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Modern Abstract 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
Random House Hold Items Abstract French 20th Still Life Century Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
House Hold Items by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) oil on artist paper, unframed painting : 18 x 24 inches stamped verso provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and s...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Interieur No. II
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Interieur No. II Oil on canvas, 1937 Signed on verso (see photo) nscribed on reverse: Benno 1937 "Interieur" (No. II) 35 x 27 cm 9 rue Compagne Premiere Paris 14e Provenance: Estate of the artist Ruth O'Hara, Lang & O'Hara, New York...
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1930s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled, Abstract, Mixed media on Board by Artist Jogen Chowdhury "In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jogen Chowdhury Untitled Charcoal & Dry Pastel on Brown Paper Pasted on Board 10 x 8 inches 2021 Style : He has immense contribution in inspiring young artists of India. Jogen Cho...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Charcoal, Pastel, Board

Untitled, Mixed Media on Paper, Black, Yellow, by Indian Artist " In Stock "
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jogen Chowdhury Untitled Mixed Media on Paper 12 x 16 inches 30.4 x 40.6 cm 2016 ( Unframed & Delivered ) Modern Indian artist Jogen Chowdhury executed Still life drawing in Ink...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Color Stain Signed Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Majorie Shaw Kubach. Oil on canvas. Framed in a minimal white wood frame.
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1950s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modern Abstract Earth Toned Cubist Inspired Figurative Harvest Scene Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern geometric figurative painting featuring Pablo Picasso inspired faces nestled amongst heavily abstracted harvest imagery. Reminiscent of a Cubist style of abstraction, the work...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

An empty game. Oil on canvas, 42, 5 x 58, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
An empty game Oil on canvas, 42,5x58,5 cm
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Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

FRANCISCO TOLEDO – AUTORETRATO UNIQUE PIECE
Located in Jesus del Monte, MX
FRANCISCO TOLEDO – AUTORETRATO UNIQUE PIECE Francisco Toledo was born in Oaxaca, Mexico where he studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes. Upon moving to Mexico City, he met Rufino Ta...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings

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Other Medium

Modernist Painting, "Modernist Construct (Retro Abstract)"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind acrylic and mixed media painting on wood panel by San Diego artist, Peter Geise. It is unframed. Its dimensions are 12"x12"x.75"" A...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

Original Acrylic Painting Titled: "HECF005-WLF2020"
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
acrylic painting on wood panel Born in Tallahasee Fl, William started his artistic career as a color consultant for his family's Design and Painting company that took on constant projects of custom painted interiors and decorating. This work of 20 yrs lead him to his fascination with textiles and paint, along with custom furniture. After creating and selling dozens of unique pieces of furniture, here began his transition from wall, to wood on furniture, to canvas. Painting on canvas was the culmination of his creative outlet. William feels that his lack of formal training in Fine Art has afforded him a freedom to paint what he envisions and feels, rather than conform to specific style or genre that he feels is limiting Inspired by hard edge abstraction and color field art such as Kenneth Noland, Joseph Albers, Gene Davis, Frank Stella, Anne Truitt, Imi knobel...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

James Gowan FRIBA Fountains Abbey Modernist Architect Leicester Engineering
Located in London, GB
Post-war architect partner of architect Sir James Stirling, together they created Britain's first post-modernist building, Gowan being the talented shy ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

1980s 'Zeus, Venus & Hera' Semi-Abstract Oil Painting, Mythological Figural Art
Located in Denver, CO
This captivating 1982 oil painting titled 'Zeus, Venus, and Hera' is a stunning example of semi-abstract figurative art by Edward Marecak (1919-1993), a prominent Denver modernist ar...
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1980s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

UN Poster Design American Scene Mid 20th Century Modernism WPA World Peace
Located in New York, NY
UN Poster Design American Scene Mid 20th Century Modernism WPA World Peace Jo Cain (1904 – 2003) We Are All Members of the Human Race: UN Poster Proposal 21 x...
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Egg Tempera, Board

20th Century German Modernist Watercolour Painting Abstract Sea Scape Landscape
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...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Brown Splodge on Blue Base 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...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Vintage 1957 Modernist Boat Dock Signed Original Large Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist harbor view by Aksel Jorgensen (1883 - 1957). Oil on board, circa 1957. Signed. Displayed in a period frame. Image size, 24"L x ...
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1950s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Brown Bridge In Red Sky
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...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Dark Grey and Red 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...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Israeli Modernist Abstract Expressionist Jerusalem Kotel Oil Painting Judaica
By Efraim Modzelevich
Located in Surfside, FL
Efraim Modzelevich (1931-1995) Work is abstract in subject, and expressive in terms of technique. The artist uses a muted color palette, and thick layers of paint to build up his co...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Olive Tree
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Oil on canvas, signed lower left and titled and inscribed on reverse. b.1956 Scott Duce is an international artist working in New York. Duce’s work is included in many corporate, museum, and private collections. Notable collections include Random House, General Electric, IBM, Pfizer, Inc., Capital Holding Corporation, McGraw-Hill Corporation, Petroplus Holdings, Switzerland, Seagrams-Montreal, Canada, and the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden. Among his awards and honors he received a National Endowment for the Arts/SECCA artist grant. Duce’s work has been exhibited throughout the United States, with several solo exhibitions in New York City, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, and internationally in Paris, France; Florence, Italy; and Lima, Peru. He has had many commissioned works, including Bell South...
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Early 2000s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

"Untitled" Albert Heckman, 1950s Modernist Abstracted Still Life Painting
Located in New York, NY
Albert Heckman Untitled, circa 1950 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 21 1/4 x 29 inches Albert Heckman was born in Meadville, Western Pennsylvania, 1893. He went to New York City to try his hand at the art world in 1915 after graduating from high school and landing a job at the Meadville Post Office. In 1917, at the age of 24, Heckman enrolled part-time in Teachers' College, Columbia University's Fine Arts Department to begin his formal art education. He worked as a freelance ceramic and textile designer and occasionally as a lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the early 1920s, at the age of almost 30, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia Teachers College. He was especially impacted by his instructor at Columbia, Arthur Wesley Dow. After graduating, he was hired by the Teachers' College as a Fine Arts instructor. He stayed with Columbia Teachers' College until 1929, when he left to attend the Leipzig Institute of Graphic Arts in Leipzig, Germany. Isami Doi (1903-1965), who was born in Hawaii, was arguably his most impressive student at Columbia. Doi is now regarded as one of the most prominent artists hailing from Hawaii. Heckman became an active member and officer of the Keramic Society and Design Guild of New York in the 1920s as part of his early commercial art career. The Society's mission was to share knowledge and showcase textile and ceramic design exhibits. In 1922, Heckman married Florence Hardman, a concert violinist. Mrs. Heckman's concert schedule during the 1920s kept Albert and Florence Heckman apart for a significant portion of the time, but they spent what little time they had together designing and building their Woodstock, New York, summer house and grounds. A small house and an acre of surrounding land on Overlook Mountain, just behind the village of Woodstock, were purchased by Albert and Florence Heckman at the time of their marriage. Their Woodstock home, with its connections, friendships, and memories, became a central part of their lives over the years, even though they had an apartment in New York City. Heckman's main artistic focus shifted to the house on Overlook Mountain and the nearby towns and villages, Kingston, Eddyville, and Glasco. After returning from the Leipzig Institute of Graphic Arts in 1930, Mr. Heckman joined Hunter College as an assistant professor of art. He worked there for almost thirty years, retiring in 1956. Throughout his tenure at Hunter, Mr. Heckman and his spouse spent the summers at their Woodstock residence and the winters in New York City. They were regular and well-known guests at the opera and art galleries in New York. Following his retirement in 1956, the Heckmans settled in Woodstock permanently, with occasional trips to Florida or Europe during the fall and winter. Mr. Heckman's close friends and artistic career were always connected to Woodstock or New York City. He joined the Woodstock art group early on and was greatly influenced by artists like Paul and Caroline Rohland, Emil Ganso, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Andre Ruellan, and her husband, Jack Taylor. Heckman operated a summer art school in Woodstock for several years in the 1930s with support from Columbia University, where these and other Woodstock artists gave guest lectures. The Potter's Shop in New York City hosted Mr. Heckman's first art show in December 1928. The exhibit received some positive reviews from critics. The American Institute of Graphic Arts chose the plate of "Wehlen, Saxony" as one of the "Fifty Prints of the Year in 1929." There were sixteen etchings displayed. The remaining plates depicted scenes in Saxony, Germany, while five of the plates were based on scenes in Rondout, New York. Heckman started switching from etching to black and white lithography by the early 1930s. A lifelong admirer of Heckman's artwork, Mr. Gustave von Groschwitz organized a significant exhibition of Heckman etchings and lithographs at the Ferargil Gallery in New York City in 1933. The exhibition traveled to the Stendahl Galleries in Los Angeles (May 1933), the Charles Lessler Gallery in Philadelphia (May 1933), J.L. Hudson in Detroit (June 1933), and Gumps in San Francisco (July 1933). Together with his early etchings, the exhibition featured brand-new black and white lithographs depicting scenes in and around Woodstock as well as "A View from Tudor City...
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1950s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Italian Impressionist Venice Trompe L'Oeil Flower Cityscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very well done and interesting vintage Italian impressionist painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Modern Swedish Abstract Street Scene Oil Painting - Snowy Rooftops
Located in Bristol, GB
SNOWY ROOFTOPS Size: 32.5 x 32.5 cm (including frame) Oil on board A small yet evocative mid-century abstract painting that presents an interpretation of a wintry urban landscape, e...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Postcards from Portugal
Located in Boston, MA
Signed and dated lower right: “jason berger 2003”. From the estate of the artist. Boston Expressionist painter Jason Berger began visiting Portugal in the early half of the 1970s and would return for a part of almost every summer for the next twenty years, before moving there permanently in 1994. Berger painted mostly in the Algarve, Portugal's southernmost region known for its beautiful beaches and sparkling water...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pin Work, Pins and Acrylic on Canvas by Artist Sunil Das "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - 56 x 56 inches (unframed size) Pin Work, Pins and Acrylic on Canvas Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Mast...
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1990s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas, Pins

Trapezium origami #6 - Bright Blue Grey and Orange Sculptural Painting on Wood
Located in New York, NY
mixed media on wood, acrylic paint 15.5" x 6" x 7" 2015 In this piece, Zin Helena Song uses the colors of a shockingly bright summer day in the city. An neon orange, often seen...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic Polymer, Wood

Lucarne Maure, Abstract Oil Painting by Pierre Marie Brisson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lucarne Maure 1 Pierre Marie Brisson, French (1955) Date: 2001 Oil on Canvas, signed, and dated verso Size: 45.5 x 35 in. (115.57 x 88.9 cm) Provenance: Franklin Bowles Gallery, NYC
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Early 2000s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Two in the bar. 2023, gouache, paper, 25 x 25 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Two in the bar. 2023, gouache, paper, 25x25 cm Ansis Butnors (1977) Education: J. Rozentals Art School in Riga – 1989. – 1996. Latvian Academy of Art, Painting Department – 1996. ...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Sphere of Life, #2238. Horst P. Horst Homage, Mixed media Collage on Paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Natasha Zupan's body of work, 'Homage to Horst P. Horst', explores the manipulation of surface texture, light, and the interweaving of time. She has incorporated found images in book...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paper

Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite, Modernist Painting
By Philippe Visson
Located in Surfside, FL
Philippe Visson, (1942-2008), whose parents were both of Russian origin, was born in New York in 1942. His mother, a Parisian art historian, was the Editor of La Gazette des Beaux-Arts from 1930 to 1960, and had always frequented the international artistic milieu. His father was a major political journalist for The Washington Post and Roving Editor for The Reader’s Digest. Philippe Visson therefore was raised in a cosmopolitan milieu between the United States and Europe. At the Vissons, one devours; one spends beyond one’s means; one falls, but only to land on one’s feet. Visson is a painter to whom it is difficult to assign a particular movement in art history; and that, principally for two reasons: firstly, his origins,his education and his way of life have produced a personality without any true roots, but rather a citizen of the world, who carries with him all cultures, from pre-Revolutionary Russia to the black ghetto of Washington, D.C. Secondly, he is self-taught, and can work in complete solitude, as well as before a large audience. His art is therefore uniquely his own, and certainly not that of an Art Brut ‘author’. His faces, his anti-portraits, reveal a continuum of humanity’s facets: from Christ to the demon, from the child to the aged, from the Caucasion to the African. Biography Philippe Visson, whose parents were both of Russian origin, was born in New York in 1942. His mother, a Parisian art historian, was the Editor of “The Gazette des Beaux-Arts” and had always frequented the international artistic milieu. His father was a major American political journalist for “The Washington Post” and “The Readers Digest”. Philippe Visson therefore was raised in a cosmopolitan milieu between the United States and Europe. He starts to paint in the bathroom of Parisian luxury hotel at the age of 16, working in a frenzy and without art lessons. He’s immediately confronted with the scrutiny of professional experts that surround his parents. He has instant success when he shows at the Craven Gallery in Paris in December, 1958, quickly offered to him; then in New York in the Milch Galleries in May, 1959; followed by shows in Monte Carlo, Geneva and New York again. It was too much, too soon. Visson falls into drinking. Returning to Washington, D.C. on 1960, the period 1963-1979 is differentiated by a life that is sometimes social, sometimes reclusive, which continues when his family settles in a large villa in Switzerland (Epalinges above Lausanne) in the mid-sixties. Visson has stopped drinking. He paints in one of the rooms of his parents’ house and inundates all the empty rooms with his productions that remain hidden from the public, allowing them to be seen only by personalities such as Marcel Brion and René Huyghe, both of the Académie Française; or Jean Leymarie, Director of the Museum of Modern Art in Paris. It’s only at the start of the seventies that he once again opens his work to the public. He meets several important cultural figures of the time, such as René Berger, Director of the State Fine Arts Museum of Lausanne; and Michel Thévoz, future Director of the Art brut Museum. After the death of his father in 1973, he settles without money with his mother in a luxury hotel in Paris. It’s only after a year and a half of perpetual and colorful adventures that they return to Washington, D.C., where he resumes painting and produces a unique period of abstracts. Returning to Switzerland at the death of his mother in the beginning of the eighties, Visson meets with blatant success in Switzerland, where institutions exhibit and purchase his paintings (Aarau State Fine Arts Museum, the Federal Office of Culture in Bern). His fury for painting takes the form of an explosion while remaining focused (he always keeps what he considers the best paintings for himself). After the life of a hermit in the Paccots, Visson comes down from his mountain to settle in Montreux on the Swiss Riveria. This moving is marked by a sort of return to social life, despite the fact that he paints in a cellar. A period of public projects with charitable goals is launched. Visson thrives on this contact with the public. This changes somewhat when he receives a working studio in The Montreux Palace in the late nineties. This emerging from the cellars denotes a new era for the artist. He starts an intense period of painting, and moves six thousand of his paintings to the Palace. He continues his public projects, including the acquisition against paintings of a Stradivarius violin...
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Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

“Sunrise- Mountain Pools” Modern Abstract Blue and Yellow Toned Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract blue and yellow toned landscape painting by American artist Jane Tate. The work features an open field dotted with tranquil ponds and the sun...
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Early 2000s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Void Dancer, Mythscape Series, Indian Art, Oil on canvas, Painting "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Amitabh Sengupta - Void Dancer - 48 x 48 inches (unframed size) Oil on canvas ** This work will be shipped in roll form to save on shipping cost. Mythscape Series : This series eme...
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Early 2000s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Israeli Modernist Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media Painting White on White
Located in Surfside, FL
In this artwork the artist uses the medium spontaneously .The paint has been smeared onto the surface, rather than being carefully applied. The resulting work emphasizes the physical...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Lake Oil on canvas, 50x71 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Lake Oil on canvas, 50x71 cm Lidija Auza (1914. 24. 02 Vitebsk, Belarus – 1989. 13. 12 Riga, Latvia) Painter She studied at the Art Academy of Latvia (1936-1938) and graduated ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

IMMERSION - 3D ABSTRACT PAINTING / CONSTRUCTION, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This piece is part of the Artist's Series "3D RELIEF CONSTRUCTIONS / WALL SCULPTURES" These Three Dimensional artworks are comprised of Archival Paints & Plastics, Natural Woods, ...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Modern Grey and Orange Geometric Abstract Leaf Pattern Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern grey and white geometric abstract leaf pattern composition with orange accents by textile designer John Little. The work was created as a proposed design for a wallpaper and features the original color codes in the front lower left corner. Currently hung in a solid black frame with a large white margin. Dimensions Without Frame: H 27.13 in. x W 31.5 in. Artist Biography: A painter and textile designer, John Little is best known for gestural works filled with boldly explosive color that reflect the influences of his teacher Hans Hofmann and for his involvement in the Abstract Expressionist movement in East Hampton, where he moved in the late 1940s. In East Hampton Little congregated with Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, and the other artists who were the leading innovators in the New York School. John Little was born in Sanford, Alabama. He left home at the age of fourteen to become an artist, and moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1923. After spending a year working as a stevedore on the docks to save money, he enrolled at the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and developed an interest in singing. In 1927 he moved to New York City where he continued his vocal work and studied operatic literature. He also became involved in textile design, opening his own store in 1920, called John Little Studios: Fabric and Wallpaper Design. He ran the store until 1950. In 1933 John Little resumed his painting studies at the Art Students League in New York under the guidance of George Grosz (1893-1959). The following year he made his first visit to East Hampton, Long Island, which he would eventually call home. Later in the decade, he traveled to Paris where he became familiar with European modernism. On his return to America, he taught textile design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He hired Josephine Watkins to work for him; she later became his wife. Little's textile store and teaching job gave him a financial security that was rare during the Depression, and he never found it necessary to find employment with the Works Progress Administration. At the end of the decade, John Little studied with Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) in New York and Provincetown. Little was greatly influenced by Hofmann, particularly by his views on color theory. In 1942 John Little joined the Navy as an aerial photographer. In the late 1940s he purchased a rundown house on Three Mile Harbor...
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Early 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Singularity (Geometric, Abstract, Gestural, Vibrant)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Susan Kiefer Singularity (Geometric, Abstract, Gestural, Vibrant) Oil on Canvas 2023 Size: 16 x 16 x 1.25 in (40.64 x 64.64 x 3.17 cm) Signed and inscribed verso COA provided *On s...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Canvas, Stretcher Bars

"Abode II" Drawing 12" x 20" inch (1967) by El Hussein Fawzi
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abode II" Drawing 12" x 20" inch (1967) by El Hussein Fawzi Signed and dated. 1967 EL HUSSEIN FAWZI: (1905-1999). Born in Helmia district, Cairo on 4 September 1905, El Hussein...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Pastel, Cardboard

Figurative Farmer Holding Chickens and Pots
Located in Austin, TX
By Gustav Likan Framed Size: 19.5" x 16" Figurative Farmer Holding Chickens and Pots. This piece uniquely focuses the subject by isolating him from his surroundings. About the Artist: Born in Yugoslavia in 1912, Gustav Likan achieved international fame as an artist early in life. He has long been noted in Europe for his portraits of royalty and heads of state. After coming to America, his color genius caught fire and he emerged as one of the most important colourists of the twentieth century. Likan studied restoration under the greatest European masters...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Antique American Framed Beach Scene Modernist New England Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist beach scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 20L x 16H.
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1950s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rare Collage Series, Pen Ink Acrylic Nails Feather by Artist Sunil Das "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - 9 x 14 inches (unframed size) Rare Collage Series, Pen and Ink Plastic Feather Acrylic Foil on paper pasted on board Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Sunil D...
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1990s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Foil

Meeting. Oil on canvas, 110x110 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Meeting. Oil on canvas, 110x110 cm
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Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Expressionist Color Gouache Painting Mid Century Mod WPA Jewish Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Louis Wolchonok was a social realist painter and member of the Woodstock Art Association. His work was exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the National Academy of Design...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Polish French Ecole de Paris Mid Century Modernist Oil Painting Clown Juggler
Located in Surfside, FL
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...
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1950s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Marbleized Abstraction
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mid century modern abstract painting.
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Ukrainian artist Mykola Zhuravel breaks the boundaries between painting and sculpture, performance and installation art. Zhuravel turns to nature to create thriving monuments to man’s links to the Earth itself. He searches for compatibility between Earth and mankind, while pointedly making reference to the obstacles that human beings have placed in the way of a harmonious existence. Zhuravel’s ambitious style results in a remarkable series of living images of a visionary utopia. By using levkas, a traditional primer employed by icon painters, Zhuravel unites the legacies of Byzantine and Rus icon painting with his contemporary painterly technique. The result, richly vibrant and inventive contemporary works that emerge as modern-day icons. EDUCATION: 1979 - Crimean art school im.Samokisha, Simferopol, Ukraine 1989 - graduated from the prestigious Kyiv State Arts Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine EVENTS: 1995 - Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine 1996 - The artist is a member of the National Artists' Union of Ukraine and the BG-ART 2009 - Academician of the Academy of Rome-modernist art 2011 - The nominee on the Shevchenkovska award Included in the 30 of the best artists of Ukraine by version of the "100 names" publication 2016 - 1 Prize on the international Kunstpreis ART Worpswede 2016. Berlin, Germany EXHIBITIONS: 2017 "Transformation of space", White World gallery, Kiev, Ukraine 2016 Gewalt Macht Herrscher ". Kunstverein ART-Project Worpswede. Berlin, Germany (First Prize) 2016 "Invasion: Redux»,White World gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine 2016 Ukrainian painting triennial Kyiv 2016 (nomination first prize to Mykola Zhuravel), Kyiv, Ukraine 2016 Invasion Redux. Ukrainian Institute of America, New York, USA 2015 Art Kyiv Contemporary X, Art Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine 2014 Institute of problem of Contemporary Art, art project "Strength of Materials", Kiev, Ukraine 2014 Taras Sevchenko's Museum, "Following The Inner Light", Kiev, Ukraine 2014 Ukrainian Institute of America "Following The Inner Light", New York, USA 2014 SCOPE international contemporary art show, New York, USA 2014 "Ukraine. Archetype of Freedom", Vienna, Austria 2013 "Zorya Fine Art" gallery, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA 2013 Art Toronto Fair, Toronto, Canada 2013 Solo exhibition in "Bezpala Brown Gallery", Toronto, Canada 2013 "Triptych Gallery", Kiev, Ukraine 2013 Art Studio Voluiky, Palace of Arts, Lviv, Ukraine 2013 "Anatomy of Spring", "Art Zbirka Gallery", Kiev, Ukraine 2013 Art Contemporary, Arsenale, Kiev, Ukraine 2012 Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, USA 2011 Ukrainian Institute of America, New York, USA 2011 "Apiary", Venice Biennale, Italia 2010 “lu Hisu” museum , Shanhai, China 2010 ART Shanhai, China 2010 ART KYIV CONTEMPORARY «Herytazhe» gallery, Moscow, Russia 2009 Personal exhibition «Lavra» gallery, «A-Hause» gallery Kyiv, Ukraine 2008 Personal exhibition – the “Apairy” art project Voltahalle gallery Basel 2008 Personal exhibition painting «A-Hause» Kyiv, Ukraine 2007 Fine art ЦДХ, , Moscow, Russia 2007 Personal exhibition painting «Herytazhe» gallery, Moscow, Russia 2006 Personal exhibition – the “Apairy” art project presentation for the 52nd 2004Venice Festival of Contemporary Art, “Soviart” art gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine 2004 Personal exhibition - Retrospective review of M. Zhuravel’ projects, the Ukrainian Institute of America, New York, USA 2004 Group exhibition - 350 years later, Artists House, Kyiv, Ukraine 2003 Personal painting exhibition, the Municipal Art Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine 2003 The “Apairy” project’s draft-exhibition, the “Soviart” Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine 2003 Personal painting exhibition, the “L-Art” gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine 2003 Personal exhibition – Four Steps: Zhuravel, Painting, Gallery ArtEast, Kyiv, Ukraine, catalogue 2002 Art of Ukraine, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia, catalogue 2002 Sophine Symbols of Being (part II); group exhibition with P. Bevza, O. Lytvynenko, M. Malyshko, N. Denysova, A. Hurenko, O. Fil, curated by P. Bevza. Hlibnya exhibition hall, Kyiv, Ukraine, catalogue 2001 Sophine Symbols of Existence (part I); group exhibition with P. Bevza, O. Lytvynenko, M. Malyshko, O. Malyshko, N. Denysova, curated by P. Bevza, with text for the exhibition catalogue by S. Krymsky, Hlibnya exhibition hall, Kyiv, Ukraine, catalogue 2001 Land-art, joint project with V. Shkarupa, H. Hidora, A. Bludov, village of Mohrytsia, Sumy region, Ukraine 2000 Group...
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Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

The Ring in Plum
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), The Ring in Plum, Oil on Canvas, depicting two acrobats in dangling hoop on purple ground, apparently unsigned, gilt wood frame. Im...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Unique, Acrylic, Coins, on Board, Red and Green Color by Sunil Das "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Head, Ink & Watercolour on paper - 8.5 x 10.25 inches (unframed size) Shipped framed and ready to hang. Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artist from Be...
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Early 2000s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board

Modern Abstract Figure Painting Featuring the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
By Adorno Bonciani
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract painting by Italian artist Adorno Bonciani. The work features two abstract figures on horseback playing musical instruments set against the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Untitled (Nebula, Street Art, Sprayer, Colorful, Galaxy, 22% OFF - LIMITED TIME)
Located in Kansas City, MO
JB Nearsy Untitled (Nebula, Street Art, Sprayer, Colorful, Galaxy) 2024 Spray paint on paper Size: 24 x 18 inches (60.96 x 45.72 cm) Signed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-2230 *...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Spray Paint

Untitled (Nebula, Street Art, Sprayer, Colorful, Galaxy, 22% OFF - LIMITED TIME)
Located in Kansas City, MO
JB Nearsy Untitled (Nebula, Street Art, Sprayer, Colorful, Galaxy) 2024 Spray paint on paper Size: 24 x 18 inches (60.96 x 45.72 cm) Signed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-2229 *...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Spray Paint

Untitled (Nebula, Street Art, Sprayer, Colorful, Galaxy, 22% OFF - LIMITED TIME)
Located in Kansas City, MO
JB Nearsy Untitled (Nebula, Street Art, Sprayer, Colorful, Galaxy) 2024 Spray paint on paper Size: 24 x 18 inches (60.96 x 45.72 cm) Signed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-2225 *...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Spray Paint

Untitled (Nebula, Street Art, Sprayer, Colorful, Galaxy, 22% OFF - LIMITED TIME)
Located in Kansas City, MO
JB Nearsy Untitled (Nebula, Street Art, Sprayer, Colorful, Galaxy) 2024 Spray paint on paper Size: 24 x 18 inches (60.96 x 45.72 cm) Signed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-2224 *...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Spray Paint

Under a Shady Tree (Abstract, Geometric, Minimal, Nature, ~37% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Aster da Fonseca Under a Shady Tree Acrylic on Wood 2019 11.875 x 6.75 inches Signed on verso, lower right COA provided #abstract #geometric # minimal #acrylic # nature #painting #w...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Wood, Acrylic

Mask Nigeria Period, Frottage on Paper, Edition 1/1 by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Amitabh Sengupta - Mask Nigeria Period , Edition 1/1 Frottage on Paper , 30.35 x 22.25 inches , 1986 Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Style : In Amitabh SenGupta's works TIME is ...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Howard Schleeter 1949 Original Gouache & Wax Painting – Abstract Southwest Art
By Howard Schleeter
Located in Denver, CO
This striking original 1949 gouache and wax painting, titled "Fetishes", is a powerful work by acclaimed New Mexico modernist Howard Schleeter (1903–1976). Rich with symbolic abstrac...
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Wax, Gouache

Modernist Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Hea-Sook Yoo, artist, internationally renowned, has her paintings hanging in residences, businesses and art galleries on three continents over three decades.Ms. Yoo is classically tr...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid Century Modernist Industrial Abstract Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist industriala oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Dump. Oil on canvas, 28. 5 x 43 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Dump. Oil on canvas, 28.5x43 cm
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Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1960's French Surrealist Modernist Oil Lady Looking at Viewer with Boats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Modernist painter, circa 1960's oil on canvas canvas: 21.5 x 18 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound condition
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

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