Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor 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
'Still Life', Louvre, LACMA, Académie Chaumière, California Post-Impressionist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) estate stamp verso and painted circa 1960.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and the Cho...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Watercolor, Paper
'Burmese Water Pageant', California Post-Impressionist, PAFA, AIC, Carmel
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'W C Watts' for William Clothier Watts (American, 1869-1961), titled verso 'Water Pagent (sic), Burma' and painted circa 1930.
A characteristically kaleidoscopic work by Watts showing a view of brightly caparisoned boats and gaily-dressed participants in a traditional Burmese Water ceremony.
Watts began painting early and, by the age of 18, he had exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA) where he also studied under Thomas Anshutz and Robert Vonnoh...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Paper
'Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey', Modernist California Artist, Crocker Art Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "M. Backman" for Muriel Backman (American, 1902-1996), titled verso and dated 1955.
A vibrant Modernist work by this notable California woman artist who exhibit...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board, Graphite
'Dog Roses in a Satsuma Vase', Japanese Decorative Arts, Lacquer Mirror
By Thomas Haight
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial and vibrant watercolor still-life showing a loose group of pink and red dog-roses informally arranged in an ivory-field, satsuma vase, set on a floral-pattern tableclot...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Board
'Woman Holding a Flower', California Post-Impressionist, LACMA, Louvre, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Pastel figurative showing a young woman in a cobalt dress seated in an olive green chair and holding a flower, beside a vase of flowers on a side-table.
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1940s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper, Oil Pastel
Our Husbands - Ink and Watercolor by L. Bompard - Early 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Original Drawing, watercolor.
Signed by the artist. Handwritten Notes in lower. Watercolor and china ink drawing.
Fair conditions, lightly damaged.
This artwork is shipped from Ital...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper
'Seated Nude', Louvre, California Post-Impressionist, LACMA, Académie Chaumière
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) estate stamp verso.
Watercolor nude showing a woman seated with her back to the viewer against a background of dusty rose, sepia, and olive gree...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Woman Carrying Wood Branches, " Pencil Drawing on Paper by Ludovic Rodo Pissarro
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Woman Carrying Wood Branches" is an original pencil drawing by Ludovic Rodo Pissarro. It depicts a young woman doing farm work. It is framed in a handmade ...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
"Buste de Jeune Femme, " a Conte Crayon Drawing by Georges D'Espagnat
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Buste de Jeune Femme" or "Bust of a Young Woman" is an original conte crayon drawing by Georges d'Espagnat. It is initialed in the lower right. ...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté
"Reclining Nude"
By Gabriel Mayorga
Located in Southampton, NY
Here is a pastel on paper work of art by the American artist, Gabriel Humberto Mayorga. Signed and dated lower left 1971. Wrinkling to paper and mild fading due to age. The piece ha...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
'Seated Nude with Mandolin';Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Ac. Chaumière, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A graphite study of a young woman, shown nude and seated on a couch, one knee drawn up, beside a table bearing a mandolin.
Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) estate stamp verso; d...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
"Boats"
By Frederick Rhodes Sisson
Located in Southampton, NY
Frederick Rhodes Sisson was active in Rhode Inland and Massachusetts. He was known for etching, landscape painting and teaching. He was an apprentice and assistant of Abbott Handerson Thayer...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Flower Pot, Impressionist Gouache Painting by Eugene Baboulene
By Eugene Baboulene
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Eugene Baboulene, French (1905 - 1994)
Title: Flower Pot
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed and dedicated l.r.
Size: 20 in. x 13 in. ...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Charlotte"
Located in Southampton, NY
Circa 1970
Signed in pencil lower right
Sight size 13.25 x 9.5 in.
Overall size in original metal frame20.75 x 17 in.
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1970s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Graphite
" Odalisque " YSL
Located in CANNES, FR
Yves Saint Laurent ( 1936-2008 )
Original drawing ink and felt-tip on paper ( 31 x21 cm )
provenance : Important private collection France .
these drawing(s) made in Marrakech during...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
The Study - Interior with Blue Chair in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
The Study - Interior with Blue Chair in Ink on Paper
Boldly colored interior scene by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). A rich blue armchair is positioned in a hom...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Prospectus Magni Canalis Venetianum By Stefan Bleekrode
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stefan Bleekrode
b.1986 Dutch
Prospectus Magni Canalis Venetianum
(View of the Great Venetian Canal)
Black ink and watercolor on paper
Signed and d...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Study for The Circus - Stamp Signed Gouache, Pastel and Pencil Drawing 1957
By Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
MARC CHAGALL 1887-1985
[Shagal, Mark, Zakharovich, Moses]
Vitebsk, Belarus 1887-1985 Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Alpes-Maritimes
Title: Study for The Circus Equisse pour ‘Le Cirque’, 1957...
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1850s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Gouache, Pencil
'Seated Nude' Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Negotiations at the Brothel
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Steinlen was Born in Lausanne, Switzerland on November 10, 1859. He moved permanently to Paris at age 23 and became a French citizen. Steinlen studied art at Lausanne and later beca...
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Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Board
Le Sentier
By Paul Cézanne
Located in London, GB
Paul Cézanne
Le Sentier
ca. 1890
Watercolour and pencil on paper
34.6 x 51.5 cms (13 5/8 x 20 1/4 ins)
PC16325
Provenance:
Walther Halvorsen, Oslo
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
Ju...
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19th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Nude Study no. 50, Gouache on Paper, 1949
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, French (1913 - 2010)
Title: Nude Study no. 47
Year: 1949
Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed and dated l.l.
Size: 24 x 19 inches
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1940s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
'Mother and Child', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Ac. Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu, (American, 1914-1988). Stamped verso with certification of authenticity.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Lo...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
"Nude Study 9, " Gouache on Paper, 1949
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, French (1913 - 2010)
Title: Nude Study no. 9
Year: 1949
Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed and dated
Size: 19 in. x 24 in. (48.26 cm x 60.96 cm)
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1940s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Nude Study no. 30, " Gouache on Paper, 1949
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, French (1913 - 2010)
Title: Nude 30
Year: 1949
Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed u.r.
Size: 19 in. x 24 in. (48.26 cm x 60.96 cm)
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1940s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Nude Study no. 47", Gouache on Paper, 1949
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, French (1913 - 2010)
Title: Nude Study no. 47
Year: 1949
Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed and dated l.l.
Size: 24 x 19 inches
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Post-impressionist drawings and watercolor paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
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