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.
"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
$654Sale Price|20% Off
1950's French Post Impressionist Oil Flowers in a Vase Beautiful Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Flowers by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) oil painting on artist paper, unframed stamped verso paper: 13 x 17 inches very good condition provenance: the artists esta...
Oil
Spring Garden Oil Painting, Post-Impressionist Landscape, 1980s
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: "Spring Garden" Artist: Attributed to Rafael Durán Benet Technique: Oil on canvas board Dimensions (unframed): 13 x 16 inches Dimensions (framed): 14.6 x 17.7 inches Date of c...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$1,760Sale Price|20% Off
Large French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Poppy Fields in Provence
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Poppy Fields in Provence by Gabriel Mouton, French 20th century oil on board, framed framed: 27 x 34.5 inches board : 23 x 30 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: ...
Oil
$825Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Impressionist Painting Portrait of a Green Eyed Brunette Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: signed and dated 47' oil on board, unframed Size : 14 x 10.5 inches Double sided Provenance: private collection, France ...
Oil
$764Sale Price|31% Off
Sitges oil on canvas painting Spain mediterranean village european art
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Paseo de Sitges Artist: Jordi Curós Ventura (1930–2017) Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 23.6 x 28.7 in Signature: Signed in the lower righ...
Oil, Canvas
$962Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-20th Century Vibrant Fauvist Landscape of a Village Scene Richly Textured
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vibrant Fauvist Landscape oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 13 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very good condition Description: This vibrant mid-20th-ce...
Oil
$1,176Sale Price|31% Off
Spanish Village Scene Albarracín Teruel Expressive Oil Painting Impressionist
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Albarracín, Spain – Post-Impressionist Landscape, Oil on Canvas by Jordi Baget Ballester Artist: Jordi Baget Ballester Title: Albarracín (Teruel) Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 6...
Oil
$962Sale Price|20% Off
1930's French Post Impressionist Oil Painting - Summer Provence Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1930's, inscribed verso. Title: Summer in Provence Medium: oil painting on canvas board, unframed, board: 1...
Oil
"Boulevard de la Madeleine, Paris" Impressionist Scene Oil Painting on Canvas
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
The Place Where I Am Not
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sometimes I need to look toward the place where I am not — to understand myself a little better in the place where I am.
Canvas, Acrylic
Winter River Landscape with Bare Tree Watercolor and Ink Signed 1985
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Winter River Landscape with Bare Tree Watercolor and Ink Signed 1985 Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 6.5 x 7.25 inches...
Watercolor
'Reclining Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Acad. Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Reclining Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Acad. Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA ------ Painted circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped verso with Victor di Ges...
Paper, Oil
$984Sale Price|20% Off
1960's French Post-Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Olive Tree in Provence
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provence Landscape by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed & dated 66'' oil on canvas in wooden frame framed: 22.5 x 19 inches canvas: 22 x 18 inches original oil painting con...
Oil, Canvas
Sunset in Los Angeles. Landscape Painting Square oil, sunset, beach, Los Angeles
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting "Sunset in Los Angeles" is made in oil on canvas measuring 20x20 cm and depicts a moment of solitary observation of the evening sunset. Thousands of people come to the s...
Canvas, Oil
$941Sale Price|27% Off
View of Village with Olive Groves and Mountains mediterranean landscape Spain
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: View of Village with Olive Groves and Mountains Artist: Antonio Reverte Oliva (Monteagudo, Murcia, 1943 – Gavà, Barcelona, 2014) Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 73 x 92 c...
Oil, Canvas
"Boulevard des Italiens" French Impressionist City Scene Oil Painting on Canvas
By Paul Gagni
Located in New York, NY
This piece is an exceptional impressionistic cityscape scene by Paul Gagni of 'Boulevard des Italiens' in Paris. The boulevard des Italiens is one of the 'Grands Boulevards' in Paris...
Canvas, Oil
$742Sale Price|20% Off
1940's Provence Painting French Pathway Landscape - Post Impressionist artist
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provencal Landscape by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998) signed From a batch of similar work where most were dated 1942-1947 watercolour painting on paper, unframed measurements: 11 x...
Watercolor
$583Sale Price|20% Off
Orchestra Rehearsal with Conductor and Musicians Classical Music Ensemble
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Orchestra Rehearsal with Conductor and Musicians Classical Music Ensemble Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size (H x W): 5.25...
Watercolor
$139,000
Afternoon Mood – Wallén’s Skagen-like Swedish Coastal Masterpiece
Located in Stockholm, SE
Gustaf Theodor Wallén (1860–1948) Swedish Afternoon Mood, c. 1886-1887 oil on canvas signed G.T.Wallén unframed 100 x 150 cm (39 ⅜ x 59 in) framed 130 x 180 cm (51 ⅛ x 70 ⅞ in) ...
Canvas, Oil
$88,625
Promenade au Bois de Boulogne - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Jean Dufy
By Jean Dufy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas figures and animals in landscape by French post impressionist painter Jean Dufy. This colourful piece - painted in mainly blue, green and yellow tones - depicts ...
Canvas, Oil
Enric Porta Mestre, 'Mediterranean Village Landscape', Oil on Canvas.
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Vibrant oil on canvas by Catalan painter Enric Porta Mestre (1898–1993), depicting a colorful view of his hometown, La Pobla de Segur, nestled in the Mediterranean landscape. This ri...
Oil
$4,000Sale Price|20% Off
"Le Marché à Martigues" Colorful Impressionist view of Market Scene Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
A strong Post-Impressionist oil on canvas painting by André Roubaud depicting the Market in Martigues in France, executed in wonderful colors and gestural brush strokes. With magnifi...
Canvas, Oil
After The Snowfall. Landscape Painaintings, horizontal impressionism, lake, city
Located in Oslo, NO
"In this artwork I depicted a place that I love very much." said Anna Shesterikova about this landscape painting. " This is the Swiss village Werdenberg. I often walk along this emba...
Canvas, Oil
“High Society”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of a lavish interior dinner party scene by Venancio Zolla. Signed lower right. Condition is excellent. Bibliography printed label on frame verso. O...
Canvas, Oil
The Duplicity of the Moment, Impressionist Landscape in Pastel Tones, Surreal
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is a beautiful landscape painting by Alexandra Czierpka. By reducing color and form to their essentials, she invites the observer to contemplate the harmony between humans and n...
Paper, Acrylic
$57,277
Course d'Obstacles - Post Impressionist Figures in Landscape Oil by Jean Dufy
By Jean Dufy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas figures and animals in landscape circa 1955 by French post impressionist painter Jean Dufy. This colourful piece depicts a view of horses and their riders at a s...
Canvas, Oil
$6,601Sale Price|20% Off
Gladioli in Vase - British 1030's floral still life art oil painting flowers
By Philip Naviasky
Located in Hagley, England
This gorgeous vibrant British floral oil painting is by noted Leeds artist Philip Naviasky. Painted circa 1939 the composition is a mixed floral arrangement in a doubled handled patt...
Oil
$17,953
Femme et jeune fille - Post Impressionist Figurative Oil by Henri Lebasque
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated figurative oil on panel circa 1920 by French post impressionist painter Henri Lebasque. The piece depicts a woman in a red dress sewing while a young girl in a pink ...
Oil, Panel
$470Sale Price|20% Off
Spanish Fisherwomen on Mediterranean Beach Post Impressionist Coastal Scene Art
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Spanish Fisherwomen on Mediterranean Beach Post Impressionist Coastal Scene Artist: Gabriel Casarrubios Martín (1953) Title: Fisherwomen on the Beach Medium: Oil on board Dimensions...
Oil, Board
"Floral Arrangment in Jug" Post-Impressionism Still Life Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical bouquet of flowers in a beautiful white jug seated on a table with a background bursting with colors. The piece is done in a highly impressionistic ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,320Sale Price|20% Off
Cote d'Azur Mediterranean Provencal Village South of France 20thC Oil Painting
By Max Toutain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The South of France (Cagnes sur Mer?) by Max Toutain (1935-2006) oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas : 26 x 21.5 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have ...
Oil
$1,045Sale Price|20% Off
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
Houses by the River - Oil Painting - Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Elisée Maclet (1881-1962) Houses by the River, c. 1960 Oil on panel Signed lower right Countersigned and dated on the back On panel: 46 x 38 cm (c. 18 x 18 in) Presented with the wo...
Oil
$500Sale Price|20% Off
French Village House Steps Garden Path and Hillside Landscape Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Village House Steps Garden Path and Hillside Landscape Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W): 8.75 x 6.5 inches Condition: Good overall, with light handling marks and minor natural toning consistent with age. Provenance: From the artist’s studio sale in France; all works by this artist in our collection originate from the artist’s estate. Description: This lyrical watercolor by Pierre Neveu captures a peaceful French village scene framed by a sunlit garden path, steps, and a cluster of traditional houses set against rolling hills. Neveu’s fluid brushwork and instinctive sense of colour bring instant warmth to the composition. Golden ochres, deep greens, and soft sky blues harmonise to create a vibrant yet intimate view of rural life in France. At the centre of the composition, a set of gently descending steps leads toward a small white house with a sharply peaked roof—one of the characteristic architectural forms found in many historic French villages. Surrounding it, Neveu uses expressive, loosely applied washes to depict dense foliage, casting natural shadows across the walkway. The vegetation, built from layered greens, ochres, and deep blue-greys, frames the scene beautifully and adds depth to the composition. Beyond the houses, the distant hillside glows with warm, earthy tones—suggesting late summer or early autumn light spreading across the fields. Neveu’s characteristic blend of linework and transparency gives the painting a sense of immediacy, as though capturing a moment during a quiet stroll through a village lane. His architectural training subtly informs the structure of the houses, even as the overall work maintains an impressionistic softness. Perfect for collectors of European village landscapes...
Watercolor
$941Sale Price|20% Off
Mediterranean Harbor Scene with Boats and Figures Spanish Oil Canvas Painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Mediterranean Harbor Scene with Boats and Figures, Spanish Oil Painting Artist: Juan Casellas Martínez Title: Mediterranean harbor scene with boats and figures Technique: Oil on can...
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
"Evening Along The Avenue" Post-Impressionist Street Scene Oil Painting Canvas
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
Signed Post-Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas, 25 x 22 in, Framed
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
Small Oil Painting of French Countryside Landscape, Signed
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Subject : Small oil painting of a landscape in the French countryside, in excellent condition. Origin: from a private collection in France Medium : Oil on archival oil painting paper...
Oil
$1,012Sale Price|20% Off
Orchestra With Conductor Leading Musicians At A Bright Halle French Oil Painting
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Orchestra With Conductor Leading Musicians At A Bright Halle French Oil Painting Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 36 x 29 inches Condition...
Oil
$2,650
Women Seated in Garden "Femmos Restant" New Hope Pennsylvania Artist Edna Gass
By Edna Gass
Located in Soquel, CA
Women Seated in Garden "Femmos Restant" New Hope Pennsylvania Artist Edna Gass Women Seated in the Garden 'Femmos Restant" by New Hope Artist Edna Gass (American, 1904–1993). Image, ...
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
"Nestled In" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Andrew Bailey's "Nestled In" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts blue shadows and yellow light playing on the surface of snow co...
Oil, Panel
$1,644Sale Price|20% Off
Large Traditional English Summer River Landscape Oil Painting Harvest & Picnic
By Don Vaughan
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Summertime Harvest by Don Vaughan (British, 20th century) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 25 x 35.5 inches canvas : 20 x 30 inches Provenance: private collection, Surrey, Englan...
Oil
$1,320Sale Price|20% Off
Superb French Post-Impressionist Signed Oil Still Life Fruit & Champagne
By Guy Benard
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: signed Guy Benard (French, contemporary) Title: 'Nature Morte' Medium: oil on canvas, unframed and inscribed verso Canvas: 18 x 21.5 inch...
Oil
$6,400Sale Price|20% Off
"Café de la Paix, Opéra" Post-Impressionist Parisian Street Scene Oil Painting
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, Board
'Breaking Waves, Hawaii', Association of Honolulu Artists, Vincent Price, O'ahu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Conklin' for Pil Soon Conklin (American, 1924-1977) and painted circa 1965. This Hawaiian woman artist exhibited with success in the 1960s and 1970s and was the...
Canvas, Oil
$187Sale Price|43% Off
Angus Maywood MCEwan RSW (1963) Original signed watercolour FIFE Sunset SCOTTISH
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Angus Maywood McEwan RSW (1963-) Scottish TITLE: “Wormits Bay Sunset” SIGNED: lower left MEDIUM: watercolour SIZE: 45cm x 38cm inc frame CONDIT...
Watercolor
"The Golf" Chiberta in Southern France Post-Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting
By Marcel Dyf
Located in New York, NY
Marcel Dyf was mostly known for his effortless way to captures the times of the people. Executing most works on-site, he truly was able to absorb the energy and the day, movement of ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,650Sale Price|20% Off
1930s European Fauvist Signed Oil Painting - Portrait of Bearded Young Man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: European School, circa 1920's-1930's period, indistinctly signed lower left corner. Title: Portrait of a young Gentleman, with a beard. The work is largely Fauvist i...
Oil
Red House in Vaduz. Oil, impressionism, Landscape Paintings, mountains
Located in Oslo, NO
This landscape painting was painted outdoors in the Principality of Liechtenstein. It shows the so-called Red House. "In my oil paintings I capture the essence of a picturesque scen...
Oil
$2,055
Lucien Hector JONAS (1880-1947) Dijon French Post Impressionist Oil Painting
By Lucien Jonas
Located in Holywell, GB
Lucien Hector Jonas (1880–1947) Dijon, France, 1938 A stylish en plein air view of the town square in Dijon, painted in May 1938. Executed in oil on paper laid onto canvas, a techni...
Oil
$1,719
Mother and Child in Garden by Pierre Neveu French Figurative Signed Oil Painting
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mother and Child in Garden by Pierre Neveu French Figurative Oil Painting by Pierre Neveu (1920–1998), French signed and dated 1955 lower right oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 29 x ...
Pastel, Color Pencil
$566Sale Price|20% Off
French Hilltop Village Fields Distant Landscape and Clouds Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Hilltop Village Fields Distant Landscape and Clouds Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W): 6.25 x ...
Watercolor
$4,000Sale Price|20% Off
Early 20th Century Seascape of Capri, Amalfi Coast
Located in Soquel, CA
Luminous early 20th Century seascape of Capri on Amalfi Coast by Albert Wenk (German, 1863-1934), 1913. Signed and dated lower left corner. Cond...
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
"Window" Oil cm. 134 x 126, 1968
Located in Torino, IT
Open window to the city in spring, light, roofs, City, Interior MAYA KOPITZEVA (Gagra, Georgia, 1924 - 2005) Signature in the bottom right corner. Maya kopitzeva’s works have bee...
Canvas, Oil
$4,500
"Voilier" Pointillistic Colorful Sea Scape with Sailboat Oil Painting on Canvas
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
$1,920Sale Price|20% Off
"In the Garden"
Located in Southampton, NY
Whitney Myron Hubbard's wife in the garden Signed in pencil lower left Whitney M. Hubbard. Framed in a contemporary gold leaf frame 16 by 13.75 inches. A seventy year resident of G...
Oil, Board
$1,200Sale Price|45% Off
"In the Catskills"
By Paul Wesley
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on artist board painting by the American artist, Paul Wesley. Signed lower right. Titled and signed verso. Circa 1930. Condition: excellent. Provenance: A private estate, East ...
Oil, Board
$1,600Sale Price|20% Off
Small Scale Fauvist Landscape - Forest Wonder
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant fauvist landscape of redwood trees titled "Forest Wonder" by John Stenvall (American, 1907- 1998), 1993. Signed lower left corner. Presented in g...
Paper, Acrylic