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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
Autumn Light in Paris Beautiful Atmospheric River Seine Boats View, French Oil
Autumn Light in Paris Beautiful Atmospheric River Seine Boats View, French Oil

Autumn Light in Paris Beautiful Atmospheric River Seine Boats View, French Oil

By Josine Vignon

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Paris in the Autumn by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 26 x 36 inches Very good condition Provenance: from the artists estate, France Jo...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Itzchak Tarkay "Visiting Friends" 2001 Signed Serigraph, Artist Proof
Itzchak Tarkay "Visiting Friends" 2001 Signed Serigraph, Artist Proof

Itzchak Tarkay "Visiting Friends" 2001 Signed Serigraph, Artist Proof

By Itzchak Tarkay

Located in Miami, FL

ITZCHAK TARKAY – "VISITING FRIENDS" ⚜ Serigraph in Color on Wove Paper ⚜ Hand Signed and Annotated AP 23/90 ⚜ Gilt Wood Frame VIBRANT INTERIOR PORTRAIT Printed in 2001, "Visiting Fr...

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Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Art

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Archival Paper, Screen

«Emerald Reflection» (from the sub-series Architecture of Memory: Liquid Landsca
«Emerald Reflection» (from the sub-series Architecture of Memory: Liquid Landsca

«Emerald Reflection» (from the sub-series Architecture of Memory: Liquid Landsca

By Svitlana Zezekalo

Located in Zofingen, AG

Shipedd in roll A new piece in the series. The painting explores the mystical atmosphere of a coastal town immersed in the midnight sound of the sea. Through a fusion of deep ultram...

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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Orange and Blue Trees

Orange and Blue Trees

By Linda Jacobson

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A dynamic but lyrical depiction of trees in colorful saturated hues, they dance fluidity in tones of orange, blue and red. My work is a serpentine flow, embodying poetic and rhythmi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Les Bords de Seine (The Banks of the Seine)
Les Bords de Seine (The Banks of the Seine)

Les Bords de Seine (The Banks of the Seine)

By Henri Ottmann

Located in London, GB

Henri Ottmann Les Bords de Seine (The Banks of the Seine) 1877-1927 Oil on canvas, signed lower left Image size: 20 3/4 x 25 1/4 inches (53 x 64 cm) Hand-carved giltwood frame Prove...

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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

“Trail Creek Headwater”
“Trail Creek Headwater”

“Trail Creek Headwater”

Located in Southampton, NY

Original oil on board painting of Trail Creek headwaters located in Sun Valley, Idaho. Signed lower left by the artist. Condition is very good. Circa 1975. Titled verso. Original...

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1970s Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

“Petite Bouquet Rouge”
“Petite Bouquet Rouge”

“Petite Bouquet Rouge”

By Gaston Sebire

Located in Southampton, NY

Original oil on canvas painting of a floral still life by the well known French artist, Gaston Sebire. Signed lower right by the artist. Signed and titled verso. Circa 1965. Condi...

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1960s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Superb 1950s French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait Stylish Blonde Lady
Superb 1950s French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait Stylish Blonde Lady

Superb 1950s French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait Stylish Blonde Lady

By Jean Dulac

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Portrait of a Lady by Jean Dulac (1902-1968) *see below signed oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 21.75 x 18 inches provenance: private collection, Lyon, France (the artists ho...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

The breath of august
The breath of august

The breath of august

Located in Zofingen, AG

"The composition invites the viewer to step into an intimate, micro-level wilderness. Interweaving bold botanicals—reminiscent of wild tansy blossoms and tall grasses—with delicate, ...

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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Flamingo Asks the Oracle
Flamingo Asks the Oracle

Flamingo Asks the Oracle

By Antonina Bormova

Located in Zofingen, AG

Size: 120 × 135 cm (overall canvas size 130 × 145 cm) Materials: acrylic on canvas Shipping: rolled How much of our choice remains truly our own when we are surrounded by ...

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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

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Acrylic

Original Oil Abstract Still Life with Cheese Slices and Knife
Original Oil Abstract Still Life with Cheese Slices and Knife

Original Oil Abstract Still Life with Cheese Slices and Knife

By Roland Pichard

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Original Oil Abstract Still Life with Cheese Slices and Knife Artist: Roland Pichard Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card Size: 9.5 (height) x 13.25 (width), (Includin...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Woman and Child
Woman and Child

Woman and Child

By John Edward Costigan

Located in Sheffield, MA

John Edward Costigan, N.A. American, 1888-1972 Woman and Child Oil on canvas Signed ‘J.E. Costigan N.A.’ lower left 24 by 30 in. W/frame 32 by 38 in. John Costigan was born of Irish-American parents in Providence, Rhode Island, February 29, 1888. He was a cousin of the noted American showman, George M. Cohan, whose parents brought the young Costigan to New York City and was instrumental in starting him on a career in the visual arts. They were less successful in encouraging him to pursue formal studies at the Art Students League (where, however, he later taught) than in exposing him to the commercial art world through the job they had gotten him with the New York lithographing firm that made their theatrical posters. At the H. C. Miner Lithographing Company, Costigan worked his way up from his entry job as a pressroom helper, through various apprenticeships, to the position of sketch artist. In the latter capacity he was an uncredited designer of posters for the Ziegfeld Follies and for numerous silent films. Meanwhile, he had supplemented his very meager formal studies in the fine arts with a self-teaching discipline that led to his first professional recognition in 1920 with the receipt of prizes for an oil painting and watercolor in separate New York exhibitions. A year earlier, Costigan had wed professional model Ida Blessin, with whom he established residence and began raising a family in the sleepy little rural New York hamlet of Orangeburg, the setting for the many idyllic farm landscapes and wood interiors with which he was to become identified in a career that would span half a century. John Costigan’s first national recognition came in 1922 with his winning of the coveted Peterson Purchase prize of the Art Institute of Chicago for an oil on canvas, “Sheep at the Brook.” It marked the start of an unbroken winning streak that would gain him at least one important prize per year for the remainder of the decade. The nation’s art journalists and critics began to take notice, making him the recurring subject of newspaper features and magazine articles. The eminent author and critic Edgar Holger Cahill was just a fledgling reporter when he wrote his first feature, “John Costigan Carries the Flame,” for Shadowland Magazine in 1922. Costigan had his first one-man show of paintings at the Rehn Gallery on New York’s 5th Avenue in November, 1924, to be followed less than three years later by another at the Art Institute of Chicago. In addition, Costigan’s work has been—and continues to be included, side-by-side with that of some of America’s most high-profile artists, in museum and gallery exhibitions throughout the country. His renown had peaked in the early 1930s, by which time his work had been honored with nearly every major award then being bestowed in the fine arts and had been acquired for the permanent collections of several prestigious American museums, including New York’s Metropolitan (which only recently, in 1997, deaccessioned his “Wood Interior,” acquired in 1934). Although Costigan’s celebrity had ebbed by the late 1930s, the Smithsonian Institution saw fit in 1937 to host an exhibition exclusively of his etchings. And, in 1941, the Corcoran Gallery (also Washington, D.C.) similarly honored him for his watercolors. (Another Washington institution, the Library of Congress, today includes 22 Costigan etchings and lithographs in its permanent print collection.) During World War II, Costigan returned briefly to illustrating, mainly for Bluebook, a men’s pulp adventure magazine. A gradual revival of interest in his more serious work began at the end of the war, culminating in 1968 with the mounting of a 50-year Costigan retrospective at the Paine Art Center and Arboretum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Oils, watercolors and prints were borrowed from museums and private collections throughout the country, and the exhibition was subsequently toured nationally by the Smithsonian Institution. John Costigan died of pneumonia in Nyack, NY, August 5, 1972, just months after receiving his final prestigious award —the Benjamin West Clinedinst Medal of the Artist’s Fellowship, Inc., presented in general recognition of his “...achievement of exceptional artistic merit...” in the various media he had mastered in the course of his career. This painting depicts one of the artist's favorite themes --the farm family bathing...

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1940s Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Notre-Dame de Paris Oil on Canvas by Henri André Martin 1960
Notre-Dame de Paris Oil on Canvas by Henri André Martin 1960

Notre-Dame de Paris Oil on Canvas by Henri André Martin 1960

Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR

Henri-André Martin (1918–2004) — Notre-Dame de Paris, Oil on Canvas, ca. 1960. This elegant oil on canvas by French painter Henri-André Martin, created around 1960, depicts an evoca...

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1960s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Fauvist Shore
Fauvist Shore

Fauvist Shore

Located in Sheffield, MA

Edward Reynolds Kingsbury American, 1855-1940 Fauvist Shore Oil on canvas 20 ¼ by 24 ¼ in, w/ frame 29 ¾ by 33 ¾ in Signed lower left Best known as a painter of landscape, marine and coastal, shoreline views. Kingsbury also specialized in miniature and mural painting. Kingsbury was born in Boston, MA in 1855. He studied at the Massachusetts Normal Art School, Boston Museum School, and Académie Julian in Paris. A resident of Carmel, CA in the 1920s, Kingsbury was associated with the present day life of the art colony at that time along with notable artists such as Mary DeNeale Morgan...

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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Pont Alexandre III
Pont Alexandre III

Pont Alexandre III

By Lucien Adrion

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

Signed lower right and dated 1939 Lucien Andrion captures a beautiful sun filled day on the Seine with his signature style. The Pont Alexandre III bridge is adorned with gilded scul...

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1930s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Aphrodisiac
Aphrodisiac

Aphrodisiac

Located in Zofingen, AG

"Exploring the boundary between earthly indulgence and existential stillness, this original contemporary still life redefines the classic culinary motif into a profound visual aphrod...

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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic, Paste, Mixed Media

The Thrill
The Thrill

The Thrill

By Antonina Bormova

Located in Zofingen, AG

Within her ongoing exploration of psychological states, the artist focuses on the moment when a desire has already taken shape, while its outcome remains unknown. It is within this i...

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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

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Acrylic

French Village Street Scene with Café and Market Stall Provençal Study
French Village Street Scene with Café and Market Stall Provençal Study

French Village Street Scene with Café and Market Stall Provençal Study

By Pierre Neveu

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: French Village Street Scene with Café and Market Stall Provençal Study Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W): 6.25 x...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

"Boulevard of Paris", 20th Century oil on canvas by Spanish artist E. Grau Sala
"Boulevard of Paris", 20th Century oil on canvas by Spanish artist E. Grau Sala

"Boulevard of Paris", 20th Century oil on canvas by Spanish artist E. Grau Sala

By Emilio Grau Sala

Located in Madrid, ES

EMILIO GRAU SALA Spanish, 1911 - 1975 BOULEVARD OF PARIS signed “Grau Sala” (lower right) oil on canvas 25-1/2 x 32 inches (65 x 81 cm.) framed: 36-1/4 x 42-1/2 inches (92 x 108 cm.) Emilio Grau Sala came from a family of artists. He was born in Barcelona in 1911 and his father, a good cartoonist, had been one of the promoters of the "Salon des Humanistes" and made his exhibitions normally in the Parés Hall. His first works were exhibited at the Salon des Independents, in the years 1930-33. Grau Sala was essentially a Mediterranean painter, son of post-impressionism and enriched with French painting of the last fifty years. In this work Grau Sala has a loose, subtle brushstroke, in which the color shapes the entire work. The bright and transparent whites that give life to young schoolgirls contrast with the brushstrokes of blacks from the nun who accompanies them. The explosion of greens is refreshing, it surrounds us and transports us to an idyllic place, even if it is a citizen boulevard, which becomes friendly and beautiful. His works can be found in the Museums of the Villa de Paris, L'Ile de France Museum, at the Château de Sceaux, Honfleur Museum, La Rochelle Museum, Barcelona Museum, Tossa de Mar...

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1950s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Castle on the beach
Castle on the beach

Castle on the beach

By Ksenia Tsyganyuk

Located in Zofingen, AG

Castle on the Beach invites the viewer into a quiet coastal landscape where sunlight, sea, and stone exist in gentle balance. Inspired by the shores of Lloret de Mar, the work captur...

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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

Inner Impulse
Inner Impulse

Inner Impulse

Located in Zofingen, AG

Unfounded Wildness series. The work conveys a state of freedom that requires no explanation. Wildness here is not chaos or aggression, but a natural right to be — intuitive, embodie...

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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Village Market Woman Preparing Produce French Rural Modernist Watercolor
Village Market Woman Preparing Produce French Rural Modernist Watercolor

Village Market Woman Preparing Produce French Rural Modernist Watercolor

By Pierre Neveu

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Village Market Woman Preparing Produce French Rural Modernist Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 5.75 x 5.75 i...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Mixed Media, Watercolor

Original Oil Painting of Coastal Cottages with Boats Along a Tranquil Shoreline
Original Oil Painting of Coastal Cottages with Boats Along a Tranquil Shoreline

Original Oil Painting of Coastal Cottages with Boats Along a Tranquil Shoreline

By Roland Pichard

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Original Oil Painting of Coastal Cottages with Boats Along a Tranquil Shoreline Artist: Roland Pichard Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card Size: 9.75 (height) x 16.25...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Notre Pain Quotidien Portfolio
Notre Pain Quotidien Portfolio

Notre Pain Quotidien Portfolio

By Maurice de Vlaminck

Located in Chatsworth, CA

This portfolio, entitled "Notre Pain Quotidien", consists of 13 lithographs from the original watercolors and gouaches by Maurice de Vlaminck, printed in 1963. These lithographs were printed by Daniel Jacomet and the four pages of typography about the artist were written by Pierre Bouchet. The portfolio begins with a forward written by French author, Georges Duhamel, as well as a justification page and a page of the artwork titles (see below). Each piece from this portfolio is numbered from the edition of 250 on Rives vellum paper, aside the editions numbered from 1 to 50 on Richard de Bas paper, and eleven numbered copies in Roman numerals reserved for the collaborators. The twelve pieces in the portfolio measure 17 x 20 inches and the lithograph on the cover of the portfolio measures 10.25 x 8.75 inches. Please see the artwork titles below: 1. Auto-portrait de l'artiste (located on the cover of the portfolio) 2. Les boutiques 3. Chemin forestier 4. Le bassin 5. Les chalands 6. Fleurs des champs 7. Proletariat 8. Le grand comptoir 9. Route du village 10. Sous la neige 11. Place de l'eglise 12. Le petit pont...

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1960s Post-Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

Cagnes Sur Mer 1960's French Post Impressionist Signed Oil Coastal View & Town
Cagnes Sur Mer 1960's French Post Impressionist Signed Oil Coastal View & Town

Cagnes Sur Mer 1960's French Post Impressionist Signed Oil Coastal View & Town

By Josine Vignon

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Cagnes sur Mer by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed and inscribed verso dated 1960 oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 18 x 13 inches Colors: Grey colors, green, beige, ...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Venetian Nocturne, Fauvist Harbor Composition with Gondola
Venetian Nocturne, Fauvist Harbor Composition with Gondola

Venetian Nocturne, Fauvist Harbor Composition with Gondola

By Michel Gemignani

Located in Genève, GE

A bold and expressive harbor scene rendered in a vibrant Fauvist-inspired palette, featuring a gondola-like boat floating on luminous reflective waters beneath an explosive abstract sky. The composition merges figuration and abstraction through energetic brushwork, saturated color contrasts, and dynamic gestural forms. Intense blues, crimson reds, yellows, pinks, and deep blacks create a dramatic visual rhythm while emphasizing the emotional atmosphere over literal representation. Reflections across the water animate the lower half of the composition, balancing the powerful abstract forms above. Influenced by Fauvism, German Expressionism, and postwar gestural painting, the work recalls the expressive freedom of artists such as André Derain, Raoul Dufy, and early abstract expressionist colorists. The painting’s vivid chromatic intensity and strong decorative quality make it particularly striking in contemporary interiors. A compelling modernist harbor composition combining lyrical abstraction, expressionist color, and Mediterranean atmosphere. fauvist painting, expressionist harbor scene, gondola painting...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

Mid Century Impressionist Painting Stylish Lady in Green Wearing a Green Beret
Mid Century Impressionist Painting Stylish Lady in Green Wearing a Green Beret

Mid Century Impressionist Painting Stylish Lady in Green Wearing a Green Beret

By Suzanne Dinkes

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: signed and dated 39' oil on board, unframed Size : 16 x 13 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The p...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Gathering Wildflowers on a Breezy Day
Gathering Wildflowers on a Breezy Day

Gathering Wildflowers on a Breezy Day

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

Clarence Montfort Gihon (1871 Philadelphia - 1929 France) Gathering Wildflowers on a Breezy Day Oil on Canvas, 39 x 32 inches, 49 ½ x 43 inches frame size Provenance: Sotheby’s 4186,...

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1910s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

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