Impressionist Paintings

Around five oclock in the morning the sun rises near the Volga River. In the evening, everything was shrouded in thick fog; in the morning it takes on purple and blue shades. Objects...

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Oil painting painted en plein air overlooking Cleeve Hill near Cheltenham, displayed in a white frame. SIZE: H: 30cm x W: 40cm ARTIST BIOGRAPHY: Georgie was raised near the coa...

Step into the enchanting world of "BLOSSOM WHISPERS" by Anna Cher, a framed and signed masterpiece that seamlessly blends the ethereal beauty of spring blossoms with the dynamic ener...

An oil painting of sheep painted with thick paint applied spontaneously with a palette knife on linen. Displayed in a dark grey frame complimenting the tones of the sheep. ADDITIONA...

A wonderful landscape, adorned with figures and bearing the signature of Carl W. Peters. Peters, whose creative journey began in elementary school where he delighted friends with his...

Alexander John Drysdale (1870-1934) New Orleans Louisiana / New York Artist Size: 20 x 30 Frame: 26 x 36 Medium: Oil Wash? Watercolor? Dated: 1917 "Misty Bayou" Housed in the original magnificent frame. Alexander John Drysdale (1870-1934) New Orleans Louisiana / New York Artist Alexander John (A.J.) Drysdale was an early 20th century Louisiana artist who specialized in landscapes using the technique of oil wash, that gave his works a characteristic of a hazy look. Drysdale made use of this technique by diluting the oil paint with kerosene and applying it with cotton balls. Alexander John Drysdale, born in Marietta, Georgia on March 2, 1870, came to New Orleans at the age of fifteen with his parents. His father, Reverend Alexander J. Drysdale, became the rector of Christ Church Cathedral. Alex received private tutoring from a Professor Mehado and art lessons from Ida Hackell at the Southern Art Union. Later in New Orleans (1887) he studied art under Paul Poincy (1833-1909). The exact date of Drysdale's arrival in New York is unknown, but he enrolled in the Art Students League where he received instruction from Charles C. Curran and Frank Vincent DuMond. Apparently, he remained in New York for about five years and did not go to Europe for further study. After some time, Drysdale began specializing in landscapes, executed in a tonalist manner. Back in New Orleans, Drysdale was inspired by local subjects, especially swamp or bayou areas and other desolate wetlands. Over a period of many years Drysdale's landscapes evolved to a unique stylistic maturity. In 1909 he received a gold medal from the New Orleans Art Association. It is easy to see the influence of two artists that he admired: Corot and Inness. Working equally well in oil and watercolor (he also did scenes in charcoal), Drysdale usually divided his scene into halves or thirds, typically, a foreground consisting of tall swamp grasses achieved with broad vertical strokes; a middle ground consisting of a backdrop row of trees at the horizon line executed with staccato, jabbing strokes resulting in textural contrast; and a background devoted totally to a tonalist-like moisture-laden sky often hazy with no clouds or only a slight indication of them. This formulaic compositional format rendered with an economy of technique resulted in imagery with repetitious forms and shapes diffused in a nebulous space. In this regard, Drysdale's works are impressionistic; he also tended to use the violets and blues of the impressionist palette. Yet he lacked a specific interest in color and light. Although his expression of the Louisiana scenery is very personal, even mystical, the artist appears to have been very limited in subject matter. One of his last works was a mural for the Shushan (New York) Airport administration building, and shortly before his death he was employed as an artist by the Civil Works Administration. Drysdale was a member of the Arts and Crafts Club of New Orleans, and his work was in the permanent collection of the Delgado Museum for many years. The artist worked at his studio at 320 Exchange Place in the picturesque Vieux Carré until his death at the age of sixty-three. Stewart (in Painting in the South, 1983), describes how Drysdale was a shrewd businessman. He would solicit new homeowners who might need a canvas to decorate a wall, or a cotton broker who recently made the headlines. Drysdale died in New Orleans, on February 9, 1934. Sources: Louisiana Artists from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. James W. Nelson. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University, 1968; Wiesendanger, Martin and Margaret Wiesendanger, Nineteenth Century Louisiana Painters and Paintings from the Collection of W. E. Groves. New Orleans: W. E. Groves Gallery, 1971, pp. 44-45; Painting in the South: 1584-1980, Exh. cat. Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum, 1983, pp. 106-107, 114, 276; Chambers, Bruce W., Art and Artists of the South: The Robert P. Coggins Collection of American Paintings. Exh. cat. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, 1984, p. 88; Zellman, Michael David, 300 Years of American Art. Seacacus, NJ: Wellfleet Press, 1987, p. 634; Gerdts, William H., Art across America: Two Centuries of Regional Painting, 1710-1920. New York: Abbeville Press, 1990, vol. 2, pp. 110-111. Submitted by Richard H. Love and Michael Preston Worley, Ph.D. Biography from The Johnson Collection ALEXANDER JOHN DRYSDALE (1870–1934) Born in Marietta, Georgia, Alexander John Drysdale was the only son of an ordained Episcopal priest whose ministry required frequent moves to parishes in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. In 1883, he accepted the call to become dean of Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans, and was later elected a bishop. Alexander, thirteen years old when the family settled in New Orleans, began his art studies under the instruction of Ida C. Haskell, a California-born artist who was on the faculty of the recently established Southern Art Union. The local academy had been founded by several leading artists, including Andres Molinary, William Henry Buck...

Signed and dated figure in landscape oil on panel by French impressionist painter Henri Duhem. The work depicts a woman in a summer dress and bonnet walking beside a tree lined wall ...

Title: Wisteria Path Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 23 x 23 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This paint...

This modern colorful floral artwork "Lemon Joy" is full of vivid colors ( red, yellow, green, blue) which are my tools of expression. I explore the beauty of these beautiful summe...

French Impressionist watercolour on paper view of a colourful village, spanning a river and mountain landscape by Henri Clamen. The painting is unsigned but was acquired from the art...

Constant David Ludovic Artz (1870-1951) A charming depiction of ducks in a pond by the consummate duck painter, Constant Artz. Painted in oil on to a wooden panel, signed lower righ...

Step into the vibrant and dynamic world of "BEAR" by Anna Cher, a framed and signed masterpiece that seamlessly blends the energy of abstract impressionism with the majestic presence...

Step into the vibrant and dynamic world of "Lion" by Anna Cher, a framed and signed masterpiece that seamlessly blends the energy of abstract impressionism with the majestic presence...

The Coastline by Charles Martin-Sauvaigo (French 1881-1970) * see notes below French Impressionist painter oil painting on wooden panel unframed size: 8.25 x 10.5 inches condition: v...

"Northern Sea" is an original, handmade ink painting, by Sara Melzer that depicts an abstract black and white scene.

"Unimaginable Depths" is an original, handmade ink painting, by Sara Melzer that depicts an abstract black and white scene.

"Southern Sea" is an original, handmade ink painting, by Sara Melzer that depicts an abstract black and white scene.

"Too Bright or Too Dark, The Effect is the Same, " is an original, handmade oil painting, by Michael Dowling that depicts a white horse running contrasted by a dark background. Bor...

"Steep Descent, " is an original, handmade ink painting, by Sara Melzer that depicts an abstract black and white scene.

"Fog Rising, " is an original, handmade ink painting, by Sara Melzer that depicts an abstracted black and white scene of fog rising.

I remember this tower of the Bratsk prison from childhood; it was located in another part of Kolomenskoye Park next to the house of Peter the Great. The picturesque texture, imbued w...

The study and depiction of the naked body - the quintessence and essence of every person - for thousands of years remains an occupation that is both revered and condemned, causing many discussions, a stumbling block in the history of art...

An image of New York at night, painted in a mix of vivid colours, and created in my signature style, which utilises a range of textures, tools and painting implements to create a uni...

House overlooking the Sea by Charles Martin-Sauvaigo (French 1881-1970) * see notes below French Impressionist painter oil painting on wooden panel unframed size: 9.5 x 6.25 inches c...

Original Oil Painting on Board by Linda Glover Gooch. Framed size: 13" X 14.5"

Abella- Marine Menorca Original cubist acrylic Painting Juan Jose Abella Rubio was born in Estercuel, a hamlet anchored in the Teruel mining basin in March 1944. In his painting th...

Little Fluffy Clouds by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary) dated 1997 signed oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 13 x 16 inches condition: very good provenance: from a lar...

This artwork titled "Vele" c. 1990 is an oil painting on canvas by noted Italian artist Lido Bettarini, 1927-2019. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. Also signed on...

Winter Farm oil/canvas panel 8 x 10 image unframed, 14.38 x 16.38 framed I enjoy playing with light in my paintings and creating a mood while trying to push the range of color using ...

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...

Winter Farm oil/canvas panel 9 x 12 image unframed. 15.38 x 18.38 framed I enjoy playing with light in my paintings and creating a mood while trying to push the range of color using ...

Artist/ School: by Jean Kevorkian (French, b.1933), signed and also studio stamped verso. Title: Barque au Soleil, titled verso. Medium: oil painting, on canvas, framed Size: p...

Dressed in Silver oil/canvas 20 x 30 unframed, 23.38 x 35.5 framed Dressed In Silver is a beautiful oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that ...

Yuri Krotov was born 1964 in Grivenskaya Cossack Settlement, Krasnodar Territory, located close to the Azov Sea. At the age of 8 he met a local painter G.A. Polugaev who became his...

"Blue Hillock" California Landscape Lupines Poppies Original Painting on Canvas California mountains stream by San Jose artist S. Ramirez-Renard (American 20th century). Detailed pai...

Original Oil Painting on Board by John DeMott. Framed size: 18.5" X 22.5"

The Old French Town by Charles Martin-Sauvaigo (French 1881-1970) * see notes below French Impressionist painter signed oil painting on wooden panel unframed size: 6.5 x 11 inches co...

Immerse yourself in the untamed beauty of "On the Prowl," a captivating wildlife painting by Catherine Ingleby. This original oil on canvas artwork masterfully captures the essence o...

Point Lobos Cove, Carmel California by Adelaide Bartleme Point Lobos Cove circa 1940s by Carmel artist Adelaide Bartleme, (American, 1881-1973). The niece of a well known New York ar...

READY TO HANG - GALLERY QUALITY A beautiful modern large landscape, semi-abstract, made with professional varnished acrylics and Amsterdam acrylic sprays on stretched heavy canvas. ...

Full Moon Over Point Lobos, Carmel Early 20th Century Nocturnal Oil on Linen Seascape Painting Rich and moody nocturnal seascape of iconic Carmel's Point Lobos by Charles Henry Harm...

"The jug is so simple, any potter blinds it without difficulty, And everything in you inspires me with awe, Everything is full of subtle feminine charms."

Don Warren (1935-2006) Austin Artist Image Size: 18 x 24 Frame Size: 30 x 35.5 Medium: Oil "Texas at its Best" Texas Hill Country Biography Don Warren (1935-2006) Most of my works ...

'Forest around the pond' Size 15 x 23 inches (38 x 57 cm). Original watercolor painting - painted on watercolor paper (Winsor & Newton). Need a decorative frame. On the front side ...

Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 25 x 30 Frame Size: 34 x 39 Medium: Oil on Canvas Circa 1950 "Lazy Day Blues" Texas Bluebonnet Biography Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) Porfirio Salinas was a self-taught artist who painted landscapes of Central Texas with an emphasis on the vast bluebonnet fields that grow there in the springtime. Born in 1910 in Bastrop, Texas, he attended public schools in San Antonio. He also observed works in progress by the director of the San Antonio Art School, Jose Arpa, as well as landscape painter, Robert Wood. Wood is said to have paid Salinas five dollars a picture to paint bluebonnets because "he hated to paint bluebonnets". Salinas served in the military from 1943 to 1945. Although he was assigned to Fort Sam Houston, he was allowed to live at home. At the fort, Colonel Telesphor Gottchalk assigned him to paint murals for the officer's lounge and various other projects, and Salinas continued to be able to paint during his entire conscripted period. Even before he achieved notoriety among galleries, dealers, and museums, Salinas was widely followed and appreciated by many Texans, including former President Lyndon B. Johnson, who may be considered responsible for launching Salinas popularity beyond the boundaries of Texas. In 1973, Texas capital, Austin, honored Salinas for having "done much to bring the culture of Mexico and Texas closer together with his paintings". Salinas died in April 1973 in San Antonio, Texas. From the years of the Great Depression through President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society of the 1960s, Texan Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) remained one of the Lone Star State's most popular artists. Today, his works remain popular with Texas collectors and those who love landscapes of the beautiful "Hill Country" that lies in the center of the state. One of the first Mexican American painters to become widely recognized for his art, Salinas was a favorite of President Lyndon Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, as well as of Sam Rayburn, the longest-serving Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Texas Governor John Connelly. In fact, President Johnson was so enamored with his Salinas paintings that the artist will forever be associated with America's first Texas-born President. Works by Porfirio Salinas is in a number of museum collections, grace the halls of the Texas State Capitol and the Governor's Mansion in Austin, and are included in virtually every major private collection of Early Texas Art. Porfirio Salinas was born on November 6, 1910, near the small town of Bastrop, Texas, about thirty miles from Austin. His father, Porfirio G. Salinas (1881-1967), and his mother, Clara G. Chavez, struggled to make a hardscrabble living as tenant farmers, but eventually were forced to give up farming. The family moved to San Antonio, where Salinas' father was able to get a job working as a laborer for the railroad, but the scenic area around Bastrop, with its pine trees and the wide expanse of the Rio Grande River, would forever remain a touchstone for the artist. For the rest of his life, Salinas and his brothers went back frequently to visit their grandmother in her little farmhouse. When in Bastrop, Porfirio painted on the banks of the Rio Grande or in the groves of pine trees. The Salinas family was close-knit, and Porfirio was the middle child of five children, so he had an older brother and sister as well as a younger brother and sister. His mother was a native of Mexico, so throughout his childhood the family made the long drive to Mexico to visit Clara Salinas' family. As a child growing up in the bi-lingual section of San Antonio, Salinas drew and painted incessantly and by the time he was ten, he was already producing work that was mature enough to sell to his schoolteachers. Many years later in an article in the New York Times he was described as a "boy whose textbooks were seldom opened and whose sketchbook was never closed." Instead of studying, the young artist spent his spare time watching artists paint in and around San Antonio. As an aspiring painter, Salinas was fortunate to grow up in the historic city, which had the most active art scene in Texas. It was his exposure to older, professional painters that encouraged the precocious young painter to leave school early in order to help his family and pursue a career as a professional artist, despite his father's inability to see art as a career with any future for his son. When Salinas was about fifteen he came to know the artist Robert W. Wood (1889-1979). He met Wood while he was employed in an art supply store and he soon began to work as an assistant to the English-born painter, who had moved from Portland to San Antonio in 1924. Although the diminutive Englishman was already an established professional artist, he did not have a great deal of formal art training and so he was then studying with the academically trained Spanish painter Jose Arpa (1858-1952) in order to augment his knowledge and give his work a more polished look. Salinas was an eager young man, and while working in Wood's downtown San Antonio studio he learned to stretch canvases, frame paintings and to sketch in larger compositions from small plein-air studies for the English artist. He began to accompany Wood and Arpa to the hills outside San Antonio, where they painted small Plein-air studies of fields of blue lupin - the state flower, the famous "Bluebonnets" of Texas - in the springtime and scenes of the gnarled Red Oaks as they changed color in the fall. He was soon assisting Wood in the tedious work of painting the tiny blue flowers that collectors wanted to see in the landscapes they purchased of central Texas. According to a 1972 newspaper story, "Legend has it that one day in the 1920s artist Robert Wood decided he could not bear to paint another bluebonnet in one of his landscapes. He hired young Porfirio Salinas to paint them in for him at five dollars a painting." Whether this story is accurate or apocryphal isn't clear, but the ambitious and independent young Salinas wasn't destined to be anyone's assistant for very long. The formative event of Porfirio Salinas' teenage years was the Texas Wildflower Competitive Exhibitions, a Roaring-Twenties dream of the eccentric oilman Edgar B. Davis (1873-1951). These competitive shows of paintings of wildflowers and Texas life were mounted in San Antonio from 1927 to 1929. Held at the newly opened Witte Museum each spring, the exhibition featured large cash prizes donated by the philanthropic Davis, which were an inducement for artists to travel from all over the United States to paint in the Hill Country of Texas. The "Davis Competitions," as they were known, helped to cement San Antonio's reputation as an art center, a legacy that remains with the "River City" today. The shows generated a great deal of excitement in the area, helping to make celebrities of the some of the artists who had already settled there and encouraging others to make San Antonio their home. Over the three years that the wildflower competitions were held, more than 300 paintings were exhibited, and many thousands of viewers saw the paintings at the Witte Museum and on tours throughout the state and in New York. Each year Davis would generously purchase the winning paintings and then donate them to the San Antonio Art League. Young Porfirio Salinas would have been able to not only watch his two mentors - Robert W. Wood and Jose Arpa - paint the works that they entered in the Davis Competitions, he would have been able to see Arpa take several of the major prizes, receiving the judge's accolades for "Verbena," "Cactus Flower" and "Picking Cotton," works that are still on view at the San Antonio Art League Museum today. Unfortunately, Davis eventually put his donations to work in other charitable endeavors, bringing to an end the wildflower events, but only after they inspired Salinas and other young painters and had helped to make wildflower paintings the most sought-after subject for traditionalist Texas collectors. In 1930, when he was only twenty, Salinas hung out a shingle and began to paint professionally, augmenting the sales of his easel paintings with what little business he could garner by painting signs for local concerns. It was a struggle for the young artist to make a living, as the effects of the Great Depression were settling in. His early works are very similar to those of Robert Wood's, both in subject matter and treatment. Salinas did small paintings of Bluebonnets for the tourists who visited San Antonio to see the famous Alamo as well as paintings of the Texas missions...

River Landscape by Charles Martin-Sauvaigo (French 1881-1970) * see notes below French Impressionist painter oil painting on wooden panel unframed size: 13 x 16 inches condition: ve...

A lively, impressionistic depiction of a Car-racing Scene at a crowded race track embracing the excitement of its final lap that creates movement seamlessly. We are whisked away in t...

In this artwork, I've captured the serene twilight moment, as the day gives way to evening. Using impressionist strokes, I've emphasized the gentle merging of purples and pinks in th...

This Beautiful Original Vintage Oil Painting On canvas depicts the Parisian street Scene, and famous historical places The Montmartre and Sacre Coeur. Signed In the Lower left corn...

In “Bluebell Bliss,” Rory J Browne invites viewers to wander through a serene woodland adorned with a carpet of vibrant bluebells, bathed in the gentle glow of sunlight. This framed ...

This contemporary seaside artwork "My unforgettable moments at the beach" celebrates my love for the beach, sea, sand and summer vacations spent at the beach. I explore the beauty o...

Original Oil on Canvas painting by Lindsay Dawson. Framed size: 18.75" X 22.75"

"Warm Farm Land, " is an original, handmade oil painting, by Samantha Buller, that depicts a pastoral setting with a white barn with red roof and billowing clouds above. Samantha B...

Original Acrylic on Canvas painting by Keith Dalgleish. Unframed.

Original Oil on Board painting by John DeMott. Framed size: 34" X 46"

Original Acrylic on Canvas painting by Keith Dalgleish. Unframed.

In this painting, I captured the quiet yet vibrant energy of a Venetian sunset. A beautiful Venice cityscape. The sun is going down and the city of gondolas and canals, romantic anci...