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Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings

POSTIMPRESSIONIST STYLE

In the revolutionary wake of Impressionism, artists like Vincent van Gogh, Georges Seurat, Paul Cézanne and Paul Gauguin advanced the style further while firmly rejecting its limitations. Although the artists now associated with Postimpressionist art did not work as part of a group, they collectively employed an approach to expressing moments in time that was even more abstract than that of the Impressionists, and they shared an interest in moving away from naturalistic depictions to more subjective uses of vivid colors and light in their paintings.

The eighth and final Impressionist exhibition was held in Paris in 1886, and Postimpressionism — also spelled Post-Impressionism — is usually dated between then and 1905. The term “Postimpressionism” was coined by British curator and art critic Roger Fry in 1910 at the “Manet and the Postimpressionists” exhibition in London that connected their practices to the pioneering modernist art of Édouard Manet. Many Postimpressionist artists — most of whom lived in France — utilized thickly applied, vibrant pigments that emphasized the brushstrokes on the canvas.

The Postimpressionist movement’s iconic works of art include van Gogh’s The Starry Night (1889) and Seurat’s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte (1884). Seurat’s approach reflected the experimental spirit of Postimpressionism, as he used Pointillist dots of color that were mixed by the eye of the viewer rather than the hand of the artist. Van Gogh, meanwhile, often based his paintings on observation, yet instilled them with an emotional and personal perspective in which colors and forms did not mirror reality. Alongside Mary Cassatt, Cézanne, Henri Matisse and Gauguin, the Dutch painter was a pupil of Camille Pissarro, the groundbreaking Impressionist artist who boldly organized the first independent painting exhibitions in late-19th-century Paris.

The boundary-expanding work of the Postimpressionist painters, which focused on real-life subject matter and featured a prioritization of geometric forms, would inspire the Nabis, German Expressionism, Cubism and other modern art movements to continue to explore abstraction and challenge expectations for art.

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Style: Post-Impressionist
Au Circus
Located in Sheffield, MA
Dietz Edzard German, 1893-1963 Au Circus Oil on canvas 22 by 31 in. W/frame 32 by 41 in. Signed lower right Dietz Edzard was born in Bremen in 1893 Germany. He traveled extensive...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings

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Oil

'Woman Sleeping', Early Paris Post Impressionist Oil, Salon d’Automne, Fauve
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'Jais' for Jais Nielsen (Danish, 1885-1961) and dated "51". Born in Denmark, Jais Nielsen initially studied at Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler under Kristian Zahrtma...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings

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Oil, Paper

California Post-Impressionist 'Woman Seated', Louvre, LACMA, Académie Chaumière
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Di Gesu estate stamp verso and painted circa 1955. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and the Chouinard Art School before movi...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings

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Gouache, Laid Paper

Vintage post-impressionist painting of a ballerina, figurative interior scene
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Stunning large heavy vintage oil painting of an interior scene with a woman sat looking out of a window. The detail on this painting is amazing. A ballerina, perhaps ready for an e...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings

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Oil

Woman posing with guitar mixed media painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas cardboard. Work measurements 46x38 cm. Frameless. Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish pa...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings

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Mixed Media

1982 naive French garden scene with table and chairs by Paul Altman
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A very charming mid 20th Century, Post Impressionist work by Paul Altman. Despite the limited information available about Altman, it doesn't diminish the ...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

“Olden Days, Paris”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of the olden days of Paris with Parisians strolling and horse drawn carriages making their way after a rain through the streets of Paris along the Seine River. Historic landmark buildings can be seen in the hazy background notably Cathedral Notre Dame to the left and the Basilica Sacre Coeur in the distance to the right. Signed lower right by the Belgian artist, Antione Verdy. Circa 1980. Condition is excellent. Framed in a gold gallery frame with white linen liner. Overall framed measurements are 27.5 by 31.5 inches. Provenance: A Naples, Florida estate. Antione Verdy was a Belgian artist noted for his landscape and figurative paintings of city life.
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1980s Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Woman Ironing', Paris Salon Modernist, Royal Academy, Charlottenborg, Benezit
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Ludvig Jacobsen' (Danish, 1890-1957) and painted circa 1915. Previously with: Arnbaks Kunsthandel, Bredgade 24, Copenhagen, from label verso. Framed dimensions: ...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Daffodils & Colorful Flowers Wicker Porch Swing and Maine Landscape 1970s oil/c
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Signed lower left. Framed dimensions: 46 x 58 inches John Powell (b. 1930) has worked in the arts through out his life. Born in Hollywood, California, he began to paint at the age ...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Japanese Fauvist Colorful Oil Painting Chinese Ceramic Jars with Fan and Apple
Located in Surfside, FL
Yoshio Aoyama (Japanese, 1894-1996) "Nature Morte". Oil on canvas. 1981. Signed 'Aoyama' (upper left). Signed and titled 'Nature Morte' verso. 15" x 18" ...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Roses with a Quimper Plate', Paris, Salon d’Automne, Fauve, Section d'Or
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'Jais' for Jais Nielsen (Danish, 1885-1961) and dated 1913. An early twentieth-century, oil still-life of pink dog-roses shown loosely arranged in a cobalt blue glass vase, set beside two Breton tin-glazed earthenware plates, resting on an azure-turquoise tablecloth and contrasted against a coral-ochre background. An elegant, early work by this foundational Danish Modernist. Born in Denmark, Jais Nielsen initially studied at Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler under Kristian Zahrtmann and exhibited for the first time at the 1907 Autumn Salon at the Charlottenborg Palace. Nielsen participated in the early and groundbreaking, “Group of Thirteen" Modernist show, where his focus on dynamic figural painting and his bold use of color set him dramatically apart from his contemporaries. From 1907-11, Nielsen's use of 'primitive' Fauve colors would continue to reinforce his break with traditional Danish painting. During this period, he made study excursions to important art centres, including, in 1909, to Berlin. In 1911, he moved to Paris where he settled in the Latin Quarter near the Musée Cluny. His first formal Paris exhibition was at the Salon d’Automne of 1912. During this first Paris period, Nielsen attended meetings of the Section d’Or at the studio of Jacques Villon and, as a result, began to incorporate subtle, yet distinct, Cubist elements into his work.   With the outbreak of World War One, Nielsen returned to Copenhagen, taking with him both his increasing compositional sophistication and a thorough understanding of the principles of Modernism. During this period, ports, dance and circus life became subjects of interest and he painted many canvases in the style of Analytic Cubism, of which he became the earliest and, arguably, the finest Danish exponent. From 1915 onwards, Nielsen also created Cubist sculptures and, from 1922-28, was employed as a sculptor by the Royal Copenhagen porcelain factory. Here, he produced a series of ceramic sculptures on Biblical themes which included the Good Samaritan and several versions of Jacob Wrestling with the Angel...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Seated Nude', California Post-Impressionist, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp, verso, for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and t...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings

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Paper, Oil

'Still Life with Wicker Basket', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Victor Di Gesu estate stamp verso and painted circa 1955. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and the Chouinard Art School befo...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

Post-impressionist interior paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Post-Impressionist interior paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add interior paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, green, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Victor Di Gesu, Rafael Duran Benet, Jacques Zucker, and Jean-Louis-Marcel Cosson. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Post-Impressionist interior paintings, so small editions measuring 7 inches across are also available. Prices for interior paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $141 and tops out at $192,477, while the average work sells for $1,781.

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