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.
Lourmarin Luberon Provence Farmhouse Orchard Landscape Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Lourmarin Luberon Provence Farmhouse Orchard Landscape Watercolour Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Gouache and watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 19 x 20...
Watercolor, Gouache
$642Sale Price|20% Off
French Farmland Landscape with Expansive Sky and Bare Trees Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Farmland Landscape with Expansive Sky and Bare Trees Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 19.75 x 25.5 in...
Watercolor
"Honfleur La Lieutenance" Pointillistic Marine Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
This stunning piece of The Lieutenancy, a prestigious building which sits at the entrance to the Vieux Bassin de Honfleur, which is a true witness to the history of the Norman port, ...
Canvas, Oil
$8,175Sale Price|25% Off
Aprilafton, Delsbo (April Evening, Delsbo), c. 1910
Located in Stockholm, SE
Oscar Lycke’s Aprilafton, Delsbo (“April Evening, Delsbo”), c. 1910, is a luminous oil painting that masterfully captures the gentle transition from winter to early spring in the rur...
Canvas, Oil
Murs Provence Hilltop Village Watercolour Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Murs Provence Hilltop Village Watercolour Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on paper, unframed Size (H x W): 19.75 x 25.75 inches Signed lo...
Watercolor, Gouache
$598Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century French Pastel Beach Scene With Seated Woman Knitting and Parasols
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-Century French Pastel Beach Scene With Seated Woman Knitting and Parasols by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Medium: Pastel on unframed paper Size: 14.5 inche...
Pastel
Forcalquier Provence Village Landscape Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Forcalquier Provence Village Landscape Watercolour Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Gouache and watercolour on paper, unframed Size (H x W): 19.75 x 25.75 inches S...
Watercolor, Gouache, Felt Pen
$680Sale Price|20% Off
Blue Shopfront with Market Baskets Summer Street Scene Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Blue Shopfront with Market Baskets Summer Street Scene Watercolour Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour and gouache ...
Watercolor, Gouache
$648Sale Price|60% Off
Signed French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Bouquinistes River Seine Paris
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Bouquinistes" by Bertrand Mogniat-Duclos (French 1903-1987) signed oil painting, framed painting: 15 x 18 inches framed: 18 x 21 inches A very beautiful French Post-Impressionist ...
Canvas, Oil
$16,000
Full Scale Painting Homage Georges Seurat Sunday On La Grande Jatte, 2013
Located in Camden, ME
An extraordinary, full-scale painted stage backdrop created for the 2013 Princeton University production of Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George painted by Susan Donner....
Canvas, Acrylic
Mid Century Large English Village Street Scene OIL PAINTING of Eye Suffolk
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Pauline Plummer (1930-2023) British TITLE: 'Eye Suffolk" SIGNED: extensively labelled verso MEDIUM: oil on canvas SIZE: 102cm x 81cm incl frame CONDITION: very good NOTES...
Oil
$865Sale Price|20% Off
1940's French Floral Still Life Pink Red Roses in Brown Vase Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Floral Still Life signed oil on canvas, unframed dated 1941 Canvas : 20 x 26 inches inscribed verso Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: very good condition Description:...
Canvas, Oil
$729Sale Price|20% Off
Nude Portrait of a Lady Posed Laying On The Sofa Mid Century French Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on board, unframed Size : 18 x 21.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in overa...
Oil
$7,600Sale Price|20% Off
"Elegance on the Boulevard Near the Eiffel Tower" Parisian Scene Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by American artist Gregory Sievers, capturing a romantic and atmospheric scene of the boulevard near the Champs-Élysées with the Eiffel Tower under...
Canvas, Oil
Antique Room Interior oil painting by listed American artist Richard H. Bassett
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a very nicely rendered interior scene by an American artist with a very inspiring and interesting background. Richard H Bassett was born in 1900 on the campus of Trinity Co...
Oil
$952Sale Price|20% Off
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...
Oil
$1,500
Endless Rooftops by Lesley Powell, Oil Landscape Contemporary Paris Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
Lesley Powell’s Endless Rooftops beautifully conveys the layered charm of Parisian architecture. From a high vantage point, rows of slate rooftops and pale stone facades stretch into...
Oil, Wood Panel
Flowers on the Window Sill, Lithograph by Guy Charon
By Guy Charon
Located in Long Island City, NY
Flowers on Window Sill by Guy Charon, French (1927) Date: circa 1977 Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 250, EA Image Size: 25.5 x 19.5 i...
Lithograph
$513Sale Price|20% Off
French Winter Riverbank Landscape Minimalist Watercolor Signed 1985
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Winter Riverbank Landscape Minimalist Watercolor Signed 1985 Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 7 x 11.25 inches S...
Watercolor
$2,592Sale Price|20% Off
Wooded Landscape - British Post Impressionist 50's art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely British Post Impressionist landscape oil painting is from a collection of Peter L Field paintings acquired from the family. Painted circa 1950 the composition is a densel...
Oil
$6,500
Heavy Bronze Sculpture Austrian Israeli judaica Jewish Couple Bench Nicky Imber
By Nicky Imber
Located in Surfside, FL
Large and heavy with magnificent patina. This is the large version of this piece. we cannot find any markings on it and it might be unique. Nicky Imber (Vienna, Austria, 1920 -1996) was a multidisciplinary Jewish artist best known for his sculptures on Jewish themes. Grand nephew of Naftali Herz Imber, author of the Israeli national anthem 'Hatikva'. After escaping the Nazi concentration camp in Dachau, he pledged to dedicate his art to perpetuating the memory of the Holocaust. Among his more famous works are "The Hope" and "The Love of Torah". His work can be seen around the world, in Northern Israel, the United States, and the Venezuelan Museum of Natural History in Caracas. Nicky Imber was born in Vienna, Austria. During his studies at the Academy of Arts in Vienna, he drew anti-Nazi caricatures for Jewish student publications. After several thwarted attempts by the family to leave Vienna, in 1938, in the wake of the 'Anschluss', Imber was deported to Dachau. Witnessing the murders of family and friends, he plotted his escape. Using skills he had learned in art school, he made a face mask out of bread and sand, stole a Nazi soldier's uniform and walked out the front gate unnoticed. In 1940, he boarded a ship headed to Haifa. The ship's passengers were refused entry by the British mandatory authorities and imprisoned in a detention camp in Mauritius. In 1943, Imber worked out a deal with the authorities for his release by joining the British Army, serving as a war artist and a dental assistant in East Africa. After the war, he opened an art school in Nairobi, Kenya, and worked as a photographer and a safari guide. In 1949 to 1954, he lived in Venezuela, where he was contracted to do an East African Diorama series. The National Museum added an entire wing to display it. During this period he got married and had a daughter Raquel, who accompanied and assisted him. In 1959, Imber was commissioned to create sculptures and dioramas for the Haifa Prehistory Museum at Gan Ha-em in Haifa, Israel. In 1960 he returned to Venezuela to restaured the Phelps series of Dioramas for the Museum in Caracas. Between 1961 and 1971 he travelled extensively around Europe and after establishing an international name for himself, returned to the United States. In New York he became famous for his realistic oil paintings of portraits of Aga Khan, Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir, Sir Richard Burton...
Marble, Bronze
$2,395Sale Price|20% Off
Very Fine Quality c.1900's French Portrait of Nude Lady Post-Impressionist work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Nude Model French Post-Impressionist artist, circa 1900's oil painting on canvas, laid on recent board, unframed board: 14.5 x 11 inches provenance: private collection, France co...
Oil
$956Sale Price|20% Off
Jean-Edouard Vuillard, The Wave, 1966 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Jean-Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940), titled La Vague (The Wave), from the folio Vuillard, Douze Pastels (Vuillard, Twelve Pastels), originat...
Lithograph, Stencil
$810Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Impressionist Painting Portrait of a Chic Lady in White Shirt
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on board, unframed Size : 16 x 13 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in overall...
Oil
$1,116Sale Price|20% Off
The Fall of Icarus, from Verve, Revue Artistique, 1945
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled La Chute d’Icare (The Fall of Icarus), from Verve, Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. IV, No. 13, originates from the...
Lithograph
$865Sale Price|20% Off
1970's French Mediterranean Harbor Scene Vibrant Coastal Village Boats Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mediterranean Harbor Scene French School, signed oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 20 x 24 inches Inscribed verso, dated 1974 Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: very goo...
Canvas, Oil
$1,403Sale Price|20% Off
Still Life with a Blue Bottle
Located in Oslo, NO
"Still Life with a Blue Bottle" is a bright and warm work, filled with rich colors and textures. Every detail of the still life reminds us of the warmth of a bygone summer somewhere ...
Canvas, Oil
$442Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Impressionist Oil Painting Girl Horse Riding with Her Teacher
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on board, unframed Size : 16 x 13 inches double sided Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting...
Oil
$9,375Sale Price|25% Off
'Portrait of a Fashion Designer', Berlin National Gallery, Weimar, Jewish, 20's
By Georg Rössner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Georg W. Rössner' for Georg Walter Rössner (German, 1885-1972), titled 'Bildnis Lieselotte Friedländer' and painted circa 1926; original artist card verso. A sub...
Canvas, Oil
Red House in Vaduz. Oil, impressionism, Landscape Paintings, mountains
Located in Oslo, NO
This landscape painting was painted outdoors in the Principality of Liechtenstein. It shows the so-called Red House. "In my oil paintings I capture the essence of a picturesque scen...
Oil
$408Sale Price|43% Off
Original Oil Painting of Serene Landscape with Cypress Tree and Rolling Hills
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Painting of Serene Landscape with Cypress Tree and Rolling Hills Artist: Roland Pichard Signed: Verso Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card Size: 8.5 (hei...
Oil
Fish from China Garden. Landscape, fish, water, autumn, leaves, carp
Located in Oslo, NO
"Fish from the Chinese Garden" 60 x 80 cm, acrylic, oil, oil pastel on canvas The painting "Fish from the Chinese Garden" was painted based on the artist's impressions of visiting t...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic
$5,390Sale Price|20% Off
Industrial Railway Landscape - Scottish 50s art Post Impressionist oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This vibrant colourful Scottish Post Impressionist oil painting is by noted Slade School artist and former Director of the Glasgow School of Art Sir Harry Jefferson Barnes. Painted i...
Oil
Champ de ble - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Marcel Dyf
By Marcel Dyf
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1960 by French post impressionist painter Marcel Dyf. The work depicts a golden wheat field, contrasted against dark hills in the distance. Sign...
Canvas, Oil
$810Sale Price|20% Off
Sunny Sailboats In Blue Marina By Green Hills At Harbour French Oil Painting
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunny Sailboats In Blue Marina By Green Hills At Calm Harbor French Oil Painting Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) signed lower left Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 39.5 x...
Oil
$1,029Sale Price|20% Off
Quiet Day at the Lake. Landscape in oil, impressionism.
Located in Oslo, NO
"The painting "Quiet day at the Lake" was painted outdoors at Walensee in Switzerland." said Anna Shesterikova about this work. "In this painting I used a very narrow color palette t...
Oil
$15,999Sale Price|25% Off
'The Conversation Piece', oil on canvas by Isaac Tarkay. Framed
Located in St. Albans, GB
Itzchak Tarkay Picture Size: 40 x 32(99 x 80cm) Outside Frame Size: 49 x 41" (121 x 102cm) Free Shipping 1935 - 2012 Born on the Yugoslav-Hungarian border in the city of Subotica ...
Oil
$753,397
Bord De L'Oise
By Gustave Loiseau
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas Canvas size: 20 x 24 inches Framed size: 28 x 32 inches Signed lower right
Canvas, Oil
$584Sale Price|37% Off
Costa Brava oil painting spanish seascape
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title of the work: Costa Brava Artist: Rafael Durán Benet Technique: Oil on canvas mounted on board Dimensions: 15 x 18 inches Support: Board Condition: Unframed Period: 1990s ...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$750Sale Price|20% Off
Sunflowers in Vase 1950's English Impressionist Signed Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunflowers in Vase English Impressionist artist, mid 20th century indistinctly signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 29 x 23.5 inches canvas: 24 x 18 inches provenance: private colle...
Oil, Canvas
$10,875Sale Price|25% Off
'Spring in Provence', Paris, Salon d'Automne, Post-Impressionist Woman Artist
By Chérie-Anne-Charles Fargue
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Spring in Provence' for Cheri-Anne Charles Fargue, 1927. Paris, Salon d'Automne, Post-Impressionist Woman Artist ---- Signed lower right 'Cheriane' for Cheri-Anne Charles Fargue, ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,560Sale Price|20% Off
Evening Still Life, Dark 20th Century Landscape, Post Impressionism
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph B. O'Sickey (American, 1918-2013) Evening Still Life Oil on canvas Signed lower right 32 x 24.5 inches 34.25 x 27.25 inches, framed Joseph O'Sickey, born in Detroit in 1918, ...
Oil
$2,490
Sunlit Forest and Distant Blue Mountains – A Northern Swedish Landscape by Lycke
Located in Stockholm, SE
This luminous landscape painting by Oscar Lycke captures the rolling hills and deep forests of northern Sweden, likely from the Sundsvall region. The foreground is dominated by lush ...
Oil, Board
$945Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage French Impressionist Signed Oil White Flowers Vase Original Grey Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Flowers in the Windowsill French artist, signed oil painting on board, framed dated 1960 framed: 21.5 x 25 inches board: 18 x 22 inches provenance: private collection, France condit...
Oil
$5,625Sale Price|25% Off
'Study of a Man', Paris, Flâneur, Boulevardier, Danish Post-Impressionist Oil
By Axel Bentzen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed upper right 'A.B.' for Axel Bentzen (Danish, 1893-1952) painted circa 1925. Axel Bentzen studied art as a child and, by the age of 14, was copying Old Master paintings at ...
Canvas, Oil
Jean Lachaud (1882-1952) French Post Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Holywell, GB
Jean Lachaud (1882-1952) French Post Impressionist Landscape An expansive tranquil rural landscape, built through layered fields of poppies, hedgerows, and distant hills by Jean Lac...
Oil
"View of Pont Neuf, Paris" Post-Impressionist Oil Painting on Wood Panel Framed
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts the Equestrian Statue of Henry IV by Pont Neuf, Paris, France. A colorful landscape scene with the view of the Seine River in Paris, and at the distance the ico...
Oil, Wood Panel
$3,600
Belgian Post Impressionist Oil Painting of Flowers Victor Simonin Fauvist Master
Located in Surfside, FL
Victor Simonin (Belgian, 1877-1946). An antique oil painting on board titled "Still Life of Flower and Fruit." This abstract still life work depicts a colorful botanical bouquet of f...
Oil, Panel
$599Sale Price|20% Off
Malta Valletta Harbour Coastal Cityscape Watercolor Gouache Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Malta Valletta Harbour Coastal Cityscape Watercolor Gouache Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour and Gouache on artists paper, unframed Size (...
Watercolor, Gouache
$560Sale Price|20% Off
Large Vintage Post-Impressionist French landscape oil painting Cote d'Azur
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Large Vintage Post Impressionist oil painting on board by French artist Pierre Edmond Peradon (1893-1981) of the Cote d'Azur, painted in the 1950's. This is a large and colourful pai...
Oil
$140Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Drawing of a Classical Bald Male Bust
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Male Bust Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper Size: 19 (height) x 12.5 (width) Stamped: Verso Condition:...
Charcoal, Pencil
Un Jardin - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Robert Pinchon
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed fauvist oil on canvas landscape circa 1910 by French post impressionist painter Robert Antoine Pinchon. This piece depicts a garden in bloom in summer. The garden is beside th...
Oil, Board
$735Sale Price|20% Off
Sunlit Woodland Landscape Large 1970's French Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunlit Forest French School, 1970's signed by J.Bredeche ( French School) oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 21 x 25.5 inches Inscribed verso Provenance: private collection, Paris Cond...
Canvas, Oil
The Suspended Edict of Potential, Soft Pink and Blue, Surreal Magic Landscape
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is a beautiful landscape painting by Alexandra Czierpka. By reducing color and form to their essentials, she invites the observer to contemplate the harmony between humans and n...
Paper, Acrylic
$696Sale Price|20% Off
French Hilltop Village and Church by Pierre Neveu Signed Watercolour Landscape
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Hilltop Village and Church by Pierre Neveu Signed Watercolour Landscape Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 9.75 x ...
Watercolor
Zevgolatio - Pointillist Oil on Canvas Modernist Greece Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful pointillist oil on canvas depicting figures waiting for a train at Zevgolatio, Greece. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 1987. Original exhibition label on the reverse. Artist: Malcolm John Hitchcock (1929–1998) Title: Zevgolatio Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 26cm x 35cm including frame Malcolm John Hitchcock (1929–1998) was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire. He studied at Andover School of Art, then did “a variety of work to keep the wolf from the door,” becoming a full-time artist in mid-1980s. His main works were Pointillist railway paintings...
Oil
$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
"Boulevard a Paris At Twilight" Impressionist Street Scene Oil Painting Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Te Pencke. Pencke was a Parisian painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. His work is...
Canvas, Oil
$26,929
Triel-sur-Seine - Neo Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Leo Marie Gausson
By Léo Gausson
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated neo-impressionist riverscape oil on canvas by French painter Leo Marie Gausson. Gausson painted this picturesque view of the River Seine running through Triel-sur-Se...
Canvas, Oil
Sunset in the Forest, c. 1910
Located in Stockholm, SE
This luminous painting by Oscar Lycke captures a tranquil sunset scene deep within a Nordic forest. The warm, golden light of the setting sun filters through the dense spruce trees, ...
Oil, Board