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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Cote d'Azur Mediterranean Provencal Village South of France 20thC Oil Painting
By Max Toutain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The South of France (Cagnes sur Mer?) by Max Toutain (1935-2006) oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas : 26 x 21.5 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have ...
Oil
$513Sale Price|20% Off
Luberon Hillside View Lacostec French Landscape Rooftops Trees and Blue Sky
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Luberon Hillside View Lacostec French Landscape Rooftops Trees and Blue Sky Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Inscribed “Lacos...
Watercolor
Vibrant Landscape With Suns Fauvist Style Oil on Canvas 1960s
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Vibrant Landscape With Three Suns Canvas 30x36 inches, 22K gold leaf Motyka frame 38.5x44.5 inches, artist signed lower right corner.. One of Sobel best and also early landscape pai...
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
$2,120Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Oil Paint Picasso Style Figurative -- Harlequin Prince
Located in Soquel, CA
Unique figurative harlequin painting with Picasso style and abstract elements with dream-like layering by Robert Moesle (American, b.1932). Signed "Moesle" lower left. Titled "The Harlequin Prince" on verso. Displayed in a rustic painted giltwood frame with linen liner. Image size: 40"H x 32"W. Framed Size; 45"H x 37"W. Robert Moesle was born in San Jose, California in 1932. He graduated from San Jose State College and attended The Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University, England. Moesle lives in the Chateau region of France, which he finds to be an ideal location for a watercolorist. Moesle paints outside and enjoys watching the landscape change through the seasons. Unlike most watercolorists, Moesle takes his time painting and tries to capture the feeling of durability in his subjects. Moesle has exhibited his work in shows in London, Paris and throughout the United States. “Figurative painting by Robert Moesle are…lyrical, visionary, softly dream-like… Moesle’s Harlequin Prince offers a memory of early Picasso...
Canvas, Oil
$3,846
Impressionist Painting Depicting a Sunset over Lake Vättern, Vadstena, Sweden
Located in Stockholm, SE
This painting from early October 1927 captures the shifting colours of sunset over Lake Vättern as seen from the historic town of Vadstena. The composition is remarkably direct and f...
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
$1,118Sale Price|20% Off
Rapeseed Field. Oil, impressionism, horizontal, mountains, flowers, yellow
Located in Oslo, NO
The landscape painting "Rapsfeld" was painted in the Rhine Valley in Switzerland in spring 2018. The Liechtenstein Three Sisters mountain can be seen in the background. Rapeseed is v...
Oil
Fine Antique French Post-Impressionist Signed Oil Children Picnic in Park
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Picnic in the Park by Jeanne LOURIER-DREYFUS (French 1872-1955) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 28 x 24 inches canvas: 24 x 20 inches Provenance: private collection, France ...
Oil, Canvas
Romare Bearden Lithograph, Artist's Proof, 1979, Framed, Morning
Located in Washington, DC
Title: Morning Medium: Lithograph in colors Year: 1979 Edition: AP (artist's proof, aside from the edition of 175) Signature: Stamped signature Image Size: 21 3/4" x 27 3/4" Sheet Si...
Lithograph
In the Fragrance of Roses: Impressionist Nude Oil Painting, 90x90 cm
Located in Oslo, NO
Immersed in the serenity of nature, I crafted an intimate scene, awash with the rich tones of oil paint. My brushstrokes breathe life into a dance of blossoms and leaves, enveloping ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,748Sale Price|20% Off
1930's French Signed Oil Still Life Fish Supper & Bottle of Wine Table Top
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Kitchen Supper French School, circa 1930's period signed oil on canvas, framed in original period frame framed: 27 x 31 inches canvas : 21 x 26 inches Provenance: private collect...
Oil
$874
Fishermen's Sheds. Norway. Impressionism, red, fjord, water, nature, coast
Located in Oslo, NO
A warm and lively work dedicated to the Norwegian coast, reflecting the charm of old fishing buildings against the backdrop of picturesque nature. Bright red sheds - a traditional sy...
Canvas, Oil
$7,895
Henri Matisse Etching, Post-Impressionist, 1920, Portrait of Mlle Marguerite
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Etching Title: Portrait of Mlle. Marguerite Matisse Portfolio: Cinquante Dessins Year: 1920 Edition: 367/1000 Framed Size: 21 1/8" x 18 1/8" Sheet Size:...
Etching
$1,087Sale Price|20% Off
St. Paul de Vence Provence 1960s Hill Top Village French Post-Impressionist Oil
By Regine David
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
St Paul de Vence, France signed by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018) oil painting on canvas, unframed measures: 9.5 x 13 inches condition: the painting is in very sound ...
Oil
$710Sale Price|20% Off
1940's Provence French Landscape - Post Impressionist artist
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provencal Landscape By Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998) From a batch of similar work where most were dated 1942-1947 watercolour painting on paper, unframed measurements: 9.5 x 13 in...
Watercolor
$327Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Impressionist Oil Painting Still Life Colorful Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on board, unframed Size : 10.75 x 8.75 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in ov...
Oil
Stormy Weather - Post Impressionist Seascape Oil by Henri Lienard de Saint-Delis
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas seascape circa 1908 by French post impressionist painter Henri Liénard de Saint-Délis. The piece depicts a boat docked by a lighthouse in Honfleur, Northern Fran...
Canvas, Oil
$636Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage American Modernist Landscape Original Fauvist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 18 by 24 inches overall. Excellent condition, ready to hang...
Oil, Canvas
La table sur la terrasse au clair de lune by Henri Le Sidaner
Located in New Orleans, LA
Henri Le Sidaner 1862-1939 French La table sur la terrasse au clair de lune, Villefranche-sur-Mer (The Table on the Terrace in the Moonlight, Villefranche-sur-Mer) Signed "Le Sida...
Canvas, Oil
French Modernist Vivid Fauvist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
signed lower left . The French artist Claude Hemeret was born on May 23, 1929. After classical studies at the lycée du Parc Imperial in Nice, he started at the l'Ecole National des A...
Oil
'Still Life with Fruit and Flowers', Paris, Tokyo, London, Copenhagen Academy
By Ib Eisner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Ib Eisner' (Danish, 1925-2003) and dated, lower right, 1953. Displayed in a period, carved gilt-wood frame. Framed dimensions: 19 x 21.5 x 1.5 inches. A lyrica...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$606Sale Price|20% Off
French Harbour with Moored Boats and Clifftop Houses Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Harbour with Moored Boats and Clifftop Houses Watercolour by Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size (H x W...
Watercolor
La Colline Saint Catherine - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Robert Pinchon
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed fauvist oil on canvas riverscape c.1908 by French post impressionist painter Robert Antoine Pinchon. The work depicts a view of the River Seine in Rouen, with Saint Catherine'...
Oil, Canvas
$6,558Sale Price|20% Off
sweet Pea Flowers - British 1930's art floral still life oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb Vibrant British Post Impressionist floral oil painting is by noted artist Gerald Spencer Pryse. Painted circa 1930 the composition is a mass of sweet pea flowers in shade...
Oil
$470Sale Price|20% Off
French Market Scene with Woman in Red Dress Vibrant Figurative Street Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Market Scene with Woman in Red Dress Vibrant Figurative Street Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size (H x W...
Watercolor
$3,263Sale Price|30% Off
Las Ramblas Barcelona Oil on Canvas, Signed, 1990s, Framed
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Artist Josep Moscardó (Barcelona, 1953) Title Las Ramblas, Barcelona Technique Oil on canvas Dimensions Canvas: 54 × 81 cm (21.3 × 31.9 in) Framed: 76 × 103 cm (29.9 × 40.6 i...
Oil
$1,282
Paris, Montmartre In the Snow, Cabaret au Lapin Agile After Maurice Utrillo
Located in Cotignac, FR
Paris, Montmartre in the snow, the Cabaret au Lapin Agile favourite of Picasso, Modigliani and Utrillo, late mid century French oil on board by Jean Mesturini. The painting is signed...
Oil
$5,995
Floral Still Life 1935 Signed Oil on Canvas, Hans Hofmann School, Modern Art
Located in Union City, NJ
FLORAL STILL LIFE is an original oil painting on canvas by the French born artist Lucy Hourdebaight (1901-1947). FLORAL STILL LIFE features an inviting interior scene visually center...
Canvas, Oil
'Green Hydrangeas' - still life - floral, botanical, impressionism
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features hues of yellow and green. Chattanooga-based artist Christina Renfer Vogel’s “Turning Towards the Sun” features paintings...
Oil, Panel
$139,000
Afternoon Mood – Wallén’s Skagen-like Swedish Coastal Masterpiece
Located in Stockholm, SE
Gustaf Theodor Wallén (1860–1948) Swedish Afternoon Mood, c. 1886-1887 oil on canvas signed G.T.Wallén unframed 100 x 150 cm (39 ⅜ x 59 in) framed 130 x 180 cm (51 ⅛ x 70 ⅞ in) ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,280Sale Price|20% Off
“Mother and Child on a Country Path”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of bucolic landscape with a mother and her child walking on a country path. Signed lower right by the artist “Bernard Viegers”. Great use of light an...
Canvas, Oil
$1,550
From Resonance to Core, Surreal Landscape, Golden Hour Sunset in Pastel Pink
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
Scintillating Light: View from the Hills to the City, a winding path, Madrid
Located in Norwich, GB
A perfectly Impressionistic work with beautifully loose, almost pointillist brushstrokes, focussing on the scintillating light and the remote hilltop atmosphere. Artist Frans Hog...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$442Sale Price|36% Off
Mediterranean Landscape with Blossoming Trees, Oil on Canvas, 22x27 cm
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Rafael Durán Benet (1931–2015) Mediterranean Landscape with Blossoming Trees Technique: Oil on canvas-mounted board Artwork dimensions: 22 × 27 cm (8.66 × 10.63 in) Framed dimensio...
Oil
"Place Clichy" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the original Bonnard lithograph). Printed in 1952 on Renage paper at the Mourlot atelier in faithful recreation of the original. According to the publisher,...
Lithograph
$382Sale Price|39% Off
GUY RODDON (1919-2006) French Cafe Street Scene ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING signed
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Guy Roddon (1919-2006) British TITLE: "French Cafe Street Scene" SIGNED: lower left MEDIUM: oil on board SIZE: 80cm x 70cm inc frame CONDITION: excellent DETAIL: Painter and teacher, born in London. After Bryanston School he studied at Goldsmiths’ College School of Art with James Bateman and Clive Gardiner, 1937–9, then at the Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting, 1939–40, with Ernest Jackson, and drawing at La Grande Chaumière, Paris. During World War II he served in Royal Engineers before transferring to the Camouflage Unit, which included Frederick Gore, Oliver Messel, Roland Penrose and Claude Rogers. Roddon spent part of the war stationed in the Old Assembly Rooms, Norwich, as a camouflage instructor alongside Messel and Penrose. From 1948–50, he taught at Goldsmiths’; from 1960–1 was commissioned to paint The Stations of the Cross and Resurrrection for St Thomas More, Patcham; from 1960–3 moved to Paris; rented Edwin John’s studio in Tite Street for 10 years; and began a series of portraits, sitters including the novelist L P Hartley, composer John Ireland...
Oil
$53,600Sale Price|20% Off
“Seine Under the Morning Snow " Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
“Seine Under the Morning Snow (Seine Sous la Neige du Matin)” Raymond Thibesart (1874-1968) Oil on canvas 70 x 31 ½ (36 ½ x 74 ½ frame size) inches Signed lower left The morning mis...
Oil
ORIGINAL ENGLISH post impressionist oil painting GARDEN SCENE BY Pauline Plummer
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Pauline Plummer (1930-2023) English TITLE: '"The Summerhouse" SIGNED: lower left MEDIUM: oil on board SIZE: 59cm x 49cm incl frame CONDITION: very good NOTES: Studied Fine...
Oil
Antique Fauvist "Still Life with Flowers and Skull" Louis Mathieu Verdilhan
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Fauvist Vanitas "Still Life with Flowers and Skull" Louis Mathieu Verdilhan (Provence, France, 1875-1928) Circa 1910 Oil on canvas on ...
Canvas, Wood, Oil
$327Sale 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
Free
Located in Zofingen, AG
The bindings hold the form but do not define the state. Inside, a sense of balance remains that does not depend on how the situation appears from the outside. Touch unfolds as trust...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,263
French Mid Century Oil Painting Nude Lady Sleeping on River Bank with Boats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model, Nude Woman on the River Bank with Boats circa 1950's Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Size : 20 x 24 inches Pro...
Oil
Threshold of the Blue Hour, series Architecture of Memory
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this large-scale vertical composition, I explore the precise moment known as “L’heure bleue” - the blue hour - when the city is no longer held by the day but not yet surrendered t...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
$1,400
'Joyful Blooms (Party Flowers)' - still life - fauvism - floral - iris
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features vibrant hues of yellow, purple, green and pink. Chattanooga-based artist Christina Renfer Vogel holds an MFA from the Ma...
Canvas, Oil
"Paysage du Grand-Lemps" Pierre Bonnard, Post-Impressionist, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Pierre Bonnard Paysage du Grand-Lemps, circa 1906 Signed lower left Oil on canvas 12 x 21 1/2 inches Provenance The artist Estate of the artist Private Collection Private Collection...
Canvas, Oil
$970
School of Fish, Vertical Abstract Marina, Turquoise and Red Patterns on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This vibrant abstract composition evokes the fluid movement of a school of fish, translated into a dynamic network of looping white forms drifting across turquoise and coral fields. ...
Paper, Acrylic
$136Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Pencil Study Portrait Chic Mother and her Children Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided Size: 8 (height) x 7 (width) Stamped Verso Condition: Good Prov...
Charcoal, Pencil
Provencal Green Landscape Antique French Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Provence Landscape French, Post-Impressionist artist circa 1920-1930 period, indistinctly signed lower right (incised into paint) oil on board, unframed board: 15 x 21.5 inches ...
Oil
$453Sale Price|20% Off
Atmospheric French City Square With Figures Archway And Trees Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Atmospheric French City Square With Figures Archway And Trees Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour and Gouache on artists paper, unframed Size (...
Watercolor, Gouache
Bords de l'Arc en Provence by Charles Camoin - Landscape, Oil Paint
Located in London, GB
Bords de l'Arc en Provence by Charles Camoin (1879-1965) Oil on canvas 65 x 81 cm (25 ⁵/₈ x 31 ⁷/₈ inches) Signed lower left, Camoin Signed and titled on the reverse Executed in 1907...
Canvas, Oil
La baie de Lampaul, île d’Ouessant by Henry Moret
By Henry Moret
Located in New Orleans, LA
Henry Moret 1856–1913 French La baie de Lampaul, île d'Ouessant Signed and dated "Henry Moret 1897" (lower right) Inscribed "La baie de Lampaul Ouessant" (on stretcher) Oil on can...
Canvas, Oil
$983Sale Price|20% Off
French Pointillist Reclining Male Nude Mid 20th Century Painting
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pointillist Reclining Male Nude by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998) initialled lower right gouache painting on paper, unframed measurements: 5.5 x 10 inches (overall the sheet measures 8.25 x 11.9 inches) provenance: private collection of the artists work, Provence, France Condition report: very good, colour strong, thin paper, margins of sheet show light marks but image is clean Beautiful Neo-Impressionist 1940's French pointillist...
Watercolor, Gouache
"Bel Ete dans le Port" Parisian Port Scene Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
As a French Impressionist artist, most of the Renee Theobald's works were produced in the Mid-20th Century. She was known for her charming compositions and with a passion to portray ...
Canvas, Oil
$652Sale Price|20% Off
Sevilla garden oil painting european art Spain spanish landscape
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Sevilla - Oil on canvas on board Oil measurements 38x46 cm. Frameless. Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan painter, n...
Canvas, Oil, Board
Children Bathing by a Rocky Shore, Skagen, 1892
Located in Stockholm, SE
Paul Graf (1866–1903), Swedish Children Bathing by a Rocky Shore, 1892 signed Graf and indistinctly dated 1892 oil on canvas mounted on panel unframed 139 × 175 cm (54.7 × 68.9 in)...
Canvas, Oil, Board
"Floral Still Life" Post-Impressionist Interior Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
A charming oil painting on canvas depicting a colorful floral still life in a blue vase on top of a wood table. The flowers depicted are a bright bunch of tulips, placed effortlessly...
Oil, Canvas
"Bateaux en Bretagne" Parisian Harbor Scene Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
As a French Impressionist artist, most of the Renee Theobald's works were produced in the Mid-20th Century. She was known for her charming compositions and with a passion to portray ...
Canvas, Oil
"Mid-Century Oil on Canvas Landscape, Post-Impressionist, Signed"
By Jean Perret
Located in Cotignac, FR
French, large mid century oil on paper, Post Impressionist Fauvist landscape with trees in blossom by Jean Perret. The painting is signed bottom and centre...
Oil
$874
View of the Alps in the Evening. Vertical, Switzerland, mountains, evening
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting "View of the Alps in the Evening" (canvas, oil, 30x40 cm) is not just a landscape from nature, painted en plein air in the small Swiss village of Gams, but an exquisite ...
Canvas, Oil
$489Sale Price|85% Off
Israeli American school luminous mountain scene landscape, oil painting Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️ Mountain scene Landscape⬅️ ⏩It is signed J Rohr⏪ ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on woodpanel ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size:⭐61x77.5cm / 24x 30.5inch with fram...
Gesso, Oil, Wood Panel, Stretcher Bars