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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Escher-Inspired Mobius Strip II by Zadora-Gerlof
Located in New Orleans, LA
Crafted by the famed jeweler and sculptor Andreas von Zadora-Gerlof, this compelling stainless steel and polymer sculpture brings to life the work of the gr...
Copper, Stainless Steel
Lantern Column I
By Niho Kozuru
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Title: Lantern Column I Year: 1998 - 2014 Medium: Mold blown glass, cast polymer, steel, cast iron Size: 41 3/4" inches Niho Kozuru (髙鶴丹穂) is a Japanese-born mixed media artist based in Boston, MA. Kozuru casts and reconfigures molds of her own designs, classical and industrial turned architectural forms in unexpected materials. Using rubber, glass and clay she creates columns with undulating silhouettes. The “Lantern Columns” are a group of 7 towers, ranging from 4 feet to 7 feet tall. They have been shown in various configurations in multiple US States as well as the Fukuoka City Museum in Kyushu, Japan. Kozuru made 60 components by blowing glass into molds of her own designs while at Artists in Residency at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. After traveling the world, the Lantern Columns have been arranged into their final configuration, with a steel armature within and each topped with a vivid cast iron final...
Steel, Iron
$3,174
H 15.75 in W 15.75 in D 5.91 in
"Nu Recomposé" by Grégoire Mathias – Cubist Assemblage in Extruded Polymer
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Nu Recomposé (Recomposed Nude) Assemblage in Extruded Polymer 40 x 40 cm Description: Nu Recomposé by Grégoire Mathias is a striking cubist sculpture that reinterprets the human for...
Polymer
FUN BEAR (SCULPTURE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Poly resin sculpture. Britto signature stamped on lower right. From the edition of 4000 (2nd edition). Comes in original box with certificate of authenticity. Artwork is in ex...
Resin, Polymer
Lantern Column IV- Blown Glass 60 inches High
By Niho Kozuru
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Title: Lantern Column IV Year: 1998 - 2014 Medium: Mold blown glass, cast polymer, steel, cast iron Size: 60 3/4 inches Price: $10,000. Niho Kozuru (髙鶴丹穂) is a Japanese-born mixed media artist based in Boston, MA. Kozuru casts and reconfigures molds of her own designs, classical and industrial turned architectural forms in unexpected materials. Using rubber, glass and clay she creates columns with undulating silhouettes. The “Lantern Columns” are a group of 7 towers, ranging from 4 feet to 7 feet tall. They have been shown in various configurations in multiple US States as well as the Fukuoka City Museum in Kyushu, Japan. Kozuru made 60 components by blowing glass into molds of her own designs while at Artists in Residency at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. After traveling the world, the Lantern Columns have been arranged into their final configuration, with a steel armature within and each topped with a vivid cast iron final...
Steel, Iron
$136,000
H 55 in W 74 in D 46 in
She survived, but her heart broke into a thousand pieces and drifted out to sea
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to a Greek immigrant mother and a first generation Greek-American father. She received her BFA from the Newcomb College of Tulane Univers...
Metal
HAPPY BEAR (SCULPTURE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Poly resin sculpture. Britto signature stamped on lower right. From the edition of 4000 (2nd edition). Comes in original box with certificate of authenticity. Artwork is in ex...
Resin, Polymer
$25,000
H 36 in W 36 in D 5 in
Reflections of Nature Series 2 - reflective, steel, copper, wall sculpture
By Shayne Dark
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Simply stunning. They shine like jewels…This is Shayne Dark’s Reflections of Nature Series. Dark’s superb sculptural work is informed by nature. This series of wall sculptures—tondos...
Bronze, Copper, Stainless Steel
Lantern Column II Blown Glass 46" High
By Niho Kozuru
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Title: Lantern Column II Year: 1998 - 2014 Medium: Mold blown glass, cast polymer, steel, cast iron Size: 46 inches Price: $6,500 Niho Kozuru is a Japanese-born mixed media artist based in Boston, MA. Kozuru casts and reconfigures molds of her own designs, classical and industrial turned architectural forms in unexpected materials. Using rubber, glass and clay she creates columns with undulating silhouettes. The “Lantern Columns” are a group of 7 towers, ranging from 4 feet to 7 feet tall. They have been shown in various configurations in multiple US States as well as the Fukuoka City Museum in Kyushu, Japan. Kozuru made 60 components by blowing glass into molds of her own designs while at Artists in Residency at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. After traveling the world, the Lantern Columns have been arranged into their final configuration, with a steel armature within and each topped with a vivid cast iron final...
Steel, Iron
Lantern Column VI
By Niho Kozuru
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Title: Lantern Column VI Year: 1998 - 2014 Medium: Mold blown glass, cast polymer, steel, cast iron Size: 69 1/2 inches Price: $11,000. Niho Kozuru (髙鶴丹穂) is a Japanese-born mixed media artist based in Boston, MA. Kozuru casts and reconfigures molds of her own designs, classical and industrial turned architectural forms in unexpected materials. Using rubber, glass and clay she creates columns with undulating silhouettes. The “Lantern Columns” are a group of 7 towers, ranging from 4 feet to 7 feet tall. They have been shown in various configurations in multiple US States as well as the Fukuoka City Museum in Kyushu, Japan. Kozuru made 60 components by blowing glass into molds of her own designs while at Artists in Residency at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. After traveling the world, the Lantern Columns have been arranged into their final configuration, with a steel armature within and each topped with a vivid cast iron final...
Steel, Iron
$6,500
H 31.5 in W 9.5 in D 9.5 in
Liquid Sunshine: Spring Moss 31 X 9 Hand dyed Polymer Rubber on Painted Steel
By Niho Kozuru
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Liquid Sunshine: Spring Moss Hand-dyed cast polymer rubber on painted steel 31.5 X 9.5 X 9.5 Niho Kozuru (髙鶴丹穂) is a Japanese-born mixed media artist based in Boston, MA. Kozuru casts and reconfigures molds of her own designs, classical and industrial turned architectural forms in unexpected materials. Using rubber, glass and clay she creates columns with undulating silhouettes. The “Lantern Columns” are a group of 7 towers, ranging from 4 feet to 7 feet tall. They have been shown in various configurations in multiple US States as well as the Fukuoka City Museum in Kyushu, Japan. Kozuru made 60 components by blowing glass into molds of her own designs while at Artists in Residency at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. After traveling the world, the Lantern Columns have been arranged into their final configuration, with a steel armature within and each topped with a vivid cast iron final...
Steel
$5,500
H 22 in W 9 in D 9 in
Liquid Sunshine: Amber 22" X 9" Hand dyed Polymer Rubber on Painted Steel
By Niho Kozuru
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Liquid Sunshine: Amber Hand-dyed cast polymer rubber on painted steel 22 X 9 X 9 inches Niho Kozuru (髙鶴丹穂) is a Japanese-born mixed media artist based in Boston, MA. Kozuru casts and reconfigures molds of her own designs, classical and industrial turned architectural forms in unexpected materials. Using rubber, glass and clay she creates columns with undulating silhouettes. The “Lantern Columns” are a group of 7 towers, ranging from 4 feet to 7 feet tall. They have been shown in various configurations in multiple US States as well as the Fukuoka City Museum in Kyushu, Japan. Kozuru made 60 components by blowing glass into molds of her own designs while at Artists in Residency at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. After traveling the world, the Lantern Columns have been arranged into their final configuration, with a steel armature within and each topped with a vivid cast iron final...
Steel
$4,800
H 36 in W 16 in D 10 in
Loren Eiferman, 2V, 180 Pieces of Wood with Celluclay, 2015, Polymer, Wood, Clay
Located in Darien, CT
Over many decades Loren Eiferman has created and mastered a unique technique of working with wood—her primary material. First, she begins with a drawing of an idea. Then she takes...
Clay, Wood, Polymer
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H 23.63 in W 19.3 in D 7.49 in
"SUGESTION "-original iron aluminium sculpture 2004
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Beautiful steel sculpture by the Spanish artist Ferran SORIANO. Ferran Soriano - Sculptor (Barcelona, 1944) Ferran Soriano has been exhibiting his works of art since 1970 around the...
Iron
Monumental Modigliani Style Gaia Mother Earth Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Large monumental size Gaia Mother Earth sculpture made out of clay and drawn on using charcoal. The piece is in the style of Modigliani's figurative po...
Graphite
GLOBE TERRESTRE BLEU (BLUE EARTH) RP 7
By Yves Klein
Located in Aventura, FL
Bears the artist's monogram (base) and numbered on label attached under the base. IKB pigment and synthetic resin on plaster cast. 35 x 18 x 18 cm (13.75 x 7.125 x 7.125 in). Artwork...
Plaster, Synthetic Resin, Pigment
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H 7 in W 4.5 in D 3.5 in
L'Homme aux Favoris Bronze Stamped and Numbered 10/15
By André Derain
Located in New York, NY
This handsome and important sculpture was realized by the major 20th century artist André Derain (1880-1954), circa 1940. Derain represents one of the co-founders of Fauvism, along w...
Bronze