Modern Figurative Paintings
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
Untitled (Transcendental Composition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This work is part of our exhibition - America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s
Untitled (Transcendental Composition), oil on board, 1947, oil on board, signed and dated lower r...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Beach Walk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sharon Paster is a distinguished San Francisco Bay-area artist Sharon Paster creates her paintings using oil sticks and brushes, a technique that allows her to both draw and paint at...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Canvas
20th Century French Modernist Figure and Child Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figure and child
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 8 x 5.5 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and sound ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
American Modernist Street & Diner Scene, Signed Kittredge
Located in Larchmont, NY
Mystery Artist (Possibly William A. Kittredge, illustrator)
Untitled (Diner), c. Mid-20th century
Oil on board
Sight: 8 x 10 in.
Framed: 9 3/8 x 11 3/8 x 7/8 in.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Catholics by The Sea Painting Signed by Mystery Artist
Located in Larchmont, NY
Mystery Artist
Untitled (Catholics), c. 20th century
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in.
Framed: 25 x 25 x 1 1/4 in.
Signed lower right
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The String Band Performing In Street 20th Century French Modernist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
String Band
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
painting : 20 x 26 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French 20th Century Modernist Red Pastel Female Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Portrait
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
pastel on artist paper, unframed
painting : 20 x 15.5 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and sound condi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
20th Century French Modernist Painting Figures At The Outdoor Bar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Outside French Bar
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
signed pencil on artist paper, unframed
painting : 6.25 x 9.5 inches
stamped verso
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Paris France oil on canvas painting
By Ramón de Capmany i de Montaner
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frameless.
Ramón de Capmany i de Montaner (1899-1992), painter, printmaker and bibliophile of the Llotia school, part of the group of evolutionists of the 1920s. Born in Canet de M...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
20th Century French Modernist Painting Set of Four Dark Watercolour Scenes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of 4
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 8.75 x 6.5 inches
stamped verso
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
20th Century French Modernist Black & White Painting Jesus's Crucifixion
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jesus On The Cross
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
signed watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 8.75 x 6.25 inches
stamped verso
provenance: artists estate, France
condi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Three Priests
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Three Priests" 1964 is an oil painting on hardboard by Italian artist Leonardo (Leo) De Magistris, 1933-2010. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"History of US Postal Service" American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Chicago
Located in New York, NY
"History of US Postal Service" American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Chicago
Harold Haydon
"History of the U.S. Postal Service"
21 x 25 1/2 inches
Oil on canvas, c. 1938
Estate s...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th Century French Modernist Painting Set of Six Dark Watercolour Scenes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of 6
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 8.75 x 6.5 inches
stamped verso
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Contemporary Paris scenery, Les Deux Magots, Paris.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Areg Elibekian is known for his vibrant and unique style, often capturing scenes with vivid colors and expressive brushstrokes. Les Deux Magots in Paris is a famous café known for it...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th Century French Painting Figures Working in Factory Post Impressionist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Factory Workers
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 15.75 x 19 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mid Century Sgraffito, Saltimbanque and the Card Player, Circle of Picasso.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century sgraffito work on plaster by Jean Pierre de Cayeux. The work is signed and dated on the skirt of the card player, bottom right, and on the stretcher of the chair, bo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Abstract painting of People on the Beach oil on canvas circa 1950-1960 New York
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Aaron Berkman (New York, 1900 - 1929)
"Beach"
Oil on canvas
20 x 24 inches
Signed lower right: Aaron Berkman
Unframed
Provenance: Private collection, USA
An abstract oil painting o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique games.. A look through time 2
Located in Oslo, NO
In the paintings of this series , images of antique figures and statues are used to talk about the eternal in modern language , as well as to present antiquity in a modern way .The w...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Modernist Judaica "Les Valises" French Jewish Modernist Mixed media Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Painting measures 28 X 36 inches. There is a sulpture quality to the suitcase, it has texture to the piece. It subtly recalls the european Holocaust, travel and displacement. Provena...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Enjoy instability
Located in Long Island City, NY
There is no definitive answer to the message my work seeks to communicate.
I begin my work with mixed feelings between ‘feeling-self’ and ‘conscious-self’.
We cannot logically explai...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Mid Century Figurative Study of Pair
By Joseph Capozio
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling figurative study in gouache and pencil by Joesph Capozio (American, 1928-2016). Estate stamp lower right corner with bio on verso. Presented in mahogany wood frame. Framed size: 19"H x 17"W.
Capozio was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1927. After serving in World War II, he attended art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He lived and worked in San Francisco, California; New Orleans, Louisiana; Siesta Key...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Gouache
Marching
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sharon Paster is a distinguished San Francisco Bay-area artist Sharon Paster creates her paintings using oil sticks and brushes, a technique that allows her to both draw and paint at...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Blue Shades Window Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021),
Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
SENZA TITOLO. From the Portraits series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
SENZA TITOLO, 2019 by Luigi Christopher Veggetti
From the Portraits series
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Size: 48 H x 33 W cm
Unframed
The portraits of Christopher Veggetti are not ju...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
In a Perfect World
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sharon Paster is a distinguished San Francisco Bay-area artist Sharon Paster creates her paintings using oil sticks and brushes, a technique that allows her to both draw and paint at...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
In Passing
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sharon Paster is a distinguished San Francisco Bay-area artist Sharon Paster creates her paintings using oil sticks and brushes, a technique that allows her to both draw and paint at...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Large Classical Oil Painting Mythological Biblical Figures in Sky
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
European artist, 20th century
signed oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 28 x 38 inches
provenance: private collection, Wiltshire, England
condition: very good and sound condition, stai...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1990s "Nude With Ball" Female Nude Painting
Located in Arp, TX
Bill Shields
"Nude with Ball"
1990's
Acrylic paint on board
Site measures 10.5"x8.5 wood frame float mount on linen 15.5"x13"
Unsigned came from artist's estate
William Stephens Shi...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Three Nuns
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Three Nuns" 1964 is an oil painting on hardboard by Italian artist Leonardo (Leo) De Magistris, 1933-2010. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Venezia
Located in Firenze, FI
Title: "Venezia"
Media: Oil on canvas
size: 50 x 70 cm
Sergio Scatizzi Lucca 1918 – Florence 2009
Art and nature are the themes of Scatizzi’s work of a journey through contemporan...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two graces
Located in Bayonne, NJ
Two graces by Volodymyr Makarenko represent his authentic style, a beautiful composition, great variety of colors and very delicate artistic techni...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine Oil Painting Portrait of an Aristocratic Wigged Gentleman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Aristocrat
European artist, 20th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 30 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, Wiltshire
condition: very good and sound condi...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait #1. From the Portraits series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Portrait #1, 2023 by Luigi Christopher Veggetti
From the Portraits series
Oil and acrylic on paper
Size: 30 H x 21 W cm
Unframed
The portraits of Christopher Veggetti are not just...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
"Joni" - Mid Century Modern Portrait of a Girl in Yellow Dress in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Joni" - Portrait of a Girl in a Yellow Dress in Oil on Canvas
Skillful portrait of a young girl by Morris Zirlin (American, 1913-1990). A young girl with wide brown eyes poses for ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
"The Touch of the Sun" - Dolomit - Oil Paint by Adriano Bernetti Da Vila - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Title: "The touch of the Sun"
Composition:
The painting is dominated by a sweeping vista of the Dolomites, with the mountains rising majestically in the distance. We can see also a ...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Barche
Located in Firenze, FI
Enrico Paulucci's artwork "Barche" is a stunning painting with vibrant blue colors in the background. This piece is deeply connected to Liguria, his region in Italy, as it captures ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Caress of Dawn"-Dolomiti - Oil Paint by Adriano Bernetti Da Vila - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Composition:
The painting is freely inspired by Lake Carezza in the Dolomites. The painting shows a lake with the trees of the surrounding forest reflected in it, whith a sweeping ...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait #2. From the Portraits series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Portrait #2, 2023 by Luigi Christopher Veggetti
From the Portraits series
Oil and acrylic on paper
Size: 30 H x 21 W cm
Unframed
The portraits of Christopher Veggetti are not just...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Portrait #13. From the Portraits series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Portrait #13, 2023 by Luigi Christopher Veggetti
From the Portraits series
Oil and acrylic on paper
Size: 30 H x 21 W cm
Unframed
The portraits of Christopher Veggetti are not just...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Portrait #3. From the Portraits series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Portrait #3, 2023 by Luigi Christopher Veggetti
From the Portraits series
Oil and acrylic on paper
Size: 30 H x 21 W cm
Unframed
The portraits of Christopher Veggetti are not just ...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Tonal Jungle - Landscape Painting - Modern Art By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Spreading palms and ferns, trees and leaves all arranged in a woodcut style in this tropical jungle setting.
Tonal Jungle - Landscape Paintings - Modern Art By Marc Zimmerman
This...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
(1934-2022) LARGE ORIGINAL oil painting MODERNIST EXPRESSIONIST PORTRAIT STUDY
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Robin Hambro (1934-2022) American
TITLE: "Expressionist Portrait"
SIGNED: lower right
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE: 120cm x 95cm inc frame
CONDITION: excellent
DETAIL: Born ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cestello by Night
Located in Firenze, FI
Uliviero Ulivieri - Born in Florence, Italy in 1934, this perennially youthful artist has a sweet and slightly shy aspect. He has absorbed from his c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Paesaggio
Located in Firenze, FI
Title:"Paesaggio"
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 50x70 cm
Sergio Scatizzi (Gragnano Lucca), 20 October 1918 – Florence December 1º 2009)
Art and nature are the themes of Scatizzi’s wor...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
French North African Orientalist Oil Painting Hareem Interior Two Ladies
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Hareem Interior
French Orientalist School, late 20th century
(painted after an earlier style)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 30 x 34 inches
canvas: 20 x 24 inches
provenance: priv...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Deep in the Jungle - Figurative Painting - American Modern Art By Marc
Located in Carmel, CA
Blue women: at home in the jungle- attuned to the wild.
Deep in the Jungle - Figurative Painting - American Modern Art By Marc Zimmerman
This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zim...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Young Lady in Green
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Lady
French School, mid 20th century
signed, S. Ascher
signed oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 16 x 13 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: good...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Day at the Beach
Located in New Orleans, LA
A Day at the Beach by unkown American School painter, circa 1940-1950, oil on canvas.
Framed: 31 x 29 inches
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Just as you are
Located in Long Island City, NY
There is no definitive answer to the message my work seeks to communicate.
I begin my work with mixed feelings between ‘feeling-self’ and ‘conscious-self’.
We cannot logically explai...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Furious Embrace
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on panel, 82cm x 62cm (118cm x 98cm framed).
Born in Newport, south Wales, in 1951, the early part of his career was as a choreographer and stage director. Turning away from...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Come to Blows, 20th Century British Female Artist, Gouache
Located in London, GB
Gouache on card, signed lower right
Image size: 19 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches (50 x 28.5 cm)
Contemporary style hand made frame
Joan Fairfax Whiteside
Joan Fairfax Whiteside was a prodig...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Wolf Boy
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on panel, 56cm x 61cm, (67cm x 77cm framed)
Born in Newport, south Wales, in 1951, the early part of his career was as a choreographer and stage director. Turning away from ...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Mid-Century Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Fabian Lundqvist -Overlooking Fields
Located in Bristol, GB
OVERLOOKING THE FIELDS
Size: 41 x 48.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A calm and soothing mid-century figurative composition, executed in oil onto canvas by the established Swed...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portland's Finest: Viva la Fem - Figurative Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
A cubistic, playful cityscape of Portland, with its famous bridges crossing the river is a backdrop for this female biker, clad in vintage wear and a red hat.
Portland's Finest: Vi...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman Nude, Pop Art, canvas, mixed media - ANTIFRAGILE - 100x80 cm
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
The artwork titled "Woman Nude - ANTIFRAGILE" presents a striking juxtaposition of serenity and chaos, a profound exploration of resilience and the human spirit. At...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
FANTASY WORLD
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
A fantasy world to immerse yourself in. It is inspired by great masters of painting such as; Chagall, Miró, Picasso.
Acrylic painting on canvas
Shipped roll in a tube.
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Parisian Model
By Max Weber
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Parisian Model" is an oil on canvas painting by Max Weber painted in 1908. The work is signed and dated, lower right, "Max Weber Paris 1908". The painting size is 35 1/2 x 19 5/8 inches. The framed size is 43 x 27 x 2 1/4 inches.
"Parisian Model" was painted in 1908, when Weber participated in a life class in Matisse's studio in Paris and painted several nudes. Weber was influenced toward a more Cubist styler after seeing Cezanne's work in the 1906-07 Salon in Paris, and he consorted within avant-garde circles in Paris as early as 1905. After returning to the US in 1909, Weber was credited with showing American audiences Cubism based on his firsthand knowledge of the key players and the style.
Several drawings of Weber's from this time are in museum collections at The Met, the Smithsonian, and MoMA and show a similar style and stocatto gesture. Parisian paintings by Max Weber are extremely rare as there are hardly any that have sold publicly.
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
Gerald Peters Gallery...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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