8 Paintings to Celebrate Summer from American Art Online

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  Jack Wilkinson-Smith, The Drenched Rocks. Starting Bid $4,800.

  Jack Wilkinson-Smith is best known for his oils of the California coast, depicting landscapes and seascapes in the American Impressionist style.
  
  

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  Wolf Kahn, Midsummer Barn II,. Starting Bid $40,000.

  Midsummer Barn II, painted in 1979, is a prime example of Wolf Kahn’s mix of Realism and Color Field painting.
  
  

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  Gifford Beal, Beach Scene with Figures,. Starting Bid $1,000.

  Painted with open brushwork and vivid colors, Gifford Beal’s Beach Scene with Figures evokes the carefree lifestyle of coastal summer.
  
  

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  Walter Gilman Page, Nantucket,. Starting Bid $1,200.

  Walter Gilman Page depicts the quaint island of Nantucket, a summer retreat off the coast of Cape Cod.
  
  
  
   
  
  

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  Harry Leslie Hoffman, Suicide Sloop,. Starting Bid $2,400.

  Painted in intense and almost electric blues, Suicide Sloop evokes the freedom of the open ocean during summer.
  
  

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  Jacob Greenleaf, Eddy’s Alley on Tuna Wharf,. Starting Bid $1,800.

  Born in Estonia, Jacob Greenleaf became an active painter in Rockport, MA.
  
  

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  Phillip Evergood, Dove Oyster Factory,. Starting Bid $7,000.

  Dove Oyster Factory depicts the influence of George Luks’ Ashcan School on Philip Evergood’s American Social Realist style of painting.
  
  

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  Joseph Stella, Nocturne,. Starting Bid $3,500.

  Nocturne is a prime example of Joseph Stella’s depiction of industrial America.
  
  

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