Post-Impressionist Art
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.
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Pastel
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Pastel
2010s Post-Impressionist Art
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Pastel
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Ink, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Pastel
1910s Post-Impressionist Art
Oil, Board
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Oil
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Oil
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Oil
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Pastel
20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil, Board
20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Oil, Canvas
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Oil
2010s Post-Impressionist Art
Paper, Acrylic, Monotype
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Oil
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Charcoal, Pencil, Ink
1910s Post-Impressionist Art
Oil, Board
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Oil
2010s Post-Impressionist Art
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Ink, Pencil
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Charcoal, Pencil, Watercolor
1990s Post-Impressionist Art
Oil, Board
2010s Post-Impressionist Art
Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Oil
2010s Post-Impressionist Art
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
1920s Post-Impressionist Art
Oil
1920s Post-Impressionist Art
Gesso, Oil, Stretcher Bars
2010s Post-Impressionist Art
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Oil, Board
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Oil
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Oil
1930s Post-Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Oil
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Oil
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Oil
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Ballpoint Pen
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Oil, Canvas
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Oil
20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
1930s Post-Impressionist Art
Wood, Oil
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Oil
2010s Post-Impressionist Art
Paper, Gouache
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Oil
2010s Post-Impressionist Art
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Pastel, Watercolor
1950s Post-Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
1960s Post-Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
2010s Post-Impressionist Art
Oil Crayon, Acrylic
1950s Post-Impressionist Art
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Charcoal