Post-Impressionist Figurative 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
Summer Frolic - British Post Impressionist 30's art nude oil painting Slade Sch
Located in London, GB
This charming Post-Impressionist Art Deco oil painting is by noted British prolific Royal Academy exhibitor and Royal Academician William Dring. It is possible that our painting was exhibited in 1954, No. 207 and entitled Summer rather than Summer Frolic. The painting is a garden scene of 4 girls enjoying the sun and one is dancing in the nude.
Signed and dated William Dring 1931 lower right.
Provenance. Bonhams, Modern Pictures and Illustrations, 11 November 2008, Lot 99.
Condition. Oil on canvas, image size 24 inches by 20 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in a complementary frame, 30 inches by 26 inches framed and in good condition.
William Dring RA (1904-1990) - a painter, draughtsman and teacher, he was born Dennis William Dring, but was known colloquially as John. He was the brother of the artist James Dring, he married the painter Grace Elizabeth Rothwell...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Neige à Saint Martin de Boscherville
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
Louis Jacques VIGON (1897-1985)
Neige à Saint Martin de Boscherville
Oil on canvas
Size: 60 x 81cm
Signed lower left.
Titled on the back
Provenance :
- Tuffier Gallery, Les Andelys...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century French Stylish Woman Posed at the Bar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided
Size: 13 (height) x 10 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good
Pr...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Belgian Post Impressionist Oil Painting of Flowers Victor Simonin Fauvist Master
Located in Surfside, FL
Victor Simonin (Belgian, 1877-1946).
An antique oil painting on board titled "Still Life of Flower and Fruit."
This abstract still life work depicts a colorful botanical bouquet of f...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
“Plein-Aire Painter”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful pastel on archival paper by the well known American pastelist, Gene Sparkman. In excellent condition and very nicely custom gallery frame. Signed lower right. Overall framed 23.75 by 32 inches.
Gene Sparkman (1941-2010)
Master pastelist, Gene Sparkman’s work is in many private, corporate and permanent public museum collections world-wide, such as, the Butler Institute of American Art, Franklin Library, The Smithsonian, et al. He was a director of the Pastel Society of America and elected Master Pastelist in 1984. Exhibitions and major awards include Salmagundi Club, NYC; Allied Artists of America, NYC; Pastel Society of America, NYC; Manchester Institute of the Arts, NH; Canton Art Institute, OH; Butler Institute of American Art, OH; New Britain Museum of American Art, CT; Society of Illustrators, NYC; Society of Illustrators, CA; Rameau Palais, Paris, France, etc.. Gene Sparkman studied with such formidable masters of their genre as California artists Joseph Henniger, Harry Carmean...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
Still life, oil, cm. 63 x 52 1970 ca
By Enzo FARAONI
Located in Torino, IT
flower,fruts
Enzo FARAONI (S. Stefano Magra, La Spezia, 1920/2017)
Enzo Faraoni is a great painter and engraver from Florence; he expresses the poetic everyday life of simple and co...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fragment 10 (dreamy woman back skin female figurative painting soft Earth tones)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Fragment" by Rudolf Kosow is a deeply introspective miniature painting on wood that subtly plays with shadow and light to evoke a sense of hidden depths within the human form. This ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Rainy Night Shopping in London - Late 20th Century Impressionist Piece by Quirke
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Michael Quirke was born in 1946 and studied at St Martin’s School of Art, London. After moving from London, Michael became a member of the art community in St Ives and was elected Pr...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Woman Seated', Post Impressionist Woman Artist, Fauve, Carmel, California, PAFA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Monogrammed lower left, 'VSR' for Virginia Sevier Rogers (American, 1916-2015) and stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity.
Born in Fort Collins, Colorado., Virginia Sevi...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Pastel
Mid-Century French Pastel Beach Scene With Seated Woman Knitting and Parasols
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-Century French Pastel Beach Scene With Seated Woman Knitting and Parasols
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Medium: Pastel on unframed paper
Size: 14.5 inche...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Friends. Children and animals, postimpressionism, figurative, oil painting.
Located in Oslo, NO
"In the painting "Friends" I painted my dog Daisy, who met her favorite little friend on a walk." said Anna Shesterikova about this work. "The girl gently and affectionately stroke...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Woman Wearing Mantilla', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Carmel, California
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'Di Gesu' for Victor di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1958.
A substantial oil a young woman, (possibly Victor's wife, the artist, Janet Ament), sho...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Bathing at Carmel', California Post-Impressionist, Stanford, Big Sur, Monterey
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Canete" and further signed, verso. Painted in 2015.
A lyrical, Post-Impressionist beach scene showing a young woman in a bathing suit at the edge of the Pacifi...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Restful Moments" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "Restful Moments" is an original, hand made oil painting that depicts a partially nude woman napping with a black cat nestled on top of her.
About the Artist:
Su...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Le Moulin de la Folie a Crozant - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Paul Madeline
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on original canvas by French post impressionist painter Paul Madeline. This beautiful work depicts a mill on the bank of a river - water cascading over the rocks...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fragment 2 (dreamy woman portrait face painting on wood, soft Earth tones)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Fragment" by Rudolf Kosow is a compelling painting that intricately uses the medium of wood to enhance its textural and emotional depth. The artwork features a close-up of a human f...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Birches in the woods, winter" Oil cm. 50 x 40 1967
Located in Torino, IT
Snow,Wood,White,Winter
LEONID VAICHLIA (St. Petersburg, 1922)
Works by Leonid Vaichlia can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, United States and in the follo...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tiny Dancers and Fairies in The Blooming Pink Roses Large Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Rose Dancers
Annie Faure (French 1940-2021)
signed oil on canvas
canvas: 35 x 45.5 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
For more any more information...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Solitaire', Post-Impressionist Figural, Salon des Artistes Français, Benezit
By Andre Firmin Regagnon
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Andre Regagnon' (French, 1902-1976) and painted circa 1935; additionally signed on label verso.
A substantial and lyrical 'Intimiste' work showing an interior s...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fragment 8 (dreamy woman back skin female figurative painting soft Earth tones)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Fragment 8" by Rudolf Kosow is an evocative miniature painting on wood, capturing the elusive nature of human memory and emotion through abstract forms and subtle colors. This artwo...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
David R Buchanan 'Men at Work' oil circa 1930
Located in Frome, Somerset
David R. Buchanan 20th Century British. 'Men at Work' circa 1930's
oil on canvas 45cmx60cm
good quality gallery frame 61cmx76cm
A dymanic scene of a gang of road workers laying mains...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Venetian Canal', Early Woman Post Impressionist, Stockholm Academy of Fine Arts
By Harriet Rosander
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Rosander' for Harriet Rosander de Tourtchaninoff (Danish, 1912-1965) and painted circa 1935.
A substantial, early twentieth-century, Post-Impressionist oil show...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid 20thCentury Post Impressionist 'Mending Garments by Lamp Light' oil c1930's
Located in Frome, Somerset
A fine mid 20th century post impressionist oil of a young woman sewing by lamplight circa 1960's
oil on canvas 46cmx 70cm
good gallery frame 63cmx 88cm
Very atmospheric light effect painted in expressive colourfield palette creating a soft diffused atmosphere under the old lamp...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Notre Dame Paris”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original, very impressive oil on canvas painting by Antonio DeVity. Not signed. DeVity artist stamp verso. See photograph. Circa 1970. Condition is excellent. The painting captures a...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fragment 7 (dreamy woman neck skin female figurative painting soft Earth tones)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Fragment 7" by Rudolf Kosow is a deeply evocative miniature painting on wood that portrays the subtle details of a human profile with a focus on the neck and shoulder. The artwork's...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
'Woman with Book', Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Carmel Post-Impressionist, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, "Di Gesu" for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988), with estate stamp, verso, and painted circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attend...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Foam Board
'Reclining Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Ac. Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped verso with Victor di Gesu estate stamp.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Under the Rain - Post Impressionist Figurative Oil by Pierre Eugene Montezin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on panel circa 1910 by sought after French post impressionist painter Pierre Eugène Montezin. The piece depicts a view of Rue des Hussiers in Neuilly sur Seine, France. Bl...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Alai Ganuza, "Crispy Eggs" - Oil And Acrylic Still Life Painting, 2025
Located in Denver, CO
Alai Ganuza’s “Crispy Eggs” is a captivating round oil and acrylic still life painting on a solid birch wooden panel, created in 2025. Measuring approximately 19.69 cm in diameter (7...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Lets Go V
By Gordon Hunt
Located in Deddington, GB
Lets go V [2022]
original
Acrylic on deep edge canvas
Image size: H:30 cm x W:30 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:30 cm x D:4cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Les Grands Boulevards - Post Impressionist Figures in Cityscape by Louis Hayet
By Louis Hayet
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Landscape oil on panel circa 1890 by French Post Impressionist painter Louis Hayet. The cityscape depicts elegant figures and horses and carts in Les Grands Boulevards in Paris, France.
Signature:
Signed lower right and titled verso
Dimensions:
Framed: 12.25"x15.5"
Provenance:
The collection of Andre Metthey...
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1890s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
"Parisian Street Scene w Horse & Carriage" Post War Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
A masterful oil painting depicting a view of Paris at twilight. This piece is a pertinent example of the works produced during the 20th Century by the artist with use of beautiful co...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"View of Venice Canal" Orientalist Post-Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A masterful oil painting depicting a view of a Venice Canal signed by Morgan lower right. This detailed work depicting scenes from daily life and of the gondolas of Venice is truly b...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Paris Street Scene" 20th Century Post-Impressionist Oil Painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Salvadore Demone. Deomne was a Parisian painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. This...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life - Oil Painting, Flowers, Floral, Figurative, Post-Impressionist
Located in Warsaw, PL
MAGDALENA SPASOWICZ (1927)
Studied painting under prof. Jan Cybis and graphic arts with prof. Tadeusz Kulisiewicz at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She received her diploma in 1...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Beach Day”
By André Gisson
Located in Southampton, NY
Large, outstanding original oil on canvas beach painting by the well known American artist, Andre Gisson. Signed by the artist lower right “Gisson”. Circa 1980. Condition is very go...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
California Post-Impressionist 'Woman Seated', Louvre, LACMA, Académie Chaumière
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Di Gesu estate stamp verso and painted circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and the Chouinard Art School before movi...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Laid Paper
Djeuner Champtre
By Marcel Dyf
Located in Sheffield, MA
Marcel Dyf
French, 1899-1985
Djeuner Champtre
Oil on canvas
23 ½ by 28 ¾ in. W/frame 31 ½ by 36 ¾ in.
Signed lower left
Marcel Dyf (Marcel Dreyfus) was born in Paris on October 7,...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Wintry Day, Madison Square”
Located in Southampton, NY
Recently completed painting of Madison Square in New York City on a snowy winters day. Signed top left and signed and titled verso. Condition is excelle...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
'In the Garden, Carmel', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Ac. Chaumière, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped verso with Victor Di Gesu estate stamp.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Lo...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Need To Return To Earth Tomorrow. Oil painting, large format, figurative, angels
Located in Oslo, NO
"This work appeared in my head like a sudden insight. I saw it only in my imagination." said Anna Shesterikova about this artwork. "The next day I invited two young men who posed for...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Léon Frédéric (1856-1940) Vallée de Nafraiture, Oil on panel
Located in Paris, FR
Léon Frédéric (1856-1940)
Vallée de Nafraiture
signed with the estate stamp at the lower left
Oil on canvas transfered on panel
29.5 x 44.55 cm
Certific...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'The White Bonnet', Paris, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen Art Museum
By Henrik Schouboe
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower left, 'H.S.' for Henrik Schouboe (Danish, 1876-1949) and painted circa 1915.
Henrik Schouboe first studied at the Copenhagen's Royal Academy of Fine Arts from 1894-1901 and, from 1903-1910, in Italy and Paris. He was awarded numerous stipends and scholarships including the Larssen (1902-3) and the Akademie Scholarship in 1908. In 1906, he had exhibited for the first time at the Charlottenborg where his submitted entry was purchased by the leading Danish painter of the time, Kristian Zahrtmann, for his personal collection.
Schouboe continued to exhibit both domestically and internationally for over thirty years and was the recipient of a variety of prizes, medals and juried awards including the purchase of his 1908 Charlottenborg entry, 'Young Couple in a Landscape', by the State Museum of Art for inclusion in the Danish national collection. Schouboe's work is held in the permanent collections of numerous museums including Copenhagen, Aabenraa, Maribo and the Aalborg Art Museums. We are pleased to offer a delicate and psychologically penetrating portrait of this beautiful and determined girl on the cusp of womanhood.
Reference:
Thieme-Becker Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zu Gengenwart, Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1992, Vol. 30, p. 269; E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 12, p. 520; Weilbach, Dansk Kunstnerleksikon, the Castle and Cultural Agency, Copenhagen; Dansk Kunst (Charlottenborg), 1927: Taf. 27, 1928: Taf. 38, 1929: Taf. 46; S. Michaëlis i: Art VII, 1905-06; Vilh. Wanscher i: Kunstbl. 1909-10, 71f; Harald Giersing...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Jardin Familial", 20th Century Oil on Canvas by Spanish Artist Emilio Grau Sala
Located in Madrid, ES
EMILIO GRAU SALA
Spanish, 1911 - 1975
JARDIN FAMILIAL
signed "Grau Sala" (lower right)
signed again, dated & titled "Grau Sala / 1974 / Jardin Familial" (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
18-1/8 x 21-3/4 inches (46 x 55 cm.)
framed: 25 x 28-1/2 inches (63.5 x 72.5 cm.)
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Barcelona, Spain
Emilio Grau Sala came from a family of artists. He was born in Barcelona in 1911 and his father, a good cartoonist, had been one of the promoters of the "Salon des Humanistes" and made his exhibitions normally in "Sala Parés", Barcelona.
His first works were exhibited at the Salon des Independents. In the years 1930-33 he had painted under the influence of Cubism, especially that of Torres García. It is from that time a painting of the port of Barcelona, geometric and structural, which completely anticipated what would later be his work. His personality began fully painting watercolors and oils with a certain fantasy character, with a point of decorative instinct and themes full of naivety and grace. Romantic interiors, paddocks, port scenes, sailors, etc.
Grau Sala was essentially a Mediterranean painter, son of post-impressionism and enriched with French painting of the last fifty years. Mediterranean because his work has the color and light of that land.
He understood and assimilated impressionist painting very well, and for that reason he was never subject to the modules of a formulist realism, nor the sexigencias of the forms.
In Paris he found the best environment to give us a fruitful and intense work, because he could use the expressive potential of French art to enrich it.
All this made him a very esteemed artist everywhere where his work was known. He was also very often required to illustrate books and publications in Paris. Also his posters were very successful.
He painted a large number of subjects, but perhaps the theme of horse racing is where you can see in a very clear way the joyful and optimistic life that was lived at that time. In this fabric there is an explosion of juicy and vivid colors full of ingenuity and simplicity in its composition. Only a teacher could turn the complicated into something simple and beautiful. Before this work we feel a deep emotion, the emotion of before starting a horse race. Joy and nervousness at the same time. Especially since it is a direct emotion. There are no intermediaries between our eyes and what the work intends to tell us. This is precisely what seduces and catches us of this painting.
His works can be found in the Museums of the Villa de Paris, L'Ile de France Museum, at the Château de Sceaux, Honfleur Museum, La Rochelle Museum, Barcelona Museum...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Popular Dance at Corsica, I. By Swedish Artist Dick Beer, c.1924
Located in Stockholm, SE
Dick Beer (b. London 1893 - d. Stockholm 1938)
Folkliv på Korsika, I (Popular Dance at Corsica, I)
oil on canvas
signed Dick Beer
c. 1924
canvas dimensions 88 x 100 cm
Exhibited:
The Royal Academy Stockholm 1973;
Millesgården – Dick Beer – Impressionist & Kubist, 2012
Dick Beer was born in 1893 in London as Richard Beer, the youngest of five brothers. His father, John Beer (1853-1906), was a watercolourist who was born in Stockholm and left Sweden at the age of 17. John Beer instructed his sons in drawing and painting, among other things. A number of sketchbooks bear testimony to the boys’ talent.
Dick Beer’s parents died in 1906 and 1907. Barely 15 years old, Beer arrived in Sweden as an orphan. First he lived with relatives and finally he ended up at Reverend Laurell in Västergötland.
Dick Beer began his artistic studies at the Althin School of Painting in Stockholm in 1908 and continued at the Royal Academy of Arts in the autumn of 1910, but in September 1912 he broke off his studies and travelled to Paris. He rented a studio and enrolled at the Colarossi and Grande Chaumière academies.
In the summer of 1913, Dick Beer travelled to Pont-Aven in Bretagne in order to paint. In September the same year, he held his first solo exhibition in Stockholm which he gave the French title Exposition des tableaux de Bretagne et autour de Paris. The exhibition proved a success. Many of the paintings were executed in a light palette in a style inspired by the impressionists.
In 1914, Dick Beer undertook an extensive study trip to Italy, Tunis, Morocco and Spain, which resulted in canvases overflowing with colours and light. When the French army mobilised, he volunteered and was enlisted in the French Foreign Legion. In 1915 Dick Beer sustained severe head injuries in a grenade attack, which resulted in deafness and a nervous condition that would plague him for the rest of his life. Two of his brothers died the following year, fighting for the English army.
Dick Beer was hospitalised and convalesced at Château de Rochefort. Here he started painting again, in an impressionist style, a painting dominated by blue and green hues.
In 1918, Dick Beer married Ruth Öhrling, a dentist, and their son John was born later in the year. During this time, Beer began experimenting with cubist painting and created several large compositions, including the painting “The Arab Café”.
In the years that followed, Dick Beer was based in Paris, where he often moved house. He was instructed by André Lhote, who encouraged his students to work freely in the studio and provided them with individual critique. Beer often travelled to Bretagne or Provence. His artist friends came from all over Europe and included Amedeo Modigliani. Dick Beer exhibited fairly regularly in Paris between 1919 and 1934 and made a name for himself in French artist circles.
In the summers, Ruth regularly rented a house in the countryside, often at Lake Mälaren. She kept a large house with many models and friends and there was a lot of painting and discussions. In 1933, the couple divorced but Ruth still loved Dick...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"We, " Pointillist Woodcut
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled "We," this exquisite woodcut by Chinese artist Ren Hui celebrates joy and the beauty of humanity with a crowd of smiling faces. Using a style he calls “uncomplicated and honest,” the artist creates beautiful compositions by carving small notches into a painted wood background.
Ren Hui's artworks reflect the artist’s richness of experience - he’s been a soldier, a factory worker, and a photographer documenting life from Nanjing to Tibet. He says, “We have family, friends, ourselves, history, culture, trees, flowers, buildings, demolition—all of which are reflected in my work. This is my life.” Full of bold colors and high-contrast imagery, Ren Hui's modern pointillism...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Oil
Portrait of a Family in an Interior - British 1950's art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This interesting British Post Impressionist figurative interior oil painting is by noted artist Charles Cundall and entitled A Conversation Piece. Painted circa 1955 the composition is the interior of a living room with a couple and their two young children, cat and dog. It is full of fascinating details such as the display of porcelain figures in the wall unit, The wonky lampshade on the piano with lovely reflections in its metal base, the slightly shabby walls, the two inviting open doors to other rooms, the way the whole family are looking at the dog (of course!) as it eyes up the tray of tea. Perhaps the dog is in fact the conversation piece of the family and life revolves around him the way the painting does. Is it the artist's family? An excellent example of Cundall's work and life with a dog.
Signed lower right.
Provenance. Gallery label verso.
Condition. Oil on canvas, image size is 30 inches by 25 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in a gallery frame, 39 inches by 34 inches framed and in good condition.
Charles Cundall (1890-1971) - painter, potter and stained glass artist, born in Stratford, Lancashire. After working as a designer for Pilkington's Pottery Company under Gordon Forsyth...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Le Moulin de la Galette", Large 20th Century oil on canvas by Emilio Grau Sala
Located in Madrid, ES
EMIILIO GRAU SALA
Spanish, 1911 - 1975
LE MOULIN DE LA GALETTE
signed Grau Sala (lower right)
oil on canvas
59-1/4 X 67-1/4 inches (150.5 X 170 cm.)
framed: 62-1/2 X 70-1/4 inches (...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Mid-20th Century Pastel Swimmers in the Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Mid-Century Pastel Beach Scene with Sailboat and Bathing Huts
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Medium: Pastel on unframed paper
Size: 9 inches (height) x...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
'Janet Seated', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Di Gesu", for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988); further signed and titled verso, and bearing original exhibition label.
A substantial figural oil showing Victor di Gesu's wife, the artist Janet Ament, with a white shawl over her knees and seated cross-legged in front of a large ficus. A major work by this notable California Fauve...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Au Table', Venezuelan Post-Impressionist Oil, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'M. V. Mujica' for Manuel Vicente Mujica (Venezuelan, 1924-2002).
A bright and breezy oil painting of a dark-haired young woman wearing a wide-brimmed, floral hat and seated at a table decorated with a large vase of flowers. A charming and period work by this European-trained Venezuelan Post-Impressionist.
Manuel Mujica first studied at the School of Plastic and Applied Arts under Antonio Edmundo Monsanto and Rafael Ramón González (1939-1942). Over the course of a long and successful career, he exhibited widely and with success including at the Salón Anual de Artistas Independientes held by the Caracas Museo de Bellas Artes...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Rivière by PAULÉMILE PISSARRO - Post Impressionist Landscape Painting, River
Located in London, GB
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La Rivière (The River) by PAULÉMILE PISSARRO (1884-1972)
Oil on canvas
92 x 73 cm (36 1⁄4 x 28 3⁄4 inches)
Signed...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Figure in Gold Abstraction", Oil Painting
By Quang Ho
Located in Denver, CO
Quang Ho's (US based) "Figure in Gold Abstraction" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a pale nude female model sitting among rumpled white fabric as she delicately pl...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
View to Sacre Coeur by Lesley Powell, Oil Parisian Scene with Green and Blue
Located in Atlanta, GA
Lesley Powell paints in oils with a classical approach to composition and color, but she has a point of view that is fresh and contemporary. Whenever possible, she prefers to paint f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Place Clichy" 20th Century Impressionist Oil on Canvas by Eduardo León Garrido
Located in Madrid, ES
EDUARDO LEÓN GARRIDO
Spanish, 1856- 1949
PLACE CLICHY
signed "E. L Garrido" (lower right)
oil on canvas
24-1/8 x 19-3/4 inches (61 x 50 cm.)
framed: 33-1/4 x 28-7/8 inches (84 x 73 cm.)
PROVENANCE
Private Spanish Collector
Fresh and bright view of Clichy Square, Paris, where Leon Garrido offers us his most impressionistic and innovative technique.
The work has a pyramidal composition, from where monument to "Mariscal Moncey" on an 8 meter high pedestal and decorated with bas-reliefs that dominates the entire square.
The florist occupies a central place, from which distinguished figures appear around her. Its delicate and smooth chromaticism in gray and pearly dark almost black and a touch of red.
Eduardo León Garrido (Madrid, 1856 - Caen, 1949) was a Spanish painter. He began his training at the Higher School of Painting in Madrid and as a disciple in Vicente Palmaroli...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Pastel Still Life of Wildflowers in Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Pastel Still Life of Wildflowers in Vase
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Pastel on unframed paper
Size:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
"On the balcony" Original impressionistic figurative painting. Large. Impasto.
Located in Oslo, NO
In this oil painting, I've captured a tranquil moment on a sunlit balcony. The figure, immersed in thought by a spread of fresh blossoms and fruit, epitomizes serenity. My brushwork ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Landscape
Located in Segovia, ES
Landscape.
Oil on panel, 23 x 31 cm. Framed 46 x 54 x 6 cm. ( In inches: 9 x 12.2 In / framed 18.11 x 21.26 x 2.36 )
Signed down right angle.
Author Simó Busom (Barcelona- Spain 1927-2020), a landscape painter, trained at the Baixas Academy. He began with watercolors, and from an initial figurative art, influenced by the work of the Catalan artist Ramon Rogent, he evolved towards post-cubism and finally returned to figurative art.
In 1964 he held his first exhibition at the prestigious Sala Parés in Barcelona and, from that moment on, he became part of the group of young painters linked to this gallery.
In 1955 he received the Barcelona City...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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