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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
Winter Moonlight - Signed Landscape Oil Painting by Max Clarenbach
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1930 by German post impressionist painter Max Clarenbach. The work depicts a winter scene, with snow laying thick on the ground. To the foregroun...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A sailing Break, Contemporary Seascape Art, Affordable Art, Fowey Art, Cornwall
Located in Deddington, GB
A sailing break' is an original painting by Gordon Hunt. it shows a group of people out sailing. They have dropped anchor to take time to enjoy the beautiful turquoise water and brig...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Petite maison au bord de l'eau by Auguste Herbin - Landscape, Oil painting
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE. once an order is placed we will arrange the VAT of 20% to be reduced to 5% Petite maison au bord de l'eau by Auguste H...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Rare Hungarian Jewish Rabbi Judaica Oil Painting Portrait
By Lajos Polczer
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare Pre World War II (Pre Holocaust) Judaica Art. European Judaic art from this period is exceedingly rare. Polczer was an Hungarian artist, his foundations of painting were taught by a painter Bertalan Karlovszky. His works were exhibited in the National Salon and the Art Hall from 1928. His works are held by the Hungarian National Gallery. In his later years he worked in the United States, he was working in New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 1960s. Known for his Jewish genre scenes, Chess scenes and other early 20th Century salon style nude paintings. In the tradition of Moritz Oppenheim...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Sunshine Bliss: The Aroma of Summer Watermelon. Portrait Oil painting on canvas
Located in Zofingen, AG
Oil on canvas. "Sunshine Bliss: The Aroma of Summer Watermelon" In this painting, a vivid and joyful spectacle unfolds before us, as if a sunbeam has penetrated directly onto the c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Royal Court Terrace and Garden Monte Carlo Watercolour Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Royal Court Terrace and Garden Monte Carlo Watercolour Study Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W): 6.25 x 9.75 inch...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Portrait of a Family in an Interior - British 1950's art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
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...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Homage to Monet’s Water Lilies by KENZO
Located in New York, NY
Kenzō Takada (Japanese, 1939 - 2020) Homage to Monet’s Water Lilies Signed low right Acrylic on canvas 197 cm × 295 cm Provenance: gift from the artist to the previous owner.
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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Bouquet of anemones, Signed oil painting
Located in Paris, FR
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Bouquet of anemones Signed lower left (partially hidden by the frame) Oil on canvas In good condition 21 x 28 cm Framed : 27 x 34cm Maurice Asselin ...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Walking the Dogs, Post-Impressionist Oil Painting by Louis Eilshemius
By Louis Eilshemius
Located in Long Island City, NY
Louis Eilshemius', American (1864 -1941), early works were influenced by the Barbizon School and Corot among others. This oil on canvas painting from 1890-1910 is from the era when h...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Sankt Matteus Church in Stockholm, 1907
Located in Stockholm, SE
The painting we are offering for sale, executed by Swedish artist Erik Tryggelin on May 3, 1907, presents a striking and atmospheric view of Sankt Matteus Church in Stockholm. It sta...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

View of Sainte Anastasie France
By Robert Mendoze
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
View of Sainte Anastasie France. Signed and dated 2001. Robert Mendoze was a French Post Impressionist painter who was born in 1930- 2014. After gradua...
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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Oil Painting Beach Scene with Children Henry Benson Americana Art Seashore
Located in Surfside, FL
Children Playing on Beach Textured Oil on Canvas Hand signed lower right Image: H 40 x W 30 inches; Frame: H 40.5 x W 30.5 inches This depicts a boy and girl playing in the sand wi...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Mid Century Oil Painting 1950's Portrait of Child
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Child Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Size : 13.75 x 10.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition:...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"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...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Despatch
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Despatch" c.1985 in an oil painting on canvas by British artist Reginald John Mitchell, 1923-2018. It is signed at the ...
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Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Left Bank with Notre Dame', Paris, Post Impressionist oil, Charlottenborg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'V. Isbrand' for Victor Isbrand (Danish, 1897-1989), titled 'Paris' and painted circa 1965. Bearing 1965 exhibition label, verso, on stretcher bar. Precocious as...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Interior Scene with Seated Figures Watercolour French Post Impressionist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Interior Scene with Seated Figures Watercolour French Post Impressionist Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 6.75 x 5.25 i...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Modern Impressionist Beach Scene Oil of Three children playing on beach
Located in ludlow, GB
Modern Impressionist Beach Scene Oil of Three young children playing sandcastles on the beach. "Day at the Beach" Oil on Canvas, laid on board, Signed and Framed by Rene Jerome Legr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

20th French Post Impressionist Oil Busy Summer Beach Scene Many Figures & Color
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sur la Plage by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed lower right oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 20 x 25.5 inches Colors: Yellow gold and warm colors, red, blue and ora...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Town Landscape with Figures - British 1930's Post Impressionist oil painting art
Located in Hagley, England
This interesting British 1930's Post Impressionist town landscape oil painting is by noted Liverpool born artist Edwin Glasgow. Painted in 1936 and signed lower left, the painting wa...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

RODNEY JOSEPH BURN (1899-1984) oil painting LONDON RIVER THAMES CHISWICK WINTER
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Rodney Joseph Burn RA (1899-1984) British TITLE: "Winter Strand On The Green, Chiswick London" SIGNED: initialled lower right MEDIUM: oil on canvas SIZE: 54cm x 43cm inclus...
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Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Post Impressionist Fauvist Art French Oil Painting Paris Bridge Urbain Huchet
Located in Surfside, FL
Urbain Huchet (French, 1930-2014) Le Pont Neuf a Paris Description: An original oil or acrylic painting on canvas depicting a Parisian cityscape landscape with a bridge over the Sein...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Shepherds at Sunrise Large 1970's French Post-Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Shepherds at Sunrise French School, 1976 oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 24 x 18 inches Inscribed verso Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: very good condition Descrip...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fragment 10 (dreamy woman back skin female figurative painting soft Earth tones)
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 ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

“Port of Ostend, Belgium”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful oil on mahogany panel painting of the bustling Port of Ostend in Belgium by Louis Clesse. Signed lower right and dated 1942. Titled verso and signed again by the artist ve...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Festivities Buckingham Palace - British 1950's figurative landscape oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb British Post Impressionist figurative landscape oil painting is by war artist Gerald Spencer Pryse. Painted circa 1953 it depicts festivities outside Buckingham Palace, L...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

South of France, Marie Lucie Nessi, Woman Post Impressionist, Oil paint, 1950
Located in New York, NY
Marie-Lucie Nessi Valtat South of France, ca. 1950 Oil on canvas mounted on board 13 3/4 x 10 2/3 in l 35 x 27 cm Frame size: 15 3/4 x 12 2/3 in l 40 x 32 cm Marie-Lucie Nessi Valta...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Duclair - La Seine - Post Impressionist Oil, River Landscape by Robert Pinchon
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Fauvist signed oil on canvas riverscape circa 1920 by French post impressionist painter Robert Antoine Pinchon. The work depicts a view of the R...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Family Portrait in Market - British 1914 art Post Impressionist oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This charming early twentieth century Post Impressionist portrait oil painting is by British Jewish female artist Amy Julia Drucker. Of German descent, Drucker was born in England i...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Le Route d'Hondouville - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Albert Lebourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1890 by French post impressionist painter Albert Charles Lebourg. The work depicts a view of a road to Hondouville, a commune in nothern France, ...
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1890s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Portal View-Sailboats in Harbour", 20th C. Oil on Masonite by Ism. de la Serna
Located in Madrid, ES
ISMAEL GONZÁLEZ DE LA SERNA Spanish, 1898 - 1968 "PORTAL VIEW - SAILBOATS IN HARBOUR" unsigned oil on masonite 25-1/4 x 22-1/2 inches (64 x...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Masonite

"View of Paris" Post-Impressionist Parisian Street Scene with Notre Dame Framed
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist Andre Franchet. He was a Parisian painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. His work is...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ibiza Market oil on canvas painting Spain mediterranean
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Author: Ignacio Gil Sala (Barcelona, 1913 – 2003) Title: Ibiza Market Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 73 × 92 cm (unframed) — 28.7 × 36.2 in Signature: Signed lower left: Ignacio G...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Post-Impressionist Colorful Oil Paint Landscape "Autumn in Amsterdam"
Located in Segovia, ES
Otoño en Amsterdam (Autumn in Amsterdam Oil on canvas by Spanish artist Joan Raset. Dimension 81 cm H x 65 cm W x 2 cm D Interesting close up view of an Amsterdam canal in autumn....
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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

La Colline Saint Catherine - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Robert Pinchon
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed fauvist oil on canvas riverscape c.1908 by French post impressionist painter Robert Antoine Pinchon. The work depicts a view of the River Seine in Rouen, with Saint Catherine'...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Original French impressionist oil painting Paris Flower Market by Tom Coates
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Tom Coates NEAC RBA RI RWS (1941-2023) British TITLE: "Paris Flower Market" MEDIUM: oil on board SIZE: 52cm x 42cm incl frame CONDITION: very good NOTES: Artist in oil, wa...
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Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Paris Street in the Snow with Figures - Vintage Oil Painting by Italian Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Paris Street in the Snow with Figures - Vintage Oil Painting by Italian Artist, Pietro Griffo (1934 - 1995). Original - Signed Art measures 30 x 24 inches Fram measures 34 x 28 inch...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Opera Garnier in paris
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
COSSON, Jean Louis Marcel (1878 – 1956) Ballerinas and gentlemen in the Swing of the Opera Oil on canvas signed low left Framed by Gault (Paris - Fbg St Honoré) Dimensions canvas ...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Murols sous la neige - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Victor Charreton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figure in winter landscape oil on canvas circa 1915 by French Post Impressionist painter Victor Charreton, who was known as the painter of colours. The work depicts a man stro...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Arriving at the Bois de Boulogne, Figural, Park, Paris, France, Watercolor
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Gabriel Spat was born in Kishinev, Russia, in 1890. Leaving Russia in 1911, he studied at the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Geneva and at the Academie Colarossi and the Academie de la ...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Gypsy Women in Ibiza Spain oil on canvas painting mediterranean art
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Artist: Ignacio Gil Sala (Barcelona, 1913 – 2003) Title: Gypsy Women in Ibiza Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 38 × 46 cm (unframed) — 15 × 18 in Signature: Signed lower left: Ignac...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Summer Frolic - British Post Impressionist 30's art nude oil painting Slade Sch
Located in Hagley, England
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

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Oil

La Terrasse Devant La Mer By Jean Pierre Cassigneul
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jean-Pierre Cassigneul b.1935 French La terrasse devant la mer (The Terrace by the Sea) Signed “Cassigneul” (lower left) Oil on canvas laid on panel This monumental, three-panele...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Panel

Mid Century French Impressionist Painting Lady Sunbathing Reading In The Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: signed and dated oil on board, unframed Size : 16 x 13 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The paint...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Josianna, Jeune Femme au Ruban by Jean Gabriel Domergue
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jean-Gabriel Domergue 1889-1962 French Josianna, jeune femme au ruban (Josianna, Young Woman With Ribbon) Signed "Jean Gabriel Domergue" (lower left) Oil on panel A young French beauty known as Josianna is the subject of this work by Jean-Gabriel Domergue, and the oil on panel is a perfect example of the portraits for which the artist is renowned. His model embodies the concept of the la belle Parisienne: slender, swan-like women bearing an unmistakable grace and style. Domergue includes a delicate pink ribbon around her neck, suggesting a fashionable garment, set against a soft pastel-colored backdrop. The artist's oeuvre encompasses women from all facets of society, from aristocratic figures such as Liane de Pougy and Nadine, Baroness de Rothschild...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

The Arrival - New York - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Henri Le Sidaner
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed divisionist landscape oil on panel by French post impressionist painter Henri le Sidaner. This stunning piece depicts high rise buildings of New York at nighttime. Lights illuminate the windows in an otherwise dark scene. A steam boat sails along the river. Signature: Signed lower left Dimensions: Framed: 24.5"x20" Unframed: 16"x11.5" Provenance: Louis Le Sidaner collection Etienne Le Sidaner collection Private collection, France Exhibitions : Paris, Musée Galliera, "Rétrospective Henri Le Sidaner", April 1948 Brussels, Galerie de l'Art Belge, "Rétrospective Henri Le Sidaner", April-May 1951 Literature: This work is accompanied by a photo certificate of authenticity from Yann Farinaux Le Sidaner This work will be included in the forthcoming supplement to the catalogue raisonne currently under preparation by Yann Farinaux Le Sidaner This work is the only recorded painting...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"A Beautiful and Brave Gaze" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "A Beautiful and Brave Gaze" is an original, hand made oil painting that depicts an Indian woman with a lit flame creating a beautiful orange glow around her. Abo...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Woman and Child
Located in Sheffield, MA
John Edward Costigan, N.A. American, 1888-1972 Woman and Child Oil on canvas Signed ‘J.E. Costigan N.A.’ lower left 24 by 30 in. W/frame 32 by 38 in. John Costigan was born of Irish-American parents in Providence, Rhode Island, February 29, 1888. He was a cousin of the noted American showman, George M. Cohan, whose parents brought the young Costigan to New York City and was instrumental in starting him on a career in the visual arts. They were less successful in encouraging him to pursue formal studies at the Art Students League (where, however, he later taught) than in exposing him to the commercial art world through the job they had gotten him with the New York lithographing firm that made their theatrical posters. At the H. C. Miner Lithographing Company, Costigan worked his way up from his entry job as a pressroom helper, through various apprenticeships, to the position of sketch artist. In the latter capacity he was an uncredited designer of posters for the Ziegfeld Follies and for numerous silent films. Meanwhile, he had supplemented his very meager formal studies in the fine arts with a self-teaching discipline that led to his first professional recognition in 1920 with the receipt of prizes for an oil painting and watercolor in separate New York exhibitions. A year earlier, Costigan had wed professional model Ida Blessin, with whom he established residence and began raising a family in the sleepy little rural New York hamlet of Orangeburg, the setting for the many idyllic farm landscapes and wood interiors with which he was to become identified in a career that would span half a century. John Costigan’s first national recognition came in 1922 with his winning of the coveted Peterson Purchase prize of the Art Institute of Chicago for an oil on canvas, “Sheep at the Brook.” It marked the start of an unbroken winning streak that would gain him at least one important prize per year for the remainder of the decade. The nation’s art journalists and critics began to take notice, making him the recurring subject of newspaper features and magazine articles. The eminent author and critic Edgar Holger Cahill was just a fledgling reporter when he wrote his first feature, “John Costigan Carries the Flame,” for Shadowland Magazine in 1922. Costigan had his first one-man show of paintings at the Rehn Gallery on New York’s 5th Avenue in November, 1924, to be followed less than three years later by another at the Art Institute of Chicago. In addition, Costigan’s work has been—and continues to be included, side-by-side with that of some of America’s most high-profile artists, in museum and gallery exhibitions throughout the country. His renown had peaked in the early 1930s, by which time his work had been honored with nearly every major award then being bestowed in the fine arts and had been acquired for the permanent collections of several prestigious American museums, including New York’s Metropolitan (which only recently, in 1997, deaccessioned his “Wood Interior,” acquired in 1934). Although Costigan’s celebrity had ebbed by the late 1930s, the Smithsonian Institution saw fit in 1937 to host an exhibition exclusively of his etchings. And, in 1941, the Corcoran Gallery (also Washington, D.C.) similarly honored him for his watercolors. (Another Washington institution, the Library of Congress, today includes 22 Costigan etchings and lithographs in its permanent print collection.) During World War II, Costigan returned briefly to illustrating, mainly for Bluebook, a men’s pulp adventure magazine. A gradual revival of interest in his more serious work began at the end of the war, culminating in 1968 with the mounting of a 50-year Costigan retrospective at the Paine Art Center and Arboretum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Oils, watercolors and prints were borrowed from museums and private collections throughout the country, and the exhibition was subsequently toured nationally by the Smithsonian Institution. John Costigan died of pneumonia in Nyack, NY, August 5, 1972, just months after receiving his final prestigious award —the Benjamin West Clinedinst Medal of the Artist’s Fellowship, Inc., presented in general recognition of his “...achievement of exceptional artistic merit...” in the various media he had mastered in the course of his career. This painting depicts one of the artist's favorite themes --the farm family bathing...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Modernist Rabbi Judaica Bold Color "School of 10"
Located in Surfside, FL
Dimensions w/Frame: 16" x 8" x 1 1/2" Born in 1897, Ben-Zion Weinman celebrated his European Jewish heritage in his visual works as a sculptor, painter, and printmaker. Influenced by Spinoza, Knut Hamsun, and Wladyslaw Reymont, as well as Hebrew literature, Ben-Zion wrote poetry and essays that, like his visual work, attempt to reveal the deep “connection between man and the divine, and between man and earth.” An emigrant from the Ukraine, he came to the US in 1920. He wrote fairy tales and poems in Hebrew under the name Benzion Weinman, but when he began painting he dropped his last name and hyphenated his first, saying an artist needed only one name. Ben-Zion was a founding member of “The Ten: An Independent Group” The Ten” a 1930’s avant-garde group, Painted on anything handy. Ben-Zion often used cabinet doors (panels) in his work. Other members of group included Ilya Bolotowsky, Lee Gatch, Adolf Gottlieb...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Coating, Oil, Board

Fishing Boats in Mediterranean Harbor Signed Antique French Impressionist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Fishing Harbor by André Salomon le Tropézien (French early 20th century) signed oil on on canvas, framed framed: 29 x 25 inches canv...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Model Asleep - Mid 20th Century Nude Still Life Oil Painting by Dorothy King
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Dorothy King was born and lived in London in 1907. She studied at the Hornsey School of Art under JC Moody, then briefly at the Slade School of Fine Art with Randolph Schwabe. She to...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Girl in Nature - Mid 20th Century Oil by Michael D'Aguilar
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Baron Michael D`Aguilar was born on May 15, 1922 in London to Spanish parents. He was brother of the artist Paul D`Aguilar. He spent much of his early life in Spain. He studied at...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Painting Early 20th Century Landscape Garden and Characters
By Jeanne Lourier-Dreyfus
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
LOURIER-DREYFUS Jeanne (1873-1955) Gardeners at Saint Cloud's Park Oil on canvas signed low right Frame by Gault : (Paris Fbg St Honoré) Dim canvas : 81 X 100 cm Dim frame : 109 x 129 cm LOURIER-DREYFUS Jeanne (1873-1955) French School 20th century Post-impressionist Disciple of Pierre Eugène Montézin, Jeanne Lourier was a pupil of workshop who assimilated the features and environment of the Master. Her artistic education also passed by the workshop of Jules Adler...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

A Country Walk in England (Landscape, Countryside, Impressionism, ~26% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Samir Farah A Country Walk in England (Landscape, Countryside, Impressionism) Acrylic on Stretched Canvas Year: 2025 Size: 14.96 x 11.81 x 0.78 inches (38 x 30 x 2 cm) Signed lower l...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Byblos, Reimagined (Mediterranean Sea, Lebanon, Warm, Glow, ~30% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Samir Farah Byblos, Reimagined (Mediterranean Sea, Lebanon, Warm, Glow) Acrylic on Stretched Canvas Year: 2025 Size: 19.68 x 23.62 x 0.78 inches (50 x 60 x 2 cm) Signed lower right C...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Portrait of an Elderly Man, 1913
Located in Stockholm, SE
Victor Lagerström (1864–1948) Sweden Portrait of an Elderly Man, 1913 oil on canvas signed “V.L” and dated “13” unframed: 24.5 × 22 cm (9.65 × 8.66 in) framed: 42 × 39 cm (16.54 ×...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Red house in the woods" winter, Oil cm. 55 x 41 1984
Located in Torino, IT
Red,Snow,Winter,Wood Boris Lavrenko (Rostov, 1920 – St. Petersburg, 2001) Works by Boris Lavrenko can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, United States and in...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Place Du Tertre " Impressionist Oil Painting with Figures in Parisian Village
Located in New York, NY
This painting is a tremendously vivid and alive street scene from Paris in the 20th Century, depicting The Place du Tertre. This square is in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. Only a few streets away from Montmartre's Basilica of the Sacré Cœur and the Lapin Agile...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bord de Riviere - Post Impressionist Figure in Landscape Watercolor by Jean Dufy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated post impressionist figure in landscape watercolour on paper by French painter Jean Dufy. The work depicts a view of a grand house behind a wall with a large gated en...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

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