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Post-Impressionist Portrait Photography

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
David Bowie "Watch That Man IV" by Sukita framed 30x30” signed limited edition
By Masayoshi Sukita
Located in Austin, TX
David Bowie, "Watch That Man I", 1973 by Masayoshi Sukita Signed limited edition large format print, number 8/10. Framed with complimentary silver...
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Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Photography

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C Print

David Bowie "Watch That Man IV" by Sukita framed 30x30” signed limited edition
David Bowie "Watch That Man IV" by Sukita framed 30x30” signed limited edition

Masayoshi Sukita
David Bowie "Watch That Man IV" by Sukita framed 30x30” signed limited edition, 1973

$26,000
Toy Rocking Horse, Naive Fun Pink Orange Photograph, Kids Room, Children's room
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk photographs a child's Rocking Horse Ride in the snow. The inherent beauty of this moving sculpture for kids is enhanced as flakes of w...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Toy Rocking Horse, Naive Fun Pink Orange Photograph, Kids Room, Children's room
Toy Rocking Horse, Naive Fun Pink Orange Photograph, Kids Room, Children's room

Mitchell Funk
Toy Rocking Horse, Naive Fun Pink Orange Photograph, Kids Room, Children's room, 2017

$6,000
Peacock in Tree with Iridescent Blue and Green Plumage
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Art by God? If so, the peacock is his most magnificent creation. The bird's majestic and iridescent metallic blues and greens with an endlessly large train are on full display. Th...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Peacock in Tree with Iridescent Blue and Green Plumage
Peacock in Tree with Iridescent Blue and Green Plumage

Robert Funk
Peacock in Tree with Iridescent Blue and Green Plumage, 2020

$6,500
Bethesda fountain Central Park in Snow With Purple Umbrella
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A woman in a purple umbrella is captured in front of Bethesda Fountain Central Park in a driving snowstorm. Her formal pose perfectly aligns with the bronze sculpture so that one ele...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Photography

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Bethesda fountain Central Park in Snow With Purple Umbrella
Bethesda fountain Central Park in Snow With Purple Umbrella

Mitchell Funk
Bethesda fountain Central Park in Snow With Purple Umbrella, 2022

$6,500
Interracial Friends Lost in Thought in a Brooklyn Playground
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk uses of a 500mm telephoto lens to capture the two subjects lost in thought. Selective focus throws the background out of focus and creates a dreamy...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Portrait Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Interracial Friends Lost in Thought in a Brooklyn Playground
Interracial Friends Lost in Thought in a Brooklyn Playground

Mitchell Funk
Interracial Friends Lost in Thought in a Brooklyn Playground, 1971

$5,500
Joy, Happiness, Pleasure, Euphoria, Bliss, Ecstasy is a Jump
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A joyful moment preserved. A young woman is about to land on earth. She seems very happy about it. Signed, Dated, number Lower left 3/15 recto, unframed, other size available
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2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Joy, Happiness, Pleasure, Euphoria, Bliss, Ecstasy is a Jump

Mitchell Funk
Joy, Happiness, Pleasure, Euphoria, Bliss, Ecstasy is a Jump, 2018

$5,000
Dog Walker. Bulldog, Yorkshire Terrier, Labrador
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A captured moment of a dog walker with five dogs set against a post-impressionist background of warm oranges and cool blues . Signed, Dated, number 3/15 ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Dog Walker. Bulldog, Yorkshire Terrier, Labrador

Mitchell Funk
Dog Walker. Bulldog, Yorkshire Terrier, Labrador, 2018

$4,600
Golden Mist at the Fountain - Impressionist Girl Relaxing like Georges Seurat
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A girl is shrouded in a golden mist of shimming water droplets emanating from a fountain. This image looks like something post-impressionist Georges Seurat would paint, but in realit...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Golden Mist at the Fountain - Impressionist Girl Relaxing like Georges Seurat
Golden Mist at the Fountain - Impressionist Girl Relaxing like Georges Seurat

Mitchell Funk
Golden Mist at the Fountain - Impressionist Girl Relaxing like Georges Seurat, 2023

$7,500
Jumping Dog in Golden Light - Early Morning Shadows
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dogs are a wonderful and joyful gift to us all. ln a continuing series, Mitchell Funk explores the dog's playful nature and captures it in dramatic early morning light. The magic...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Jumping Dog in Golden Light - Early Morning Shadows
Jumping Dog in Golden Light - Early Morning Shadows

Mitchell Funk
Jumping Dog in Golden Light - Early Morning Shadows, 2020

$5,500
Laughing Policeman on Horse 42nd Street Times Square Golden Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The photograph of Laughing policeman on Horse 42nd Street Times Square with golden light depicts an unexpected private moment in the most public of spaces. The policeman is clear...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Photography

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Inkjet

Laughing Policeman on Horse 42nd Street Times Square Golden Light
Laughing Policeman on Horse 42nd Street Times Square Golden Light

Mitchell Funk
Laughing Policeman on Horse 42nd Street Times Square Golden Light, 2010

$5,500
Dog Walker. Bulldog, Yorkshire Terrier, Labrador
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A captured moment of a dog walker with five dogs set against a post-impressionist background of warm oranges and cool blues . Signed, Dated, number 3/15 Lower left recto, unframed...
Category

2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Dog Walker. Bulldog, Yorkshire Terrier, Labrador
Dog Walker. Bulldog, Yorkshire Terrier, Labrador

Mitchell Funk
Dog Walker. Bulldog, Yorkshire Terrier, Labrador, 2018

$4,600
Silhouette Man in Central Park with Golden Light
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. In the early 1970's, there were no skyscrapers blocking later afternoon light from illuminating trees and rambles of Central Park. The last golden ray...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Portrait Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Silhouette Man in Central Park with Golden Light

Mitchell Funk
Silhouette Man in Central Park with Golden Light, 1971

$4,500
Cream
By Nemo Jantzen
Located in Singapore, SG
Born and raised in The Hague in 1970, Nemo Jantzen then studied art, design and photography at the RTO in Rotterdam and moved to Antwerp to work as a creative director and billboard ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Photography

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Epoxy Resin

Cream

Nemo Jantzen
Cream, 2024

Price Upon Request
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