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.
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Modern Café Interior with Figures, Atmospheric Blue Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
European Café Interior Scene, Blue Tonal Figurative Oil Painting, Contemporary Spanish Urban Painting Artist: Julio García Iglesias Title: Café Interior Date: 1986 Medium: Oil on c...
Oil
Fine 20th Century French Original Oil View of a Provençal Town Village Landscape
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provencal Landscape Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) signed lower right Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 25.5 x 31.75 inches Condition: Good and sound condition, very min...
Oil
$1,600Sale Price|20% Off
"Arc de Triomphe" Parisian Street Scene with Cafes Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
In this piece, the artist depicts the Arc de Triomphe in the distance and his subjects in an abstract and impressionistic way, capturing the busy Parisian streets with cafes from the...
Canvas, Oil
Indefinite Seascape, Textured Abstract Marine, Layered Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This layered abstract painting evokes an indefinite seascape, where shifting bands of color and gestural line work suggest movement, depth, and natural rhythm. Built through a comple...
Paper, Acrylic
$998Sale Price|76% Off
"Interior with Chair and Vanity" circa 1918 by Ricardo Gomez-Gimeno (1892-1954)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Interior with Chair and Vanity" circa 1918 Ricardo Gomez-Gimeno (Spain/France 1892-1954) Oil on cardboard Signed 17 1/4 x 14 1/4 (22 1/2 x 19 1/2 frame) This painting and its mat...
Oil, Cardboard
Mountain Landscape in Moonlight, Oil on Canvas, Signed, 1926, 74 cm
Located in Stockholm, SE
Anders Loman (1879–1953) Sweden Mountain Landscape in Moonlight, 1926 signed and dated lower right 26 oil on canvas unframed 64 × 68.5 cm (25.2 × 27 in) framed 74 × 79 cm (29.1 × 3...
Canvas, Oil
"Eiffel Tower, Paris" Parisian Street Scene Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
In this piece, the artist depicts the eiffel tower and his subjects in an abstract and impressionistic way, capturing the busy Parisian street from the 20th Century with much life. T...
Canvas, Oil
Large 1970's French Post-Impressionist Signed Oil Figures in Wheat Field Harvest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Harvest Workers French Post-Impressionist, signed and dated 1977 oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 20 x 25.5 inches Provenance: private collection, South of France Condition: very ...
Oil
Poppy Field in Grabs. Oil, post-impressionism, horizontal, landscape, mountains
Located in Oslo, NO
The oil painting "Poppy Field in Grabs" was painted in the open air in the Rhine Valley in Switzerland in 2018 in the style of modern impressionism. "In my work I capture the vivid ...
Oil
$1,364
Tea Party. Flowers, fruits, still life, oil painting, sommer, impressionism
Located in Oslo, NO
"I painted this still life at my home." said Anna Shesterikova about this painting. "The summer sun breaks through the window and colors the tea in noble, thick honey tones, plays wi...
Oil
Flows of silence
Located in Zofingen, AG
Flows of Silence The canvas explores the theme of nature's primal energy, hidden away from prying eyes. What appears at first to be a simple narrative—a forest waterfall cascading in...
Acrylic, Canvas
Huge French Post Impressionist Signed Oil Lourmarin Luberon Valley Provence
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lourmarin (The Luberon Valley, Provence) by Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Signed lower right Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 38 x 51 inches Inscribed and titled verso Conditio...
Oil
Orchestra Musicians Playing Cellos And Violins In Warm Concert Scene French Oil
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Orchestra Musicians Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) signed lower left Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 15.75 x 15.75 inches inscribed verso Condition: Good and sound co...
Oil
Fauvist Landscape signed Paul Guillaume
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th Century oil on board French fauvist landscape by Paul Guillaume. The painting is signed bottom left, Guillaume Paul, and presented in a patinated wood frame. This colourf...
Oil
$376Sale Price|40% Off
Landscape with Farmhouse oil painting Spain european art
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Artist: Rafael Durán Benet (Terrassa, 1931 – Barcelona, 2015) Title: Landscape with Farmhouse Date: 1973 Medium: Oil on canvas laid on cardboard Dimensions without frame: 22 × 27 cm ...
Oil
Huge Sunlit Hilltop Balazuc With Tall Cliffs and Terracotta Homes Oil Painting
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Balazuc Village Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Signed lower right Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 45 x 57.5 inches Titled verso Condition: Good and sound condition Prov...
Oil
$558
Mid Century French Impressionist Oil Painting Pink Daises In Brown Plant Pot
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: signed oil on board, unframed Size : 9.5 x 7.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is i...
Oil
"La Madeleine" Impressionist Parisian Street Scene Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
By Jean Salabet
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Jean Salabet. Salabet was a Parisian painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. His wor...
Canvas, Oil
"City Life at The Grands Boulevards" Post-Impressionist Parisian Street Scene
By Te Pencke
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Te Pencke. Pencke was a Parisian painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. His work is...
Canvas, Oil
Lavaklippstrand, Tenerife (Lava Coast, Tenerife), 1894
Located in Stockholm, SE
Carl Johansson (1863–1944) Sweden Lavaklippstrand, Tenerife (Lava Coast, Tenerife), 1894 signed lower left “Carl Johansson” oil on canvas, executed in grisaille unframed 27.5 × 49.5 cm (10.8 × 19.5 in) framed 39 × 61 cm (15.4 × 24 in) Literature: För Svenska Hem. Illustrerad Familjetidskrift, first year, 1895–1896, issue 26, pp. 416–417, reproduced across the centre spread. The contemporary caption reads: “Bild från Tenerife: Lavaklippstrand. Efter en oljemålning för ‘För Sv. Hem’ af Carl Johansson.” Condition report: Please contact the gallery for a detailed condition report. Essay: Painted during Carl Johansson’s journey to Tenerife in 1894, Lavaklippstrand presents the volcanic Atlantic coastline as an austere study of rock, water and light. Jagged formations of dark lava dominate the foreground and middle distance, breaking the surface of the sea in an irregular progression towards the horizon. Behind them, the coast dissolves gradually into mist, while the almost colourless sky occupies the upper half of the composition. The painting is unusually restrained for a landscape executed during a period when Johansson had recently encountered the brighter palette of modern French painting. Here, instead, he deliberately reduces the scene to a near monochrome range of blacks, greys, browns and white. Johansson was born in Härnösand in 1863 and studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm between 1882 and 1885, where his teachers included Edvard Perséus and the landscape painter Per Daniel Holm. He belonged to the generation of Swedish artists that increasingly looked beyond academic landscape conventions during the 1880s and 1890s. A period in France in 1891 and 1892 brought him into closer contact with contemporary French landscape painting...
Oil, Board
$2,003Sale Price|25% Off
Parisian Café Terrace Street Street with Figures 20th Century Post-Impressionism
Located in Preston, GB
Parisian Café Terrace Street Street with Figures 20th Century Post-Impressionism by Italian Artist, Mario Passoni (Italian, born 1927) Art measures 20 x 16 inches Frame measures 30 ...
Canvas, Oil
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
$400Sale Price|20% Off
French school Luminous Provence mediterranean landscape oil painting Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️ Landscape Luminous Mediterranean ⬅️ ⏩It is signed Mieutaud⏪ ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on canvas ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size:⭐46x55cm /18.1x21.7 inch w...
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$1,800Sale Price|55% Off
"Les Trois Arbres (The 3 Trees)" pastel by Raymond Thibesart (1874-1968)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Les Trois Arbres (The 3 Trees)" Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968) Circa 1920s Pastel on paper, signed lower left 12.5 x 9.75 (16 3/4 x 13 3/4 frame) inches Raymond Thibesart ...
Pastel
$1,986
Huge French 1930's Post Impressionist Signed Oil Portrait Artist Painting
By Georges Delhomme
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of the artist, Mario Tauzin (French 1909-1979) By Georges Delhomme (French 1904-1989) signed oil painting board, framed dated 1934 framed: 46.5 x 35 inches board: 42 x 30 in...
Oil
Summer Interior with Open Window, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Stockholm, SE
This intimate interior by Henrik Nordenberg demonstrates the artist's remarkable ability to transform an ordinary domestic setting into a scene of quiet beauty and contemplation. Exe...
Oil, Wood Panel
At Paris Maxim's Nightly Street Scene With Two Stylish Women French Oil Painting
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
At Night at Maxims Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 45 x 57.5 inches Titled verso Condition: Good and sound condition with slight small pa...
Oil
Seaside Cafe Scene With Diners Overlooking Boats And Villa A French Oil Painting
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Seaside Cafe Scene Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 35 x 45.5 inches Condition: Good and sound condition Provenance: From the artist’s stu...
Oil
Rapeseed Field. Oil landscap painting, impressionism, Swiss mountains, flowers
Located in Oslo, NO
The landscape painting "Rapsfeld" was painted in the Rhine Valley in Switzerland in spring 2018. The Liechtenstein Three Sisters mountain can be seen in the background. Rapeseed is v...
Oil
'Sunflowers in a Vase', Large Midcentury Oil of Sonnenblumen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'H. Weiss' for Heinrich Weiss (German, 20th century), dated 1947 and inscribed 'n. Flashar' ( [nach] Bruno Flashar). Titled, verso, 'Sonnenblumen' with artist nam...
Masonite, Oil
Still life painting, Marcel Mouly, mid 20 Century, gouache, Post Impressionist
By Marcel Mouly
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Marcel Mouly (French, 1918 - 2008) Moulin à café et un piment (Coffee Grinder and a Chilli Pepper) The coffee grinder is one of the great icons of modern French painting, a favourite...
Paper, Gouache
$1,120Sale Price|60% Off
Marine Painting "Trois Pêcheurs" Louis Pastour (France, 1876-1948)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Trois Pêcheurs" Louis Pastour (France, 1876-1948) Oil on board Signed l.l. 7 7/8 x 4 7/8 (8 1/8 x 11 1/8 frame) inches Louis Pastour was called the “The Painter of the Sun” (Le Pe...
Oil, Board
1920's British Signed Oil Painting Portrait Lady by Piano Interior Light Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of the Artists Mother *see below by Gladys Marguerite Baker (British, 1889-1959) signed, titled verso oil on canvas, framed framed: 29 x 17 inches canvas: 24 x 12 inches Pr...
Oil, Canvas
$1,085
Spring Joy 2. Oil landscape, Impressionism, flower, floral, Switzerland
Located in Oslo, NO
"In the painting "Spring Joy 2" I depicted a bush that blooms every year in May in the place where my route runs when I walk with my dog." said Anna about this landscape painting. "T...
Oil
Chateau Garden Path Through Stone Archway Vintage French Impressionist Oil
By Regine David
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Charming Garden Path Mid 20th Century signed by Regine David (French mid 20th century, female) oil on canvas, framed framed: 21 x 25 inches canvas: 19.5 x 24.5 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: very good condition Description: This vibrant oil painting by Régine...
Oil
$852
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
$970
Nocturnal Marina, Abstract Gestual Shapes, Organic Brushstrokes, School of Fish
Located in Barcelona, ES
Nocturnal Marina is a gestual abstract painting that evokes the fluid movement of a school of fish, translated into a dynamic network of looping blue circles. Both playful and rhy...
Paper, Acrylic
Cherry Blossom, Fauvist Landscape Painting, Signed Gouache on Card, Mid-Century
By Jean Perret
Located in Cotignac, FR
French, mid century gouache and watercolour on card, Fauvist landscape with cherry trees in blossom by Jean Perret. The painting is signed bottom right and presented in a patinated c...
Watercolor, Gouache, Cardboard
"Afternoon Tea by the Shore" Post-Impressionistic Landscape Oil Painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
This piece is a pertinent example of Belgian artist Henri Joseph Pauwels ' sought-after works, depicting a view of a table set for tea in the garden by the shore on a serene summer a...
Oil, Wood Panel
"Pretty Pickins" Post-Impressionist Colorful Floral Oil Painting on Board Framed
Located in New York, NY
A joyous colorful floral still life painting depicting a bunch of freshly picked flowers placed effortlessly. The piece is done in a highly impressionistic manner and is a wonderful display of Reilly's more impromptu style, with bold colors of joyful yellow, deep rouge, and softer colors of light blue, hints of brown, and pops of pink. White ostrich daisies along with blue bluebells, orange, yellow and mamey flowers on a background of bright green grass and dark bushes in the background. This still life in nature, in the garden from nature. This bouquet reminds us of sunny summer days filled with the scent of flowers and nature. This piece is titled and has artist's estate stamp on the back, it comes housed in a contemporary gold leaf plain air wood frame with hanging wire on verso ready to be displayed. Art measures 30 x 24 inches Frame measures 37 x 31 inches John Reilly is a critically acclaimed and award-winning New Jersey artist, born in Brooklyn, NY in 1942. He received his early art training at the School of Art and Design, formally known as ‘The School of Industrial Art’ in Manhattan, where he studied advertising art. By the age of twenty-three, he operated a mid-town-based sales promotion agency, eventually expanding the business to service large companies such as Bacardi Rum, Johnson and Johnson, Nabisco, and KLM...
Oil, Board
Original French Poster Artwork for Gala de Saint-Cyr à l’Opéra
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Poster Artwork for Gala de Saint-Cyr à l’Opéra by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Signed: Verso Medium: Watercolor on unframed paper Size: 24.5 in...
Watercolor
Mediterranean Boats — Rudolf Négely, Hungarian Impressionist
Located in Roswell, GA
This vibrant Mediterranean marine painting by Hungarian artist Rudolf Négely (1883–1941) depicts sailboats along a sun-filled southern European coast. Painted in oil on canvas and si...
Oil
$1,753Sale Price|20% Off
Tennis in the Park - Mid 20th Century Post Impressionist Figurative Oil Painting
By Anne de Saeger
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
* No US duty or taxes to pay on this item * A beautiful mid 20th century post-impressionist oil on panel depicting a tennis match in the park with a smartly dressed lady in the fore...
Oil
"Day On The Lake" Pointillistic Impasto Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
By Henry Benson
Located in New York, NY
This stunning piece, depicts a rowing boat with figures across the lower half of the composition, painted in soft blues and grays with a thin red accent line along the gunwale. Its r...
Canvas, Oil
St. Florent Corsica Yvonne Canu A framed Pointillist oil painting
By Yvonne Canu
Located in St. Albans, GB
Yvonne Canu 1921 – 2008 Signed bottom right and signed and titled on the reverse. Painting Size: 24 x 29" (61 x 74cm) Outside Frame Size: 31 x 36" (79 x 91cm) Yvonne Canu is cur...
Canvas, Oil
Mid 20th Century French Oil Painting Still Life of Flowers in Interior Room
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Flowers French School, mid 20th century oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 22 x 18 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very good condition For more ...
Canvas, Oil
Spanish Modernist Woman Portrait Fauvist Figurative Mixed Media Painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
1970s Spanish Modernist Woman Portrait – Fauvist Figurative Mixed Media Painting Artist: Jordi Curós Ventura (Spanish, 1930–2017) Year: 1979 Medium: Mixed media on canvas board Dime...
Mixed Media
Study of Fish by Spanish artist Augustin Ubeda, 1957, oil on canvas
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Augustin Ubeda (Spanish, 1925–2007) Study of Fish Oil on canvas Signed ‘A Ubeda’ (lower right), dedicated to ‘Patricia Fuentes’, and inscribed and dated ‘Paris 1957’ (on the reverse)...
Canvas, Oil
$1,644
Still Life of Fruit in Bowl 1960's French Post Impressionist Colorful Oil Paint
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Fruit by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed and stamped verso oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 18 x 22 inches very good condition provenance: from the art...
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century French Cubist/ Post Impressionist Oil Red Roof Houses in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, Post-Impressionist/ Cubist style, circa 1940's period. Title: Red roof villages houses in a rural landscape with green & yellow fields. Medium: oil...
Oil, Canvas
The Grape Harvest Large 1920's French Signed Oil Harvest Workers Vineyard
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Harvest by Louis Faille (French 1878-1964 signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 32.5 x 40 inches canvas : 22 x 31 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: very good...
Oil
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
"Arc de Triumph" Post-Impressionist Winter Street Scene Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by French artist Robert Lebrone. He was a Parisian painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. His work is com...
Canvas, Oil
$1,083
Vintage Mediterranean Hill Village Impressionist Oil Painting Provence Landscape
By Charles Mangin
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunlit Mediterranean Village, Provence signed oil on board, framed Framed: 16 x 14 inches Board : 10.5 x 9 inches inscribed verso Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: ver...
Oil
"Parisian Street Scene" French Post-Impressionist Plein Air Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A stunning and masterful depiction of a Parisian street view from the 20th Century. The artist executed this painting en plein air with street life and cars parked along into the dis...
Canvas, Oil
"Around Place de l'Opéra" Post-Impressionist Parisian Street Scene Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful impressionist oil painting on canvas by Gene Jordan depicting a tremendously vivid and alive street scene from Paris in the 20th Century with a view around the Place de l...
Oil, Board, Canvas
Spring Day in Gams. Landscape Paintings, mountains, Switzerland, impressionism
Located in Oslo, NO
Mountain landscape in oil, impressionism, Alps, Switzerland, village, house, spring, flowering tree "Spring Day in Gams" is a bright, lyrical work imbued with a mood of awakening na...
Canvas, Oil
$408
Mid Century French Impressionist Oil Painting Still Life Garden Wild Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on board, unframed Size : 9.5 x 7.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in overa...
Oil
Mid 20th Century French Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Man in Tie
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) signed oil on unstretched canvas, unframed painting: 27 x 21 inches provenance: the artists estate, France condition: the painting is on unstretched...
Oil, Canvas
$761Sale Price|20% Off
Provence - Mid 20th Century French Post Impressionist Oil on Panel Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful French post-impressionist oil on panel by Jules Merle depicting sunlit buildings with a solitary figure, probably Provence. The work very nicely painted with some lovel...
Oil, Panel
$4,795
Signed Post-Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas, 25 x 22 in, Framed by Bergerat
Located in St. Albans, GB
Eugène BEGARAT Post-Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Picture Size 18 x 15", 46 x 38 cm Frame Size 25 x 22", 64 x 56 cm Bergerat was born in 1943 in Nice. In 1960, he started to st...
Canvas, Oil