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.
Returning to the Village at Dusk, Oil on Canvas, Post-Impressionist
Located in New York, NY
Camille Boiry (French, 1871–1938) Returning to the Village at Dusk Oil on canvas Gold leaf carved original frame French Post-Impressionist landscape
Oil
"Paesaggio di campagna" Olio cm. 92 x 74
Located in Torino, IT
Luminoso paesaggio di campagna con campi e cavallo Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina 1937 – San Pietroburgo 2015) Nato a Dneprodzerzinsk, in Ucraina, nel 1937, inizia gli stu...
Oil
"Porte Saint-Denis" Post-Impressionist Parisian Street Scene Oil on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Henri Alexis Schaeffer. This painting is a wonderful example of his work from the prime o...
Canvas, Oil
$956Sale Price|20% Off
Jean-Edouard Vuillard, In the Woods of Clayes, 1966 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Jean-Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940), titled Dans le bois des Clayes (In the Woods of Clayes), from the folio Vuillard, Douze Pastels (Vuilla...
Lithograph, Stencil
$789Sale Price|20% Off
Buoux Hillside Rooftops and Valley View Provence Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Buoux Hillside Rooftops and Valley View Provence Watercolour Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on paper, unframed Signed lower right “P. Neveu”. Inscrib...
Watercolor
$620Sale Price|20% Off
French Countryside Farm Landscape with Fields and Distant Hills Panoramic View
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Countryside Farm Landscape with Fields and Distant Hills Panoramic View Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Signed lower left “P....
Watercolor
$625Sale Price|20% Off
French Provençal Village Houses with Plane Trees Autumn Landscape Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Provençal Village Houses with Plane Trees Autumn Landscape Watercolour Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Signed lower right “P....
Watercolor
$756Sale Price|20% Off
20th Century French Modernist Still Life of Oranges & Lemons Fruit Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Fruit Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) signed oil on board, framed framed: 28 x 22 inches board: 26 x 20 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good an...
Oil
$7,000
LES ÉTANGS À RIXENSART BELGIUM 1940 colorful river small oil canvas signed
Located in New York, NY
Camille Bombois was born in Vernarey-les-Laumes, Cotes d'Or in France in 1883. He left school to work on a farm at age twelve and began drawing four years later. In 1907, Bombois ful...
Oil, Canvas
$386Sale Price|20% Off
Village Market Woman Preparing Produce French Rural Modernist Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Village Market Woman Preparing Produce French Rural Modernist Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 5.75 x 5.75 i...
Mixed Media, Watercolor
$956Sale Price|20% Off
Jean-Edouard Vuillard, The Orange Parasol, 1966 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Jean-Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940), titled Le Parasol Orange (The Orange Parasol), from the folio Vuillard, Douze Pastels (Vuillard, Twelve...
Lithograph, Stencil
$2,718
Madonna con il gelato. Square, figurative, children, mother, flowers, Italy
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting "Madonna con il gelato (Madonna with Ice Cream)" was created based on the impression of a trip to the Italian city of Pisa. The family settled near a street cafe. The da...
Acrylic
$810Sale Price|20% Off
1930's French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait of Nude Woman Long Hair
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Nude Woman with Long Black Hair Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on board, unframed Size : 21.5 x 18 inches Provenance: private collecti...
Oil
$680Sale Price|20% Off
Paris Street Scene with Red Awning and Iron Gates Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Paris Street Scene with Red Awning and Iron Gates Watercolour by Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size (H x W): ...
Watercolor
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Jean-Edouard Vuillard, Gallery at the Gymnase, 1948 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Jean-Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940), titled Galerie au Gymnase (Gallery at the Gymnase), from L'oeuvre grave de Vuillard (The Graphic Work of Vuillard),...
Lithograph
$2,993
Montmartre - Early 20th Century French Paris Post Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful early 20th century French post-impressionist oil on canvas depicting a street scene in Montmartre, Paris, by Alphonse Quizet. Excellent quality early work by this import...
Canvas, Oil
Don't look up!2
Located in Zofingen, AG
The city dictates direction and pace, forcing movement without pause or choice. Light and color exist somewhere nearby and above, but for these figures they never become experience.
Canvas, Acrylic
Head of a Young Girl - Kiki de Montparnasse
Located in Miami, FL
Léonard Tsugouharu FoujitaFujita Tsuguharu?, November 27, 1886 – January 29, 1968) was a Japanese–French painter and printmaker born in Tokyo, Japan who applied Japanese ink techniqu...
India Ink
Vision of Paris, Lithograph from Mourlot Lithographe I
By Marc Chagall
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall Title: Vision of Paris Portfolio: Mourlot Lithographe I Medium: Lithograph Year: 1960 Edition: Unnumbered Framed Size: 22" x 19" Image Size: 12 1/2" x 9 1/2" Sh...
Lithograph
$107Sale Price|80% Off
Mid Century French Illustration of a Seated Nude Woman Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Illustration of a Seated Nude Woman Drawing Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Ink and Paper on paper Siz...
Ink, Pencil
Don't look up!3
Located in Zofingen, AG
The figures move forward under the pressure of a vertical city, where space compresses and subjugates the human presence, leaving movement as the only possible state.
Canvas, Acrylic
$517Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Ink and Wash Cityscape with Palm Tree
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Ink and Wash Cityscape with Palm Tree by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Signed: Yes Medium: Ink and watercolour on unframed p...
Ink, Watercolor
$674Sale Price|20% Off
French Roquebrune Village Street with Archway Watercolour Landscape
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Roquebrune Village Street with Archway Watercolour Landscape Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Signed lower left “P. Ne...
Watercolor
$952
Preparing the Boats Venice Canal Mid Century French Impressionist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: signed oil on board, unframed Size : 20 x 24 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in ...
Oil
Brittany
Located in Sheffield, MA
Edward Francis Rook American, 1870-1960 Brittany Oil on Canvas 30 by 30 in. W/frame 38 by 38 in. Signed lower left Circa, 1898-1900 Item number: 01879 Rook, born in New York City on September 21, 1870, became one of the most original impressionists at Old Lyme. First he was a student of Benjamin Constant and Jean-Paul Laurens at the Académie Julian. Life started out to be rather promising for Rook, around the turn of the century. He exhibited at the Cincinnati Art Museum and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, both in 1898, when his harbor scene, entitled Pearl Clouds — Moonlight was reproduced in International Studio, in April. In addition, the PAFA presented him with the Temple Gold Medal for Deserted Street, Moonlight, which the Academy purchased. Three years later, Rook was awarded a bronze medal at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, where he exhibited three landscapes. Caffin (1902, p. xxxvi) praised the artist's "translucent quality of color," which suggests a study of color theory. Also in 1901, Rook married Edith Sone. For most of 1902, the Rooks were in Mexico. Rook came to Old Lyme in October of 1903. The date is significant because Childe Hassam was also there that month. Hassam would more or less re-orient the artists' colony from Tonalism to impressionism. Rook would move there permanently two years later. He took two medals at the St. Louis Universal Exposition (1904) where his landscapes from the Mexican trip were displayed. More awards followed: a silver medal at the International Fine Arts Exposition in Buenos Aires, 1910, a gold medal at San Francisco's Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915, a Corcoran Bronze Medal, and a William A. Clark Award in 1919 for Peonies. By 1924, the artist was made a National Academician. Despite all these awards and recognition, Rook did little in the way of selling his art and reportedly, his prices were too high. His paintings were handled by Macbeth and Grand Central Art Galleries. Rook was active in Old Lyme's art community. As stated above, he would have met Hassam that October in 1903 but Willard Metcalf had departed at the end of the summer. As several writers have explained (Connecticut and American Impressionism, 1980, p. 123), Hassam "was the catalyst around whom [impressionism] coalesced." Rook's niece, Virginia Rook Garver, who happened to be the grand-niece of Hassam, confirmed that Rook and Hassam knew each other in Europe — before they went to Old Lyme (Fischer, 1987, p. 19). Rook was one of the relatively young painters to come to Old Lyme, along with Gifford Beal, William Chadwick, and Robert Nisbet, on the wave of impressionism, initiated there by Hassam and Metcalf. Old Lyme became a center of American impressionism, and as Donelson F. Hoopes remarked, "under Hassam, the shoreline of Connecticut became a kind of Giverny of America." Among Ranger's group, palettes started to become lighter, except those of the most determined tonalists. Ranger himself, perhaps admitting defeat, moved to Noank in 1904. Rook is best known for his views of Bradbury's Mill, which was soon called Rook's Mill, owing to the painter's many versions of the scene. One, called Swirling Waters, dated ca. 1917, is in the Lyme Historical Society. Even more famous is Rook's Laurel, dated between 1905 and 1910 (Florence Griswold Museum), in which a profuse laurel bush (the state flower), is set off by a spectacular Constable-like background. But Swirling Waters could never be confused with Constable, with its violent brushwork, impasto-layered water, and bright, almost chalky, plein-air palette. Gerdts (1984, p. 226) compares the paintings of Walter...
Oil
Spring Flood, Ockelbo – Rare Winter Landscape by Andreas Hanson, 1917
Located in Stockholm, SE
Painted in 1917, this striking winter landscape captures the force and stillness of a spring flood, likely set in the artist’s native Ockelbo region. The painting is a rare example o...
Canvas, Oil
$7,483
La Seine - 1930's French Impressionist Oil on Canvas Paris River City Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A very beautiful signed and dated 1936 impressionist oil on canvas depicting the River Seine in Paris, by Lelia Caetani. Lelia Caetani is a fascinating female artist - an Italian...
Canvas, Oil
$2,360Sale Price|20% Off
"Rain-Drenched Marina" Mid Century Modern Oakland Seascape in Oil on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
"Rain-Drenched Marina" Mid Century Modern Oakland Seascape in Oil on Linen Vibrant seascape by California artist Carol Sideman (American, b. 1925). Seve...
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Suspended in the City
Located in Zofingen, AG
The series “Human in the City” has always been about how a person gets lost in the urban environment, where their presence gradually dissolves, becoming merely a shadow or a symbol. ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$538Sale Price|20% Off
French Rural Chapel Farmhouse Landscape Watercolour Provence Style
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Rural Chapel Farmhouse Landscape Watercolour Provence Style Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unfram...
Watercolor
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Jean-Edouard Vuillard, The Little Girl at the Wheel, 1948 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Jean-Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940), titled La petite fille au volant (The Little Girl at the Wheel), from L'oeuvre grave de Vuillard (The Graphic Work ...
Lithograph
$576Sale Price|20% Off
French Street Market with Stalls and Figures Town Square Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Street Market with Stalls and Figures Town Square Watercolour Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Signed lower left “P. N...
Watercolor
$1,320Sale Price|20% Off
Sleeping with Roses - Modernist Figurative in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Sleeping with Roses - Modernist Figurative in Acrylic on Canvas Bold figurative composition by an unknown artist (20th Century). A figure is laying on a bed or sofa, intertwined wit...
Canvas, Acrylic
“At Two Bridges, Devon”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original pastel on archival paper depicting two bridges on the river West Dart located in the heart of Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England. Signed and dated at the lower left, “...
Pastel, Archival Paper
$620Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Hilltown Street Scene with Church Tower and Mountain View Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Italian Hilltown Street Scene with Church Tower and Mountain View Watercolour Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W):...
Watercolor
Horse. "Dreams" Series. Animal, Equestrian paintings, horse, square
Located in Oslo, NO
"Horse" "Dreams" Series, 2025 Oil on canvas 80 x 80 cm Equestrian paintings, horse, square, for interior In this expressive and positive work from the "Dreams" series, the artist ad...
Canvas, Oil
Fuerta Ventura. Beach. Seascape, oil, impressionism, beach, horizontal
Located in Oslo, NO
"This painting was created from the memories of travel to the beautiful island in the Atlantic, Fuerta Ventura." said Anna Shesterikova about this artwork. "There are incredible endl...
Oil
$658Sale Price|20% Off
French Mid-Century Drawing of Mont-Saint-Michel with Medieval Ramparts
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Mid-Century Drawing of Mont-Saint-Michel with Medieval Ramparts by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Signed: Yes Medium: Graphite and Ink on unframed paper S...
Ink, Pencil, Graphite
$1,061Sale Price|20% Off
Fine Mid 20th Century French Post-Impressionist Oil Red Roof Village Houses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Village Houses by Pierre PIOT (French, 1921-1998) Oil on board, framed framed: 14.5 x 18 inches board: 9.75 x 13 inches Provenance: the painting has impeccable provenance having...
Oil
“Old Mill, Bexley, Kent”
Located in Southampton, NY
A original pastel and graphite drawing on archival paper by William Steeple Davis depicting the Old Mill in Bexley, Kent, viewed from across a river with a stone bridge and flanked b...
Pastel, Archival Paper, Graphite
$364Sale Price|20% Off
Original Oil Painting of a Vibrant Still Life with Lemons and Bottle
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Painting of a Vibrant Still Life with Lemons and Bottle Artist: Roland Pichard Signed: Bottom right Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card Size: 14 (height...
Oil
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Jean-Edouard Vuillard, Interior with Pink Hangings II, 1948 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Jean-Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940), titled Interieur aux tentures roses II (Interior with Pink Hangings II), from L'oeuvre grave de Vuillard (The Graph...
Lithograph
$734Sale Price|20% Off
Nude Portrait of a Lady Posed on Stall Mid Century French Impressionist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on board, unframed Size : 23 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in overall...
Oil
$429Sale Price|20% Off
French Mid Century French Impressionist Oil Painting Provencal Village Houses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Provencal Village circa 1950's Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on board, unframed Size : 13 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, France Co...
Oil
$1,850Sale Price|20% Off
Huge Mid Century French Modernist Oil Painting Nude Woman in Lush Wooded Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Dans la Jardin Original oil painting by Huguette Baudrot (French, 1929-2023) *see further notes below Post-Impressionist oil painting by the well listed and admired female French pa...
Oil
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Jean-Edouard Vuillard, Interior with Hanging Lamp, 1948 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Jean-Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940), titled Interieur a la suspension (Interior with Hanging Lamp), from L'oeuvre grave de Vuillard (The Graphic Work of...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Jean-Edouard Vuillard, The Game of Checkers, 1948 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Jean-Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940), titled La Partie de dames (The Game of Checkers), from L'oeuvre grave de Vuillard (The Graphic Work of Vuillard), o...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Jean-Edouard Vuillard, On the Europe Bridge, 1948 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Jean-Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940), titled Sur le pont de l'Europe (On the Europe Bridge), from L'oeuvre grave de Vuillard (The Graphic Work of Vuillar...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper size: 12.25 x 9.25 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur,...
Lithograph
$642Sale Price|20% Off
Mediterranean Harbour with Boats French Modernist Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mediterranean Harbour with Boats French Modernist Watercolour by Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour and felt pen on artist paper, unframed S...
Watercolor, Felt Pen
$446Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Impressionist Oil Painting Pink Daises In Brown Plant Pot
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: signed oil on board, unframed Size : 9.5 x 7.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is i...
Oil
Idyll of the evening
Located in Zofingen, AG
This work reflects a quiet moment of harmony at the threshold between day and night. A farmhouse framed by flowers becomes a vessel for stillness, where time slows and attention turn...
Cardboard, Acrylic
Sur le balcon (On the Balcony)
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Exhibited: Société Nationale des Beaux-arts, Paris, 1893 (as Jeune Fille arrosant ses fleurs) Literature: Michel, Jean Pierre, François Guiguet (Corbelin, France, 1996), p. 102 (n...
Canvas, Oil
The Bow
Located in New York, NY
Artist’s in-plate monogram lower left
Lithograph
Sunset magic
Located in Zofingen, AG
The final moments of sunlight carry a quiet enchantment. Just before night arrives, the sky and sea become a field of glowing color — a brief, luminous pause between day and darkness...
Canvas
In Silence
Located in Fairfield, CT
Armine Bozhko works on the crossroads of different cultures- she was born in Ukrainian-Armenian family of writers and diplomats, studied in Republican art school by Taras Shevchenko,...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,300
Gardens of Los Angeles. Landscape oil, flowers beauty house, California
Located in Oslo, NO
"The place where I vacationed in May 2024 is located in a very beautiful, quiet area of Los Angeles with private dollhouses and beautiful gardens in front of them," said Anna Shest...
Oil
When Abdullah got the Net Ashore - French Art - Symbolism, Fauvism Art
By Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
MARC CHAGALL 1887-1985 [Shagal, Mark, Zakharovich, Moses] Vitebsk, Belarus 1887-1985 Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Alpes-Maritimes Title: When Abdullah got the Net Ashore…, from: Four Tales...
Lithograph
Flowers in a Pot, French Mid Century Watercolour, Follower of Henri Matisse
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late Mid century watercolour on paper interior view of tulips in a terracotta pot by Joelle Gainon. The painting is signed bottom left and presented in a modern frame with cut card m...
Paper, Crayon, Watercolor, Gouache
Pont Alexandre III
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right and dated 1939 Lucien Andrion captures a beautiful sun filled day on the Seine with his signature style. The Pont Alexandre III bridge is adorned with gilded scul...
Canvas, Oil