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Impressionist Animal 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
The Team
The Team

The Team

By Natalia Yangalycheva

Located in Zofingen, AG

This painting celebrates the quiet strength of togetherness. Each dog wears a different number, emphasizing individuality while reminding us that every member plays an essential role...

Category

2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The One Who Observes
The One Who Observes

The One Who Observes

By Natalia Yangalycheva

Located in Zofingen, AG

In this work, the artist reflects on the nature of hierarchy as something subtle and often unseen. Rather than being defined by size, power, or position, importance emerges through a...

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2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Large Post-Impressionist Night Café Terrace Scene Oil Painting After Van Gogh
Large Post-Impressionist Night Café Terrace Scene Oil Painting After Van Gogh

Large Post-Impressionist Night Café Terrace Scene Oil Painting After Van Gogh

By (After) Vincent van Gogh

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Large Post-Impressionist Night Café Terrace Scene Oil Painting After Van Gogh, Expressive Impasto Oil on canvas Post-Impressionist style Contemporary European school Dimensions: 120...

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1990s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Line That Doesn't Hold
The Line That Doesn't Hold

The Line That Doesn't Hold

By Natalia Yangalycheva

Located in Zofingen, AG

In this work, the artist explores the idea of boundaries as something fluid rather than fixed. What appears as a division is, in fact, a space of transition — a place where control a...

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2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

In One Direction
In One Direction

In One Direction

By Natalia Yangalycheva

Located in Zofingen, AG

The painting depicts a quiet moment of shared movement — a figure and a horse advancing together in the same direction. Their proximity suggests trust and mutual presence, yet the co...

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2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Coral Reef Fish Painting Impasto
Coral Reef Fish Painting Impasto

Coral Reef Fish Painting Impasto

By Olga Nikitina

Located in Zofingen, AG

* Title: Coral Reef * Size: 12 x 8 inches * Materials: oil, stretched canvas, palette knife * Shipping: gallery standards packaging, express shipping Bright abstract seascape paintin...

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2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Traditional English Thatched Cottage by River with Swans Listed British Artist
Traditional English Thatched Cottage by River with Swans Listed British Artist

Traditional English Thatched Cottage by River with Swans Listed British Artist

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The River Cottage by Clive Madgwick (1934–2005) signed & dated 1980's oil on canvas, framed in an elaborate swept frame framed: 18 x 23 inches canvas: 13 x 17.5 inches Provenance: pr...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Landscape with Cow and Lake"
"Landscape with Cow and Lake"

"Landscape with Cow and Lake"

Located in Edinburgh, GB

Landscape with Cow and Lake is a quiet, atmospheric painting where the landscape appears through layers of blue, turquoise, and soft grey tones. A dark silhouette of a cow stands nea...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Finds and Replicas, Oil Painting
Finds and Replicas, Oil Painting

Finds and Replicas, Oil Painting

By Onelio Marrero

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero captures a moment inside an antiques shop, where a man browses lamps, pictures, and replicas of Frederic Remington bronzes. The interior i...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

English early 20th century Horses in a Parkland landscape
English early 20th century Horses in a Parkland landscape

English early 20th century Horses in a Parkland landscape

By Raoul Millais

Located in Woodbury, CT

Raoul Millais (1901–1999) Horses in a Parkland Landscape Oil on canvas, signed lower left Circa 1930 An elegant and highly atmospheric equestrian landscape by the noted British spor...

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1930s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Landscape with dog " Dog, Spring,  oil cm. 140 x 110
"Landscape with dog " Dog, Spring,  oil cm. 140 x 110

"Landscape with dog " Dog, Spring, oil cm. 140 x 110

By Georgij Moroz

Located in Torino, IT

Dog, Green,Landscape,Russian Painter,russian art Signed to lower right Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015) 1937: he was born in Dneprodzerzinsk, ...

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1970s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Where Sheep May Safely Graze
Where Sheep May Safely Graze

Where Sheep May Safely Graze

By Karl Dempwolf

Located in Pasadena, CA

Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED: 10" x 20" FRAMED: 14.5" x 24.5" x 1.5" Signed " K Dempwolf" on lower left Artist Statement "I have painted cattle into ...

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2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Wood Panel

Antique English Exhibited King Charles Cavalier Dog Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Antique English Exhibited King Charles Cavalier Dog Portrait Framed Oil Painting

Antique English Exhibited King Charles Cavalier Dog Portrait Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique English impressionist dog portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Exhibited. Framed. Measuring: 22 by 27 inches image alone. Handsomely framed in white wood molding....

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1910s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Vintage French Oil Painting Of A Golden Field Of Hay Bales
Vintage French Oil Painting Of A Golden Field Of Hay Bales

Vintage French Oil Painting Of A Golden Field Of Hay Bales

By Leon Hatot 1

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953) Title: Impressionist oil painting Medium: signed oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed. dated 1944 Size: painting: 1...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Side by Side
Side by Side

Side by Side

By Natalia Yangalycheva

Located in Zofingen, AG

The artwork is shipped stretched on wooden stretcher bars and arrives ready to hang. The painting depicts a solitary figure walking alongside a horse, their bodies aligned in a shar...

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2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Signed French Impressionist Oil Painting Horses Pulling Cart at Sunset
Signed French Impressionist Oil Painting Horses Pulling Cart at Sunset

Signed French Impressionist Oil Painting Horses Pulling Cart at Sunset

By Paul Flaubert

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Close of Day by Paul Flaubert (1928-1994) signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 18.5 x 22 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound condition ...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Eleven More at 11:11, Original Painting
Eleven More at 11:11, Original Painting

Eleven More at 11:11, Original Painting

By Sally Adams

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A crescent moon casts a gentle glow over a group of small birds perched on two parallel wires. The gold leaf on their wings catches the light, twinkling when ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

George Boyle Impressionist oil painting, Barbizon School of cows grazing
George Boyle Impressionist oil painting, Barbizon School of cows grazing

George Boyle Impressionist oil painting, Barbizon School of cows grazing

Located in Harkstead, GB

A superb example of a Barbizon inspired landscape painted by the "Catford Corot" from the late 19th Century. This very striking image shows the artist at the absolute peak of his abi...

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Late 19th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Intellectual Break
Intellectual Break

Intellectual Break

By Natalia Yangalycheva

Located in Zofingen, AG

This painting is part of the Modern Muses series, which explores contemporary femininity through expressive, semi-abstract figures placed within quiet, everyday rituals. The faceles...

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2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Antique American Impressionist Young Girl and Pug Dog Portrait Framed Painting
Antique American Impressionist Young Girl and Pug Dog Portrait Framed Painting

Antique American Impressionist Young Girl and Pug Dog Portrait Framed Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American impressionist oil painting by Frederick Stuart Church (1842 - 1924). Gouache and watercolor on board. Framed. Measuring: 17 by 23 inches overall, and 10 by 16 painti...

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1880s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

Vintage Two Blue Goldfish
Vintage Two Blue Goldfish

Vintage Two Blue Goldfish

By Vittorio Guidotti

Located in Soquel, CA

Vibrant watercolor of two blue fish painting by Florence, Italy artist Vittorio Guidotti. Unsigned. "Original watercolor by Vittorio Guidotti" on ve...

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1930s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Contemporary French Impressionist Oil The Red Lobster on the Kitchen Table
Contemporary French Impressionist Oil The Red Lobster on the Kitchen Table

Contemporary French Impressionist Oil The Red Lobster on the Kitchen Table

By Georges Bordonove

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Red Lobster by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary) dated 1984 signed oil painting on board, unframed board: 13 x 16 inches condition: very good provenance: from a large priv...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mystic Traveler, Original Painting
Mystic Traveler, Original Painting

Mystic Traveler, Original Painting

By Sally Adams

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A cardinal perches on a thin wire, its bright red plumage standing out against the gray sky. The bird seems like a visitor from another realm, briefly passing...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Antique American Panoramic Cloudscape Cows Grazing Bucolic Landscape Painting
Antique American Panoramic Cloudscape Cows Grazing Bucolic Landscape Painting

Antique American Panoramic Cloudscape Cows Grazing Bucolic Landscape Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent condition, ready...

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1910s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Large French 1970's Oil Painting Red Lobster on the Table
Large French 1970's Oil Painting Red Lobster on the Table

Large French 1970's Oil Painting Red Lobster on the Table

By Georges Bordonove

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Red Lobster signed by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary) dated 1978 oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 18 x 21.5 inches condition: very good provenance: from a large p...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Le Coq Gaulois Rooster Painting, Signed Circa 1950, 18x24 Inches Helen Gleiforst
Le Coq Gaulois Rooster Painting, Signed Circa 1950, 18x24 Inches Helen Gleiforst

Le Coq Gaulois Rooster Painting, Signed Circa 1950, 18x24 Inches Helen Gleiforst

By Helen Enoch Gleiforst

Located in Soquel, CA

Charming painting of colorful Gallic "Le Coq Gaulois" roosters by listed California artist Helen Enoch Gleiforst (American,1903-1997), circa 1950. Born in Crete, Nebraska, Helen Gle...

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1950s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

"PALOMINO AND COLT" PAINTED FOR HIS YOUNG DAUGHTER 1963 SWEET PAINTING
"PALOMINO AND COLT" PAINTED FOR HIS YOUNG DAUGHTER 1963 SWEET PAINTING

"PALOMINO AND COLT" PAINTED FOR HIS YOUNG DAUGHTER 1963 SWEET PAINTING

Located in San Antonio, TX

Richard Schmid (1934-2021) California, Vermont, Colorado, Illinois, New Hampshire Artist Image Size: 12 x 16 Frame Size: 18 x 22 Medium: Oil on Canvas 1963. Signed "Palamino And Col...

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1960s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

George Boyle Impressionist oil painting, Barbizon School of figure before sunset
George Boyle Impressionist oil painting, Barbizon School of figure before sunset

George Boyle Impressionist oil painting, Barbizon School of figure before sunset

Located in Harkstead, GB

A superb example of a Barbizon inspired landscape painted by George Boyle, "the Catford Corot" from the late 19th Century. This very striking image shows the artist at the absolute ...

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Late 19th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Frants Henningsen Oil Study of Cattle Danish Plein Air Painting
Frants Henningsen Oil Study of Cattle Danish Plein Air Painting

Frants Henningsen Oil Study of Cattle Danish Plein Air Painting

Located in Stockholm, SE

This small oil study by Frants Henningsen is striking in its simplicity and immediacy. A single cattle dominates the foreground, resting in the grass with a sense of physical weight ...

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1880s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Seafood 1970's French Impressionist Signed Oil Lobster & Sea Shell
Seafood 1970's French Impressionist Signed Oil Lobster & Sea Shell

Seafood 1970's French Impressionist Signed Oil Lobster & Sea Shell

By Georges Bordonove

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Lobster signed by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary) oil painting on board, unframed dated 1979 board: 18 x 22 inches condition: very good provenance: from a large private colle...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings

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Oil

"Studio interior with black cat" Oil cm. 76 x 66 1983 Oil
"Studio interior with black cat" Oil cm. 76 x 66 1983 Oil

"Studio interior with black cat" Oil cm. 76 x 66 1983 Oil

By Gleb Savinov

Located in Torino, IT

Black Cat,Cat,yellow Gleb SAVINOV (Kharkiv prov., Ua 1915 – St. Petersburg 2000) Gleb Alexandrovich Savinov was born in Ukraine and spent part of his childhood in Saratov. His father, Alexander Ivanovich Savinov (1881–1942), a talented painter, draftsman and teacher, was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1922 they moved from Saratov to Petrograd. In 1928-1930 Savinov started working in the studio of his father while still attending school. In 1934, after graduating from high school he enrolled at the painting department of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where he studied with, among many others, Alexander Osmerkin. In 1940 Savinov graduated and married his classmate and talented artist Olga Bogaevskaya. This happy family and creative union lasted sixty years. Since that year Gleb Savinov participated in art exhibitions with portraits, historical and genre paintings, landscapes, interior scenes, still lives. He served during the Great War and in 1944 he was admitted to the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists. In 1945-1947 he taught in the Repin Institute, then from 1949 to 1979 in the Vera Mukhina...

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1980s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Golden fish"
"Golden fish"

"Golden fish"

By Evgeny Chernyakovsky

Located in Edinburgh, GB

This painting depicts a graceful goldfish, seemingly hovering in the depths of dark water. The contrast between the rich, almost velvety background and the fish's vibrant body makes ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

George Boyle Impressionist oil painting, Barbizon School of cows grazing
George Boyle Impressionist oil painting, Barbizon School of cows grazing

George Boyle Impressionist oil painting, Barbizon School of cows grazing

Located in Harkstead, GB

A superb example of a Barbizon inspired landscape painted by George Boyle, "the Catford Corot" from the late 19th Century. This very striking image shows the artist at the absolute ...

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Late 19th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Vintage French Oil Painting Pink Sunset Over Horse and Farmers In Field
Vintage French Oil Painting Pink Sunset Over Horse and Farmers In Field

Vintage French Oil Painting Pink Sunset Over Horse and Farmers In Field

By Leon Hatot 1

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953) Title: Impressionist oil painting Medium: signed oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed. Size: painting: 12 x 20 inche...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings

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Oil

Landscape Sunset Ceramano Paint 19th Century Oil on canvas Old master France
Landscape Sunset Ceramano Paint 19th Century Oil on canvas Old master France

Landscape Sunset Ceramano Paint 19th Century Oil on canvas Old master France

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Charles Ferdinand Ceramano (Thielt 1829 – Barbizon 1909 ) Signed and dated lower right: “1897, Ceramano” Landscape at Sunset with a Flock Grazing oil on canvas 114 x 147 cm. ...

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19th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings

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Oil

Loving Friend, Oil Painting
Loving Friend, Oil Painting

Loving Friend, Oil Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A woman holding a cat stands by a kitchen window, looking out toward something unseen. Light from outside fills the room with warmth and a quiet, sentimental to...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ephemeral Koi, Oil Painting
Ephemeral Koi, Oil Painting

Ephemeral Koi, Oil Painting

By Onelio Marrero

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A gasp of koi swims just below the pond's surface. The ripples and reflections of the water complement the carefree movement of the fish. Loose yet precise brus...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings

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Oil

FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST OIL - PASTORAL LANDSCAPE LUSH GREEN FIELDS
FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST OIL - PASTORAL LANDSCAPE LUSH GREEN FIELDS

FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST OIL - PASTORAL LANDSCAPE LUSH GREEN FIELDS

By Maurice Mazeilie

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

"Summer Fields" by Maurice Mazeilie (French) oil painting on board, unframed stamped verso inscribed verso painting: 5.5 x 8 inches A delightful original oil painting by the French...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings

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Oil

"SPRING IN HER STEP" TEXAS CATTLE FREDERICKSBURG 22 X 18 FRAMED OPA Member. COW
"SPRING IN HER STEP" TEXAS CATTLE FREDERICKSBURG 22 X 18 FRAMED OPA Member. COW

"SPRING IN HER STEP" TEXAS CATTLE FREDERICKSBURG 22 X 18 FRAMED OPA Member. COW

By CHUCK MAULDIN

Located in San Antonio, TX

Chuck Mauldin Born 1949 Fredericksburg Artist Image Size: 18 x 14 Frame Size: 22 x 18 Medium: Oil "Spring In Her Step" Cattle Landscape Texas A native of Texas, Chuck Mauldin has been painting in oil since the age of twelve. His interest in watercolor and pencil drawing grew during his years spent in Louisiana. With his move back to Texas, he has renewed his focus on oil painting, using this medium in a realistic yet painterly style. Striving to quickly capture color and mood with a direct "alla prima" technique is one of his main objectives in painting outdoors on-location. Cows, cowboys and Native Americans often enrich the landscape in his studio work, while anything can inspire his plein air paintings. Workshops with Charles Sovek, Kevin Macpherson, and many others have played a significant role in his development as an artist. He is a member of Oil Painters of America and has achieved Signature membership status in the Louisiana Watercolor Society and the Plein Air Artists of Colorado. Chuck has won numerous awards and has had work accepted into prestigious national juried competitions, such as the Oil Painters of America National Show (2020, 2021), Western Regional Show (2016, 2021, 2022) and Salon Show (2016, 2020). After 28 years in Louisiana, Chuck and his wife, Barbara, moved to Fredericksburg, Texas, in 2005, in order to pursue their passion for art on a full-time basis. In 2008, Chuck started teaching a beginner’s oil painting class and later intermediate classes in composition, landscape painting, and limited palettes. He is represented by Charles Morin Fine Art in Fredericksburg, Texas. Degrees in chemistry from Southern Methodist University (B.S.) and the University of Texas (PhD) led to Chuck's career in research at ExxonMobil Process Research Labs in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He presently holds 57 U.S. patents in the field of catalysis. He and Barbara have two sons and a daughter, and 8 perfect grandchildren. An Eagle Scout...

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2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings

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Oil

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