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Art For Sale
Style: Post-Impressionist
Style: Arte Povera
The Quiet of Morning by Julie Houck, Large Landscape Oil Painting with Water
Located in Atlanta, GA
"The Quiet of Morning" by American artist Julie Houck captures the ethereal beauty of dawn with this stunning square landscape painting depicting the tranquil union of morning water ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Repos dans un champs de coquelicots - Pointillist Landscape Oil by Yvonne Canu
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed pointillist oil on panel figures in landscape by French neo-impressionist painter Yvonne Canu. This stunning piece depicts a couple resting under a parasol in a field of wildf...
Category

1960s Pointillist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Moon Shadow by Julie Houck, Large Landscape Oil Painting with Sunset
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Moon Shadow" by American artist Julie Houck transforms your space with the captivating beauty of this large square landscape painting, capturing the mesmerizing allure of a sunset k...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Fresh Cut Flowers in a Vase
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Oil on canvas by Eugene Edward Speicher signed lower right. Measures 28" x 25" including the frame. Provenance: Private Collection USA Bradbury Art and Antiques, Wiscasset, ME ...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

'Barques a St. Florent Corse' . Boats at Saint Florent, Corsica. Pointillism
Located in St. Albans, GB
Yvonne Canu 1921 – 2008 Canvas Size: 18 x 21.5 (46 x 55cm) Outside Frame Size: 25.5 x 29" (65 x 74cm) Yvonne Canu is currently one of the most sought after contemporary pointillis...
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Mid-20th Century Pointillist Art

Materials

Oil

Bouquet pour le dîner by H. Claude Pissarro - Still Life, pastel on card
Located in London, GB
Bouquet pour le dîner by H. Claude Pissarro (b. 1935) Pastel on card 51 x 37 cm (20 ¹/₈ x 14 ⁵/₈ inches) Signed lower left, H.Claude Pissarro This work is accompanied by a certifica...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Pastel

Au bords de l'etang - Post Impressionist Figures in Landscape Oil - Max Agostini
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed post impressionist figures in landscape circa 1980 by French painter Max Michel Agostini. The work park-goers beside a river on a sunny day. A lady carrying a parasol as she w...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Boats in the harbour - Menton - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Leon Detroy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed landscape oil on canvas circa 1900 by French post impressionist painter Leon Detroy. This work is painted in a divisionist style and depicts a view of sailing boats moored in ...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Venice - Post Impressionist Venetian Landscape Oil Painting by Leon Detroy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed landscape oil on canvas circa 1910 by French post impressionist painter Leon Detroy. This work is painted in a divisionist style and depicts a view of gondolas on the canal in...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dunkerque, le vieux bassin by Eugène Boudin - Figurative water scene
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE. Dunkerque, le vieux bassin by Eugène Boudin (1824-1898) Oil on canvas 46 x 65.2 cm (18 ¹/₈ x 25 ⁵/₈ inches) Signed and ...
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1880s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bunch of Flowers, Painting Post-impressionist Circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
GOBILLARD Paule (1869 - 1946) Bunch of Flowers Oil on canvas signed low right Framed with gold leaves Dim canvas : 47 X 39 cm Dim frame : 67 X 59 cm GOBILLARD Paule (1869 - 1946) ...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

A Walk in the Forest - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Gustave Cariot
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on board figures in landscape by French post impressionist painter Gustave Cariot. The piece is set in Wiesbaden, Germany depicts a breathtaking view of the Rive...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Man with Pipe - 19th Century French Post Impressionist Smoking Portrait Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful late 19th century French post-impressionist oil on board portrait of a man with a pipe. The work is signed with initials and dated 1892 lower right. Presented in a black ...
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1890s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Place Pigalle - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Elie Pavil
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in cityscape oil on canvas circa 1910 by Russian-born post impressionist painter Elie Anatole Pavil. The piece, painted in a predominantly blue and yellow tones, depic...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Cherry Trees in Bloom on the Seine" Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Cherry Trees in Bloom on the Seine (Cerisiers en Fleurs sur la Seine)" Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968) Pastel on paper, circa 1920s Signed l.l. Circa 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (u...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Modernist Mid century Swedish tram and figure scene in Fauvist colors
Located in Woodbury, CT
Acquiring a mid-20th-century Fauvist painting by Wilhelm Henning is an opportunity to own a piece of art that captures the vibrant spirit and expressive color palette of the Fauvist ...
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1950s Fauvist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Sunset Over the Lake, 1919 by Swedish Artist Carl Kjellin (1862-1939)
Located in Stockholm, SE
"Sunset Over the Lake" by Carl Kjellin is a Nordic Light painting capturing the ephemeral beauty of a lake at sunset. The vibrant canvas, dominated by a brilliant orange sky reflecti...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original signed oil painting by Jules Rene Herve of Maxims Restaurant Paris
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Jules Rene Herve (1887-1981) French TITLE: “Maxims De Paris Restaurant At Night” SIGNED: lower right MEDIUM: oil on canvas SIZE: 41cm x 36cm inc frame CONDITION: very go...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

A Beautiful European Landscape/Mountainscape by artist European Artist E. Feith
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful, large romantic landscape/mountainscape by European artist E. Feith in green tones. The painting has a silver/champagne-toned frame.
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Borie In Rows of Lavender " Contemporary Impressionist Oil of Provence
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Borie In Rows Of Lavender" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures a timeless scene in the South of...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Vingnas, Lillehammer By Peder Monsted
Located in New Orleans, LA
Peder Mork Mønsted 1859-1941 Danish Vingnas, Lillehammer Signed, titled and dated "P Monsted / Vingnas, Lillehammer 1918” (lower right) Oil on canvas C...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

La Terrasse Devant La Mer By Jean Pierre Cassigneul
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jean-Pierre Cassigneul b.1935 French La terrasse devant la mer (The Terrace by the Sea) Signed “Cassigneul” (lower left) Oil on canvas laid on panel This monumental, three-panele...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

Josianna, Jeune Femme au Ruban by Jean Gabriel Domergue
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jean-Gabriel Domergue 1889-1962 French Josianna, jeune femme au ruban (Josianna, Young Woman With Ribbon) Signed "Jean Gabriel Domergue" (lower left) Oil on panel A young French beauty known as Josianna is the subject of this work by Jean-Gabriel Domergue, and the oil on panel is a perfect example of the portraits for which the artist is renowned. His model embodies the concept of the la belle Parisienne: slender, swan-like women bearing an unmistakable grace and style. Domergue includes a delicate pink ribbon around her neck, suggesting a fashionable garment, set against a soft pastel-colored backdrop. The artist's oeuvre encompasses women from all facets of society, from aristocratic figures such as Liane de Pougy and Nadine, Baroness de Rothschild...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Panel, Oil

Nocturne, Fenetre Eclairee - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil - Henri Le Sidaner
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed divisionist landscape oil on panel circa 1920 by French painter Henri le Sidaner. This stunning piece depicts a white house framed by trees at nighttime. Light glows from the...
Category

1920s Pointillist Art

Materials

Panel, Oil

Le Perron (The Porch) /// French Impressionist Henri Le Sidaner Garden Landscape
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Henri Le Sidaner (French, 1862-1939) Title: "Le Perron (The Porch)" Portfolio: Gazette des Beaux-Arts *Issued unsigned, though signed by Sidaner in the plate (printed signature) lower right Year: 1911 Medium: Original Lithograph on soft-cream Simili Japon paper Limited edition: approx. 1,500 Printer: Maison Fortier and Marotte, Paris, France Publisher: Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France Reference: Sanchez and Seydoux 1911, No. 12 Sheet size: 10.75" x 7.13" Image size: 7.5" x 5.75" Condition: Light toning to sheet. It is otherwise a strong impression in excellent condition Notes: Printed in one color: blue. This lithograph was published by Gazette des Beaux-Arts. The Gazette des Beaux-Arts was a French art review, found in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as its first chief editor. Assia Visson Rubinstein was chief editor under the direction of George Wildenstein from 1928 until 1960. Her papers, which include all editions of the Gazette from this period, are intact at the Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne in Dorigny. The Gazette was a world reference work on art history for nearly 100 years - one other editor in chief, from 1955 to 1987, was Jean Adhémar. It was bought in 1928 by the Wildenstein family, whose last representative was Daniel Wildenstein, its director from 1963 until his death in 2001. The review closed in 2002. Biography: Sidaner, (7 August 1862 – July 1939), an intimist painter, born to a French family in Port Louis, Mauritius. In 1870 he and his family settled in Dunkirk. Le Sidaner received most of his tutelage from the École des Beaux-Arts under the instruction of Alexandre Cabanel but later broke away due to artistic differences. Between 1885 and 1894 Le Sidaner lived the year round at the Etaples art colony and was joined there by his childhood friend Eugène Chigot (1860–1923), who shared his interest in atmospheric light. Later Le Sidaner traveled extensively throughout France. He also visited many cities around the globe, as well as villages throughout Europe. He exhibited at the Salon, the Galeries Georges Petit in Paris and the Goupil Gallery in London, and settled in Gerberoy. Marcel Proust's mention of Le Sidaner's work in his novel In Search of Lost Time confirms its later reputation. In Sodom and Gomorrah...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Ambassadeurs Aristide Bruant in his cabaret by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in New York, NY
This lithographic poster illustrates Aristide Bruant who was a famous performer and cabaret owner in Paris at the turn of the 20th century. Lautrec, seizing on Bruant's trademark cos...
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Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Les Buissons Ardents By André Brasilier
Located in New Orleans, LA
André Brasilier b. 1929 French Les buisson ardents Signed “André Brasilier” (lower right); signed, dated and inscribed "Pour Alexis. Mai 1982" (en verso) Oil on canvas Swirling w...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

'Monterey at Sunset', California Post-Impressionist Landscape
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial trillium monotype landscape showing a view of the cultivated fields and coastal hills of Monterey County, California bathed in the glow of a radiant sunset. Signed lower left, "Maxon" for John Maxon (American, 20th century) and created circa 1985. Coming from a western tradition in Wyoming, John Maxon developed an expansive view of nature and the spiritual essence it imbued. Moving eventually to the San Francisco Bay area, John’s delight in the effects of light and color led him to the decision to become an artist at the young age of 15. His natural ability was encouraged and, at 16, he began figurative art classes with Howard Brodie. Maxon spent his youthful days painting seriously in the fields behind Stanford University, and was fortunate to be exposed to and to study the works of Nathan Oliviera, Wayne Thiebaud and David Park during those years. He attended San Jose State University, and apprenticed for Sam Richardson...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Monotype

'Reclining Nude', California Post-Impressionist, de Young Museum, Fauve
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'W.Georgetti', and created circa 1950. Born in Italy, this California Post-Impressionist came to the United States at the age of one. Georgetti first worked as a merchant seaman to support his art studies and traveled all over the world accumulating sketches, many of which he later worked up into paintings. He made frequent visits to France, where he was influenced by the Post-Impressionists and, particularly, by the Nabis. An innovative theorist, Georgetti was the originator of the style known as California Fauvism. He exhibited widely and with success, both at exhibitions and at one-man shows (Oakland Art Gallery, 1942-44; Society of American Graphic Artists, NYC, 1944; Maxwell Galleries, 1940’s; de Young Museum...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Monotype, Paper, Crayon

"Group by the Sea" - Abstracted Impasto Seascape by Richard Lofton
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful and expressive abstracted seascape with thick impasto dynamically swirling together by California artist Richard Lofton (American, 1908-1966). Signed and dated "RICHARD LOFT...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Burlap

Adolph Kronengold (1900-1986) - Alaska Landscape Oil on Board, ca 1940’s
Located in Baltimore, MD
Adolph Kronengold was born in New Orleans in 1900. He studied locally at Tulane, before moving on to New York and Philadelphia. There he studied at the Art Students League and the P...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Lady Sewing in an Interior - Scottish 40s Pointilliste oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Scottish 1940's portrait oil painting is by noted artist Murray Urquhart. He has been described by one of his sons as obsessed with painting, to the exclusion of most oth...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

French Post-Impressionist Mid Century Signed Oil Painting - Bright Burst Floral
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Robert Falcucci (French 1900-1989), signed lower corner Title: Bright Floral Still Life of Flowers Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed, signed canvas: 21.5 x ...
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19th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Georges MANZANA-PISSARRO (1871-1961) Son of Camille
Located in Holywell, GB
A delightful pencil sketch on watermarked laid paper by Camille Pissarro’s son, George Manzana Pissarro. Signed by means of his studio stamp and with auct...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Pencil

1970's English Post Impressionist impasto oil painting BEACH SCENE ESSEX signed
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Ian Hay (1940-) British TITLE: "Groynes Dovercourt Beach Essex" SIGNED: lower left MEDIUM: oil on board SIZE: 41cm x 34cm inc frame CONDITION: very good DETAIL: Artist in...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Vintage French Impressionist Painting Stone Bridge Viaduct in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) watercolour on paper, unframed painting: 26.5 x 20 inches provenance: the artists estate, France condition: very good and ...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Voilier - ship, 1948 - oil on canvas, 51x59 cm., framed
Located in Nice, FR
Oil painting on panel representing a boat in the sea. Framed André Petroff naquit à Saint-Petersbourg en 1894, il étudia avec Bilibine et Roerich. Par la...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

1930's French Post Impressionist Oil Painting - Stone Cottage With Ladder
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Crochet (French c. 1930), female French Impressionist artist Title: The Stone Cottage Medium: oil on board, unframed Size: board: 9.5 x 13 inches Proven...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

“At the Wharf, Cape Cod”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of the wharf in Cape Cod, Massachusetts done by the well know marine artist C. Hjalmar (Cappy) Amundsen. Signed lower right with one of his many pseud...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rockport, Massachusetts
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gifford Beal, painter, etcher, muralist, and teacher, was born in New York City in 1879. The son of landscape painter William Reynolds Beal, Gifford Beal began studying at William M...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite

Brilliant Antique 1920s FAUVIST Landscape
By Otto Bierhals
Located in Exton, PA
Brilliant fauvist landscape painting by Otto Bierhals. The painting is oil on canvass measuring 16" x 20". Signed at the lower right. Features brilliant coloration and eye watering i...
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1920s Fauvist Art

Materials

Oil

Nature And Culture By Patrick Hughes
Located in New Orleans, LA
Patrick Hughes b. 1939 British Nature and Culture Signed, dated "Nature and Culture / Patrick Hughes / 2000-2023" Oil on board construction Another success from the artist, Natur...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

American Cancer By George Condo
Located in New Orleans, LA
George Condo b. 1957 American American Cancer Acrylic on canvas "I call what I do psychological Cubism.” —George Condo This rare early work by the famed American artist George C...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'Salisbury Plain Walk' Original signed mixed media painting circa 2004
Located in Frome, Somerset
'Salisbury Plain walk number seven' . mixed media on paper, signed original work circa 2004. painting 15cm x 27cm . Dry mounted for framing options. We all log a journey wherever w...
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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Village in Benin Africa - African American Artist Paints Africa in the 1970s
Located in Miami, FL
This is a Post-Post-Impressionist, Post-Expressionist, Post- Fauve depiction of a West African landscape by an African American artist. It is characterized by flat pattens of bold co...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Photographic Paper

Apple Blossom Tree and Dandelions - Mid 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Oil
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
William Henry Innes (1905-1999) Innes first exhibited his work during the Second World War while he was in the Royal Air Force. He showed extensively at the Royal Academy, New Engla...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil Pastel

Country Celebration - Mid 20th Century Impressionist Oil Piece of Manor House
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
William Henry Innes (1905-1999) Innes first exhibited his work during the Second World War while he was in the Royal Air Force. He showed extensively at the Royal Academy, New Engla...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil Pastel

Metropolitan, Paris
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Hugues Claude Pissarro b. 1935, French Metropolitan, Paris, signed “H. Claude Pissarro” (lower left) Pastel on card Provenance: Katia Pissarro Private collection Pennsylvania...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Pastel

Provence South of France - Early 21st Century Landscape Oil Pastel by Hancock
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
K B was born in Alcester, England, in the mid-1920s and inherited his compulsion to paint from his father. As a boy, he studied at the Academie Juliens in Paris; as a young man, he l...
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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil Pastel

Spiaggetta Con Muschi, 2016, scultura, Tappeto Natura, Poliuretano, Scatola
Located in Milano, IT
Tecnica mista su poliuretano in scatola di plexiglas. L'opera può essere acquisita con altri pezzi delle stesse dimensioni per creare un'installazione. Inoltre l'opera può essere esp...
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2010s Arte Povera Art

Materials

Plexiglass, Polyurethane

Fauvist Oil on Board ca 1930 by Richard H Bassett
Located in Exton, PA
Exquisite and brilliantly colored oil painting on canvass laid to board by Richard Horace Bassett (1900-1995). This is a Fauvist rendition of landscape, probably executed circa 1930,...
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1930s Fauvist Art

Materials

Oil

Le signe, l'âme
Located in Roma, RM
"The sign, the soul." "The drawings that Matisse made in the mid-1930s were those that the artist considered his greatest achievements. These drawings represent women lying on backg...
Category

1950s Fauvist Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Big Sur Northern California Seascape at Sunset by Alex Dzigurski
By Alexander Dzigurski
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous realistic Big Sur in Northern California seascape during sunset by Alexander Dzirgurski (American, 1911-1995), circa 1970. Signed lower right corner, artist stamp on verso....
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1980s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Stretcher Bars, Linen

Variations in Orange and Blue
Located in THOMERY, FR
"Variations in Orange and Blue" Watercolor Painting by Linda Clerget This vibrant and expressive watercolor painting captures the dynamic interplay of warm and cool tones in a capti...
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21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Tranquil Reflection
Located in THOMERY, FR
Step into a realm of serene beauty with "Tranquil Reflection," a captivating watercolor piece by Linda Clerget. Inspired by a visit to the enchanting Arboretum des Grandes Bruyères i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Music Of Love
Located in Oslo, NO
"Music of Love" is a decorative painting for music lovers and connoisseurs. A world visible only to the inner eye is created around the young pianist, born of her inspired playing. Y...
Category

2010s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Red Ibises
Located in Oslo, NO
The large-scale painting "Red Ibises" was inspired by observing a flock of red ibises in flight. There was so much beauty and power in that flight! It was that powerful moment that I...
Category

2010s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Pastel Palette of the Panhandle
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is an original work by Andre Kohn. Growing up near the Caspian Sea, Kohn's received a formal art education from the University of Moscow where he studied with members of the la...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Board

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