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.
Figures in the Landscape - Etching by J. A. Flour - 1916
By Jules Adrian Flour
Located in Roma, IT
Figures in the Landscape is an original artwork realized by Jules Adrian Flour in 1916. Original etching on paper. The artwork is glued on cardboard. Hand-signed in pencil by the ar...
Etching
Female Portrait in Profile - Color Monotype by Bernard Lemaire
Located in Roma, IT
Female Portrait in Profile is an original artwork realized by the French artist Bernard Lemaire between the end of the XIX and the beginning of the...
Monotype
Femme Affranchie A' Quatorze Heures Chante Midi, Signed, 1940s Edition
Located in Roma, IT
Signed on plate. Edition of 450 prints, belonging to the suite “Miserere”, considered as the most important religious graphic work of XX century. The single prints, realized with a s...
Etching
Les Fleurs du Mal Etching, Post-Impressionist, Circa 1920 Edition
By Odilon Redon
Located in Roma, IT
Monogram of the artist on plate. Edition of 150 prints. One of the 50 H.C. copies in Roman Numerals. This print is one of the illustrations realized by Odilon Redon for an important edition of the book "Les Fleurs du Mal...
Etching
Le Village de Landel by Paulémile Pissarro - etching
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED Le Village de Landel by Paulémile Pissarro (1884 - 1972) Etching 17.2 x 23.7 cm (6 ¾ x 9 ⅜ inches) Signed lower right, Paulémile-Pissarro and numbered lower left, 2e e...
Etching
"Moorea" Contemporary Impressionist Serigraph of Tahiti
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Moorea" is an beautiful hand pulled serigraph created from the oil painted on location in Tahiti by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures a timeless scene...
Screen
$1,760Sale Price|20% Off
'Flamenco Dancers', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Ac. Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955. Provenance: Janet Ament De La Roche, from estate stamp verso. A cabinet sized, Pos...
Paper, Monotype
"Dame a la Toque", fabulous drypoint etching by Paul Cesar Helleu
Located in Hinsdale, IL
HELLEU, PAUL CÉSAR (1859 - 1927) "La Dame a la Toque" (Lady in Fur Hat) Montesquiou XXXVI, c. 1906 Drypoint printed in colors on pale cream wove paper Sig...
Drypoint
"Mlle Landsberg" (grade planche, pl. 16)
Located in Missouri, MO
"Mlle Landsberg" (grade planche, pl. 16), 1914 Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954) Signed and Numbered Lower Right Edition 12/15 Image size: 7 7/8 x 4 5/16 inches Sheet size: 17 11/16 x 12 1/2 inches With frame: 19 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches Henri Matisse came from a family who were of Flemish origin and lived near the Belgian border. At eight o'clock on the evening of December 31, 1869, he was born in his grandparents' home in the town of Le Cateau in the cheerless far north of France. His father was a self-made seed merchant who was a mixture of determination and tightly coiled tension. Henri had no clear idea of what he wanted to do with his life. He was a twenty-year-old law clerk convalescing from appendicitis when he first began to paint, using a box of colors given to him by his mother. Little more than a year later, in 1890, he had abandoned law and was studying art in Paris. The classes consisted of drawing from plaster casts and nude models and of copying paintings in the Louvre. He soon rebelled against the school's conservative atmosphere; he replaced the dark tones of his earliest works with brighter colors that reflected his awareness of Impressionism. Matisse was also a violinist; he took an odd pride in the notion that if his painting eye failed, he could support his family by fiddling on the streets of Paris. Henri found a girlfriend while studying art, and he fathered a daughter, Marguerite, by her in 1894. In 1898 he married another woman, Amelie Parayre. She adopted the beloved Marguerite; they eventually had two sons, Jean, a sculptor and Pierre who became an eminent art dealer. Relations between Matisse and his wife were often strained. He often dallied with other women, and they finally separated in 1939 over a model who had been hired as a companion for Mme. Matisse. She was Madame Lydia, and after Mme. Matisse left, she remained with Matisse until he died. Matisse spent the summer of 1905 working with Andre Derain in the small Mediterranean seaport of Collioure. They began using bright and dissonant colors. When they and their colleagues exhibited together, they caused a sensation. The critics and the public considered their paintings to be so crude and so roughly crafted that the group became known as Les Fauves (the wild beasts). By 1907, Matisse moved on from the concerns of Fauvism and turned his attention to studies of the human figure. He had begun to sculpt a few years earlier. In 1910, when he saw an exhibition of Islamic art, he was fascinated with the multiple patterned areas and adapted the decorative universe of the miniatures to his interiors. As a continuation of his interest in the "exotic", Matisse made extended trips to Morocco in 1912 and 1913. At the end of 1917, Matisse moved to Nice; he would spend part of each year there for the remainder of his life. A meticulous dandy, he wore a light tweed jacket amd a tie when he painted. He never used a palette, but instead squeezed his colors on to plain white kitchen dishes...
Drypoint, Etching
Le Café Georges à Cannes by H. Claude Pissarro - Pastel
Located in London, GB
Le Café Georges à Cannes by H. Claude Pissarro (b. 1935) Pastel on card 37 x 51 cm (14 ⁵/₈ x 20 ¹/₈ inches) Signed lower left, H. Claude Pissarro This work is accompanied by a certi...
Pastel
Concert - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
(after) Raoul Dufy Lithograph after a watercolor, published in the book "Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy." Paris, Librairie Académique Perrin, 1965. Printed signature Dime...
Lithograph
Marcel Gromaire (after) - Homage to Dufy - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
(after) Marcel Gromaire Lithograph after a watercolor, published in the book "Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy." Paris, Librairie Académique Perrin, 1965. Printed signature ...
Lithograph
Jean Lurçat (after) - Homage to Dufy - Lithograph
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
(after) Jean Lurçat Lithograph after a watercolor, published in the book "Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy." Paris, Librairie Académique Perrin, 1965. Printed signature Dimensions: 30...
Lithograph
Raoul Dufy (after) - Autoportrait - Lithograph
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
(after) Raoul Dufy Lithograph after a watercolor, published in the book "Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy." Paris, Librairie Académique Perrin, 1965. Printed signature Dimensions: 30...
Lithograph
Lucien Guitry et Jeanne Granier
Located in New York, NY
Artist’s in-plate monogram lower left
Lithograph
François Desnoyer - Free Child - Handsigned Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
François Desnoyer - Free Child Original Lithograph Handsigned Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm François Desnoyer was a French visual artist who was born in ...
Lithograph
$650
Pierre Bonnard Lithograph Printed at Mourlot Paris 1958 Mosque Minaret, Village
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from a limited edition portfolio of original lithographs print Fernand Mourlot in Paris in 1958 from work done in collaboration with Bonnard which began in 1928. A walled ...
Lithograph
Danseuse au Moulin Rouge, Modern Nude Lithograph by Jules Pascin
By Jules Pascin
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Danseuse au Moulin Rouge" is an original lithograph after a early 20th Century painting by Jules Pascin. The work bears the artist's stamp signature a...
Lithograph
Nana, Modern Lithograph by Jules Pascin
By Jules Pascin
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Nana" is an original lithograph after a early 20th Century painting by Jules Pascin. The work bears the artist's stamp signature and numbering in pencil. Estate authorization by Luc...
Lithograph
Set of Four Framed Wood Cut Prints After André Derain
By André Derain
Located in Pasadena, CA
Rare Set of Four Original Color WDCT Skira 1943 after RABELAIS (François). The Horrible and Terrible Deeds and Prowess of the Renowned Pantagruel, King of the Dipsodes, Son of the ...
Lithograph, Woodcut
André Marchand (after) - Homage to Dufy - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
(after) André Marchand Lithograph after a watercolor, published in the book "Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy." Paris, Librairie Académique Per...
Lithograph
Autoportrait - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
(after) Raoul Dufy Lithograph after a watercolor, published in the book "Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy." Paris, Librairie Académique Perrin, 1965. Printed signature Dime...
Lithograph
Series - Les Lavandières by Lélia Pissarro - Screenprint
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED Series - Les Lavandières by Lélia Pissarro (B. 1963) Serigraph 38 x 48 cm (15 x 18 ⁷/₈ inches) Signed and numbered Printed in an edition of 300 Artist's Biography: B...
Screen
Framed Vincent van Gogh Print of The Yellow House in Arles, French Mid-Century
Located in Barcelona, ES
A highly decorative framed color print after Vincent van Gogh, depicting The Yellow House (The Street), one of the most recognizable views from the artist’s time in Arles. Published ...
Wood, Paper
Dancer in Repose, Lithograph by Joseph Floch
By Joseph Floch
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Joseph Floch, Austrian/American (1895 - 1977) Title: Dancer in Repose Year: circa 1960 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 12/...
Lithograph
D is for Dog, Clare Halifax, Alphabet Art, Limited Edition Print, Animal Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Clare Halifax D is for Dog Limited Edition 3 Colour Silkscreen Print Edition of 100 Image Size: H 35cm x W 35cm Sheet Size: H 37cm x W 38cm x D 0.1cm Sold Unframed (Please note that ...
Paper, Screen
"Troupe de M'lle Eglantine" 1974 Albi Museum authorized limited edition poster
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Troupe de M'lle Eglantine" 1974 reproduction of an 1896 poster by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec produced under the auspices of the Lautrec Museum in Albi, France. Authenticated with museum...
Lithograph
London Transport Posters, original vintage poster by Mervyn Laurence
Located in London, GB
Mervyn Laurence London Transport Posters Lithograph 76 x 52 cm This poster was produced to promote 'London Transport Posters', a book by Mic...
Lithograph
Florilège des Amours, 1948 Lithograph Print, Fauvist Style, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Florilège des Amours, 1948 Profile by Henri Matisse (1869-1954) Lithograph on paper 15 x 10 ¾ inches unframed (38.1 x 27.305 cm) 19 x 14 ½ inches framed (48.26 x 36.83 cm) About the...
Lithograph, Paper
Rare Set of Four Framed Wood Cut Prints After André Derain
By André Derain
Located in Pasadena, CA
Rare Set of Four Original Color WDCT Skira 1943 after RABELAIS (François). The Horrible and Terrible Deeds and Prowess of the Renowned Pantagruel, King of the Dipsodes, Son of the ...
Lithograph, Woodcut
The Bow
Located in New York, NY
Artist’s in-plate monogram lower left
Lithograph
Charlotte and Amalia by Lélia Pissarro - Etching
Located in London, GB
Charlotte and Amalia by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963) Etching 22.7 x 27.5 cm (9 x 10 ⁷/₈ inches) Signed lower left, Lélia Pissarro Numbered lower right, 2/15 Artist biography: Born in P...
Etching
Woman Embroidering (Nini) by Lucien Pissarro - Woodcut
Located in London, GB
Woman Embroidering (Nini) by Lucien Pissarro (1863-1944) Woodcut 15 x 10 cm (5 ⁷/₈ x 4 inches) Stamped with initials lower right Numbered lower left, 18/20 Provenance: Private Colle...
Woodcut
Man & Beast by Orovida Pissarro - Etching
Located in London, GB
Man & Beast by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Etching 27 x 22 cm (10 ⁵/₈ x 8 ⁵/₈ inches) Signed and dated lower right, orovida 1924 Inscribed lower left, Final state no 12/40 and titled lower centre Artist biography: Orovida Camille Pissarro, Lucien and Esther Pissarro’s only child, was the first woman in the Pissarro family as well as the first of her generation to become an artist. Born in Epping, England in 1893, she lived and worked predominantly in London where she became a prominent member of several British arts clubs and societies. She first learned to paint in the Impressionist style of her father, but after a brief period of formal study with Walter Sickert in 1913 she renounced formal art schooling. Throughout her career, Orovida always remained outside of any mainstream British art movements. Much to Lucien's disappointment she soon turned away from naturalistic painting and developed her own unusual style combining elements of Japanese, Chinese, Persian and Indian art. Her rejection of Impressionism, which for the Pissarro family had become a way of life, together with the simultaneous decision to drop her famous last name and simply use Orovida as a ‘nom de peintre’, reflected a deep desire for independence and distance from the weight of the family legacy. Orovida's most distinctive and notable works were produced from the period of 1919 to 1939 using her own homemade egg tempera applied in thin, delicate washes to silk, linen or paper and sometimes embellished with brocade borders. These elegant and richly decorative works generally depict Eastern, Asian and African subjects, such as Mongolian horse...
Etching
Odalisque with the Red Coffer - French Odalisque Fauvusm
Located in London, GB
This aquatint is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Henri Matisse" at the lower right margin. It is also hand numbered in pencil 103 from the edition of 200, at the lower left marg...
Aquatint
Vegas, Baby!, Digital on Paper
By Felix Stern
Located in Yardley, PA
This is my new favorite Dotography style of 2017, to be followed up in 2018 for sure. Simple colored dots arranged to show the Las Vegas Strip at night. The artwork is an 11-color fi...
Digital
Kerfany by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Wood engraving
Located in London, GB
Kerfany by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952) Wood engraving 10.9 x 13.9 cm (4 ¹/₄ x 5 ¹/₂ inches) Initialled and titled in the plate Signed lower right, ...
Engraving
After Tea by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Wood engraving
Located in London, GB
After Tea by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952) Wood engraving 12 x 13.2 cm (4 ³/₄ x 5 ¹/₄ inches) Initialled and titled in the plate Executed circa 1917 Artist biography Ludovic-Rod...
Woodcut
Les Deux Chaumieres
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), Les Deux Chaumieres, 1927-28, etching and engraving, signed in pencil lower left and numbered lower right. Laboureur 356, second state (of 4). One o...
Engraving, Etching
La Couseuse (The Seamstress)
Located in New York, NY
Jacques Villon (1875-1963), La Couseuse (The Seamstress), drypoint, 1905, signed in pencil lower right margin. Reference: Ginestet and Pouillon 147, Aub...
Drypoint
Quincaillerie by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Wood engraving
Located in London, GB
Quincaillerie by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878 - 1952) Wood engraving 10.4 x 12.6 cm (4 ¹/₈ x 5 inches) Initialled in the plate, signed lower right, Ludovi...
Woodcut
$500
"Car La Race, Became the Race..., " Woodcut on Blue Paper by Louis Lepere
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Car La Race" is an original woodcut on blue paper by Louis Auguste LePere. It depicts a centaur capturing a nude human woman in a flurry of motion and muscle. 16" x 13 3/8" art 16...
Paper, Woodcut
"Matinee a l'Odeon, " Original Etching signed by Maurice Asselin
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Matinee a l'Odeon" is an original etching by Maurice Asselin. The artist signed and titled the print below the image. This piece is edition 13/30 and depicts three figures watching ...
Etching
The Calf by Orovida Pissarro - Watercolour and coloured etching
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE The Calf by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Watercolour, hand-coloured over an etching 17.5 x 23.2 cm (6 ⅞ x 9 ⅛ inc...
Watercolor, Etching
Still Life by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Wood engraving
Located in London, GB
Still Life by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952) Wood engraving 14.5 x 10.8 cm (5 ³/₄ x 4 ¹/₄ inches) Initialed LR in the plate Exhibition Fort Lauderdale, Museum of Art, Camille Pis...
Engraving
Abstraction, Digital on Other
Located in Yardley, PA
The buyer, according to his taste, chooses a frame for himself, the buyer receives only a print. :: Digital :: Pointillism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authent...
Digital
pomegranate, Digital on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
abstract still life of a composition. color, spots, spring, impression, gift, mood. The composition is written under the influence of mood and the desire to produce something that co...
Digital
Young girl Combing her Hair - Signed Woodcut - Fauve Art
Located in London, GB
MAURICE DE VLAMINCK 1876-1958 Paris 1876-1958 Rueil-la-Gadelière, Eure-et-Loir (French) Title: Young girl Combing her Hair Jeune fille se coiffant, 1906/1957 Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Woodcut...
Woodcut
Little Horses, Bathers and Seashell Petits Chevaux, Baigneuses et Coquillage
By Raoul Dufy
Located in London, GB
RAOUL DUFY 1877-1953 Le Havre 1877-1953 Forcalquier (French) Title: Little Horses, Bathers and Seashell Petits Chevaux, Baigneuses et Coquillage, 1925 Technique: Original Hand Si...
Lithograph
Raoul Dufy (after) - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
(after) Raoul Dufy Lithograph after a watercolor, published in the book "Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy." Paris, Librairie Académique Perrin, 1965. Printed signature Dime...
Lithograph
The Admiral’s Ball
By Raoul Dufy
Located in London, GB
RAOUL DUFY 1877-1953 Le Havre 1877-1953 Forcalquier (French) Title: The Admiral’s Ball Le Bal chez l'amiral, ca. 1925 Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph on Wove Paper Paper size: 32.5 x 39.5 cm. / 12.8 x 15.6 in. Image size: 20.5 x 29 cm. / 8.1 x 11.4 in. Additional Information: This original lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist "R Dufy...
Lithograph
$1,290
Horse Pulling Hay Cart by Félix Pissarro - Animal etching, 19th century
Located in London, GB
Horse Pulling Hay Cart by Félix Pissarro (1874-1897) Etching 19.5 x 15 cm (7 ⅝ x 5 ⅞ inches) Exhibition London, Stern Pissarro Gallery, Camille Pissarro & his Descendants - A Tradit...
Etching
Oval Portrait by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Wood engraving
Located in London, GB
Oval Portrait by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878 - 1952) Woodcut 15.1 x 11.3 cm (6 x 4¹/₂ inches) Initialled, inscribed and dated 1918 in the plate Signed lower right, Ludovic Rodo and n...
Woodcut
Chaumière à Cantepie (Calvados), Etching by Paulémile Pissarro
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED Chaumière à Cantepie (Calvados) by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972) Etching 19.5 x 24.3 cm (7 ⅝ x 9 ⅝ inches) Signed Paulémile-Pissarro, numbered 38/50 and titled lower ...
Etching
York Road by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Wood engraving
Located in London, GB
York Road by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952) Wood engraving 13.2 x 9 cm (5 ¹/₄ x 3 ¹/₂ inches) Initialed and titled in the plate, signed lower right, Ludovic Rodo and numbered lowe...
Engraving
Price Upon Request
Le Loup - Henri Matisse, Jazz, Pochoir prints, Fauvism, Artist's books
Located in London, GB
Pochoir printed in colours, 1947. From: Jazz, Plate VI. From the book edition of 270. Printed on Arches paper by Edmond Vairel, Paris. Published by Teriade, Paris. (Duthuit Livre...
Stencil
Price Upon Request
Joies de Bretagne
Located in Missouri, MO
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) Joies de Bretagne (Kornfeld 7 B) zincograph, 1889, on simili Japon paper, from the second edition of circa 50 impressions, published by Ambroise Vollard afte...
Lithograph