Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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

Mid Century French Black Haired Nude Figure Bowed Into Her Knees

Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Black Haired Nude Figure Bowed Into Her Knees, 1944

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Pencil Sketch Fashionable Sketches of Figures and Accessories, 1944

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Portrait Drawing of a Seated Man in Thought, 1946

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Pencil Study Portrait Chic Mother and her Children Sketch, 1945

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonFrench Sketch of a Glamorous Woman Victory Rolls Hairstyle and Bold Red Lips, 1945

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Pencil Sketch Study of Fashionable Figures, 1944

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Pencil Study Portrait of a Gazing Woman with Red Lipstick, 1945

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Portrait Seated Figures with Hat and Loose Shirt, 1946

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Portrait Study of a Seated Nude Woman with Hands in Hair, 1946

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Sketch of a Fashionable Chic Posed Lady, 1945

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Pencil Sketch Fashionable Sketches of Figures and Faces, 1944

Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Oriental Landscapes With Palm Trees And Arab Houses. 1 Half Of The 20th Century.

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Pencil Sketch Portrait of a Elegant Lady in Pearls, 1942

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Portrait of a Chic Auburn Hair Woman Pencil Sketch, 1942

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonVintage Mid Century French Sketch of a Elegant Lady in a Luxurious Fur Stole, 1945

1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Jean-Claude Picot'Cap Ferrat', Academy of Fine Arts of Rouen, Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Benezit, Oil, Circa 1985

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonTranquil French Villa in Green Blossoming Garden French Watercolour, 1942

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Pencil Drawing Study of a Dog in Various Poses, 1950's

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Portrait of a Woman with Draped Veil Drawing, 1950's

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Elegant Ink Drawing of Women in Various Poses, 1950's

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Ink Sketches of Women in Elegant Attire, 1950's

Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Fauvist Pastel on Paper, "Lunch in Provence", After Henri Matisse

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Watercolour Evening at the Family Table, 1942

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Portrait Reclining Man With a Pipe Watercolour Study, 1945

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Stylish Woman Posed at the Bar, 1944

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Ink Sketches of Women in Various Poses, 1950's

20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Lunch on the Beach - 20th Century Watercolor of Dining on the Seafront

Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Paul SignacSaint Tropez - Watercolor Drawing by Paul Signac - 1900 ca., 1900 ca.

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Elegant Ink Drawing of Various Female Portrait Sketches, 1950's

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Elegant Ink Portrait of a Soldier in Uniform, 1950's

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Pencil Studies of Women in Various Poses, 1950's

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Ink Illustration of a Woman Carrying a Jug and Bags, 1950's

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Ink Drawings of Interior Scene with Woman Resting in Bed, 1950's

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonChic Lady in Blue Suit Gazing out to Sea Mid Century French Watercolour, 1942

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Pencil Drawings of a Woman Cooking in a Kitchen, 1950's

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonMid Century French Portrait of a with Woman Voluminous Curly Hair Pencil Sketch, 1942

1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Jean-Claude Picot'The Garden, Mandelieu-la-Napoule', Academy of Fine Arts of Rouen, Benezit, Oil, Circa 1985

1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Louis Berthomme Saint-AndreBerthomme Saint-André, The Nap, Watercolor, 1925, ca. 1925

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine VignonAn Afternoon Cafe Scene of Figures Engaged in Conversations French Watercolour, 1942

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Black Haired Nude Figure Bowed Into Her Knees, 1944

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Pencil Sketch Fashionable Sketches of Figures and Accessories, 1944

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Portrait Drawing of a Seated Man in Thought, 1946

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Pencil Study Portrait Chic Mother and her Children Sketch, 1945

Josine Vignon
French Sketch of a Glamorous Woman Victory Rolls Hairstyle and Bold Red Lips, 1945

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Pencil Sketch Study of Fashionable Figures, 1944

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Pencil Study Portrait of a Gazing Woman with Red Lipstick, 1945

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Portrait Seated Figures with Hat and Loose Shirt, 1946

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Portrait Study of a Seated Nude Woman with Hands in Hair, 1946

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Sketch of a Fashionable Chic Posed Lady, 1945

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Pencil Sketch Fashionable Sketches of Figures and Faces, 1944

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Pencil Sketch Portrait of a Elegant Lady in Pearls, 1942

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Portrait of a Chic Auburn Hair Woman Pencil Sketch, 1942

Josine Vignon
Vintage Mid Century French Sketch of a Elegant Lady in a Luxurious Fur Stole, 1945

Jean-Claude Picot
'Cap Ferrat', Academy of Fine Arts of Rouen, Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Benezit, Oil, Circa 1985

Josine Vignon
Tranquil French Villa in Green Blossoming Garden French Watercolour, 1942

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Pencil Drawing Study of a Dog in Various Poses, 1950's

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Portrait of a Woman with Draped Veil Drawing, 1950's

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Elegant Ink Drawing of Women in Various Poses, 1950's

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Ink Sketches of Women in Elegant Attire, 1950's

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Watercolour Evening at the Family Table, 1942

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Portrait Reclining Man With a Pipe Watercolour Study, 1945

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Stylish Woman Posed at the Bar, 1944

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Ink Sketches of Women in Various Poses, 1950's

Paul Signac
Saint Tropez - Watercolor Drawing by Paul Signac - 1900 ca., 1900 ca.

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Elegant Ink Drawing of Various Female Portrait Sketches, 1950's

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Elegant Ink Portrait of a Soldier in Uniform, 1950's

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Pencil Studies of Women in Various Poses, 1950's

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Ink Illustration of a Woman Carrying a Jug and Bags, 1950's

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Ink Drawings of Interior Scene with Woman Resting in Bed, 1950's

Josine Vignon
Chic Lady in Blue Suit Gazing out to Sea Mid Century French Watercolour, 1942

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Pencil Drawings of a Woman Cooking in a Kitchen, 1950's

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Portrait of a with Woman Voluminous Curly Hair Pencil Sketch, 1942

Jean-Claude Picot
'The Garden, Mandelieu-la-Napoule', Academy of Fine Arts of Rouen, Benezit, Oil, Circa 1985

Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre
Berthomme Saint-André, The Nap, Watercolor, 1925, ca. 1925

Josine Vignon
An Afternoon Cafe Scene of Figures Engaged in Conversations French Watercolour, 1942

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Portrait Seated Woman with Cross Necklace Study, 1946

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Pencil Sketch of A Blonde Women with Bright Red Lipstick, 1942

Josine Vignon
Romantic Elegantly Dressed Couple Mid Century French Sketch, 1945

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Portrait of A Female in Draping Flowing Dress Pencil Sketch, 1942

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Drawing of a Classical Bald Male Bust, 1945

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Pencil Portrait of a Posed Gentleman, 1945

Marie Laurencin
Girl and Horse - Watercolor by Marie Laurencin - 1924, 1924

Janet Ament De La Roche
'Reclining Nude', Académie Grande Chaumière, Musee d'Art Moderne, LACMA SFAA, Circa 1965

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Portrait Seated Male Nude in a Meditative Pose, 1946

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Sketch of a Singing Figure with a Broad Brimmed Hat, 1945

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Charcoal Portrait of a Woman in Profile, 1946

Georges d'Espagnat
"Buste de Jeune Femme, " a Conte Crayon Drawing by Georges D'Espagnat, c. 1900

Hughes Claude Pissarro
L'Allée des Palmiers (Cannes) by H. Claude Pissarro - Pastel, Post-Impressionist

Paul Emile Lecomte
Paul Emile Lecomte (1877-1950) La Grille (The Gate), signed watercolor, circa 1930

David Stephens
Green Nude Woman's Torso in Watercolor on Paper

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Ink Portrait of a Man in Profile, 1950's

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Ink Illustration of a Shaded Garden View Through a Porch, 1950's

Paul Emile Lecomte
Paul Emile Lecomte (1877-1950) A landscape by the river, signed watercolor, circa 1920

Josine Vignon
Mid Century French Stylized Deer in a Birch Forest Mixed Media Drawing, 1950's