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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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Pastel Landscape with Cows Grazing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Pastel Landscape with Cows Grazing by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Medium: Pastel on unframed paper Size: 6.25 inches (heig...
Pastel
$2,786Sale Price|20% Off
Little Flower. Horizontal, figurative, girl, flowers, beauty
Located in Oslo, NO
A beautiful girl in a beautiful summer dress admires a small flower in a blooming meadow. And the girl herself looks like a flower, born for life and the beauty of the world! The fee...
Oil
$212,000Sale Price|20% Off
Le Jardin de Lagny - Garden with young girl Post-impressionist
Located in Miami, FL
Le Jardin de Lagny Provenance: Arthur Tooth, London Radon Gallery, NY This beautiful evocation of a lyrical French landscape is a fine example of of Po...
Canvas, Oil
$1,412Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Martiques Harbor South of France
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Martiques" (Martiques is an area close to Marseille in the South of France. It has long been popular with artists for many generations due to its strong light and sense of life). ...
Oil
$162Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Portrait Seated Woman with Cross Necklace Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Seated Woman with Cross Necklace Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: signed black pen on artists paper stuck on board, glass covered Size: 11.5 (height) x 8 (w...
Ballpoint Pen
$1,400Sale Price|20% Off
20th Century Industrial Cityscape Oil painting, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Work sold to benefit the CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART Joseph B. O’Sickey (American, 1918–2013) Industrial Cityscape Oil on paper Signed lower left 13.75 x 16.5 inches Joseph O'Sicke...
Oil
$760Sale Price|20% Off
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
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Fisherman's Beach Seascape, Oil on Canvas, Post-Impressionist, 1980s
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Signed Oliveras - Fisherman's Beach - Oil on canvas. Slight paint chips on the sides that covered the frame. Oil measurements 61x122 cm. Frameless.
Canvas, Oil
The Return of Hope
Located in Zofingen, AG
When you allow yourself to see the future, even if it remains indistinct. When the thought “what if everything could still be alright” stops sounding absurd. From the Series “Adulthood”
Canvas, Acrylic
The Crystal Castle
Located in Zofingen, AG
A woman sits in silence, observing. In the distance before her, a crystal castle shines. This gaze into silence opens a space where illusions melt, and from them clarity is born. In ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$754Sale Price|31% Off
Barcelona Flower Market Las Ramblas Oil Painting Mediterranean Street Scene
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Barcelona Flower Market Las Ramblas Oil Painting Mediterranean Street Scene TECHNICAL DETAILS Artist: Jordi Curós Ventura (1930–2007, Spain) Title: Bulev...
Oil, Burlap
$597Sale Price|20% Off
French Mid Century Oil Painting 1950's Portrait of Child
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Child Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Size : 13.75 x 10.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition:...
Oil
$814Sale 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
French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Bucolic Wooded Country Lane Gaston Sebire
Located in Surfside, FL
Gaston Sébire ( 1920 - 2001) Alle aux Arbres Oil on canvas Dimensions: h. 23.25 X w. 16.75. framed 29.5 X 22 inches Hand signed lower left and titled on verso Provenance: Wally F. Ga...
Canvas, Oil
'Montmartre, La place du Tertre en Été', Paris in Summer, Nancy, Parisian Scene
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'J.M. Couillard' for Jean Marie Couillard (French, 1926-1989); additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'Paris, Montmartre. La place du Tertre en Été' and dated 19...
Canvas, Oil
$842Sale Price|20% Off
1930's French Post Impressionist Oil Painting - Country House Flower Gardens
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1930's Title: The Chateau Gardens Medium: oil painting on board, unframed, board: 15 x 18 inches Provenance: private collection, France Con...
Oil
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
The Italian Girl, Oil on Canvas, 1924
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Charles PICART LE DOUX (1881-1959), France, 1924. The Italian girl. Very beautiful work where post-impressionism embellished with a few cubist touches form a harmoni...
Canvas, Oil
$842Sale Price|20% Off
1960's French Post Impressionist Oil Painting South of France Coastal Town Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1960's, signed and dated lower right Title: Sleepy coastal town, South of France, painted in soft muted green tones. Medium: oil painting on b...
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
$3,250
Gustaf Höglund: Self-Study (1939), a Rare and Striking Early Self-Portrait
Located in Stockholm, SE
Gustaf Höglund (1910-1994) Sweden Självstudie (Self Study), 1939 signed and dated lower left oil on canvas unframed 71 × 31 cm (28 × 12.2 in) framed 79 × 39 cm (31.1 × 15.4 in) T...
Canvas, Oil
$3,715Sale Price|67% Off
The Return Of The Light Forces. Oil painting, large format, figurative, angels.
Located in Oslo, NO
This painting is the most important in the series “The Return of the Forces of Light”. We see a shining army returning with all its might to our world after a long absence, carrying ...
Oil
"Water horses", Irene Lagut, Picasso's lover, Woman Artist, Painting 1940
Located in New York, NY
Irène Lagut (1893-1994) Water horses, 1940s Oil on canvas Artwork: 13 x 18 1/8 in. l 33 x 46 cm Framed: 15 1/3 x 20 1/2 in. l 39 x 52 cm Signed lower right Irène Lagut (1893–1994) w...
Canvas, Oil
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1950’s Fashion Illustration Painting Of A Chic Lady With Shielding The Rain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Rainy Day by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ink/watercolour/pencil drawing on thick paper, unframed signed J.V paper: 10 x 6.25 inches double sided very good condition provenance...
Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil
$564Sale Price|20% Off
Evening Street Scene With Figures and Neon Awning Mediterranean Nocturne Study
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Evening Street Scene With Figures and Neon Awning Mediterranean Nocturne Study Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W)...
Watercolor
$2,880Sale Price|20% Off
'Chorus Line', Cooper Union, WPA, MoMA, Metropolitan, Smithsonian, Woman Artist
By Ruth Gikow
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Gikow' for Ruth Levine Gikow (Russian-American, 1915-1982); with original New York, Kennedy Gallery gallery label bearing artist information and dated 1974. Photo...
Canvas, Oil
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French Mid-Century Ink and Wash Drawing of Parisian Boulevard and Rooftops
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Mid-Century Ink and Wash Drawing of Parisian Boulevard and Rooftops by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Signed: Yes Medium: Graphite and Ink on unframed pap...
Pencil, Ink, Graphite
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Cagnes Sur Mer French Exotic Town Post Impressionist Signed Thick Oil Impasto
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cagnes Sur Mer by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed on front oil painting on board, unframed board: 18 x 13 inches Colors: Grey colors, brown, blue, green and orange Very go...
Oil
$863Sale Price|20% Off
Fernand Audet French Impasto Oil Painting Night Courtyard Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
**Title** Fernand Audet French Impasto Oil Painting Night Courtyard Figures **Key Details** **Artist:** Fernand Audet (French, 1923–2016), signed **Title:** Bright Conversation **Me...
Oil
Grown from Dreams
Located in Zofingen, AG
A girl stands in the forest, holding a paper crane, while three more soar above the trees. No one came to sav me, no one carried me in their arms, the fairy tales forgot that I once ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Parisian Café Terrace Street Street with Figures 20th Century Post-Impressionism
Located in Preston, GB
Parisian Café Terrace Street Street with Figures 20th Century Post-Impressionism by Italian Artist, Mario Passoni (Italian, born 1927) Art measures 20 x 16 inches Frame measures 30 ...
Canvas, Oil
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Mid Century French Portrait of a Woman with Draped Veil Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Portrait Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper Size: 25 (height) x 19 (width) Stamped: Verso Condition: Go...
Charcoal, Pencil
$12,000Sale Price|20% Off
Horses Prepared to Perform and Circus Truck, Contemporary American Modern
Located in Beachwood, OH
Work sold to benefit the CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART Joseph B. O’Sickey (American, 1918–2013) Horses Prepared to Perform and Circus Truck, Circus Series, 1991 Oil on canvas Signed an...
Oil
Saint Guilhem Le Desert
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas Canvas size: 18 x 21.75 inches Framed size: 24 x 27 inches Signed lower right
Canvas, Oil
$521Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Painting of a Elder Lady Grey Haired Lady In a Blue V Neck
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on board, unframed Size : 18.75 x 12.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in ov...
Oil
$1,738Sale Price|20% Off
French Impressionist Signed Oil, Portrait of Young Lady in Turquoise Dress 1930s
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1930's, signed very lower right corner and inscribed verso Title: 'Jeune Fille' Medium: oil on canvas laid over board, framed in a period gilt ...
Oil
$4,500
Post Impressionist Fauvist Art French Oil Painting Paris Bridge Urbain Huchet
Located in Surfside, FL
Urbain Huchet (French, 1930-2014) Le Pont Neuf a Paris Description: An original oil or acrylic painting on canvas depicting a Parisian cityscape landscape with a bridge over the Sein...
Canvas, Oil
Collioure - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Jacques Martin-Ferrieres
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed pointilist oil on canvas figures in landscape by sought after French post impressionist painter Jacques Martin-Ferrieres. This beautiful piece depicts a view of Collioure, a p...
Oil, Canvas
$912Sale Price|52% Off
1970's French Modernist Signed Oil Woman in Parlor Interior Cleaning Furniture
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Interior French artist, indistinctly signed dated verso 1976, oil on canvas, framed framed: 25 x 18 inches canvas: 18 x 22 inches Inscribed verso Provenance: private collection...
Oil
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1950's Post-Impressionist French Oil Man in Gondola Venice Tranquil Canal, oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Title: Tranquil working scene from a Venice canal backwater; beautiful soft color tones and an atm...
Oil
Garden in Summer, Marie-Lucie Nessi, Woman Post-impressionist, Oil on canvas
Located in New York, NY
Marie Lucie Nessi-Valtat Garden in summer, ca. 1950 Oil on canvas Canvas: 19 × 22 1/2 in l 48 × 57 cm Frame: 21 2/3 x 25 1/4 l 55 x 64 cm Signed lower right Marie-Lucie Nessi Valta...
Canvas, Oil
$467Sale Price|20% Off
Les Marines French Riviera Harbour with Sailboats and Distant Mountains
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Les Marines French Riviera Harbour with Sailboats and Distant Mountains Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 4.25 x 5.75 in...
Watercolor
$1,114Sale Price|20% Off
French Fauvist Portrait of Woman in White Dress Catalan Modernist Oil Painting
By Ignasi Mundó
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Fauvist Portrait of Elegant Woman in White Dress Spanish Modernist Oil Artist: Ignasi Mundó Marcet (1918-2012) Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 73 × 60 cm (28.7 × 23.6 in) Frame: 7...
Canvas, Oil
Mid 20th Century Oil on Canvas View of Grenada
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century oil on canvas view of a street in Grenada, Spain by J Georges. The painting is signed and titled bottom right. Presented in a deep patinated and gilt wood frame. A ...
Canvas, Oil
"La Bourse, Paris" French Impressionist City Scene Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
By Paul Gagni
Located in New York, NY
This piece is an exceptional impressionistic cityscape scene by Paul Gagni of 'La Bourse' in Paris. The Bourse de Commerce (Commodities Exchange) is a building in Paris, originally u...
Canvas, Oil
$537Sale Price|20% Off
Roquebrune Archway and Sunlit Passage French Riviera Architectural Study
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Roquebrune Archway and Sunlit Passage French Riviera Architectural Study Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W): 6 x ...
Watercolor
Playing on the sands - Post Impressionist Figures Oil by Charles Garabed Atamian
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed post impressionist oil on canvas figures in landscape by Armenian painter Charles Garabed Atamian. The work depicts three young girls with buckets and spades in their hands playing in the sand on a golden beach. The piece is beautifully coloured. Signature: Signed lower left Dimensions: Framed: 23"x29" Unframed: 16"x22" Provenance: Private collection - Luxembourg Garabed Charles Atamian...
Canvas, Oil
$2,444Sale Price|20% Off
Huge 1970's French Oil Painting Figurative Oil Painting Workers on Scaffolding
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Oil Painting of Workers on Scaffolding French artist, circa 1970's oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 51 x 38 inches Provenance: private c...
Oil, Canvas
"Young Self Portrait" Post-Impressionism French Oil Painting on Board of Figure
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical portrait of a self-portrait of the artist at a younger age. The bright colors and quick brush strokes are what makes this painting so attractive and...
Oil, Board
Waterfall and Timber – A View from Norrland
By Oscar Lycke
Located in Stockholm, SE
Provenance: Acquired directly from Katarina Gunnarsson, who inherited the painting from her mother, Barbro, the daughter of the artist. This striking landscape by Oscar Lycke depict...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$407Sale Price|20% Off
Impressionistic Depiction of a Quaint French Village Scene with Stone Bridge
By Regine David
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Village Scene signed by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018) watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed panting: 13 x 16.5 inches condition: This painting is in e...
Watercolor
$162Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Portrait of a Seated Maid Watercolour Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Portrait Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: signed black charcoal and watercolour on artists paper stuck on board, glass covered Size: 9.75...
Charcoal, Watercolor
Birch Trees and Snow-Laden Spruces, 1927
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are pleased to offer an exquisite painting by Finnish artist Reino Partanen (1889–1972), titled Birch Trees and Snow-Laden Spruces. Created in 1927, this impressive work measures ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,640Sale Price|20% Off
'Tropical Jungle Woman', Polynesian Figural, Pacific Islands, Weimar Republic
By Orla Muff
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'Muff' for Orla Muff (Danish, 1903-1984) and painted circa 1940. Orla Muff received his first formal art instruction at the Copenhagen Technical School from 1917-...
Canvas, Oil
Mediterranean Fishermen Returning to Shore Spanish Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Mediterranean Fishermen Returning to Shore – Spanish Impressionist Oil Artist: Gabriel Casarrubios Martín (Spanish, b. 1953) Title: Mediterranean Fishermen Returning to Shore Medium:...
Oil, Board
$2,500
Painting of Fishermen at the Shore Nazarre by Portuguese Artist Gustavo Ferreira
Located in Chicago, IL
Exquisite & beautifully painted Portugese coastal scene painting of "Fisherman at the Shore, Nazarre" by artist Gustavo Ferreira. Nicely framed in a gold-toned frame. Oil on canvas...
Canvas, Oil
$754Sale Price|43% Off
Park with lake oil painting european art seascape urbanscape
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Park with lake - Oil on cardboard paid to canvas Oil measurements 50x65 cm. Frame measurements 66x81 cm. Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barc...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$10,185
Le jardin en ete - Impressionist Figures in Landscape Oil by Ludovic Vallee
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed double-sided pointillist oil on canvas by French painter Ludovic Vallee. The piece depicts a view of a garden with a path through the centre on a sunny day. To the foreground ...
Oil, Canvas
$157Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Side Profile Portrait of a Lady with a Vintage Hairstyle
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided Size: 13 (height) x 10 (width) Stamped Verso Condition: Good Pr...
Charcoal, Pencil
Animated Street in French Quarter, New Orleans
By Homer Costello
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Animated Street in French Quarter, New Orleans 1954, is a palette knife oil painting on wood panel by noted Louisiana artist Homer Costello...
Oil