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.
$16,000
"Peaceful Silent Landscape" - Original Luminous Post-Impressionist Landscape
Located in Carmel, CA
Masri Hayssam (Lebanese, born 1965) "Peaceful Silent Landscape" 2023 Oil paint, acrylic paint, mixed media, canvas, stretcher bars Signed by the artist on the bottom right of the pai...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
$418Sale Price|20% Off
"Boat station" Iriginal impressionistic landscape. Impasto oil painting
Located in Oslo, NO
With each stroke of my brush, I infused life into this canvas, capturing the vivacity of the harbor. The play of light on water, the dance of colors, and the serene boats all convers...
Canvas, Oil
$2,500
'Out of Hokkaido', Carmel Art Association Exhibit, Japanese portrait, Kimono
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
By Virginia Conroy Dedini (American, 1922-2006). Titled lower left, 'Mitsuko ''Okaido Born''' and dated August 1976. Exhibited: Carmel Art Association, 1983 (label, verso). Carmel...
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
$3,719Sale Price|67% Off
The Return Of The Light Forces. Oil painting, large format, figurative, angels.
Located in Oslo, NO
This painting is the most important in the series “The Return of the Forces of Light”. We see a shining army returning with all its might to our world after a long absence, carrying ...
Oil
$515Sale Price|20% Off
Street Musicians Performing in Summer French Watercolour Painting
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Street Musicians Performing in Summer French Watercolour Painting Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 5.5 x 9.75 inches Co...
Watercolor
$569Sale Price|20% Off
Menton Harbour Scene with Blue Fishing Boats under Morning Light Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Menton Harbour Scene with Blue Fishing Boats under Morning Light Watercolour Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W): ...
Watercolor
Collioure - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Jacques Martin-Ferrieres
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed pointilist oil on canvas figures in landscape by sought after French post impressionist painter Jacques Martin-Ferrieres. This beautiful piece depicts a view of Collioure, a p...
Oil, Canvas
$184Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Portrait of a Woman with Draped Veil Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Portrait Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper Size: 25 (height) x 19 (width) Stamped: Verso Condition: Go...
Charcoal, Pencil
$8,000
"My Love to Italy" - Original Expressive Italian Landscape - Blue and Yellow Sky
Located in Carmel, CA
Masri Hayssam (Lebanese, Italian, born 1965) "My Love to Italy" 2005 Oil paint on canvas, stretcher bars The artist signed the bottom right corner of the painting. “My Love to Italy...
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
A Girl and Her Dog, Oil Painting 1898
By Florence White
Located in Long Island City, NY
An oil painting by Florence White from 1898. A Victorian-era scene of a girl and a dog engaged in playful interaction on a shaded lawn. Signed and dated lower left, framed in antiqued gold frame. Artist: Florence White, British (1932) Title: Girl and her Dog...
Canvas, Oil
Le Divan Japonais (after) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1966
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Medium: Lithographic Poster, 1966 Dimensions: 27.5" x 19.75", 70 cm x 50 cm Heavy Poster Paper - Perfect Condition A This lithographic reproduction was created in 1966 after the lithograph Le Divan Japonais...
Lithograph
Post-Impressionistic Painting From Saint Cloud, Paris, 1912 by Dick Beer
By Dick Beer
Located in Stockholm, SE
Dick Beer (b. London 1893 - d. Stockholm 1938) Saint Cloud, 1912 oil on board board dimensions 40.5 x 32.5 cm frame 51.5 x 43.5 cm signed Dick Beer painted 1912 Exhibited: The Swedish-French Art Gallery, Memorial Exhibition, Catalog nr 5, 1942 Provenance: A private collection, Sweden Dick Beer (1893-1938) Dick Beer was born in London in 1893. His father, John Beer (1853-1906), was a Swedish painter from Stockholm who had a career mainly as a watercolour painter with motifs of horses from racetracks and fox hunts from the countryside. Barely fifteen years old, Dick Beer became an orphan and came to Sweden in 1907. Already in 1908-1909, he started at Althin's painting school in Stockholm. And later, at the Royal Academy of Arts from 1910-1912. His teachers were, among others, Gustaf Cederström, Oscar Björk and Alfred Bergström...
Oil, Board
$466Sale Price|20% Off
Les Marines French Riviera Harbour with Sailboats and Distant Mountains
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Les Marines French Riviera Harbour with Sailboats and Distant Mountains Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 4.25 x 5.75 in...
Watercolor
$537Sale Price|20% Off
Moody Coastal Landscape with Rolling Waves and Overcast Sky Watercolour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Coastal Landscape by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001) Watercolour painting on artist paper, beautifully painted. very good condition size: 15.75 x inches x 21.5 inches, unframed provena...
Watercolor
'Montmartre, La place du Tertre en Été', Paris in Summer, Nancy, Parisian Scene
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'J.M. Couillard' for Jean Marie Couillard (French, 1926-1989); additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'Paris, Montmartre. La place du Tertre en Été' and dated 19...
Canvas, Oil
$1,920Sale Price|20% Off
"Idyllic"
Located in Southampton, NY
A beautiful painting of two young girls at the beach. One picking flowers and the other gazing out onto the beach. The painting is oil on wood panel and the condition is good. The s...
Oil
$12,000Sale Price|20% Off
Horses Prepared to Perform and Circus Truck, Contemporary American Modern
Located in Beachwood, OH
Work sold to benefit the CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART Joseph B. O’Sickey (American, 1918–2013) Horses Prepared to Perform and Circus Truck, Circus Series, 1991 Oil on canvas Signed an...
Oil
$531Sale Price|27% Off
Original Oil Painting of Blue Vase, Brown Bowl, and Eggs on a Table
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Painting of Blue Vase, Brown Bowl, and Eggs on a Table Artist: Roland Pichard Signed: Bottom right Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card Size: 14 (height)...
Oil
«Boat on the shore» Original Landscape paintings . Home decor
Located in Oslo, NO
This artwork vividly captures a serene waterside scene featuring a moored boat, painted in crisp white and deep blue, nestled against a backdrop of lush reeds and reflective water. T...
Paper, Gouache
Coquelicots - Fauvist Flowers Landscape Oil Painting by Louis Valtat
By Louis Valtat
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed fauvist oil on canvas landscape by French painter Louis Valtat. The work depicts a field of poppies. Signature: Signed lower right Dimensions: Framed: 22"x26" Unframed: 14"x...
Canvas, Oil
$151Sale Price|20% Off
1950’s Fashion Illustration Painting Of A Chic Lady With Shielding The Rain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Rainy Day by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ink/watercolour/pencil drawing on thick paper, unframed signed J.V paper: 10 x 6.25 inches double sided very good condition provenance...
Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Paris Bridges, Impressionist Acrylic Painting by Charles Cobelle
Located in Long Island City, NY
Still Life with Wine and Flowers Charles Cobelle, French (1902–1994) Date: circa 1960 Acrylic on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 16 x 30 in. (40.64 x 76.2 cm) Frame: 16.5 x 32 inches
Canvas, Acrylic
$534Sale Price|29% Off
Fisherman's Beach Seascape, Oil on Canvas, Post-Impressionist, 1980s
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Signed Oliveras - Fisherman's Beach - Oil on canvas. Slight paint chips on the sides that covered the frame. Oil measurements 61x122 cm. Frameless.
Canvas, Oil
$726Sale Price|20% Off
1940's Provence French Bright Summer Landscape - Post Impressionist artist
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provencal Landscape by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998) signed and dated 47 From a batch of similar work where most were dated 1942-1947 watercolour painting on paper, unframed measu...
Watercolor
$911Sale Price|52% Off
1970's French Modernist Signed Oil Woman in Parlor Interior Cleaning Furniture
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Interior French artist, indistinctly signed dated verso 1976, oil on canvas, framed framed: 25 x 18 inches canvas: 18 x 22 inches Inscribed verso Provenance: private collection...
Oil
$292Sale Price|20% Off
"Fools", Harlequin Jester Twins, Carved Paper Relief Painting in Primary Colors
By Martin Ingley
Located in Soquel, CA
Whimsical textured relief painting of two stylized twin jesters in primary colors, their long mask-like faces created with the technique of hand carving layers of laminated paper board and painting with acrylic, by contemporary English artist Martin Ingley...
Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic, Illustration Board
Cannes et le vieux port - Post Impressionist Oil, Landscape by Marcel Dyf
By Marcel Dyf
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in landscape oil on canvas circa 1940 by sought after French post impressionist painter Marcel Dyf. The piece depicts people enjoying a sunny winter's day at the port ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,518Sale Price|20% Off
Huge 1960s Post Impressionist Oil Catalan Spanish Mountain Range Hilltop Village
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Catalan Mountain Range by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 27 x 33 inches canvas: 25 x 23 inches Colors: Green colors, beige, brow...
Canvas, Oil
"Hayrolls In The Lavender Field" Modern Impressionist Serigraph of Provence
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Hayrolls In The Lavender Field" is an beautiful 95 color hand pulled serigraph created from the oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist...
Screen
La potager de la Sargne - Post-Impressionist Landscape Oil by Victor Charreton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on board landscape circa 1910 by sought after Post-Impressionist painter Victor Charreton. Charreton was said to be the painter of colours and this piece, which depicts an...
Oil, Board
Mid 20th Century Oil on Canvas View of Grenada
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century oil on canvas view of a street in Grenada, Spain by J Georges. The painting is signed and titled bottom right. Presented in a deep patinated and gilt wood frame. A ...
Canvas, Oil
$37,597
Pommiers en Fleurs - Post Impressionist Divisionist Landscape Oil by Leon Detroy
By Leon Detroy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1920 by French post impressionist painter Leon Detroy. The piece is painted in a divisionist style and depicts blossoming apple trees in an orcha...
Canvas, Oil
$808Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th Century 1950's French Post-Impressionist Oil Old Tree by Blue River
By Regine David
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Tree by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018) oil painting on board, unframed measures: 18 x 12 inches condition: the painting is in very sound and presentable condi...
Oil
$1,404Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th Century French Signed Oil Painting Red Tulips in Interior original frm
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Red Tulips in Interior by Marcel Chesneau (French 1902 - 1975) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 26 x 19 inches canvas: 22 x 15 inches provenance: private collection, France condi...
Oil, Canvas
$755Sale Price|31% Off
Barcelona Flower Market Las Ramblas Oil Painting Mediterranean Street Scene
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Barcelona Flower Market Las Ramblas Oil Painting Mediterranean Street Scene TECHNICAL DETAILS Artist: Jordi Curós Ventura (1930–2007, Spain) Title: Bulev...
Oil, Burlap
$840Sale Price|20% Off
1960's French Post Impressionist Oil Painting South of France Coastal Town Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1960's, signed and dated lower right Title: Sleepy coastal town, South of France, painted in soft muted green tones. Medium: oil painting on b...
Oil
$450Sale Price|32% Off
Oil Painting of Vibrant Still Life of Sunflowers and Orange Blooms in a Jug
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Oil Painting of Vibrant Still Life of Sunflowers and Orange Blooms in a Jug Artist: Roland Pichard Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card Size: 10.75 (height) x 9.75 (wi...
Oil
$25,542
Repos dans un champs de coquelicots - Pointillist Landscape Oil by Yvonne Canu
By Yvonne Canu
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed pointillist oil on panel figures in landscape by French neo-impressionist painter Yvonne Canu. This stunning piece depicts a couple resting under a parasol in a field of wildf...
Oil, Board
$1,735Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Signed Oil, Portrait of Young Lady in Turquoise Dress 1930s
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1930's, signed very lower right corner and inscribed verso Title: 'Jeune Fille' Medium: oil on canvas laid over board, framed in a period gilt ...
Oil
$1,247Sale Price|20% Off
Original French Mid Century PostImpressionist Oil Green Balcony Med Terrace View
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
''A Room with a View" by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001) signed on front and back oil painting on canvas, beautifully painted with rich, thick impasto oi...
Oil, Canvas
The North Cliffs, Cornwall, Oil on Board, Signed, Framed, 1995
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Robert Jones. English ( b.1943 ). The North Cliffs, Cornwall. 1995. Oil On Board. Signed & Dated Lower Right. Image size 20.7 inches x 27.4 inches ( 52.5cm x 69.5cm ). Frame size 3...
Oil
$12,500
Little River
Located in Sheffield, MA
Francis Chapin American 1899-1965 Little River Oil on canvas 28 by 40 in. W/frame 38 by 50 in. Dubbed the Dean of Chicago Painters in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, Francis Chapin painte...
Oil
'Wharf with Dock Workers', American School, Oakland, San Francisco Bay Area Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A Post-Impressionist oil of a wooden wharf with a large sailing boat moored and dockhands working with a view beyond towards a coastal town with wooden-frame houses, possibly Oakland...
Canvas, Oil
Henri Matisse, Theme D 10, from Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Theme D 10 Year: February 7, 1943 Medium: Collotype on vélin pur fil paper Size: 10.04 x 13.15 inches Condition: Very good Inscription: Signed in the plate, unnumbered Publish...
Collotype Print
"Portofino Marina" Vibrant Impressionist Harbor Scene Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Ernest Audibert’s marina and harbor paintings are among the most beloved and commercially successful parts of his body of work. This piece is a pertinent example of this, as he captu...
Canvas, Oil
"La Bourse, Paris" French Impressionist City Scene Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
By Paul Gagni
Located in New York, NY
This piece is an exceptional impressionistic cityscape scene by Paul Gagni of 'La Bourse' in Paris. The Bourse de Commerce (Commodities Exchange) is a building in Paris, originally u...
Canvas, Oil
Peace
Located in Zofingen, AG
This semi-abstract landscape captures the sun as it slips into sunset, casting a soft, luminous glow across the lake. It serves as a quiet meditation on the fleeting nature of life—e...
Canvas, Acrylic
$31,664
Paysage a Mereville - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Maximilien Luce
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on board landscape circa 1902 by French Post Impressionist painter Maximilien Luce. The work depicts a view of Mereville, a former commune in the Essonne department in Île...
Oil, Board
$976Sale Price|20% Off
1950's French Post-Impressionist Oil Painting of a Colorful Floral Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Garden Bliss by Marcelle Weill (French, b.1900) signed oil on canvas, unframed exhibition label verso with the artists Parisian address and title of work canvas : 24 x 29 inches Prov...
Oil, Canvas
Antwerp - Mid 20th Century Belgian Post Impressionist Street Landscape Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful mid 20th century post-impressionist oil on board depicting a street scene, likely to be Antwerp, by Belgian artist Jean Guy Beernaerts. Excellent quality and condition w...
Oil, Board
Brume D'Automne: 20th Century Post-Impressionist Oil Painting
By Henri Quittelier
Located in Naples, Florida
Born in Saint Joost-ten-Noode in 1884, Henri Quittelier enrolled at the Brussels Academy in 1901. One of his teachers at the Academy was Emile Fabry, the famous symboliste. Quittelie...
Oil, Canvas
“L’après-midi d’un faune” by Ker-Xavier Roussel (1867 – 1944) French Painter
Located in Knokke, BE
Ker-Xavier Roussel Lorry-les-Metz 1867 – 1944 Etang-la-Ville French Painter 'L’après-midi d’un faune' Signature: signed lower left and right Medium: pastel on paper mounted on boar...
Pastel, Paper, Board
La Cote Bleue - Post Impressionist Seascape Oil by Adolphe Louis Gaussen
By Adolphe Louis Gaussen
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on panel landscape circa 1910 by French post impressionist painter Adolphe Louis Gaussen. The work depicts a view of a rocky coastline on La Cote Bleue, a stunning 25-kilo...
Oil, Panel
“Olive Trees and Farm: Cannes.” Raymond Thibesart (1874-1968)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Olive Trees and Farm: Cannes. (Ferme dans le Oliviers: Cannes” Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968) Oil on canvas, circa 1920s Signed ;lower right 19 1/2 x 24 1/2 (26 1/2 x 31 1/2 ...
Canvas, Oil
$697Sale Price|20% Off
Costa Brava Oil Painting, Post-Impressionist, 1990s, Unframed, 15x18"
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title of the work: Costa Brava Artist: Rafael Durán Benet Technique: Oil on canvas mounted on board Dimensions: 15 x 18 inches Support: Board Condition: Unframed Period: 1990s ...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$1,247Sale Price|20% Off
Cagnes Sur Mer French Exotic Town Post Impressionist Signed Thick Oil Impasto
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cagnes Sur Mer by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed on front oil painting on board, unframed board: 18 x 13 inches Colors: Grey colors, brown, blue, green and orange Very go...
Oil
$851Sale Price|20% Off
1940's French Post Impressionist Signed Oil Flowers in Vase Period Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Bouquet on an entablature' by Denise Dardel (French, mid 20th century) signed and dated 1944 oil on board, framed framed: 23 x 29 inches board: 19.5 x 26 inches provenance: private ...
Oil
Le Portail de Provence by Raoul Dufy - Landscape, Work on Paper, Gouache, Art
By Raoul Dufy
Located in London, GB
Le Portail de Provence by Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) Gouache on paper 49 x 64.5 cm (19 ¹/₄ x 25 ³/₈ inches) Signed lower centre, Raoul Dufy Provenance: Palais Galliéra sale, Paris,1966 ...
Paper, Gouache
$862Sale Price|20% Off
Fernand Audet French Impasto Oil Painting Night Courtyard Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
**Title** Fernand Audet French Impasto Oil Painting Night Courtyard Figures **Key Details** **Artist:** Fernand Audet (French, 1923–2016), signed **Title:** Bright Conversation **Me...
Oil
$1,621Sale Price|20% Off
Provence Mountain Landscape French Post Impressionist Signed Oil Painting
By Max Toutain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provence by Max Toutain (1935-2006) signed oil on board, unframed board : 24 x 29 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good condition Max Toutain was born in Pari...
Oil