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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Orientala By Reuven Rubin
By Reuven Rubin
Located in New Orleans, LA
Reuven Rubin Israeli 1893-1974 Orientala Signed “Reuven Rubin" Oil on canvas A striking and unique work rendered in a breathtaking jewel-toned palette, Orientala by Rueven Rubin ...
Canvas, Oil
La Tour d’Aigues Provence Village River Landscape Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: La Tour d’Aigues Provence Village River Landscape Watercolou Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Gouache and watercolour on paper, unframed Size (H x W): 20.25 x 26.5...
Watercolor, Gouache, Felt Pen
Bord de l'Orne by Paulémile Pissarro - Post-Impressionist oil river scene
Located in London, GB
Bord de l'Orne by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972) Oil on canvas 46 x 61 cm (18 ¹/₈ x 24 inches) Signed lower left, Paulémile-Pissarro. Executed circa 1950 This work is accompanied by...
Canvas, Oil
Rare French, Paris 1935 Judaica Oil Painting Rabbis Studying S. Fleischman
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed and dated lower right Rare Judaica Art. Jewish genre scene. In the tradition of Moritz Oppenheim, Isidor Kauffman and Maurycy Gottlieb and later of Tully Filmus, Zalman ...
Oil, Board
$892Sale Price|20% Off
Cadaqués Oil Painting, Mediterranean Seascape, Signed, c. 1990-2000
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Rafael Durán Benet (Barcelona, 1931–2015) Title: Cadaqués Medium: Oil on canvas-board Size: 46 × 55 cm (18.1 × 21.6 in) Signature: Signed lower right R. Durán Inscription: Titled Cad...
Oil
$542Sale Price|28% Off
Vintage French Sleepy Street Scene Nice South of France Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Street, Nice French School, mid 20th century signed oil painting on board, framed inscribed verso framed: 8.5 x 6.5 inches canvas: 7 x 5 inches provenance: private collection...
Oil
Provence Village Church Bell Tower Gouache Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Provence Village Church Bell Tower Gouache Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Gouache and felt pen on paper, unframed Size (H x W): 20.25 x 26.25 inches...
Gouache, Felt Pen
La Porte de St.Denis, Paris
Located in Sheffield, MA
Francois Gerome French, 1895 La Porte de St.Denis, Paris Oil on canvas 16 by 20 in. W/frame 22 by 26 in. Signed lower right Framed in a period House of Heydenr...
Oil
$1,287Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th C French Impressionist Signed Oil Vintage Flowers Montparnasse Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Floral Still Life French School, mid 20th century indistinctly signed oil on board, framed in original mid 20th century Montparnasse frame framed: 29 x 33.5 inches board: 21 x 26 in...
Oil
Woman with a White Horse
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right and dated 1948 David Burliuk’s vibrant depiction of a Ukrainian countryside captures a moment of quiet resilience and rural harmony. A woman, adorned in a red ker...
Oil, Board
$469Sale Price|31% Off
Robledo Spain oil painting spanish landscape european art
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
**TECHNICAL SHEET** - **Author:** Rafael Durán Benet (1931-2015) - **Title:** Robledo - **Technique:** Oil on canvas mounted on board - **Dimensions:** 13 x 16 in - **Framed:** No -...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$650
Seine Valley French Farmhouse Landscape Pastel Drawing Rural France Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Seine Valley French Farmhouse Landscape Pastel Drawing Rural France Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Pastel and coloured pencil on artist paper, unfra...
Pastel
Relationship. Original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
The work addresses the state of protecting one’s inner core - the preservation of sensitivity, sensuality, and faith in the beauty and value of life. The eye serves as the core of c...
Canvas, Acrylic
Castle on the beach
Located in Zofingen, AG
Castle on the Beach invites the viewer into a quiet coastal landscape where sunlight, sea, and stone exist in gentle balance. Inspired by the shores of Lloret de Mar, the work captur...
Acrylic, Archival Paper
$821Sale Price|30% Off
Mediterranean Hill Town Landscape Expressionist Oil Painting Catalan School art
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Mediterranean Hill Town Landscape Expressionist Oil Painting Catalan School Artist: Valeri Farràs (L’Estany, Barcelona, 1950) Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 60 × 73 cm (23.6 × 28.7 in) Signature: Signed lower right Framed: Unframed Condition: Good overall condition. Stable paint layer with visible impasto and fresh chromatic surface. No restorations observed. DESCRIPTION Expressive Mediterranean hill town landscape painted in oil on canvas by Catalan artist Valeri Farràs. The composition presents a luminous white village rising across the hillside, crowned by the vertical presence of a church tower and structured through layered architectural planes that guide the eye upward through the composition. In the foreground, a diagonal path creates spatial depth while dense green foliage introduces a vibrant chromatic counterpoint to the pale façades. Executed with energetic brushwork and visible impasto, the painting captures the atmospheric vibration of Mediterranean light through a refined palette dominated by blues, violets, warm creams, and fresh greens. The architecture is constructed through rapid chromatic touches rather than linear definition, reinforcing the expressive character of the composition. This work belongs to the tradition of Mediterranean lyrical expressionism, where landscape is interpreted emotionally through color, rhythm, and painterly materiality rather than strict topographical description. With its balanced format and luminous palette, the painting offers strong decorative presence and excellent suitability for modern interiors. ARTIST BIOGRAPHY Valeri Farràs (L’Estany, Barcelona, 1950) is a Catalan painter associated with contemporary Mediterranean lyrical expressionism. A largely self-directed artist, he developed a distinctive visual language based on expressive color relationships and spontaneous brushwork, focusing primarily on Mediterranean villages, hillside architecture, and natural environments. His paintings are held in private collections across Europe and reflect a consistent exploration of light, atmosphere, and emotional landscape interpretation within the Catalan pictorial tradition. ARTISTIC CONTEXT This painting can be placed within the broader lineage of Mediterranean expressionist landscape painting associated with artists such as Joaquim Mir, Henri Matisse, and Nicolas de Staël, where architecture and landscape dissolve into chromatic structure and atmospheric sensation. Like these painters, Farràs prioritizes color as the primary vehicle for spatial construction and emotional resonance. Mediterranean landscape painting Hill town painting Catalan landscape painting Expressionist landscape Spanish modern painting...
Oil
The Vital Essence
Located in Zofingen, AG
Connections is a profound reflection on the unity and structure of the forest. The multitude of slender birch trunks creates a complex graphic network where the individuality of each...
Acrylic, Panel
$2,200Sale Price|44% 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
$1,761
Judith. Vertical, oil, flowers, fruits, summer, still life, impressionism
Located in Oslo, NO
The still life "Judith" was painted in the home garden of the artist in Switzerland. The tow depicts summer, fruits, a samovar, flowers, a cup with an image of Klimt's painting "Judi...
Oil
Spring in California. Seascape oil painting, impressionism, Ocean, beach, rocks
Located in Oslo, NO
"I painted this picture outdoors, on Bates Beach near Los Angeles." said Anna Shesterikova about this landscape painting. "It was a bright sunny January day. I was inspired by the be...
Oil
Ansouis Provence Chapel Road Landscape Pastel Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Ansouis Provence Chapel Road Landscape Pastel Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Pastel and coloured pencil on paper, unframed Size (H x W): 22.25 x 30....
Pastel, Color Pencil
$1,800
'Mannequins in a Store Window', Bay Area Figurative, Student of Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'Gordon', for Bud Gordon (American, born 1959); additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'Storefront with Mannequins and couple'. Accompanied with original foam backing with artist signature, titled and dated 2018. A vibrant Post-Impressionist collage showing a view of two figures walking past a clothing store window displaying fashionably dressed mannequins and reflecting cars and distant, wooded hills. This Northern California artist received his BA from UC Davis in 1977 where he studied with Larry Wheldon and Darrell Forney...
Paper, Acrylic
Ascesis
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Within the series “The Smile of Medusa,” this work introduces the theme of feminine endurance gradually transforming into a distinct form of strength. Limited resources and prolonge...
Acrylic
"Au bord du lagon à Mooréa", Post-Impressionnist signed painting
Located in Genève, GE
Signed "H. Dufaux" in the lower left corner. Titled and dated "Au bord du lagon à Mooréa 1935" on the reverse. Dimensions with frame: 47,8 x 60,8 x 5,5 cm. This atmospheric oil on c...
Canvas, Oil
$780Sale Price|20% Off
“A Parisian Beauty”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of a Parisian beauty in Paris, France by Gustave Cheri Manes. Signed lower right “Cheri” the artist’s middle name. Condition is very good. Circa 196...
Canvas, Oil
$1,190
Energy Time, Modern Abstract Landscape Diptych on Paper, Green Tones Garden
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
George Ames Aldrich
Located in Dallas, TX
George Ames Aldrich (American, 1872-1941) Landscape with Watermill Oil on canvas Canvas: 30 x 24 inches (76.2 x 61.0 cm) Framed: 38.5 x 32.5 x 2 Inchs Signed lower left: G. Ames A...
Canvas, Oil
$808
Mediterranean Beachfront with Tree and Distant Shoreline Watercolor Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mediterranean Beachfront with Tree and Distant Shoreline Watercolor Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on paper, unframed Size (H x W): 10.7...
Watercolor
$684Sale Price|20% Off
Original Oil Painting of Serene Mountain View of Delphi, Greece, with Blue Hues
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Painting of Serene Mountain View of Delphi, Greece, with Blue Hues Artist: Roland Pichard Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card Size: 8.75 (height) x 13.75...
Oil
My road
Located in Zofingen, AG
"In this work, I reflect on life choices, fatalism, and the inevitable passage of time, drawing upon the poetry of Robert Frost and the metaphor of autumn fading. The intertwined bra...
Canvas, Acrylic
The wishing tree
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this multilayered work, I explore the materialization of human thoughts, hopes, and innermost intentions. The image of the tree here is not merely a natural motif, but a mental ma...
Canvas, Acrylic
After the rain
Located in Zofingen, AG
"In this work, I explore the theme of inner duality and the search for balance through a restrained yet emotional color palette. For me, this canvas is more than just a botanical mot...
Canvas, Acrylic
On the Balcony Oil Painting, Large Impressionist Art, 81x100 cm
Located in Oslo, NO
In this oil painting, I've captured a tranquil moment on a sunlit balcony. The figure, immersed in thought by a spread of fresh blossoms and fruit, epitomizes serenity. My brushwork ...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
May Valley Oil Painting on Canvas, Fauvist Style, Circa 1980s
Located in Miami, FL
May Valley is a colorful painting made by Evelyne Ballestra, a French contemporary artist, while she was in Seychelles for art residency. The artist uses bright green tons colors in ...
Oil, Canvas
$1,479Sale 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
$982Sale Price|20% Off
1950's French Post Impressionist Signed Oil Lady under Parasol in French Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The French Cottage Garden French School, mid 20th centuyr indistinctly signed, dated 1950's oil on on canvas, unframed canvas : 16 x 19 inches Provenance: private collection, France...
Oil
$1,320Sale Price|25% Off
Magnolia Blossom. Impressionism, flowers, large, horizontal, acrylic
Located in Oslo, NO
“Magnolia Blossom” is a painting full of the gentle trembling of the petals of a beautiful tree, the light of a spring day and the blue of the sky! In spring, nature awakens from sle...
Oil, Acrylic
Winter Scene by the Water, 1912
Located in Stockholm, SE
This atmospheric winter painting depicts a solitary wooden building, likely a small workshop or riverside shed, situated beside a partially frozen waterway. Snow blankets the ground ...
Canvas, Oil
$5,423Sale Price|20% Off
Industrial Railway Landscape - Scottish 50s art Post Impressionist oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This vibrant colourful Scottish Post Impressionist oil painting is by noted Slade School artist and former Director of the Glasgow School of Art Sir Harry Jefferson Barnes. Painted i...
Oil
VUE DU SACRE COEUR - MONTMARTRE, PARIS
By Jean Salabet
Located in Sheffield, MA
Jean Salabet French, 20th Century Vue du Sacre Coeur, Paris Jean Salabet was a School of Paris painter know for his colorful Parisian cityscapes. His work is comparable to those of ...
Oil
$950Sale Price|47% Off
"At the Fountain"
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well executed oil on canvas painting exploring light and shadows by the American artist, Judd Gallet. It explores two women in conversation next to a...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
NATURE MORTE AU BOUQUET D'ANÉMONES French oil on canvas 1960s Post-Impressionist
Located in New York, NY
Nature morte au bouquet d’animones Circa 1960 Oil on canvas 26 x 20 inches (66 x 51 cm) Framed dimensions: 35 x 28 ½ inches (89 x 72.4 cm) Signed lower left: Martin Ferrieres Prove...
Oil, Canvas
$1,190
Deep Moss, Tropical Botanic Diptych in Dark Green, Jurassic Leaves, Pink Flowers
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
$9,392Sale Price|20% Off
Girl from Surma People. Vertical, girl, portrait, oil painting, impressionism
Located in Oslo, NO
"Girl from the Surma Tribe" continues the series of paintings "Children of the World". The so-called wild tribes of Surma live in remote regions of Ethiopia and are closely connecte...
Canvas, Oil
Reclining woman with man in background illustration
By Joe Bowler
Located in Miami, FL
Most likely for a magazine like Saturday Evening Post interior editorial spread. The empty space to the right was for the art director to surprint type. The empty space acts as a com...
Oil
$739Sale Price|20% Off
Abstract Diptych: Still Life with Bottle and Chairs - Contemporary Oil Paintings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Abstract Diptych: Still Life with Bottle and Chairs - Contemporary Oil Paintings Artist: Roland Pichard Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card Size: Left piece: 13 (heig...
Oil
$509Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawing of Tree-Lined Path in Ink
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawing of Tree-Lined Path in Ink by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Medium: Ink on unframed paper Size: 10.75 inches (height)...
Ink, Pen
$766Sale Price|20% Off
Still Boats Resting In The Venice Canals French Impressionist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on board, unframed Size : 21 x 26 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in overall...
Oil
"Great Wall II, " Pointillist Woodcut
By Ren Hui 1
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled “Great Wall II,” this pointillist woodcut by renowned Chinese artist Ren Hui depicts a stretch of the Great Wall of China in a network...
Acrylic, Plywood
$635Sale Price|20% Off
Mediterranean Fishing Boats Harbour Scene Coastal Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mediterranean Fishing Boats Harbour Scene Coastal Watercolour by Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W):...
Watercolor
Painting 20th Century Post Impressionist Paris Montmartre
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
HERVE Jules René (1887-1981) Tourists in Paris Montmartre Oil on canvas signed low right Gault framer (Paris) Dim canvas : 46 X 55 cm Dim frame : 66 X 75 cm HERVE Jules René (1887-19...
Oil
$536Sale Price|20% Off
Menton Lighthouse and Coastal Promenade French Riviera Study
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Menton Lighthouse and Coastal Promenade French Riviera Study Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W): 4 x 6 inches Sig...
Watercolor
Mental Drift
Located in Zofingen, AG
Within the series “Inner Round Dance,” the artist reveals the multilayered nature of thought, observing how certain inner states gradually displace others. More global ideas slowly ...
Acrylic
Modern Abstract Expressionist portrait woman acrylic on canvas "Unseen strength"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This modern Expressionist woman’s portrait, executed with elements of Fauvism, was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot and forms part of her ongoing series dedicated to Women. ...
Canvas, Acrylic, Linen
Pennsylvania Farm
By Marion Butler Ewald
Located in North Clarendon, VT
A beautiful Pennsylvania Farm painted by Marion Butler Ewald. Strong, bright and bold. Her career was short but her impact was impressive. 18" x 16" sight, 22.5" x 20.5" framed, oil ...
Oil
Flowers in White Vase. Floral painting, flower bouquet, japandi wall art
Located in Oslo, NO
"Flowers in White Vase" is a work in which color is emotive, and form dissolves into space, leaving many hints and understatements. Anna Shesterikova creates a living, breathing comp...
Canvas, Acrylic
$388Sale Price|20% Off
Malta Harbour Landscape Boats Reflections Soft Sunset Watercolour Study
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Malta Harbour Landscape Boats Reflections Soft Sunset Watercolour Study Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size (H x W): 6.25 x...
Watercolor
Halloween, Bleeker Street
By Alec Montroy
Located in New York, NY
In his work, “Halloween, Bleeker Street,” Alec Montroy depicts costumed figures parading down Bleeker Street carrying various protest signs, including anti-Bush posters and signs pro...
Canvas, Oil
Parisian Street Scene
Located in Sheffield, MA
Merio Ameglio Italian, 1897-1970 Parisian Street Scene Oil on Canvas 18 by 21 ½ in. W/frame 26 by 29 ½ in. Signed lower left Merio noted impr...
Oil
$1,760Sale Price|20% Off
“Sebago Lake, Maine”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is an early original oil on canvas painting of boats on Sebago Lake in Maine by the American artist, Thomas Elston Thorne. Signed lower right and dated 19...
Canvas, Oil
The tree that remembers my smile
Located in Zofingen, AG
The Tree that Remembers My Smile is a poignant image of heart-memory and faithfulness to one’s brightest manifestations. The strong, graphic branches of the old tree, intertwining ag...
Canvas, Acrylic