 in
"Spring In Les Grand Clements" Contemporary Impressionist Oil of Provence
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Spring In Les Grand Clememts" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertrán, this Contemporary Impressionist landscape captures the beauty of Spring in the ...
Oil
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H 13 in W 22 in D 1 in
"Striped Pointeaus" Contemporary Impressionist Oil Of French Riviera
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Bright sunny blues and colorful water reflections fill "Striped Pointeaus, an exceptional oil painted on location in the Cote d'Azul, French Riviera by Maria Bertran, this Contemp...
Oil
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H 24 in W 15 in D 1 in
"Red and Yellow Roses" Contemporary Impressionist Still Life Oil
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Red and Yellow Roses" is an beautiful oil painted from life in her studio in Provence by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures the brilliant red and yell...
Oil
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H 15 in W 24 in D 1 in
"La La Chisarette, Parc de la Vanoise" Contemporary Impressionist French Alps
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"La Chisarette, Parc de la Vanoise" is an beautiful oil painted on location in the French Alps by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures a timeless scene in...
Oil
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H 13 in W 18 in D 1 in
"Windy Day In Port Le Brusc" Contemporary Impressionist Oil Of French Riviera
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Bright sunny blues and colorful water reflections fill "Windy Day In Port Le Brusc," an exceptional oil painted on location in the Cote d'Azul, French Riviera by Maria Bertran, th...
Oil
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H 15 in W 29 in D 1 in
"Path To Les Grand Clements" Contemporary Impressionist Oil of Provence
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Path to Les Grand Clements" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran, this Contemporary Impressionist landscape captures the beauty of Summer in the So...
Oil
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H 12 in W 24 in D 1 in
"Apricot Blossoms In The Field" Modern Impressionist Oil Painting of Spain
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Apricot Blossoms In The Field" is an beautiful oil painted on location in Andalucia by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures a timeless scene in the South...
Oil
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H 15 in W 25 in D 1 in
"Beach In The Algarve, Portugal" Contemporary Impressionist Oil of Portugal
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Beach In The Algarve, Portugal" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Portugal by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures a timeless scene in the the...
Oil
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H 24 in W 32 in D 1 in
"Vaucluse Poppy Field" Contemporary Impressionist Oil of Provence
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Vaucluse Poppy Field" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran, this Contemporary Impressionist landscape captures the beauty of Spring in the South of...
Oil
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H 24 in W 32 in D 1 in
"House In The West of Ireland" Contemporary Impressionist Oil of Ireland
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"House In The West of Ireland" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Ireland by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist landscape captures the beauty of Summer in the W...
Oil