Post-Impressionist Abstract 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
Vintage French Post-Impressionist Pointillist Oil Painting Woodland Trees Light
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Woodland Light
French School, circa 1960's
Post Impressionist/ Pointillist style
oil on board, unframed
board: 16 x 10 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very g...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Spirit of Ecstasy', French Mid Century Pointillist Oil on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid Century pointillist painting on canvas of the Spirit of Ecstasy. Artist unknown.
Colourful and full of energy, the large application of dots in this pointillist work both mesmer...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Rain Love
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ivana Milosevic creates vibrant, yet soothing water landscapes that emphasize color and texture. She uses palette knives and brushes to carve details into layers of paint. They refle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
WHITE TIGER NEAR THE MOUNTAINS
Located in THOMERY, FR
This painting is from the series La Dolce vita. It is done with acrylic paint alla prima on a cotton canvas. It's an improvisation carried out step by step, day after day, to create ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Sunset Walk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ivana Milosevic creates vibrant, yet soothing water landscapes that emphasize color and texture. She uses palette knives and brushes to carve details into layers of paint. They refle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Huge French Impressionist Signed Oil The Luberon Provence Hilltop Village
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Luberon Hilltop Perched Village
French Impressionist artist, signed lower corner, inscribed verso
dated 2016
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 32 x 39.5 inches
provenance: private...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fishing Boats in Cassis Harbour 1960's French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Cassis"
French Post Impressionist painter, 1960's
indistinctly signed
oil painting on board, framed
framed: 27 x 31 inches
board: 21 x 25.5 inches
provenance: private collection, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Waiting for the band
Located in THOMERY, FR
This painting is from the serie 'Rollers & Skate". It is done with acrylic paint alla prima on a cotton canvas. The painting is inspired by the Californian skate and rollerblading c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Horses, Colorful Horses, expressionistic, post-impressionistic
Located in Rockport, MA
The 18x26 painting by William Meyerowitz is a captivating piece featuring a group of horses. The painting showcases the artist's ability to capture the beauty and grace of these maje...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Abstract landscape painting in yellow and gold tones, "Learning with the forest"
Located in THOMERY, FR
Linda Clerget's abstract cosmic plant paintings are a journey through the universe and nature. With vibrant colors and clean shapes, these paintings tran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Beach Walk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ivana Milosevic creates vibrant, yet soothing water landscapes that emphasize color and texture. She uses palette knives and brushes to carve details into layers of paint. They refle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary landscape "Old friends"
Located in THOMERY, FR
This painting is inspired by the park of the castle of Fontainebleau in France. The artist likes to mix reality and imagination, intoxicated colors felt and suggested, often includin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1960's French Colorist Oil Painting Yellow Flowers in Vase Blue Background
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Colorist School, circa 1960's period
oil painting on board, framed
framed: 18 x 14 inches
board: 13 x 9.5 inches
provenance: private collection,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Harry and David by Sharon Hockfield, Oil on Canvas Square Abstract Still Life
Located in Atlanta, GA
This square oil on canvas painting by American artist Sharon Hockfield is entitled "Harry and David" was created in 2023. One singular pear is depicted...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pointillism Skyscrapers Cityscape Oil on Canvas Painting by Le Boreux
Located in Atlanta, GA
This interesting Mid Century Modern abstract pointillist cityscape oil on canvas painting is by Le Boreux (France, 20th Century). It depicts a colorful and vibrant brutalist cityscap...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pointillist Post Impressionist Woodland Landscape Autumn Trees Large Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Contemporary British artist, 21st century
oil on board, framed
framed: 28 x 24 inches
board: 24 x 18 inches
This came from a private collection of artworks by the artist, a few of wh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Art Fifty, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
20" x 20" x 1.5" original painting on stretched canvas, with the image continuing around the sides so that no frame is required. It comes with picture wire, ready to hang. This ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
City Vibes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ivana Milosevic creates vibrant, yet soothing water landscapes that emphasize color and texture. She uses palette knives and brushes to carve details into layers of paint. They refle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Ephemeral Spring' - still life - floral, botanical, impressionism, landscape
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features hues of yellow, orange and purple.
Chattanooga-based artist Christina Renfer Vogel’s “Turning Towards the Sun” features paintings that reflect an intentional turn towards beauty in the face of the tension & uncertainty of recent years. Through nourishing periods of focused observation, she has allowed herself to delight in jubilant color, playful pattern & sensual gesture. Her works delight in the delicate unfurling of a tender leaf & the gentle turn towards an open window, as flowers seek warmth & stretch towards sunlight in the space of a painting session.
“Bringing plants...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Bouquet with Anemone' - still life - floral, botanical, impressionism
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features vibrant hues of red, green, yellow and blue.
Chattanooga-based artist Christina Renfer Vogel’s “Turning Towards the Sun” features paintings that reflect an in...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'14 Years (Orange Lilies)' - still life - floral, orange, impressionism
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features vibrant hues of orange and green.
Chattanooga-based artist Christina Renfer Vogel’s “Turning Towards the Sun” features paintings that reflect an intentional turn towards beauty in the face of the tension & uncertainty of recent years. Through nourishing periods of focused observation, she has allowed herself to delight in jubilant color, playful pattern & sensual gesture. Her works delight in the delicate unfurling of a tender leaf & the gentle turn towards an open window, as flowers seek warmth & stretch towards sunlight in the space of a painting session.
“Bringing plants...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Lilies Smile 2 - Original Waterlilies Blue Landscape Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ivana Milosevic creates vibrant, yet soothing Monet-inspired water landscapes that emphasize color and texture. She uses palette knives and brushes to carve details into layers of pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Large floral painting, "Nature as a mother"
Located in THOMERY, FR
Linda Clerget's abstract floral paintings are a journey through the plants and nature. With vibrant colors and energy, this painting transport you to a d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
California Fauvist Oil Painting Carmel Bohemian Expressionist Lemons & Flowers
Located in Surfside, FL
JANET AMENT DE LA ROCHE (American 1916-2000)
"Still Life of Table with Lemons and Vase of Flowers,"
Oil painting on canvas wrapped board in carved gilt wood frame
Hand signed L/R, "de la Roche," and signed verso
Provenance: Private Collection, Pearland, Texas.
Dimensions: framed 15 X 19.5 sight 12 X 16
Janet Ament De La Roche (1916-2000) was active/lived in California.
She is known for Post impressionist, abstract figurative painting.
This painting while clearly figurative bears the influence of the emerging Abstract expressionist movement.
Janet Ament De La Roche was born in Hollywood, CA on December 31, 1916. Janet first studied in Los Angeles at Otis and Chouinard art institutes. While studying at Jepson Art Institute in 1947, she met and soon married artist, Victor Di Gesu. Janet de La Roche was often called one of the last Bohemians. She was an artist as well as an avid Flamenco dancer. The couple spent four years in Europe and further studied in Paris at Académie de la Grande Chaumière and Andre Lhote Institute, and in Barcelona at Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Jorge .She also studied with the artist, Ejnar Hansen. as well as with Earl Kerkam, Yves Brayer, Jean Aujame, Edouard Goerg, F.Tolles Chamberlin and George Stanley. Upon returning to California in 1956, they settled on the Monterey Peninsula and built a home in Pacific Grove. She exhibited widely and with much success, including at the Salon d'Automne (1954), the Salon des Artes Decoratifs, Museum of Modern Art, Paris, (1955), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She was the winner of the Prix Othon Friesz. She was included in the exhibit at the Pacific Grove Art Center, A Salute to 14 Major Artists, (Other “Legacy” artists include, Janet Ament, Carolyn berry, Joan Savo, Justine Weber, Virginia Conroy, George Degroat, Eldon Dedini, Sam Colburn, Alex Gonzalez...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid Century French Illustration Sketches Of Different Colorful Birds
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bird Sketches
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed
pastel/watercolor on paper, unframed
painting: 13 x 20 inches
good condition
provenance: from the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor
'Delicate Irises' - still life - floral, botanical, impressionism
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features vibrant hues of green and purple.
Chattanooga-based artist Christina Renfer Vogel’s “Turning Towards the Sun” features paintings that reflect an intentional turn towards beauty in the face of the tension & uncertainty of recent years. Through nourishing periods of focused observation, she has allowed herself to delight in jubilant color, playful pattern & sensual gesture. Her works delight in the delicate unfurling of a tender leaf & the gentle turn towards an open window, as flowers seek warmth & stretch towards sunlight in the space of a painting session.
“Bringing plants...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
'Joyful Blooms (Party Flowers)' - still life - fauvism - floral - iris
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features vibrant hues of yellow, purple, green and pink.
Chattanooga-based artist Christina Renfer Vogel holds an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and a BFA f...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Blushing Lilies' - still life - floral, botanical, pink, impressionism
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features vibrant hues of pink and green.
Chattanooga-based artist Christina Renfer Vogel’s “Turning Towards the Sun” features paintings that reflect an intentional tur...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Apple II by Sharon Hockfield, Oil on Canvas Square Abstract Still Life Apple
Located in Atlanta, GA
This vertical oil on canvas painting by American artist Sharon Hockfield is entitled "Painting With Ellin" was created in 2023. Two figures are depicted in this piece, facing each ot...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960’s French Modernist Large Oil Colorful Industrial Landscape Masts
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Industrial Landscape
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed and stamped verso
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 36 x 29 inches
very good condition
provenance: from the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"this is not a place" (IV) - Fauvist Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted landscape by California artist Devon Brockopp-Hammer (American, b. 1986). The red and yellow underpaint has been allowed to peek through the ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Acrylic, Masonite
'Fading Sunflowers' - still life - floral, botanical, impressionism
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features hues of yellow and green.
Chattanooga-based artist Christina Renfer Vogel’s “Turning Towards the Sun” features paintings that reflect an intentional turn towards beauty in the face of the tension & uncertainty of recent years. Through nourishing periods of focused observation, she has allowed herself to delight in jubilant color, playful pattern & sensual gesture. Her works delight in the delicate unfurling of a tender leaf & the gentle turn towards an open window, as flowers seek warmth & stretch towards sunlight in the space of a painting session.
“Bringing plants...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Modernist Abstract Oil Painting Marine Seascape Sunset w Boat Ralph Della Volpe
Located in Surfside, FL
RALPH DELLA-VOLPE (1923-2017)
Fine Art Painter, American Contemporary
Sunset Sail
Oil on canvas
Hand signed lower right and verso
22 x 20 inches
Provenance: The Estate of the artist Ralph Della Volpe
TRAINING:
National Academy of Design
The Art Students League, NYC
Ralph Eugene Della-Volpe's semi-abstract paintings of often simplified, minimalist, beach scenes and anonymous portraits "convey profound awareness of mood and character", and his paintings are hardly as literal as they may first appear (Arts Magazine. "New York Exhibitions". 1965). His brightly-colored, light-infused, ornamental compositions bring together aspects of many modernist art movements including Fauvism, Impressionism, Symbolism, and abstraction. Della-Volpe first studied painting at the prestigious National Academy of Design before joining the Army during World War II. As a soldier, the artist saw action on Utah Beach, winning a Purple Heart, and his experiences undoubtedly affected his later artistic style. The Fauvist "coloristic exuberance" found in the works beginning in the mid 1960's, with their vibrant fuschias and yellows, seem to offset what could be an otherwise solemn tone to many of his works at the time. Upon his return from military service, Della-Volpe’s style evolved significantly. In the years following the second world war, his work was solemn, imbued with a quiet darkness. Over time, this darkness faded: by the 1950s, influenced by his time at the Art Students League, his oeuvre was overtaken by the tenants of Abstract Expressionism. Paintings from this period boast bold brushwork, energetic compositions, and strong color. Although the next decade saw Della-Volpe trade expressionist abstraction for figuration, his love of color continued to shine through his work.Della-Volpe took a teaching position as the first artist-in-residence at Bennett College in Millbrook, New York where he remained for 28 years, serving as chairman of the Art Department for most of that time. Obviously influenced by impressionism 's preoccupation with the treatment of light, Della-Volpe's own works have a "faultless tonal quality, with its sense of failing light—the areas of silvery gray deepening into rosy tans" (Arts Magazine. "In the Galleries". 1960). Della-Volpe has exhibited widely throughout his career and has lectured on art at colleges, universities, and galleries across the country.
SOLO SHOWS:
Hotchkiss Library, Sharon, Conn
Millbrook Library, Millbrook,NY
Gregory James Gallery...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Green Hydrangeas' - still life - floral, botanical, impressionism
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features hues of yellow and green.
Chattanooga-based artist Christina Renfer Vogel’s “Turning Towards the Sun” features paintings that reflect an intentional turn towa...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"this is not a place" (III) - Vertical Fauvist Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted landscape by California artist Devon Brockopp-Hammer (American, b. 1986). The bold orange underpaint has been allowed to shine through the co...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Canvas, Acrylic
By the Beach, Oil on Canvas Painting by André Hambourg
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant oil on mounted canvas is by André Hambourg (France, 1909-1999) and features a seaside composition. The artwork is signed in the bottom left corner. The landscape is a lovely pastel color composition, by the beach, on the French Atlantic coast nearby Cabourg or Deauville.
Newly framed with a gray and green ceruse wood frame and a blue canvas matte.
Measurements:
With frame: 22.82 in. wide (58 cm) x 19.32 in. high (49 cm).
Opening: 16.13 in. wide (41 cm) x 12.63 in. high (32 cm).
About:
André Hambourg was born in Paris on 5 May 1909. Entering the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in 1926, he studied sculpture under Paul Niclausse for four years. The young artist then entered the studio of Lucien Simon at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts. While in the middle of his academic studies, Hambourg had his debut solo exhibition at the Galerie Taureau in Paris in 1928. He was only 19 years old. Because of the early recognition of his talent, Hambourg became active in major Paris salons in the first stages of his fledgling career. In 1931, he was made a member of the Salon de l’Art Français Indépendant and the Salon de l’Oeuvre Unique.
The first of Hambourg’s many honors was the Prix de la Villa Abd-el-Tif, awarded in 1933. As a result, the artist traveled to North Africa for the first time and spent nearly ten years working in Algeria and Morocco.
The strong light of the sun, and the bleak poverty of this region, inspired Hambourg’s works. In 1937, he executed a large mural for the Algerian Pavilion at the Exposition Internationale of Paris. Throughout his years in North Africa, Hambourg would exhibit his paintings in numerous solo exhibitions in Algeria and Paris.
In 1939, Hambourg was mobilized as a military reporter and draughtsman and worked on the staff of the Journal de Commissariat a la Guerre, the newspaper of the French army, under the pseudonym Andre Hache. Special missions on combat vessels led to his appointment as a war correspondent in 1944 with the staff of inter-allied SHAEF.
As such, he participated in the campaigns of Germany, Alsace, the Atlantic front, and the Liberation of France.
After returning to his artistic career for a short time, Hambourg became the official painter of the Navy in 1952. He undertook numerous voyages aboard French Navy vessels on missions worldwide, including Venice, the Soviet Union, Israel, Great Britain, The Ivory Coast, The United States, and Mexico. From these extended trips, the artist brought back numerous sketches and preparatory drawings for future paintings and illustrations.
His international trips would have a lasting influence on his artwork. Hambourg’s adventurous maritime career resulted in his receiving the honor of Laureate of the Salon de la Marine and becoming the official painter of the Marine Ministry.
In 1970, five hundred of his works created a prestigious retrospective at the Maison de Culture in Bourges, France. Other notable shows include Drawings of Venice...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
1960's French Vibrant Wallpaper Design Of Pink Green and Blue Swirls
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wallpaper design
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed
pastel/watercolor on paper, unframed
painting: 16 x 16 inches
good condition
provenance: from the artists estate, France
...
Category
Mid-19th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor
'Fall Bouquet' - still life - floral, botanical, impressionism
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features hues of yellow red, orange, and green.
Chattanooga-based artist Christina Renfer Vogel’s “Turning Towards the Sun” features paintings that reflect an intentional turn towards beauty in the face of the tension & uncertainty of recent years. Through nourishing periods of focused observation, she has allowed herself to delight in jubilant color, playful pattern & sensual gesture. Her works delight in the delicate unfurling of a tender leaf & the gentle turn towards an open window, as flowers seek warmth & stretch towards sunlight in the space of a painting session.
“Bringing plants...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Jeune femme blonde - Contemporary oil on canvas portrait painting, 2020
Located in PARIS, FR
Peinture à l'huile sur bois par l'artiste Etienne François. Présenté par la Collection Haensel Leith.
Etienne François est un peintre français, basé à Montreuil.
Son esthétique est une rencontre entre la peinture contemporaine...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modernist Oil Painting Bucolic Valley Woods Landscape Ralph Della Volpe
Located in Surfside, FL
RALPH DELLA-VOLPE (1923-2017)
Fine Art Painter, American Contemporary
The Valley
Oil on canvas
Hand signed lower left and again to stretcher and verso
16 x 20 inches. frame dimensions: 22 1/4 x 26 inches, wood frame
Provenance: The Estate of the artist Ralph Della Volpe
TRAINING:
National Academy of Design
The Art Students League, NYC
Ralph Eugene Della-Volpe's semi-abstract paintings of often simplified, minimalist, beach scenes and anonymous portraits "convey profound awareness of mood and character", and his paintings are hardly as literal as they may first appear (Arts Magazine. "New York Exhibitions". 1965). His brightly-colored, light-infused, ornamental compositions bring together aspects of many modernist art movements including Fauvism, Impressionism, Symbolism, and abstraction. Della-Volpe first studied painting at the prestigious National Academy of Design before joining the Army during World War II. As a soldier, the artist saw action on Utah Beach, winning a Purple Heart, and his experiences undoubtedly affected his later artistic style. The Fauvist "coloristic exuberance" found in the works beginning in the mid 1960's, with their vibrant fuschias and yellows, seem to offset what could be an otherwise solemn tone to many of his works at the time. Upon his return from military service, Della-Volpe’s style evolved significantly. In the years following the second world war, his work was solemn, imbued with a quiet darkness. Over time, this darkness faded: by the 1950s, influenced by his time at the Art Students League, his oeuvre was overtaken by the tenants of Abstract Expressionism. Paintings from this period boast bold brushwork, energetic compositions, and strong color. Although the next decade saw Della-Volpe trade expressionist abstraction for figuration, his love of color continued to shine through his work.Della-Volpe took a teaching position as the first artist-in-residence at Bennett College in Millbrook, New York where he remained for 28 years, serving as chairman of the Art Department for most of that time. Obviously influenced by impressionism 's preoccupation with the treatment of light, Della-Volpe's own works have a "faultless tonal quality, with its sense of failing light—the areas of silvery gray deepening into rosy tans" (Arts Magazine. "In the Galleries". 1960). Della-Volpe has exhibited widely throughout his career and has lectured on art at colleges, universities, and galleries across the country.
SOLO SHOWS:
Hotchkiss Library, Sharon, Conn
Millbrook Library, Millbrook,NY
Gregory James Gallery...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled by George Terzian
Located in New Orleans, LA
Georges Terzian
1939-2021 French
Untitled
Signed “G.TERZIAN” (upper right); signed, titled and dated “GEORGES TERZIAN MARS 2005” (en verso)
Oil on c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Aoum II by Auguste Herbin
Located in New Orleans, LA
Auguste Herbin
1882-1960 French
Aoum II
Signed and dated 'herbin 1944' (lower right); titled "aoum" 2 (lower left)
Oil on canvas
This bold and vivid abstract oil on canvas was painted by French painter Auguste Herbin, a pioneer in popularizing Modernist abstraction. Over his expansive nearly 60-year career, Herbin rubbed shoulders with art history greats from Pablo Picasso to Georges Braque before honing his personal and innovative style. Entitled Aoum II, the painting stands apart for its daring color palette and crisp composition.
Painted in 1944, Aoum II embodies Herbin’s fully-formed artistic aesthetic and stylistic tenets. Only two years prior to its creation, Herbin developed his “alphabet plastique,” a synergistic visual language of color and form that he described in detail in his published book L’art non-figuratif non-objectif. Though the artist was highly cerebral in his process of creating art, one does not need to perfectly understand his principles to feel Aoum II's magnetism. The geometric shapes visible in the composition — primarily fragmented triangles and circles — are rendered in bold pinks, blues and yellows on a deep black background. His tiered application of color creates a natural three-register visual effect as if to tell a story from the apex of the form to its denouement.
Auguste Herbin began his artistic training at the École des Beaux-Arts de Lille before moving to Paris in 1901. In the early years of his career, he experimented with a variety of styles, exhibiting Post-Impressionistic works at the Salon des Indépendants in 1906 and Fauvist paintings at the Salon d'Automne in 1907. After a brief Cubist period following his introduction to Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and Otto...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century French Illustration Sketche Of A Mirror On Black Paper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Black Mirror
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed
pastel/watercolor on artist paper, unframed
painting: 20 x 13 inches
good condition
provenance: from the artists estate, Fran...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor
Mid Century French Illustration Sketch Of A Mosaic Ship In The Sea Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mosaic Drawing
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed
pastel/watercolor on artist paper, unframed
painting: 13 x 20 inches
good condition
provenance: from the artists estate, Fr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Oil Pastel
Lotus Rhyme 4
Located in New York, NY
Title: Lotus Rhyme 4
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 20"" x 25""
Frame: Framing options available!
Age: 2000s
Condition: Painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Throwing Some Shapes II, Kerry Louise Bennett, 2022, Original painting for sale
Located in Deddington, GB
Throwing Some Shapes II by Kerry Louise Bennett [2022]
One of a small series of paintings exploring the dynamic and expressive shapes of pot plan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Very Large French Abstract Pink & Blue Cloud Formation Sky canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, late 20th century
Cloud formation study, in pink, blue and beige colors.
oil on canvas
40 x 31.5 inches
private collection, France
the painting is in overall very goo...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Abstract Clown Character Playing The Tzouras Post Impressionist Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Clown Character
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed on front and back
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 18 x 13 inches
Colors: Dark blue colors, yellow, red, green an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge French 20thC Modernist Oil Painting - Portrait of Blonde Lady Pink Swirls
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Blonde Girl
by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001)
Signed lower front and dated 1992
inscribed verso, 'Paris'
oil painting on canvas, beautifully painted with thick impasto o...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Joyful Blooms (Party Flowers)' - still life - fauvism - floral - iris
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features vibrant hues of yellow, red, and green.
Chattanooga-based artist Christina Renfer Vogel holds an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and a BFA from Tyle...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Dramatic Lake District Mountain Range Rocky View, Beautiful Colors 1950's oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: E.Johnson, British mid 20th century, signed and inscribed verso
Title: 'Cumberland', a fine Post-Impressionist oil depicting this rugged mountain face bathed in vary...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ukrainian Israeli Woman Bezalel Artist 1947 Palestine Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstract landscape, oil painting
This is hand signed lower right dated 1947
There is also a hand written inscription in french lower left.
Moussia Toulman ( 1903-1997), Artist and poet, was born in Uman Ukraine (famed as the tomb site of Chassidic Rebbe Nachman of Breslov) and came to Israel (British mandate Palestine) when she was 19 years old. Just a few months after her arrival she married, settled in Metula however, she didn’t forgo her ambition to study art. In 1923 she enrolled to study at the Bezalel Art Institute in Jerusalem and completed her studies there in 1926. Like Ziona Tagar, who preceded her a few years earlier, Moussia Toulmann chose to become an artist-woman in the full significance of the term. She wasn’t satisfied with the local studies framework that was available and chose to continue her studies in Paris, France which at that time was considered the art capital.
From 1929 onwards Musia lived in Paris, studied art and joined the ‘Independent Salon’ society. She made contacts with artists and writers and exhibited during the 1930’s in a number of select group exhibitions.
In 1936 Tolman visited Israel and forged bonds with artists she studied with at Betzalel, among them Aharon Avni, Gliksberg and Avigdor Stematsky. She exhibited at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in 1936 in a group exhibition with Aharon Avni, Arie Aroch, Yosef Zaritsky, Mordechai Levanon, Eliyahu Sigad, Chaya Schwartz, and Yehezkel Streichman. She painted landscapes and portraits and presented one of the works she painted in Paris to the Tel Aviv museum. It was a portrait of the poet and art critic Gustave Kahn who had died the same year. Moussia returned to Paris and exhibited a one-man show just before the outbreak of the Second World War. During the war all the works she exhibited in this exhibition were lost without a trace and Moussia Toulman herself wandered around France moving from one hiding place to another. After the war, in 1946 Moussia Toulman continued painting but was reluctant to exhibit her works. She became a well-known public figure and volunteered for aid programmes for Holocaust survivors, especially orphans. Later on she founded together with Mane Katz, Jacques Atlan and other artists the ‘Art’ organization with the object of developing cultural ties with Israel and to aid Israeli artists during their stay in Paris.
In addition to painting Moussia Toulman wrote poetry, published articles and was involved in art criticism. She was included in the rare publication of 'Association des artistes, peintres et sculpteurs juifs de France' in French and Yiddish. The School of Paris Jewish artists included Edmond Kayser, Abram Krol, Meyer Lazar, David Lan-Bar, Jacques Lipchitz, Jacques Loutchansky, Lubitch, Rene Mendes-France, Adolphe Milich, Lea Nikel, Jules Pascin, David Peretz, Camille Pissarro, Nathan Rapoport, Moussia Toulman, Roger Worms...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Two Blue Dancing Birds Thick Oil Impasto Animal Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Dancing Birds
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
stamped verso
oil painting on board, unframed
board: 29 x 20 inches
Colors: Grey colors, blue, pink, pi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Colorist Modernist Oil - Dapper Abstract Portrait of Gentleman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1970's
Title: Dapper Gentleman Portrait
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed
Size: canvas: 24 x 20 inches
Provenance: private collection...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hourglass. 2000. Paper, pastel, 36x37 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Natalia Bessonova (1963) - Hourglass. 2000. Paper, pastel, 36x37 cm
Colorful abstract composition with figures and hourglass in fauvist style
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Fauve Still Life with Flowers - Early Female Artist
Located in Miami, FL
This colorful painting by Eleanor Parke Custis is in the spirit of Louis Valtat and the Fauves. The subject of flowers in the foreground is repeated in the backdrop. It straddles the line between abstraction and representation. Signed lower right - Work is framed.
Eleanor Parke Custis studied in Corcoran School of the Arts and Design under Edmund C. Tarbell and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Henry B. Snell. Initially, she began her art career as a painter, creating watercolors. Custis created illustrations for Scribner's Magazine, Harper's, Doubleday, Harcourt. She started to take photographs in her youth, using a Brownie camera...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Mid Century Oil Paint Picasso Style Figurative -- Harlequin Prince
Located in Soquel, CA
Unique figurative harlequin painting with Picasso style and abstract elements with dream-like layering by Robert Moesle (American, b.1932). Signed "Moesle" lower left. Titled "The Harlequin Prince" on verso. Displayed in a rustic painted giltwood frame with linen liner. Image size: 40"H x 32"W. Framed Size; 45"H x 37"W.
Robert Moesle was born in San Jose, California in 1932. He graduated from San Jose State College and attended The Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University, England. Moesle lives in the Chateau region of France, which he finds to be an ideal location for a watercolorist. Moesle paints outside and enjoys watching the landscape change through the seasons. Unlike most watercolorists, Moesle takes his time painting and tries to capture the feeling of durability in his subjects. Moesle has exhibited his work in shows in London, Paris and throughout the United States.
“Figurative painting by Robert Moesle are…lyrical, visionary, softly dream-like… Moesle’s Harlequin Prince offers a memory of early Picasso...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Northern California, Rolling Hills', San Francisco Bay Area Oil Landscape
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Sheri Lenz' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 2000.
A substantial oil on canvas landscape showing a lyrical view of hills floo...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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