Art Styles Archives - Art Worths https://artworths.com/art-styles/ Information and Price Guide to Antique and Vintage Art including Artists SignaturesMy WordPress Blog Fri, 12 Jan 2024 10:05:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 214471176 Impressionist Art https://artworths.com/impressionist-art/ Thu, 04 Aug 2022 09:17:52 +0000 https://artworths.com/?p=8 Impressionist Art or Impressionism originated in Paris in the 19th-century, roughly between the 1870’s and 1880’s. It was characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis…

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]]> Impressionist Art or Impressionism originated in Paris in the 19th-century, roughly between the 1870’s and 1880’s. It was characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject matter, unusual visual angles, and inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience. Reference: Wikipedia

Below are some examples and price guides of Impressionist art including an oil on canvas by Edouard Cortes and a portrait of a lady with a mandolin

Edouard Henri Léon Cortès (French, 1882-1969)

Edouard Henri Léon Cortès (French, 1882-1969)
Place de la Madeleine au crépescule
signed ‘E. CORTÈS.’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
33 x 47cm (13 x 18 1/2in).

Sold for £15,250 inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2022

Lady with Mandolin Oil on canvas

Julian Alden Weir
American, 1852-1919
Lady with Mandolin
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 3/8 inches (101.6 x 77.2 cm)

There are restorations at the subjects nose and upper lip, a bit in the hand at the neck of the instrument, and in the forearm and sleeve of the other arm. The work is relined. Craquelure.

Sold for $10,080 (includes buyer’s premium) at Doyle in 2022

Impressionist depiction of a man in a buggy travelling down a dirt path

Anthony Thieme
Massachusetts, California,1888-1954
Impressionist depiction of a man in a buggy travelling down a dirt path lined by birch trees and autumnal foliage as birds fly about. Thieme studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts under George Hacker, and then later in Italy and Germany. Thieme is best known for his works depicting boats, fishermen, and harbors.
Oil on canvas,Canvas 30″ x 36″.Frame 39″ x 45″
Signed “A Thieme” lower left corner, marked “Buggy Ride Anthony Thieme” on front of frame.

Sold for US$1,000 at Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers in 2022

19th Century French Impressionist summer landscape

SUMMER LANDSCAPE OIL PAINTING

Year: 19th Century
Size: 73″ x 44″
Medium: Oil
Description: Huge 19th Century French Impressionist summer landscape, oil on canvas by Georges Paul-Manceau. Panoramic and extensive landscape view painted on a grand scale with figures working in the sunlit fields. Excellent quality and condition early example of Impressionist landscape painting by the artist when he was just 20 and titled as a gift to friendship. Presented in a magnificent antique gilt frame. Inscribed, signed and dated. Measurements: 73″ x 44″ framed approx

Sold for US$8,250 at NY Elizabeth in 2022

Visitation with Hollyhocks (study)

Maurice Denis

1870 – 1943

Visitation with Hollyhocks (study)

signed Mau. Denis (lower left)

oil on canvas

10 5/8 by 15 3/4 in.

27 by 40 cm.

Executed circa 1907.

Sold for 22,680 USD at Sotheby’s in 2022

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