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
Color: Gray
Boy Feeding Birds, Oil Painting by Ben Benn 1946
By Ben Benn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Benn, Polish/American (1884 - 1983)
Title: Boy with Doves
Year: 1946
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.r.
Size: 30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 91.44 cm)
Benn Benn was a pio...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pylons
By Jessica Rice
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exceptional original work by one of the contemporary masters of Belgian figurative painting, Jessica Rice(9141-2016.)
"Pylons":, is an original oil on canvas, signed,...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Timepiece, Enveloped in time, Oil on Canvas, Green by Modern Artist "In Stock"
By Sunil Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Timepiece - 30 x 30 inches ( unframed size )
Oil on Canvas.
Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang condition.
Sunil Das ( 1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artist ...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bengali Woman: Browns, Grays, Reminiscent of Old Bengal by Modern Master Artist
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Shyamal Dutta Ray - 'Nostalgia' : A Stunning renidition of a old bengali woman in her bengali home with the bengali mirror metaphorically talking abo...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Large-Scale Modern Multi-Color Portrait of Noir Author Cornell Woolrich
By Chris Pelletiere
Located in Soquel, CA
A striking, large-scale multi-color modernist portrait of Noir fiction writer Cornell Woolrich by Chris Pelletiere (American, B. 1942). Cornell Woolrich wrote the novel "The Rear Window." He studied at the Arts Students League and NY School of Painting and Drawing.
Signed on verso with artist's information, and title "Portrait: Cornell Woolrich".
Wood slat, basic frame. Image size; 50"H x 50"W.
A painter, illustrator, and cartoonist Pelletiere cites his early influences as the pre-code crime and horror comics. " Life in the metropolitan area plays a significant role in my artwork. For many years he made sketches of people in the transit system. Chris Pelletiere is a painter, collage artist, illustrator, and cartoonist. His work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, The New York Public Library and private collections of Stephen King...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Parade of Children
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower left & dated 1949 verso
osé Palmeiro was born in Madrid and followed the tradition of French Impressionism and Post-Cubism. He created an impressive oeuvre comprising of still lifes, landscapes and figural compositions. His artistic career began in 1925 when he went to Paris and met Spanish painters like Ginés Parra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Man under the tree, Drawing, Ink on paper by Padma Vibhushan Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
K G Subramanyan - Untitled - 8.5 x 11 inches (Paper Size) Framed Size : ( 17.5 x 19 ) approx
Ink on paper
Inclusive of shipment in a mount form.
The artist gave the human figure a n...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Indian Nude Woman in Green Saree, Pastel on Board, Master Indian Artist"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Prakash Karmakar - Untitled - 29 x 19 inches ( unframed size )
Pastel on Board
Inclusive of shipment in roll form.
This Painting of a Blatantly Nude and Somewhat Sensous Woman wra...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil Pastel, Pastel
Mixed Media in blue, royal, pink, black, Modern Artist, student of Nandalal Bose
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Ramanando Bandopadhayay - 8 x 10 inches ( Unframed )
Mixed media on paper
We shall include shipping in frame form all across the world. Just hang and relish the work.
Style :
Lyrical and romantic, his work is typical of the Bengal School and reminiscent of Nandalal Bose...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Mixed Media, Paper
Man With Moon - Figurative Abstract
By J Gold
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling abstract figurative oil painting in bold, primary colors of a man and the moon by J. Gold (American, 20th Century). Signed "J. Gold" lower right. Presented in a Maple woo...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
The Boxer (Blue Toned Portrait Painting of Young Man on Copper and Wood)
Located in Hudson, NY
figurative portrait painting, acrylic on copper, mounted on panel
24 x 24 inches
This contemporary, monochromatic blue portrait painting on a young man was painted by Hudson Valley ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
Bakasur, Mythology, Ink, Brush & Pastel Painting, Blue, Black, Pink "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jogen Chowdhury - Bakasur - 21 x 29 Inches (unframed without mount)
Black Ink with Brush & Coloured Pastel
Inclusive of shipment in roll form.
In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Bakas...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Brass
'Aegean Dream', Oregon Watercolor Society
By Caroline Buchanan
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right and dated 1982.
An elegant figural watercolor showing a view of figures in classical greek dress contrasted against a striated polychrome background.
This signa...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
"Bazar"
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a beautiful, colorful oil on canvas painting by Russian Federation artist Yuri Kovalenko. It is titled verso "Bazar" which means marketplace. The pain...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Seeking a Future
Located in Concord, MA
PHILIP EVERGOOD (1901-1973)
Seeking a Future, 1952
Oil on canvas
24 x 18 inches
Signed and dated at lower left: Philip Evergood / 52
Heydenryk frame
PROVENANCE
Alfredo Valent...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Couple
By David Messer
Located in New York, NY
Signed. Signed again and dated on the reverse.
The estate of the artist
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Girl with Butterfly"
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on masonite painting done in 1945 by Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed lower right and dated lower right, 1945. In original wood and gilt frame 37.5 by 31.5 inc...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Jury
By Mervin Jules
Located in Concord, MA
MERVIN JULES (1912-1994)
The Jury, c.1940’s
Oil on board
14 x 15 1/8 inches
Signed at lower left: JULES
PROVENANCE
ACA Galleries, New York, NY
EXHIBITED
Cahoon Museum...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
The Landing/Dawn Landing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s.
The Landing/Dawn Landing, 1944, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 20 x 30, titled verso; exhib...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Unframed Figurative Oil Painting - Nude by Lavender
Located in Bristol, GB
NUDE BY LAVENDER
Size: 40.5 x 33.5 cm
Oil on board
A gentle and emotive mid-century vintage oil portrait, executed in oil onto board and dated 1943-1946 on reverse.
A standing nude...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Alice in Wonderland, 1960s Large Mural by Andrew Karoly & Louis Szanto
Located in Beachwood, OH
Andrew Karoly (Hungarian-American, 1893-1978)/
Louis Szántó (Hungarian-American, 1889-1965)
Alice in Wonderland, 1960
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated low...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Aviary at the Chicago Zoo"
Located in Austin, TX
This remarkable piece is by Gustav Likan, whose modern colourist style creates a surreal and captivating atmosphere in his paintings. This acrylic on canvas painting titled “Aviary a...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Unseen Love
By Fidan Kim
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just completed original oil painting by American/Azerbaijan artist Fidan Kim.
Fidan’s attention to detail subject and pallet are quickly gaining her recognition as one of the great emerging artist’s of the day. Many of her paintings take more than a year to complete due to the complex detail and methods she uses to create her paintings.
“The Unseen Love”, is an original oil on canvas, signed, completed in 2022, suitably framed it has just arrived at our West Hollywood gallery...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Nude in Interior”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of a busy interior scene by the well known Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov’. Signed lower right and dated 1948. Condition is good. The artwork is housed in its original wormy chesnut frame. House of Heydenryk frame. Overall framed measurements are 17 by 14.75 inches. Provenance: A Long Island, New York estate.
Nahum Tschacbasov
Biography :
Russian-American artist Nahum Tschacbasov (1899-1984) is known for his cubo-surrealistic works which feature a strong psychological element. Some of his work bears a resemblance to work of another Russian-American artist--David Burliuk. He was somewhat of a late starter, moving to Paris in 1932 to study under Adolph Gottlieb, Marcel Gromaire and Fernand Leger. He had his first exhibition in Paris in 1934. He then returned to the US where he joined Rothko and Gottlieb at the Galery Seccession. He was one of the co-founders of The Ten, a group of social conscious abstract painters which included Rothko, Gottlieb, Joseph Solman and Ilya Bolotowsky, among others.
In 1944, he began to work at Stanley Hayter's Atelier 17, a center for surrealistic ideas. Between 1936 and 1943, he had five one-man exhibitions at the ACA Galleries and participated in five group shows. He also exhibited at the Whitney, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Knox Albright Museum, the Chicago Institute of Fine Art and Corcoran, among others. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Met, the Whitney, the Brooklyn Museum and the Jewish Museum.
Tschacbasov has been the subject of two recent retrospective at Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, NY and Arthur Kalaher...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Barrels in a Yard - 20th Century, Oil on canvas by Prunella Clough
Located in London, GB
Provenance:
Leicester Galleries, London, 1956
Austin Desmond Fine Art, London
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Untitled" - Portrait of a Woman, Framed Modern Late 20th Century Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
A figure painting of a woman that falls in that magical zone between representation and abstraction. Wonderful coloration and treatment of light, along with quality of line. Gouache ...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
New York-made in red, blue, pink, multicolor, portraits of Andy Warhol, John Len
By Igor Fomin
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
New York - is a capital of the World that will no one indifferent. That’s the way the artist, Igor Fomin is seeing it. He is showing historical portrait of ...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Diamonds for Ernestine-romantic landscape of imaginary city made in red blue
By Igor Fomin
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
The hero at this painting is a human. His eyes are a lenses that artist using. At all time they are together, a man and a woman. Duality of differences, two views, different accents, but in one wholeness. Fomin is a fairy-tale artist, a romance teller, who is choosing never ending life stories for a viewer. He is telling these stories with realistic language of the artist, citing the language of Bruegel sentimental sincerity of Chagall, but also a precise coloristic scheme, that was a signature of French Art in the second half of XX century.
The fantastic World of the artist is perfectly detailed that makes it truthful. This artistic language principle defined the style of the artist long before he entered the Art World market...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Morning smells-morning routine of baking the bread and pastry
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Morning smells-morning routine of baking the bread and pastry. Mother with daughter and son.
Narkevich deliberately chooses naive art, like the f...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
The Epiphany of Ernestineromantic landscape of imaginary city made in red, grey
By Igor Fomin
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
The Epiphany of Ernestine is a part of the diptych 38x57 in (97x146 cm) of size. Can be bought together or separately.
This painting is sold with Certificates of Authencity.
The Du...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
The Whisper of Ernestine and The Epiphany of Ernestine
By Igor Fomin
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
This diptych is consisting of two works: The Whisper of Ernestine and The Epiphany of Ernestine each 38x57 in (97x146 cm) of size.
These paintings are sold with Certificates of Authe...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
French Countryside - Oil on Canvas by F. De Pisis - 1938
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful painting realized by De Pisis in 1938, depicting a landscape in the countryside, probably in France.
In very good conditions, it includes a beautiful gilded wooden frame.
...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"La Lettre"
By Etienne Ret
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful oil on heavy cardboard original painting by the French artist, Etienne Ret. Signed top left and retaining its original dark wood carved frame with white liner. Titled vers...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Shelter
By Xavier Bueno 1
Located in Missouri, MO
Xavier Bueno (Active Spain/Italy, 1891-1979)
"Shelter"
Oil on Canvas
Signed Upper Left
Framed Size: approx. 38 x 30 inches
Site Size: approx. 35 x 28 inc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Music Lovers - man and woman made in ultramarine, grey, blue colors
By Igor Fomin
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
The hero at this painting is a human. His eyes are a lenses that artist using. At all time they are together, a man and a woman. Duality of differences, two views, different accents, but in one wholeness. Fomin is a fairy-tale artist, a romance teller, who is choosing never ending life stories for a viewer. He is telling these stories with realistic language of the artist, citing the language of Bruegel sentimental sincerity of Chagall, but also a precise coloristic scheme, that was a signature of French Art in the second half of XX century.
The fantastic World of the artist is perfectly detailed that makes it truthful. This artistic language principle defined the style of the artist long before he entered the Art World market. His love for Italian Renaissance was born in Minsk during his study years. Art, Music and Architecture made Igor Fomin...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Blind Peanut Vendor
Located in Missouri, MO
Cecil C. Bell
"The Blind Peanut Vendor" 1958
Oil on Panel
Signed; Titled & Dated Verso
Panel Size: approx. 14 x 18 inches
Framed Size: approx 21.25 x 25.25 inches
Cecil Bell was b...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The Men of her Life-nude woman portrait made in beige, grey, turquoise color
By Igor Fomin
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
The hero at this painting is a human. His eyes are a lenses that artist using. At all time they are together, a man and a woman. Duality of differences, two views, different accents,...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cotton Canvas
Smokey Mountain Café, Morocco
Located in London, GB
Signed and dated lower right in pencil
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Eric and Gervase
Located in London, GB
Signed and dated lower right in pencil.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Modernist Winter Landscape by Abel Bertram
By Abel Bertram
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist winter landscape with figures by Abel Bertram (1871 - 1954). Watercolor and gouache on paper, circa 1920. Signed lower left,...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Puppet Show
By Jessica Rice
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting one of the early lifetime masterpiece oil paintings by Belgian artist Jessica Rice (1941-2016)
"Puppet Show", has just been released from the ...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Julien
By Jessica Rice
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present a series of early original mixed media works on paper, just released from the private collection one of the contemporary masters of Belgian avant-garde painti...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ma Oseau
By Jessica Rice
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present a series of early original mixed media works on paper, just released from the private collection one of the contemporary masters of Belgian avant-garde painti...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Juliette
By Jessica Rice
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present a series of early original mixed media works on paper, just released from the private collection one of the contemporary masters of Belgian avant-garde painti...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ma Poupee
By Jessica Rice
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a charming, early painting by Belgian artist Jessica Rice (1941-2016)
Ma Poupee, is an original oil on canvas, signed, dated 2002, with an image dimension of 40 x 32 inch...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Farmer
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare early oil painting from the, "WPA" period, 1941, by American artist Ron Blumberg, “The Farmer”
After his classical training in Paris, Blumberg spent ten years in N...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blue Linear Domestic Family Scene with Two Women
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful domestic portrait of two women in blue with linear style by Oris Robertson in 1967. Placed in a thin, black frame. Signed and dated in the top left corner.
Artist Biograp...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mutima
By Jessica Rice
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are pround to present a series of just discovered, early rare paintings by Belgian artist Jessica Rice (1941-2016.)
"Mutima", is an original oil on canvas, signed, dated 1994,...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Extrovert"
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A magnificent painting by American artist Ron Blumberg, from one of his rarest periods, the, "Psychological Period", which lasted only from 1948 - 1952 and was never replicated. This...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Corner Boys
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green.
Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of th...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Farmer in the Dell
By Louis Maccouillard
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original mixed media painting by American artist Louis Maccouillard, "The Farmer in the Dell."
Maccouillard was a prolific artist who worked primarily in Northern Ca...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
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