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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"Arc de Triomphe" Parisian Street Scene with Cafes Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
In this piece, the artist depicts the Arc de Triomphe in the distance and his subjects in an abstract and impressionistic way, capturing the busy Parisian streets with cafes from the...
Canvas, Oil
$1,503Sale Price|20% Off
Large 1970's French Post-Impressionist Signed Oil Figures in Wheat Field Harvest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Harvest Workers French Post-Impressionist, signed and dated 1977 oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 20 x 25.5 inches Provenance: private collection, South of France Condition: very ...
Oil
"Salomé" pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after the gouache). This pochoir illustrates a scene from Oscar Wilde's "Salomé". It was printed in 1938 at the atelier Saudé of Paris and published by The Limited E...
Lithograph, Stencil
$998Sale Price|76% Off
"Interior with Chair and Vanity" circa 1918 by Ricardo Gomez-Gimeno (1892-1954)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Interior with Chair and Vanity" circa 1918 Ricardo Gomez-Gimeno (Spain/France 1892-1954) Oil on cardboard Signed 17 1/4 x 14 1/4 (22 1/2 x 19 1/2 frame) This painting and its mat...
Oil, Cardboard
Post-Impressionist Painting By Dick Beer, Stormy Weather in St.Arnoult, 1917
By Dick Beer
Located in Stockholm, SE
Dick Beer was born in London in 1893 as Richard Beer, the youngest of five sons of the Swedish painter John Beer. After the death of both parents in 1906 and 1907, he came to Sweden ...
Canvas, Oil
$892
Jacaranda. California. Impressionism Landscape Paintings, floral, vertical
Located in Oslo, NO
What struck me when I visited Los Angeles in April and May was the abundance of flowering trees and the incredible amount of exotic flowers! One of these discoveries for me are the p...
Acrylic
$982Sale Price|20% Off
Fine Large British Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Twilight City Street Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Twilight by John Bampfield (b. 1947) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 23.5 x 33.5 inches canvas: 20 x 30 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: very good condition...
Oil, Canvas
Large Swedish Lake Landscape at Sunset by Otto Lindberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Otto Lindberg (1880–1955) Sweden Lake at Sunset, 1934 signed and dated lower right Otto Lindberg 1934 oil on canvas unframed 60 × 120 cm (23.6 × 47.2 in) framed 75 × 135 cm (29.5 ×...
Canvas, Oil
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Orchestra Musicians Playing Cellos And Violins In Warm Concert Scene French Oil
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Orchestra Musicians Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) signed lower left Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 15.75 x 15.75 inches inscribed verso Condition: Good and sound co...
Oil
$411Sale Price|34% Off
Mediterranean Landscape with Farmhouse, Oil on Canvas, Signed 1963
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
RAFAEL DURÁN BENET (Terrassa, 1931 – Barcelona, 2015) Title: Mediterranean Landscape with Farmhouse and Cypresses Medium: Oil on canvas-mounted board Dimensions: 22 × 27 cm (approx...
Oil
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Mid Century French Impressionist Signed Oil Colorful Flowers in Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: signed and dated 62' oil on board, unframed Size : 10.5 x 8.75 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: T...
Oil
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Henri Matisse, Series O, Var. 1, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) Title: Series O, Variation 1 (Serie O, var. 1) Year: February 27, 1943 Medium: Collotype on velin pur fil paper Paper Size: 12.88 x 9.62 inches (32....
Collotype Print
Cherry Blossom, Fauvist Landscape Painting, Signed Gouache on Card, Mid-Century
By Jean Perret
Located in Cotignac, FR
French, mid century gouache and watercolour on card, Fauvist landscape with cherry trees in blossom by Jean Perret. The painting is signed bottom right and presented in a patinated c...
Watercolor, Gouache, Cardboard
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Seaside Cafe Scene With Diners Overlooking Boats And Villa A French Oil Painting
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Seaside Cafe Scene Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 35 x 45.5 inches Condition: Good and sound condition Provenance: From the artist’s stu...
Oil
French Colorful Landscape Oil Painting, Early 20th Century
Located in Roswell, GA
Colorful early 20th-century French landscape oil painting by Jules Ausset (1868–1955), featuring verdant green trees beneath an unusually beautiful pink, blue and white sky. A small ...
Oil
Maternity : Mother and Child - Etching
By Mary Cassatt
Located in Paris, IDF
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) Maternal Love Engraving after a pastel Signed in the plate On vellum, 50 x 38 cm (c. 20 x 15 in) INFORMATION: Copperplate engraving published by the Galer...
Etching, Aquatint
$411Sale Price|34% Off
Landscape with Farmhouse oil painting Spain european art
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Artist: Rafael Durán Benet (Terrassa, 1931 – Barcelona, 2015) Title: Landscape with Farmhouse Date: 1973 Medium: Oil on canvas laid on cardboard Dimensions without frame: 22 × 27 cm ...
Oil
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
$3,983Sale 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
Fauvist Landscape signed Paul Guillaume
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th Century oil on board French fauvist landscape by Paul Guillaume. The painting is signed bottom left, Guillaume Paul, and presented in a patinated wood frame. This colourf...
Oil
"City Life at The Grands Boulevards" Post-Impressionist Parisian Street Scene
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
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Huge Sunlit Hilltop Balazuc With Tall Cliffs and Terracotta Homes Oil Painting
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Balazuc Village Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Signed lower right Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 45 x 57.5 inches Titled verso Condition: Good and sound condition Prov...
Oil
"La Madeleine" Impressionist Parisian Street 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
"Winter in the Country" Post-Impressionist Snow Scene Oil Painting Frame
Located in New York, NY
A colorful countryside winter painting depicting a serene landscape, capturing a snow filled scene with trees, foliage, and a lighten up home nestled in the distance. The piece is do...
Board, Oil
$448Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Impressionist Oil Painting Pink Daises In Brown Plant Pot
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: signed oil on board, unframed Size : 9.5 x 7.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is i...
Oil
$1,309Sale Price|20% Off
At Paris Maxim's Nightly Street Scene With Two Stylish Women French Oil Painting
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
At Night at Maxims Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 45 x 57.5 inches Titled verso Condition: Good and sound condition with slight small pa...
Oil
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Modernist Oil Painting of a Wacky French Interior Writing Desk and Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Original oil painting by Huguette Baudrot (French, 1929-2023) *see further notes below Post-Impressionist oil painting by the well listed and admired female French painter, Huguette...
Oil
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Chateau Garden Path Through Stone Archway Vintage French Impressionist Oil
By Regine David
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Charming Garden Path Mid 20th Century signed by Regine David (French mid 20th century, female) oil on canvas, framed framed: 21 x 25 inches canvas: 19.5 x 24.5 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: very good condition Description: This vibrant oil painting by Régine...
Oil
$1,372
Spring Mood. Oil landscape Painting, nature, forest, Modern Impressionism
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting "Spring Mood" was painted en plein air in Switzerland in the style of modern impressionism and conveys a sense of joy and renewal in nature. A winding path guides the vi...
Canvas, Oil
$382Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th Century French Oil Painting Still Life of Flowers in Interior Room
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Flowers French School, mid 20th century oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 22 x 18 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very good condition For more ...
Canvas, Oil
"Salomé" pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after the gouache). This pochoir illustrates a scene from Oscar Wilde's "Salomé". It was printed in 1955 by l'Imprimerie Nationale de Monaco and published by Fermier...
Lithograph, Stencil
$2,128Sale Price|20% Off
Parisian Café Terrace Street Street with Figures 20th Century Post-Impressionism
Located in Preston, GB
Parisian Café Terrace Street Street with Figures 20th Century Post-Impressionism by Italian Artist, Mario Passoni (Italian, born 1927) Art measures 20 x 16 inches Frame measures 30 ...
Canvas, Oil
"Riverside Landscape" Oil Painting on Canvas in a Dutch-Flemish Style Framed
Located in New York, NY
A striking depiction by of a soft, impressionistic riverside landscape in a Dutch or Flemish style, featuring sailboats on calm water, a windmill, thatched cottages with red roofs, t...
Canvas, Oil
$867Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Mediterranean Hill Village Impressionist Oil Painting Provence Landscape
By Charles Mangin
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunlit Mediterranean Village, Provence signed oil on board, framed Framed: 16 x 14 inches Board : 10.5 x 9 inches inscribed verso Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: ver...
Oil
1970's English oil painting of a shop street scene at night - signed LARGE '77
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: ?? Large (mid/late 20th Century) British TITLE: "Leslies Shop" SIGNED: lower right and dated 1977 MEDIUM: oil on board SIZE: 47cm x 38cm inclusive of frame CONDITION: very...
Oil
Henry Malfroy, Sanary-sur-Mer Harbor, Oil on Canvas, circa 1930
By Henry Malfroy
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
This oil on canvas by Henry Malfroy (1895–1945) depicts the harbor of Sanary-sur-Mer from Quai Victor Hugo, painted during the 1920s–1930s. The scene has everything that makes the Pr...
Oil
$1,311Sale Price|20% Off
Still Life of Fruit in Bowl 1960's French Post Impressionist Colorful Oil Paint
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Fruit by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed and stamped verso oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 18 x 22 inches very good condition provenance: from the art...
Canvas, Oil
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
"Arc de Triumph" Post-Impressionist Winter Street Scene Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by French artist Robert Lebrone. He was a Parisian painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. His work is com...
Canvas, Oil
"Pretty Pickins" Post-Impressionist Colorful Floral Oil Painting on Board Framed
Located in New York, NY
A joyous colorful floral still life painting depicting a bunch of freshly picked flowers placed effortlessly. The piece is done in a highly impressionistic manner and is a wonderful display of Reilly's more impromptu style, with bold colors of joyful yellow, deep rouge, and softer colors of light blue, hints of brown, and pops of pink. White ostrich daisies along with blue bluebells, orange, yellow and mamey flowers on a background of bright green grass and dark bushes in the background. This still life in nature, in the garden from nature. This bouquet reminds us of sunny summer days filled with the scent of flowers and nature. This piece is titled and has artist's estate stamp on the back, it comes housed in a contemporary gold leaf plain air wood frame with hanging wire on verso ready to be displayed. Art measures 30 x 24 inches Frame measures 37 x 31 inches John Reilly is a critically acclaimed and award-winning New Jersey artist, born in Brooklyn, NY in 1942. He received his early art training at the School of Art and Design, formally known as ‘The School of Industrial Art’ in Manhattan, where he studied advertising art. By the age of twenty-three, he operated a mid-town-based sales promotion agency, eventually expanding the business to service large companies such as Bacardi Rum, Johnson and Johnson, Nabisco, and KLM...
Oil, Board
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Henri Matisse, Series L, Var. 9, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) Title: Series L, Variation 9 (Serie L, var. 9) Year: February 27, 1943 Medium: Collotype on velin pur fil paper Paper Size: 12.88 x 9.62 inches (32....
Collotype Print
"Around Place de l'Opéra" Post-Impressionist Parisian Street Scene Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful impressionist oil painting on canvas by Gene Jordan depicting a tremendously vivid and alive street scene from Paris in the 20th Century with a view around the Place de l...
Oil, Board, Canvas
$753Sale Price|20% Off
1970's French Post-Impressionist Reclining Nude Thick Impasto Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Reclining Nude French School worn away faint signature dated verso 1977 oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 25.5 x 21.5 inches Inscribed verso Provenance: private collection, Paris Co...
Canvas, Oil
$686
Spanish Landscape with Farmhouse, Oil on Canvas Board, Signed, c. 1970
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Spanish Landscape with Farmhouse Artist: Rafael Duran Benet (Barcelona, 1931–2015) Technique: Oil on canvas board Dimensions: 13 x 16.1 in Signature: Signed "R. Duran" in ...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Henri Matisse, Woman in the Red Chair, Portraits by Henri Matisse, 1954 (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Woman in the Red Chair (Femme a la Chaise Rouge) Year: December 20, 1954 Medium: Lithograph on velin paper, archivally hinged on gran...
Lithograph
St. Florent Corsica Yvonne Canu A framed Pointillist oil painting
By Yvonne Canu
Located in St. Albans, GB
Yvonne Canu 1921 – 2008 Signed bottom right and signed and titled on the reverse. Painting Size: 24 x 29" (61 x 74cm) Outside Frame Size: 31 x 36" (79 x 91cm) Yvonne Canu is cur...
Canvas, Oil
Tennis in the Park - Mid 20th Century Post Impressionist Figurative Oil Painting
By Anne de Saeger
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
* No US duty or taxes to pay on this item * A beautiful mid 20th century post-impressionist oil on panel depicting a tennis match in the park with a smartly dressed lady in the fore...
Oil
Impressionist Autumn Landscape, Vadstena 1930 – Erik Tryggelin
Located in Stockholm, SE
This lively city view from Vadstena was executed over two consecutive days in late October 1930. Erik Tryggelin records the scene with remarkable immediacy, capturing the fleeting at...
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
$753Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage French Stable Scene Impressionist Oil Painting of Horses in Their Stalls
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Charming Stable Scene by Jean Dreyfus-stern (1890-1969) signed verso oil on board, unframed Board : 7.5 x 9.5 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: very good condit...
Oil
Spanish Modernist Woman Portrait Fauvist Figurative Mixed Media Painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
1970s Spanish Modernist Woman Portrait – Fauvist Figurative Mixed Media Painting Artist: Jordi Curós Ventura (Spanish, 1930–2017) Year: 1979 Medium: Mixed media on canvas board Dime...
Mixed Media
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Henri Matisse, Series F, Var. 1, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) Title: Series F, Variation 1 (Serie F, var. 1) Year: February 27, 1943 Medium: Collotype on velin pur fil paper Paper Size: 9.62 x 12.88 inches (24....
Collotype Print
$709Sale Price|20% Off
Original French Poster Artwork for Gala de Saint-Cyr à l’Opéra
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Poster Artwork for Gala de Saint-Cyr à l’Opéra by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Signed: Verso Medium: Watercolor on unframed paper Size: 24.5 in...
Watercolor
$12,000Sale Price|20% Off
"Parisian Street Scene" French Post-Impressionist Plein Air Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A stunning and masterful depiction of a Parisian street view from the 20th Century. The artist executed this painting en plein air with street life and cars parked along into the dis...
Canvas, Oil
Fauvist oil on canvas, rural landscape, France, signed and dated
Located in Valladolid, ES
An extraordinary painting in the style of André Derain’s Fauvist school. It evokes A. Derain’s work *Landscape near Chatou* (1904–1905). The painting clearly demonstrates a stylistic...
Canvas
$956Sale 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
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
$540Sale 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
$880
French Riviera Cove, Nautical Abstract Seascape Triptych, Blue Cyanotype Print
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. This beautiful triptych is called "French Riviera Cove" and it shows the water reflection of one of the most iconic coves ...
Lithograph, Monotype
"Parisian Cafe Street Scene" 20th Century Post-Impressionist Oil Paint Canvas
Located in New York, NY
In this piece, the artist depicts his subject in an abstract and impressionistic way, capturing the busy Cafés in the streets of Paris portrayed in the dista...
Canvas, Oil
"Parisian Street Scene" Impressionist Oil Paint on Canvas of a Paris Cafe Framed
Located in New York, NY
In this piece, the artist depicts his subject in an abstract and impressionistic way, capturing the busy Parisian street from the 20th Century with much life. The artist mostly used ...
Canvas, Oil
Poppies Of Werdenberg. Small, square oil landscape, impressionism, Switzerland
Located in Oslo, NO
Using vibrant oil paints, I captured the essence of a blooming field that speaks of the power and beauty of nature. In the background you can see the houses of Werdenberg and the “Th...
Oil