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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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Period: 20th Century
Style: Impressionist
Late 20th Century Oil Painting of Chesapeake Bay with Sailing Boats
Late 20th Century Oil Painting of Chesapeake Bay with Sailing Boats

Late 20th Century Oil Painting of Chesapeake Bay with Sailing Boats

Located in Soquel, CA

Late 20th Century Oil Painting of Chesapeake Bay with Sailing Boats by Q. B. Powell Striking vintage palette-knife painting of a quiet Chesapeake Bay harbor by regional artist Q. B....

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil, Masonite

1950s French Impressionist Oil Painting Beach Scene Vintage Sailing Boats Harbor
1950s French Impressionist Oil Painting Beach Scene Vintage Sailing Boats Harbor

1950s French Impressionist Oil Painting Beach Scene Vintage Sailing Boats Harbor

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Old Harbor French Impressionist artist, mid 20th century oil on canvas laid over board, framed painting: 9 x 9 inches framed: 9.5 x 9.5 inches condition: overall very good, a few...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Red Pepper and Garlic Still Life
Red Pepper and Garlic Still Life

Red Pepper and Garlic Still Life

By Eleanor Perry

Located in Soquel, CA

Red pepper and garlic still life by San Francisco artist Eleanor Perry (American, 20th century). Exhibited California Art Club; listed in Artists in Califor...

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1960s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Still Life with White and Yellow Floral Arrangement Original Oil on Canvas
Still Life with White and Yellow Floral Arrangement Original Oil on Canvas

Still Life with White and Yellow Floral Arrangement Original Oil on Canvas

Located in Soquel, CA

Still Life with White and Yellow Floral Arrangement Original Oil on Canvas Vibrant still life with thick impasto by Didi Fernandez (Filipino, 20th Century). A floral arrangement has...

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1990s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

20th Century French Oil Painting A Summer Beach Blue Skies
20th Century French Oil Painting A Summer Beach Blue Skies

20th Century French Oil Painting A Summer Beach Blue Skies

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

A Summer Beach French School, mid-late 20th century unsigned oil painting on canvas textured paper (reverse side is smooth, the painted side looks and feels as canvas), unframed over...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Corse (Corsica)
Corse (Corsica)

Corse (Corsica)

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Corse (Corsica)" c 1960, is an oil painting on hardboard by noted French artist Tony Cardella, 1898-1976. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. Th...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

American Impressionist Interior of the artists studio
American Impressionist Interior of the artists studio

American Impressionist Interior of the artists studio

By Marion Huse

Located in Woodbury, CT

A printmaker, painter, and commercial artist, Marion Huse created work that ranged from realism to abstraction and included portraits, figure subjects, landscapes, and floral still l...

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1960s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Sierra Nevada Spain Mountain Landscape Modernist Watercolour on Handmade Paper
Sierra Nevada Spain Mountain Landscape Modernist Watercolour on Handmade Paper

Sierra Nevada Spain Mountain Landscape Modernist Watercolour on Handmade Paper

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

**Title:** Sierra Nevada Spain Mountain Landscape Modernist Watercolour on Handmade Paper **Artist:** European School, 20th century **Medium:** Watercolour on handmade paper, unframed **Size:** 7.75 x 11.25 inches **Signature:** Unsigned **Stamped verso:** No stamp visible from the images provided **Provenance:** Private collection **Condition:** Fair to good vintage condition. The handmade paper shows age toning, surface marks, pinholes, creasing, handling wear and irregular deckled edges. There are visible losses, nicks and roughness to the lower edge, with further wear and small losses to the corners and outer margins. The painted image remains atmospheric, decorative and visually appealing. **Description:** A striking 20th century European School watercolour landscape, painted on textured handmade paper and inscribed verso **Sierra Nevada Spain**. The composition depicts a dramatic mountain range with snow-covered peaks, layered slopes and a dark band of distant cloud or sea beyond. The scene has a bold, simplified quality, combining the atmosphere of a travel study with the structure of a modernist landscape. The painting is particularly appealing for its graphic treatment of mountain forms. The artist reduces the Sierra Nevada view into broad planes of muted blue, grey, brown, ochre and cream, allowing the snowy ridges and angular slopes to stand out clearly against the darker background. The result is atmospheric yet design-led, with the mountain landscape arranged almost as a series of abstract colour fields. The handmade paper adds considerable character to the work. Its warm natural tone, visible fibres, pinholes and irregular deckled edges give the piece a tactile, artisanal quality, enhancing the sense of the painting as an original travel study or plein air-inspired work. The painted area sits within the sheet, leaving the surrounding handmade paper visible and giving the work a distinctive object-like presence. The verso inscription identifies the subject as **Sierra Nevada Spain**, giving the piece useful topographical and search appeal. The Sierra Nevada mountain range in southern Spain has long attracted artists and travellers for its dramatic peaks, changing light and contrast between high mountain scenery and warmer Mediterranean tones. This watercolour captures that sense of rugged landscape through a restrained but expressive palette. This original work would appeal to collectors of Spanish landscapes, Sierra Nevada paintings...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

"Fishing Schooners and Sailboats at a dock" Original Oil on Canvas
"Fishing Schooners and Sailboats at a dock" Original Oil on Canvas

"Fishing Schooners and Sailboats at a dock" Original Oil on Canvas

Located in Soquel, CA

Fishing Schooners and Sailboats at a dock, "Fischerschoner und Segelboote an einem Dock" by Rudolph Guba (German/American, 1884-1950) Impasto work which depicts several sailing ves...

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1940s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Flowers and Wine Still Life
Flowers and Wine Still Life

Flowers and Wine Still Life

By Molly E. Brubaker

Located in Soquel, CA

Oil on canvas painting of red, white, and yellow flowers in a vase next to a bottle of wine and a glass by California artist Molly E. Brubaker (American, 1922-2000). from aFcollecti...

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1980s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Still-Life with Green Drape
Mid Century Still-Life with Green Drape

Mid Century Still-Life with Green Drape

Located in Soquel, CA

Classic mid century still-life of a green drape with vase, by W. Gray (American, 20th Century). Dated and signed by the artist lower right, "57 W. Gray." ...

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1950s Impressionist Art

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Masonite, Oil

Nude Sitting
Nude Sitting

Nude Sitting

By Howard Rogers

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork "Sitting Nude" c.1990, is an oil painting on hardboard panel by noted American artist Howard Rogers, b.1932. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork (panel) size is 8.85 x 11.85 inches, framed size is 17.75 x 21 inches. Framed in original wooden gold and grey frame, with fabric liner and gold bevel. It is in excellent condition, the frame have very small minor restorations, practically invisible. About the artist: Howard Rogers wanted to be an artist for as long as he could remember. "I had no idea what an artist was when I was a kid," he laughs. "But I had a distant cousin who had gone to art school and I saw some of his drawings. They really impressed me." Born and raised in San Diego, California, Rogers now focuses on the future: "I kind of enjoy today and tomorrow and to heck with yesterday." While in high school, Rogers took some art classes and served as an apprentice sign painter, eventually becoming a journeyman. He was also a member of his high school track team, competing in the high jump, the hurdles and cross-country, as well as doing some bike racing. Following a stint in the Army, he began training for the Olympics in bike racing, trying out in 1948, 1952 and 1956. Today, "I ride a stationary bike in front of my easel three times a week." After trying out for the 1956 Olympics...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Vintage American Impressionist Framed Pansy Flower Still Life Oil Painting
Vintage American Impressionist Framed Pansy Flower Still Life Oil Painting

Vintage American Impressionist Framed Pansy Flower Still Life Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American impressionist oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent condition, ready...

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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Mother & Daughter by Lake Fine Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas framed
Mother & Daughter by Lake Fine Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas framed

Mother & Daughter by Lake Fine Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas framed

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Rest as the World Goes By Juan Soler, Spanish b.1951 signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 20 x 22 inches canvas: 13 x 16 inches provenance: private collection, London condi...

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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

'Cattle at Pasture', Danish Impressionist Landscape oil, Paris, France
'Cattle at Pasture', Danish Impressionist Landscape oil, Paris, France

'Cattle at Pasture', Danish Impressionist Landscape oil, Paris, France

By Gunnar Bundgaard

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Signed lower right, 'G. Bundgaard' for Gunnar Bundgaard (Danish, 1920-2005) and dated '57'. A light-filled, panoramic landscape showing Holstein cattle grazing in a grassy field beneath sun-lit clouds. This listed Danish painter first studied at Copenhagen's Gronvang School where he was particularly influenced by the romantic academic style of Niels Pederson...

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1950s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Vibrant Provence Landscape with Poppy Fields & Rustic Farmhouse Signed Oil
Vibrant Provence Landscape with Poppy Fields & Rustic Farmhouse Signed Oil

Vibrant Provence Landscape with Poppy Fields & Rustic Farmhouse Signed Oil

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Poppy Field in Provence French Impressionist, late 20th century signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 33 x 29 inches canvas: 26 x 32 inches Provenance: Private collection, France Cond...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

"Bluebonnets Texas Hill Country"
"Bluebonnets Texas Hill Country"

"Bluebonnets Texas Hill Country"

Located in San Antonio, TX

Robert Wood (G. Day) (1889 -1979) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 20 x 24 Frame Size: 29 x 33 Medium: Oil Signed Lower left "Bluebonnet" Biography Robert Wood (G. Day) (1889 -1979) A painter of realistic landscapes reflecting a vanishing wilderness in America, Robert Wood (not to be confused with Robert E. Wood) is reportedly one of the most mass-produced artists in the United States. His painting became so popular he was unable to meet all of the demands, and many of his works were reproduced in lithographs and mass distributed as prints, place mats, and wall murals by companies including Sears, Roebuck. He was born in Sandgate, Kent on the south coast of England near Dover, the son of W.L. Wood, a famous home and church painter who recognized and supported his son's talent. In fact, he forced his son to paint by keeping him inside to paint rather than playing with his friends. At age 12, Wood entered the South Kensington School of Art. As a youth, he came to the United States in 1910, having served in the Royal Army, and he never returned to England. He traveled extensively all over the United States, especially in the West, often in freight cars, and also painted in Mexico and Canada. His itinerant existence took him to Illinois where he worked as a farmhand, to Pensacola, Florida where he married, briefly in Ohio, Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. In 1912, he was in Los Angeles, and in the late 1920s and early 1930s, in San Antonio, Texas, where he lived and in 1928 exhibited in the "Texas Wildflower Competition." From San Antonio, he gained a national reputation for his strong colored, dramatic paintings. Some of that prestige has been credited to his association with Jose Arpa, prominent Texas artist. Wood also gave art lessons, and one of his students was Porfirio Salinas. During this period, Wood sometimes signed his paintings G. Day or Trebor, which is Robert spelled backwards. In 1941 he went to California and painted numerous desert and mountain landscapes and coastal scenes. He lived in Carmel for seven years, and then moved to Woodstock, New York, but he soon returned to California, settling first in Laguna Beach, then San Diego, and finally in the High Sierras, where he and his wife built a home and studio near Bishop and lived until his death in 1979. Robert Wood was born March 4, 1889, in Sandgate, England, a small town on the Kentish coast not far from the white cliffs of Dover. His father, W. J. Wood, was a successful painter who recognized Robert's unusual talent. At the age of twelve, his father enrolled Wood in art school in the small town of Folkstone. He then attended the South Kensington School of Art. While attending art school, Wood won four first awards and three second awards, one each year, a record. In 1910 after service in the Royal Army, nineteen-year-old Wood and his friend, Claude Waters, immigrated to America. Initially, he settled in Illinois and worked as a hired hand on a farm belonging to Water's uncle. He would then strike out on his own, living the life of an itinerant painter. Wood traveled as a hobo, hopping freight trains and selling or bartering small paintings to support him along the way. When times were hard, he worked at whatever job was available. In this manner, he saw most of the United States and fell in love with rural America. By 1912, Wood visited Los Angeles for the first time, arriving on the day of the Titanic tragedy. Later that year, he had met, courted and married young Eyssel Del Wagoner in Florida. The couple moved to Ohio where a daughter, Florence, was born. During World War I, the family moved to Seattle where a son, John Robert Wood, was born in 1919. In the early 1920's, the young Wood family was almost constantly on the move. They stayed for short periods in Kansas, Missouri, California and for a longer time in Portland, Oregon, where Wood's friend Claude Waters had settled. Wood's seemingly endless wanderings disrupted his family life and delayed his development as a painter. However, through his travels he developed an appreciation for the American landscape that would inspire him for the rest of his career. Although aware of the current movement away from traditional realism in American art, he elected to travel that solitary path and remain true to his own vision of American’s grandeur and beauty poetically translated through his landscape and seascape paintings. In 1923, the Wood family discovered the beautiful city of San Antonio, Texas and it was there that he and his family would finally settle. He studied briefly at the San Antonio Art School with Spanish colorist Jose Arpa y Perea (1860-1952), who had arrived in San Antonio that same year. In the latter part of the 1920’s, Jose Arpa’s influence quickly became evident. Wood after several years of experimentation was becoming fine easel painter, capable of great subtlety with a new mature original style. Like Texas painters Robert Onderdonk (1853-1917) and his son Julian Onderdonk (1882-1922), Robert Wood concentrated on the distinctive Texas landscape with its Red Oak trees and wildflowers that covered the hill country landscape. He developed a reputation for his scenes of Blue Bluebonnets, the state flower. In the spring, the Texas prairie is covered with wildflowers, especially in the hill country surrounding San Antonio and Austin. Wood incorporated native stone barns and rough wood farmhouses that added authenticity and romance to his compositions. In 1925, Wood was divorced from his wife. In 1932, he moved to the famous scenic loop on San Antonio's outskirts. While still living in Texas, he took extensive western sketching trips that brought him to California. It is evident that his 1930’s California...

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1950s Impressionist Art

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Oil

Mid-20th Century French Signed Oil Portrait of a Woman
Mid-20th Century French Signed Oil Portrait of a Woman

Mid-20th Century French Signed Oil Portrait of a Woman

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Portrait of a Young Woman French artist, mid 20th century signed oil on board, frames Framed: 29 x 23 inches Board : 22 x 15 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition:...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

American Impressionist Young Black Man Nicely Framed Oil Painting Portrait
American Impressionist Young Black Man Nicely Framed Oil Painting Portrait

American Impressionist Young Black Man Nicely Framed Oil Painting Portrait

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American oil painting portrait. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 22 by 28 inches overall, and 16 by 24 painting alone. Unsigned. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.

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1920s Impressionist Art

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Oil

Le Village Inspire, scenes from the Montmartre District of Paris, Utrillo 1950

Le Village Inspire, scenes from the Montmartre District of Paris, Utrillo 1950

By (after) Maurice Utrillo

Located in Paonia, CO

A street scene in the Parisian district of Montmartre created for the portfolio Le Village inspire, Chronique de la Boheme de Montmartre (1920-1950)..... after Maurice Utrillo edited by Vertex in 1950 and limited to 550 copies. Signed within the plate lithograph with hand coloured pochoir. The Le Village Inspire suite, which consisted of 12 pochoirs after the Utrillo gouaches...

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1950s Impressionist Art

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Screen

Superb French Impressionist Signed Oil Old Provencal Village, Stunning Frame
Superb French Impressionist Signed Oil Old Provencal Village, Stunning Frame

Superb French Impressionist Signed Oil Old Provencal Village, Stunning Frame

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: French Impressionist School, 20th century, indistinctly signed Title: Provencal country landscape Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, framed Size: framed: 2...

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20th Century Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Farmstead Lane - 1930's Figurative Landscape
Farmstead Lane - 1930's Figurative Landscape

Farmstead Lane - 1930's Figurative Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

1930's Figurative landscape oil painting of a woman walking down a path through a country farm by S.E George (American, 20th Century). Possibly a Wichita, Kansas artist...

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1930s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

French River Landscape Houses Red Roof Boat Fauvist Style Gouache Painting
French River Landscape Houses Red Roof Boat Fauvist Style Gouache Painting

French River Landscape Houses Red Roof Boat Fauvist Style Gouache Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: French River Landscape Houses Red Roof Boat Fauvist Style Gouache Painting Artist: M Teauveau (French, 20th century). Possible a pseudonym of Bernard Labbe Medium: Gouache on ...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Gouache

Pierre Montezin large French Impressionist painting, Apple Blossom on the Seine
Pierre Montezin large French Impressionist painting, Apple Blossom on the Seine

Pierre Montezin large French Impressionist painting, Apple Blossom on the Seine

By PIERRE EUGÈNE MONTEZIN, 1874 - 1946

Located in Harkstead, GB

This enchanting scene of blossoming apple trees by the banks of the Seine dates to the turn of the 19th Century. We see Montezin at his absolute best with wonderful brushwork and the...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Lucile White Vintage Oil painting on canvas, European Castle view, framed
Lucile White Vintage Oil painting on canvas, European Castle view, framed

Lucile White Vintage Oil painting on canvas, European Castle view, framed

Located in Palm Coast, FL

This is an original vintage oil painting on canvas by Lucile White. The central subject of the artwork is a castle or church, with a grand dome and an elaborate bell tower that pun...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Yokohama
Yokohama

Yokohama

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Yokohama" 1955, is an oil on canvas by noted Japanese artist Shigehiko Ishikawa, 1909-1994. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size ...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art

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Oil

Tropical Blue Water Lush Beach Scene Nicely Framed Seascape Summer Oil Painting
Tropical Blue Water Lush Beach Scene Nicely Framed Seascape Summer Oil Painting

Tropical Blue Water Lush Beach Scene Nicely Framed Seascape Summer Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American impressionist beach scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 27 by 31 inches overall and 20 by 24 painting alone. In excellent original condition...

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1910s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

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