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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Snowy Landscape, 1915 Oil on Canvas, Post-Impressionist, Framed
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Alexandre Altmann (1878-1932) Snowy Landscape, 1915 Oil on canvas, 50 x 65 cm Provenance: Private collection, France Captured in the winter tones of 1915 by Alexandre Altmann, 'Sn...
Oil
$3,500
Algonquin Park Fall Landscape Oil on Canvas 'Paddling on Tea Lake in October'
Located in Toronto, ON
'Paddling on Tea Lake in October' is drawn from the artist's trips to Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada in the fall of 2023. From the perspective of a canoe paddling down the lake this...
Canvas, Oil
Large French Oil Painting Chateau Jacques Eitel
Located in Surfside, FL
Jacques Eitel (French, 1926-2006) Le Chateau d'O, Hand signed lower right. The stretcher is hand inscribed in pencil "Le Chateau d'O" and retains labels from Doyle Auction House N...
Canvas, Oil
Winter Evening Fifth Avenue - New York at Night - Mid-Century.
By Ernest Fiene
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-century New York City is represented as a moment in time. The artist populates his scene with isolated figures that are more shapes of people as opposed to specific individuals....
Canvas, Oil
Spring Breath
Located in Zofingen, AG
Spring Breath unfolds as a meditation on renewal — a moment when life returns not gradually, but with quiet certainty. The work reflects the sensation of reawakening, where the world...
Acrylic, Board, Oil
The Pekingese (Le Pékinois), drawing of a dog by Georges Manzana Pissarro
By Georges Henri Manzana Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Le Pékinois by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871 - 1961) Charcoal on paper 41 x 49 cm (16 ¹/₈ x 19 ¹/₄ inches) Signed lower centre, Manzana Pissarro This work is accompanied by a cer...
Charcoal, Paper
$412
Contemporary abstract expressionist floral painting on paper "Fauvist bloom"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract expressionist still life was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot, and forms part of her ongoing Still Life series—a vibrant and emotional exploration...
Paper, Acrylic
$3,200
Rabbi Cheder Test Hungarian Judaica Oil Painting Nandor Brenner Vidai Bar Mitzva
By Nandor Vydai Brenner
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed lower left Oil on canvas A Bar Mitzvah boy Yeshiva Cheder test Rare Pre World War II (Pre Holocaust) Judaica Art. European Judaic art from this period is exceedingly rar...
Canvas, Oil
$1,488Sale Price|20% Off
French Modernist Provence Cote d'Azur Coastal Seascape Villa Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title French Modernist Provence Cote d'Azur Coastal Seascape Villa Oil Painting Key Details Artist: French School, 20th century, signed Title: La Cote d'Azur Medium: Oil painting on ...
Oil
$1,322Sale Price|20% Off
Biot South of France Provence Sun Scorched Landscape Colorful Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Biot, Provence French School, dated 2004 signed acrylic on canvas, framed framed: 25.5 x 29 inches canvas: 18 x 21.5 inches Inscribed verso Provenance: private collection, France C...
Acrylic
Post War Figurative - Pointillist Painting "Weekend at the Beach" Signed
Located in Soquel, CA
Post War Bay Area Figurative - Original Watercolor Painting "Weekend at the Beach Vibrant watercolor of family on the beach by Turkish-American artist Ömer Şahingil (Turkish/Americ...
Watercolor, Laid Paper
$744Sale Price|20% Off
French Post Impressionist Oil Contemporary Coastal Scene with Fishing Nets
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Coastal Scene signed by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001) mounted in a card frame oil painted on artist paper, beautifully painted. very good condition framed: 23.5 x 33 inches artist pap...
Oil
Carlos Nadal, Pont de Ville
By Carlos Nadal
Located in Madrid, ES
CARLOS NADAL Spanish, 1917 - 1998 PONT DE VILLE signed "Nadal" (lower right) titled, signed and dated "PONT DE VILLE / Nadal / 1981" (on the reverse) with the atelier stamp (on the r...
Oil, Canvas
$1,550
Tethered to the Deep, Impressionist Moonlight Landscape, Deep Blue Nocturnal
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
$18,838
"Saint Peter's Square, Rome", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Gustavo Bacarisas
Located in Madrid, ES
GUSTAVO BACARISAS Gibraltian, 1873 - 1971 SAINT PETER´S SQUARE, ROME signed "G. BACARISAS. ROMA : 08" (lower left) oil on canvas 19-1/4 x 27-1/4 inch...
Canvas, Oil
The first breath
Located in Zofingen, AG
The First Breath is a metaphor for the very beginning of a journey, when identity first declares itself after a long period of silence. The slender white bells, pushing through the c...
Canvas, Acrylic
Domina
Located in Zofingen, AG
An ironic theatrical scene unfolds as a deliberate display. At its core lies self-worth that lends the image a distinct charm. The unseen gaze feels so assured that it unsettles tho...
Canvas, Acrylic
Spring Flood, Ockelbo – Rare Winter Landscape by Andreas Hanson, 1917
Located in Stockholm, SE
Painted in 1917, this striking winter landscape captures the force and stillness of a spring flood, likely set in the artist’s native Ockelbo region. The painting is a rare example o...
Canvas, Oil
Still Life on a Windowsill
By Jeanne Selmershein-Desgrange
Located in Sheffield, MA
Jeanne Selmersheim-Desgrange French, 1877–1958 Still Life on a Windowsill Oil on canvas 28 ¾ by 36 ¼ in, w/ frame 38 ¼ by 45 ½ in Signed lower right Jeanne Selmersheim-Desgrange (1...
Oil
$2,943
Lakeside Reflections, Impressionist Oil on Board, Signed 1945, 49.5 cm
Located in Stockholm, SE
Erland Olsen (1878–1952) Sweden Lakeside Reflections, Värmland oil on board unframed 33 x 48.5 cm (13.00 x 19.09 inches) framed 49.5 x 64.5 cm (19.49 x 25.39 inches) unsigned Prov...
Oil, Board
Early Evening
Located in Fairfield, CT
Armine Bozhko works on the crossroads of different cultures- she was born in Ukrainian-Armenian family of writers and diplomats, studied in Republican art school by Taras Shevchenko,...
Canvas, Oil
$2,080Sale Price|20% Off
“Dutch Harbor”
Located in Southampton, NY
This wonderful seaport painting is by Jan Simon Knikker Jr. (Dutch, 1911–1990). Knikker was a prolific painter of the Hague school. Judging by the subject and age of the canvas this wonderful depiction of an industrial dutch port is from the 1960's. Signed lower right. Condition is good. Oil on canvas. Overall framed measurements are 23 by 27 inches. Provenance: A upstate, New York collector. Biography artist Jan Simon Knikker (Leiden 1911 – The Hague 1990), known as Jan, was born in Leiden in 1911. He lived and worked in Wassenaar, after that in Voorschoten until 1937 and then in The Hague. Signed with Jan Knikker jr. Son or Jan Simon Knikker sr. He was a student at the Academy of Visual Arts in The Hague (1928-1932) and of his father Jan Knikker Sr. He painted summer, river and winter landscapes, still lifes and cityscapes in a figurative way in the style of the Hague School. He is therefore seen as a follower of the Hague School and he worked a lot for art dealers. Abroad his cityscapes are particularly sought after. Although the Knikker family of painters and in particular Jan Knikker senior (Oude Jan) and Aris Knikker...
Canvas, Oil
$3,532
Sea Breeze. Acrylic Landscape Painting, ocean, Impressionist, Seychellen
Located in Oslo, NO
Acrylic painting, large horizontal format, Seychelles, ocean shore, impressionism The painting "Sea Breeze," acrylic on canvas, sand, 90 x 100 cm, from the Seychelles series, is a p...
Canvas, Acrylic
The Tenderness of the First Leaves. Impressionism, lake, tree, spring, mountains
Located in Oslo, NO
In the artwork "Tenderness of the First Leaves", painted en plein air, inspired by the beauty and tenderness she saw, the artist conveyed a fleeting, almost elusive moment of nature'...
Canvas, Oil
"Model Charlotte" Original impressionistic .Nudes across mediums
Located in Oslo, NO
In this oil painting, I've captured a moment of introspective contemplation, using the figurative impressionism style to emphasize the raw emotions and vulnerability. The brushstroke...
Canvas, Oil
Fedor Kascheev "Railja" Oil on Board, 1958
Located in Astoria, NY
Fedor Kascheev (Russian, b. 1934), "Railja", Oil on Board, 1958, depicting the portrait of a young girl, signed in pencil and dated to verso, with Certificate of Authenticity label f...
Oil, Board
Playing By the Fountain
Located in Sheffield, MA
Esther Williams American, 1907-1967 Playing By the Fountain Oil on canvas 40 by 50 in, w/ frame 48 ⅛ by 58 in Signed lower left Inventory Number: 01808 Exhibited: Boston Museum of...
Canvas, Oil
Classical Statue in the Parc at Versailles, Post-Impressionist Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Cotignac, FR
French mid century view of a classical statue in the park at Versaille, oil on panel, by Emile-Marie Beaume. The painting is signed and located to the back of the panel. presented in...
Oil, Wood Panel
Madame Cosson dans son jardin
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
Marcel COSSON (1878-1956) Madame Cosson dans son Jardin Oil on canvas Size : 60,4 x 73,4 cm Signed lower left Painting in perfect condition Without frame Sold with invoice and certif...
Oil, Canvas
Shady Nook. Landscape paintings, garden, flowers, vertical, chair, impressionism
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting "Shady Nook" is a lyrical landscape imbued with a sense of silence, solitude, and inner peace. The artist masterfully works with oil painting, creating a soft, vibrant t...
Canvas, Oil
$1,322Sale Price|20% Off
1950's French Post Impressionist Signed Oil View over Antibes Rooftops
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Antibes", South of France by Pierre Pruvost (French 1921-2008) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 13 x 16.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and ...
Oil, Canvas
1940s Italian Signed Fauve Style Landscape Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Roma, IT
This important and rare landscape painting by the great Roman artist Aldo Natili (Rome, 1913–1975) displays an artistic style akin to the Fauvist movement. The painting depicts a ru...
Canvas, Oil
Paris, Montmartre : Moulin de la Galette (The Mill) - Oil Painting - Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Elisée MACLET (1881-1962) Paris, Montmartre : Moulin de la Galette (The Mill), c. 1930 Original oil painting on panel Signed bottom middle On panel 61 x 46 cm (c. 24 x 18 in) Prese...
Oil
$2,708
Two Boats, Comacchio. Oil Landscape Paintings, flowers, boat, Impressionism
Located in Oslo, NO
"In this image I captured an incredibly beautiful corner of the ancient Italian city of Comacchio." said Anna Shesterikova abouit this artwork. "Two boats are a symbol of the quiet l...
Oil
$1,766
«Last snow in Drøbak» Square impressionistic landscape. Original oil painting
Located in Oslo, NO
This captivating artwork presents a serene coastal village scene, where a winding path leads the viewer's eye toward charming houses nestled along the shoreline. Large, leafless tree...
Canvas, Oil
Rue de Rivoli 2, Framed Colorful Impressionist Painting by Charles Cobelle
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rue de Rivoli 2 Charles Cobelle, French (1902–1994) Date: circa 1968 Acrylic on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 15 x 30 in. (38.1 x 76.2 cm) Frame Size: 23 x 37 inches
Canvas
French Stone Village Street with Steps and Archway Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Stone Village Street with Steps and Archway Watercolour Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Signed lower right “P. Neveu”...
Watercolor
French Village Street Scene with Horse and Church Watercolor and Ink Signed
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Village Street Scene with Horse and Church Watercolor and Ink Signed Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 7.25 x 10....
Watercolor
French Orchard Landscape with Fruit Trees Watercolor and Ink Signed 1978
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Orchard Landscape with Fruit Trees Watercolor and Ink Signed 1978 Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 4 x 10.25 inc...
Watercolor
At dawn" abstract marine landscape by Lilia Volskaya.
Located in Zofingen, AG
"At dawn" abstract marine landscape by Lilia Volskaya. Charming seascape. He breathes sea spray and foam. Waves run into the endless expanses of the sea At dawn, the water turns red....
Canvas, Lacquer, Oil
Yoshiwara - Japan - Post Impressionist Figurative Pastel by Georges Dantu
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figurative pastel on board by French post impressionist painter Georges Victor Laurent Dantu. The work depict women on a rainy evening in Yoshiwara. Yoshiwara was the primary ...
Pastel, Board
$941
"The gentle Home" Contemporary figurative interior acrylic painting on paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"The Gentle Home" is a contemporary acrylic interior painting by French artist Natalya Mougenot, sized 50 x 65 cm (approx. 19.7 x 25.6 inches) and painted on heavyweight professional...
Paper, Acrylic
Ebb. Signed Acrylic Landscape Painting, Post-Impressionist, Seychellen
Located in Oslo, NO
Landscape Paintings, beach, sea, Seychelles, impressionism, nature Anna Shesterikova's painting "Ebb" is a subtle pictorial exploration of light, water, and the natural harmony of t...
Canvas, Acrylic
Pont du Chemin de Fer à Moret by Georges Manzana Pissarro - River scene
By Georges Henri Manzana Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Pont du Chemin de Fer à Moret by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961) Oil on canvas 54.5 x 65.2 cm (21 ¹/₂ x 25 ⁵/₈ inches) Signed lower right, manzana. Titled and date on the stret...
Canvas, Oil
$617Sale Price|20% Off
La Roche d’Ougla Village Street and Church French Countryside Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: La Roche d’Ougla Village Street and Church French Countryside Watercolour Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist sketchbook paper, unframed Size (H...
Watercolor
$620
Cote dAzur Cap Camarat Coastal Landscape Watercolor French Modern Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Cote dAzur Cap Camarat Coastal Landscape Watercolor French Modern Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on paper, mounted, unframed Signed lowe...
Watercolor
Steps Left in Memory, . Series Architecture of Memory
Located in Zofingen, AG
Shipedd in roll This large vertical canvas forms a diptych with 'The Street I Almost Remember,' sharing its deep wine-red and muted purple palette. The composition focuses on a flig...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Le Piège à Oiseaux
Located in Sheffield, MA
Georges D'espagnat French, 1870 - 1950 Le Piège à Oiseaux Signed gdE (lower right) Oil on canvas 66 3/4 by 48 1/2 in. W/frame 70 ¾ by 52 ½ in. Born at Melun on 14th August 1870, G...
Oil
$1,280Sale Price|20% Off
Liquid Sun Splash landscape impressionistic
Located in Palm Desert, CA
���If you don't like the weather in New England now, just wait a few minutes.� - Mark Twain The weather in Hawaii provides a similar effect, or rather than waiting as it changes, a person can experience radiant sunshine and pouring rain simultaneously. This one in a series of "windshield paintings"is painterly, brushy, a little bit textured, and slightly raised, particularly for the drops. Painted on gallery wrapped linen, on 1 1/2 inch deep stretchers. The edges are hand painted, providing a finished look, suitable for framing, or beautiful left as is. A childhood of moving and traveling around the United States has shaped Katherine Kean�۪s vision, as have journeys to eastern Africa, Mexico, Scotland, France and painting jaunts all over Kean�۪s now native California. Born in West Virginia, moving later to Ohio and New Jersey, but growing up mainly in Massachusetts, she attended Rhode Island School of Design, graduating with a BFA in Film, Video and Animation. Long fascinated by the intersection of order and chaos in the natural world, Katherine Kean skillfully uses observation, memory, and interpretation to translate her love of nature�۪s kinetic phenomena into paintings that capture the often turbulent emotions within light, weather, and landscapes. Her work has exhibited in museums and galleries across the United States, including the LACMA Art Rental and Sales Gallery and the Brand Library Art Gallery in Los...
Oil
$1,412
Cherry Trees. Horizontal landscape, impressionism, flowers, mountains, natur
Located in Oslo, NO
"I painted this landscape painting in the fields outside the city where I live," said Anna Shesterikova about this artwork. "The exuberance of April and the expression of spring joy ...
Oil
Flower Seller, Paris
Located in Sheffield, MA
Cesar Villacres Ecuador, 1880–1941 Flower Seller, Paris Cesar Villacres was an Ecuadorean artsit that worked in South America & Paris. He exhibit...
Oil
Sunflowers, Schaan. Autumn, landscape, oil, impressionism, flowers, mountains.
Located in Oslo, NO
Yellow, shaggy sunflowers are a symbol of the warm sun, summer and the beauty of the world! This painting gives the viewer harmony and at the same time charges with energy and optimi...
Oil, Canvas
When Humanity Is No More. Original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
The work reflects on life outside the human value system. On a world where only animals and flowers remain—wild, whole, making no attempt to conform or earn the right to exist. Here,...
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,637Sale Price|20% Off
Piazza della Signoria, Florence Oil on Canvas, Signed, 1960, 60x73 cm
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Author: José Manuel Chico Prats (Barcelona, 1916 – 2006) Title: Piazza della Signoria, Florence Date: c. 1960 Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 60 × 73 cm (23.6 × 28.7 in) Signatu...
Oil, Canvas
$2,200Sale Price|22% Off
"Woodstock, New York"
By Ben Benn
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on artist board painting by the Russian/American artist Ben Benn. Signed lower right and signed titled and dated in pencil verso. 1929. Overall in custom contemporary ...
Oil, Board
Fauvist Seated Woman with Fan Spanish Figurative Modern Mediterranean Painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Fauvist Seated Woman with Fan Spanish Figurative Modern Mediterranean Painting Artist: Jordi Curós Ventura (1930–2007) Title: Woman with Fan Date: 1979 Medium: Mixed media on canvas...
Mixed Media
The shore of silent steps. Abstract Original Painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
The Shore of Silent Steps is a metaphor for the careful stewardship of one's own experience. The multicolored stones, washed by transparent water, symbolize the mosaic of our memorie...
Canvas, Acrylic
Louis Valtat Mere Et Enfant Monumental Oil Painting
By Louis Valtat
Located in Dallas, TX
Louis Valtat (French, 1869-1952) Fauvist Oil painting of a mother and child. A very large painting by Louis Valtat titled Mere et Enfant (Mother and C...
Canvas, Oil
There Is Enough of Everything
Located in Zofingen, AG
This work speaks of abundance as an inner condition. Value is not reduced to material measure; it expands into a way of relating to the world. In childhood, abundance felt like a ga...
Canvas, Acrylic
$992Sale Price|20% Off
Early 1900's French Impressionist Oil Sketch Quiet Venetian Backwater Canal
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Venice by Etienne Auguste Krier ( French, 1875 - 1953) oil on board, framed framed: 10.5 x 7.5 inches board: 8 x 6 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: very good ...
Oil