Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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.
Find a collection of original Postimpressionist paintings, mixed media, prints and other art on 1stDibs.
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Pastel
20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Crayon, Paper
2010s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Lithograph, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Oil Pastel
1930s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Paper
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Charcoal
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Graphite
1920s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Ink, Watercolor
1980s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Gouache
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Etching
1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper
1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Graphite
1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
1970s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Gouache, Paper
1960s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Pen, Gouache
1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Gouache, Watercolor, Graphite
1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Ink
1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Gouache, Graphite
1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Conté
1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Wax Crayon, Watercolor
1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Gouache, Cardboard, Graphite
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Rice Paper
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Postcard
1960s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
1920s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Graphite, Archival Paper
1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Graphite
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Charcoal, Pencil
1980s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor, Board
1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Graphite
1910s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Charcoal
1970s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Laid Paper
1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
1930s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Gouache, Postcard
1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Graphite
1970s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Pastel
1940s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Graphite
1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Color Pencil
1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Graphite
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Vellum
1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Graphite, Gouache
2010s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
1970s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
1920s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Mixed Media, Watercolor
1920s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Ink
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Pastel
2010s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Synthetic Paper, Color Pencil
1920s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Graphite
2010s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Emulsion, Monoprint, Rag Paper