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Post-impressionism through modern art, encompasses many styles and well known artists: Van Gogh, Matisse, Cézanne. Below you will find major French artists arranged chronologically within periods and styles with the books available.  If books cover an entire period or a collection of artists of that time, they will be found under the "general" heading at the top of that section. For French art from other periods, Art Directory; for posters and fine prints Art by French Artists.

 The Café Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at Night, c.1888
The Café Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at Night, c.1888 Art Print
van Gogh, Vincent
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 The Drawbridge at Arles with a Group of Washerwomen, c.1888
The Drawbridge at Arles with a Group of Washerwomen, c.1888 Art Print
van Gogh, Vincent
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 Chestnut Trees and Farm, Jas De Bouffan
Chestnut Trees and Farm, Jas De Bouffan Art Print
Cezanne, Paul
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 Houses At the Estaque
Houses At the Estaque Art Print
Cezanne, Paul
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Post-Impressionism, Symbolism and Art Nouveau 

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Paul Signac

Paul Cézanne

 Montagne Sainte-Victoire, 1904-06
Montagne Sainte-Victoire, 1904-06 Giclee Print
Cezanne, Paul
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 Still Life with Milkjug and Fruit, circa 1886-90
Still Life with Milkjug and Fruit, circa 1886-90 Giclee Print
Cezanne, Paul
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Cezanne Biography by Rewald Cezanne: Landscape into Art Cezanne's Composition: Analysis of His Form With Diagrams and Photographs of His Motifs

Georges Seurat 1859-1891

With Paul Signac he started the Neo-Impressionist technique of Pointillism, painting with small dabs instead of long strokes. He differed from Impressionism by developing a more formal type of composition rather than capturing a fleeting moment.

 Bathers at Asnieres, 1884
Bathers at Asnieres, 1884 Giclee Print
Seurat, Georges
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 Seine at Grande Jatte
Seine at Grande Jatte Art Print
Seurat, Georges
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

 Moulin Rouge, c.1891
Moulin Rouge, c.1891 Art Print
Toulouse-Lautrec,...
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 Le Lit
Le Lit Art Print
Toulouse-Lautrec,...
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Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890

Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who joined Paul Gauguin in Paris and painted with him in Arles, Provence. Intensely emotional about his art, he cut off part of his ear after a quarrel, entered an asylum in 1889 and committed suicide a year later.

 Almond Branches in Bloom, San Remy, c.1890
Almond Branches in Bloom, San Remy, c.1890 Art Print
van Gogh, Vincent
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 Harvest at Arles, c.1888
Harvest at Arles, c.1888 Art Print
van Gogh, Vincent
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 The Sower, c.1888
The Sower, c.1888 Art Print
van Gogh, Vincent
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 Irises, Saint-Remy, c.1889
Irises, Saint-Remy, c.1889 Art Print
van Gogh, Vincent
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 Starry Night, c.1889
Starry Night, c.1889 Giclee Print
van Gogh, Vincent
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 The Olive Grove, c.1889
The Olive Grove, c.1889 Art Print
van Gogh, Vincent
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Paul Gauguin and The Nabis

 Life's Questions
Life's Questions Art Print
Gauguin, Paul
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 Tahitian Landscape
Tahitian Landscape Art Print
Gauguin, Paul
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Gauguin Tahiti
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Bonnard
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Pierre Bonnard : Early and Late
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Bonnard

Edouard Vuillard

Pierre-Cecile Puvis de Chavannes 

Gustave Moreau

Henri Rousseau 'Le Douanier' (the customs official) 1844-1910

Self taught naive artist. He painted detailed images from nature to Paris.

 La Charmeuse de Serpents, c.1907
La Charmeuse de Serpents, c.1907 Art Print
Rousseau, Henri
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 Green Flowers
Green Flowers Art Print
Rousseau, Henri
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Aristide Maillol (sculptor)

Hector Guimard 1867-1942 Entrances for the Paris Métro

20th-Century French Art

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Henri Matisse

 Open Window, Collioure, 1905
Open Window, Collioure, 1905 Art Print
Matisse, Henri
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 Femmes et Singes
Femmes et Singes Serigraph
Matisse, Henri
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Matisse
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Matisse Portraits

Georges Rouault

Georges Braque

Robert Delaunay and Sonia Delaunay-Terk 

Marc Chagall (Russian painted in Paris after 1910)

 La Mariee
La Mariee Art Print
Chagall, Marc
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 The Blue Violinist
The Blue Violinist Art Print
Chagall, Marc
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Marcel Duchamp

Fernand Leger

Piet Mondrian (Dutch painter in Paris after 1912)

Jean Dubuffet

 Theatre de Memoire, 1977
Theatre de Memoire, 1977 Serigraph
Dubuffet, Jean
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 Le Siegeant, 1967
Le Siegeant, 1967 Art Print
Dubuffet, Jean
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Jean Arp (sculptor)

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