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Post-Impressionist Art

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
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Hand painted Diptych-A Very British Summer-Brit Awarded Artist-Limited Proof #1
Located in London, GB
The rare first proofs are hand painted on Giclee which was made on fine aluminium, each panel was hand painted and finished with original paints by artist Shizico Yi. Signed and numb...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

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Metal

Castellar Village Street Scene Provence Watercolour French Post Impressionist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Castellar Village Street Scene Provence Watercolour French Post Impressionist Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W):...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

"Lace of the French Alps" Original impressionistic landscape. Large oil painting
Located in Oslo, NO
This artwork is my ode to nature's intertwined beauty, crafted with the delicate dance of acrylic and oil. Embracing impressionism's soul, I infused each stroke with the serenity of ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil, Acrylic

Olive Groves in Provence Village French Post Impressionist Signed Oil 1960's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provence Olive Groves by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed on front and back oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 15 x 21.5 inches Colors: Green colors, black, brown, bei...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Cyclamen in Orange Pot In Blue Interior French Mid Century Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Size : 18 x 13 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in overal...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

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...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

L'entree du village - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Bernardus Klene
By Bernhard Klène
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on canvas landscape by Flemish post impressionist painter Bernardus Henricus Klene. The work depicts a view of a path leading to a village on a summer's day. The...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Orange and Pink Dahlias Still Life Mid Century French Impressionist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on board, unframed double sided Size : 19.5 x 15.75 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The pain...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Woman posing acrylic painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Acrylic on canvas on cardboard. Work measurements 55x46 cm. Frameless. Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish painter...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Art

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Acrylic

Mid 20th Century French Post Impressionist Signed Oil St. Remy de Provence House
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Les Alpilles, St. Remy-de-Provence French School, mid 20th century signed oil on board, framed framed: 18 x 21 inches board: 13 x 16 inches provenance: private collection, Paris cond...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

St Martin De Castillon Sunny Mountain Village Way Old Houses French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
St Martin De Castillon Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) signed lower right Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 21.5 x 26 inches Condition: Good and sound condition Inscribed...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Orange clouds over Heningsvær
Located in Oslo, NO
The gallery presents the Norwegian artist Nadezda (Nadya) Stupina , a high professional who has been working in the international art market for many years. Professional artist with ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century French Impressionist Painting Nude Study of a Dark Haired Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: signed oil on board, unframed Size : 16 x 13 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in ...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Seaside Cafe Scene With Diners Overlooking Boats And Villa A French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Seaside Cafe Scene Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 35 x 45.5 inches Condition: Good and sound condition Provenance: From the artist’s stu...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Large Vintage Post-Impressionist French landscape oil painting Cote d'Azur
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Large Vintage Post Impressionist oil painting on board by French artist Pierre Edmond Peradon (1893-1981) of the Cote d'Azur, painted in the 1950's. This is a large and colourful pai...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

20th Century French Post-Impressionist Portrait of Lady in Colorful Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Woman in Interior Original oil painting by Huguette Baudrot (French, 1929-2023) *see further notes below Post-Impressionist oil painting by the well listed and admired female Frenc...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Sunlit Hillside Village With Stone Path And Golden Homes Vue French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunlit Hillside Village Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) signed lower right Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 29 x 24 inches Condition: Good and sound condition Provenance...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Portofino. Sunset, impressionism, horizontal, Landscape Paintings, sea, Italy
Located in Oslo, NO
"This landscape painting was painted based on my memories of my trip in 2023 to Portofino, the paradise corner of Italy." said Anna about this work. "Not only small boats, but also t...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage French Impressionist Signed Oil White Flowers Vase Original Grey Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Flowers in the Windowsill French artist, signed oil painting on board, framed dated 1960 framed: 21.5 x 25 inches board: 18 x 22 inches provenance: private collection, France condit...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Rade de Saint-Milo - Post Impressionist Seascape Oil Painting by Gustave Cariot
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on panel seascape by French post impressionist painter Gustave Cariot. The work depicts a view of sail boats and steam boats out at sea in the bay of Saint-Malo ...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil, Panel

Mid Century French Warm Landscape with Old Fortress Moody Greens Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Fortress French School, mid 20th century indistinctly signed oil on canvas, framed in original period frame framed: 32 x 28 inches canvas : 26 x 22 inches Provenance: privat...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Mid 20thC Impressionist English Colourful Still Life Of Flowers Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Unsigned Mid/Late 20th Century English School TITLE: "Still Life of Cut Flowers In A Vase" MEDIUM: oil on board SIZE: 54cm x 44cm incl. frame CONDITION: very good NOTES: Bea...
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Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Mid Century French Cubist Expressionist Rural Fields Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Ploughing Field by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) stamped verso oil painting on board, unframed board: 21 x 29 inches very good condition provenance: from the artists estate, ...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

"Jardin Albert "Original impressionistic landscape .France. Nice. Large painting
Located in Oslo, NO
In this painting, I've tried to capture the transcendent beauty of nature's tapestry, blending acrylic and oil to give texture and depth. Inspired by fine art, impressionism, and rea...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Landscape Castle Distant Village Trees and Sunlit Fields Watercolor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Landscape Castle Distant Village Trees and Sunlit Fields Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W): 6.25 x 8....
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

Large 1950's French Impressionist Signed Old Bridge over River Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Le Pont" by Felix Raoul Eteve (French 1902-1967) signed lower corner oil painting on canvas: 22 x 18 inches framed: 28 x 24 inches condition: overall very good an sound though does ...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

A woman. Contemporary figurative bronze sculpture, Polish art, Limited edition
Located in Warsaw, PL
Limited edition bronze sculpture by Polish artist Olga Prokop-Misniakiewicz. Artist signes her artworks by hand, using engraving tool. Edition of 5. Olga Prokop-Misniakiewicz likes t...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

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Bronze

'Mediterranean Breakfast' by Antoine Daens (1871 – Brussels – 1946)
Located in Knokke, BE
Antoine Daens 1871 – Brussels – 1946 Belgian Painter 'Mediterranean Breakfast' Signature: signed lower right 'Ant. Daens.' Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: image size 65,5 x 60,5 ...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Cadaques Spain seascape mediterranean spanish oil on canvas
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Author: Josep Sarquella i Escobet (Llagostera, 1928 – Palamós, 2000) Title: View of Cadaqués Year: 1996 Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions (unframed): 50 × 65 cm 19.7 × 25.6 in Dim...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Crowded Market Street Clock Tower Mediterranean City Watercolor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Crowded Market Street Clock Tower Mediterranean City Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W): 8.5 x 6.25 in...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

Standing Female Nude with Floral Pattern French Modernist Watercolour Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Standing Female Nude with Floral Pattern French Modernist Watercolour Figure Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size (H x W): 9...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

Cote d'Azur Mediterranean Provencal Village South of France 20thC Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The South of France (Cagnes sur Mer?) by Max Toutain (1935-2006) oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas : 26 x 21.5 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have ...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Industrial Railway Landscape - Scottish 50s art Post Impressionist oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This vibrant colourful Scottish Post Impressionist oil painting is by noted Slade School artist and former Director of the Glasgow School of Art Sir Harry Jefferson Barnes. Painted i...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Evening Harbour Scene Brittany Coast Watercolour Seascape by Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Evening Harbour Scene Brittany Coast Watercolour Seascape by Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 6.75 x 9 inc...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

Sunlit Forest and Distant Blue Mountains – A Northern Swedish Landscape by Lycke
Located in Stockholm, SE
This luminous landscape painting by Oscar Lycke captures the rolling hills and deep forests of northern Sweden, likely from the Sundsvall region. The foreground is dominated by lush ...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

1930's English Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Still Life Thick Impasto Paint
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Interior Still Life by Harry Bloomfield (British, 1883-1940) *see notes below signed verso oil on canvas, framed framed: 28 x 24 inches canvas: 22 x 18 inches Provenance: private co...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Lucien Neuquelman, Paris 1909 – 1988, French, Old Harbor of Honfleur - Normandy
Located in Knokke, BE
Neuquelman Lucien Paris 1909 – 1988 French Painter 'Old Harbor of Honfleur - Normandy' Signature: Signed bottom right Medium: Oil on board Dimensions: Image size 50 x 65 cm, frame s...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Rowboat Beneath the Trees, 1918
Located in Stockholm, SE
This evocative landscape by Axel Edvard Peter captures the serene beauty of nature with remarkable skill. Painted in 1918, the scene depicts a wooden rowboat resting in still waters beneath the sheltering branches of a lush tree. The dappled sunlight filtering through the foliage creates a mesmerizing interplay of light and shadow, while the artist’s use of short, expressive brushstrokes imbues the composition with a vibrant, almost impressionistic quality. The rich greens and golden hues of the landscape reflect Peter’s mastery of color and atmosphere. Axel Peter was a Swedish painter known for his distinctive artistic voice, shaped by his studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm and further training in Paris and Germany. He was part of the influential Opponents’ Movement (Opponentrörelsen) of 1885, alongside artists such as Richard Bergh, Nils Kreuger, and Eugène Jansson...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Bouquet of Peonies and Elderberries
Located in Oslo, NO
Flower bouquet, peonies, red, interior painting, impressionist, horizontal The painting "Bouquet of Peonies and Elderberries" is a pictorial ode to the blooming luxury and fleeting ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Elegant Lady in French Interior, 1960's French Post Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Elegant Lady in Interior next to a Bowl of Fruit by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed and stamped verso oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 2...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century French Impressionist Vintage Oil Vibrant Still Life Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on board, unframed Size : 11.5 x 8.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in over...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Combarro Galicia oil on canvas painting european art Spain spanish
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Frameless. Artwork Information: "Combarro, Galicia" by Rafael Duran Benet Title: Combarro, Galicia Artist: Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 46...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century French Pencil Study of a Male Nude
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Pencil Study of a Male Nude Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Pencil and Paper Size: 10.75 (height) x 8.25 (width) Stamped: No Condition...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Pencil

1930's French Post-Impressionist Oil Portrait of Woman in Pensive Thought
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman/ double sided image French, circa 1930's, unsigned oil on board, unframed Board : 13.5 x 11 inches Double sided Provenance: private collection, France Condition: ...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

South of France Coastal Buildings 1930's French Post Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Crochet (French c. 1930), female French Impressionist artist Title: The South of France Medium: oil on board, unframed board: 9.5 x 13 inches Provenance:...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Daisies & Pink Flowers In Green Room Interior French Mid Century Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Size : 10 x 9 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in overall...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Spring in the Tyrol - Post Impressionist Figure in Landscape Oil - Stefan Simony
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on board figure in landscape by Austrian post impressionist painter Stefan Simony. The work depicts a woman in a field full of wildflowers with a view of the mou...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Girl from the Karen people. Portrait of a child. National costume.
Located in Oslo, NO
“Girl from the Karen people” - this painting was inspired by a trip to Thailand. Far from big cities, in the mountains of Northern Thailand, among dense ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

French Mid Century Painting Red , Yellow and Pink Rose Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on board, unframed Size : 9.5 x 7.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in overa...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

French Market Scene with Woman in Red Dress Vibrant Figurative Street Watercolor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Market Scene with Woman in Red Dress Vibrant Figurative Street Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size (H x W...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

Pourquoi partir? - Post Impressionist Still Life Landscape Oil by Marcel Dyf
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas still life in landscape circa 1980 by sought after French post impressionist painter Marcel Dyf. The work depicts a view of a harbour from beyond the open green ...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

A Secret Of Two. Portrait, figurative, Venice, carnival, mask, horizontal
Located in Oslo, NO
Large horizontal acrylic painting, impressionist, Venice, carnival, masks In "Secret of Two," acrylic on canvas and sand, 60 x 80 cm, by Swiss artist Anna Shesterikova, the enigmati...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

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Acrylic

Nocturn. Oil on cardboard, Figurative, Landscape, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
20th century figurative landscape oil on canvas on board painting by Polish artist Magdalena Spasowicz. Artwork is in classic style, it resembles impressionism. Composition is painte...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Dans les champs - Neo Impressionist Riverscape Oil by Leo Marie Gausson
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated neo-impressionist landscape oil on canvas by French painter Leo Marie Gausson. Gausson painted this picturesque view of then fields above Triel-sur-Seine, a small to...
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1890s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Saint Tropez - Watercolor Drawing by Paul Signac - 1900 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 11x15.2 cm. Saint-Tropez is a wonderful and important original watercolor drawing realized by Paul Signac in 1900 ca.. A marine view with sailing ships is incred...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

Brooding Atmospheric Green Landscape Huge 1960s French Post Impressionist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Brooding Green French Landscape by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 21 x 29 inches Colors: Green colors, grey, yellow and blue Very...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Original Oil Painting of Olive Trees in a Serene Landscape with Distant Hills
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Painting of Olive Trees in a Serene Landscape with Distant Hills Artist: Roland Pichard Signed: Bottom right Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card Size: 1...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

people of ibiza Spain oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Ignacio Gil Sala (1913-2003) - Characters from Ibiza - Oil on canvas Oil measures 60x73 cm. Frameless. Ignacio Gil Sala, was a painter, bohemian character...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Fine Large British Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Twilight City Street Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Twilight by John Bampfield (b. 1947) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 23.5 x 33.5 inches canvas: 20 x 30 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: very good condition...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Projet de Tissus - Fauvist Flowers Watercolor & Gouache by Raoul Dufy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Botanical watercolour and gouache on paper circa 1920 by French fauvist painter Raoul Dufy. The work depicts flowers in red, blue and green. This work was executed by Dufy as a fabric design. Dimensions: Framed: 19.5"x19.5" Unframed: 12"x12" Provenance: Private collection of works by Raoul Dufy for Bianchini Ferier Bianchini Ferrier Collection - Christie's London - July 2001 SF Fall Show Raoul Dufy was one of a family of nine children, including five sisters and a younger brother, Jean Dufy, also destined to become a painter. Their father was an accountant in the employ of a major company in Le Havre. The Dufy family was musically gifted: his father was an organist, as was his brother Léon, and his youngest brother Gaston was an accomplished flautist who later worked as a music critic in Paris. Raoul Dufy's studies were interrupted at the age of 14, when he had to contribute to the family income. He took a job with an importer of Brazilian coffee, but still found time from 1892 to attend evening courses in drawing and composition at the local college of fine arts under Charles Marie Lhullier, former teacher of Othon Friesz and Georges Braque. He spent his free time in museums, admiring the paintings of Eugène Boudin in Le Havre and The Justice of Trajan in Rouen. A municipal scholarship enabled him to leave for Paris in 1900, where he lodged initially with Othon Friesz. He was accepted by the École des Beaux-Arts, where he studied under Léon Bonnat, whose innate conservatism prompted Dufy to remark later that it was 'good to be at the Beaux-Arts providing one knew one could leave'. And leave he did, four years later, embarking with friends and fellow students on the rounds of the major Paris galleries - Ambroise Vollard, Durand-Ruel, Eugène Blot and Berheim-Jeune. For Dufy and his contemporaries, Impressionism represented a rejection of sterile academism in favour of the open-air canvases of Manet, the light and bright colours of the Impressionists, and, beyond them, the daringly innovative work of Gauguin and Van Gogh, Seurat, Cézanne, Toulouse-Lautrec and others. Dufy was an out-and-out individualist, however, and was not tempted to imitate any of these artists. He produced, between 1935 and 1937, Fée Electricité (Spirit of Electricity), the emblem for the French utilities company Electricité de France (EDF). Dufy visited the USA for the first time in 1937, as a member of the Carnegie Prize jury. In 1940, the outbreak of war (and his increasingly rheumatic condition) persuaded him to settle in Nice. When he eventually returned to Paris 10 years later, his rheumatism had become so debilitating that he immediately left for Boston to follow a course of pioneering anti-cortisone treatment. He continued working, however, spending time first in Harvard and then in New York City before moving to the drier climate of Tucson, Arizona. The cortisone treatment was by and large unsuccessful, although he did recover the use of his fingers. He returned to Paris in 1951 and decided to settle in Forcalquier, where the climate was more clement. Within a short time, however, he was wheelchair-bound. He died in Forcalquier in March 1953 and was buried in Cimiez. Between 1895 and 1898, Raoul Dufy painted watercolours of landscapes near his native Le Havre and around Honfleur and Falaise. By the turn of the century, however, he was already painting certain subjects that were to become hallmarks of his work - flag-decked Parisian cityscapes, Normandy beaches teeming with visitors, regattas and the like, including one of his better-known early works, Landing Stage at Ste-Adresse. By 1905-1906 Friesz, Braque, Matisse, Derain, Vlaminck, Van Dongen and Rouault were described collectively as Fauves (the wild beasts). What they had in common was a desire to innovate, but they felt constrained nonetheless to meet formally to set out the guiding principles of what promised to be a new 'movement'. Dufy quickly established that those principles were acceptable; moreover, he was most impressed by one particular painting by Henri Matisse ( Luxury, Calm and Voluptuousness) which, to Dufy, embodied both novelty and a sense of artistic freedom. Dufy promptly aligned himself with the Fauves. Together with Albert Marquet in particular, he spent his time travelling the Normandy coast and painting views similar...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Art

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Post-impressionist art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Post-Impressionist art 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 art 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, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Victor Di Gesu, Mitchell Funk, Maria Bertrán, and Rafael Duran Benet. 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 art, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available. Prices for art 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 $1 and tops out at $2,835,000, while the average work sells for $2,250.

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