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.
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View of the Alps in the Evening. Vertical, Switzerland, mountains, evening
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting "View of the Alps in the Evening" (canvas, oil, 30x40 cm) is not just a landscape from nature, painted en plein air in the small Swiss village of Gams, but an exquisite ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,190
Body Memory, Organic Layered Forms in Pink and Yellow, Abstract Diptych on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
In this series, Perrine explores the profound relationship between light and color, both essential elements in her artistic expression. Without light, there would be no colors, and i...
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
La Plage a Deauville - Post Impressionistt Figures in Landscape by Lucien Adrion
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on panel figures in landscape circa 1920 by French post impressionist painter Lucien Adrion. The painting depicts families enjoying a day at the beach in Deauville - some ...
Oil, Panel
$551Sale Price|25% Off
Provence Village with Tree Watercolor French Modern Landscape Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Provence Village with Tree Watercolor French Modern Landscape Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on paper, unframed Signed lower left. Inscr...
Watercolor
$970
School of Fish, Vertical Abstract Marina, Turquoise and Red Patterns on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This vibrant abstract composition evokes the fluid movement of a school of fish, translated into a dynamic network of looping white forms drifting across turquoise and coral fields. ...
Paper, Acrylic
Pine Tree On The Riverbank. Small, horizontal landscape, plain air, Switzerland
Located in Oslo, NO
"In my work I have captured the powerful beauty of nature in oil paints." said Anna about this artwork. "Inspired by the Impressionism movement, vibrant colors and dynamic strokes fl...
Oil
Charrette sous la neige - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Raymond Thibesart
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1910 by French post impressionist painter Raymond Thibesart. The piece depicts a view of a small rural village deep in winter. The roof tops and ...
Canvas, Oil
$3,835
Impressionist Painting Depicting a Sunset over Lake Vättern, Vadstena, Sweden
Located in Stockholm, SE
This painting from early October 1927 captures the shifting colours of sunset over Lake Vättern as seen from the historic town of Vadstena. The composition is remarkably direct and f...
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
$194,685
La Lecture
Located in London, GB
Henri Lebasque French 1865 - 1937 La Lecture Oil on canvas, signed lower right Image size: 20 3/4 x 25 inches (52.7 x 63.5 cm) Original style frame Provenance: M.F. Manaut Vente Lou...
Canvas, Oil
$3,998Sale Price|20% Off
Wisteria in Italy – Sunlit blossoms cascading over a tranquil Italian landscape
Located in Stockholm, SE
Bathed in luminous Mediterranean light, Wisteria in Italy captures a dreamlike hillside scene glimpsed through a curtain of violet-blue wisteria blooms. The composition reveals Faith...
Oil, Wood Panel
$817Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Impressionist Painting Green Eyed Chic Brunette Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Size : 13.75 x 10.75 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in ...
Oil
Antique Horse Painting "Standing Grey Horse, Facing Right" Georg Wolf dated 1907
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Painting “Standing Grey Horse, Facing Right” Georg Wolf (Germany 1882-1962) Oil on canvas Signed and dated 1907 lower right 27 x 19 (35 x 27 frame) inches With it's bobbed tail cut short so it doesn't become tangled, it's apparent that this fine specimen was a draught horse...
Canvas, Oil
$14,800
1966 OIL on Canvas Large French IMPRESSIONIST “ Personnages dans la campagne”
Located in New York, NY
Gabriel Godard 1966 “Personnages dans la campagn” Oil in Canvas Signed and dated lower left 40x40 inches Sight Size 46x46 inches frame Canvas is in Very good overall condition, fram...
Oil, Acrylic
$523Sale Price|20% Off
Charming Parisian Street Scene with Flower Market and Historic Architecture
By Regine David
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Parisian Street Scene signed by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018) gouache painting on artist paper, unframed panting: 20 x 12.5 inches inscribed verso condition: This pa...
Gouache
Southern City by the sea atmospheric large blue green seascape harbour painting
Located in Norwich, GB
A very atmospheric and idyllic view of a Southern fishing port, painted most likely in Italy or France. Resolutely post-impressionist, the landscape is imbued with the light of the M...
Canvas, Oil, Fiberboard
$2,560Sale Price|20% Off
Evening Still Life, Dark 20th Century Landscape, Post Impressionism
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph B. O'Sickey (American, 1918-2013) Evening Still Life Oil on canvas Signed lower right 32 x 24.5 inches 34.25 x 27.25 inches, framed Joseph O'Sickey, born in Detroit in 1918, ...
Oil
$697Sale Price|20% Off
Mediterranean Coastal View of Sitges Harbor Oil Painting Post Impressionist Art
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Mediterranean Coastal View of Sitges Harbor Oil Painting Post Impressionist Artist: Rafael Duran Benet (Barcelona, 1931 – 2015) Title: Sitges Harbor Technique: Oil on canvas mounted...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$697Sale Price|20% Off
July Mood. Landscape, impressionism, horisontal, mountains, river, Switzerland
Located in Oslo, NO
"I painted the painting “July Mood” en plein air." said Anna Shesterikova about this artwork. "The Rhine is shown here, which crosses the Rhine Valley and separates the countries of ...
Oil
$3,880Sale Price|20% Off
'Steeplechase, Los Altos Hunt', St. Martin's School, Carmel, PAFA, ASL, NAD, CAA
By Frank Ashley
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Frank N Ashley' (American, 1920-2007) and painted circa 1985. Additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'Steeplechase, Los Altos Hunt'. Bearing old label, verso, wi...
Canvas, Acrylic
$10,000Sale Price|20% Off
'Portrait of a Fashion Designer', Berlin National Gallery, Weimar, Jewish, 20's
By Georg Rössner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Georg W. Rössner' for Georg Walter Rössner (German, 1885-1972), titled 'Bildnis Lieselotte Friedländer' and painted circa 1926; original artist card verso. A sub...
Canvas, Oil
$583Sale Price|20% Off
French Mid 20th Century Watercolor Landscape of Hillside Village and Pond
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Mid 20th Century Watercolor Landscape of Hillside Village and Pond by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Medium: Watercolor on unframed paper Size: 18.25 inc...
Watercolor
$7,554Sale Price|26% Off
Catalan Modern Coastal Scene – Josep Amat – Mediterranean Spain c.1980
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Promenade in Sant Feliu de Guíxols Artist: Josep Amat Pagès (Barcelona, 1901 – 1991) Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 50 x 65 cm (approximately 19.7 x 25.6 in) Support...
Canvas, Oil
Post Impressionist Garden View, Lady Picking Flowers, Circle of Edouard Vuillard
Located in Cotignac, FR
1920s Garden view, mixed medium on paper, influenced by the garden paintings of Vuillard from the same period. The work is indistinctly signed, as yet undeciphered, bottom right. Pre...
Oil Crayon, Pastel, Gouache
$464Sale Price|20% Off
Spanish Beach Scene with Figures and Parasols, Mediterranean Impressionist Oil
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Artist: Gabriel Casarrubios Martín (Spain, born 1953) Title: Beach Day Medium: Oil on board Dimensions: 19 × 33 cm (7.5 × 13 in) Signature: Signed lower left Period: Circa 2000 ...
Board, Oil
Street in Ibiza with Children Spanish seascape oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Artist: Ignacio Gil Sala (Barcelona, 1913 – 2003) Title: Street in Ibiza with Children Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 73 × 92 cm (28.7 × 36.2 in), unframed Framing: Unframed Si...
Oil
$5,500
A Hopeful Pointillist Painting after Georges Seurat’s “Sunday Afternoon…”
Located in San Francisco, CA
Expressing a hopeful view for our own era, listed and celebrated African American artist Brenda Joysmith created an idealized gathering of folks of all races and ages relaxing and pl...
Canvas, Oil
$3,600Sale Price|20% Off
'Woman Reclining', Shiraz Iran, Accademia di Belle Arti di Perugia, Italy, Miami
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Hessam' for Hessam Abrishami (Iranian, born 1951) and painted circa 2000. Titled by artist, 'Quiet Moment'. Paper dimensions: 22 H x 28 W inches Hessam Abrisha...
Paper, Acrylic
$5,995
Floral Still Life 1935 Signed Oil on Canvas, Hans Hofmann School, Modern Art
Located in Union City, NJ
FLORAL STILL LIFE is an original oil painting on canvas by the French born artist Lucy Hourdebaight (1901-1947). FLORAL STILL LIFE features an inviting interior scene visually center...
Canvas, Oil
$5,600Sale Price|20% Off
"On the Forest's Edge" Impressionist Lush Landscape Oil Painting Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
This piece is a pertinent example of Charles Genge most sought after works, depicting a colorful view of the Forest. As a British Post Impressionist artist, most of Genge's works wer...
Canvas, Oil
$1,411Sale Price|20% Off
1960's French Modernist Still Life Oil with Ceramic Hen and Red Poppies
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life French Modernist, 1960's indistinctly signed and dated oil on canvas, framed Framed: 28 x 33 inches Canvas : 21.5 x 25 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condit...
Canvas, Oil
Observable Order
Located in Zofingen, AG
A work from the "Living Environment" series. This painting explores the experience of being within a living world, where nature appears as an observing and conscious presence. The ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$557Sale Price|20% Off
Mediterranean Fishermen on Spanish Beach Post Impressionist Oil Painting Europe
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Mediterranean Fishermen on Spanish Beach Post Impressionist Oil Painting Artist: Gabriel Casarrubios Martín Title: Mediterranean Fishermen on the Shore Medium: Oil on board Dimensio...
Oil, Board
$408Sale Price|20% Off
Parisian View of Notre Dame from the Seine Vibrant Oil Painting
By Regine David
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
View of Notre Dame by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018) oil painting on board, unframed measures: 10.75 x 13.75 inches condition: This painting is in excellent condition...
Oil
Free
Located in Zofingen, AG
The bindings hold the form but do not define the state. Inside, a sense of balance remains that does not depend on how the situation appears from the outside. Touch unfolds as trust...
Canvas, Acrylic
$996Sale Price|25% Off
Fine Mid 20th Century French Post-Impressionist Oil Red Roof Village Houses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Village Houses by Pierre PIOT (French, 1921-1998) Oil on board, framed framed: 14.5 x 18 inches board: 9.75 x 13 inches Provenance: the painting has impeccable provenance having...
Oil
$42,314
Venice - Post Impressionist Venetian Landscape Oil Painting by Leon Detroy
By Leon Detroy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed landscape oil on canvas circa 1910 by French post impressionist painter Leon Detroy. This work is painted in a divisionist style and depicts a view of gondolas on the canal in...
Canvas, Oil
$17,500Sale Price|30% Off
Point Judith
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Born in New York City, Reynolds Beal's year of birth is reported as being 1866 as well as 1867. If one follows the most extensively researched source produced in consultation with t...
Oil
$1,022Sale Price|20% Off
Quiet Day at the Lake. Landscape in oil, impressionism.
Located in Oslo, NO
"The painting "Quiet day at the Lake" was painted outdoors at Walensee in Switzerland." said Anna Shesterikova about this work. "In this painting I used a very narrow color palette t...
Oil
$1,471Sale Price|20% Off
Beach Figures Under Striped Tent With Busy Summer Scene Warm French Oil Painting
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Beach Figures Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) signed lower left Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 39.5 x 39.5 inches Condition: Good and sound condition Signed and titled ...
Oil
$441Sale Price|36% Off
Mediterranean Landscape with Blossoming Trees, Oil on Canvas, 22x27 cm
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Rafael Durán Benet (1931–2015) Mediterranean Landscape with Blossoming Trees Technique: Oil on canvas-mounted board Artwork dimensions: 22 × 27 cm (8.66 × 10.63 in) Framed dimensio...
Oil
ORIGINAL ENGLISH post impressionist oil painting GARDEN SCENE BY Pauline Plummer
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Pauline Plummer (1930-2023) English TITLE: '"The Summerhouse" SIGNED: lower left MEDIUM: oil on board SIZE: 59cm x 49cm incl frame CONDITION: very good NOTES: Studied Fine...
Oil
$3,254Sale Price|30% Off
Las Ramblas Barcelona Oil on Canvas, Signed, 1990s, Framed
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Artist Josep Moscardó (Barcelona, 1953) Title Las Ramblas, Barcelona Technique Oil on canvas Dimensions Canvas: 54 × 81 cm (21.3 × 31.9 in) Framed: 76 × 103 cm (29.9 × 40.6 i...
Oil
Sunset at the shore
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sunset at the Shore is a hymn to completion and profound inner silence. The majestic cliffs and the sun's light receding beyond the horizon create an atmosphere of unwavering confide...
Canvas, Acrylic
$468Sale Price|20% Off
French Market Scene with Woman in Red Dress Vibrant Figurative Street Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Market Scene with Woman in Red Dress Vibrant Figurative Street Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size (H x W...
Watercolor
$1,744Sale Price|20% Off
The Harvest Worker English Summer Fields Landscape Signed British Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Harvest Worker by Eric Tansley (1916-1979) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 25 x 32 inches Canvas: 20 x 28 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good conditi...
Oil
$327Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Impressionist Oil Painting Still Life Bright Peonies In Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on board, unframed Size : 10 x 8.75 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in overa...
Oil
Beyond Time
Located in Zofingen, AG
The canvas reveals the flawless architecture of nature, hidden beneath its outer layer. It captures the moment when the superfluous fades away, exposing a delicate yet resilient foun...
Canvas, Acrylic
$488Sale Price|85% Off
Israeli American school luminous mountain scene landscape, oil painting Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️ Mountain scene Landscape⬅️ ⏩It is signed J Rohr⏪ ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on woodpanel ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size:⭐61x77.5cm / 24x 30.5inch with fram...
Gesso, Oil, Wood Panel, Stretcher Bars
$327Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Impressionist Oil Painting Still Life Colorful Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on board, unframed Size : 10.75 x 8.75 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in ov...
Oil
$752Sale Price|20% Off
1940's French Oil Painting Figures South of France Busy Market Scene
By Regine David
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Le Marche by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018) signed verso oil on board, unframed board : 15 x 18 inches inscribed verso Provenance: the artists estate, France Conditio...
Oil
$1,744Sale Price|20% Off
Bright Blue Mediterranean South of France Port Harbor Post Impressionist Oil
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Port (Cassis?) Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Signed Lower Left Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 19.75 x 19.75 inches Signed verso Condition: Good and sound cond...
Oil
$556Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage American Modernist Fauvist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 18 by 24 inches overall. Excellent condition, ready to han...
Oil, Canvas
$587Sale Price|25% Off
Provence Village with Red Roofs Pastel Landscape Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Provence Village with Red Roofs Pastel Landscape Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Pastel on thick paper, unframed Size (H x W): 19.75 x 25.75 inches S...
Pastel, Pencil
$381Sale Price|39% Off
GUY RODDON (1919-2006) French Cafe Street Scene ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING signed
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Guy Roddon (1919-2006) British TITLE: "French Cafe Street Scene" SIGNED: lower left MEDIUM: oil on board SIZE: 80cm x 70cm inc frame CONDITION: excellent DETAIL: Painter and teacher, born in London. After Bryanston School he studied at Goldsmiths’ College School of Art with James Bateman and Clive Gardiner, 1937–9, then at the Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting, 1939–40, with Ernest Jackson, and drawing at La Grande Chaumière, Paris. During World War II he served in Royal Engineers before transferring to the Camouflage Unit, which included Frederick Gore, Oliver Messel, Roland Penrose and Claude Rogers. Roddon spent part of the war stationed in the Old Assembly Rooms, Norwich, as a camouflage instructor alongside Messel and Penrose. From 1948–50, he taught at Goldsmiths’; from 1960–1 was commissioned to paint The Stations of the Cross and Resurrrection for St Thomas More, Patcham; from 1960–3 moved to Paris; rented Edwin John’s studio in Tite Street for 10 years; and began a series of portraits, sitters including the novelist L P Hartley, composer John Ireland...
Oil
La Blage. Small, horizontal landscape, impressionism, France
Located in Oslo, NO
"In my oil painting I capture the fleeting moments of everyday life in an impressionistic manner." said Anna Shesterikova about this artwork. "The cozy restaurant 'La Blage' in the P...
Oil
$446Sale Price|20% Off
Still Life Flowers Oil on Canvas Painting, Fauvist Style, 1970s
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Still life Oil on canvas. Canvas measurements 35x27 cm. Frameless. Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish painter. He trai...
Canvas, Oil
$1,046
"Triptych " Blåvand" Boy with a kite." Original impressionistic painting.
Located in Oslo, NO
In this exuberant acrylic creation, I sought to capture the essence of joyous freedom. The figure stands at the cusp of land and sea, immersed in the dance of wind and waves. Each br...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Bel Ete dans le Port" Parisian Port Scene Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
As a French Impressionist artist, most of the Renee Theobald's works were produced in the Mid-20th Century. She was known for her charming compositions and with a passion to portray ...
Canvas, Oil
$636Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage American Modernist Landscape Original Fauvist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 18 by 24 inches overall. Excellent condition, ready to hang...
Oil, Canvas
"Bateaux en Bretagne" Parisian Harbor Scene Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
As a French Impressionist artist, most of the Renee Theobald's works were produced in the Mid-20th Century. She was known for her charming compositions and with a passion to portray ...
Canvas, Oil