20th Century Abstract Paintings

Henri Matisse (French 1869-1954) Pencil Drawing Of A Working Horse Catalogued as Number Z 548 in the Artist Archives Pencil on paper, c. 1900, signed with initials 'HM' lower right....

16" x 20" Unframed Original - Oil on Canvas Hand Signed by Yari Ostovany 2022

30" x 36" Unframed Original - Oil on Canvas Hand Signed by Yari Ostovany 2016

Jirayr Zorthian(1911-2004), went through two Turkish massacres before age eight. He left Turkey at age nine with his family and spent a year in Padua, Italy, waiting for his visa to...

Surrealist composition French School, dated 1975 verso oil on canvas, framed framed: 33.5 x 27 inches canvas: 32 x 25.5 inches inscribed verso provenance: private collection, France ...

Untitled is a modern artwork realized by Mario Guglielmotti. Mixed media on canvas. Hand signed on the lower margin. Includes frame

'Symphony of Colour: Cubist Still Life with Guitar and Wine', oil on board, Berlin School, initialed 'M.V.' (circa 1960s). This artwork is a clear cubist homage to one of the founder...

'Feminine Forms: Harmony in Curves', oil on board, German School (circa 1980s). Two nude figures portrayed in the abstract posture differently. Both are curvaceous and Rubenesque. Re...

Nicely painted mid century impressionist painting of Lake Como, Italy. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.

Nicely painted mid century impressionist cityscape oil painting by Kamil Kubik (1930 - 2011) . Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Nice view of the Empire State Building!

Oil on wood, signed lower left Bruno Wurster was born in Bern as the only child of Otto Wurster and Irmgard Wurster-Burri. The father was a businessman in a managerial position, the...

Alois Müller (Prob. Swiss, active in the mid 60’s) Die Saat kommt - Wer segnet (The seed is coming – Who does the blessing) • Pop art / anti-war art from the wild 60s • Most likely...

The Winding River French School, 1947 signed & dated oil on canvas, framed framed: 20 x 24 inches canvas: 14 x 18.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good...

The Flowers: Guzmania. Circa 1963. Signed Giandante X, a painter born in Milan in 1899 and died in 1984. Milano. Measurements without the frame: 50 x 35 cm. On the back is a pho...

Nachume Miller (1949–1998) was a German born Israeli artist who immigrated to New York City in 1973, where he made a name for himself in the American Modern Art scene. Miller immigra...

Abram Abraham Krol was born January 22, 1919, in Pabianice (Lodz), Poland. Abram Krol went to France in 1938 to study civil engineering at the University of Caen. In 1939 at the be...

Colors - original abstract acrylic painting. frameD Original paper by the famous Spanish artist Josep Tharrats. Acrylic on paper. Perfect condition. Certificate of originality THAR...

Rooftop view of the upper West Side Manhattan as it looked in the 1930s. There is a rough indication of a billboard and a glimpse of the Hudson River. The cluster of buildings depic...

Pierre MONTHEILLET (1923-2011) Composition in yellow Watercolor and gouache on paper Signed lower left Dimensions of the work: 50 x 65 cm Dimensions of the frame: 60 x 80 cm Pierre ...

Composition 20 is an original painting realized by Clément Kons (1879-1956). The artwork is on tempera, in very good conditions and mounted on a cardboard (49x34). Image Dimension...

Nicely painted early American modernist landscape by Rita Rogers (b.1936). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Artist Bio: Rita Rogers was born in North Mi...

Giuseppe Minoretti (Erba, Como - 1938) C.L.F.Q. composition no. 20 Acrylic on Canvas 1975 Size: 50x50 cm (72x72 cm including frame) Giuseppe Minoretti was born in Erba (Como) in 19...

Giuseppe Minoretti (Erba, Como - 1938) C.L.F.R.Q. composition. Acrylic on Canvas 1975 Size: 50x50 cm (72x72 cm including frame) Giuseppe Minoretti was born in Erba (Como) in 1938. ...

Abstract Modernist oil painting by Zoute. Oil on canvas mounted on board. Painted in circa 1940's. Zoute (Born-Leon Salter, 1903-1976) was self-taught and well exhibited during his l...

French School, cubist artist circa 1970's oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 20 x 16 inches provenance: private collection condition: a couple of marks to the surface but overall good ...

Paolo Minoli (1942-2004) R.S.P. (Perspective Space Search) 1969 Acrylic on Canvas Size 40x40 cm (63x63 cm including the frame with invisible glass) Bibliography: Pirovano, Paolo Min...

Acrylic and graphite on canvas. Signed and titled verso. 59 x 58.5 in. 61 x 60.25 in. (framed) Custom framed in a maple floater with a polyurethane clear coat finish. Provenance B...

Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed.

Ireland Landscape Rocky Cliffs with Castle on the Northern Irish Sea Coastline, by 20th Century Irish Australian Artist, Henry McLaughlin. Art measures 10 x 8 inches Frame measure...

Vintage Caribbean signed tropical seaside balcony painting. Great color and composition. Framed. Signed.

Personaje original surrealist acrylic painting Cándido Ballester is a contemporary Mallorcan painter who was born in 1926. As a child he had to emigrate to Argentina. In the 60's he ...

Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower left; titled verso. 47.25 x 47.25 inches 48.5 x 48.5 inches (framed) Custom framed in a solid maple floater finished in a polyurethane clear c...

Charles Bertie Hall, Yacht sailing in a river. Owning an Impressionist marine landscape by Charles Bertie Hall, an English/American Impressionist painter, offers a unique opportuni...

'Portrait of a Man Playing Guitar', oil on board, Berlin School (circa 1960s). Clearly inspired by Georges Braque's (1882-1963) and Juan Gris' (1887-1927) works, this painting is sim...

Oil on canvas. Signed and dated verso. 49.5 x 34.5 in. 51 x 36.25 in. (framed) Custom framed in a maple floater with a polyurethane clear coat finish. Provenance Howard Wise Galle...

Colourful Abstract Watercolour by Z. Krajewska In wooden frame under glass. Keywords: colorful, watercolor, smudge, blur,

'Portrait of Young Woman', oil on board, German School (circa 1960s). A sensuous mid-century portrait of a young woman painted in the style of expressionists / cubists of the era. Un...

DJ Simpson, Mr Natural (Aqua), 1999 Alkyd paint on ply Six panels 103 x 154 cm (40.55 x 60.63 in) Original artwork

Acrylic on canvas. Initialed and dated verso. 48 x 36 in. 49.5 x 37.5 in. (framed) Custom framed in a maple floater with a polyurethane clear coat finish. Provenance Iannetti Lanz...

Nicely painted mid century abstract landscape. Oil on canvas. Framed.

Acrylic on canvas. Signed lower left; signed, titled, and dated verso. 65.75 x 50.25 in. 67.25 x 51.75 in. (framed) Custom framed in a maple floater with a matte white finish. Pro...

Nicely painted mid century abstract oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed.

Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right; signed, dated, and titled verso. 38.25 x 51.25 in. 39.75 x 52.5 in. (framed) Custom framed in a solid maple floater with a matte white ...

Oil on canvas. Signed, dated, and stamped verso. 23.75 x 24 in. 25 x 25.5 in. (framed) Custom framed in a maple floater with a polyurethane clear coat finish. Provenance Private C...

Brown- Original abstract informalistmixed media painting Argimon (Sarriá 1929 - Barcelona 1996) is one of the great Catalan informalist artists. This painter, engraver and sculptor ...

An African village scene is characterized by bold colors and a punchy flat orange sky combined with a post-impressionist paint application for the tree and the house. In the foreground, we see an African mother with two children standing outside her "Home." The work is created by African American artist Vincent D. Smith. It is signed lower right, Vincent, showing homage to Vincent Van Gogh, from whom the art word borrows some influence. Clearly, Smith has developed his own personal style, combining an African American persona with an African subject matter. Original metal frame under glass. The uploaded video is coming up light. Use the still image as a reference for color. Vincent DaCosta Smith (December 12, 1929 – December 27, 2003) was an American artist, painter, printmaker and teacher. He was known for his depictions of black life. Early life Vincent DaCosta Smith was born on December 12, 1929, in the Bedford-Stuyvesant[1] neighborhood of Brooklyn, to Beresford Leopole Smith and Louise Etheline Todd. Both were immigrants from Barbados.[2] He was raised in Brownsville, Brooklyn and Smith drew what he saw around him.[citation needed] He attended an integrated school where he studied piano and the alto sax. worked a range of jobs before he became a full-time artist. At 16, he worked for the Lackawanna Railroad repairing tracks. At 17, Smith enlisted in the army and traveled with his brigade for a year.[3] It wasn't until after his time in the army that Smith began to paint and printmaking.[4] At the age of 22, Smith was working in a post office where he grew to be friends with fellow artist Tom Boutis.[1] Art education Tom Boutis took Smith to a Paul Cézanne show at the Museum of Modern Art in 1951. After seeing the Cézanne show, Smith resigned from his position at the post office and began reading extensively about art. He studied at the Art Students League of New York with Reginald Marsh.[citation needed] Later, he began to sit in on classes at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, where the instructors would let him join in on the lessons and the criticisms.[3] After attending classes at the Brooklyn Museum Art School and the Art Students League of New York, he was accepted and received a scholarship to the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine,[4] where he studied from 1953 to 1956. Beginning in 1954,[5] he started taking official classes at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, and studied painting, etching, and woodblock printmaking.[4] Career Smith was a figurative painter who used abstractions and materiality to make something new.[6] Smith's work depicts the rhythms and intricacies of black life through his prints and paintings.[7] Many of his paintings and prints rely heavily on patterns.[6] According to Ronald Smothers, Vincent D. Smith's work "stood as an expressionistic bridge between the stark figures of Jacob Lawrence and the Cubist and Abstract strains represented by black artists like Romare Bearden and Norman Lewis."[7] Smith has described his own work as "a marriage between Africa and the West."[3] Over his life, he worked in both painting and printmaking. In 1959, Smith won the John Hay Whitney Fellowship which allowed him to travel to the Caribbean for a year.[8] During this year he was deeply inspired by the customs and lifestyle of the native people.[8] Throughout his life, Smith attended various art schools but it was not until turning 50 he returned to college to earn an official degree.[7] From 1967 until 1976 he taught at the Whitney Museum’s Art Resource Center.[2] Later in 1985, he taught printmaking at the Center for Art and Culture of Bedford Stuyvesant. Death and legacy Smith died in Manhattan on the December 27, 2003 from lymphoma and related complications.[7] Smith was aged 74.[7] His work is included in many public museum collections including Art Institute of Chicago,[9] Newark Museum of Art,[1] Museum of Modern Art (MoMA),[1] Metropolitan Museum of Art,[1] Yale University Art Gallery,[10] Davidson Art Center,[11] Fitzwilliam Museum,[12] Brooklyn Museum,[13] Albright-Knox Art Gallery,[14] Rhode Island School of Design Museum,[15] among others. Exhibitions Over the course of his career, he had over 25 one-man shows and had his work shown in over 30 group shows.[7] Vincent D. Smith had shown in a range of galleries and museums over his life-span. In 1970, he had his first individual exhibition at the Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. His first retrospective was in 1989 at the Schenectady Museum in Schenectady, New York.[2] Solo shows: 1974 - The Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine[2] 1974 - Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York[2] 1989 - Schenectady Museum (Retrospective 1964-1989), Schenectady, New York Awards and honors This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (May 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) 1959 – John Hay Whitney Fellowship, John Hay Whitney Foundation, New York City, New York[8] 1967 – Artist in Residence, Smithsonian Conference Center 1968 – Grant, The American Academy and National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York 1971 – Creative Public Service Award for the Cultural Council Foundation, New York 1973 – National Endowment of the Arts and Humanities Travel Grant, New York 1973-1974 – Childe Hassam Purchase Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, New York 1974 – Thomas P. Clarke Prize, National Academy of Design, New York 1981 – Windsor and Newton Award, National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic , New York. 1985-1986 – Artist-in-Residence, Kenkeleba House Gallery, New York. Works Below are some selected works: Study for Mural at Boys and Girls High School, 1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York A Moment Supreme, 1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York The Triumph of B.L.S., 1973, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York Jonkonnu Festival, 1996, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York Murals Mural for Crotona/Tremont Social Service Center, The Human Resource Administration, New York, New York 1980[1] Mural for Oberia D. Dempsey Multi-Service Center of Central Harlem, New York, New York 1989[1] Publications Print portfolios Impressions: Our World, Volume I (a portfolio of seven etchings - five with aquatint, two with embossing). Emma Amos, Benny Andrews, Vivian Browne, Eldzier Cortor...

Acrylic on canvas. Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed verso. 68 x 50 in. 69.5 x 51.75 in. (framed) Custom framed in a maple floater with a matte white finish. Provenance Camillo...

This original abstract/expressionist original oil by Alex Grinshpun in colorful and in great condition. We have an excellent framer if you are interested.

David Humphrey Trophy (Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago), 1983 Oil on Canvas painting Signed Twice: Hand signed and dated verso, also artist has signed his name and written his ho...

Signed and dated oil on canvas landscape by French cubist painter André Lhote. The piece depicts a view of a mountainous landscape from a Mullion window - a decorative with a vertica...

Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist seascape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.

Piero Sadun (Siena 1919 - 1974), Plastic space (late 1950s) Oil painting on canvas measuring 90 x 100 cm. The work appears to be archived at the Piero Sadun Archives. Provenance: ...

Really impressive early American modernist painting. Oil on board. Framed.

Mario Schifano (Homs 1934 – Roma 1998), Aprile (sole di) (1988) Smalto spray su tela di cm 140 x 100 firmato, intitolato sole di e datato 1988 sul retro. L’opera risulta archiviata...

Beautiful Expressionist floral still life painting. Oil on canvas measuring 14 x 20 inches, 18 x 24 inches framed. Frame is from the 1960's but the canvas is clearly much older, ca...

Charles Evans (1907-1992) Mediterranean Costal Town, 1932. Gouache and watercolor on paper. Sheet measures 8.5 x 10 inches; mounted in frame measuring 8.5 x 10 inches. Signed and dated lower left. Charles Evans was a modernist known for his abstract style of painting. He studied at New York's Art Students League and Parsons School of Design, and later in Paris with Fernand Lger at the Acadmie Moderne. In 1930, Evans and his wife spent a year living in what was Paul Cezanne's studio in Aix-en-Provence, France. The following year, Evans purchased the old silk mill in New Hope and became involved in the area's modernist movement, joining the Independents in 1932. By 1935, he began to work collaboratively with Louis Stone, whom he had met in 1929 while studying with Hans Hofman in Saint Tropez, and with Charles F. Ramsey, teaching art classes and working on the Cooperative Painting Project. Every week, the three were joined by the abstract painter, Lee Gatch, in discussions at Ledger's Inn in Lambertville. In 1948 Evans co-founded the New Hope Gazette with Walter M. Teller. The same year he created set designs for St. John Terrell's Lambertville Music Circus. He also designed sets for the Bucks County Playhouse and Philadelphia's Playhouse in the Park. He later served as Set Designer for the Fred Miller...

'The Harlequin', oil on board, by Richard Mandin (1952). Harlequin's traditional diamond patterned costume, bicorn hat, and the wooden sword that denoted his buffoonery have appealed...

Nicely painted mid century abstract painting by Verna Herbst Hull (1916 - 2002) . Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.