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.
"Awaken 1" Dark Textured Figurative painting by Haleh Mashian
Located in West Hollywood, CA
In "Awaken 1," the observer encounters the penetrating gaze of a male figure bathed in inviting warm tones, while the shadows contrast with cool blues and purples. The artist, Haleh ...
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
$373Sale Price|20% Off
Artist Sketching Seated Figure Study French Modernist Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Artist Sketching Seated Figure Study French Modernist Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on paper, unframed Size (H x W): 5.25 x 5.75 inches C...
Watercolor
$2,294Sale Price|20% Off
Contemporary French Oil Painting Ladies on the Beach Modernist Work
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
On the Beach Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) signed lower left Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 21 x 18 inches inscribed verso Condition: Good and sound condition Proven...
Oil
$584Sale Price|20% Off
Chateau de Montsoreau Loire Valley French Castle Watercolor Landscape Artwork
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Chateau de Montsoreau Loire Valley French Castle Watercolor Landscape Artwork Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper unframed Size (H x W): 5...
Watercolor
$562Sale Price|20% Off
French Garden and Stone House Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Garden and Stone House Watercolour by Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size (H x W): 6.5 x 9.75 inches Co...
Watercolor
$1,401
"House with Sunflowers", autumn, oil, Landscape Painting, mountains, Alps
Located in Oslo, NO
"This painting was painted en plein air in the mountain Swiss village of Salez." said Anna about this landscape painting. "I was inspired by the incredible yellow flowers growing i...
Oil
$58,398
Rue à Alet-les-Bains - Achille Laugé, neo-impressionist, french, painting, art
Located in London, GB
Achille Laugé (1861-1944) Rue à Alet-les-Bains 1926 oil on canvas 73 x 50 cm signed and dated ‘A. Laugé 1926’ (lower right) Price: €50,000 EUR Provenan...
Canvas, Oil
"Marchand des quatre-saisons" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: multi-stone color lithograph (after the original Bonnard lithograph). Printed in 1952 on Renage paper at the Mourlot atelier in faithful recreation of the original. According...
Lithograph
$530Sale Price|20% Off
Roquebrune Cap Martin Village Stairway French Riviera Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Roquebrune Cap Martin Village Stairway French Riviera Watercolour Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist p...
Watercolor
Fjäll i aftonsol (“Mountain in Evening Sun”), circa 1933
Located in Stockholm, SE
Olof Walfrid Nilsson (1868–1956) Fjäll i aftonsol (“Mountain in Evening Sun”) circa 1933 oil on canvas signed Olof W. Nilsson and dated 1933? unframed: 102 x 82 cm (40.2 x 32.3 in)...
Canvas, Oil
"Awaken 3" Dark Textured Figurative painting by Haleh Mashian
Located in West Hollywood, CA
In Haleh Mashian's piece, "Awaken 3," a portrayal unfolds as the artist captures the countenance of a man who appears to have transcended the pervasive cloud of forgetfulness and dis...
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
French Post Impressionist Still Life, Red Peppers, Homage to Cezanne
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Mid Century oil on board still life by Charles Imbert. The painting is signed bottom left. A colourful kitchen scene of bright red peppers in a dish on a table top waiting to be char grilled and prepared. The skillet pan is visible in the background as is a Kilner jar all ready to store the cooked vegetables. Imbert has cleverly used the touches of red in the tea cloth, the pan handle and an onion to echo the colour of the peppers. This carries our eye around the painting. The folds of the cloth are beautifully handled and add to the feeling of perspective and depth in the painting. The whole composition and the tilting of the table plane is very reminiscent of the still life paintings of Cezanne...
Oil
$2,592Sale Price|20% Off
Seated Nude Model in Art Class - British 40's Slade School portrait oil painting
By E.A. Jay
Located in Hagley, England
This superb Post Impressionist Slade School female full length seated nude portrait oil painting is by female artist E A Jay. Painted in the 1940'...
Oil
$1,401Sale Price|20% Off
Flowers in the Black Vase. Acrylic painting, square, floral, black, pink, gold
Located in Oslo, NO
"Flowers in the Black Vase" is an expressive floral composition made with acrylic on glued cardboard in the 60x60 cm format. The author works in a bold, almost impressive manner, cre...
Acrylic, Cardboard
$459Sale Price|20% Off
Revestel Provence Mountain Landscape with Stone Houses French Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Revestel Provence Mountain Landscape with Stone Houses French Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size (H x W): 6 x 8...
Watercolor
La Plage À Pornichet By H. Claude Pissarro
Located in New Orleans, LA
Hugues Claude Pissarro b.1935 French La plage à Pornichet (The beach at Pornichet) Signed “H. Claude Pissarro” (lower right) Pastel on card French artist H. Claude Pissarro utili...
Pastel
$233
Model : Sweet Day at Home - Original Lithograph Handsigned and N° (Mourlot)
Located in Paris, IDF
Alfred Defossez Interior scene, 1973 Original lithograph (Mourlot workshop) Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 100 On Japan paper 76 x 54 cm (c. 29,9 x 21,2 inch) Excellent condition
Lithograph
Golden Autumn. Landscape Paintings acrylic, impressionism, horizontal, mountains
Located in Oslo, NO
Landscape painting, large horizontal format, Impressionism, mountains, forest, Liechtenstein. The painting "Golden Autumn," acrylic on textured canvas, 80x60 cm, is a delicate and p...
Acrylic, Canvas
$2,625Sale Price|25% Off
'View of Paris', Post Impressionist Oil, French Artist, École des Beaux-Arts
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper left, 'O. Foss' for Olivier Foss (French, 1920-2002) and painted circa 1945. Born in Hanover, Germany, Olivier Foss first studied art in Berlin and, subsequently, in Pa...
Canvas, Oil
$270Sale Price|42% Off
Margaret Nicholson - A Mid 20th Century Scottish Oil Painting PORTRAIT OF A LADY
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Margaret Dorothy Nicholson (1886-1972) British TITLE: "Portrait Of A Lady Steering A Boat" SIGNED: unsigned MEDIUM: oil on board SIZE: 57cm x 47cm inc frame CONDITION: ver...
Oil
$1,500
Hommage a Sonia Delaunay pour son 90eme Anniversaire Rare vintage European print
Located in New York, NY
Sonia Delaunay Hommage a Sonia Delaunay pour son 90eme Anniversaire, 1975 Offset lithograph poster/flyer Plate signed Very rare; published in a limited edition of unknown quantity 1...
Lithograph, Offset
$420Sale 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
$546Sale Price|20% Off
Saint Marthe de Castillon Village Street with Bell Tower French Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Saint Marthe de Castillon Village Street with Bell Tower French Watercolour Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W): 8...
Watercolor
$915Sale Price|20% Off
"Architectural motive 1" Original architectural landscape. Large format
Located in Oslo, NO
In this piece, I've explored the dance between light and shadow, crafting an intimate journey through an architectural passage that beckons with history and mystery. Employing oil on...
Oil, Bamboo Paper
$1,751
Charming City in Spring. Sunset, impressionism, Landscape Paintings, Prague
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting was painted in acrylic on canvas in 2009 when artist Anna Shesterikova traveled to beautiful Prague. The spring streets of the Old Town inspired her to create a whole se...
Acrylic
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Pierre Bonnard, Untitled, from Correspondances, 1944
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Pierre Bonnard, Correspondances, originates from the 1944 edition published by E...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Pierre Bonnard, Untitled, from Correspondances, 1944
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Pierre Bonnard, Correspondances, originates from the 1944 edition published by E...
Lithograph
"Sun Bathers by the Shore" Post-Impressionist Oil Painting on Paper Framed
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical scene of sun bathers by the sea shore with the coast in the background. The bright colors and quick brush strokes are what makes this painting so at...
Oil, Archival Paper
$670Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th Century 1950's French Post-Impressionist Oil Old French Town & River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The French Town on the River by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018) oil painting on board, unframed measures: 13 x 16 inches condition: the painting is in very sound and p...
Oil
Mandoline à la partition
By Marcel Mouly
Located in Indianapolis, IN
Marcel Mouly (1918) Mandoline à la partition (2004) Lithograph in color Frame size: 21.5 x 16.5 in (54.61 x 41.91 cm) An épreuve d'artiste outside the edition of 300 An artist proof...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Gauguin, Be in Love and You will be Happy, Gauguin (after)
By Paul Gauguin
Located in Southampton, NY
Woodcut on vélin Utopian paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Gauguin, A portfolio of 12 color woodblocks, Paul Gauguin, French, 1848-1903 from the collection of the Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston, 1946. Rendered by Albert Carman (1899-1949); published the Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston and The Studio Publications, Inc., New York and London; printed by Holme Press Inc., New York, in an edition of MMMD. Excerpted from the folio, Paul Gauguin and Emil Bernard at Pont-Aven, Brittany, in 1888, each made a bas-relief, wooden panel to decorate a piece of furniture for a friend. In order to keep a record of their designs, a few inked impressions were made on paper. The illustration at left is a reproduction of a print which is possibly one of the above mentioned. It is further possible that this experiment later gave Gauguin the idea of making woodcuts. Just as his work in painting expressed a revolt against the overemphasis on factual representation of the nineteenth century in favor of decorative pattern and color, so also his woodcuts leaned strongly to the same side of the balance. Ten of the cuts reproduced (all excepting Soyez Amoureuses and Changement de Residence), which constitute the whole of his best known series, were made at Pont-Aven beginning in the fall of 1894, after Gauguin's return from his first trip to Tahiti and after he broke his ankle. They were at first roughly cut with a common carpenter's gouge, and the flat surfaces sandpapered and engraved with a sharp in-strument, perhaps an engraver's burin. A few trial proofs were printed in black ink only. Then the hollows were deepened with a woodcutter's gouge and highlights were added. An edition of thirty to fifty impressions of each subject, with the addition of color blocks (one, two or three), was made by Louis Roy...
Woodcut
$584Sale Price|50% Off
Market of Olot Spain oil on canvas painting spanish urbanscape
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Market of Olot, Spain Artist: Manuel Zamora Muñoz (1928–2006) Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 65 x 81 cm (25.6 x 31.9 in) Framed dimensions: 90 x 106 cm (35.4 x 41.7 ...
Canvas, Oil
Jacques Martin Ferrieres Artist’s Own Farmhouse
Located in Dallas, TX
Jacques Martin-Ferrières (French, 1893-1972) La grille d'entrée principale de l'Artaudière, 1945 Oil on canvas Canvas: 36.25 x 28.75 inches (92.1 x 73.0 cm) Framed Dimensions 41.5 X ...
Canvas, Oil
$562Sale Price|20% Off
Provence Village with Church Tower and Terracotta Rooftops French Landscape
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Provence Village with Church Tower and Terracotta Rooftops French Landscape Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size ...
Watercolor
$4,200
Procede by Georges Manzana Pissarro - Monotype of a bird, Animal
By Georges Henri Manzana Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Procede by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961) Coloured monotype with gold, silver and pencil 24 x 30 cm (9¹/₂ x 11³/₄ inches) Signed lower right, Manzana Artist biogaphy Like all ...
Gold, Silver
$756Sale Price|20% Off
Orchestra Musicians Playing Cellos And Violins In Warm Concert Scene French Oil
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Orchestra Musicians Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) signed lower left Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 15.75 x 15.75 inches inscribed verso Condition: Good and sound co...
Oil
$796Sale Price|20% Off
Andre Derain, Port of Collioure, from 1880-1954, 1961 (after)
By André Derain
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Andre Derain (1880–1954), titled Port de Collioure (Port of Collioure), from the folio Andre Derain 1880 - 1954, 1961, originates from the...
Lithograph, Stencil
$568Sale Price|20% Off
Fishing Boats Moored in Quiet Harbour French Coastal Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Fishing Boats Moored in Quiet Harbour French Coastal Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size (H x W): 6.25 x 8.5 inc...
Watercolor
$595Sale Price|20% Off
Sunlit Cucuron Mediterranean Alleyway Whitewashed Houses French Village
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Sunlit Cucuron Mediterranean Alleyway Whitewashed Houses French Village Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size (H x W): 8.5 x ...
Watercolor
$535Sale Price|20% Off
French Countryside Houses Cypress Trees Mountain View and Sunlit Street
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Countryside Houses Cypress Trees Mountain View and Sunlit Street Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W): 6.25 ...
Watercolor
$2,338Sale Price|50% Off
Ibiza Spain oil on canvas painting mediterranean european art
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Ibiza Artist: Ignacio Gil Sala (Barcelona, 1913 – 2003) Date: 1950s Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 54 x 73 cm (21.26 x 28.74 in) Support: Unframed canvas Signature: Sign...
Canvas, Oil
Paris : Saint Germain des Pres - Original Lithograph Handsigned and Numbered
Located in Paris, IDF
Urbain HUCHET Paris : Saint Germain des Pres, c. 1980 Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil by the artist Numbered / 350 copies On Arches velllum 15 x 18 cm (c. 6 x 7 in) Excell...
Lithograph
$638Sale Price|20% Off
Royaumont Abbey Landscape French Historic Architecture Grand Manor and Gardens
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Royaumont Abbey Landscape French Historic Architecture Grand Manor and Gardens Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Inscribed “Royaumont”...
Watercolor
$367Sale Price|20% Off
French Town Square Sunlit Buildings Café Figures and Market Shade Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Town Square Sunlit Buildings Café Figures and Market Shade Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size (H x W): 6...
Watercolor
$514Sale Price|20% Off
Mediterranean Hilltop Village Houses Trees and Summer Sky Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mediterranean Hilltop Village Houses Trees and Summer Sky Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W): 6.25 x 9...
Watercolor
$622Sale Price|20% Off
Country House Green Shutters Garden Flowers Trees and Lawn Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Country House Green Shutters Garden Flowers Trees and Lawn Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size (H x W): 6.25 x 8...
Watercolor
$622Sale Price|20% Off
Cucuron Provence Sunlit Street Scene Watercolour by Pierre Neveu French Artist
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Cucuron Provence Sunlit Street Scene Watercolour by Pierre Neveu French Artist Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size (H x W):...
Watercolor
$481Sale Price|20% Off
French Village Street Scene Terracotta Rooftops Stone Houses and Green Door
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Village Street Scene Terracotta Rooftops Stone Houses and Green Door Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W): 6...
Watercolor
$519Sale Price|20% Off
French Village Archway Stone Passage Terracotta Houses and Sunlit Alley
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Village Archway Stone Passage Terracotta Houses and Sunlit Alley Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 9.7...
Watercolor
$557Sale Price|20% Off
Sablet Provence Village Sunlit Houses Cypress Tree and Summer Landscape
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Sablet Provence Village Sunlit Houses Cypress Tree and Summer Landscape Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Inscribed lower right Sablet...
Watercolor
$508Sale Price|20% Off
French Street Café Colourful Facades Sunlit Terrace and Market Awnings
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Street Café Colourful Facades Sunlit Terrace and Market Awnings Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W): 9.25 x...
Watercolor
Chinese Still Life. Impressionism, oil, flowers, doll, braun
Located in Oslo, NO
"Chinese still life should be called “East” in one word," said Anna Shesterikova about this painting. "The items collected here are my travel trophies that I brought back from Singap...
Oil
$4,671Sale Price|20% Off
Need To Return To Earth Tomorrow. Oil painting, large format, figurative, angels
Located in Oslo, NO
"This work appeared in my head like a sudden insight. I saw it only in my imagination." said Anna Shesterikova about this artwork. "The next day I invited two young men who posed for...
Oil, Acrylic
Romanian abstract figurative painting by Nafir Boaba, 'Venus', nude, green
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Nafir Boaba (Romanian, b.1929) Venus Oil on canvas Signed, indistinctly inscribed and dated ‘BOABA NAFIR 82’ (lower right) 25.1/2 x 18 in. (64.8 x 46 cm.) Provenance: From the estate...
Canvas, Oil
Le parc du Chateau - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Gustave Cariot
By Gustave Camille Gaston Cariot
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on canvas landscape by French post impressionist painter Gustave Cariot. The piece is set in Perigny-sur-Terres and depicts a view of a long path leading through...
Oil, Canvas
$2,919
Channel in Venice. impressionism, canals, Italy, boats.Landscape Paintings
Located in Oslo, NO
"The painting "Canal in Venice" continues my series of paintings about this wonderful city." said Anna Shesterikova about this artwork. "It is getting dark... A couple is walking alo...
Oil
$759Sale Price|35% Off
Port of Barcelona Spain oil on canvas painting seascape
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Pagans i Montsalvatje (El Masnou, Barcelona, 1932 – Barcelona, 2017) Title: Port Barcelona Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 65 × 50 cm — (25.6 × 19.7 in) Support / Mountin...
Oil, Canvas
Lemon delight
Located in Zofingen, AG
Where can young sprouts find the strength and the confidence to grow upward, to believe it is safe—and that this path will lead them to the fulfillment of their potential? It's a dif...
Oil, Acrylic, Cardboard
$637Sale Price|25% Off
'Sunset over Provence', Paris Salon, Musée d'Art Moderne, Benezit
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'P. Bisiaux' for Pierre Bisiaux (French, born 1924), and with number and limitation, '250/275', lower left. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authentication from th...
Paper, Lithograph
$324Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Impressionist Oil Painting Still Life Bright Peonies In Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on board, unframed Size : 10 x 8.75 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in overa...
Oil