Post-impressionism through modern art, encompasses many styles and well known artists: Van Gogh, Matisse, Cézanne, Picasso. 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 Cafe at Arles Framed Art	Amanti Art Les Irises (Irises) Framed Art Print by Vincent van Gogh	Starry Night Framed Art
One of Vincent Van Gogh’s most well-known pieces is beautifully reproduced by Brushstrokes. The enormous yellow lantern casts a warm glow across the terrace creating an inviting respite from the night air	The brilliant color and rich imagery of Van Gogh's Irises express the painting's deep, emotional undercurrents. A midnight-blue mat picks up the vibrancy of each flower petal while, in embossed antique gold, the wood frame adds an elegant finish	This Starry Night Framed Art, by Brushstrokes, represents one of Vincent van Gogh's most famous paintings, created indoors from memory while the artist was confined to an asylum. The original hangs in the Museum of Art in New York

Amanti Art Yellow Wheat and Cypresses Framed Art Print by Vincent van Gogh	Amanti Art Starlight Over the Rhone Framed Art Print by Vincent van Gogh	Amanti Art The Blue Nude (Seated Nude), 1902 Framed Art Print by Pablo Picasso
Cypress trees tower over fields of golden wheat in this lush country scene by Impressionist legend Vincent van Gogh. The painter’s distinct swirling strokes lend a mysterious air to the landscape’s tumbling sky and distant mountains. With an embossed silver frame	Quintessential Van Gogh, Starlight Over the Rhone is the artist’s evening view of Arles, France. Rich blues are punctuated with golden stars and lights framing the riverbank. An antique black frame complements dark corners of the night sky	A painting from Picasso's early Blue Period, this work's sentimental and brooding tone is expressed with a monochromatic blue palette. The satin black frame provides a sleek, elegant finish

The Café Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at Night, c.1888 Art Print van Gogh, Vincent Buy at AllPosters.com

The Drawbridge at Arles with a Group of Washerwomen, c.1888 Art Print van Gogh, Vincent Buy at AllPosters.com

Chestnut Trees and Farm, Jas De Bouffan Art Print Cezanne, Paul Buy at AllPosters.com

Houses At the Estaque Art Print Cezanne, Paul Buy at AllPosters.com

Post-Impressionism, Symbolism and Art Nouveau 

General

•  Montmartre and the Making of Mass Culture by Weisberg

• Art Nouveau in Fin-De-Siecle France: Politics, Psychology, and Style (Studies on the History of Society and Culture) by Silverman

Paul Signac

Paul Cézanne

Montagne Sainte-Victoire, 1904-06 Giclee Print Cezanne, Paul Buy at AllPosters.com

Still Life with Milkjug and Fruit, circa 1886-90 Giclee Print Cezanne, Paul Buy at AllPosters.com

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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 Giclee Print Seurat, Georges Buy at AllPosters.com

Seine at Grande Jatte Art Print Seurat, Georges Buy at AllPosters.com

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• Seurat and the Making of La Grande Jatte

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Moulin Rouge, c.1891 Art Print Toulouse-Lautrec,... Buy at AllPosters.com

Le Lit Art Print Toulouse-Lautrec,... Buy at AllPosters.com

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 Art Print van Gogh, Vincent Buy at AllPosters.com

Harvest at Arles, c.1888 Art Print van Gogh, Vincent Buy at AllPosters.com

The Sower, c.1888 Art Print van Gogh, Vincent Buy at AllPosters.com

Irises, Saint-Remy, c.1889 Art Print van Gogh, Vincent Buy at AllPosters.com

Starry Night, c.1889 Giclee Print van Gogh, Vincent Buy at AllPosters.com

The Olive Grove, c.1889 Art Print van Gogh, Vincent Buy at AllPosters.com

Paul Gauguin and The Nabis

Life's Questions Art Print Gauguin, Paul Buy at AllPosters.com

Tahitian Landscape Art Print Gauguin, Paul Buy at AllPosters.com

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Gauguin Tahiti

Bonnard

Pierre Bonnard : Early and Late

Bonnard

Edouard Vuillard

• Beyond the Easel: Decorative Painting by Bonnard, Vuillard, Denis, and Roussel, 1890-1930 

• 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 Art Print Rousseau, Henri Buy at AllPosters.com

Green Flowers Art Print Rousseau, Henri Buy at AllPosters.com

Aristide Maillol (sculptor)

Hector Guimard 1867-1942 Entrances for the Paris Métro

20th-Century French Art

General

•  Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement

•   Albert Gleizes: For and Against the... by Brooke

Henri Matisse

Open Window, Collioure, 1905 Art Print Matisse, Henri Buy at AllPosters.com

Femmes et Singes Serigraph Matisse, Henri Buy at AllPosters.com

Matisse

Matisse Portraits

Georges Rouault

Georges Braque

Robert Delaunay and Sonia Delaunay-Terk 

Pablo Picasso

Amanti Art Le Chien (The Dog) Framed Art Print by Pablo Picasso	Amanti Art The Old Guitarist Framed Art Print by Pablo Picasso	Amanti Art Don Quixote Framed Art Print by Pablo Picasso
Pay homage to your favorite pup with this simple dog drawing. Picasso captures the essence of the dachshund in what looks like one continuous line. A deep, black satin frame maintains the artist’s minimalist style	A deep sense of loss and melancholy suggested by the musician's dejected stance and ragged attire set a contemplative mood. A relic from Picasso's Blue Period, The Old Guitarist features fine brush strokes in shades of midnight.	Fitting for a home office or library, this art print features Pablo Picasso’s depiction of Spanish literary icon Don Quixote. The artist’s simple strokes converge in an unassuming, black-and-white masterpiece. Black edges and striations accent brown wood for a frame with rich, sophisticated appeal

Marc Chagall (Russian painted in Paris after 1910)

La Mariee Art Print Chagall, Marc Buy at AllPosters.com

The Blue Violinist Art Print Chagall, Marc Buy at AllPosters.com

Marcel Duchamp

Fernand Leger

Piet Mondrian (Dutch painter in Paris after 1912)

Jean Dubuffet

Theatre de Memoire, 1977 Serigraph Dubuffet, Jean Buy at AllPosters.com

Le Siegeant, 1967 Art Print Dubuffet, Jean Buy at AllPosters.com

Jean Arp (sculptor)

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