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POSTIMPRESSIONIST STYLE

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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Style: Post-Impressionist
Lakeside Mountain Landscape French Modernist Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
Lakeside Mountain Landscape French Modernist Watercolour by Pierre Neveu

Lakeside Mountain Landscape French Modernist Watercolour by Pierre Neveu

By Pierre Neveu

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Lakeside Mountain Landscape French Modernist Watercolour by Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size (H x W): 6.25 ...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

1930s European Fauvist Signed Oil Painting - Portrait of Bearded Young Man
1930s European Fauvist Signed Oil Painting - Portrait of Bearded Young Man

1930s European Fauvist Signed Oil Painting - Portrait of Bearded Young Man

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: European School, circa 1920's-1930's period, indistinctly signed lower left corner. Title: Portrait of a young Gentleman, with a beard. The work is largely Fauvist i...

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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Vintage American Modernist Street Scene Framed Original Thick Impasto Painting
Vintage American Modernist Street Scene Framed Original Thick Impasto Painting

Vintage American Modernist Street Scene Framed Original Thick Impasto Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist street scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed verso. Framed. Measuring: 27 by 30 inches overall, and 18 by 22 painting alone. Excellent condition, rea...

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1960s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

1960's French Interior Scene Lady Reflection in Window Sewing Still Life Flowers
1960's French Interior Scene Lady Reflection in Window Sewing Still Life Flowers

1960's French Interior Scene Lady Reflection in Window Sewing Still Life Flowers

By Josine Vignon

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...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century French Impressionist Vintage Oil Vibrant Still Life Flowers
Mid Century French Impressionist Vintage Oil Vibrant Still Life Flowers

Mid Century French Impressionist Vintage Oil Vibrant Still Life Flowers

By Suzanne Dinkes

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on board, unframed Size : 11.5 x 8.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in over...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Girl Studying, Oil on Canvas, Post-Impressionist, Circa 1960, Unframed
Girl Studying, Oil on Canvas, Post-Impressionist, Circa 1960, Unframed

Girl Studying, Oil on Canvas, Post-Impressionist, Circa 1960, Unframed

By Francesc Serra Castellet

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Francesc Serra Castellet (1912-1976) - Girl - Oil on canvas Oil measurements 73x60 cm. Frameless. Biography: Francesc Serra Castellet. Barcelona 1912 - Tossa de Mar (Girona) 1976. ...

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1960s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

"In the Garden"
"In the Garden"

"In the Garden"

By Whitney Myron Hubbard

Located in Southampton, NY

Whitney Myron Hubbard's wife in the garden Signed in pencil lower left Whitney M. Hubbard. Framed in a contemporary gold leaf frame 16 by 13.75 inches. A seventy year resident of G...

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1920s Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

“High Society”
“High Society”

“High Society”

Located in Southampton, NY

Original oil on canvas painting of a lavish interior dinner party scene by Venancio Zolla. Signed lower right. Condition is excellent. Bibliography printed label on frame verso. O...

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1930s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

"The Golf" Chiberta in Southern France Post-Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting
"The Golf" Chiberta in Southern France Post-Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting

"The Golf" Chiberta in Southern France Post-Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting

By Marcel Dyf

Located in New York, NY

Marcel Dyf was mostly known for his effortless way to captures the times of the people. Executing most works on-site, he truly was able to absorb the energy and the day, movement of ...

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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Flows of silence
Flows of silence

Flows of silence

Located in Zofingen, AG

Flows of Silence The canvas explores the theme of nature's primal energy, hidden away from prying eyes. What appears at first to be a simple narrative—a forest waterfall cascading in...

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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

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Acrylic, Canvas

Paysage
Paysage

Paysage

By Maurice de Vlaminck

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist: Maurice de Vlaminck (French, 1876-1958) Title: Paysage Year: 1952 Medium: Original color lithograph Edition: Numbered 66/75 in pencil Paper: Arches Image size: 14.5 x ...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Lithograph

Sir Matthew Smith CBE 'Still life with sculpture', oil on board, British
Sir Matthew Smith CBE 'Still life with sculpture', oil on board, British

Sir Matthew Smith CBE 'Still life with sculpture', oil on board, British

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

Sir Matthew Smith, CBE (British, 1879 – 1959) Still life with sculpture oil on board 21.1/4 x 23.3/4 in. (54 x 60.3 cm.) Provenance: Removed with the contents of his Aix studio, by Marion Monay, tfor the aertistin early 1940, to Beauchene, the nearby house of fellow artist Harry Morton Colvile (1905-1992) Given by the artist toColvile in January 1946 along with otherstudio effects. Given by Colvile’s only child, Professor Georgiana Colvile (1943-2018) to the present owner circa 2000 Literature: Alice Keene, ‘The Two Mr Smiths, The Life and Works of Matthew Smith’, 1995, pp.61,65,70 & 128 When in early 1940 Smith went back to Aix to pack up and close his studio there and send back to London all the paintings possible, the residue was hidden (see Literature, Keene 1995, p.61,65 &70) in various locations around Aix by Marion Monay, a good deal at Beauchene the house of his and her friend Harry Colvile who had been Monay’s lover prior to Smith (see Literature, Keene 1995, p.59) In 1946 with the war over, Smith went to Aix to retrieve all he could manage to ship back to England but what he had to leave at Beauchene he give to Colvile, including the clay female...

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20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Young Woman's Profile
Young Woman's Profile

Young Woman's Profile

By Bernard Lamotte

Located in North Clarendon, VT

Wonderful little portrait, Woman in profile, mixed media on paper board. Signed lower left, 6.5" x 7", estate stamp on reverse. Bernard Lamotte (1903–1983) was a French-born Americ...

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1930s Post-Impressionist Art

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Mixed Media, Oil

“The Pantheon, Paris”
“The Pantheon, Paris”

“The Pantheon, Paris”

Located in Southampton, NY

Structure: The Panthéon, a neoclassical monument, dominates the scene. Setting: A Parisian street with people and buildings creates a city atmosphere. The artwork is an oil paintin...

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1970s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

A hare-shadow
A hare-shadow

A hare-shadow

By Antonina Bormova

Located in Zofingen, AG

This work reflects on the divergence between outward image and inner impulse. What is presented externally may appear composed and complete, yet an underlying imprint continues to ca...

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2010s Post-Impressionist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Provence Hilltop Village Landscape Watercolor Gouache Pierre Neveu
Provence Hilltop Village Landscape Watercolor Gouache Pierre Neveu

Provence Hilltop Village Landscape Watercolor Gouache Pierre Neveu

By Pierre Neveu

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Provence Hilltop Village Landscape Watercolor Gouache Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on thick paper, unframed Size (H x W): 22.25 x 30 i...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Watercolor, Gouache

"In the Catskills"
"In the Catskills"

"In the Catskills"

By Paul Wesley

Located in Southampton, NY

Oil on artist board painting by the American artist, Paul Wesley. Signed lower right. Titled and signed verso. Circa 1930. Condition: excellent. Provenance: A private estate, East ...

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1930s Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Mid-20th Century Vibrant Fauvist Landscape of a Village Scene Richly Textured
Mid-20th Century Vibrant Fauvist Landscape of a Village Scene Richly Textured

Mid-20th Century Vibrant Fauvist Landscape of a Village Scene Richly Textured

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Vibrant Fauvist Landscape oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 13 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very good condition Description: This vibrant mid-20th-ce...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Mid Century Barcelona Harbor Sailboats Mediterranean Impressionist Oil Painting
Mid Century Barcelona Harbor Sailboats Mediterranean Impressionist Oil Painting

Mid Century Barcelona Harbor Sailboats Mediterranean Impressionist Oil Painting

By Rafael Duran Benet

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Mid Century Barcelona Harbor Sailboats Mediterranean Impressionist Oil Painting Artist: Rafael Durán Benet Medium: Oil on canvas laid on board Dimensions: 50 × 61 cm (19.7 × 24 in) Signature: Signed lower right Frame: Unframed Condition: Very good condition. Stable paint surface with visible original brushwork Origin: Spain Period: Mid-20th century Expressive Mediterranean harbor scene depicting sailboats moored in the port of Barcelona by Spanish painter Rafael Durán Benet. The composition captures the luminous waterfront architecture reflected across calm harbor waters, structured by vertical masts and rhythmic dock lines that organize the pictorial space with clarity and balance. Loose impressionist brushwork and a refined palette of blues, violets and warm reflected tones create a vibrant atmospheric surface characteristic of mid-century Mediterranean coastal painting. Particularly notable is the treatment of reflections, executed through layered strokes that enhance depth and movement while reinforcing the decorative strength of the composition. Barcelona harbor scenes remain among the most desirable subjects within Spanish Mediterranean painting due to their architectural identity and strong interior presence. This work belongs to the Catalan Mediterranean luminist tradition associated with Joaquim Mir and Eliseu Meifrèn. Its reflective harbor treatment also connects with the broader European marine painting lineage of Paul Signac and Henri Le Sidaner. Rafael Durán Benet (Barcelona, 1931–2015) was a Spanish painter recognized for Mediterranean harbor scenes, coastal landscapes and urban views of Barcelona. Working within the Catalan postwar impressionist tradition, he developed a luminous pictorial language centered on reflections, atmosphere and architectural shoreline compositions. His paintings of the Barcelona waterfront remain among the most characteristic subjects of his production and are held today in private collections across Spain and Europe. Barcelona harbor painting Mediterranean harbor scene Spanish coastal painting mid century Mediterranean art European harbor painting...

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1990s Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Light Through the Trees- Post-Impressionist Pastel- Raymond Thibesart-1874-1968
Light Through the Trees- Post-Impressionist Pastel- Raymond Thibesart-1874-1968

Light Through the Trees- Post-Impressionist Pastel- Raymond Thibesart-1874-1968

By Raymond Thibesart

Located in SANTA FE, NM

Light Through the Trees (Lumière à Travers l'Arbre) Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968) Pastel on paper, circa 1920s Signed l.l. 12.5 x 9.5 (13/4 x 16 3/4 framed) inches Raymond...

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1920s Post-Impressionist Art

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Paper, Pastel

Provence Hillside with Stone Houses and Lush Trees French Landscape Watercolor
Provence Hillside with Stone Houses and Lush Trees French Landscape Watercolor

Provence Hillside with Stone Houses and Lush Trees French Landscape Watercolor

By Pierre Neveu

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Provence Hillside with Stone Houses and Lush Trees French Landscape Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size (H x W):...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Watercolor

Large Traditional English Summer River Landscape Oil Painting Harvest & Picnic
Large Traditional English Summer River Landscape Oil Painting Harvest & Picnic

Large Traditional English Summer River Landscape Oil Painting Harvest & Picnic

By Don Vaughan

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Summertime Harvest by Don Vaughan (British, 20th century) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 25 x 35.5 inches canvas : 20 x 30 inches Provenance: private collection, Surrey, Englan...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art

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Oil

Post-impressionist art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Post-Impressionist art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Victor Di Gesu, Mitchell Funk, Maria Bertrán, and Rafael Duran Benet. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Post-Impressionist art, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available. Prices for art made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1 and tops out at $2,835,000, while the average work sells for $2,250.