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.
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La Rue Deserte - Mid 20th Century French Town Naive Naif Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A superb and very atmospheric mid 20th century French post-impressionist oil on canvas depicting a deserted street in a coastal town. Superb quality and condition work - signed lowe...
Oil
$4,000
"Arbre à l'Automne à Saint Paul" pastel by Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Arbre à l'Automne à Saint Paul Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968) Circa 1920's Pastel on paper, signed lower left 12 x 9 inches Raymond Thibesart was born into an affluent famil...
Pastel
Yves Ganne, 'Les Colombes', Doves, French, post impressionist, oil on canvas
By Yves Ganne
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Yves Ganne (French, 1931 – 2019) Le Colombes, circa 1950 Oil on canvas 15.3/4 x 22.1/2 in. (40 x 57 cm.) Provenance: From the estate of the artist Born in Angers, Anjou, in 1931, Yv...
Canvas, Oil
$980Sale Price|20% Off
Sunlit Sunlit Southern French Landscape Cottage Among Olive Trees Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunlit French Landscape French School, indistinctly signed inscribed verso oil on canvas, framed framed: 17 x 20 inches canvas: 11 x 14 inches Provenance: Private collection, France...
Oil
$239Sale Price|20% Off
Floral Still Life in Soft Pastels Mid-20th Century Impressionist Style
By Regine David
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Floral Still Life in Soft Pastels by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018) pastel painting on artist paper, unframed panting: 10.5 x 8 inches condition: This painting is in ...
Pastel
$898Sale Price|20% Off
1940's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Sludgy Green Moody River Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The River Landscape by Andre Rodet (French, dated 1946) signed and dated 1946 oil on board, framed framed: 16.5 x 21.5 inches board: 13 x 18 inches Provenance: private collection, F...
Oil
Woman Posing Mixed Media Painting, Fauvist Style, 1970s, Unframed
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas cardboard. Work measurements 46x38 cm. Frameless. Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish pa...
Mixed Media
Still life, oil, cm. 63 x 52 1970 ca
By Enzo FARAONI
Located in Torino, IT
flower,fruts Enzo FARAONI (S. Stefano Magra, La Spezia, 1920/2017) Enzo Faraoni is a great painter and engraver from Florence; he expresses the poetic everyday life of simple and co...
Oil
After Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec, Figurative, 1952, Color Cliché Print, Framed
By (After) Henri Toulouse Lautrec
Located in Barcelona, ES
Step into the vibrant world of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec with this captivating color cliché print, meticulously edited by Editions du Chêne in Paris, France, in 1952. Encased in a be...
Paper
$860Sale Price|20% Off
1960's Signed Oil painting of a Smart Lady Dressed in White Crisp Shirt
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Elegant Portrait of a Lady signed oil on canvas, unframed dated 1962 canvas : 26 x 20 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good condition Description: This stunning...
Oil
$539Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Pastel Drawing of Colourful Marina Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Pastel Drawing of Colourful Marina Scene by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Medium: Pastel on unframed paper Size: 10.5 inches...
Pastel, Pen
H.M. Saffer II, "Orchard Sky", 28x42 Blue Pointillist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Colorful landscape painting on canvas "Orchard Sky" 28x42 by artist H.M. Saffer II. Painted in the style of pointillism, a series of tiny painted brushstrokes , this oil landscape d...
Canvas, Oil
$2,600
Large Pastel Landscape Purple Mountains Landscape American Modernist Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
LARRY HOROWITZ (American b. 1956) "Purple Mountains," 1988, pastel on paper Hand signed and dated L/R, "Horowitz '88," Dimensions sight 19 1/2" x 23", framed, 26 1/2" x 30 1/2". L...
Pastel
$588Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-20th Century Pastel of the River at Brantôme in France
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Pastel of the River at Brantôme in France by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Medium: Pastel on unframed paper Size: 14.75 inches (height) x 21.25...
Pastel
$922Sale 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
$925Sale Price|20% Off
Signed Vintage French Post-Impressionist Oil Grapes & Fruit - Amazing Greens
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: J.Darras, French 20th century, signed Title: Still Life of Grapes and Fruits net to a basket, beautiful deep shades of green colors. Medium: oil painting on canvas...
Oil
Red Flowers By The Window
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Red Flowers By The Window Singed lower right canvas 30x24 with the frame 40x33x1 Judith Sobel was born in Lwow Poland in 1924. After World War II, she att...
Canvas, Oil
$732Sale Price|20% Off
Sailing Ship at Anchor in the Grey Waters of the Mediterranean French Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sailing Ship Tony Minartz (French, 1873 - 1994) signed watercolour on artist paper painting : 12.75 x 17 inches Provenance: private collection in the South of France, Condition: v...
Watercolor
Rainy Parisian Day, Acrylic Painting by Charles Cobelle
Located in Long Island City, NY
A vibrant landscape by French artist Charles Cobelle. Signed lower right Rainy Parisian Day Charles Cobelle, French (1902–1994) Date: Circa 1960 Acrylic on Canvas, signed l.r. Size:...
Canvas, Acrylic
Sunny energy
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sunflowers bring warmth, joy, and the energy of the sun into the space — everything around them seems more alive. These flowers embody fullness of light, resilience, and the constant...
Acrylic, Canvas
$560Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century French Ink Drawing of Mansion in Enghien France With Winter Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-Century French Ink Drawing of Mansion in Enghien France With Winter Trees by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Signed: Yes Medium: Pen drawing on unframed paper...
Pen
"Synagogue Interior Scene with Figure" Post-Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
An outstanding oil painting depicting a religious figure seated in a Synagogue with decorated columns and in between arches. The bright colors and quick brush strokes are what make t...
Canvas, Oil
Au Cafe - Post Impressionist Figures in Interior Oil by Elie Pavil
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in interior oil on panel circa 1910 by Russian-born post impressionist painter Elie Anatole Pavil. The piece depicts a a woman in a white dress and hat seated at a tab...
Oil, Panel
Birch Trees and Snow-Laden Spruces, 1927
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are pleased to offer an exquisite painting by Finnish artist Reino Partanen (1889–1972), titled Birch Trees and Snow-Laden Spruces. Created in 1927, this impressive work measures ...
Canvas, Oil
Sweet and sour
Located in Zofingen, AG
Across the vast stretches of African desert, where endless sand meets intense heat, people carve out small, human-made oases that bring life back to the land. Through care, patience,...
Oil
Natura Morta con Frutta, Oil on Canvas, Post-Impressionist, 1974
Located in Torino, IT
Natura morta,Frutta,Colori puri, Limon,i Uva Maya KOPITZEVA (Gagra, Georgia 1924 – San Pietroburgo 2005) Firmato con sigla M.K. 74 in basso a destra Maya Kuzminichna Kopitzeva nas...
Oil
Summer Landscape near Sundsvall, 1911
By Oscar Lycke
Located in Stockholm, SE
In this radiant drawing from 1911, Swedish artist Oskar Lycke captures the quiet grandeur of a summer landscape near Sundsvall in northern Sweden. The view stretches across a serene ...
Paper, Crayon, Ink
Bacchanale, Cubist Lithograph after Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate Collection after the Pablo Picasso painting "Bacchanale". The original painting was completed circa 1922. In the 1970's after Picasso's d...
Lithograph
$929Sale Price|20% Off
Mediterranean Still Life with Blue Tablecloth Fruit and Garden View Oil Painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Mediterranean Still Life with Blue Tablecloth, Fruit and Garden View Artist: Rafael Duran Benet Title: Mediterranean Still Life with Blue Tablecloth, Fruit and Garden View Medium: O...
Oil, Board, Canvas
$1,361Sale Price|20% Off
Vibrant Still Life with Potted Pink Flowers on a Garden Bench French Painting
By Max Toutain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pink Potted Flowers signed by Max Toutain (1935-2006) oil painting on canvas, framed frame: 32 x 42 inches canvas : 26 x 36 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artis...
Oil
$3,040Sale Price|20% Off
Two Owls Oil Painting on Board, Post-Impressionist, 20th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Work sold to benefit the CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART Joseph B. O’Sickey (American, 1918–2013) Two Owls Oil on board 15 x 10.5 inches Joseph O'Sickey, born in...
Oil
$1,009Sale Price|20% Off
"Sun in the Alps" Original Impressionistic Landscape . Oil painting
Located in Oslo, NO
In this painting, I've sought to capture the interplay of light and shadow that dances across the façades of these time-worn buildings. Infusing life through impressionistic strokes ...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$1,841Sale Price|20% Off
Catalan School Oil on canvas September Francesc d'Assis Planas Spain
Located in Valladolid, ES
Amazing and beautiful oil on canvas signed by Francisco Planas Doria. The work reflects the characteristic approach of post-impressionism, where the author does not focus on a detai...
Canvas
$745Sale Price|20% Off
1930's French Post Impressionist Oil Painting - Stone Cottage With Small steps
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Crochet (French c. 1930), female French Impressionist artist Title: The Old Cottage Medium: oil on board, unframed Size: board: 9.5 x 13 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in overall good and sound condition, there are a few minor marks and scuffs to the surface - curved board
Oil
Garden in Summer, Marie-Lucie Nessi, Woman Post-impressionist, Oil on canvas
Located in New York, NY
Marie Lucie Nessi-Valtat Garden in summer, ca. 1950 Oil on canvas Canvas: 19 × 22 1/2 in l 48 × 57 cm Frame: 21 2/3 x 25 1/4 l 55 x 64 cm Signed lower right Marie-Lucie Nessi Valta...
Canvas, Oil
French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Bucolic Wooded Country Lane Gaston Sebire
Located in Surfside, FL
Gaston Sébire ( 1920 - 2001) Alle aux Arbres Oil on canvas Dimensions: h. 23.25 X w. 16.75. framed 29.5 X 22 inches Hand signed lower left and titled on verso Provenance: Wally F. Ga...
Canvas, Oil
$639Sale Price|31% Off
Mediterranean Garden Landscape with Cypress Trees Spanish Post-Impressionist Oil
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Mediterranean Garden Landscape with Cypress Trees Spanish Post-Impressionist Oil Painting Artist: Ángel Bertran Montserrat (1928–1994) Title: Costa española Medium: Oil on canvas Date: c.1995 Signature: Signed lower right Condition: Good condition Frame: Unframed Dimensions: 46 × 55 cm (18.12 × 21.66 in) DESCRIPTION Mediterranean landscape depicting a structured garden terrace overlooking a coastal horizon painted by Spanish artist Ángel Bertran Montserrat around 1995. Executed in oil on canvas, the composition combines vertical cypress silhouettes with layered vegetation and distant sea views, creating a balanced architectural landscape typical of twentieth-century Mediterranean painting traditions. The work reflects a controlled chromatic structure and luminous atmosphere associated with Catalan post-impressionist landscape interpretation of the coastal environment. Ángel Bertran Montserrat (Cervelló, 1928–1994) was a Catalan painter active within Mediterranean landscape traditions of the twentieth century. He began exhibiting at an early age...
Oil, Canvas
$539Sale Price|20% Off
French Post-Impressionist Signed Oil Still Life Pear and Purple Glass Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
signed Sinai French Post-Impressionist School, late 20th century signed oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 9.5 x 13 inches provenance: private collection condition: very good a...
Oil
$8,992Sale Price|30% Off
"Flowers and blueberries" Oil cm.69 x 79 2000
Located in Torino, IT
Flowers and blueberries, yellow, white MAYA KOPITZEVA (Gagra, Georgia, 1924 - 2005) Maya kopitzeva’s works have been acquired by the Russian Ministry of Culture, by the Foundatio...
Canvas, Oil
Large English post impressionist 20thC oil painting Cotswolds wildflowers
By Charles Neal
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Charles Neal (1951-) British TITLE: "Eycot Wood, Rendcomb Near Cirencester Gloucestershire" SIGNED: lower right MEDIUM: oil on canvas SIZE: 117cm x 77cm incluisve of frame...
Oil
$1,905
20th Century French Post Impressionist still life with apples by Aujame
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Jean Claude Aujame (French, 1905 – 1965) Nature Morte aux pommes Signed and dated ‘Aujame 62’ (lower right) Oil on canvas 23.1/2 x 32 in. (60 x 81.3...
Canvas, Oil
$544Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-20th Century French Pastel Landscape of Forest Trees in Les Laudes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century French Pastel Landscape of Forest Trees in Les Laudes by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Medium: Pastel on unframed paper Size: 14.75 inches (hei...
Pastel
$2,123Sale Price|20% Off
1960's French Interior Scene Lady Reflection in Window Sewing Still Life Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Interior by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) stamped verso oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 29 inches very good condition provenance: from the artists estate, France J...
Canvas, Oil
Echoes of the Passing Summer
Located in Zofingen, AG
Echoes of the Passing Summer is a visual manifestation of a fading natural vibration. The work explores the moment of transition: the golden tones of the wheat and dry grasses create...
Acrylic, Panel
$3,300
'Tropical Jungle Woman', Polynesian Figural, Pacific Islands, Weimar Republic
By Orla Muff
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'Muff' for Orla Muff (Danish, 1903-1984) and painted circa 1940. Orla Muff received his first formal art instruction at the Copenhagen Technical School from 1917-...
Canvas, Oil
$1,627Sale Price|20% Off
20th Century French Post Impressionist Oil Golden Light Autumn Trees Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Golden Light Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020) oil painting on canvas 26 x 21 inches. All the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come from the artists estate in France. The painting is in very good and presentable condition. Ginet-Lasnier, the wife of the painter Jean Lasnier...
Canvas, Oil
$500Sale Price|33% Off
Original Oil Painting of Istanbul’s Blue Mosque with Reflection and Bird
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Painting of Istanbul’s Blue Mosque with Reflection and Bird Artist: Roland Pichard Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on c...
Oil
$571Sale Price|20% Off
French Mid-Century Ink and Graphite Drawing of Village Among Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Mid-Century Ink and Graphite Drawing of Village Among Trees by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Signed: Yes Medium: Ink and graphite on unframed paper Size:...
Ink, Graphite
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
Niche Au Board De L'eau, Concarneau
By Paul Signac
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Watercolour & Charcoal on paper Paper size: 12 x 10 inches Framed size: 19 x 16 inches Signed lower left
Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor
$119Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Pencil Sketch of a Mother and Child at the Tailors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided Size: 13 (height) x 10 (width) Stamped Verso Condition: Good Pr...
Charcoal, Pencil
New York Skyline - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Jacques Martin-Ferrieres
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas urban landscape by sought after French post-impressionist painter Jacques Martin-Ferrieres. The piece depicts a very rare view of the Manhattan skyline - painted...
Canvas, Oil
$952Sale Price|20% Off
Boating on the River Seine Paris underneath Stone Bridge Signed French Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Under the Bridge" by Bertrand Mogniat-Duclos (French 1903-1987) signed oil painting on board, framed painting: 9.5 x 14 inches framed: 13.5 x 18 inches A very beautiful French Pos...
Canvas, Oil
$212,000Sale Price|20% Off
Le Jardin de Lagny - Garden with young girl Post-impressionist
Located in Miami, FL
Le Jardin de Lagny Provenance: Arthur Tooth, London Radon Gallery, NY This beautiful evocation of a lyrical French landscape is a fine example of of Po...
Canvas, Oil
$700Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Modern Brick Path Through the Trees, Abstracted Landscape
By Charles Fuhrman
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-Century Modern abstracted landscape of autumn trees lining a red brick pathway by Charles Fuhrman (American, 1940-1995), c.1960s. Signed "Fuhrman" lower left. Unframed. Image, 36...
Canvas, Oil
Paul Emile Lecomte (1877-1950) A Walker on a country road, signed watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Paul-Emile Lecomte (1877-1950) A walker on a country road Signed lower right watercolor on paper 25.5 x 35.3 cm framed under glass 44.5 x 54.5 cm This antique frame is quite damage...
Watercolor
Naked Woman by Fireplace, Oil on Canvas, Signed, Early 20th Century
By Aloys Hugonnet
Located in Genève, GE
Oil on canvas depicting an intimate female nude seated before a fireplace, signed Aloys Hugonnet, a French artist working within the post-Impressionist and early modern figurative t...
Oil
$506Sale Price|20% Off
An Artist at Work on a Study of Doves - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: An Artist at Work on a Study of Doves - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting Artist: Roland Pichard Signed: Bottom right Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card Size: 10...
Oil
"Riverside Park" Post War Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting with Figures
Located in New York, NY
A masterful oil painting depicting a view of a riverside wooded park in a beautiful sunny day at the early fall season. A figure seated on a blue bench with a bridge behind, a couple...
Canvas, Oil
$448Sale Price|20% Off
Shadows of the Old Alley: Post-Impressionist Gouache Landscape
Located in Oslo, NO
This artwork portrays a serene autumn landscape, masterfully capturing the play of light and shadow across a tree-lined path. The rich palette of yellows, oranges, and browns epitomi...
Paper, Gouache