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.
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
Quiet Shore, Sandy Beach with Boats, Oil on Canvas, Early 20th Century, Unframed
Located in Genève, GE
Indistinctly signed lower right. Oil on canvas. European School, circa 1920–1940. This serene oil on canvas, bearing an indistinct signature in the lower right, depicts a quiet coastal landscape animated by a few small fishing boats near the shoreline. The composition is dominated by an expansive sky and a calm sea, rendered in a remarkably subtle palette of pale blue, soft grey, cream and delicate sandy pink. Along the horizon, the distant coastline almost disappears into the atmospheric haze, creating a beautiful sense of depth and tranquility. In the foreground, the broad stretch of beach is treated with great simplicity, allowing the eye to travel naturally toward the water. A handful of small boats punctuate the otherwise peaceful expanse, while delicate lines of breaking waves provide subtle movement across the surface of the sea. The artist's restrained brushwork and finely modulated tonal range give the painting an almost poetic quality. Rather than emphasizing anecdotal detail, the composition focuses on light, atmosphere and the meeting of sea and sky. The muted colors and diffused luminosity suggest the quiet hours of morning or late afternoon along a European coastline. The unusually spacious composition, with its high horizon of cloud-filled sky and broad uninterrupted foreground, reinforces the contemplative character of the work. Dating from approximately the first half of the 20th century, this atmospheric coastal scene reflects the continuing influence of Post-Impressionist and Tonalist landscape painting. An elegant and highly decorative seascape whose soft, neutral palette would complement both traditional and contemporary interiors. Post-Impressionism – Tonalism – European School Antique Seascape, Coastal Landscape, Beach Painting, Seascape Painting, European Seascape, European School, Early 20th Century Painting, 1920s Painting, 1930s Painting, Post Impressionist Seascape, Tonalist Landscape, Tonalist Seascape, Coastal Painting, Beach Landscape, Fishing Boats, Fishing Boat Painting...
Oil, Canvas
$427Sale Price|20% Off
French Village Rooftops and Trees Watercolor Landscape Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Village Rooftops and Trees Watercolor Landscape Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 14.5 x 10.75 inche...
Watercolor
$406Sale Price|36% Off
Woman with Guitar Mixed Media Painting, Fauvist Style, Signed, 1970s
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Woman with Guitar Artist: Jordi Curós Ventura (1930–2017) Technique: Mixed media on canvas board Dimensions: 46 x 55 cm Framed: No Period: S...
Mixed Media
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
Flowers in a Vase - Early 20th Century French Paris School Still Life Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful early 20th century Ecole de Paris oil on board still life depicting mixed flowers in a blue vase with books on table, by Hélène Polovtstoff. Excellent quality work by thi...
Oil
$2,323
Portofino. Sunset, impressionism, horizontal, Landscape Paintings, sea, Italy
Located in Oslo, NO
"This landscape painting was painted based on my memories of my trip in 2023 to Portofino, the paradise corner of Italy." said Anna about this work. "Not only small boats, but also t...
Canvas, Oil
Summer landscape, Marie-Lucie Nessi, Woman Post-impressionist, Oil on canvas
Located in New York, NY
Marie Lucie Nessi-Valtat Summer landscape, ca. 1950 Oil on canvas Canvas: 17 1/3 × 21 in l 44 × 53 cm Frame: 19 2/3 x 23 1/4 l 50 x 59 cm Signed lower right Marie-Lucie Nessi Valta...
Canvas, Oil
$464Sale Price|46% Off
Paris France oil on canvas painting urbanscape
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Frame size 70x59 cm. Caroline Burnett, born in 1940, was a painter known for capturing the charm of urban scenes and landscapes with a vibrant and colorful style. Although little is...
Canvas, Oil
$1,124Sale Price|20% Off
Côte d'Azur Blue Sea Coastal 20th Century French Post Impressionist Oil Painting
By Max Toutain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Blue Coast signed by Max Toutain (1935-2006) oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 31 x 42 inches canvas : 26 x 36 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist ha...
Oil
$929Sale Price|36% Off
Plaza Nova Barcelona Gothic Quarter Oil Painting Spanish Fauvist Cityscape
By Ignasi Mundó
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Plaza Nova Barcelona Gothic Quarter Oil Painting Spanish Fauvist Cityscape Artist: Ignasi Mundó Marcet (1918–2012) Title: Plaza Nova, Barcelona Medium: O...
Oil, Canvas
$10,000
"Montmartre" Post-Impressionist Lively Paris 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
$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
$813Sale Price|36% 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...
Canvas, Oil
$1,081Sale Price|20% Off
Still-Life Painting, Signed Oil on Board, Post-Impressionist, Framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jean - Luc Mauger (1952) French School, 20th century signed oil on board, framed framed: 18.5 x 14.5 inches board: 15 x 12 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: v...
Oil
"Portofino Marina" Vibrant Impressionist Harbor Scene Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Ernest Audibert’s marina and harbor paintings are among the most beloved and commercially successful parts of his body of work. This piece is a pertinent example of this, as he captu...
Canvas, Oil
$2,379Sale Price|20% Off
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
$1,054Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th Century French Post Impressionist Signed Oil St. Remy de Provence House
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Les Alpilles, St. Remy-de-Provence French School, mid 20th century signed oil on board, framed framed: 18 x 21 inches board: 13 x 16 inches provenance: private collection, Paris cond...
Oil
$1,622Sale 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
$3,500
"Marsh Stream Valley" Impressionistic Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
By Scott Moore
Located in New York, NY
Scott Moore captures the serene beauty of a rolling, forested landscape bathed in the soft, glowing light of dusk. A foreground meadow, painted in warm gol...
Canvas, Oil
$1,975Sale Price|34% Off
Spanish Mountain Landscape Oil Painting, Post-Impressionist Mediterranean View
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Spanish Mountain Landscape Oil Painting, Post-Impressionist Mediterranean View Artist: Josep Roca Sastre (1928–1997) Title: Spanish Landscape Year: 1981 M...
Canvas, Oil
$1,027Sale 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
$967Sale Price|20% Off
Provencal Green Landscape Antique French Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Provence Landscape French, Post-Impressionist artist circa 1920-1930 period, indistinctly signed lower right (incised into paint) oil on board, unframed board: 15 x 21.5 inches ...
Oil
$16,897
Framed pointillist oil on canvas painting. Horse racing, Signed Serge Mendjisky
Located in St. Albans, GB
Horses racing Serge Mendjisky (1929 - 2017) Signed and dated 1980. Oil on Canvas It is also signed, titled and dedicated on the reverse Canvas Size: 21 x 28" (54 x 73cm) Framed S...
Canvas, Oil
$1,189Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th Century 1950s French Oil Still Life Pink Fish & Lemons on Plate
By Regine David
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Fish (see notes below) by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018) oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 20 x 24 inches condition: This painting is in very goo...
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
"Gardasee", Sunset over Garda Lake with Mountains and Moon Italy
Located in Genève, GE
Dimensions with frame: 37 x 52,5 x 3 cm. Signed "R. Fuchs" in the lower right corner. Sunset over Garda Lake with Mountains and Moon Italy A serene and atmospheric landscape captur...
Oil, Wood Panel
"At the Park" Parisian Impressionistic Oil Painting of Figures in a Park Setting
Located in New York, NY
This piece was executed during Gravina's stay in Paris, where he packed in much detail. Figures are portrayed with utmost detail, allowing you to feel the passage of time effortlessl...
Canvas, Oil
$3,600Sale Price|20% Off
"Mediterranean Coastal View" Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
A vibrant impressionist oil painting depicting a still life setting with a beautiful Mediterranean coastal view. The lively scene is set indoors, looking out through an open window o...
Canvas, Oil
$1,886Sale Price|20% Off
Le Jardin en Provence Old Stone Garden & House French Impressionist Oil Painting
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
La Jardin Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) signed lower right Medium: oil on canvas, framed Framed size (H x W): 17 x 17.5 inches Canvas: 16 x 16.5 inches Condition: Good and so...
Oil
$702Sale Price|20% Off
Provence Hilltop Village Olive Trees Landscape Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Provence Hilltop Village Olive Trees Landscape Watercolour Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Gouache and watercolour on paper, unframed Size (H x W): 19.75 x 25.5 i...
Watercolor, Gouache
$967Sale 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
$440Sale Price|20% Off
Sloop Headed out to Sea - Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Sloop Headed out to Sea - Seascape in Oil on Canvas Seascape of a sailboat by unknown artist Rena (20th Century). A sloop is sailing away from the viewer, as if it is headed out to ...
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$973Sale Price|20% Off
1930's Ecole de Paris Oil Painting Lady Walking in Garden Fauvist Influence
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Le Jardin French School, typical of the Ecole de Paris movement circa 1930's period signed oil painting on board, unframed painting: 15 x 12 inches condition: very good provenance: p...
Oil
"Field in Half Light" Wolf Kahn, Impressionist, Countryside Light, Skyscape
By Wolf Kahn
Located in New York, NY
Wolf Kahn Field in Half Light, 1979 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 16 x 32 inches Provenance The artist Kornbluth Gallery, Fairlawn, New Jersey Norman Weinstein, Woodcliff Lake, N...
Canvas, Oil
"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
$3,137
Original Oil Paining, A Landscape View, 1927, Most likely from Nordingrå, Sweden
Located in Stockholm, SE
Carl Johansson's painting from 1927, most likely depicting a view from Nordingrå, encapsulates the serene beauty of the northern Swedish landscape. Born in Härnösand, Johansson drew ...
Oil, Wood Panel
$383Sale Price|34% 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
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
La Roque d’Anthéron Provençal Village Landscape Watercolour Painting
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
La Roque d’Anthéron, Provençal Village Landscape Pierre Neveu (French, 20th Century) Signed and inscribed “La Roque d’Anthéron” lower left. Medium: watercolour on paper. Size: 15 × 2...
Watercolor, Pen
$3,947Sale Price|20% Off
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
$535Sale Price|20% Off
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
$871
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
$729Sale Price|20% Off
Sunlit Woodland Landscape Large 1970's French Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunlit Forest French School, 1970's signed by J.Bredeche ( French School) oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 21 x 25.5 inches Inscribed verso Provenance: private collection, Paris Cond...
Canvas, Oil
Garden in Summer, Marie-Lucie Nessi, Woman Post-impressionist, Oil on canvas
Located in New York, NY
Marie Lucie Nessi-Valtat Garden in summer, ca. 1950 Oil on canvas Canvas: 19 × 22 1/2 in l 48 × 57 cm Frame: 21 2/3 x 25 1/4 l 55 x 64 cm Signed lower right Marie-Lucie Nessi Valta...
Canvas, Oil
First Date
Located in Zofingen, AG
This work turns to the moment of delicate emotional closeness, where attraction reveals itself through gestures of care, attention, and mutual pull. The artist captures the fragile ...
Acrylic
$580Sale Price|33% 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
Lavender blossom
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this work, I explore the ideas of resilience, groundedness, and quiet presence in a vibrant, constantly changing world. Here, the landscape becomes a metaphor for human consciousn...
Canvas, Acrylic
Girl reading in the garden
Located in Zofingen, AG
Girl Reading in the Garden This painting presents a contemporary figurative garden scene centered on a quiet moment of reading and contemplation. A young woman in a vivid yellow dres...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,297Sale Price|20% Off
1940's French Impressionist Signed Oil Atmospheric Moody River Scene & Boats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Quiet River French Impressionist, signed and dated 1940's oil on canvas, framed in original French frame. signed and dated framed: 35.5 x 36 inches canvas: 24 x 29 inches Prove...
Oil, Canvas
$865Sale Price|20% Off
1950's French Fauvist Signed Oil Red Roof Tops Pink Houses Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The French Town French School (Fauvist), mid 20th century indistinctly signed lower front oil painting on artists board, unframed size: 15 x 18 inches condition: very good provenance: from a private collection in Paris Superb mid 20th century French Fauvist...
Oil
$883Sale Price|20% Off
Spring Joy 2. Landscape, oil. Impressionismus. Flower. Art gallary.
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
$681Sale Price|20% Off
1940's Provence France Painting Landscape - Post Impressionist artist
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provencal Landscape by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998) Signed and dated 1947 From a batch of similar work where most were dated 1942-1947 watercolour painting on paper, unframed mea...
Watercolor
$12,098
Jacques-Emile Blanche - Scheveningen Beach and the Kurhaus, Oil, 1930
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Jacques-Émile Blanche (French, 1861–1942), Scheveningen Beach and the Kurhaus, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 1930 — a panoramic North Sea beach scene by one of the gre...
Oil
"St. Tropez" Parisian Marine Harbor Scene Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
As a French Impressionist artist, most of the Delarue's works were produced in the Mid-20th Century. He was known for his charming compositions and with a passion to portray life by ...
Canvas, Oil
$421Sale Price|41% Off
Original Oil Painting of Vibrant Still Life with Fruit Bowl and Sliced Fruit
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Painting of Vibrant Still Life with Fruit Bowl and Sliced Fruit Artist: Roland Pichard Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card Size: 13 (height) x 9.5 (width...
Oil
$6,460Sale Price|24% Off
Fishing Fleet at Sunset (Fiskebåtar i solnedgången), c. 1920
Located in Stockholm, SE
This panoramic marine composition presents a fishing fleet gathered on calm waters at sunset, rendered with a refined sensitivity to light and atmosphere. A sequence of sailing vesse...
Canvas, Oil
Blooming garden - Hela Contemporary flower oil pastel summer still life painting
By Hela
Located in DE
Hela is an emerging contemporary artist whose vibrant and playful paintings celebrate the quiet glamour of everyday life. With a focus on table settings, cocktails, glassware, and el...
Canvas, Acrylic
$946Sale 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
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