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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Portrait French School 253 La Classe en Mondrian Chut Les Barbizons!
Located in Zofingen, AG
Portrait French PS 253 La Classe Mondrian Portrait of a diving woman dress with a Mondrian swimsuit Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on old book pages on wooden frame 55x55cm ■■...
Gesso, Stretcher Bars, Acrylic, Oil, Mixed Media
Portrait French School Ou veux tu que je regarde Chut Les Barbizons!
Located in Zofingen, AG
Portrait French PS 246 Ou veux tu que je regarde Portrait of a diving woman dress on a beach. Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on old book pages on wooden frame 55x55cm ■■ 21,6x2...
Gesso, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Portrait Starry Night Van Gogh French School 247 Chut Les Barbizons!
Located in Zofingen, AG
Portrait French PS 247 Starry Night Diving Portrait of a diving woman dress with a Vincent Van Gogh swimsuit A daring dive in the unknown! This is one of the famous artwork from V...
Gesso, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
$763Sale Price|20% Off
Orchestra Musicians Playing Cellos And Violins In Warm Concert Scene French Oil
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Orchestra Musicians Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) signed lower left Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 15.75 x 15.75 inches inscribed verso Condition: Good and sound co...
Oil
Spanish Modernist Woman Portrait Fauvist Figurative Mixed Media Painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
1970s Spanish Modernist Woman Portrait – Fauvist Figurative Mixed Media Painting Artist: Jordi Curós Ventura (Spanish, 1930–2017) Year: 1979 Medium: Mixed media on canvas board Dime...
Mixed Media
$540Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th Century French Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Man in Tie
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) signed oil on unstretched canvas, unframed painting: 27 x 21 inches provenance: the artists estate, France condition: the painting is on unstretched...
Oil, Canvas
$627Sale Price|20% Off
1930's French Oil Painting Double Sided Portrait Painting of Woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Double Sided Portrait Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on board, unframed Size : 16 x 13 inches Double sided Provenance: private collection, France C...
Oil
$1,522Sale Price|20% Off
1920's British Signed Oil Painting Portrait Lady by Piano Interior Light Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of the Artists Mother *see below by Gladys Marguerite Baker (British, 1889-1959) signed, titled verso oil on canvas, framed framed: 29 x 17 inches canvas: 24 x 12 inches Pr...
Oil, Canvas
$365Sale Price|41% Off
Woman with Guitar Mixed Media Painting, Fauvist Style, Signed, 1970s
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Woman with Guitar Artist: Jordi Curós Ventura (1930–2017) Technique: Mixed media on canvas board Dimensions: 46 x 55 cm Framed: No Period: S...
Mixed Media
$1,780Sale Price|58% Off
"Funchal, le Port" Post-Impressionist Pastel - Raymond Thibesart (1874-1968)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Funchal, le Port (Port of Funchal, Portugal)" Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968) Pastel on paper 12 x 9 (18 3/4 x 15 5/8 frame) inches Stamp of studio on reserve INV Nbr. 821RT...
Oil Pastel
$1,637Sale Price|20% Off
1930s European Fauvist Signed Oil Painting - Portrait of Bearded Young Man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: European School, circa 1920's-1930's period, indistinctly signed lower left corner. Title: Portrait of a young Gentleman, with a beard. The work is largely Fauvist i...
Oil
$572Sale Price|20% Off
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...
Oil
“Young Woman with Pink Hat”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of a young woman in a pink hat by the well known American portrait artist, Lawton Silas Parker. Signed by the artist lower right. Circa 1920. Condit...
Canvas, Oil
$1,582Sale Price|20% Off
Huge French 1930's Post Impressionist Signed Oil Portrait Artist Painting
By Georges Delhomme
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of the artist, Mario Tauzin (French 1909-1979) By Georges Delhomme (French 1904-1989) signed oil painting board, framed dated 1934 framed: 46.5 x 35 inches board: 42 x 30 in...
Oil
$16,165Sale Price|25% Off
'The Conversation Piece', oil on canvas signed Isaac Tarkay. Framed
Located in St. Albans, GB
Itzchak Tarkay Isaac Tarkay (1935 - 2012) Signed bottom right Picture Size: 40 x 32(99 x 80cm) Outside Frame Size: 49 x 41" (121 x 102cm) The great appeal of Tarkay’s work has been...
Oil
"Water horses", Irene Lagut, Picasso's lover, Woman Artist, Painting 1940
Located in New York, NY
Irène Lagut (1893-1994) Water horses, 1940s Oil on canvas Artwork: 13 x 18 1/8 in. l 33 x 46 cm Framed: 15 1/3 x 20 1/2 in. l 39 x 52 cm Signed lower right Irène Lagut (1893–1994) w...
Canvas, Oil
$1,350Sale Price|40% Off
Post Impressionist Portrait Painting with Antique Frame
Located in Washington, DC
Painting by Donald Purdy (1924 - 2016). Oil on masonite Measures 25"L x 23"W. Work is behind glass and comes with exceptional antique frame. Acquired from the Schoneman Gallery in NY...
Masonite, Oil
$11,595
Self Portrait of Artist - Welsh Post Impressionist 1960's art oil painting
By Glyn Morgan
Located in Hagley, England
This superb British Post Impressionist sixties self-portrait oil painting is by artist Glyn Morgan. Morgan was a noted Welsh artist, initially taught by Ceri Richards in Cardiff and ...
Oil
$1,309Sale Price|20% Off
Original French Mid Century Post-Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait Young Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001) Signed lower front oil painting on canvas, beautifully painted with rick thick impasto oil and bold colors....
Oil
Portrait of a Young Man - Mid Century French Impressionist Interior Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful signed and dated 1952 French post-impressionist oil on canvas portrait of a young man in an interior. Wonderful quality portrait of the young man wearing wide brim trous...
Oil
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th Century French Fauvist Painting - Amazing Colors - pupil of Andre Lhote
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Abstract Figure' Suzanne Vattier, French 1901-1996 dated 1973 gouache painting on artist paper, framed size: 20 x 25.5 inches Fabulous 1970s abstract goauche painting. The colours ...
Gouache
1960s Vintage Swedish Oil Painting Fish Market Scene by Modernist Henry Eldin
Located in Stockholm, SE
This mid-century oil on canvas by the renowned Swedish modernist Henry Eldin (b. 1921) reveals an expressive harbour scene, where a young woman purchases fish against a backdrop of p...
Canvas, Wood, Oil
$20,000Sale Price|20% Off
Portrait of Mrs. Rogerson, Oil on Linen, Post-Impressionist, 1901
By John Charlton
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant Victorian original oil portrait of Mrs. Rogerson by John Charlton Robert Azensky Fine Art is pleased to offer this fine example of Victorian portraiture of Mrs. Frances Mary...
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$747Sale Price|20% Off
French Mid Century Painting Signed Oil Painting Portrait of a Woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: signed oil on board, unframed dated 1950 Size : 16 x 13 inches Provenance: private collection, France...
Oil
Portrait of Water Bearers, Africa - British 1920's Orientalist art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb vibrant Orientalist Post Impressionist oil painting is by noted British artist Gerald Spencer Pryse. It was painted about 1925 when Pryse was visiting Morocco and Norther...
Oil
$914Sale Price|33% Off
French Fauvist Portrait of Woman in White Dress Catalan Modernist Oil Painting
By Ignasi Mundó
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Fauvist Portrait of Elegant Woman in White Dress Spanish Modernist Oil Artist: Ignasi Mundó Marcet (1918-2012) Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 73 × 60 cm (28.7 × 23.6 in) Frame: 7...
Canvas, Oil
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
Portrait Of A Posed Man Post Impressionist Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Male Portrait by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed on front and back - inscribed verso of the man's name! oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 18 x 13 inches Colors: Brow...
Canvas, Oil
$2,268,000Sale Price|20% Off
Kees Van Dongen Circus Performers 1900s Vintage Vibrant Figure Fauvist Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Les Artistes du Cirque" is an original painting in ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper by leading Fauvist artist Kees Van Dongen, signed in the lower right. In the piece, two circus performers stand against against a wall. On the left, a pale woman in a blue leotard with red flowers on the shoulder stands with her arms crossed, looking out at the viewer. The painter fills in her tights with delicate white brushstrokes, lending them an almost iridescent appearance. Her strawberry blond hair is piled on top of her hair according to the fashion of the period. On the right, an African man stands in a vivid orange toga, looking somewhere off to the left. His feet are clad in bright white shoes...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Audrey - Post Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting by Jean-Gabriel Domergue
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on board portrait circa 1940 by French post impressionist painter Jean Gabriel Domergue. The work depicts a blonde lady - Audrey - in a mint green dress...
Oil, Board
$1,375Sale Price|20% Off
Antique French Impressionist Self Portrait of Artist 1900's Oil Painting canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Self Portrait of the Artist by René PIROLA (French, 1878 - 1912) stamped with artists mark oil on canvas, framed framed: 27 x 22 inches canvas: 26 x 21.5 inches Provenance: private ...
Oil
Portrait of a Young Lady - Large Antique French Post Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful large 1920's French post-impressionist oil on canvas portrait of a young lady by Charles Picart le Doux. The artist is very interesting and was friends with Picasso, Piss...
Canvas, Oil
Chassidic Rabbi with Shtreimel, Rare Judaica Oil Painting Signed in Hebrew
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare Judaica Art. Jewish genre scene. In the tradition of Moritz Oppenheim, Isidor Kauffman and Maurycy Gottlieb and later of Tully Filmus, Zalman Kleinman and Itshak Holtz the artis...
Oil
American School Self Portrait, Circle of N C Wyeth, Bernard Stafford Good 1937
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a well done self portrait of the listed American artist Bernard Stafford Good. Painted in 1937, it is a fine example of American illustration art produced by the Brandywine School of Southeastern Pennsylvania and Delaware of the period. It also relates to Norman Rockwell and his illustrative style of the early twentieth century. The portrait is oil on c...
Oil
$1,195Sale Price|20% Off
Fine Mid 20th Century French Signed Oil Lady Seated in Interior Room Setting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady Seated in Interior Room Setting by Georges PACOUIL (1903-1996) French circa 1950 signed lower front corner oil on canvas canvas: 25.5 x 18 inches provenance: private collection,...
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of Lady in Green - Welsh Post Impressionist 50s art oil painting
By Glyn Morgan
Located in Hagley, England
This superb British Post Impressionist oil painting is by artist Glyn Morgan. Morgan was a noted Welsh artist, initially taught by Ceri Richards in Cardiff and later a Benton End stu...
Oil
$399
Contemporary Expressionist woman's portrait painting on canvas "Blooming Will"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract expressionist woman’s portrait was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot and forms part of her ongoing series dedicated to women. In this body of work,...
Canvas, Acrylic
$747Sale Price|20% Off
1930's French Signed Oil Painting Head & Shoulders Portrait Young Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Lady Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: signed oil on board, unframed Dated 37' Size : 16 x 13 inches Provenance: private collection, Fr...
Oil
$709Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Impressionist Oil Head & Shoulders Portrait Vintage Woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on board, unframed Size : 16 x 13 inches double sided image Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The pai...
Oil
$1,091Sale Price|20% Off
Antique French Fauvist 1920's Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Fashionable Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady French School, fauvist style indistinctly signed circa 1920's period oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 22 x 18 inches provenance: private collection condition: very ...
Oil, Canvas
Young Lady In The Landscape
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Elegant Young Lady In The Landscape. Portrait depicting a beautiful young woman in the landscape dressed in a tulle dress and hat decorated with pink roses...
Canvas, Oil
$1,227Sale Price|40% Off
Portrait of Renée, Fauvist Oil on Board, Framed, Circa 1941
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Renée', oil on board, by Louis Latapie (1941). When combined with the artist's passionate brush strokes, the wood panel upon which this piece is painted, creates both a ...
Oil, Board
"Elisabeht" Original contemporary portrait. Vertical. oil on hardboard
Located in Oslo, NO
In my artwork, I've poured my soul into capturing the complex tapestry of human emotion. With each stroke of oil paint, I've interwoven a sense of resilience amidst adversity, the su...
Oil, Acrylic, Board
$914Sale Price|20% Off
Original Spanish Modernist Female Portrait Oil Painting, Catalan Figurative Art
By Josep Maria Morato Aragones
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Original Spanish Modernist Female Portrait Oil Painting, Catalan Figurative Art Josep Maria Morató Aragonès (1923–2006) Portrait of a Young Woman, 1974 Oil on canvas 61 × 46 cm / 24...
Canvas, Oil
$813Sale Price|20% Off
1930's French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait of Nude Woman Long Hair
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Nude Woman with Long Black Hair Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on board, unframed Size : 21.5 x 18 inches Provenance: private collecti...
Oil
$439
Modern Abstract Expressionist portrait woman acrylic on canvas "Radiant Force"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This modern expressionist woman’s portrait, with elements of Fauvism and abstract art, was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot as part of her ongoing series dedicated to women....
Canvas, Acrylic
$747Sale Price|20% Off
French Mid Century Oil Painting Portrait Nude Woman with Long Dark Hair
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Inscribed verso Size : 22 x 18 inches Provenance: private collection, France Co...
Oil
$758Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Impressionist Oil Portrait of Young Woman Hair Tied Back
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on board, unframed Size : 13 x 9.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The p...
Oil
$10,000Sale Price|20% Off
Rabbis
By Mane Katz
Located in New York, NY
MANE-KATZ RABBIS, c. 1935 Oil on canvas 18 H. x 14 W. 1/2 in. (45.5 x 35.8 cm.) Signed PROVENANCE Dominion Gallery, Montreal Christies, New York, November 04, 1982. Lot 177: $11,000 Private Collection, New Jersey, 1982-2021 Estate of the above, 2021. Raised in an orthodox Jewish family in Russia, Mane-Katz was born in the Ukraine and became an early 20th-century artist, known especially for portraits and paintings with Jewish themes. From childhood, he had been influenced by stories of Jewish mysticism, which was reflected in his paintings. He had a peripatetic life between Russia, France, Israel, and America. He first studied art in Kiev at the Beaux Arts Academy, and in 1913, went to Paris where he associated with Chaim Soutine and Marc Chagall and continued his art studies there at the Beaux Arts Academy. During World War I, he tried to join the Foreign Legion but was rejected because he was too short. He went back in Russia again, this time joining the Soviet Revolution but rejected the cause because he was so horrified by Josef Stalin. He worked briefly for the Russian ballets, and in 1921, he returned to Paris where in 1927 he took French citizenship. For the next twelve years, he traveled widely, showing his art work and doing many paintings. In 1939, as World War II was breaking out, he was drafted by the French and then was taken prisoner by the Germans. He escaped and went to the United States and remained there until 1945, exhibiting his paintings at Katia Granoff Gallery and Wildenstein Gallery. After the war, he returned to Paris where he had exhibited in the Salons. In Paris to the end of his career, he worked happily, painting hundreds of portraits of rabbis...
Canvas, Oil
$1,746Sale Price|20% Off
1940's French Portrait of Young Man Original Signed Oil on Canvas Period Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man by Roger Allain (French 1920-1992) signed and dated 1941 (a very rare period due to WW2) oil on canvas canvas: 22 x 18 inches provenance...
Oil, Canvas
$507Sale Price|20% Off
An Artist at Work on a Study of Doves - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: An Artist at Work on a Study of Doves - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting Artist: Roland Pichard Signed: Bottom right Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card Size: 10...
Oil
Original Woman with Guitar in a Vibrant Mediterranean Interior European Art XX
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Woman with Guitar in a Vibrant Mediterranean Interior Technique: Mixed media on canvas board Dimensions: 46 × 38 cm / 18.1 × 15 in Signature: Signed and dated lower right Condition:...
Mixed Media
Portrait Of A Young Lady In Landscape, Oil Painting
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Portrait Of A Young Lady In The Landscape. Portrait depicting a beautiful young woman in the landscape dressed in a tulle dress and hat decorated with pink roses. The painting is in original very good condition, signed upper left corner. An American artist and illustrator, William H. McEntee (1857 - 1919) was active/lived in New York, Michigan. William McEntee...
Canvas, Oil
$185Sale Price|20% Off
1950’s Fashion Illustration Original Painting Of A Lady In A Stunning Pink Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pink Dress by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ink/watercolour/pencil drawing on card, unframed paper: 10 x 6.5 inches double sided very good condition provenance: from the artists...
Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil
$1,096Sale Price|20% Off
Portrait of woman
By René Guinand
Located in Genève, GE
Dimension with frame :54 x 47 x 4 cm
Oil, Wood Panel
'Portrait of a Fashion Designer', Berlin National Gallery, Weimar, Jewish, 20's
By Georg Rössner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Georg W. Rössner' for Georg Walter Rössner (German, 1885-1972), titled 'Bildnis Lieselotte Friedländer' and painted circa 1926; original artist card verso. A sub...
Canvas, Oil
"Boy Standing in France" French Post-Impressionist Oil Painting on Board Framed
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical portrait of a young boy .The bright colors and quick brush strokes are what makes this painting so attractive and desirable. The piece is done in a ...
Oil, Canvas
Mongolian Beauty. Holiday. Portrait of a girl. National costume. Beauty. Modern
Located in Oslo, NO
"The painting “Mongolian Beauty. Holiday” continues the series “Children of the World”. said Anna about this painting. "Among other folk costumes, the Mongolian costume caught my at...
Oil
$152Sale Price|20% Off
1950’s Fashion Illustration Painting Of A Chic Lady With Shielding The Rain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Rainy Day by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ink/watercolour/pencil drawing on thick paper, unframed signed J.V paper: 10 x 6.25 inches double sided very good condition provenance...
Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil
The Italian Girl, Oil on Canvas, 1924
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Charles PICART LE DOUX (1881-1959), France, 1924. The Italian girl. Very beautiful work where post-impressionism embellished with a few cubist touches form a harmoni...
Canvas, Oil
$1,102Sale Price|20% Off
Abstract Nude Female Form Bold Textured Expressionist 20thC French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Nude French School, mid 20th century oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 22 x 13 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very good condition Description: This...
Oil