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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
Period: 1940s
Paysage de marais - Impressionist Riverscape Oil Painting by Alexandre Jacob
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1940 by popular French impressionist painter Alexandre Louis Jacob. The piece depicts an autumnal landscape of marshland beside the River Seine i...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Marecages en Seine et Marne - Impressionist Riverscape Oil by Alexandre Jacob
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1940 by popular French impressionist painter Alexandre Louis Jacob. The piece depicts workers loading wood onto a cart being pulled by a white ho...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Bridge Nocturne oil painting by Johann Berthelsen
Located in Hudson, NY
One of Johann Berthelsen's iconic nocturne views of New York City across the Hudson River. Bridge Nocturne (c.1945) Oil on canvas, 22" x 28" 29 ½" x 36" x 2" framed Signed "Johann ...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Alpine Landscape - 20th Century Impressionist Snowy Winter Canadian Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful 1940's impressionist oil on canvas laid on board depicting a snow covered Alpine Landscape by Canadian RA artist Adolphus George Broomfield. This excellent quality and c...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil

Ecole de Paris Mid 20th Century Pont Royal Bridge
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris, France: The Pont Royal by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) signed lower right watercolour and gouache painting on artist's paper, unframed Image: 12 x 8.75 inches, sheet 16 x 12.25 ...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Watercolor, Gouache

Stowe Vermont Village Sleigh Ride, Mid Century Winter Figurative Landscape
By Walter Thomas Sacks
Located in Soquel, CA
Stowe Vermont Village Sleigh Ride - Mid Century Winter Figurative Landscape A bright, crisp morning and a sleigh ride through new snow in Stowe, Vermont...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century Figurative -- The Paper Boy and His Comics
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful 1940s figurative of paper boy reading the comics by Louise Miller Clark (American, 20th Century). Signed "Louise Miller" lower right. Unframed. Im...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Cardboard, Canvas, Oil

Ecole de Paris Mid 20th Century City Architectural Winter Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris: City Winter Scene by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) watercolour and gouache painting with charcoal on artist's paper, unframed Sheet: 9.75 x 13.5 inches Intriguing painting by the...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Charcoal, Watercolor, Gouache

Degas, Dancer at the bar, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Degas, A Portfolio Of 10 Rep...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

Degas, Le Bain, Les Monotypes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Engraving on Marais vélin paper. Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, E. Degas Les Monotype...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

'River Landscape', French Impressionist, Musée d'Art Moderne, Salon d'Automne
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'F. Laval' for Fernand Laval (French, 1886-1966) and dated 1948. Born in Dordogne, Fernand Laval arrived in Paris at the age of 26 to study art and, during the e...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Degas, Melina Darde, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Degas, A Portfolio Of 10 Rep...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

James Torrington Bell, Autumnal Landscape With Dwellings
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This mid-20th-century oil painting by Scottish artist James Torrington Bell (1892-1970) depicts a wooded view in Autumn with nearby dwellings. It’s a picturesque scene, which evokes ...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Antique American Impressionist Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner Still Life Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist still life painting. Oil on board. Framed.
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Degas, Dancer standing, in profile, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Degas, A Portfolio Of 10 Rep...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

Vintage American Modernist New England Beach Dune Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Well painted mid 1900's impressionist beach scene painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Degas, Three dancers, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Degas, A Portfolio Of 10 Rep...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

Degas, Dancer arranging her dress, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Degas, A Portfolio Of 10 Rep...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

La Maison, Normandie by Paulémile Pissarro - Drawing of a countryside house
Located in London, GB
La Maison, Normandie by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972) Pencil on paper 24 x 32 cm (9 ¹/₂ x 12 ⁵/₈ inches) Signed lower left, Paulémile- Pissarro This work is accompanied by a certif...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Pencil, Paper

Degas, Dancer touching her earring, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Degas, A Portfolio Of 10 Rep...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

Degas, Dancer at the bar, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Degas, A Portfolio Of 10 Rep...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

Degas, Four sketches of a small dancer, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Degas, A Portfolio Of 10 Rep...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

Degas, Seated dancer, removing her slipper, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Degas, A Portfolio Of 10 Rep...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

Degas, Sketch of Dancers, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Degas, A Portfolio Of 10 Rep...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

Antique American School Impressionist WPA Woman Ballerina Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted early 1900's oil painting. by Richard Hook. Great color and composition. Nicely framed.
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

1942 FEMALE American ATMOSPHERIC Impressionist PHILADELPHIA Skyline Painting
By Inna Garsoian
Located in New York, NY
Inna Garsoian (1896-1984), a famous female American artist exhibited at many museums throughout the world, especially in the United States Inna Garsoian exhibited on Nantucket at th...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil

Summer day. Oil on canvas, 69x54 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Summer day. Oil on canvas, 69x54 cm Peteris Rungis (1893.23.II – 1967.23.II, Latvia) Since 1912 studied at Studio of J. Madernieks, at period of 1st World war – studied to Estonian...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Countryside of France, Original Oil on cardboard, Impressionist style, signed
Located in PARIS, FR
*Dimensions include the frame This oil on cardboard by Robert Hofer (1885-1942), created in 1942, exudes the characteristic vibrancy and textural depth that is reminiscent of Impres...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Cardboard, Oil

Mid Century Southwest Desert Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Southwest Desert Landscape in Oil on Canvas Vast Southwest plein air landscape of a desert scene with mountains, cacti, and other desert plants by California artist C. G...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Donkey Rides - Impressionist Figures in Landscape Oil by Jules Rene Herve
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures and animals in cityscape oil on canvas circa 1940 by French impressionist painter Jules Rene Herve. This large piece depicts a view of Paris on a bright summer's day. ...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Hermosa Beach Coastline - Watercolor On Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Hermosa Beach Coastline - Watercolor On Paper Watercolor painting depicting the Hermosa Beach coastline by California artist F.J. Whitlock (American, B- 1923 ). Vibrant hues of blue...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Paper, Watercolor

Chartres - English Impressionist France Town Landscape Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful signed and dated 1940 impressionist oil on canvas depicting the city Chartres in northern France with it's famous cathedral, by Faith Ashford. The work has a wonderful p...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Place de l'Opera - Impressionist Cityscape Oil Painting by Jules Rene Herve
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist figures in cityscape oil on canvas circa 1940 by French painter Jules Rene Herve. This bustling evening scene depicts a view of The Place de l'Opera square in Pa...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

59th Street Bridge, Pennsylvania Impressionist Watercolor Cityscape
Located in Doylestown, PA
"59th Street Bridge" is a 22" x 30" watercolor on paper cityscape of the Brooklyn Bridge and city skyline, painted by Pennsylvania Impressionist and...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Homestead, Regional American Landscape by Pennsylvania Impressionist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Homestead" is a regional, American landscape by Pennsylvania Impressionist and New Hope School painter Harry Leith-Ross. The painting is a 14" x 19" watercolor on paper, signed "Lei...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Red Landscape with trees, Original Gouache on Paper, Impressionist style
Located in PARIS, FR
*Dimensions include the frame This French artwork from around 1940 exhibits a vivid, expressive style, reminiscent of Vincent van Gogh's post-Impressionist works. The robust, swirli...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Gouache, Laid Paper

Vintage European Harbor Framed Original Signed Seascape Venice Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on board. Framed. Signed illegibly.
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Antique American Large Impressionist Flower Still Life Woman Artist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist flower still life painting. Nice detail and thick impasto. Oil on canvas. Housed in a stunning gold leaf Paul Carter Goodnow frame.
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

New England Winter Forest Snow Landscape Silver Frame Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted and highly detailed winter landscape painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed.
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

20th Century French Forest Landscape Oil painting Signed
Located in Sempach, LU
Landscape of Fontainebleau Georges Bousquet Moret (1904-1976) was, first, an engineer passionate about arts. This passion led him to devote his f...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Antique European Tropical Framed Impressionist Mountain Town Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 11H x 9L.
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Castle at riverside, Original French Watercolor, Impressionist style
Located in PARIS, FR
*Dimensions include the frame This French watercolor from around 1940 captures a picturesque view reminiscent of the Impressionist penchant for natural light and landscape scenes. ...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

White and Purple Dahlias Floral Still Life in Oil on Linen on Illustration Board
Located in Soquel, CA
White and Purple Dahlias - Floral Still Life in Oil on Illustration Board Delicate still life of dahlias in a green vase by Gertrud Stimming ...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Linen, Illustration Board

Self Portrait - Mid 20th Century French Impressionist Oil on Panel Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful signed and dated 1943 French impressionist oil on panel self portrait by Charles Picart le Doux, who was friends with Picasso, Pissarro and many other Paris based artists...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Wood Panel, Oil

A Quiet River - Oil on Canvas by A. Whipple
Located in Soquel, CA
A Quiet River - Oil on Canvas Oil painting depicting a river flowing through a grove of trees. Vibrant green trees surround the river, hues of deep greens make up the trees to the l...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

"The Rose" - Mid Century Figure with Roses by Gundel
Located in Soquel, CA
Substantial period mid century portrait of a woman with roses by Gundel (Hungarian, 19-20th century). Signed lower left. Oil on Canvas. Image, 16"H x 12"W.
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Against The Tide in Style of Edgar Alwin Payne - Oil on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
Against The Tide - Oil On Linen Oil painting of the California coastline at sunset in the style of Edgar Alwin Payne (American, 1883-1947). Deep grey clouds pose in the top corners with hues of pink light shining through. Choppy waves crash against deep red and brown rocks, as the whites of the wave hurl upward. The ocean shows tones of green, blue and yellow as the sunlight shines from above. Condition: professionally restored, previous reline onto Masonite with edge and corner wear. New UV resisting, non yellowing varnish applied. Unsigned. Unframed. Oil on linen on masonite. Image: 16"H x 30"W Edgar Alwin Payne was an American painter known for his landscapes, seascapes and western paintings. He was born in Washburn, Missouri on March 1, 1882, and began painting at the age of 14. He began his career by designing and painting scenery for the stage, and murals for homes and theaters. Primarily a self taught artist, he did though study briefly at the Art Institute in Chicago. Recognized as one of California's leading landscape artists, Payne earned the respect of his peers and art critics for his Impressionistic landscapes painted in the plein-air style. Possessing a reverence for nature, he especially loved the mountains. Frequently he took pack horses in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range to the upper lakes to sketch and paint, there he glorified the areas majestic peaks and cobalt blue lakes. Payne Lake was named in his memory. Drawn to Europe, Payne trekked to and painted the elevated heights of the Swiss Alps, the colorful fishing boats of Concarneau Harbor and Brittany, France and the picturesque sailing vessels of Chioggia, Venice, Italy. He spent time capturing on canvas Arizona's Canyon De Chelly and Navajo horsemen traversing the region's arid tablelands. He painted California...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Linen, Oil, Masonite

Impressionist landscape oil painting Spain spanish Europe
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Juan Bautista Porcar (1889-1974) - Impressionist landscape - Oil Oil measurements 15x23 cm. Frame measurements 29x37 cm. Juan Bautista Porcar Ripollés (Castellón de la Plana, April ...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil

Reclining Nude - Industrial Scene Verso - Scottish 1940's portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This interesting British 1940's oil painting is attributed to Harry Jefferson Barnes. Barnes trained at the Slade School of Art and later went on to become Director of the Glasgow Sc...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil

Mid Century Country House Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid watercolor of a country house and grove of trees in a rural landscape of rolling green hills, with farm animals in the distance, by California artist Rene Weaver (American, 189...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Paper, Watercolor

Antique Canadian Signed Impressionist Forest Interior Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvasboard. Framed. Image size, 16H x 20L. Signed.
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century --Fields and Foothills Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Lovely landscape by Tarmo Pasto. Signed and dated "1948" on the bottom right. Unframed. Image size: 25"H x 30"W. Dr. Tarmo Pasto was born on July 27, 1906 in Monessen, Pennsylvania, of Finnish descent. Tarmo Pasto was a psychologist and artist, who taught psychology and art through the 1970s at California State College at Sacramento since the schools inception. He also authored a book on art, The Space-Frame Experience in Art, published in 1964. He, however, was mainly known to the world for introducing the works of one of his psychology patients, Martin Ramirez...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Yellow Rose Bouquet Still Life - Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Yellow Rose Bouquet Still Life - Watercolor on Paper Watercolor still life painting depicting a bouquet of yellow roses surrounded by an all green backgroun...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Watercolor, Paper

Mid-Century Big Sur Rocky Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic seascape along rocky Big Sur beach with surf by Willard Little (American, 20th century), circa 1940. Aqua blue water, both shallow and deep, reflects the golden sunlight. Are...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas, Cardboard

Mid Century Desert Landscape -- Adobe House at Black Canyon, Arizona
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful desert canyon landscape of Black Canyon, Arizona featuring Adobe home in foreground by Claire McAnear (American, 1989 - 1986), 1945. Presented in aged gilt-toned wood fram...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Acrylic, Canvas, Cardboard

Tropical Still Life with Green Pot and Ukulele in Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Soquel, CA
Tropical Still Life with Green Pot and Ukulele in Oil on Canvas Vibrant still life by Santa Cruz County artist N. Weber (20th Century). There are ...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Wood Panel, Oil

untitled (Maine Autumn Landscape across the narrows from Mt. Desert)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled (Maine Autumn Landscape across the narrows from Mt. Desert) Watercolor, 1945-1955 Signed by the artist lower left in pencil (see photo) Provenance: Estate of the artist Cond...
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

Vintage Signed Impressionist Flower Still Life Signed Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist flower still life painting. Signed lower right. Framed.
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1940s Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

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