Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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
French Street Café Colourful Facades Sunlit Terrace and Market Awnings
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Street Café Colourful Facades Sunlit Terrace and Market Awnings
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 9.25 x...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
French Village Archway Stone Passage Terracotta Houses and Sunlit Alley
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Village Archway Stone Passage Terracotta Houses and Sunlit Alley Watercolor
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed
Size (H x W): 9.7...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Un nu feminin - Fauvist Nude Figurative Watercolour by Kees Van Dongen
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed nude watercolour on paper circa 1900 by Kees van Dongen. The piece depicts a standing nude woman with her hair tied up facing away from the artist. This superb work can be dir...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor
Mediterranean Village Rooftops Church Towers and Pine Trees Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mediterranean Village Rooftops Church Towers and Pine Trees Watercolor
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed
Size (H x W): 6.25 x 9.75 inc...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Beached Fishing Boats on Mediterranean Shore Coastal Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Beached Fishing Boats on Mediterranean Shore Coastal Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 8.75 x 6 inches
Condition: good overall; clean surface and bright palette with minimal handling marks.
Provenance: From the artist’s studio sale in France; all works by this artist in our collection originate from the artist’s estate.
Description: In this exquisite Mediterranean harbour scene, Pierre Neveu captures a row of fishing boats resting on the sun-bleached shore — their hulls painted in vivid blues, yellows, and reds, glowing against the white sand and turquoise sea beyond. The composition balances stillness and vitality: the boats lie quietly in the midday heat, yet every line and shadow suggests movement, texture, and light.
Neveu’s masterful handling of watercolour transparency lends the work its distinctive luminosity. Cool washes of aquamarine and indigo melt into warm ochres and siennas, evoking the sharp coastal light of the French Riviera or southern Italy. The artist’s loose, confident brushstrokes and layered perspective show both precision and spontaneity — hallmarks of his plein-air approach.
The painting embodies Neveu’s fascination with everyday maritime life, transforming the humble working boats of the Mediterranean into studies of rhythm, geometry, and colour harmony. There is an intimacy here — a sense of the artist pausing mid-journey, quietly observing the relationship between land, sea, and human craft.
This is a quintessential Neveu composition: joyful yet restrained, rooted in observation yet lifted by artistic freedom. A perfect choice for collectors of vintage coastal paintings...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Cap Ferrat
, Academy of Fine Arts of Rouen, Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Benezit, Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Picot' for Jean-Claude Picot (French, born 1933), and painted circa 1985; additionally titled, verso, 'La Route Vers St Jean Cap Ferr'.
Beginning in 1947, Picot...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Harbour Boats Quayside Reflections Dieppe Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Harbour Boats Quayside Reflections Dieppe Watercolour
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed
Size (H x W): 8.75 x 6 inches
Inscribed lower ...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Gorbio Provence Village Steps Colourful Houses Hilltop Street Scene Landscape
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Gorbio Provence Village Steps Colourful Houses Hilltop Street Scene Landscape
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Henry Ottmann (1877-1927) A forest in the mist, pastel signed
Located in Paris, FR
Henry Ottmann (1877-1927)
"Orée du bois par brume", A forest in the mist
signed lower right
pastel on paper
24 x 32 cm
In good condition
In a vintage frame : 43.5 x 53 cm The gilding on the frame is missing in many places
Henry Ottmann particularly excelled in the pastel technique, as can be seen here.
This is due to the fact that this delicate material obviously lends itself very well to the artist's characteristic vaporous style and manner.
We should also note the great modernity of this landscape and its fades, which go almost as far as abstraction.
Henry Ottmann was born on 10 April 1877 in Ancenis.
He made his debut at the Salon La Libre Esthétique in Brussels in 1904 and took part in the Salon des Indépendants in Paris from 1905, the Salon d'Automne, the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and the Salon des Tuileries.
In 1911 and 1912, Ottmann exhibited at the Artistes de la Société Moderne at the Gallery Paul Durand-Ruel together with Armand Guillaumin, Henri Lebasque and others. In 1912, he exhibited at the gallery Eugène Druet.
In 1920, Ottmann exhibited at the gallery Marcel...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pastel
French Provençal Village Street Scene With Trees Watercolor Gouache
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Provençal Village Street Scene With Trees Watercolor Gouache
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour and Gouache on artists paper, unframed
Size (H x W...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Gouache
Mittelbergheim Vineyard and Village Landscape Alsace French Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mittelbergheim Vineyard and Village Landscape Alsace French Watercolour
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artists paper,...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Jean Launois (1898-1942) Opium smokers, Indochina, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Jean Launois (1898-1942)
Opium smokers, Indochina
Stamp of the artit's estate on the lower right
Black ink on paper
22.5 x 30.5 cm
Framed : 38 x 46 cm
This beautiful drawing, a fine example of Jean Launois' particular art, dates from the artist's stay in Indochina, from which he brought a group of works. An exhibition devoted to this Indochinese period of the artist's production was held at the Musée de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix, Sables d'Olonne in 1998.
About the artist :
Of Vendée origin, Jean Launois very quickly showed a sure talent for drawing and was encouraged in this by his parents. He trained with his fellow Vendeans Charles Milcendeau and Auguste Lepère and then entered the Académie Jullian in Paris.
Enrolled in the First World War in 1916, he continued to draw at the front, and produced numerous portraits of soldiers...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink
Hilltop Village with Church Tower and Red Tiled Roofs Provence Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Hilltop Village with Church Tower and Red Tiled Roofs Provence Watercolour
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 6 ...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Provençal Village Landscape with Red Roofs and Cypress Trees Pastel Drawing
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Provençal Village Landscape with Red Roofs and Cypress Trees Pastel Drawing
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Pastel and pen on artists paper, unframed
Size (H x W)...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Oil Pastel, Ballpoint Pen
“Floating Market”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is an original drawing done with conte crayon with hints of watercolor of a floating market place by the French artist, Rob...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Conté, Oil Crayon, Archival Paper
$960 Sale Price
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Provence Village Flower Market Scene Watercolour French Post Impressionist
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Provence Village Flower Market Scene Watercolour French Post Impressionist
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 7 x 5 inches
Condition: Good overall with light handling to the sheet edges and the natural deckle of the paper; colours remain fresh and surface is sound, consistent with age.
Provenance: From the artist’s studio sale in France; all works by this artist in our collection originate from the artist’s estate.
Description: A lively and colourful French market scene by Pierre Neveu, capturing the vibrancy of daily life in a Provençal village square. Executed in expressive watercolour, the composition centres around a tree-shaded market stall surrounded by vivid flower displays in pots and baskets. The artist’s confident brushwork and instinctive sense of colour bring the bustling charm of southern France to life—yellow, crimson, and violet blooms set against the warm ochre tones of sunlit village façades. Hints of figures, awnings, and architectural details evoke the gentle rhythm of a Mediterranean morning. Neveu’s fluid handling of the medium allows the paint to breathe and shimmer, suggesting movement, light, and atmosphere rather than rigid form. This scene is typical of his Post-Impressionist style—combining structure and spontaneity to celebrate the poetry of everyday French life. Collectors of French market paintings...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Italian Village Street Sunlit Houses with Blue Sky Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Italian Village Street Sunlit Houses with Blue Sky Watercolor
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 8.5 x 6.25 inche...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Saint Marthe de Castillon Village Street with Bell Tower French Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Saint Marthe de Castillon Village Street with Bell Tower French Watercolour
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 8...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Jeune fille aux cheveux roulés - Drawing on Paper Modern art, 1920
By Jean Crotti
Located in New York, NY
Jean Crotti
Jeune fille aux cheveux roulés (Girl with rolled-up hair), ca. 1920
Pencil on paper
17 9/10 × 12 3/5 in 45.5 × 32 cm
Unsigned
Condition: Excellent condition.
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1920s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Laid Paper, Pencil
Two In The Mountains. Lovers, horizontal, nature, mountain landscape, watercolor
Located in Oslo, NO
The watercolor landscape painting "Two in the Mountains" is created in the most modern watercolor technique on "liquid paper" (on a special primer applied to a regular canvas). It wa...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Canvas, Watercolor
Market Stall Fruits Shoppers and Mediterranean Street Scene Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Market Stall Fruits Shoppers and Mediterranean Street Scene Watercolor
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artis...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
French Coastal Villa and Sea View Brittany Coast Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Coastal Villa and Sea View Brittany Coast Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 6...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
$286 Sale Price
40% Off
Sandpippers by the Shore, Watercolor by Ruth Norland Cline
Located in Pasadena, CA
Known for racing against the waves, these three sandpipers' energy and ethereal qualities are reflected in this serene beach scene against a frothy surf. The calmness of the shorelin...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Provençal Farmhouse with Horse and Cypress Trees French Countryside Landscape
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Provençal Farmhouse with Horse and Cypress Trees French Countryside Landscape
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artist's paper, unframed
Size (H x W)...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Mediterranean Harbour with Boats French Modernist Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mediterranean Harbour with Boats French Modernist Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour and felt pen on artist paper, unframed
S...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Felt Pen
Hilltop Village White Houses Terracotta Roofs Olive Trees Watercolour Study
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Hilltop Village White Houses Terracotta Roofs Olive Trees Watercolour Study
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 7 ...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Manhattan Skyline
By Leon Dolice
Located in Sheffield, MA
Leon Dolice
American, 1892-1960
Manhattan Skyline
Pastel on paper
19 by 12 in. W/frame 25 by 18 in.
Signed lower right
The romantic backdrop of Vi...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pastel
Crognier Coastal Harbour with Boats and Stone Houses Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Crognier Coastal Harbour with Boats and Stone Houses Watercolor
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 6.25 x 8.5 inc...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Paris Eiffel Tower Night Street Scene Figures Winter Trees City Lights
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Paris Eiffel Tower Night Street Scene Figures Winter Trees City Lights
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed
Size (H x W): 7 x 9 inches
Co...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Sablet Provence Vineyard Farmhouses Trees Hills French Landscape Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Sablet Provence Vineyard Farmhouses Trees Hills French Landscape Watercolour
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 6...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Provençal Market Scene with Fruit Stalls French Riviera Watercolour Study
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Provençal Market Scene with Fruit Stalls French Riviera Watercolour Study
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on ...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Malta Harbour Landscape Boats Reflections Soft Sunset Watercolour Study
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Malta Harbour Landscape Boats Reflections Soft Sunset Watercolour Study
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 6.25 x...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Le Faucheur, French Post Impressionist Drawing of a Farm Worker in the Fields
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late Mid Century French pastel drawing on paper of a farmer harvesting wheat by Jean Arène. Signed and dated bottom right, in modern black metal frame with black card mount.
A charm...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Chalk, Pastel
Provence Lavender Fields Rolling Hills and Cypress Trees French Landscape
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Provence Lavender Fields Rolling Hills and Cypress Trees French Landscape Watercolor
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 6 x 8.5 inches
Inscribed lower right (location note, likely vent provence / vent provençal)
Condition: Good overall, with light handling marks and minor natural toning consistent with age.
Provenance: From the artist’s studio sale in France; all works by this artist in our collection originate from the artist’s estate.
Description: This luminous landscape watercolor by French Post-Impressionist painter Pierre Neveu captures the distinctive rolling farmland and lavender fields of Provence, a region whose dramatic light and rhythmic terrain have inspired generations of artists. Neveu’s handwritten inscription at the lower edge—most likely referencing Vent Provençal or a similar location notation—reinforces the strong connection to the Southern French landscape. His expressive use of colour and confident draughtsmanship bring movement and immediacy to this sweeping rural view.
The composition opens with wide bands of lavender and tilled earth in the foreground, painted in atmospheric strokes of violet, ochre, and cool blue-grey. These textured rows lead the viewer’s eye toward rising hills dotted with cypress trees, olive groves, and clustered farm buildings—hallmarks of the Provençal countryside. In the distance, a hazy blue horizon suggests either the Mediterranean coastline or the far-off ridges of the Luberon or Alpilles.
Neveu’s characteristic combination of loose, fluid washes and precise, architectural linework reveals his training at the École Boulle and the École des Beaux-Arts. His handling of light is especially notable here: warm golden sunlight sweeps across the hillside, while cooler shadows create contrast and depth within the lavender rows. The work feels both spontaneous and carefully structured, capturing a moment of wind, warmth, and movement in the southern landscape.
This is an ideal piece for collectors of French landscapes, Provençal scenes, lavender field paintings...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Mediterranean Market Scene with Clock Tower and Shaded Stalls in Southern France
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mediterranean Market Scene with Clock Tower and Shaded Stalls in Southern France
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 5.75...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Provence Village Landscape Sablet Hillside View Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Provence Village Landscape Sablet Hillside View Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 6....
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
$413 Sale Price
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Rustrel Village Street with Stone Steps and Colourful Houses French Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Rustrel Village Street with Stone Steps and Colourful Houses French Watercolour
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Contemporary Impressionist Watercolour Sailing Boats in Fowey Harbour
Located in ludlow, GB
Contemporary Impressionist Watercolour of Sailing Boats in Fowey Harbour Cornwall.
This is a watercolour painting by Dutch painter Frits Goosen. He painted it on one of his many tr...
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Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Cucuron Provence Sunlit White Buildings Terracotta Roofs Village Street
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Cucuron Provence Sunlit White Buildings Terracotta Roofs Village Street Watercolour
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 8.5 x 6 inches
Inscribed “Cucuron” lower left (Cucuron is a historic village in the Luberon, Provence.)
Condition: Good overall, with light handling marks and minor natural toning consistent with age.
Provenance: From the artist’s studio sale in France; all works by this artist in our collection originate from the artist’s estate.
Description: An atmospheric Provençal village study by French Post Impressionist painter Pierre Neveu, this work is inscribed with the location Cucuron, one of the most characterful villages in the Luberon region of Provence. Known for its medieval streets, sunlit squares and iconic terracotta tiled roofs, Cucuron has been a favourite of artists and filmmakers, celebrated for its bright Mediterranean light and distinctive architecture.
Neveu captures a narrow village street framed by whitewashed buildings whose angular shadows fall sharply across the scene. The rich cobalt blue sky and warm orange rooftops create a striking contrast, while the cool purple shadows cast by the tall façades emphasise the heat and intensity of the Provençal sun. A glimpse of a blue doorway at the centre invites the viewer deeper into the winding street, while the stone wall and balcony details add architectural texture and charm.
Executed in watercolour and gouache, the piece blends loose washes with decisive ink lines, typical of Neveu’s plein air studies. His ability to convey light, temperature, and architectural rhythm makes this a quintessential depiction of southern France. Collectors of Provence landscapes, Luberon village scenes, and French architectural watercolours...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Sablet Village Hilltop View Church Tower Orange Roofs Provence Watercolour Study
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Sablet Village Hilltop View Church Tower Orange Roofs Provence Watercolour Study
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed
Size (H x W): 6.5 x...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Provence Farmhouse Terracotta Roof Trees and Summer Light Watercolour Study
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Provence Farmhouse Terracotta Roof Trees and Summer Light Watercolour Study
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 6....
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Mediterranean Hilltop Village Olive Groves and Fields Watercolour Study
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mediterranean Hilltop Village Olive Groves and Fields Watercolour Study
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 6.25 x...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Treguier Brittany Harbour Boats Low Tide French Coastal Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Treguier Brittany Harbour Boats Low Tide French Coastal Watercolor
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 8.5 x 6.25 ...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Provençal Village Houses Stone Walls Terracotta Roofs French Landscape
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Provençal Village Houses Stone Walls Terracotta Roofs French Landscape Watercolor
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size (H x ...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Expansive French Countryside with Distant Horizon Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Expansive French Countryside with Distant Horizon Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Roquebrune Cap Martin Mediterranean Alleyway View French Riviera Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Roquebrune Cap Martin Mediterranean Alleyway View French Riviera Watercolour
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour ...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Marschlandschaft (mit drei Hausern) by Emil Nolde
By Emil Nolde
Located in New Orleans, LA
Emil Nolde
1867-1956 German
Marschlandschaft (mit drei Häusern)
Marshland (With Three Houses)
Signed “Nolde” (lower right)
Watercolor on Japan paper
A work of engaging richness and emotion, Marschlandschaft (mit drei Häusern) invites the viewer directly into the heart of the intuitive, poetic world of Emil Nolde. An essential figure in the German avant-garde, Nolde’s highly modern oeuvre stands as an important precursor to the Abstract Expressionists of the mid-20th century. With its vivid colors and emotional intensity, the present work is exemplary of his output, containing all of the best characteristics of his mature style.
Brilliant, amorphous fields of color suggest the vast, marshy landscape of Nolde’s native Schleswig-Holstein region near the German-Danish border. The artist’s application of paint is powerful and dramatic, conveying with a few brushstrokes the impression of passing storm clouds, allowing light and sky to peek through and illuminate the colors of his landscape. A sense of fluidity and immediacy were of great importance to Nolde. He once said, “I try to avoid all thinking. A vague concept of color and luminosity suffices, and the picture evolves during the act of painting.” The flow and spontaneity of watercolor lent themselves well to Nolde’s creative approach, and he achieved a vibrancy in the medium that is unsurpassed.
Nolde is considered one of the most important exponents of German Expressionism and was one of the most prominent representatives of the avant-garde in Germany. His participation in the seminal group Die Brücke (The Bridge) links him to one of the earliest artists' associations which had a crucial impact on the development of modern art. His interplay of color and form set him apart from his contemporaries, and his work is recognized as a monumental step toward modernism.
However, Nolde’s work was derided in his day by the Nazi regime in Germany, and he was forbidden from painting. Deemed too “decadent,” 33 of his works were displayed in the infamous Entartete Kunst, Degenerate Art Exhibition in Munich in 1937, labeling the artist's works as a “threat” to Germany. The Nazi Party destroyed hundreds of Nolde's works and confiscated over one thousand more — the greatest number of any artist — highlighting the rarity of the present composition.
Throughout his career, Nolde received numerous awards, including the Print Prize of the XXVL Venice Biennale and the Order “Pour le mérite...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Royal Court Terrace and Garden Monte Carlo Watercolour Study
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Royal Court Terrace and Garden Monte Carlo Watercolour Study
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 6.25 x 9.75 inch...
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By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Interior Scene with Seated Figures Watercolour French Post Impressionist
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed
Size (H x W): 6.75 x 5.25 i...
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Phlox, ca. 1906
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance
David Ramus, Ltd.;
Menconi and Schoelkopf Fine Art, New York;
Private collection, Atlanta, Georgia, until 2010
Exhibitions
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Menton Coastal Townscape with Church Tower and Mediterranean Sea Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Menton Coastal Townscape with Church Tower and Mediterranean Sea Watercolour
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed
Size (H x W): ...
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“Cape Cod Dunes”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a very finely executed watercolor by the New England artist, John Cuthbert Hare of the dunes of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Condit...
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Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
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Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Italian Hilltown Street Scene with Church Tower and Mountain View Watercolour
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed
Size (H x W):...
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By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Loch Lomond Scottish Highlands Landscape Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 6.25 x 8....
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$377 Sale Price
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Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Dunes and Beach Huts at Saint Briac sur Mer Brittany French Watercolour
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 7 x 9....
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By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
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Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 8...
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By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: La Ferme des Arbres French Country Farm Landscape Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artist's paper, unframed
Size (H x W)...
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Mindin Estuary Scene with Boat and Carrelets French Coastal Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mindin Estuary Scene with Boat and Carrelets French Coastal Watercolour
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 6.25 ...
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Medieval Village Street Scene Southwest France Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Medieval Village Street Scene Southwest France Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 8.5...
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$463 Sale Price
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Sunlit Street with Figure French Modernist Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Sunlit Street with Figure French Modernist Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed
Size (H x W): 9.5 x 7.75 inch...
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$319 Sale Price
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