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.
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
Backyard Garden Still-Life Landscape Scene, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph O'Sickey (American, 1918-2013) Garden Scene Oil on canvas Signed lower right 18 x 22 inches 24 x 28 inches, framed Joseph O'Sickey, born in Detroit in 1918, has been a painte...
Oil
Mid-Century Seascape Painting with Boats, Signed, 14.5x17.25
By Henryk Dzienczarski
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-Century Seascape Painting with Boats, Signed, 14.5x17.25 Mid-century figurative seascape with boats by Henryk Dzienczarski, (Poland, b-1917). Expressive maritime scene depicting...
Oil, Illustration Board
$300Sale Price|20% Off
Pecherie De LOcean French Market Scene With Figures Watercolor Gouache
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Pecherie De LOcean French Market Scene With Figures Watercolor Gouache Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour and Gouache on artists paper, unframed Size (H ...
Watercolor, Gouache
Cityscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Cityscape" c.1990 is an oil painting on canvas by Italian artist Giovanni Sangalli, b.1930. It is signed at the lower left corner by th...
Oil
$1,309Sale Price|20% Off
La Creperie At Chantilly Sunlit Cafe Terrace With Figures In French Oil Painting
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
La Creperie At Chantilly Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) signed lower left Medium: oil on canvas, framed Framed: 34 x 34 inches Canvas: 31 x 31 inches inscribed verso and title...
Oil
$2,061Sale Price|35% Off
Canyelles Oil on Canvas Painting, Signed, Circa 1955-1965, 60x73 cm
By Ramon Sanvisens Marfull
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Canyelles Artist: Ramon Sanvisens i Marfull (Barcelona, 1917 – 1987) Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 60 × 73 cm — (23.6 × 28.7 in) Support / Mounting: Canvas on stretcher...
Oil
Audrey - Post Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting by Jean-Gabriel Domergue
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on board portrait circa 1940 by French post impressionist painter Jean Gabriel Domergue. The work depicts a blonde lady - Audrey - in a mint green dress...
Oil, Board
$709Sale 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
"What about stereotypes?" 2 in the triptych. Decorative social art
Located in Zofingen, AG
The second work of the triptych “What about stereotypes? ” Female silhouette combined with flowers - a decorative subject - but with a deep concept, a series of paintings were prese...
Canvas, Oil
'Still Life with Pipe', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp, verso, for Victor di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1960. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and t...
Paper, Oil
French Watercolour Landscape Village Houses and Château Haut de Spesse
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Village Houses and Château Haut de Spesse Pierre Neveu (French, b. 1929) Signed and inscribed Château Haut de Spesse. Medium: watercolour on artist paper. Size: 12.5 × 19.5 in...
Watercolor, Pen
French Country Barn in Green Summer Watercolour Landscape at Bellefosse
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Country Barn in Green Summer Landscape at Bellefosse Pierre Neveu (French, b. 1929) Signed and inscribed Bellefosse. Medium: watercolour on artist paper. Size: 19.5 × 25.5 inc...
Watercolor, Pen
$2,400Sale Price|20% Off
"La Madeleine" Post-Impressionist Parisian Street Scene Oil Painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on panel painting by American artist Helen Enoch Gleiforst. She was a painter known for her colorful cityscapes depicting the times of her generation. This painting i...
Oil, Panel
$870Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Normandy Landscape, French Coastal Oil Painting on canvas dated 1926
Located in Plymouth, England
Early 20th-Century French Oil Painting on Canvas signed in the bottom right Jean Chaperon and dated 1925. This fine oil on canvas painting by the French artist and illustrator Jean ...
Oil
$447Sale Price|20% Off
French Rooftop Cityscape With Chimneys Modernist Watercolor Gouache
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Rooftop Cityscape With Chimneys Modernist Watercolor Gouache Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour and Gouache on card, unframed Size (H x W): 4.75 x...
Watercolor, Gouache
Stormy Sea and Breaking Waves Original Scandinavian Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
This dynamic seascape captures the raw power of the sea under a darkening sky. Waves crash violently against coastal rocks, sending white spray high into the air, while shifting tone...
Canvas, Oil
$40,925
Villa des Agaves - Neo-Impressionist Pointillist Landscape Oil by Louis Gaidan
By Louis Gaidan
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed pointillist oil on canvas landscape circa 1920 by French neo-impressionist painter Louis Gaidan. The painting is beautifully coloured and depicts flowers in the courtyard at V...
Canvas, Oil
$647Sale Price|20% Off
Beached Fishing Boats on Mediterranean Shore Coastal Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Beached Fishing Boats on Mediterranean Shore Coastal Watercolour by Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W): 8.75 x 6 inches Condition: good overall; clean surface and bright palette with minimal handling marks. Provenance: From the artist’s studio sale in France; all works by this artist in our collection originate from the artist’s estate. Description: In this exquisite Mediterranean harbour scene, Pierre Neveu captures a row of fishing boats resting on the sun-bleached shore — their hulls painted in vivid blues, yellows, and reds, glowing against the white sand and turquoise sea beyond. The composition balances stillness and vitality: the boats lie quietly in the midday heat, yet every line and shadow suggests movement, texture, and light. Neveu’s masterful handling of watercolour transparency lends the work its distinctive luminosity. Cool washes of aquamarine and indigo melt into warm ochres and siennas, evoking the sharp coastal light of the French Riviera or southern Italy. The artist’s loose, confident brushstrokes and layered perspective show both precision and spontaneity — hallmarks of his plein-air approach. The painting embodies Neveu’s fascination with everyday maritime life, transforming the humble working boats of the Mediterranean into studies of rhythm, geometry, and colour harmony. There is an intimacy here — a sense of the artist pausing mid-journey, quietly observing the relationship between land, sea, and human craft. This is a quintessential Neveu composition: joyful yet restrained, rooted in observation yet lifted by artistic freedom. A perfect choice for collectors of vintage coastal paintings...
Watercolor
$720Sale Price|20% Off
1940's Provence Painting French Lake Landscape - Post Impressionist artist
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provencal Landscape by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998) signed and dated 46' From a batch of similar work where most were dated 1942-1947 watercolour painting on paper, unframed meas...
Watercolor
"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
$2,800Sale Price|71% Off
"The Road Beneath the Snow (Le Chemin Sous la Neige)" Eugène Bégarat
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"The Road Beneath the Snow (Le Chemin Sous la Neige)" Eugène Bégarat (French, 1943) Oil on canvas Signed lower left 15 3/4 x 31 1/2 inches Saturated with winter's light glinting off...
Canvas, Oil
$518Sale Price|20% Off
Vibrant Abstract Landscape with Yellow and Green Tones Featuring Swirling Tree
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vibrant Abstract Landscape Suzanne Vattier, French 1901-1996 gouache painting on artist paper, framed size: 7 x 10.5 inches Suzanne Vattier (1901-1996) was a pupil of the famous pai...
Gouache
$20,121
Raymond Thibesart - Arbres en Fleurs, Baie de Villefranche, French Oil c1940
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Raymond Thibesart (French, 1874–1968), Arbres en fleurs – Baie de Villefranche, oil on canvas, signed lower right and titled on the reverse, painted circa 1940 — a Post-Impressionist...
Oil
$709Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th Century 1950's French Post-Impressionist Oil Doges Palace Venice
By Regine David
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Doges Palace, Piazza San Marco, Venice by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018) oil painting on board, unframed measures: 10.75 x 13.75 inches condition: the painting is...
Oil
Backstage
Located in Zofingen, AG
Backstage is part of the artist’s ongoing series Theater of One Artist, exploring the female image, theatrical gesture, and the transformation of the human figure into a visual symbo...
Canvas, Acrylic
$924Sale Price|20% Off
1950's French Post Impressionist Signed Oil Green Landscape & Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Green Fields by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 20 x 24 inches Colors: Green colors, blue and beige. overall good condition. Pro...
Canvas, Oil
$980
Splash, Mixed Media, Modern Seascape Gestures in Black and White on Paper, 2026
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series by Enric Servera explores the relationship of humans to salt and seawater. The intention of these works is to submerge us into the sea, a salty treasure that surrounds us...
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Before the Mirror
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting original oil on panel by American artist Ron Blumberg (1908-2002.) "Before the Mirror", is a large original oil on panel, signed, c.1957...
Oil
'Coastal Fishing', Mid-Century Modern Oil, Island Landscape, Cerulean Blue
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A bright and airy Post-Impressionist oil landscape showing a view of a serene island vista. Two fishermen use the clear coastal waters as they look out over distant boats. Unsigned a...
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of Lady in Green - Welsh Post Impressionist 50s art oil painting
By Glyn Morgan
Located in Hagley, England
This superb British Post Impressionist oil painting is by artist Glyn Morgan. Morgan was a noted Welsh artist, initially taught by Ceri Richards in Cardiff and later a Benton End stu...
Oil
"Flower Vendors by La Madeleine" Post War Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A masterful oil painting depicting a view of Flower Vendors by La Madeleine in Paris. This piece is a pertinent example of the works produced during the 20th Century by the artist wi...
Canvas, Oil
$927Sale Price|20% Off
1970's French Expressionist Signed Oil Painting Horse & Foal in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Horse & Foal in Landscape signed by Léon Schwartz -Abrys ( 1905 - 1990) French School, expressionist oil on board, unframed board: 21.5 x 25.5 inches Provenance: private collection...
Oil
$431Sale 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
$643Sale Price|20% Off
Buoux Provence Hillside Village Street Scene French Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Buoux Provence Hillside Village Street Scene French Watercolour Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on paper, unframed Signed lower left “P. Neveu”. Inscr...
Watercolor
$540Sale Price|20% Off
Colorful Abstract Mediterranean Scene with Vibrant Architecture and Boat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Mediterranean Scene Suzanne Vattier, French 1901-1996 gouache painting on artist paper, framed size: 10.5 x 7 inches Suzanne Vattier (1901-1996) was a pupil of the famous p...
Gouache
$4,000Sale Price|20% Off
"Along the Seine by Hotel de Paris" 20th Century Post-Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
In this piece, the artist depicts his subject in an abstract and impressionistic way, capturing the busy Seine by the Hotel de Paris. The streets of Paris are portrayed in the distan...
Canvas, Oil
Framed Fauvist Town Art Fair American Modernist Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 24 by 30 inches overall, and 18 by 24 painting alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Oil
South of Provence
Located in Zofingen, AG
"In this work, I sought to convey not just a Provence landscape, but the very vitality and sensory experience of the moment. This canvas is a meditation on the eternal rhythm of natu...
Canvas, Acrylic
Etude Barque au Quai - Normandy - Post Impressionist Seascape Oil - Othon Friesz
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on paper laid on panel seascape c.1907 by French post impressionist painter Achille-Emile Othon Friesz. The piece is a study of a view of a boat in a quay at Normandy, Fra...
Oil, Panel, Laid Paper
$5,725Sale Price|43% Off
Catalan Modern Coastal Scene – Josep Amat – Mediterranean Spain c.1980
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Promenade in Sant Feliu de Guíxols Artist: Josep Amat Pagès (Barcelona, 1901 – 1991) Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 50 x 65 cm (approximately 19.7 x 25.6 in) Support...
Oil, Canvas
$300Sale Price|20% Off
Pathway Leading to a Quaint Village Church in the Rolling Hills Countryside
By Regine David
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Quaint Village by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018) pastel painting on artist paper painting: 8 x 11 inches condition: This painting is in excellent condition, with vibr...
Pastel
$321Sale Price|20% Off
Basketball Players Under Stadium Lights Dynamic French Modernist Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Basketball Players Under Stadium Lights Dynamic French Modernist Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on paper, unframed Size (H x W): 5.5 x 5.5...
Watercolor
$518Sale Price|20% Off
Rolling Provence Hills with Distant Tower and Verdant Fields French Landscape
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Rolling Provence Hills with Distant Tower and Verdant Fields French Landscape Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Siz...
Watercolor
Chassidic Rabbi with Shtreimel, Rare Judaica Oil Painting Signed in Hebrew
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare Judaica Art. Jewish genre scene. In the tradition of Moritz Oppenheim, Isidor Kauffman and Maurycy Gottlieb and later of Tully Filmus, Zalman Kleinman and Itshak Holtz the artis...
Oil
Spring in the Mountains
Located in Zofingen, AG
This work captures the triumph of awakening — that threshold moment where the mountains meets the ephemeral tenderness of blooming gardens. The strict rhythm of the coniferous forest...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,200Sale 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
Quiet Marina. Oil, impressionism, horizontal, yachts, boats.Landscape Paintings
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting "Quiet Marina" was painted outdoors on Lake Constance in June 2023. It shows a harbor with yachts. Yachts quietly wait for their owners to go on romantic trips! "Using ...
Oil
"Shoveling Out" Post-Impressionist Colorful Winter Scene Oil Painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
A charming and atmospheric winter street scene oil painting depicting a northeastern town road curving gently into the distance, with the snow-covered neighborhood. The composition c...
Oil, Board
$549Sale Price|20% Off
Saint Marthe de Castillon Village Street with Bell Tower French Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Saint Marthe de Castillon Village Street with Bell Tower French Watercolour Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W): 8...
Watercolor
Vibrant Interior With Still Life Fruit Bowl
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Still Life Vibrant Interior With Fruit Bowl Artist signed and dated lower right corner canvas 30x36 Judith Sobel was born in Lwow Poland in 1924. After World War II, she attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, Poland. There she studied with the famous abstract...
Canvas, Oil
$452Sale Price|20% Off
Woman in Garden with Fruit Bowl French Figurative Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Woman in Garden with Fruit Bowl French Figurative Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on paper, unframed Size (H x W): 11 x 15 inches Condition...
Watercolor
$3,091
Vast Autumn Landscape With Blue Mountains by Swedish Artist Carl Johansson, 1913
Located in Stockholm, SE
Carl Johansson (1863-1944), also known as "Ultramarin Johansson," was a highly skilled Swedish landscape painter who is known for his ability to capture...
Canvas, Oil
$42,309
Les Toits - Gerberoy - Post Impressionist Landscape by Henri Le Sidaner
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed divisionist oil, ink and coloured pencils on paper landscape by French post impressionist painter Henri le Sidaner. This stunning piece depicts a view of the roofs of the buil...
Oil, Color Pencil, Ink, Paper
$1,418Sale Price|20% Off
Gerard Laime Signed French Post Impressionist Provence Olive Tree Landscape Oil
By Gerard Laime
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title Gerard Laime Signed French Post Impressionist Provence Olive Tree Landscape Oil Key Details Artist: Gerard Laime, French, b.1939, signed Title: Prov...
Canvas, Oil
"Fishing by the Harbor" Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas w Figures & Boats
Located in New York, NY
This tranquil scene by the Trouville Harbor is a remarkable display of Michel Jamart's true passion for outdoor genre paintings. A wonderfully rich boats scene executed in the 20th C...
Canvas, Oil
$1,527Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th Century Provence Village Signed French Oil Beautiful Thick Oil Paint
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
signed by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed oil painting on canvas, framed (wooden frame) framed: 37 x 26 inches canvas: 36 x 25 inches very good condition provenance: privat...
Oil, Canvas
'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
$736Sale Price|20% Off
Provence Landscape Possibly Luynes Watercolour Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Provence Landscape Possibly Luynes Watercolour Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Gouache and felt pen on paper, unframed Size (H x W): 19.75 x 25.5 inc...
Gouache, Watercolor
Winter's Cloak, Paris
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas, Canvas size: 13 x 18 inches Framed size: 19.5 x 24.5 inches Signed lower left
Canvas, Oil