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Sitting Pretty 2
By Wendy Westlake
Located in Boston, MA
Venerate “to hold in high regard”
What we value shapes how we have come to look at ourselves.
Artist statement: Youth, health, strength and beauty; these are things most Americans ...
Category
2010s Boston - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Crayon, Acrylic, Graphite
Miles of Lavender - Impressionist French Lavender Pastel Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Miles of Lavender
8.0 x 10.0 x 1.0, 1.0 lbs
Pastel on archival paper
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"I am obsessed with lavender fields! I love how they smell, the v...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Boston - Paintings
Materials
Pastel
"Chrysalis" by Dave Seeley, Figurative Oil Painting of Nude Female in Fetal Pose
Located in Denver, CO
Dave Seeley's "Chrysalis" is a 2022 oil painting on canvas mounted to panel, offering an intimate and immersive depiction of the human form in a tightly coiled, almost fetal posture....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Boston - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Canvas
Pas Si Love
By Benoit Trimborn
Located in Boston, MA
French artist Trimborn is renowned for his large-scale, stunning landscapes in oil on canvas. Trimborn, trained as an architect, categorizes his work as “contemporary impressionism”...
Category
2010s Boston - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Light Lawn" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Light Lawn
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Editi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Boston - Paintings
Materials
Oil
As Evening Approaches - Pastel Marsh Landscape Sunset Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
As Evening Approaches
10.0 x 8.0 x 1.0, 1.0 lbs
Pastel on archival paper
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"The sun was setting over the ocean and we were rushing to cat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Boston - Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Hunt Slonem "Golden Brush" Birds
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Golden Brush
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 53" x 33"
Framed Dimensions: 59.5" x 39.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique...
Category
2010s Contemporary Boston - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Atelier Porte Ouverte
By Philippe Charles Jacquet
Located in Boston, MA
Philippe Charles Jacquet is not simply a painter of landscapes; he is a creator. Jacquet has mastered the ability to combine what is real and what is imagined. As a result, his comp...
Category
2010s Boston - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Hunt Slonem "Oval 2" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Oval 2
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 14" x 10"
Framed Dimensions: 19.5" x 16.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Hunt...
Category
2010s Contemporary Boston - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Midnight" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Midnight
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Provena...
Category
2010s Contemporary Boston - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Lilliana" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Lilliana
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14"
Signature: Signed verso
Edition: Unique
Hunt S...
Category
2010s Contemporary Boston - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Poppies for Miles - Impressionist Pastel Poppy Field Landscape Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Poppies for Miles
10.0 x 8.0 x 0.1, 1.0 lbs
Pastel on archival paper
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"The photo reference was actually a field of daisies but I wanted ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Boston - Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Turning Tide
By Robert Baart
Located in Boston, MA
Robert Baart graduated from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 1969. A year later in 1970, Baart received the Clarissa Bartlett Traveling Scholarship for Alumni of the Museum s...
Category
2010s Boston - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
[Harbor View, Cape Ann]
By Leo Blake
Located in Boston, MA
From the estate of the artist.
Category
1930s Impressionist Boston - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
![[Harbor View, Cape Ann]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/leo-blake-paintings-harbor-view-cape-ann-for-sale/a_3973/1584453784893/25933_119_master.JPG?width=240 "leo blake")
Dancing in the divebar
By Brian Keith Stephens
Located in Boston, MA
As we navigating our daily lives, we must face thoughts, anxieties, joys and emotions from all three of these tenses, and often at the same time.
Seemingly opposite emotions -- lust...
Category
2010s Boston - Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Wax, Oil
Hunt Slonem "New Dawn Glisten" Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: New Dawn Glisten
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil & Acrylic w/ Diamond Dust on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 15" x 19"
Framed Dimensions: 18.5" x 22.5"
Signature:...
Category
2010s Contemporary Boston - Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
mer dans une brume rose
By Benoit Trimborn
Located in Boston, MA
French artist Trimborn is renowned for his large-scale, stunning landscapes in oil on canvas. Trimborn, trained as an architect, categorizes his work as “contemporary impressionism”...
Category
2010s Boston - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Park Group (Discussion)
By Jacob Kainen
Located in Boston, MA
Signed lower center: "Kainen". Inscribed verso: "Jacob Kainen/ 1966". Hemphill Fine Arts label verso.
Category
1960s Modern Boston - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Daffodils" Florals
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Daffodils
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 20" x 16"
Framed Dimensions: 24" x 20"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Proven...
Category
2010s Contemporary Boston - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Violets" Florals
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Violets
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 14"
Framed Dimensions: 12.5" x 16.5"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edition...
Category
2010s Contemporary Boston - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Thin Ice
By Robert Baart
Located in Boston, MA
Robert Baart graduated from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 1969. A year later in 1970, Baart received the Clarissa Bartlett Traveling Scholarship for Alumni of the Museum s...
Category
2010s Boston - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$10,500
Hunt Slonem "Daisey's" Florals
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Daisey's
Series: Florals
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 16" x 12"
Framed Dimensions: 19.5" x 15.5"
Signature: Signed
Edition:...
Category
2010s Contemporary Boston - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Queen For A Day - Impressionist Pastel Flower Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Queen For A Day
8.0 x 8.0 x 0.1, 1.0 lbs
Pastel on archival paper
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"Queen Ann's Lace always reminds me of summer. These beauties were ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Boston - Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Upstream
By Robert Baart
Located in Boston, MA
Robert Baart graduated from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 1969. A year later in 1970, Baart received the Clarissa Bartlett Traveling Scholarship for Alumni of the Museum s...
Category
2010s Boston - Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Interior of St. Mark’s Basilica, Venice
Located in Boston, MA
Signed lower right: “Irwin D. Hoffman”.
Category
1940s American Impressionist Boston - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
View of Segovia
By Ernest David Roth
Located in Boston, MA
Earnest David Roth, American (1879-1964), View of Segovia, Spain, circa 1922. Signed lower right: "E. D. Roth". Gallery label verso. Panting dimensions: 30.25 x 30.13 inches. Framed dimensions: 37.75 x 37.75 inches.
Roth studied painting at the National Academy of Design under Edgar Ward...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Boston - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled No. 740, 2025
By Jeremy Prim
Located in Boston, MA
In this painting, sharp lines cut across the horizon, creating a contrast with the beautiful blue sky that is dusted with clouds. This painting is perfect for fans of Jermey Prim, se...
Category
2010s Contemporary Boston - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
Renewal, Original Impressionist Landscape Pastel Painting on Board, 2021
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Renewal, Original Impressionist Landscape Painting, 2021
8" x 8" Pastel on Board
A peaceful energy emits from this contemporary pastel painting by artist Dina Gardner. The modern impressionist work focuses on the play of light upon the landscape, with undulating tones of greens, browns, and blues across the waterscape...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Boston - Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Board
Entre Nous - Impressionist Pastel Landscape Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Entre Nous
10.0 x 8.0 x 1.0, 1.0 lbs
Pastel on archival paper
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"'Entre Nous' is the fifth painting in my Wave Series. For this painting ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Boston - Paintings
Materials
Pastel
[Abstract Geometric Building]
By Jason Berger
Located in Boston, MA
Signed lower right: "Jason Berger". From the estate of the artist.
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Boston - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
![[Abstract Geometric Building]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/jason-berger-paintings-abstract-geometric-building-for-sale/a_3973/1656703517283/12_15_168_web_master.jpg?width=240 "Jason Berger - [Abstract Geometric Building]")
Ethereal
Located in Boston, MA
"Etheral" is part of the ongoing series Garden Narratives. Dexheimer, while consistent in her focus on shape, color, texture and form works simultaneously on several projects investi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Boston - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Graphite
New York Skyline
Located in Boston, MA
Canvas measures 23.5 x 26.5 inches. Brooklyn Bridge is seen in the foreground. Lower Manhattan skyline in distance.
Fred Wagner, a Philadelphia, PA painter and teacher was born in Valley Forge, PA on 20 December 1864 and died on 14 January 1940. He studied with Thomas Eakins at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Boston - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Night Sky" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Night Sky
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5"
Signature: Signed V...
Category
2010s Contemporary Boston - Paintings
Materials
Oil
"See No Evil" – Figurative Oil Painting of Nude Female Figure in Lace Blouse
Located in Denver, CO
Dave Seeley’s "See No Evil" is a powerful large-scale oil painting on canvas mounted to panel, capturing a moment of intimate vulnerability and introspective solitude. Measuring 44.5...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Boston - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Board
Hunt Slonem "Dafodil" Floral
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Dafodil
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5"
Signature: Signed verso
Edition: Unique
Hun...
Category
2010s Contemporary Boston - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Only A River's (Gonna Make Things Right), Original Signed Landscape Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Only A River's (Gonna Make Things Right), Original Impressionist Landscape Painting
9" x 12" (HxW) Pastel on Paper
Hand-signed by the artist.
A combination of an impressionist and expressionist landscape, Dina Gardner's interpretation of the light in this gesturally painted artwork gives an energy and vitality to the work, with the use of rich reds and purples to depict the mountain's rock face. The cool blue waters then re-center the work, grounding the composition and giving it a serene feel that calms the viewer.
Images with frames are examples only; this work comes unframed.
Artist Commentary:
I love music. I have it playing in my house and my studio all day long and I sing all day long. While traveling through the national parks in our RV this year, we were constantly listening to music and my head got stuck on an album from Bob Weir...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Boston - Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Hunt Slonem "4 Play Hutch" Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: 4 Play Hutch
Date: 2021
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 24" x 20"
Framed Dimensions: 27" x 23"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Hunt Sl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Boston - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape Variations No. 2 - Sardonic Interlude
By Ben Norris
Located in Boston, MA
Signed and dated lower left: "Ben Norris / 29 - XII - 50". With label verso: "Landscape Variations II - Sardonic Interlude / by Ben Norris". From the Estate of the Artist.
Exhibite...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Boston - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Rosamond" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Rosamond
Date: 2021
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 11.5" x 9.5"
Signature: Signed verso
Edition: Unique
Hun...
Category
2010s Contemporary Boston - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fumiko
By Holly Addi
Located in Boston, MA
Born in 1973, Holly Addi is an American painter living and working in Salt Lake City, Utah. In her most recent collection of works, Japandi, Addi’s abstracts (acrylic paint and charc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Boston - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$6,400
Hunt Slonem "Yellow Score" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Yellow Score
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 13" x 11"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Hu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Boston - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Postcards from Portugal
By Jason Berger
Located in Boston, MA
Signed and dated lower right: “jason berger 2003”. From the estate of the artist.
Boston Expressionist painter Jason Berger began visiting Portugal in the early half of the 1970s and would return for a part of almost every summer for the next twenty years, before moving there permanently in 1994. Berger painted mostly in the Algarve, Portugal's southernmost region known for its beautiful beaches and sparkling water...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Boston - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Island Girls - Impressionist Flower Pastel Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Island Girls
9.0 x 12.0 x 0.1, 1.0 lbs
Pastel on archival paper
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"I love the pop of a pink underpainting as it reveals itself under all...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Boston - Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Ohana Heart Flower Chan
By Campbell La Pun
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: La Pun, Campbell
Title: Ohana Heart Flower Chan
Series: Mish Mash
Date: 2024
Medium: Aerosol on panel
Unframed Dimensions: 46.75" x 33.25"
Signature: Signed
Edition: ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Boston - Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint
A Painting of Adaline Glasheen as a Writer's Muse
By Alexander Brook
Located in Boston, MA
Signed lower right: 'A.Brook '59'.
Painted in Sag Harbor, Long Island in 1959. Adeline (Adaline) Glasheen was a writer. She was a friend of the artist and worked in literary circle...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Boston - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape 2008.6
By Luc Leestemaker
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Leestemaker, Luc
Title: Landscape 2008.6
Date: 2008
Medium: Mixed Media
Unframed Dimensions: 48" x 48"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Boston - Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Helios
By Holly Addi
Located in Boston, MA
Holly Addi is an American painter living and working in Salt Lake City, Utah. In her most recent collection of works, Japandi, Addi’s abstracts (acrylic paint and charcoal on canvas)...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Boston - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$4,400
Amelia and Her Kittens
Located in Boston, MA
Signed and dated lower right: "Trachtman 6-7-62". Signed and titled verso: "Trachtman 'Amelia & Her Kittens'". From the estate of the artist.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Boston - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Field of Dreams - Impressionist Landscape Pastel Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Field of Dreams
10.0 x 8.0 x 1.0, 1.0 lbs
Pastel on archival paper
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"Continuing to explore homemade, textured boards and really enjoying...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Boston - Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Discussion
By Jacob Kainen
Located in Boston, MA
Signed lower left: "Kainen". Inscribed verso: "Park Musicians- Discussion Jacob Kainen '65".
Category
1960s Modern Boston - Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
$13,750
Blue Bowl with Lemons - Impressionist Pastel Still Life Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Blue Bowl with Lemons
10.0 x 8.0 x 0.1, 1.0 lbs
Pastel on archival paper
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"This painting is a great teacher of color harmony, creating ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Boston - Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Manoa Rainforest XXXII: Hala and Wave 2
By Ben Norris
Located in Boston, MA
Ben Norris’ vibrant landscapes teem with creeping vines, tropical flowers, and encroaching vegetation. His watercolors and paintings of tranquil gardens and lush rainforests transpor...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Boston - Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Carbon, Oil on Canvas, 2014
By Lloyd Martin
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Lloyd Martin
Title: Carbon
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 66 x 72 inches
Year: 2014
American artist Lloyd Martin, known internationally for his rhyt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Boston - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Tulip Perk" Floral
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Tulip Perk
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.25" x 12.25"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Proven...
Category
2010s Contemporary Boston - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Saturday in the park - Original Pastel Flower Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Saturday in the park
6.0 x 6.0 x 1.0, 1.0 lbs
Pastel on archival paper
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"This sweet little 6x6 has some great detail in it! Zoom in on t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Boston - Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Tapestry V
By Thomas Darsney
Located in Boston, MA
Thomas Darsney’s paintings reveal a palpable tension between the tactile sensuousness of fabric and the subdued brushstrokes of paint made flesh. United by this visual juxtaposition,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Boston - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Beginnings of a Bluebird Day - Impressionist Pastel Landscape Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Beginnings of a Bluebird Day
8.0 x 10.0 x 0.1, 1.0 lbs
Pastel on archival paper
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"I love catching a morning sunrise with all the pink v...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Boston - Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Coronation
By Ben Norris
Located in Boston, MA
Signed and dated top right: “Norris (c) 1982”. With label verso: “Ben Norris, 1982 / Coronation / watercolor, 52 x 31 1/4 inches”.
As a teacher, academic, and artist, Ben Norris had...
Category
20th Century American Modern Boston - Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
TR.2004.12
By Luc Leestemaker
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Leestemaker, Luc
Title: TR.2004.12
Date: 2004
Medium: Mixed Media
Unframed Dimensions: 40" x 40"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Boston - Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Goddess, Greenland, melted
By Karen Lee Sobol
Located in Boston, MA
In the face of the devastating effects of climate change, Karen Lee Sobol is determined to remain an optimist. Her paintings reflect a positivity born from deep admiration for the na...
Category
2010s Contemporary Boston - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
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