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.
'Cap Ferrat', Academy of Fine Arts of Rouen, Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Benezit, Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Picot' for Jean-Claude Picot (French, born 1933), and painted circa 1985; additionally titled, verso, 'La Route Vers St Jean Cap Ferr'. Beginning in 1947, Picot...
Canvas, Oil
Roses a la cruche verte - Fauvist Still Life Flowers Oil by Louis Valtat
By Louis Valtat
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed fauvist oil on canvas still life by French painter Louis Valtat. The work depicts a green vase filled with red and pink roses which are beginning to wilt and their petals are ...
Canvas, Oil
$856Sale Price|20% Off
French Neo-Impressionist Pointillist Abstract Mid 20th Century Painting
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pointillist Abstract Design by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998) initialled lower right gouache painting on paper, unframed measurements: 8.75 x 6 inches (overall the sheet measures 11...
Watercolor, Gouache
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Jockey, 1967 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901), titled Entraineur de clown (Clown Trainer), from the folio Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, A Suite of Color Drawings...
Lithograph
$695Sale Price|53% Off
'Hills at Baptiste Lake' Limited Edition Lithograph by Group of 7 Artist
Located in Toronto, ON
After the original oil painting 'Hills at Baptiste Lake' this piece is one of 51 lithographs included in 'Casson's Cassons Vol. 1' printed in 1990 by Paul Duval and AJ Casson in Toro...
Lithograph
L'atelier - Early 20th Century French Post Impressionist Interior Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
* No US duty or taxes to pay on this item * A beautiful 1920's French post-impressionist oil on canvas depicting an artist's atelier with painting on an easel, palette, brushes in t...
Canvas, Oil
$1,207Sale Price|20% Off
Afternoon at Lake Garda. Impressionism, horizontal, oil painting, lake, mountain
Located in Oslo, NO
"This painting was painted en plein air on Lake Garda." said Anna about this artwork. "We painted from Villa Cletus, which is located on the slope of the hill. From there, there is a...
Canvas, Oil
$2,796Sale Price|20% Off
Kees van Dongen, Models, from Views of Paris, 1963
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Kees van Dongen (1877–1968), titled Mannequins (Models), from Regards Sur Paris (Views of Paris), originates from the January 22, 1963 issue published by...
Lithograph
French Market Scene with Fruit Carts and Figures Modernist Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Market Scene with Fruit Carts and Figures Modernist Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on paper, unframed Size (H x W): 8.25 x 16.5 inc...
Watercolor
$457Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Beach Scene with Women and Parasol
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Beach Scene with Women and Parasol by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Signed: Yes Medium: Pastel on unframed paper Size: 10.5 ...
Pastel
French Rural Landscape with Road and Fields Attaimville Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Rural Landscape with Road and Fields Attaimville Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 20.5 x 29.25 inch...
Watercolor
$1,292Sale 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
$956Sale Price|20% Off
Jean-Edouard Vuillard, Madame Vuillard at Table, 1966 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Jean-Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940), titled Madam Vuillard a Table (Madame Vuillard at Table), from the folio Vuillard, Douze Pastels (Vuill...
Lithograph, Stencil
$4,000Sale Price|20% Off
"Carriages at Grands Boulevards" Post-Impressionist Parisian City 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
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, The Flying Trapeze, 1967 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901), titled Le Trapeze Volant (The Flying Trapeze), from the folio Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, A Suite of Color Drawi...
Lithograph
$4,087Sale Price|20% Off
A French Barbizon Garden by Swedish Artist Carl Skånberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Carl Skånberg (1850-1883) Sweden A Barbizon Garden (1879) oil on wood panel signed C. Skånberg, dated 1879 (lower front) unframed: 19 × 24 cm (7.5 × 9.4 inches) framed: 40 × 45 cm ...
Oil, Wood Panel
$487Sale Price|30% Off
Mediterranean Landscape with Blossoming Trees, Oil on Canvas, 22x27 cm
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Rafael Durán Benet (1931–2015) Mediterranean Landscape with Blossoming Trees Technique: Oil on canvas-mounted board Artwork dimensions: 22 × 27 cm (8.66 × 10.63 in) Framed dimensio...
Oil
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Yvette Guilbert vue par Toulouse-Lautrec (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Rives BFK paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Yvette Guilbert vue par Toulouse-Lautrec, 1950. Published by Librairie Au Pont des Arts, Paris; rendered by Daniel Jacomet; and, printed by Ateliers Daniel Jacomet et Cie, Paris, Monday, October 30, 1950. Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), This album, including all the prints dedicated by Toulouse-Lautrec to Yvette Guilbert, was printed for the Librairie Au Pont des Arts, by D. Jacomet. The color state of the Colombine plate in Pierrot and the twenty-seven plates of the French and English series were executed according to the original lithographs (before the letter for the French suite) from the Toulouse-Lautrec workshop and kept in the Cabinet des Stampes of the National Library. The collection includes three plates in color and twenty-eight plates in black. All copies also include a lithograph: Colombine à Pierrot, taken, after special authorization from the Musée d'Albi, on the original stone of Toulouse-Lautrec, by Lucien Détruit. It was taken from this album: A non-trade and nominative example; L examples on a large vélin of Rives including: III proofs of the lithography Colombine à Pierrot printed...
Lithograph, Stencil
"Triptych " Blåvand" Girls and sea ." Original impressionistic painting.
Located in Oslo, NO
I channeled my love for the ocean's raw beauty and the innocence of youth into this textured acrylic piece. It captures the mesmerizing dance between light and water, framed by the t...
Canvas, Acrylic
French Modernist Mid Century Abstract Village Landscape Oil Painting
By Henri d'Anty
Located in Surfside, FL
Signed lower right, "d'Anty", a fine and early impression in excellent condition. A noted member of the second generation of the School of Paris, Henri d'Anty won the Prix Cezanne ...
Oil
$2,650
'Interior with Still Life', Dallas Art Museum, Modernist oil, Woman Artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Belle Golinko' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1945. This Israeli-American woman Modernist exhibited widely and with success, including at the Dallas ...
Canvas, Oil
$791Sale Price|20% Off
Fine Mid 20th Century French Post-Impressionist Oil Autumn Tall Trees Golden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Autumn Landscape by Pierre PIOT (French, 1921-1998) Oil on board, framed Stamped verso, framed: 14 x 17 inches board: 10 x 13 inches Provenance: Artist's family, France Condition: ...
Oil
$511Sale Price|33% Off
Original Oil Painting of Sunlit Wheat Fields with Cypress Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Painting of Sunlit Wheat Fields with Cypress Trees Artist: Roland Pichard Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card Size: 10.75 (height) x 13.75 (width), (Incl...
Oil
Observable Order
Located in Zofingen, AG
A work from the "Living Environment" series. This painting explores the experience of being within a living world, where nature appears as an observing and conscious presence. The ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Winter Fairy Tale on Lake Werdenbergersee. Impressionism, oil painting
Located in Oslo, NO
"Winter Fairy Tale on Lake Werdenberg" is a work of art that immerses the viewer in an atmosphere of tranquility and quiet contemplation of the pacifying beauty of nature. The painti...
Canvas, 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
$2,089
Winter Mood. City, winter, impressionism, horizontal, design, oil painting.
Located in Oslo, NO
"In this painting I depicted a place in our town where I often walk with my dog." said Anna about this artwork. "After a heavy snowfall, a fabulous transformation happened to nature!...
Canvas, Oil
Lilies in Gauguin’s garden. Vertical. Large. Floral acrylic painting.
Located in Oslo, NO
This vibrant artwork exuberantly captures a flourishing garden of lilies, their petals painted in shades of yellow, pink, and red. The dynamic brushstrokes create a lively texture, g...
Canvas, Acrylic
$640Sale Price|20% Off
Grasse Provence Sunlit Village Street Scene Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Grasse Provence Sunlit Village Street Scene Watercolour by Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size (H x W): 8.5 x ...
Watercolor
$516Sale Price|20% Off
Aix en Provence Town Square with Clock Tower and Market Umbrellas Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Aix en Provence Town Square with Clock Tower and Market Umbrellas Watercolour Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W):...
Watercolor
Permission to Dream (From the Series "The Fantasy")
Located in Zofingen, AG
As if other worlds drift close beside me. Reality, feelings, and dreams intertwine — and it feels natural, it feels allowed. The “Fantasy” Series In these works, reality touches the...
Canvas, Acrylic
Le parc du Chateau - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Gustave Cariot
By Gustave Camille Gaston Cariot
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on canvas landscape by French post impressionist painter Gustave Cariot. The piece is set in Perigny-sur-Terres and depicts a view of a long path leading through...
Oil, Canvas
$403Sale Price|20% Off
Abstract Still Life with Pink and Orange Vases - Contemporary Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Abstract Still Life with Pink and Orange Vases - Contemporary Oil Painting Artist: Roland Pichard Signed: Bottom right Medium: Oil on oi...
Oil
Lullaby of Silver Branches
Located in Zofingen, AG
Lullaby of Silver Branches is an embodiment of absolute peace and natural harmony. The intricate pattern of blossoms and the graphic curves of the branches create a meditative, sooth...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Scene de famille" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: multi-stone color lithograph (after the original Bonnard lithograph). Printed in 1952 on Renage paper at the Mourlot atelier in faithful recreation of the original. According...
Lithograph
Henriette Chabot with Peonies
Located in Mc Lean, VA
This painting was owned by Comte Robert de Montesquiou (1855–1921), Paris Literature: Jane Roberts, Jacques-Émile Blanche (2012), pg. 47 (color illus.), p. 191. Included as no. R...
Canvas, Oil
$394Sale Price|43% Off
Post-Impressionist Landscape with Palm Trees, Oil on Canvas, 1970s
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Rafael Durán Benet (Barcelona, 1931–2015) Title: Landscape with Palm Trees Medium: Oil on canvas-mounted cardboard Dimensions: 33 × 41 cm (13.0 × 16.1 in) Framed: Yes, period frame ...
Oil
Paris Palais Garnier (Opera House) with Figures 20th Century Post-Impressionism
Located in Preston, GB
Paris Palais Garnier (Opera House) with Figures 20th Century Post-Impressionism by Italian Artist, Mario Passoni (Italian, born 1927) Art measures 28 x 20 inches Frame measures 37 x...
Canvas, Oil
Fashion Sketch
By Raoul Dufy
Located in North Clarendon, VT
Wonderful little fashion sketch by Raoul Dufy. From the Estate of Andre Robert (Dufy’s studio assistant) to Anthony Field (La Galerie 18). Watercolor and ink on paper unsigned. 4.75"...
Watercolor, Pen
$603Sale Price|20% Off
Champs de Grasse Provence Landscape French Post Impressionist Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Champs de Grasse Provence Landscape French Post Impressionist Watercolour Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size (H x W): 8.5 ...
Watercolor
Lovely Vintage French(?) Post-Impressionist Landscape Painting - Picking Poppies
Located in Baltimore, MD
This post-impressionist painting is signed, titled and dated 1955 by the artist, but the signature is difficult to decipher. It is oil on masonite board and is titled “Les Coquelico...
Oil
I'm safe!
Located in Zofingen, AG
The title reads like an inner reassurance that restores a sense of calm. Safety appears here not as escape, but as a deliberate pause — a moment of gathering oneself. It echoes the l...
Canvas, Acrylic
$636Sale Price|20% Off
Bass Rocks, Gloucester Impressionist Seascape; New Jersey Artist Helen Stockton
Located in Baltimore, MD
This colorful and powerful seascape might help to brighten your walls and room. It is of Bass Rocks in Gloucester Massachusetts. Artist Helen Marie Stockton used bold turquoise col...
Oil
$446Sale Price|20% Off
Atmospheric French City Square With Figures Archway And Trees Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Atmospheric French City Square With Figures Archway And Trees Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour and Gouache on artists paper, unframed Size (...
Watercolor, Gouache
Parc Bagatelle - Fauvist Landscape Oil Painting by Louis Valtat
By Louis Valtat
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed fauvist landscape oil on canvas by French painter Louis Valtat. This stunning piece depicts a view of Bagatelle Park in the north of France in summer. The trees and the flower...
Oil, Canvas
$870
Fishermen's Sheds. Norway. Impressionism, red, fjord, water, nature, coast
Located in Oslo, NO
A warm and lively work dedicated to the Norwegian coast, reflecting the charm of old fishing buildings against the backdrop of picturesque nature. Bright red sheds - a traditional sy...
Canvas, Oil
Temptation
Located in Zofingen, AG
This work captures the moment when desire becomes an autonomous force. It does not require justification and does not submit to logic — its movement is directed toward something that...
Canvas, Acrylic
The Return of Hope
Located in Zofingen, AG
When you allow yourself to see the future, even if it remains indistinct. When the thought “what if everything could still be alright” stops sounding absurd. From the Series “Adulthood”
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,930Sale 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
$17,500Sale Price|30% Off
Point Judith
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Born in New York City, Reynolds Beal's year of birth is reported as being 1866 as well as 1867. If one follows the most extensively researched source produced in consultation with t...
Oil
$969Sale Price|20% Off
Figures Walking On The Southern French Beach Post Impressionist Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Beach Walk by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed on front and back oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 9.5 x 13.75 inches Colors: Beige colors, grey, blue, green, brown a...
Canvas, Oil
$556Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage American Modernist Fauvist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 18 by 24 inches overall. Excellent condition, ready to han...
Oil, Canvas
"October Inspiration" Landscape Painting with Aspens Fall Colors
Located in Austin, TX
A luminous landscape painting of an aspen forest with white tree trunks and vibrant fall foliage in orange and gold. The distant background features a purple, Rocky Mountain vista...
Canvas, Oil
French Farmland Landscape with Expansive Sky and Bare Trees Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Farmland Landscape with Expansive Sky and Bare Trees Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 19.75 x 25.5 in...
Watercolor
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Henri Matisse, Mrs. Greta Prozor, Portraits by Henri Matisse, 1954 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Madame Greta Prozor (Mrs. Greta Prozor), from the album Portraits par Henri Matisse (Portraits by Henri Matisse), or...
Lithograph
French Riviera Menton Harbour with Mountains Coastal Town Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Riviera Menton Harbour with Mountains Coastal Town Watercolour Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Signed lower right “P....
Watercolor
Gondolas in Venice - Original oil on canvas, Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Masaaki KUWAHARA (1927-) Gondolas in Venice Original oil painting Signed lower right Counter-signed on the reverse On canvas 55.5 x 46 cm (c. 21.6 x 18.1 in) Excellent condition
Oil
Lourmarin Luberon Provence Farmhouse Orchard Landscape Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Lourmarin Luberon Provence Farmhouse Orchard Landscape Watercolour Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Gouache and watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 19 x 20...
Watercolor, Gouache
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Maurice de Vlaminck, The Harvest, from Vlaminck, 1958 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Maurice de Vlaminck (1876–1958), titled La moisson (The Harvest), from the album Vlaminck, originates from the 1958 edition published by Andre Sauret,...
Lithograph
$376Sale Price|20% Off
French Mid Century Painting Red , Yellow and Pink Rose Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on board, unframed Size : 9.5 x 7.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in overa...
Oil