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
Period: 1970s
Pyromaniac's Pyre mixed media work by Mary Spencer Nay
Located in Hudson, NY
Signed and dated "Mary Spencer Nay '74" lower left. Titled "Pyromaniac's Pyre" verso.
Exhibited:
1976-1977 "Mary Spencer Nay: Recent and Retrospective Works". J.B. Speed Art Museum...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Rubber, Wood, Oil
'Portrait of a Seated Man', German School (circa 1970s)
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Seated Man', oil on canvas, German School (circa 1970s). A richly coloured portrait of a figure painted in the style of expressionists / cubists of the era. The sensuo...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled Cubist Figure
By STM
Located in London, GB
'Untitled Cubist Figure', oil on board, by STM (circa 1970s). A vibrant modern painting inspired by Picasso and Braque, the artist uses angles, lines and...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Wave Form II (Wellenform) (Square, Round, Wavy, Modern, Mid-Century) (40% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Hannes Grosse
Wave Form (Wellenform) (Square, Round, Wavy, Modern, Mid-Century)
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 1971
Size: 34.62 x 34.62 inches
Signed and dated verso
Framed (simply...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Wave Form I (Wellenform) (Triangle, Wavy, Modern, Mid-Century) (~50% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Hannes Grosse
Wave Form I (Wellenform)
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 1971
Size: 33.46 x 33.46 x 31.49 inches (85,5 x 85,5 x 80 cm)
Framed (simply wood frame) - ready to hang
COA p...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Wave Form II (Wellenform) (Triangle, Wavy, Modern, Mid-Century) (~50% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Hannes Grosse
Wave Form II (Wellenform)
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 1971
Size: 33.46 x 33.46 x 31.49 inches (85,5 x 85,5 x 80 cm)
Framed (simply wood frame) - ready to hang
COA ...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Feathers, Mystical and Spiritual Commentary by Female Modernist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Feathers" is a 30 x 40 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist and surrealist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is painted in a vibrant color palette. The work is s...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Mini Abstract Oil Painting - Fleck
Located in Bristol, GB
FLECK
Size: 31 x 34.5 cm
Oil on Canvas
A small but very engaging and brilliantly executed abstract composition, painted in oil onto canvas and dated 1973.
Set against a tranquil b...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Botanical Abstract, Vintage 1970s Modern Floral
Located in Soquel, CA
Botanical Abstract, Vintage 1970s Modern Floral
This vivid oil painting of flowers on a bright sunny day is a fresh modernist take on the botanical still-life. California artist El...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
White - Acrylic Painting by Mario Padovan - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
White is an contemporary artwork realized by Mario Padovan in 1976.
Mixed colored acrylic painting on canvas.
Signature, title, date and technique on the back.
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1970's Mixed media Composition
By John Urbain
Located in Greenwich, CT
Acrylic and collage on Cardboard by John Urbain
titled “Waverly Consort”
dimensions : 20” X 15”
Framed
Signed and dated 1979
Exhibited several times
Provenance : from the estate of...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
KINETIC EXPLOSION - Mixed media on canvas
Located in Napoli, IT
Abstract Mixed media on canvas Title "Kinetic Explosion," unsigned
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
FIGURE ASTRATTE - Mixed media on canvas, Italy 1970s
Located in Napoli, IT
Mixed media on canvas signed Genny Cardillo, very brightly colored. With wooden frame mis. cm. h.50x50x2
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Tranquil American Framed Original Vintage Modernist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Market Tents" Modern Abstract Pastel Toned Cubist Style Street Scene
By Romeo Tabuena
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract pastel toned street scene by Philippine-born artist Romeo Tabuena. The work features a street scene with shadow figures browsing under a white tarp. Signed and dated in the front upper left corner. Currently hung in a grey toned frame.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 19.75 in. x W 31.75 in.
Artist Biography: Romeo Tabuena is a Philippine-born painter rooted in Eastern sensibility. He has been a resident of Mexico for more than four decades.
Born in Lloilo in 1921, he studied architecture at the Mapua Institute of Technology and a fine arts course, majoring in painting, at the University of the Philippines. He also studied at the Art Students League in New York and at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris.
Tabuena decided to settle in Mexico and to make it the base of his painting career. But he has maintained links with his native country through participation in its major art projects, and despite his long residence in Mexico, he has retained his Philippine citizenship.
One of his major works since 1957 is a government-commissioned mural, Filipiniana, at the Philippine Embassy in Washington D.C. His other exhibits include a ten-year retrospective show in 1959 at the Philippine Art Gallery in Manila. In 1962, his successful one-man show, which was sponsored by the Philippine Government at the International Salon of the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City, "further elevated the status of Philippine painting...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Vintage American School Coastal Seascape Trompe L'Oeil Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Indulge in a journey to the vibrant and nostalgic era of the 1970s with our vintage original oil painting—a mesmerizing modernist beach interior scene, capturing the essence of sandy...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Southern California Abstract Landscape Painting - Katharyn Truesdell 70s
Located in Baltimore, MD
Katharyn Gwendoln Truesdell - (American; 1909-1996)
This colorful painting depicts a Southern California valley, likely near Sun City, over the mountains from Los Angeles and San Di...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage American School Nocturnal Seascape Lighthouse Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract seascape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Night Garden, mid-century figural surrealist acrylic painting, Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Night Garden, 1972
Acrylic on scintilla
Signed and dated lower right
21.5 x 21.5 inches
24.25 x 24.25 inches, framed
Clarence Holbroo...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Modern Orange Nude Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
This superb oil on canvas painting of a nude study is dated 1970 and signed lower left. We have not been able to decipher the artist's signature (please check the pictures for inform...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Judaica Modernist Oil Painting 'Know Thyself' Israeli Kibbutz Pioneer, Prophet
Located in Surfside, FL
Mortimer Borne, Printmaker, painter, sculptor, and educator was born in Rypin, Poland in 1902 and emigrated to the US in 1916. He studied at the National Academy of Design, The Art Students League, The Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, and with Charles Webster Hawthorne, founder of the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown. Painted in a thick impasto style similar in technique to Samuel Rothbort and David Burliuk.
Borne himself taught at The New School for Social Research in New York City from 1945-1967. From the 1920s through the 40s he was a prolific producer of New York City cityscapes and genre scenes. In later decades, he adopted a more modernist style apparently influenced by Picasso, producing color drypoints of abstracted figures. His works were widely exhibited in museums in the U.S. and abroad from 1931 and later, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the American Institute of Graphic Arts, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, New York Public Library, Carnegie Institute, and Royal Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers in London. He taught at The New School for Social Research in New York City from 1945-1967, and at the Tappan Zee...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
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.
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
197's French Modernist Signed Oil Palm Trees in Village Landscape Large Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Pathway
by Andre Guillou (French 1925-2017)
signed and dated 1970
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 23.5 x 29 inches
provenance: private collection, Fr...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Chiaroscuro Landscape, Oil on Canvas Painting by Francois Gentilini
Located in Atlanta, GA
This beautiful oil-on-canvas painting was created by Francois Gentilini (1930 -). This is a small-scale oil painting by the well-listed French Modern painter Francois Gentilini. The ...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Signed Texas Female Modernist Abstract Cow Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist cow abstract still life oil painting by Jeanette Welty Chelf (1929 - 2021). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 20L x 16H.
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Project Windows" Modern Pastel Pink and Yellow Toned Architectural Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern pastel pink and yellow toned landscape painting by Texas born artist Clark Fox. The work features a clean-lined, geometric rendering of an architectur...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Classical Windows" Modern Grey and Black Toned Architectural Façade Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern grey and black toned landscape painting by Texas born artist Clark Fox. The work features a clean-lined, geometric rendering of an architectural façad...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Air" Modern Abstract Geometric Pastel Pink Contoured / Shaped Canvas Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern pastel pink abstract painting by Texas born artist Clark Fox. The work features an intricate geometric pattern of dots against a shaped canvas. Titled...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Virginia Hills American Female Modernist Abstract Signed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract signed oil painting by Anne Sharp. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Over Isfahan by Fred Martin
By Fred Martin
Located in Hudson, NY
In the summer of 1970, I had been using acrylic for four years and had yet to find a way to develop color like a composer might orchestrate a symphony from a piano score. (The symphonic was then my visual ideal.) After the 106th acrylic of “majestic” size, I got real about scale—smaller—and switched to colored sticks of soft pastel so I could hold a rainbow in my hand. I kept on with the streaming lines of the big acrylic paintings, but I filled the spaces between with the soft pastels. –Fred Martin...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Pastel, Acrylic
Sybil (The Prophetess), 1970s Abstract Figurative Oil Painting, Pink Blue Red
Located in Denver, CO
Semi-Abstract figurative oil on burlap painting titled 'Sybil (The Prophetess)' by Edward Marecak (1919-1993) painted in 1976. Signed and dated by the artist in the lower right corne...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Oil
Abstract Composition - Mixed Media By Conrad Marca Relli - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition is a contemporary artwork realized by Conrad Marca Relli in 1978.
Acrylic and collage on paper.
Hand signed and dated "Marca Relli '78" on the lower right marg...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled 006 abstract painting by Fred Martin
By Fred Martin
Located in Hudson, NY
Exhibited:
2003 Oakland Museum of California "Fred Martin Retrospective"
A native Californian, Fred Martin was born in San Francisco in 1927, and received both his BA (1949) and MA (1954) from University of California, Berkley. At the San Francisco Art Institute Martin studied with Clyfford Still, Mark Rothko and David Park...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Pastel, Acrylic
Large 1970’s French Modernist Oil Painting Horses Laying on Backs in Field
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French artist, signed front and back
Circa 1970’s
oil painting on board, unframed
inscribed verso
board: 28 x 27.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: overall v...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spring Landscape acrylic and pastel painting by Fred Martin
By Fred Martin
Located in Hudson, NY
Exhibited:
1973 San Francisco Museum of Art
2003 Oakland Museum of California "Fred Martin Retrospective"
A native Californian, Fred Martin was born...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Pastel, Acrylic
Sennedem, Abstract Italian Modernist Oil Painting in Brass Frame
By Ezio Gribaudo
Located in Surfside, FL
36X30 framed, 31X26.5 unframed.
Ezio Gribaudo was born in Turin on January 10, 1929. He trained at the Accademia di Brera, Milan (1949–52), and attended the Faculty of Architecture ...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Brass
Composition - Painting By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a Gouache realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was born in Le Havre, France in 1919. He studied...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Portrait of Woman in Yellow
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Woman in Yellow', oil on cardstock paper (circa 1970s), by Raymond Debiève. A cubist portrait of this lovely young woman at her window is ...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
The Old Port Marseille
Located in London, GB
'The Old Port Marseille', oil on canvas, by Françoise Pirró (circa 1970s-80s). The way the artist employs her thick brush strokes and palette knife wit...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
City Scape, Ovoid Geometrical Abstract Green & Brown Structures
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
City Scape, 1978
Acrylic on scintilla
Signed and dated lower right
30 x 22 inches
A surrealist mid-century figural abstract painting....
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Modern Grey and Light Yellow Toned Geometric Linear Abstract Diamond Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract painting by Houston, TX artist Margaret Nobler. The work features a grey toned diamond shaped canvas with geometric light yellow accent...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Saura Face Garfio, 1973 original mixed media papel painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Garfio, 1973 original mixed media papel painting
painter Antonio Saura was born in Huesca on September 22, 1930. Self-taught, he began painting at age 15 during the convalescence of...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
In the Window, Ovoid Shapes Floating Through Windows
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
In the Window, 1973
Acrylic and collage on scintilla
Signed and dated lower right
30 x 22 inches
A surrealist mid-century figural abs...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Mayor, Mid-Century Ovoid Figural Abstract Acrylic & Collage with Eye
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
The Mayor, 1979
Acrylic and collage on scintilla
Signed lower right
30 x 22 inches
A surrealist mid-century figural abstract painting....
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Ablaze, Ovoid Faces Looking Through Geometrical Windows
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Ablaze, 1973-79
Acrylic and collage on scintilla
Signed and dated lower left
30 x 22 inches
A surrealist mid-century figural abstract...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Antique American School Modernist Abstract Farm Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist farm landscape oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1970. Image size, 24L x 24H. Framed.
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vetriculus, Surrealist Ovoid acrylic painting, Figural Abstract work on paper
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Vetriculus, c. 1970s
Acrylic on paper
4.5 x 3.5 inches
11 x 10 inches, framed
A surrealist mid-century figural abstract painting.
Cl...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Entr'acte - Mid-Century Ovoids in Theatre - Geometrical Abstract Pastel
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Entr'acte, 1977
Pastel on board
Signed and dated lower right
8 x 10 inches
A surrealist mid-century figural abstract painting.
Clare...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Quadratic, Mid-Century Ovoid Figural Abstract Acrylic & Collage with faces
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Quadratic, 1979
Acrylic and collage on textured paper
Signed and dated lower right
30 x 22 inches
31.5 x 23.5 inches, framed
A surreal...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Caged, Mid-Century Ovoid Geometrical Abstract Acrylic, Black & Grey
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Caged, 1971
Acrylic on paper
Signed and dated lower right
24 x 20 inches
A surrealist mid-century figural abstract painting.
Clarenc...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Transection No. 3, Ovoid Geometrical Figural Abstract Neon Acrylic Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Transection No. 3, 1972
Acrylic on paper
Signed and dated upper right
30 x 22 inches
Provenance: Collection of William H. Milliken
Cl...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Modern Abstract Cubist Inspired Landscape Painting of an Oceanside Boat Dock
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract landscape painting by Houston, TX artist Margaret Nobler. The work features a boat floating near an oceanside dock with the sun setting...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Materials
Mixed Media
Vintage American Modernist Fauvist Landscape Oklahoma Lake Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract landscape painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1970. Signed. Image size 24L x 18H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Colorful Purple, Pink, & Green Modern Portrait of Man Playing Billiards or Pool
By Gerald Garston
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful modern figurative portrait of a man playing billiards or pool by Connecticut artist Gerald Garston. The work features a man in a blue bowler ha...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blue Composition - Painting by Vincenzo Arena - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Blue Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by Vincenzo Arena in 1970.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Label on the back wi...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil
Chimeras, mid-century figural abstract blue acrylic painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Chimeras, 1974
Acrylic and pastel on textured paper
Mid-century figural abstract blue acrylic painting
Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national artistic success that w...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Acrylic
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