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.
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
$574Sale Price|20% Off
French Market Stall with Woman Vendor and Colourful Produce Provence Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Market Stall with Woman Vendor and Colourful Produce Provence Watercolour Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x ...
Watercolor
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
Post Impressionist Sunset in Paris, La Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre
Located in Cotignac, FR
Paris street scene, view to Sacre Coeur, mid century oil on canvas. The painting is signed bottom right (as yet undeciphered). This captivating painting effortlessly captures the ch...
Canvas, Oil
$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
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
Te Arii Vahine
Located in Henderson, NV
The English title is "Woman of Royal Blood". This impression (after the original woodcut) was printed on japon paper in 1943 in an edition of 250, and is one of Gauguin's beautiful T...
Lithograph
Print by Georges Manzana Pissarro 'La Bergère Turque' (The Turkish Shepherdess)
By Georges Henri Manzana Pissarro
Located in London, GB
'La Bergère Turque' (The Turkish Shepherdess) by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961) Etching 33.5 x 27 cm (13 ¼ x 10 ¾ inches) Signed lower left, Manzana Pissarro, titled and inscri...
Etching
Cranberry Bog, Bennet's Store, Duxbury, MA
By Greg Frank Harris
Located in San Francisco, CA
This richly-colored plein air painting is by the noted American artist Greg Frank Harris (1953- ). It is composed of oil on linen and is signed in the lower right. On the reverse, it is signed by the artist and titled, “Cranberry Bog...
Oil
$1,098Sale Price|20% Off
1930's French Impressionist Oil Provencal Old Town Village Houses & Washing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1930's, inscribed verso. Title: Provencal Village street scene with figures, old houses and washing hanging. Medium: oil painting on board, un...
Oil
"A Grid of Distant Rooftops"
Located in Zofingen, AG
In "A Grid of Distant Rooftops," I investigate the structural organization of memory, treating the coastal cityscape as a fragile, fragmented matrix. The heavy, craquelure-like text...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
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
$761Sale Price|20% Off
Charming English Village Street Scene Young Mother & Child Chickens Cottages
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Village English School, circa 1931 signed oil on board, framed dated 1931 framed: 15 x 12.5 inches board: 12.5 x 10 inches Provenance: private collection, England Condition: ...
Oil
Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia
Located in Sheffield, MA
Andrew Thomas Schwartz American, 1867-1942 Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia Oil on canvas 24 by 30 in. W/frame 28 ½ by 34 ½ in. Signed lower right...
Oil
$855Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Mid 20th Century French Oil Painting Nice Old Port Harbor Busy Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nice Port French School, mid 20th century indistinctly signed oil on board, framed in original period frame Framed: 24 x 28 inches Board : 20 x 25 inches Provenance: private collect...
Oil
Summer Pasture
Located in Sheffield, MA
Vilis Reinis Valdmanis Swedish, 1906-1980 Summer Pasture Oil on canvas 20 by 24 in, w/ frame 27 ⅜ by 31 in Signed lower right
Oil
Bretonne sous un Arbre by LUDOVIC RODO PISSARRO - Post Impressionist painting
Located in London, GB
Bretonne sous un Arbre by LUDOVIC-RODO PISSARRO (1878 - 1952) Oil on board 33 x 41 cm (13 x 16 ⅛ inches) Signed and dated lower right, Ludovic Rodo 1903 Provenance Private Collecti...
Oil, Board
A Boy From The Skeleton Tribe. Oil, acrylic, Canvas, Post-Impressionist portrait
Located in Oslo, NO
"Boy from the Skeleton Tribe," 60x80 cm, Acrylic and oil on canvas This painting from the "Children of the World" series transports the viewer to the mystical world of the highland ...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Standstill
Located in Zofingen, AG
Before the viewer opens the entrance to a Moroccan garden, bathed in soft sunlight. Citrus trees fill the space with a sense of warmth and quiet, while in the depth of the garden, so...
Canvas, Oil
$938Sale Price|20% Off
French Expressionist Signed Oil Horse & Her Foal in Landscape, 20th century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Horse & Foal signed by Léon Schwartz -Abrys ( 1905 - 1990) French School expressionist artist oil on board, unframed board: 21.5 x 25.5 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris ...
Oil
Life
Located in Zofingen, AG
This lakeside park is a cherished sanctuary for local residents—a place to unwind, connect with nature, and enjoy the quiet beauty of summer by the water. Yet, beneath its serene sur...
Canvas, Acrylic
The Golden Gateway, series Architecture of Memory
Located in Zofingen, AG
In The Golden Gateway I explore the archway as a metaphysical portal between the known and the forgotten. Despite its intimate scale, this work possesses a monumental presence, wher...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
$1,586Sale Price|20% Off
River Port and Barges, Oil on Wood, Framed, 1920s Landscape Painting
Located in Genève, GE
Atmospheric oil on panel signed Luc Jaggi and dated 1928, depicting a striking industrial river port animated by barges and factory chimneys along a calm waterway. This evocative co...
Oil, Wood Panel
Vanishing Perspectives, series Architecture of Memory
Located in Zofingen, AG
In Vanishing Perspectives, I explore the feeling of being pulled into the deep, rhythmic space of an old city. Using a palette knife, I created a sharp contrast between the massive, ...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
$165Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Portrait Reclining Man With a Pipe Watercolour Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Reclining Figure Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: signed watercolour on artists paper stuck on board, glass covered Size: 9.75 (height) x 9 (width) Conditi...
Watercolor
"View on Ulvøya" Original Large impressionistic landscape. Impasto oil painting.
Located in Oslo, NO
In this oil painting, I explore the interplay of light and reflection, capturing the serene ambiance of a marina bathed in the warm glow of sunset. The textured strokes convey a sens...
Canvas, Oil
$2,596
“Ballerina in black leotard” .Original figurative oil painting .Vertical .
Located in Oslo, NO
This artwork captures a ballet dancer in a moment of introspection. The subject, seated gracefully, is adorned in a dark, form-fitting top contrasted by a delicate, translucent white...
Canvas, Oil
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
Horseback Riders in Sunny Landscape, 20th Century, Cleveland Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Work sold to benefit the CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART Joseph B. O’Sickey (American, 1918–2013) Horseback Riders Pastel on brown paper Signed lower left 9.5 x 12.5 inches Joseph O'S...
Pastel
$1,180Sale Price|28% Off
Large Spanish Expressionist Figurative Painting Couple in Landscape 1970s Oil
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Large Spanish Expressionist Figurative Painting Couple in Landscape 1970s Oil Canvas Artist: Manuel Capdevila Massana (1910–2006) Title: Les Palmiers Year: 1971 Medium: Oil on canva...
Canvas, Oil
Dreamlike Surrealist Landscape Nude Figures White Horse Symbolic Mediterranean
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Dreamlike Surrealist Landscape with Nude Figures, White Horse and Symbolic Mediterranean Fantasy Artist: Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) Title: Dream Scene Date: 1976 Medium: Mixed media on paper Dimensions (Artwork): 25.2 × 16.9 in (64 × 43 cm) Dimensions (Frame): 31.1 × 23.2 in (79 × 59 in) Signature: Signed Frame: Original frame included Condition: Good vintage condition with minor age-related wear consistent with age. Description An exceptional dreamlike composition by Catalan painter...
Mixed Media
$850Sale Price|29% Off
American School, Rolling Hills, Post-Impressionist Oil Painting on Board
Located in Astoria, NY
American School, Rolling Hills, Oil on Board, signed "Ryan" lower left, giltwood frame. Image: 9" H x 12.75" W; frame: 13" H x 16.75" W. Provenance: From a New York City Collection.
Board, Oil
Connection. Original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
This work is about the state of attentive observation of one's own desires. It is about the connection with nature and beauty as a genuine inner support and, at the same time, about ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Morning forest
Located in Zofingen, AG
Morning Forest invites the viewer into a quiet woodland space where light and shadow create a delicate balance between stillness and awakening. A narrow path leads deeper into the tr...
Acrylic, Archival Paper
The House That Isn't There. Original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this work, balance is understood not as a compromise, but as a natural coexistence. Acceptance of darkness and light becomes the basis of inner support, from which a sense of home...
Canvas, Acrylic
$977Sale Price|20% Off
1900's French Sunlit Yellow House Blooming Trees Post Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Yellow House French Post-Impressionist, early 1900's period Oil painting on canvas, unframed Canvas: 16 x 10.5 inches Condition: The painting is in lovely condition, with brig...
Oil
Lilacs In My Garden. Acrylic, impressionism, horizontal, large, flowers, violet
Located in Oslo, NO
“Lilac In My Garden” is a painting made in spring, when everything in nature is fragrant! "In this work I captured the fleeting beauty of nature in bold, impressionistic brushstroke...
Acrylic
Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Central Park Reservoir
Located in Miami, FL
The Chrysler Building is not only ever-present, but its uniquely shaped spire attracts the eye unlike any other structure. "Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: Central...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$655
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
$472
Contemporary abstract expressionist woman's figure painting "Luminous self"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary vivid expressionist woman’s figure was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot and makes part of her ongoing series dedicated to Women, where she explores identit...
Paper, Acrylic
$1,038Sale Price|20% Off
Notre-Dame Paris France oil on board painting french urbanscape
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Artist: Pascual Bueno Ferrer Title: Notre-Dame, Paris, France Technique: Oil on board Dimensions: 14.2 x 18.5 in (without frame), 21.7 x 26 in (with frame) Support: Board Signature: ...
Oil, Board
Table Setting With Bunch of Flowers
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
COSSON, Jean Louis Marcel (1878 – 1956) The Bunch and The Maid circa 1930 Oil on canvas signed up left Framed by GAULT (Paris) Dimensions canvas : 56 X 46 cm Dimensions frame : 74 X...
Oil
$9,385Sale Price|20% Off
Self Portrait of Artist - Welsh Post Impressionist 1960's art oil painting
By Glyn Morgan
Located in Hagley, England
This superb British Post Impressionist sixties self-portrait oil painting is by artist Glyn Morgan. Morgan was a noted Welsh artist, initially taught by Ceri Richards in Cardiff and ...
Oil
Antibes
By Jacqueline Caroline Marie Cerrano
Located in Sheffield, MA
Jacqueline Caroline Marie Cerrano French, 1920-2007 Antibes Oil on canvas Signed & dated “1967” on reverse 32 by 39 ½ in. W/frame 40 by 47 ½ in. Jacqueline made her debut at the S...
Oil
$502Sale Price|20% Off
Paris Street Scene at Night with Figures and Red Coat Urban Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Paris Street Scene at Night with Figures and Red Coat Urban Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 6.5 x 4.5 inche...
Watercolor
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
$563Sale Price|20% Off
Noirmoutier Village House French Coastal Landscape Watercolour Painting
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Noirmoutier Village House French Coastal Landscape Watercolour Painting Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 7.75 x 8.25 in...
Watercolor
$6,500
'Portrait of the Artist, Victor Isbrand', Paris, Copenhagen, Morocco
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper right, 'Oda Lauritsen' for Oda Lauritsen Isbrand (Danish, 1904-1987) and dated, upper left, '1928'. A powerful oil portrait of the artist's husband-to-be, the notable D...
Canvas, Ink, Oil
$814
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
$425Sale Price|35% Off
Original Oil Painting of Coastal Cottages with Boats Along a Tranquil Shoreline
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Painting of Coastal Cottages with Boats Along a Tranquil Shoreline Artist: Roland Pichard Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card Size: 9.75 (height) x 16.25...
Oil
$1,450Sale Price|48% Off
“Cafe Pepinier, Paris
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of the Cafe Pepinier in Paris by Andre Picot. Condition is very good. Signed lower left by the artist. Titled “Cafe Pepini...
Canvas, Oil
$3,500
Pointillism Skyscrapers Cityscape Oil on Canvas Painting by Le Boreux
Located in Atlanta, GA
A captivating Mid-Century Modern abstract cityscape, this oil on canvas by French artist Le Boreux (20th Century) showcases a dynamic fusion of brutalist architecture and pointillist...
Canvas, Oil
$496Sale Price|20% Off
French Village Archway Sunlit Courtyard Wooden Door and Stone Walls Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Village Archway Sunlit Courtyard Wooden Door and Stone Walls Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W)...
Watercolor
$2,208
Study of a Dancer and a Lady by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Watercolour
Located in London, GB
Study of a Dancer and a Lady by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952) Watercolour and pencil on paper 21 x 15.7 cm (8 ¼ x 6 ¼ inches) Signed with Estate stamp lower right Executed circa ...
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Near Woodbridge - historical, post-Impressionist, landscape, oil on board
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Romantic landscape, oil on panel. A saw mill is viewed from across a rapid river in this delightful scene near Woodbridge, Ontario, by Bernice Martin. Title, date on verso. This painting is unframed. Woodbridge, Ontario, is a settlement named in 1855 after a wooden bridge that crossed the Humber River as an entry point into the town. Martin's work is rooted in the post-Impressionist, atmospheric landscape style made well known by J.W. Beatty a forerunner to the Group of Seven. “I look back on my life and my painting hours were the happiest. I’d spend long hours and forget time…my time was always measured by the passage of light.” —Bernice Fenwick Martin Born in Shelburne, Ontario, Bernice Martin studied at the Ontario College of Art under noted Canadian artists J.W. Beatty and Franklin Carmichael. After the death of Beatty in 1941, she found friendship in Peter Clapham Sheppard with whom she studied and worked with until his death in 1965. Working in oil, watercolor and woodcut, Martin focused on local scenes such as the Toronto harbor, small towns in Ontario and Northern landscapes including Muskoka, Haliburton, and Algonquin Park regions of Ontario. Martin’s works were showcased at the Royal Canadian Academy from 1945-1947 and displayed in solo exhibitions in Toronto galleries throughout her career at T. Eaton Co...
Oil, Board
$215Sale Price|20% Off
HENRI MILOCH (1898-1979) SIGNED 1930'S OIL PAINTING - PORTRAIT OF A DAPPER GENT
By Henri Miloch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) signed and dated lower left 1934 oil painting on unstretched canvas, unframed canvas: 19 x 16 inches Very decorative 1930's oil painti...
Oil
$469Sale Price|20% Off
Countryside Landscape with Red Roofed Cottages and Rolling Hills
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Countryside Landscape with Red Roofed Cottages and Rolling Hills Artist: Roland Pichard Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card Size: 14 (height) x 10.75 (width), (Includ...
Oil
The Ascent, series Architecture of Memory
Located in Zofingen, AG
Dreamlike archways blended with ethereal colors, creating a surreal passage that transcends reality and imagination. Dreamlike Atmosphere, Abstract Forms, Mystical Imagery, Soft Hues...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
$894Sale Price|20% Off
French Post Impressionist Oil Rustic Farmyard Scene with Horse and Carriage
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Rustic Farmyard Scene signed by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001) mounted in a card frame oil painted on artist paper, beautifully painted. very good condition framed: 21.5 x 29 inches ar...
Oil
L'Ile des Oiseaux by Paulémile Pissarro - Landscape watercolour
Located in London, GB
L'Ile des Oiseaux by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972) Watercolour and charcoal on paper 23 x 31 cm (9 x 12 ¹/₄ inches) Signed lower right, Paulémile Pissarro Provenance Private collec...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$187Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Sketch of a Standing Male Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Male Study Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper Size: 25 (height) x 19 (width) Stamped: Verso Condition: ...
Charcoal, Pencil