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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Mid Century Portrait Post Impressionist Oil of Henrietta Phipps artists daughter
By Henry Lamb
Located in ludlow, GB
Mid Century Signed Portrait in Oils of artists daughter the renowned horticulturist Henrietta Phipps. Large oil painting on canvas mounted on stretchers of his beloved first daughte...
Oil
Tintern Abbey Wales Abbey ruin Large Impressionist landscape Mid Century Oil
Located in ludlow, GB
Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire Wales - Impressionist Oil on Canvas, Signed and Framed in Impressionist style Frame 16 by 20 inches (Framed size 22 by 26 inches) £2500 I really love th...
Oil
Early Twentieth Century Modern British Landscape Dinham Bridge, Ludlow Castle
Located in ludlow, GB
Early Twentieth Century Modern British Landscape Oil Painting of Dinham Bridge on the River Teme and Ludlow Castle, Shropshire. "Dinham Bridge and Ludlow Castle" Oil on Canvas, Signe...
Oil
Clown au Timbale & Clown Assis (2 prints)
Located in New York, NY
Both are color aquatints with same noted dimensions, the sheets with full margins. Both are from an edition of 270. From the portfolio "Cirque." Printed by Maurice Potin, Paris. P...
Aquatint, Color
$4,052
Impressionist Landscape Oil of Roseworthy Valley, Cornwall St Ives School
Located in ludlow, GB
Impressionist Landscape Signed Oil Painting of Roseworthy Valley, Cornwall from the St Ives School painter. Oil on canvas over stretchers. On the stretcher it is inscribed view of ...
Oil
Contemporary Impressionist Watercolour Sailing Boats in Fowey Harbour
Located in ludlow, GB
Contemporary Impressionist Watercolour of Sailing Boats in Fowey Harbour Cornwall. This is a watercolour painting by Dutch painter Frits Goosen. He painted it on one of his many tr...
Watercolor
Park in Winter (Personnages Dans un Parc)
Located in New York, NY
Black crayon on wove paper. Artist initials are ink stamped in lower right corner.
Crayon, Laid Paper, Carbon Pencil
“Dubrovnik. Old Townâ€
Located in Yardley, PA
Instagram: chebotaru.a The painting “Dubrovnik. Old Townâ€
Oil
“Bay of Kotorâ€
Located in Yardley, PA
Instagram: chebotaru.a. The painting titled “Bay of Kotorâ€
Oil
“Morning in the Bayâ€
Located in Yardley, PA
instagram: chebotaru.a The painting “Morning in the Bayâ€
Oil
“Evening Dubrovnikâ€
Located in Yardley, PA
Instagram: chebotaru.a The painting “Evening Dubrovnikâ€
Oil
Nighttime Kotor, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Nighttime Kotor" captures the enchanting ambiance of the marina in Kotor Bay, Montenegro, illuminated by a myriad of colors reflecting on the water. Painted in the pointillist style...
Oil
Mediterranean glow, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS Antibes France seascape, Pointillist art, Coastal wall decor - "Mediterranean glow" captures the radiant beauty of the Côte d'Azur, painted on the...
Oil
Midnight glow, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS Pointillist seascape painting from Cannes, France. Moonlight ocean art on Canvas - “Midnight glowâ€
Oil
Rynok Square. Lviv, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Rynok Square painting bu Andrii Chebotaru. Lviv cityscape art. Original impressionist oil. Colorful European architecture, Ukraine travel wall decor. - "Rynok Square. Lviv" capture...
Oil