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Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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
Why?, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

Vision, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

Detail of Michelangelo's David - 1999 Original Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Detail of Michelangelo's David - 1999 Original Pastel on Paper Original 1999 pastel drawing of a close up of Michelangelo's 'David' by California artist Christopher Baker (American,...
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1990s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Livermore Valley Ranch
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Livermore Valley Ranch" c.1960, is a watercolor on paper by American artist Dale Allen Miller, 1917-2005. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. T...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Watercolorist Artist, John Cuthbert Hare (1908-1978), "Dock Scene"
Located in Rockport, MA
John Cuthbert Hare Watercolor Painting. Beautiful nocturne mooring scene in nice vintage frame and matting and glare proof glass. Visible area 6 1/2 x 9 inches. 12 1/4 x 14 1/4 with ...
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20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Fleurs - French Impressionist Watercolor, Still Life of Flowers by Henri Duhem
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Watercolour on paper circa 1920 by French Impressionist painter Henri Duhem depicting white, red, pink and yellow flowers. Signed lower right. This painting is not currently framed b...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

California Ranch Original Watercolor Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
California Ranch Original Watercolor Landscape A beautiful Ranch-style, single-story home with low pitched rooftops and a weather vane adorned cuplola is depicted in subdued waterc...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Venture into the Dales. Original Watercolor of Yorkshire. Browns. Modern British
By Ronald Lowe
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Ronald Lowe. English ( b.1932 - d.1985 ). Venture into the Dales. Watercolor. Signed. Image size 20.9 inches x 27.2 inches ( 53cm x 69cm ). Frame size 29.1 inches x 35.6 inches ( 74...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork 'Landscape" c.1950, is a watercolor on paper by noted British/Canadian artist Hilda Stewart, 1892-1978. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Caribbean Island [untitled].
Located in New York, NY
The location of this early oil pastel drawing was identified by other pieces from the same drawing book. The oil pastel was a new invention - just on the market in 1921 and it appea...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

Ciel au Printemps, Pastel Drawing, Sky, Spring Time
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Drawing, Unique Work, Handmade Artwork. The work has been treated with Archival Varnish with UV protection and it is not framed. Medium : Soft Pastel and oil based p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Crayon, Pastel, Archival Paper

Pair of Impressionist Watercolour Landscapes, Spring and Autumn
Located in Cotignac, FR
A pair of watercolour landscapes, Spring and Autumn by J E Compton Keel. Both paintings are signed bottom left. Presented in very fine custom patinated 'R...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

Fishing Boat Watercolor 1960
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Fishing Boat watercolor 1960's 18.5x23.5 framed 25x30x1 Judith Sobel was born in Lwow Poland in 1924. After World War II, she attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, Poland. There she studied with the famous abstract constructionists, Wladyslaw Strzeminski and Stefan Wegner from whom she learned the principles of Modern Art as laid down by the European Cubists. Sobel’s work was selected for the First Exhibit of Modern Art Museum Krakow in 1948-49. Judith Sobel emigrated to the newly found Israel where she lived for five years, becoming very active in Israel’s emerging art world. Her work was collected and exhibited by the major art museums of Israel including the Museum of Modern Art at Haifa; her art was regularly shown in the Israeli galleries. In 1956, Sobel came to New York on a scholarship and before that she lived in France for two years. The Same year she received the First Prize at the Exhibition in the Saks Gallery...
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1960s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

La Forêt de Lyons by Paulémile Pissarro - Watercolour landscape
Located in London, GB
La Forêt de Lyons by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972) Watercolour and crayon on paper 48.4 x 31.5 cm (19 x 12 ³/₈ inches) Titled, date and signed lower left, La Forêt de Lyons 1927, Pa...
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1920s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Crayon, Watercolor

Garden Flowers, Original Pastel Drawing, Color, France, Impressionism
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Soft Pastel on archival and heavy paper for pastel drawing. The colors are fixed on the paper and the work has been treated with a UV-resistant varnish. Signed lower right. Un...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Pastel

By Pont Neuf, Paris
Located in Bayonne, NJ
A beautiful watercolor by Mykola Krychevsky depicting a scene by Seine river in Paris, nearby Pont Neuf. Masterfully executed by Mykola in his authentic style. On archival paper, fra...
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1950s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Farmhouse by the Sea - Original Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Farmhouse by the Sea - Original Watercolor on Paper Tranquil landscape of a seaside farmhouse on the sand surrounded by coastal plants, in soft neutral watercolors. A distant ocean s...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Autumn season in the mountains
Located in Boxholm, SE
Autumn season in the mountains – Jolanta Johnsson, experienced Polish artist, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, PhD of fine arts, university teacher. She currently live...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic

1930's French Impressionist Tall Green Cyprus Trees Purple Mountain Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Louise Alix, French 1950's Impressionist watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting: 25 x 16 inches provenance: from a large private collection of this artis...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Beargrass - Original Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Beargrass - Original Watercolor on Paper Original watercolor depicting beargrass, also known as horse tail, by Marie Yunker (American, 20th C). Hues of greens and blues take up the ...
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20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Reflections - Canal at sundown - Impressionist Watercolour, Landscape by H Duhem
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Watercolour on paper circa 1905 by French Impressionist painter Henri Duhem depicting a view of a canal - the surrounding buildings and bridge reflecting in the tranquil water as the...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Water lily_02, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
This is my studio painting :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: ...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Cantepie, Normandy by Paulémile Pissarro - Drawing
Located in London, GB
Cantepie, Normandy by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972) Pencil on paper 21 x 27 cm (8 ¹/₄ x 10 ⁵/₈ inches) Signed lower right, Paulémile- Pissarro. This work is accompanied by a certif...
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20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

1930s French Impressionist Watercolour of Children in an Idyllic Country Scene
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Impressionist watercolour on paper view of children in an idyllic country scene by Henri Clamen. Signed bottom right. Acquired from the atelier of the artist with other signed...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

"The Artists Wife" Realistic Nude Woman in Conté on Paper by Garth Benton
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Artists Wife" Realistic Nude Woman in Conté on Paper by Garth Benton Detailed nude drawing by Paul "Garth" Garfield Benton (American, 1940-2012). Portrait of Christine Rosamond...
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1980s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Conté

1930's French Impressionist White Blossom Tree Garden Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Garden Blossom Tree by Louise Alix, French 1950's Impressionist gouache on artist paper, unframed painting: 14.5 x 12.5 inches provenance: from a large private collection of this ar...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Nude Reading
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Nude Reading" c.1970, is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signed at he lower right corner by the artist. Th...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

1930's French Bare Trees On Green Hill Landscape Along The River Bank
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Louise Alix, French 1950's Impressionist watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting: 11 x 7.5 inches provenance: from a large private collection of this arti...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

FLOWER_09, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
My studio painting :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signatur...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

The Triumphal Arch, Leningrad
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Triumphal Arch, Leningrad" c.1960 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signed at he lower right corner b...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Lake_001, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
One of my studio painting :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: S...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Park, Canada, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
My studio painting :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signatur...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

After snow melting, Canada_01, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
My studio painting :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signatur...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Market Street, San Francisco
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Market Street, San Francisco" c.1960 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signed at he lower right corner by...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Peony_01, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
This is one of my studio painting. I love beauty of nature. I used Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors with world class acid free Arches 300gsm watercolor paper. I love to use alway...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

At the dock
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "At the Dock" c.1980 is a watercolor on 500 Aquarelle paper by noted American artist Allen Daniel (Dan) Burt, 1930-2004. It is signed at the lower right corner by the ar...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Valley Farm rd CA, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
My plein air painting :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signa...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Rainy day_03, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
This is one of my studio painting. Trying to capture urban environment on rainy day nearby our house. I love watercolor because it’s very challenging medium. I used Daniel Smith Ex...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Rainy Dy_02, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
This is one of my studio painting. Trying to capture urban environment on the rainy day. I love watercolor because it’s very challenging medium. I used Daniel Smith Extra Fine Wate...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Street scene, Canada_02, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
My studio painting :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signatur...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Flower 14, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
One of my studio painting :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: S...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Urban_03_CA, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
My studio painting :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signatur...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Beside Lake_01, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
This is one of my plein air watercolor painting. I was trying to capture the mode of the day. I love watercolor because it’s very challenging medium. I used Daniel Smith Extra Fine...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Gaziantep, Turkey, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
My studio painting :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signatur...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Flower_13, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
My studio painting :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signatur...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

School Traffic, Toront, CA, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
My studio painting :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signatur...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Boat, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
My studio painting :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signatur...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Dhanmondi Lake 04, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
My studio painting :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signatur...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Flower 11, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air painting at my backyard garden :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: ...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Winter_2018, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air painting during snowing day :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Sign...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Under the bridge, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
I always inspired by beauty of nature to paint and this one of my studio watercolor painting. I always take reference pictures from the nature. I was trying to capture of the days at...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Sledders - Winter Snow Scene - Kids playing on Sleds, Charcoal drawing c 1950-60
By Alice Kent Stoddard
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Alice Kent Stoddard 1885-1976 Sledders (circa 1950-1960) Black chalk on card Image Dimensions: 19.75 x 16 inches (50.2 x 40.6 cm) Framed Dimensions: 26.5 x 22.3 inches Signed lower...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Cardboard

Saint Isaac's Cathedral, Leningrad
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Saint Isaac's Cathedral, Leningrad" c.1960 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signed at he lower right cor...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Henri Harpignies (1819-1916) A Landscape in winter, 1888, signed watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Henri Harpignies (1819-1916) A Landscape in winter, 1888 Signed and dated "88" lower left Watercolor on paper 19 x 27 cm Framed : 33.5 x 43 cm In good and fresh condition, slighlt...
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1880s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

St Tropez Harbour 1960's Original French Watercolor Painting Signed & dated
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
St. Tropez French School, circa 1960's signed and dated, inscribed verso watercolour on artist paper, unframed artist paper: 14.5 x 10.5 inches provenance: private collection conditi...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

The Boathouse - Impressionist Watercolor, Figure in Landscape by Henri Duhem
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist figure in landscape watercolour on paper circa 1920 by Henri Duhem. This beautiful work depicts a view of a lake with banks of green trees beside it and blue mou...
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1920s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Paper

Barcelona Spain pencil drawing
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Eliseo Meifren Roig (1859-1940) - Barcelona - Pencil drawing Drawing measurements 9x12 cm. Frame measurements 22x25 cm.
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1930s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Color Pencil

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