1980
French artist Yvonne Canu was transfixed by Pointillism, a technique that was pioneered in the 19th century by Georges Seurat, and devoted her career to mastering it. Over half a century after Seurat’s death, Canu gravitated towards French Postimpressionism and was pivotal in carrying Pointillism into the modern era.
Born in Morocco, Canu studied in Paris at the École des Arts Decoratifs until the start of WWII. Following the war, she met French painter Élisée Maclet and French-Japanese artist Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita who were influential in her exploration of Impressionist art. She also studied Cubism at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière alongside prolific French artist Ossip Zadkine.
Seeing Seurat’s masterpiece A Sunday on La Grande Jatte ultimately set Canu on a path to understand the complexities of his practice. She investigated Seurat’s use of complementary color and studied the work of French chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul, who in the 19th century worked as the director of the famous Parisian tapestry factory, Gobelins Manufactory. In her work, she experimented with dabbing colors in such a way as to allow the viewer to perceive the greater tableau from afar.
Through this approach, Canu championed a colorful approach to water scenes including seascapes, harbors and rivers. Critics have drawn comparisons between Canu’s work and other 20th-century French artists who expanded on the innovative artistic ideas established in the 19th century.
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$53,410
H 25 in W 29.5 in
Le Quai Suffren - Saint Tropez - Pointillist Landscape Oil by Leon Pourtau
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Oil on canvas pointillist landscape by French painter Leon Pourtau. The work depicts a view of sail boats moored at the Suffren quay - a picturesque waterfront area in Saint-Tropez, ...
Canvas, Oil
$38,345
H 31 in W 36 in D 3 in
St. Florent Corsica Yvonne Canu A framed Pointillist oil painting
By Yvonne Canu
Located in St. Albans, GB
Yvonne Canu 1921 – 2008 Painting Size: 24 x 29" (61 x 74cm) Outside Frame Size: 31 x 36" (79 x 91cm) Yvonne Canu is currently one of the most in demand exponents of Pointillism w...
Canvas, Oil
$4,500
H 33.5 in W 29.25 in D 2 in
"Voilier" Pointillistic Colorful Sea Scape with Sailboat Oil Painting on Canvas
By Lucia Fortuny
Located in New York, NY
A large Mid-20th Century oil painting landscape depicting a figure near a boat with a beautiful sailboat in a Marina in France with other sailboats in the distance. This piece has a ...
Canvas, Oil
Beach Scene
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Donald Purdy (American, Connecticut 1924-2016) Donald Purdy was a self-taught artist whose varied body of works was influenced by many artistic movements and genres including French...
Oil, Canvas
$7,000
H 25 in W 31 in D 3.25 in
"Honfleur La Lieutenance" Pointillistic Marine Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
This stunning piece of The Lieutenancy, a prestigious building which sits at the entrance to the Vieux Bassin de Honfleur, which is a true witness to the history of the Norman port, ...
Canvas, Oil
$59,346
H 44 in W 34 in
Le Petit Dejeuner - Pointillist Landscape Oil by Jeanne Selmersheim-Desgrange
By Jeanne Selmershein-Desgrange
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed pointillist landscape oil on canvas circa 1920 by French neo-impressionist painter Jeanne Selmersheim-Desgrange. The piece depicts a view of a French port, with boats dotted a...
Canvas, Oil
$30,354
H 36 in W 31 in
Collioure - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Jacques Martin-Ferrieres
By Jacques Martin-Ferrières
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed pointilist oil on canvas figures in landscape by sought after French post impressionist painter Jacques Martin-Ferrieres. This beautiful piece depicts a view of Collioure, a p...
Oil, Canvas
$3,150Sale Price|30% Off
H 36.5 in W 31 in D 3.5 in
"Village Provençal " Pointillistic Colorful Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
By Lucia Fortuny
Located in New York, NY
A large Mid-20th Century oil painting depicting a beautiful landscape on a sunny day of the Village Provençal in France. This piece has a strong presence with bold brushwork and heav...
Canvas, Oil
$3,221
H 30 in W 40 in D 1.5 in
Calanques - Mediterranean Seascape, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Cristina Stefan
Located in Yardley, PA
Calanques Mediterranean seascape with two sailboats. This painting representing a Mediterranean seascape is a tribute to the sea and to travels...
Acrylic
$64,297
H 30.5 in W 42.5 in
Coucher de Soleil - Pointillist Landscape Oil by Jeanne Selmersheim-Desgranges
By Jeanne Selmershein-Desgrange
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed pointillist landscape oil on canvas circa 1920 by French neo-impressionist painter Jeanne Selmersheim-Desgrange. The piece depicts a view of sail boats in a harbour at Colliou...
Canvas, Oil
The Harbor
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Beautiful impasto, oil on canvas. Contemporary custom frame. Unsigned, but very well executed painting.
Oil
Venetian Canal
Located in Wiscasett, ME
An oil on canvas signed in the lower left and presented in a gilded frame under glass. A wonderful scene of a sunny day on the canal in Venice, Italy. Measuring 20.25" x 24.25" inclu...
Oil Pastel, Oil
European City on the Water
By Charles Euphrasie Kuwasseg
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Oil on canvas, signed and dated in the lower left corner. A tranquil painting featuring a European city on a lake or river at sunrise or sunset. Char...
Oil
Village by the Lake
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Old master painting featuring a busy port city in the 17th century. Most likely Dutch and very close in style to the work of Thomas Heeremans. This is...
Oil
A Schooner off of the Coast
By Gordon Grant
Located in Wiscasett, ME
An oil on canvas by American artist Gordon Hope Grant featuring a schooner off of the coast. This painting is signed and dated i1945 n the lower left and measures 33.5" x 33.5" inclu...
Oil
Shipping Off the Coast
By Thomas Luny
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Shipping off the coast by English artist Thomas Luny. Oil on canvas signed and dated 35' in the lower left. Nice period and possibly original frame. Thomas Luny (1759–1837), born in Cornwall, probably at St Ewe, was an English artist and painter, mostly of seascapes and other marine-based works. At the age of eleven, Luny left Cornwall to live in London. There he became the apprentice of Francis Holman, a marine painter who would have a great and long lasting artistic influence on Luny: Luny remained until 1780 in Holman's London studio, which, was first situated in Broad Street, St. George's, and later relocated to Old Gravel Lane. Examples of his work are exhibited at the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter, and at The Mariners' Museum in Newport...
Oil
