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Post-Impressionist Figurative 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
Silhouetted Lion on the planes of Africa at Sunset
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. The striking image of lone Lion set against a dramatic colorful sunset of the animal's domain. Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 3/15, unfra...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Silhouetted Lion on the planes of Africa at Sunset, Animal Photography
Located in Miami, FL
A striking image of lone Lion set against a dramatic colorful sunset of the animal's domain. Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 3/15, unframed, other sizes available, printed...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper, Inkjet

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

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Photographic Paper

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

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Black Businessman Running Against a Colorful Background
Located in Miami, FL
A black businessman is captured dashing down the street against a colorful wall. The image is slightly blurred, adding a sense of beauty and moodiness to the image and creating harm...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Golden Light on Solitary Figure in Central Park
Located in Miami, FL
Golden rays rim light a single figure sitting on a Central Park Bench. He becomes more of a shape than a specific individual and, as such, blends i...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Jumping Poodle Dog in Golden Amber Morning Light
Located in Miami, FL
Street photographer Mitchell Funk captures a magic moment. The image features a graceful lunging black poodle in pursuit of something outside the image area. The poodle is center...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Photography

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Wapping Group of Artists by the Thames - Mid 20th Century Oil by Donald Blake
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Wapping Group of Artists by the Thames - Mid 20th Century Oil by Donald Blake Frederick Donald Blake Born in Greenock, Scotland in 1908 and died in 1997...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Photography

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Oil, Canvas

Purple Peacock- God's Most Beautiful Creation
Located in Miami, FL
Arguably the Peacock is God's most beautiful creation. He is captured strutting and displaying his dreamy iridescent plumage. Robert Funk is a photog...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Bethesda Fountain In Central Park With Sunburst
Located in Miami, FL
Birds on Bethesda Fountain in Central Park, New York City. Shipping should be around $100. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and ...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Silhouetted Lion on the planes of Africa at Sunset
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. Striking image of lone Lion set against a dramatic colorful sunset of the animals domain. Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 3/15, unframed, ...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Silhouetted Lion on the planes of Africa at Sunset
Located in Miami, FL
Striking image of lone Lion set against a dramatic colorful sunset of the animals domain. Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 3/15, unframed, other sizes available , printed ...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Silhouetted Lion on the planes of Africa at Sunset
Located in Miami, FL
Striking image of lone Lion set against a dramatic colorful sunset of the animals domain. Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 3/15, unframed, other sizes available , printed l...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Figurative Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Tuxedo
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful blues and magentas frame and formal white tuxedo with a faceless head. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15 Printed later, other size available, unframe...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

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Post-impressionist figurative photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Post-Impressionist figurative photography 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 figurative photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of purple, blue and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mitchell Funk, Frederick Donald Blake, and Robert Funk. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Archival Paper 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 figurative photography, so small editions measuring 29 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative photography 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 $964 and tops out at $7,500, while the average work sells for $4,600.

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