American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Mid-century figure study of an African American man by American Impressionist artist Genevieve Rogers. Unsigned, but acquired with a collection of her...

Stowe Vermont Village Sleigh Ride - Mid Century Winter Figurative Landscape A bright, crisp morning and a sleigh ride through new snow in Stowe, Vermont...

This original painting is a beautifully depicted nude figure study in a cozy interior space with southwest elements by San Jose, California artist David D....

Don Hatfield’s 'Mothers and Children on the Beach' is a captivating example of American Impressionism, showcasing his mastery of light, color, and composition. This framed 38" x 55" ...

A beautiful, painterly portrait of a young black woman with colorful headscarf and sarong by Lucille H. Olpin (Ethel Lucille Harman Olpin), (American, 1909-1990). Signed "Olpin" lowe...

Clown with Bouquet - Acrylic and Ink on Cardstock Colorful portrait of a clown holding a bouquet of flowers by Jassen Marek (20th Century). A sad clown in a suit with a straw hat ho...

A stunning oil painting scene depicting figures by the beach in a sunny day at Nice, France done in the 20th Century. The vibrant colors and impressionistic brushwork is done with bo...

This collection of three works is a study series for a Robin Hood mural in a Houston, Texas home by Gerald Ira Diamond Cassidy (1869-1934). Gerald Cassidy was an American artist best...

A stunning jewel and pertinent example of Berthelsen's charming New York City scenes. Here we find a Central Park pathway at night and the Manhattan buildings depicted in the far bac...

A stunning jewel and pertinent example of Berthelsen's charming New York City scenes. Here we find an evening winter scene with The Pulitzer Fountain at Grand Army Plaza covered in s...

"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...

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...

"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...

This modern colorful expressive artwork "Three strawberries on a plate" is full of expressionism and vivid colors where I could fully experience a summer fruit theme. This contemp...

A lively, impressionistic depiction of a couple embracing a Kiss in the snowy streets of New York City. We are whisked away in this romantic scene with the emotion and dynamic compos...

This painting depicts an impressionistic portrait of Audrey Hepburn from Breakfast at Tiffany's. With fun details and "Chanel" written to the right, the piece features a whimsical ta...

This artwork titled "Near Tubac, Arizona" c.1960 is an oil painting on canvas by noted southwestern artist Sid Cedargreen, 1904-2011. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is 22 x 30 inches, framed size is 28.5 x 36.5 inches. Framed in original wooden beige and gold frame. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Sid Cedargreen was a mid-century painter whose art beautifully depicted the desert Southwest. In 1958, Mr. Cedargreen was part of an art collective that transformed Tubac into an art colony. While in Tubac, he founded the Tubac Center for the Arts and the Santa Cruz Art Association. During this time, he was the winner of the distinguished Master Mead award for depicting the Southwest. His paintings are beautiful landscapes featuring areas in Arizona and all around the American Southwest. He continued to live in Arizona and paint its beauty for several years. In 2011, Sid Cedargreen passed away at the age of 89. After he passed away, Mr. Cedargreen's family found a plethora of paintings that Cedargeen had been storing in his house. In his career as an artist, Mr. Cedargreen had many one-man shows, in Scottsdale, Phoenix, Tucson, Nogales, and Tubac, and in Santa Barbara, and Palm Desert, California; in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Ogunquit, Maine and in Taos, Deming, and Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has exhibited in the Camelback Galleries and Adrian Shaw Galleries in Scottsdale; the Hilltop Art Gallery in Nogales; the Fountains Gallery in Tucson; the Plaza Gallery and the Taos Inn in Taos; the Shop of the Rainbow Man in Santa Fe; the Old Town Book Shop in Wickenburg; the Santa Barbara Biltmore...

This modern colorful expressive drawing "The colors of the South of France is full of expressionism and vivid colors where I could fully experience my love for the south of France....

Hildegarde Hamilton (Florida, Virginia 1898-1970) Oil on canvas painting of a docked navy ship with sailors on shore. Hand signed lower left Measures: Canvas 19"H x 23"W; Framed 23....

This modern colorful expressive artwork "The joy of summer flowers " is full of expressionism and vivid colors where I could fully experience a summer fruit theme. This contempora...

This painting depicts an impressionistic scene of Spring in the Garden, a poetic piece with beautiful details. The work reminds us of Claude Monet, with impressions similarly capture...

This artwork titled "Forest Bright, Humbolt" is an oil painting on masonite board by noted American artist Juan Archuleta, b.1948. It is signed at the l...

Don Hatfield’s 'Mother and Child on the Beach' is a charming example of American Impressionism, highlighting his signature soft, vibrant colors and fluid brushstrokes. This framed 35...

This artwork titled "Pacific Sunset" 2015, is an oil painting on canvas by noted American artist Andrew (Andy) Skaff, b.1945. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist, al...

Nude Figure Study, Standing Female Figure with Sage Green Figure study of a nude model in studio by Los Gatos, California artist M.Z. Murphy (American, 20th century), c.1990. The f...

Redhead On A Yellow Blanket - Original Figurative Nude Study Original San Francisco figurative nude painting depicting a redhead model laying on a yellow blanket. Her hand lays over...

This artwork titled "Fall in the Canyon (Lake Tahoe)" 2014, is an oil painting on canvas by noted American artist Andrew (Andy) Skaff, b.1945. It is signed at the lower right corner ...

Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the excitement of High-End Fashion, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composi...

This artwork titled "Desert at Death Valley, California, 178 Feet Below Sea Level" 1941, is an oil painting on canvas board by Italian/American artist Xavier Barile, 1891-1981. It is...

This artwork titled "Fallen Leaf Summer (Lake Tahoe)" 2015, is an oil painting on canvas by noted American artist Andrew (Andy) Skaff, b.1945. It is signed at the lower right corner ...

This artwork titled "Truckee Rail Yard II" 2015, is an oil painting on canvas by noted American artist Andrew (Andy) Skaff, b.1945. It is signed at the lower right corner by the arti...

This artwork titled "Profusion" 2006-2009, is an acrylic painting on canvas by American artist Joyce Lieberman, b.1955. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artw...

"Missouri River" by Madison Apple. Original Oil Painting on Canvas, 9" x 12", 16" x 19" framed. Depicting a fly fisherman and dog wading on the Missouri River in Montana on a colder ...

A Redheads Dream - Figurative Nude With Butterflies and Flowers Original figurative nude painting of a redhead woman surrounded by butterflies and magenta flowers, by possibly an u...

This artwork belongs to my “Floral” series which is full of expressive brush strokes where I could experience a floral theme. It is a bold and eclectic mix of art which radiates str...

This artwork belongs to my “Floral” series which is full of expressive brush strokes where I could experience a floral theme. It is a bold and eclectic mix of art which radiates str...

Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the excitement of High-End Fashion, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composi...

This artwork belongs to my “Floral” series which is full of expressive brush strokes where I could experience a floral theme. It is a bold and eclectic mix of art which radiates str...

This artwork titled "Fleurist A Hotel Cler, Paris" 1990, is an oil painting on canvas by noted American artist Gregory Sievers, b.1951. It is signed at the lower right corner by the ...

Peggy McGivern's "Low Clearance" is an original, handmade oil painting. Peggy McGivern currently lives in Taos, New Mexico and comes from three generat...

I enjoy working on semi-abstract artworks with a touch of impressionism. I was inspired by the paintings of Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Vincent Van Gogh while working on this p...

This artwork titled "Place de la Madeleine, Paris" is an oil on canvas by noted American artist Gregory Sievers, b.1951. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artis...

A fine winter cityscape with a fun scene of people skating in Boston by American artist (1864-1929). Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Goodwin lived and worked most of his life in M...

Ann Brockman (1895–1943) was an American artist who achieved success as a figurative painter following a successful career as an illustrator. Born in California, she spent her childhood in the American Far West and, upon marrying the artist William C. McNulty, relocated to Manhattan at the age of 18 in 1914. She took classes at the Art Students League where her teachers included two realist artists of the Ashcan School, George Luks and John Sloan. Her career as an illustrator began in 1919 with cover art for four issues of a fiction monthly called Live Stories. She continued providing cover art and illustrations for popular magazines and books until 1930 when she transitioned from illustrator to professional artist. From that year until her death in 1943, she took part regularly in group and solo exhibitions, receiving a growing amount of critical recognition and praise. In 1939 she told an interviewer that making money as an illustrator was so easy that it "almost spoiled [her] chances of ever being an artist."[1] In reviewing a solo exhibition of her work in 1939, the artist and critic A.Z Kruse wrote: "She paints and composes with a thorough understanding of form and without the slightest hesitancy about anatomical structure. Add to this a magnificent sense of proportion, and impeccable feeling for color and an unmistakable knowledge of what it takes to balance the elements of good pictorial composition and you have a typical Ann Brockman canvas."[2] Early life and training Brockman was born in Northern California in 1895 and spent much of her youth in nearby Oregon, Washington, and Utah.[1][3] She met the artist William C. McNulty in Seattle where he was employed as an editorial cartoonist. They married in March 1914 and promptly moved to Manhattan where he worked as a freelance illustrator.[4][5] At the time of their marriage, Brockman was 18 years old.[6] Over the next few years, her career generally followed that path that her husband had previously taken. His art training had been at the Art Students League beginning in 1908; she began her training there after moving to New York in 1914.[1] After an early career as an editorial cartoonist, he freelanced as a magazine and book illustrator beginning in 1914; she began her career as a magazine and book illustrator in 1919.[7] He embarked on a teaching career in the early 1930s and not long after, she began giving art instruction.[8][9] While they both adhered to the realist tradition in art, their usual subjects were different. His prominently depicted urban cityscapes in the social realist whereas hers generally focused on rural landscapes. He was best known for his etchings and she for her oils and watercolors.[8][10] Brockman returned to the Art Students League in 1926 to take individual instruction for a month at a time from George Luks and John Sloan.[1] Despite their help, one critic said McNulty's "sympathetic encouragement and guidance" was more important to her development as a professional artist.[11] Career in art In the course of her career as illustrator, Brockman would sometimes paint portraits of celebrities before drawing them, as for example in 1923 when she painted the French actress Andrée Lafayette who had traveled to New York to play title role in a film called Trilby.[12] She would also sometimes accept commissions to make portrait paintings and in 1929 painted two Scottish terriers on one such commission.[13] During this time, she also produced landscapes. In 1924 she displayed a New England village street scene painting in the Second Annual Exhibition of Paintings, Watercolors, and Drawings in the J. Wanamaker Gallery of Modern Decorative Art.[14] Available sources show no further exhibitions until in 1930 a critic for the Boston Globe described one of her portraits as "well done" in a review of a Rockport Art Association exhibition held that summer.[15] Between 1931 and her death in 1943, Brockman participated in over thirty group exhibitions and five solos.[note 1] Her paintings appeared in shows of the artists' associations to which she belonged, including the Rockport Art Association, Salons of America, Society of Independent Artists, and National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors.[17][19]Between 1932 and 1935, her paintings appeared frequently in New York's Macbeth Gallery.[20][23][25][27] She won an award for a painting she showed at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1940.[41] In 1942, the Whitney Museum bought one of the paintings she showed in its Biennial of that year.[10] Critical praise for her work steadily increased during the decade that ended with her untimely death in 1943. In 1932, her painting called "The Camera Man" was called "a clever piece of illustration."[21] Three years later, a painting called "Small Town" gave a critic "the impression of freshness, honesty, and skill".[29] In 1938, a critic described her "Folly Cove" as "masterful" and said "Pigeon Hill Picnic" was "sustained by excellence of execution".[48] At that time, Howard Devree of the New York Times saw "evidence of gathering powers" in her work and wrote "she imparts a dramatic feeling to landscape. She even manages this time to do trees touched by Autumn tints without calendar effect, which is no small praise."[51] Three years later, a Times critic reported Brockman had "set herself a new high" in the watercolors she presented,[52] and another critic said the gallery where she was showing had not "for some time" shown "so outstanding a solo exhibitor as Ann Brockman."[2] Shortly before her death, a critic for Art News maintained that she was "one of America's most talented women painters".[46] After she had died, a critic said Brockman's paintings "displayed real power", adding that she was "highly rated among the nation's professional artists" and was known to give "aid and encouragement, always with a smile," both artists and to her students.[10] in reviewing the memorial exhibition at the Kraushaar Galleries held in 1945, reviewers wrote about the strength and vibrancy of her personality, the quality of her painting ("every bit as good, possibly better than people had thought"),[53] called her "one of the best of our twentieth century women painters", and credited "her sense of the vividness of life" as a contributor to "the unusual breadth that is so characteristic of her work.[11] One noted that her work was "widely recognized throughout the country" and could be found in the collections of prominent museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago.[54] Writing in the Times, Devree wrote, "even those who had followed the steady growth of this artist for more than a decade, each successive show being at once an evidence of new achievement and an augury of still better work to come, may well be surprised at the combined impact of the selected paintings in the present showing,"[55] and writing in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, A.Z Kruse said she had made "extraorginary accomplishments", painted with "inordinate distinction" showing a "lyrical majesty," and possessed "a keen esthetic sense which did not deviate from truth."[54] Artistic style (1) Ann Brockman, undated drawing, black chalk on paper, 18 x 22 inches (2) Ann Brockman, High School Picnic, about 1935, oil on canvas, 34 1/4 x 44 1/4 inches (3) Ann Brockman, untitled landscape, about 1943, watercolor and pencil on paper, 15 1/4 x 22 1/2 inches (4) Ann Brockman, North Coast, undated watercolor, 21 1/2 x 30 inches (5) Ann Brockman, On the Beach, 1942, watercolor on paper, 16 1/2 x 20 inches (6) Ann Brockman, Lot's Wife, 1942, oil on canvas, 46 x 35 inches (7) Ann Brockman, New York Harbor, 1934, watercolor on paper, 13 1/2 x 19 1/4 inches (8) Ann Brockman, Youth, 1942, oil on board, 13 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches Brockman was a figurative painter whose main subjects were rural landscapes and small-town and coastal scenes. She worked in oils and watercolors, becoming better known for the latter late in her career. Most of her paintings were relatively small. Although she made figure pieces infrequently, the nudes and circus and Biblical scenes she painted were seen to be among her best works. In 1938, Howard Devree wrote: "Her gray-day marines and coast scenes are familiar to gallery goers and are favorites with her fellow artists. Her figure pieces have attained a sculptural quality without losing warmth or taking on stiffness. One spirited circus incident of equestriennes about to enter the big tent compares not unfavorably with many of the similar pictures by a long line of painters who have been fascinated by the theme. She imparts a dramatic feeling to landscape. She even manages this time to do trees touched by Autumn tints without calendar effect, which is no small praise."[51] Similarly, a critic for Art Digest wrote that year: "Fluently and virilely painted, [her] canvases suggest a close affinity between nature and humans. The artist takes her subjects out in the open where they may picnic or bathe with space and air about them. A fast tempo is felt in the compositions of restless horses and nimble entertainers busily alert for the coming performance. Miss Brockman is also interested in portraying frightened groups of people, hurrying to safety or standing half-clad in the lowering storm light."[56] Her palette ranged from vivid colors in bright sunlight to somber ones in the overcast skies of stormy weather. Of the former, one critic spoke of the rich colors and "sun-drenched rocks" of her coastal scenes and another of her "summery landscapes of coves and picnics."[11][50] Of the latter, Howard Devree said she "painted so many moody Maine coast vignettes of lowering skies and uneasy seas that artists have been heard to refer to an effect as 'an Ann Brockman day'".[57] Brockman's handling of Biblical subjects can be seen in the oil called "Lot's Wife", shown above, Image No. 6. Her watercolor called "On the Beach" and her oil portrait called "Youth" may both indicate the "sculptural quality" that Devree said was typical of her figure pieces (Image No. 8, above). An example of Brockman's bright palette in a typical summer theme is the oil painting called "High School Picnic" shown above, Image No. 2. Next to it is a painting, an untitled landscape of about 1943 whose medium, watercolor on paper, shows off the sunny palette she often used (Image No. 3). Among the darkest of her works was an untitled 1942 drawing she made in black chalk (shown above, Image No. 1). In a book called Drawings by American Artists (1947), the artist and art editor Norman Kent noted that this study influenced her painting through its use of "forms" that were "elastic" and suggested "color". He said its "massing of dark and light" created "a definite mood" that was "impressionistic" and had "the strength of a man's work".[58] Brockman's undated watercolor called "North Coast" (shown above, Image No. 4) is an example of the paintings to which Kent referred. Illustrator (9) Ann Brockman, cover, March 12, 1917, Every Week magazine (10) Illustration of an article, "The Taking of a Salient" by Henry Russell...

Peggy McGivern's "Fire on the Mountain" is an original, handmade oil painting. Peggy McGivern currently lives in Taos, New Mexico and comes from three ...

A fun genre painting with students in a classroom being students by American artist George Henry Story (1835-1923). Story was born in New Haven, CT, and after studying a year in Euro...

This artwork titled "Lobster Fishermen" c.1945, is an oil painting on canvas by renown American impressionist artist Claude Curry Bohm, 1894-1971. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is 20 x 24 inches, framed size is 26.25 x 30.25 inches. Framed in a new wooden gold leaf plein air style frame. It is in excellent condition, it has been recently revarnish and new keys have been added to the canvas stretcher. Please note the the dark line on the top and left side of the painting are only the shadow, it is not a part of this artwork. About the artist: Claude Curry Bohm, a photographer, painter, and printmaker whose artistic career spanned five decades, was an integral part of the Chicago art scene in the 1920s and a very prominent part of the second generation of the Brown County...

This artwork titled 'Church Ruin in Colima" c.1960 is an oil painting on hardboard by noted American artist Mark Allen Coomer, 1914-2004. It is signed at th...

Embracing my roots and my cultural background through having a special spiritual connection to the women I depict on my canvases. The theme of women, womanhood and femininity is at ...

The White Scarf (Self Portrait of the Artist) Oil on board, 1894 Signed and dated lower left: E M Heller '94 (see image) Framed in a metal leaf Whistler style frame, Frame: 23 x 18-...

Untitled, 1951 Oil on canvas 19 7/8 x 24 in. Framed: 28 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. Signed and dated lower left

A wonderful 16"x20" Tom Nicholas. Tom Nicholas, N.A., AWS was born in Middletown, Connecticut in 1934. From 1953 to 1956 he was a scholarship student at ...

This painting depicts an impressionistic scene of a summer day at the Jardin De Tuileries in Paris with beautiful brushwork and whimsical colors. The work is a following of Jules Her...

Geraldine Sanger Untitled, 1983 Oil on canvas 22 x 27 3/4 in. Framed: 24 1/2 x 30 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. Signed and dated lower right

Mystery American Artist No. 9 Glouchester, c. Early 20th Century Oil on artist board 16 x 20 in. Framed: 20 x 24 x 1 1/2 in. Signed lower left Inscribed verso: Dolitsky / No 9 Glouch...

JJ Nowotny Untitled, 1944 (date partially obscured but appears to be '44) Oil on canvas 24 x 30 in. Framed: 31 x 37 x 2 in. Signed and dated lower right

Black and White Figurative Nude - Oil on Canvas Black and white figurative nude by F Vasquez (20th C). The nude torso of a woman takes up the canvas. Her right hand is on her hip wh...

"Avon River", a beautiful mid century figurative landscape of Christ Church, New Zealand by Leon Worley (American, 1909-2003). Presented in a wooden frame. Signed "Leon Worley" lower...