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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A child for humans by Gilbert Pauli - Oil on canvas 130x97 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas, excellent state
Oil
Les Meules - Post Impressionist Divisionist Landscape Oil by Leon Detroy
By Leon Detroy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1905 by French post impressionist painter Leon Detroy. This beautiful piece is painted in a divisionist style and depicts two large haystacks in ...
Canvas, Oil
Victorian Early Twentieth Century Watercolor Marine of Boats and Figures at Quay
By Henry Scott Tuke
Located in ludlow, GB
Victorian Early Twentieth Century Marine Watercolour of Customs House Quay Falmouth. It is a Signed Watercolour on paper, laid on board with a mount and Framed and Glazed. By the ce...
Watercolor
$7,559
Fleurs sur une table - Post Impressionist Still Life Oil by Lucie Cousturier
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas still life in interior circa 1920 by French post impressionist painter Lucie Cousturier.. The work depicts a planter filled with flowers in a kaleidoscope of col...
Canvas, Oil
$962Sale 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
$857Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th Century French Fauvist Painting - Amazing Colors - pupil of Andre Lhote
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Abstract Figure' Suzanne Vattier, French 1901-1996 gouache painting on artist paper, framed size: 9.75 x 12.5 inches Fabulous 1970s abstract goauche painting. The colours used in t...
Gouache
French Castle Towers Winter Trees and Blue Sky Landscape Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Castle Towers Winter Trees and Blue Sky Landscape Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size (H x W): 7.25 x 10....
Watercolor
$874Sale Price|20% Off
FERNAND AUDET (1923-2016) FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST OIL NIGHT TIME FIGURES COURTYARD
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Bright Conversation" by Fernand Audet (French, Tarascon 1923- Mulhouse 2016) signed lower right, oil painting on board, unframed painting: 25.5 x 21 inches A fine "mid century" oi...
Oil
$2,800Sale Price|43% Off
Russian/Canadian Modernist Signed Fauvist Pointillist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist landscape painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1957. Signed "Olga" verso. Displayed in a modern frame. Image size, 36"L x 26"H.
Canvas, Oil
The Education Process
Located in Zofingen, AG
This work reflects on the moment when formation gradually turns into programming. Repeated signals, habitual reactions, and expected outcomes construct an internal coordinate system ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,400Sale Price|20% Off
'Harbor Mist', Pasadena Art Museum, California, Post-Impressionist oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Jonathan Scott' (British, 1914-1995) and titled verso. Provenance: Nancy Moure, Glendale, California Jonathan Scott studied first at the Heatherly School in Lond...
Oil, Cardboard
Canal Scene
Located in Sheffield, MA
Alphonse Léon Quizet French, 1885-1955 Canal Scene Oil on board 13 ¼ by 16 ¼ in, w/ frame 20 ¾ by 23 ¾ in Signed lower right Inventory Number: 01933 Alphonse Quizet was born on Ma...
Oil, Board
$681Sale Price|20% Off
Summers day In Nice with Figures Exploring the Dry Bridge Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Summer Bridge, Nice Tony Minartz (French, 1873 - 1994) watercolour on artist paper painting : 12.5 x 16.75 inches Provenance: private collection in the South of France, Condition: ...
Watercolor
"Parisian Scene by Pont Neuf & Notre Dam" Post-Impressionist Oil Painting Canvas
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a colorful landscape scene by Pont Neuf with Notre Dam in the distance behind the bridge. The attractive perspective is what makes this painting so interesting ...
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Landscape Painting of Fall Colors 'Sunlit Birches'
By Vadim Dolgov
Located in Toronto, ON
Painting in his signature play on cubism Vadim Dolgov uses a grid system to engage shifting daylight through the artwork. The result provides the viewer with a beautiful array of col...
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,640Sale Price|20% Off
'Spring Bouquet' Paris, National Academy of Design, Chouinard, ASL, Laguna Beach
By Harold Frank
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'H. Frank' for Harold Frank (American, 1917-1995), additionally stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity and painted circa 1975. An exuberant Post-Impre...
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
$2,617
Louis GOYET. Self-portrait with a pipe, circa 1940. Oil on board. Fauvism.
Located in Paris, FR
Louis Goyet (1907-1982) Self-Portrait with Pipe Oil on cardboard H. 44.5 cm - W. 35.5 cm Unsigned Louis Goyet is another example of a working-class painter. Living in the Lyon subur...
Oil, Board
"Natura Morta con frutta" Olio cm 80 x 70 1974
Located in Torino, IT
Natura morta,Frutta,Colori puri, Limon,i Uva Maya KOPITZEVA (Gagra, Georgia 1924 – San Pietroburgo 2005) Maya Kuzminichna Kopitzeva nasce nel 1924 in Georgia, ma già l’anno success...
Oil
“Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel in Paris. Circa 1955. Signed by the artist lower right. Condition is excellent; recently professionally cleaned. No restorations. Original wood, gesso and gold frame. Overall framed measurements are 13 by 15.5 inches. Provenance: A Long Island, New York collector. Charles Blondin (French 1913-1991) Charles Blondin was a French impressionist painter and print maker known for his depictions of Paris during different seasons. Born in 1913 in France his most active period dates from c. 1928 to the 1950s. The Paris Etching Society...
Canvas, Oil
$874Sale Price|20% Off
Boats at Sea, Pointillist Oil Painting on Board, Mid-20th Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Boats at Sea, Pointillist School British School, mid, 20th Century The artist signed the lower right hand corner, and signed it verso Oil painting on board...
Oil
$42,768
Les Toits - Gerberoy - Post Impressionist Landscape by Henri Le Sidaner
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed divisionist oil, ink and coloured pencils on paper landscape by French post impressionist painter Henri le Sidaner. This stunning piece depicts a view of the roofs of the buil...
Oil, Paper, Ink, Color Pencil
$16,500
Ocean Park Bench
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting qn exceptional oil on panel by American artist Ron Blumberg(1908-2002) Ocean Park bench, is an original oil on panel, signed, c.1957, painted ...
Oil
$742Sale Price|20% Off
Provence Boats Landscape Post-Impressionist Signed 1940's Painting
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provence Landscape, Boats Tied Pp Under Trees by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998) Signed lower right, from a batch of similar work where most were dated 1942-1947 watercolour painting...
Watercolor
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Andre Derain, Head of a Young Girl, from Verve, Revue Artistique, 1939
By André Derain
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Andre Derain (1880–1954), titled Tete de Jeune Fille (Head of a Young Girl), from Verve, Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. II, No. 5–6, originates fro...
Lithograph
L’heure des yachts, Oil on canvas, French, mid-20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Andre Hambourg was born in Paris in 1909. At the age of 17, he entered the École Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs where he studied sculpture under Paul Niclausse for four yea...
Oil, Canvas
Kumulipo, Source of Life - Mid Century Modern Surrealist Hawaiian Visionary Art
Located in Soquel, CA
Symbolic and surreal landscape with figure eminating life force by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame...
Oil, Canvas
Gondolas on the Canal
Located in Sheffield, MA
Gaston H. Boucart French, 1878-1962 Gondolas on the Canal Oil on canvas 25 ¾ by 32 in, w/ frame 34 ¾ by 41 in Signed lower right Inventory Number: 01902 Gaston was born at Angoule...
Canvas, Oil
"Wading Aquamarine" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "Wading Aquamarine" is an original, hand made oil painting that depicts a feminine model kneeling in a white dress at the water's edge. About the Artist: Suchitra...
Oil, Panel
$8,796Sale Price|20% Off
Portrait of Two Sisters by a Window - British 1918 Slade School art oil painting
By Clive Gardiner
Located in Hagley, England
This charming British Post Impressionist portrait oil painting is by noted Slade School artist (Alfred) Clive Gardiner. It was painted in 1918 and shows the influence of the French a...
Oil
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
Pommes et poires
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Signed with monogram lower left * The Robert Lehman Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art contains more paintings (nine) by Georges D’Espagnat than any other nineteenth- or ...
Oil, Wood Panel
"Les Fausses Confidences" Large original color lithograph
Located in San Francisco, CA
This art work titled "Les Fausses Confidences" 1988 is an original color lithograph on wove paper by French artist, Jean Pierre Cassigneul, born 1935. It is hand signed and inscribe...
Lithograph
Le Dessert - Post Impressionist Still Life Oil Painting by Albert Andre
By Albert Andre
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and titled still life oil on canvas circa 1898 by French post impressionist painter Albert André. The work depicts a still life scene in an interior. A glass bowl filled with ...
Canvas, Oil
French Village Street Scene Church Light Study Impressionist Painting
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Village Street Scene Church Light Study Impressionist Painting by Pierre Neveu (French, b.1929) signed oil on board, unframed board: 9.5 x 14 inches Provenance: from the artis...
Oil
"Portrait of Young Boy" Post-Impressionism French Oil Painting on Panel Framed
Located in New York, NY
An outstanding oil painting depicitng a portrait of a yong boy with a landscape in the background. The bright colors and quick brush strokes are what makes this piece so attractive a...
Oil, Panel
SUR LA DORDOGNEJean-Franck BAUDOIN (1870-1961 POST IMPRESSIONIST
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
Jean-Franck Baudoin a wood engraver and painter of the society of French Artists died on the 20th January 1961 at Libourne ‘Gironde’ at the age of 91. He was born at Saint Martin De ...
Pastel
Sevillanas
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Sevillanas Etching and color aquatint on laid watermarked paper, c. 1900 Signed by the artist in pencil lower right (see photo) Editioned in pencil lower left corner of sheet Publish...
Aquatint
$2,951Sale Price|20% Off
On a carpet hanger. Figurative bronze sculpture Polish art, Limited edition
Located in Warsaw, PL
Limited edition bronze sculpture by Polish artist Olga Prokop-Misniakiewicz. Artist signes her artworks by hand, using engraving tool. Edition of 8. Olga Prokop-Misniakiewicz likes t...
Bronze
Summertime - Martha's Vineyard - Sunset Golden Sky and Red Lighthouse
Located in Miami, FL
Summertime in Martha's Vineyard is drenched in saturated yellows and reds. People in the foreground look out to the sea. Two people on horseback are masterfully rendered in a loose ...
Watercolor, Board, Pencil
Najac Village and Castle French Hilltop Landscape Watercolour Painting
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Najac Village and Castle French Hilltop Landscape Watercolour Painting Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist sketchbook paper, unframed Size (H x ...
Watercolor
La Fontaine de Vaucluse Hillside Village French Landscape Watercolour Painting
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: La Fontaine de Vaucluse Hillside Village French Landscape Watercolour Painting Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist sketchbook paper, unframed Si...
Watercolor
"Portrait of Young Girl With Two Braids" Post-Impressionist French Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical portrait of a young girl with hair tied up against a light blue background and she wears a red dress. The bright colors used and quick brush strokes...
Oil, Canvas
La Gitane de Richepin - Litho After H. de Toulouse-Lautrec
By (After) Henri Toulouse Lautrec
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 26.5 x 20.5 cm. La Gitane de Richepin is a chromolithographed poster, monogrammed on plate on the lower right margin by the French bohemian artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec...
Lithograph
$796Sale Price|20% Off
Henri Matisse, Ringmaster, from Jazz, Special Edition for MoMA, 1983 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Monsieur Loyal (Ringmaster), from Henri Matisse, Jazz, originates from the 1983 second edition published by George...
Lithograph
"A Beautiful and Brave Gaze" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "A Beautiful and Brave Gaze" is an original, hand made oil painting that depicts an Indian woman with a lit flame creating a beautiful orange glow around her. Abo...
Oil, Panel
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
Henri Matisse, The Parakeet and the Mermaid, Last Works of Matisse, 1958 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled La Perruche et la Sirene (The Parakeet and the Mermaid), from Dernieres Oeuvres de Matisse 1950-1954 (Last Works of ...
Lithograph
$475
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
$1,924
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
$10,446
1931 Portrait oil painting by Swiss artist Gottardo Segantini or Bergsma
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
This is a captivating portrait of Samuela Bergsma, executed by the Swiss artist Gottardo Segantini. Painted in the Divisionist style, the artwork em...
Canvas, Oil
"Autumn Cherry Trees" Contemporary Impressionist Oil of Provence
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Autumn Cherry Trees" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures a timeless scene in the South of Franc...
Oil
$404Sale Price|62% Off
Monells 1977 Empordà Oil Painting, Catalan Post-Impressionist Landscape
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Artista: Josep Moscardó (Barcelona, 1953) Título: Monells, Empordà Fecha: 1977 Técnica: Óleo sobre lienzo Dimensiones: 46 × 38 cm (18.1 × 15 in) Firma: Firmado y fechado al reverso “...
Oil, Canvas
Lake Landscape with characters
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"MORISOT Edma (1839-1921) Lake Landscape Of Ile De France" Oil on canvas signed lower right Old original frame gilded with leaves Frame size: 86 X 75 cm ...
Oil
Coucher de soleil - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Ferdinand du Puigaudeau
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated post impressionist riverscape oil on canvas by French painter Ferdinand du Puigaudeau. This stunning and large work depicts a view of the river Loire in Nantes, Fran...
Canvas, 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
Il Duomo di Milano Painting, Oil on Canvas, Mid-20th Century
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas This work masterfully depicts the Gothic splendor of Milan's Duomo. The artist uses shades of gray and black to capture the architectural complexity and majesty of the...
Canvas, Oil
Les Bouquinistes, Paris
By Jean Salabet
Located in Sheffield, MA
Jean Salabet French, 20th Century Les Bouquinistes, Paris Oil on canvas 18 by 22 in. W/frame 24 by 28 in. Signed lower left Item number: 01868 Jean Salabet was a School of Paris ...
Oil
Stroll Around The City French Post Impressionist
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Stroll Around The City, signed in original French gilt wood frame. Maxime Boulard de Villeneuve (1884 - 1971) is a French artist born in Paris who was influenced in the early 1900s’ by Impressionism and Fauvism. Known for Post-Impressionist style landscape, city scapes oil paintings, watercolors and drawings influence by his nobles like Pierre Bonnard. In the 1970 represented by Wally Findlay Gallery...
Oil, Panel
$35,050
Arc du Carrousel du Louvre - Fauvist Figures in Cityscape Oil by Louis Valtat
By Louis Valtat
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed fauvist oil on canvas figures in landscape by French painter Louis Valtat. The work depicts a view of the Arc du Triomphe du Carrousel from the Louvre in Paris, France. A beau...
Canvas, Oil
Yacht At The Pier. impressionism, vertikal. Lake, mountains .Landscape Paintings
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting was created en plein-air at Lake Walensee. The yacht is vividly painted in an impressionistic style, so skillfully that you'll want to jump in and take a ride around the...
Oil
Throwing Some Shapes II, Kerry Louise Bennett, 2022, Original painting for sale
Located in Deddington, GB
Throwing Some Shapes II by Kerry Louise Bennett [2022] One of a small series of paintings exploring the dynamic and expressive shapes of pot plan...
Canvas, Acrylic