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Post-Impressionist Portrait 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
Period: Early 1900s
Tête de Femme Blonde by Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Portrait painting
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE. Tête de Femme Blonde by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) Oil on canvas 26.1 x 19 cm (10 ¹/₄ x 7 ¹/₂ inches) Signed upp...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Figurative oil painting titled Femme Mettant Son Bas by Georges Manzana Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Femme Mettant Son Bas by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871 - 1961) Oil on canvas 100 x 56 cm (39 ⅜ x 22 inches) Signed and dated lower left, G. Manzana 1905 This work is accompanied by...
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Kees Van Dongen Circus Performers 1900s Vintage Vibrant Figure Fauvist Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

"Red man" by Eugène Gilliard - Oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas sold with frame. Total size with frame 43x54 cm
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait de Sylvie Lacombe
Located in Palm Desert, CA
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Portrait of a Woman by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Portrait painting
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE Portrait of a Woman by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952) Oil on canvas 55 x 46 cm (21 ⁵/₈ x 18 ¹/₈ inches) Signed...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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'Man in a Gold and Coral Turban', Copenhagen, Royal Academy, Benezit, Rajah, Oil
By Hugo Vilfred Pedersen
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Signed lower left, 'Hugo V.P.' for Hugo Vilfred Pedersen (Danish, 1870-1959) and painted circa 1900. An antique oil painting of an Indian gentleman wearing a saffron and coral turban...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Painting postimpressionist children at Paris garden
By Alice Dannenberg
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
DANNENBERG Alice (1861-NC) "Children playing at the Luxembourg garden (Paris)" Oil on canvas signed low right Gault frame gilded with gold leaves Dim canvas : 50 X 61 cm Dim frame : ...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

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Post-impressionist portrait paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Post-Impressionist portrait paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add portrait paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, pink, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Jacques Zucker, Suzanne Vattier, Ignacio Gil Sala, and Spencer Pryse. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Post-Impressionist portrait paintings, so small editions measuring 3.55 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $128 and tops out at $1,200,000, while the average work sells for $2,280.

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