Edgar Payne
Edgar Payne Landscape Scene "Swiss Mountain Scene" American Impressionist Artist
By Edgar Payne
Located in Rockport, MA
This beautiful painting by Edgar Payne shows a stunning view of the Swiss Alps, with snowy mountain
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Against The Tide in Style of Edgar Alwin Payne - Oil on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
Edgar Alwin Payne (American, 1883-1947). Deep grey clouds pose in the top corners with hues of pink
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Linen
Venetian Boats at Sotto Marino
By Edgar Payne
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Venetian Boats at Sotto Marino" is a painting by Edgar Alwin Payne. The painting is signed lower
Category
Early 20th Century Tonalist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Midcentury Eastern Sierra Mountains Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful oil painting of eastern Sierras by unknown artist in the style of Edgar Payne and Hanson
Category
1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Day at Laguna, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Grace Diehl
Located in Yardley, PA
colony. Some of my favorite historical artists are William Wendt and Edgar Payne. Plein air artist is
Category
2010s Other Art Style Paintings
Materials
Oil
"CALIFORNIA POPPIES" FRAMED 33 X 39 CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPE
By Gary Ray
Located in San Antonio, TX
influences have come from the works of Edgar Payne, and Hanson Puthuff.
Ray paints plein-air images of the
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cowboy in the Canyon, Small Contemporary Multicolor Abstract Figural Landscape
By Tiffanie Mang
Located in Soquel, CA
study after Edgar Payne’s works) by Tiffanie Mang (American, b. 1991). Monogrammed "TM" in the lower
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cardboard, Gouache
H 9.5 in W 9.5 in D 0.13 in
Lake in the High Sierra
By Edgar Payne
Located in Spokane, WA
Measurements
Painting 27.75 x 33.75 inches
Framed 36.25 x 42.25 inches
Edgar Alwin Payne, a
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Incoming Tide, Spooners Cave" contemporary realist landscape en plein air
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Landscape from the Richeson 75: Artist's Choice Competition and The Edgar Payne Award for best Landscape at
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Rural Farm Delivery" pastoral landscape oil painting, painted en plain air
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Competition and The Edgar Payne Award for best Landscape at the 97th Annual Gold Medal Show at the California
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"EL SALTO" EVENING LIGHT MOUNTAINS
Located in San Antonio, TX
, Will Sparks, Edgar Payne, Chauncey Foster Ryder, James Reynolds, and Frederick Mulhaupt. Every Summer
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"TWISTS AND TURNS" BIG SKY CLOUD FORMATION
Located in San Antonio, TX
painting astronomical and religious themes. His main influences come from Paul Strisik, Will Sparks, Edgar
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pair of watercolours. Possibly Views From The Santa Fe Railroad
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century crayon and watercolour on paper views by American artist Edgar Alwin Payne, both
Category
Early 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Crayon, Paper
Ultra Realist Library Still-Life Books and Candles "Little Devil in the Details"
By Ken DeWaard
Located in Soquel, CA
directly from life.
Strongly inspired by John Singer Sargent, Joaquin Sorolla, William Wendt, Edgar Payne
Category
1990s American Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Breathe Deep II" contemporary realist landscape painting of California cliffs
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Choice Competition and The Edgar Payne Award for best Landscape at the 97th Annual Gold Medal Show at the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Woman Patriots Harriet B. Stowe, Eleanor Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart, Clara Barton
By Charles Warren Mundy
Located in Soquel, CA
Singer Sargent, Edgar Payne, and Guy Rose.
He grew up and continues to live in Indianapolis, Indiana
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hallman's, American Impressionist Landscape with Figures and Farmhouse
By Albert Van Nesse Greene
Located in Doylestown, PA
Concarneau and became friends with other American painters such as, Edgar Payne. While abroad, Greene was
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
H 22.5 in W 28 in D 1 in
"GUADALUPE ROMANCE" WILDLIFE AXIS DEER FAMILY TEXAS RIVER
By Luke Frazier
Located in San Antonio, TX
and hunting is apparent in his work. Influenced by the art of Winslow Homer, Edgar Payne, Bruno
Category
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spring Path, American Impressionist Landscape, Oil on Canvas
By Albert Van Nesse Greene
Located in Doylestown, PA
sailboats and harbors in Concarneau and became friends with other American painters such as, Edgar Payne
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 22.5 in W 26.5 in D 2 in
"Waterfall in Glacier" Oil painting
By Calvin Liang
Located in Denver, CO
of Oil Painters of America in 2016, Edgar Payne Award for Best Landscape in California Art Club 104th
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Pastoral California Landscape by Artist William Dorsey in a Hand-Carved Frame
Located in Chicago, IL
were often paired with early California painters such as Edgar Payne, William Wendt and Ray Strong
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fantastic Oil Painting of Glacier National Park by Artist John Modesitt
By John Modesitt
Located in Chicago, IL
painters such as Edgar Payne, William Wendt and Ray Strong. William would joke that when collectors met him
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Fauve Landscape French Market Scene by Female American Artist
Located in Miami, FL
attended Best Art School in San Francisco. In 1912 she married fellow artist Edgar Alwin Payne, with whom
Category
1910s Fauvist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Point Cabrillo Light Station, Mendocino
Located in San Francisco, CA
particularly well to that of Edgar Payne
(1882-1947)
One-Woman Shows:
Maxims of Greeley, CO - May, l983
Niwot
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mixed Media Modernist Painting Collage Nantucket Whirligig Americana Folk Art
By Mary Ingebrand-Pohlad
Located in Surfside, FL
includes works by Maynard Dixon, Edgar Alwin Payne, Louise Everett Nimmo, Millard Sheets, and William Wendt
Category
1990s American Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Graphite
Mixed Media Modernist Painting Collage Nantucket Whirligig Americana Folk Art
By Mary Ingebrand-Pohlad
Located in Surfside, FL
includes works by Maynard Dixon, Edgar Alwin Payne, Louise Everett Nimmo, Millard Sheets, and William Wendt
Category
1990s American Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Graphite
Recent Sales
Edgar Payne “Sierra Lake” Early California Impressionist Oil painting circa 1920
By Edgar Payne
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Southern California Impressionist artist Edgar Payne (1883 – 1947). The work measures 29 x 29 inches
Category
1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 37.75 in W 37.75 in D 3.5 in
Mount Whitney California Original Ken Harrison Contemporary Oil Landscape
Located in Whitefish, MT
like Edgar Payne and Ernest Luthi. Harrison emphasizes the importance of composition, value, and edges
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sailing Along
By Calvin Liang
Located in Cincinnati, OH
the 25th National Juried Exhibition of Oil Painters of America in 2016, Edgar Payne Award for Best
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Setting Sail
By Calvin Liang
Located in Cincinnati, OH
the 25th National Juried Exhibition of Oil Painters of America in 2016, Edgar Payne Award for Best
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Patio (aka Crotona)
By Nell Brooker Mayhew
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
, and Edgar Payne. These “color etchings” (often known as monoprints today) were made in a two step
Category
1910s Symbolist Landscape Paintings
Spring
By Nell Brooker Mayhew
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
time California artists like William Wendt, Hanson Putthuff, and Edgar Payne. These “color etchings
Category
1910s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Oil
Sunlit Winter Shores
Located in Whitefish, MT
as through the writings and works of Richard Schmid, Edgar Payne, Joaquin Sorolla and the California
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ben Bauer, Afternoon at Baha'i Honda State Park Florida Keys, 2019
By Ben Bauer
Located in New York, NY
divergent as George Inness (1825-94) and the California landscapist, Edgar Payne (1882-1947). Bauer also
Category
2010s Tonalist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Conrad Buff Oil Painting of Western Landscape
By Conrad Buff
Located in Milford, NH
Los Angeles and then to Arizona. Buff became friends with Maynard Dixon and Edgar Payne and frequently
Category
20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Panel
"BRAINS & BRAWN" HORSE WITH SADDLE
By Bill Anton
Located in San Antonio, TX
-air painting and was much inspired by the work of Anders Zorn, Edgar Payne and Frank Tenney Johnson.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
"ROAD TO THE MOUNTAINS" FRAMED 42.25 X 52.25 CALIFORNIA WILDFLOWERS STUNNING
By Gary Ray
Located in San Antonio, TX
influences have come from the works of Edgar Payne, and Hanson Puthuff.
Ray paints plein-air images of the
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"POPPIES AT TWILIGHT" FRAMED 28.5 X 32.5 CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPE
By Gary Ray
Located in San Antonio, TX
influences have come from the works of Edgar Payne, and Hanson Puthuff.
Ray paints plein-air images of the
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 20 in W 24 in D 3 in
"HORNER ANTES DE LA VISPERA" (EARLY EVE BAKING)
Located in San Antonio, TX
Paul Strisik, Will Sparks, Edgar Payne, Chauncey Foster Ryder, James Reynolds, and Frederick Mulhaupt
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 15.5 in W 18.5 in D 3 in
"EVENING LIGHT" ENCHANTED ROCK TEXAS HILL COUNRY
Located in San Antonio, TX
Strisik, Will Sparks, Edgar Payne, Chauncey Foster Ryder, James Reynolds, and Frederick Mulhaupt. Every
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 17 in W 20 in D 3 in
"LADY BIRD RIVER" LANDSCAPE
Located in San Antonio, TX
, Will Sparks, Edgar Payne, Chauncey Foster Ryder, James Reynolds, and Frederick Mulhaupt. Every Summer
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Path to Wild Roses
By Ann Larsen
Located in Westport, CT
. Other influences come from the early California Impressionists such as Edgar Payne, William Wendt and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sun and Fog
By Ann Larsen
Located in Westport, CT
come from the early California Impressionists such as Edgar Payne, William Wendt and Marion Wachel, as
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Low Tide
By Ann Larsen
Located in Westport, CT
California Impressionists such as Edgar Payne, William Wendt and Marion Wachel, as well as Emil Guppe who
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Carson River
By Ann Larsen
Located in Westport, CT
. Other influences come from the early California Impressionists such as Edgar Payne, William Wendt and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Reflection
By Ann Larsen
Located in Westport, CT
California Impressionists such as Edgar Payne, William Wendt and Marion Wachel, as well as Emil Guppe who
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Eucalyptus in Fog
By Ann Larsen
Located in Westport, CT
. Other influences come from the early California Impressionists such as Edgar Payne, William Wendt and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"High Desert" Modernist Painting by Conrad Buff
By Conrad Buff
Located in Wiscasset, ME
-exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Moreover, he had a close relationship with Edgar Alwyn
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
California Plein Air High Sierra Lake in Springtime
Located in Soquel, CA
style of Edgar Payne's (American, 1883-1947) iconic High Sierra paintings. Circa 2000. Signed lower
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Purple Desert Mountains
By Conrad Buff
Located in Soquel, CA
, and later evolved into more abstract work. Buff did WPA murals with artist Edgar Payne, they painted a
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"A GOOD YEAR IN UTOPIA" IMPRESSIONISTIC TEXAS HILL COUNTRY BLUEBONNET
Located in San Antonio, TX
, Will Sparks, Edgar Payne, Chauncey Foster Ryder, James Reynolds, and Frederick Mulhaupt. Every Summer
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Two Figures by River, American Impressionist Snow Winter Landscape
By Albert Van Nesse Greene
Located in Doylestown, PA
as, Edgar Payne. While abroad, Greene was greatly influenced by the work of Claude Monet and Edgar
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A Gift of Roses
By Ann Larsen
Located in Westport, CT
. Other influences come from the early California Impressionists such as Edgar Payne, William Wendt and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rolling Surf
By Ann Larsen
Located in Westport, CT
. Other influences come from the early California Impressionists such as Edgar Payne, William Wendt and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wyoming Landscape Oil Painting by Scott L Christensen Hoback Country Fall
By Scott Christensen
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
to the works of Sir Alfred East and Edgar Payne, men who were extraordinarily inventive when it came
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 15.13 in W 19 in D 1.63 in
Wyoming Landscape Oil Painting by Scott L Christensen
By Scott Christensen
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
painting could bear. For guidance he turned to the works of Sir Alfred East and Edgar Payne, men who were
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 16.25 in W 18.25 in D 1.25 in
Mountains and Sea, 1920
By Carl Sammons
Located in Soquel, CA
), John Hilton (1904-1883), Maurice Logan (1886-1977), Jean Mannheim (1863-1945), Edgar Payne (1883-1947
Category
1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Cardboard
High Desert
By Conrad Buff
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Angeles County Museum of Art. Moreover, he had a close relationship with Edgar Alwyn Payne (1882-1947
Category
1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Oil on Canvas of Edgar Payne by Elsie Palmer Payne.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Incredible signed oil painting on canvas of the famed painter and muralist Edgar Payne (1883-1947
Category
Vintage 1930s American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
California Cotton Fields
By Nell Brooker Mayhew
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
Putthuff, and Edgar Payne. She made her way as a single woman in a man’s art world.
Framed in a
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
William Dorsey "Coastal Eucalyptus" Oil Landscape California Plein Air Framed
Located in Palm Springs, CA
stores and auction houses, where they were often paired with early California painters such as Edgar
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Spring Landscape
By George Laurence Nelson
Located in Sheffield, MA
George Laurence Nelson
American, 1887-1978
Spring Landscape
Oil on canvas
20 ⅛ by 24 ⅛ in, w/ frame 28 by 32 in
Signed and dated 1912 lower right
George Laurence Nelson was born in...
Category
1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spring
By Edgars Vinters
Located in Riga, LV
Edgars Vinters (1919-2014)
Edgars Vinters is working in oil, watercolor and monotype techniques. He paints landscapes in different seasons and flowers. In 1970 the significant place...
Category
1970s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
California Coast Seascape - Oil On Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
California Coast Seascape - Oil On Canvas
Oil painting of crashing waves along the California coastline by Bay Area artist Jack Linn (American). Light peeks through the clouds, refl...
Category
1990s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Framed California Wild Flower Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist landscape oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Image size, 5H by 7L.
Category
1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Le Chapeau Épinglé (2e planche).
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR
Le Chapeau Épinglé (2e planche).
Color lithograph, 1898. 600x488 mm; 23 5/8x19 1/4 inches, full margins. Edition of 200. With the second printed signature in t...
Category
18th Century Impressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 47 in W 41 in D 4.25 in
Antique American Impressionist Hudson River School Coastal Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist painting of a coastal seascape. Oil on canvas, circa 1900. Signed illegibly. Framed. Image size, 18L x 12H.
Category
1890s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 15 in W 21 in D 2 in
Through The Redwoods - California Impressionism Circa 1930s
Located in Soquel, CA
Through The Redwoods - American Impressionist
American Impressionist oil painting depicting a forest of California redwood trees. A giant redwood tree stands out as the focal point,...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape. 1937, oil on cardboard, 34x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape. 1937, oil on cardboard, 34x40 cm
Reinhold Kasparsons (born 13/9/1889 in Cēsis, died 14/1966 in Riga), painter.
Born in a craftsman's family. Studied at Nītaure school, a...
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Antique American Impressionist Fall in Maine Nicely Framed Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting by Arthur E. Ward (1863 - 1928). OIl on board. Framed. Signed.
Category
1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Barn Beneath Mt. Tamalpais - Mid Century California Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid century California landscape painting of a red barn tucked in the hills beneath Mt. Tamalpais, by an unknown American artist. Signed "Bloomfield" and dated 1956 on vers...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
San Gabriel Mountains in Autumn Landscape California School 1930s
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful California plein air painting of San Gabriel Mountains in autumn with iconic Sycamore tree in foreground. Circa 1960. Unsigned. Presented in vintage gilt-toned carved wood ...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
H 13 in W 17 in D 1.25 in
The Empty Barn - California Country Scene Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
The Empty Barn - California Country Scene Oil on Canvas
American Impressionist oil painting of a vacant wooden barn along the hillside. A wooden barn acts as the focal point, with ...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winter Scene
By Walter Launt Palmer
Located in New York, NY
In this prototypical oil painting, Walter Launt Palmer's title as "the painter of the American winter" can be vividly and brilliantly seen. As an impressionist painter that emerged a...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
American School Modernist Abstract Cityscape Holiday Lights Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvasboard. Framed. Image size, 20H x 30L. Signed.
Category
1940s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 26 in W 36 in D 2 in
19th Century White Mountain Landscape, Unknown American School
Located in New York, NY
Unknown White Mountain Artist
White Mountain Landscape, 19th Century
Oil on board
5 x 9 1/4 in.
Framed: 7 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Overlooking the Bay - Coastal Maine Landscape in Oil on Masonite by Lydia 1957
Located in Soquel, CA
Overlooking the Bay - Coastal Landscape in Oil on Masonite
Serene coastal landscape by unknown artist "Lydia" (American, 20th century). The viewer stands at a vantage point above a ...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
H 15.5 in W 19.5 in D 0.25 in
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