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Impressionist Art

IMPRESSIONIST STYLE

Emerging in 19th-century France, Impressionist art embraced loose brushwork and plein-air painting to respond to the movement of daily life. Although the pioneers of the Impressionist movement — Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Paul Cézanne, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir — are now household names, their work was a radical break with an art scene led and shaped by academic traditions for around two centuries. These academies had oversight of a curriculum that emphasized formal drawing, painting and sculpting techniques and historical themes.

The French Impressionists were influenced by a group of artists known as the Barbizon School, who painted what they witnessed in nature. The rejection of pieces by these artists and the later Impressionists from the salons culminated in a watershed 1874 exhibition in Paris that was staged outside of the juried systems. After a work of Monet’s was derided by a critic as an unfinished “impression,” the term was taken as a celebration of their shared interest in capturing fleeting moments as subject matter, whether the shifting weather on rural landscapes or the frenzy of an urban crowd. Rather than the exacting realism of the academic tradition, Impressionist paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings represented how an artist saw a world in motion.

Many Impressionist painters were inspired by the perspectives in imported Japanese prints alongside these shifts in European painting — Édouard Manet drew on ukiyo-e woodblock prints and depicted Japanese design in his Portrait of Émile Zola, for example. American artists such as Mary Cassatt and William Merritt Chase, who studied abroad, were impacted by the work of the French artists, and by the late 19th century American Impressionism had its own distinct aesthetics with painters responding to the rapid modernization of cities through quickly created works that were vivid with color and light.

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Style: Impressionist
Road Trip, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Thank you for your interest in my work. This painting was created using professional quality oil paints on a 100% cotton canvas board. It is singed on the front and back and comes wi...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Explorer - Ship Art - 140x50cm, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
“One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.â€
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

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Acrylic

20th Century Portrait of Woman Head & Shoulders Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

20th Century French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Crashing Waves French Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Impressionist artist, 20th century Crashing Waves signed oil on board, unframed board: 13 x 18 inches provenance: private collection condition: very good and sound condition
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Road Trip 3, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The painting was created using professional quality oil paints on a 100% cotton canvas panel. It is singed on the front and back and it comes with signed Certificate of Authenticity....
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Ray Simonini "Raw" 8x10 Oyster Shell Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This painting by artist Ray Simonini titled "Raw" is a 8x10 nautical oil painting on canvas featuring a close-up of an oyster shell against a calm soft grey and vibrant yellow backgr...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Listed Artist H.Schafer 1887 original Antique oil painting, ULM cityscape
Located in Framingham, MA
Up For Sale This Beautiful Original Antique Oil Painting On canvas depicting the European town Ulm with a cathedral. Ulm is a city in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germa...
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Ray Simonini "Shucked" 8x10 Oyster Shell Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This painting by artist Ray Simonini titled "Shucked" is a 8x10 nautical oil painting on canvas featuring a close-up of an oyster shell against a calm soft grey and cool vibrant blue...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ray Simonini "Shy is the Oyster" 8x10 Shell Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This painting by artist Ray Simonini titled "Shy is the Oyster" is a 8x10 nautical oil painting on canvas featuring a close-up of an oyster shell against a calm soft grey background....
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French School - PS 238 Le temps des jonquilles - Oil Impressionist Signed
Located in Sempach, LU
PS 238 Le temps des Jonquilles ou l'art de montrer son dos. Portrait of a woman with back naked. Structural analysis: Such as Impressionist painting, the subject is firstly a stu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Ink, Oil, Acrylic

Mid Century French Illustration Sketch Of Butterflies Wallpaper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Gouache

French Impressionist Tablescape Still Life Watercolour
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Impressionist watercolour on paper view of a colourful tablescape still life by Henri Clamen. The painting is not signed but was acquired form the atelier of the artist with o...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

"APPROCHING STORM" WESTERN FRAMED 27.5 X 33.5
Located in San Antonio, TX
Fred Darge (1900-1978) Dallas Image Size: 18 x 24 Frame Size: 27.5 x 33.5 Medium: Oil on Board "Approaching Storm" Biography Fred Darge (1900-1978) Friedrich Ernst Darge Born: March ...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Large 1970's French Impressionist Pastel Figure In Côte d'Azur Nice Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape signed by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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1970s Impressionist Art

Materials

Pastel, Wax Crayon

Huge 1920's British Portrait of Young Girl in Interior Signed & Dated Oil Paint
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Micky" by John Young-Hunter (British 1874-1955) signed and dated 1920 oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 50 x 31 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very good and soun...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Yellow Umbrella, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Thank you very much for your interest in my work. The painting was created using professional quality oil paints on a 100% cotton canvas panel. It is singed on the front and back and...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Sola Puig 22 Trumpet Mimosas and Book Original impressionist
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
trumpet. Mimosas and book Original impressionist oil canvas painting. framed Sola PUIG, Joan (Barcelona 1950 ) Joan SOLÁ paints in a natural way, which reflects the Old Masters, s...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Afternoon Colors, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The painting was created using professional quality oil paints on a 100% cotton canvas panel. It is singed on the front and back and it comes with signed Certificate of Authenticity....
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Large 1970's French Impressionist Pastel Cows Munching On Summer Green Grass
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape signed by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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1970s Impressionist Art

Materials

Pastel, Wax Crayon

Dance With Me, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
My paintings are based on studies I painted on location and photographs I captured while traveling and wandering in nature. The painting was created using professional quality oil...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Feather Fracture, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
It is an ORIGINAL painting not a print or reproduction or mass produced art! I personally pack my artworks. All necessary arrangements are made to make sure your paintings arrive saf...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Morisot, Berthe Morisot et sa fille, Berthe Morisot Seize Aquarelles (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and Stencil on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Berthe Morisot Sei...
Category

1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Stencil, Lithograph

Morisot, Au Jardin des Tuileries, Berthe Morisot Seize Aquarelles (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and Stencil on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Berthe Morisot Sei...
Category

1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Stencil, Lithograph

Mid Century French Glass Ornament In Yellow Box Gouache Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Glass Ornament Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Gouache

Harbour Seascape - Scottish Edwardian Impressionist art marine oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Edwardian Impressionist oil painting by Scottish listed artist James Campbell Noble RSA. Painted circa 1910 the composition is a harbour scene with trees to the right, nu...
Category

1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Summer Afternoon Firth of Clyde - British exh figurative seascape oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely Scottish exhibited seascape oil painting is by noted Scottish artist Patrick Downie. It was painted in 1914 and exhibited at the Glasgow Institute of Fine art that year e...
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1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Female Bather (Nude Women)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Ann Brockman (1895–1943) was an American artist who achieved success as a figurative painter following a successful career as an illustrator. Born in California, she spent her childh...
Category

1930s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Basking in the Sun, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Thank you very much for your interest in my work. The painting was created using professional quality oil paints on a 100% cotton canvas panel. It is singed on the front and back and...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

1930s French Impressionist Watercolour of a Forest and Mountain Landscape
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Impressionist watercolour on paper view of a colourful forest and mountain landscape by Henri Clamen. The painting is signed bottom right. A charming view of a colourful moun...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Original Antique oil painting on canvas, Rural Landscape, Unsigned, Gold Frame
Located in Framingham, MA
This oil painting depicting a serene rural landscape from an earlier century. The scene is composed of pastoral tranquility, featuring a gentle stream meandering under a simple woode...
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Mid Century French Illustration Blue Leafs Design Wallpaper Design
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Gouache

"SET OF 5 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE COWBOYS OF CUTOUT RANCH"
Located in San Antonio, TX
Walter Shelly Phillips (1867-1940) Chicago Illustrator Image Size: 11 x 16 Frame Size: 18 x 23 Medium: Ink and Watercolor on Paper Copyright 1915
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1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

The last rays. Berth. Dassia. Corfu. Greece.
Located in Sempach, LU
In crafting this piece, I infused my canvas with a symphony of warm hues and harmonious strokes to evoke the serene embrace of dusk's light caressing the tranquil waters. Each brush ...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Sola Puig 13 TRUMPET AND MIMOSA original impressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
TRUMPET AND MIMOSA original impressionist acrylic painting. SOLÁ paints in a natural way, which reflects the Old Masters, soaking up the colour, air, smell and the pure scent of hi...
Category

1990s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Tom Nicholas, N.A., AWS, figure and landscape painting "Wash Day, Vermont"
Located in Rockport, MA
A wonderful 16"x20" Tom Nicholas. Tom Nicholas, N.A., AWS was born in Middletown, Connecticut in 1934. From 1953 to 1956 he was a scholarship student at the School of Visual Arts, N...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

White Ducks Swimming in Pond Contemporary English Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Swimming Ducks English Impressionist, 21st century oil on board, unframed board : 8 x 10 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very good and sound condition
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"CREEK IN LEON VALLEY" SAN ANTONIO TEXAS FRAMED 26.25 X 40.25
Located in San Antonio, TX
Carl Hoppe 1897-1981 San Antonio Artist Image Size: 22 x 36 Frame Size: 26.25 x 40.25 Medium: Oil on Canvas "Creek in Leon Valley" Biography Carl Hoppe 1897-1981 Carl Thomas Hoppe...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"HILL COUNTRY CREEK" TEXAS AUTUMN FRAMED 30.5 X 42.5
Located in San Antonio, TX
Pedro Lazcano (1909-1970) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 24 x 36 Frame Size: 30.5 x 42.5 Medium: Oil "Hill Country Creek" Pedro Lazcano (1909-1970) I was always curious about Pedro L...
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1960s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Birds Flying Over Dappled Light Over Still Harbour 1970s French Pastel Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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1970s Impressionist Art

Materials

Pastel, Wax Crayon

Sola Puig 9 Coast Marine the Tower original impressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
the tower original impressionist acrylic painting. SOLÁ PUIG paints in a natural way, which reflects the Old Masters, soaking up the colour, air, smell and the pure scent of his en...
Category

1990s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"BLUEBONNET PATH WITH HUISACHE" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY FRAMED 25.5 X 31.5
Located in San Antonio, TX
Pedro Lazcano (1909-1970) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 18 x 24 Frame Size: 25.5 x 31.5 Medium: Oil "Bluebonnet Path" Pedro Lazcano (1909-1970) I was always curious about Pedro Lazc...
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1960s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"HILL COUNTRY HOME" TEXAS FRAMED 27.25 X 31.25 TEXAS HILL COUNTRY
Located in San Antonio, TX
Pedro Lazcano (1909-1970) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 20 x 24 Frame Size: 27.25 x 31.25 Medium: Oil "Hill Country Home" Pedro Lazcano (1909-1970) I was always curious about Pedro ...
Category

1960s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"SPRINGTIME" CATALONIA SPAIN FRAMED 20 X 23
Located in San Antonio, TX
Jose Vives-Atsara (1919-2004) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 9 x 12 Frame Size: 20 x 23 Medium: Oil Applied by Palette Knife on Canvas Dated 1982 "Springtime" Catalonia, Spain Biogra...
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1980s Impressionist Art

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Oil

Morisot, Arbres roux, Berthe Morisot Seize Aquarelles (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and Stencil on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Berthe Morisot Sei...
Category

1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Stencil, Lithograph

"'BLUEBONNET FIELDS" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY FRAMED 29.5 X 41.5
Located in San Antonio, TX
Dwight Holmes (1900-1986) Fort Worth, San Angelo Artist Image Size: 24 x 36 Frame Size: 29.5 x 41.5 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dated 1976 "Bluebonnet Fields" Biography Dwight Holmes (190...
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1970s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"BLUEBONNET FENCE" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY FRAMED 15.25 X 18.25
Located in San Antonio, TX
Manuel Garza (Born 1949) Texas Artist Image Size: 9 x 12 Frame Size: 15.25 x 18.25 Medium: Oil on Canvas "Bluebonnet Fence" Biography Manuel Garza (Born 1949) Growing up in Central T...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Anarchy. Contemporary Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
ANARCHY oil on canvas 120 x 60 cm + edge frame Penny was not in her best mood. She was feeling frustrated and angry so instead of grumbling at her nearest and dearest she took her f...
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2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"COREOPSIS & CACTI" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY WILDFLOWERS 40 X 50 FRAMED BORN 1949
Located in San Antonio, TX
Robert Harrison (Born 1949) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 30 x 40 Frame Size: 40 X 50 Medium: Oil on Canvas "Coreopsis and Cacti" Texas Hill Country Biography Robert Harrison (Born ...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

English Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Sailing Yacht at Sea with Tug Boat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
J. Wingate, British mid 20th century signed & dated oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 21.5 x 27.5 inches canvas: 18 x 24 inches provenance: private collection, English condition...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Morisot, Bibi dans sa voiture au bois, Berthe Morisot Seize Aquarelles (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and Stencil on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Berthe Morisot Sei...
Category

1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Stencil, Lithograph

Mid Century French Illustration Viola Canina Watercolour Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Botanical Sketch Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

Sola puig Town on the Coast Bay Beach original impressionist
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Sola puig. town on the coast. bay. beach original impressionist original impressionist acrylic painting. SOLÁ paints in a natural way, which reflects the Old Masters, soaking up ...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Art

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Oil

"BLUEBONNETS VALLEY" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY FRAMED 31 X 55 BORN 1949 HEAVY IMPASTO
Located in San Antonio, TX
Robert Harrison (Born 1949) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 24 x 48 Frame Size: 31.25 x 55.25 Medium: Oil on Canvas "Bluebonnet Valley" Texas Hill Country Biography Robert Harrison (B...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Art

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Oil

"A TEXAS TRAIL" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY FRAME 30 x 36 BLOOMING PRICKLY PEAR BORN 1949
Located in San Antonio, TX
Robert Harrison (Born 1949) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 24 x 30 Frame Size: 30 x 36 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dated 2010 "A Texas Trail" Hill Country Blooming Prickly Pear Cactus Biog...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Landscape painting by Rockport Artist Tom Nicholas b. 1934 "By the Sea, Acadia"
Located in Rockport, MA
Tom Nicholas, N.A., AWS was born in Middletown, Connecticut in 1934. From 1953 to 1956 he was a scholarship student at the School of Visual Arts, New York City. In 1961 he received a...
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20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Mid Century French Illustration Yellow Daffodil Watercolour Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

D.S. Lozano Vintage Oil Painting on canvas, Still Life of Died duck and fruits
Located in Framingham, MA
Up for sale is a beautiful original vintage oil painting on canvas depicting a sumptuously detailed still life oil painting, featuring a diverse arrangement of fruits and a deceased ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"Bagno Vignoni" impressionist painting of Italian village architecture
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Bagno Vignoni" is a contemporary impressionist painting of an Italian village and its beautiful architecture. Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, California. Even in hi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

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