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
Head II, Mixed Media on Board, Brown, Black by Master Indian Artist "In Stock"
By Sunil Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Head II - 20 x 15 inches (unframed size)
Mixed Media on Board, 2002
Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form.
Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artist ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
Portrait of A Woman, Abstract Oil Painting by John Uht
By John Uht
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Uht, American (1924 - 2010)
Title: Portrait of a Woman
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Oil on Board, signed l.l.
Size: 12 x 9 inches
Frame Size: 16 x 13 inches
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-Century Children's Party Scene . Red and Orange, Native American
Located in Miami, FL
Broad areas of bold, flat red, magenta, and pink characterize this mid-century painting by Barbara Warren Ebersole ( Barbara Tate Ebersole ). It depicts a block party festooned with balloons and a street organ grinder with a smartly dressed performing monkey. The overall look of a lot mid-century art inspires many of today's most celebrated contemporary artists. Signed and dated upper left. Oil on Masonite. Barbara Warren Ebersole was a painter and an author. She may have been of Native American...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Two in the supermarket. 2023, paper, acrylic, 25x25 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Two in the supermarket
2023, paper, acrylic, 25x25 cm
Ansis Butnors (1977)
Education:
J. Rozentals Art School in Riga – 1989. – 1996.
Latvian Academy of Art, Painting Department ...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
A Charming, 1950s Expressionist Portrait of a Young Girl by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming, 1950s Expressionist Portrait of a Young Girl by Noted Chicago Modern Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). A Wonderful and intimate Mid-Century studio portrait of a yo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
The Cockerel, Water colour on Paper Grey, Red by Indian Artist"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Badrinarayan
The Cockerel
Water colour on Paper
22 x 14 inches 55.8 x 35.5 cm
This work features in the Book on Badrinarayan Written by Ms. Prema Vishwanathan & Published by Ma...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Bricklayers House Beautiful Cover Proposal American Scene Modern 1930s Workers
Located in New York, NY
Bricklayers House Beautiful Cover Proposal American Scene Modern WPA 1930s Industrial Workers
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994)
Brick Layers
House Beautiful cover proposal, c. 1939
...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Huge Mid 20th Century French Oil Painting Two Figures Entwined
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figures Entwined
by Joel Lacroix (French mid 20th century)
signed and dated verso
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 39.5 x 32 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$2,725 Sale Price
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Picnic, Modern Figurative Oil Painting by Anton Refregier
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Anton Refregier
Title: Picnic
Year: 1959
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed and dated l.r.
Size: 24 x 44 inches (61 x 112 cm)
Frame: 31.5 x 51.5 inches
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Painting Of A Gloomy Profile Portrait Of Bearded Male With Glasses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
signed
double sided
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scu...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Philip Evergood American Modernism WPA Social Realism Modern Still Life Interior
Located in New York, NY
Interior with Man at Table American Modernism WPA Social Realism Modern Painting
Philip Evergood (1901 - 1973) Untitled (Interior with Man at ...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Large 1920's French Nabis School Oil Painting The Annunciation Mary & Angel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Annunciation
French Nabis School, early 20th century
circle of Maurice Denis (1870–1943)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 34 x 27.5 inches
canvas: 32 x 25 inches
Provenance: privat...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Impressionist Ashcan School Nocturnal Cityscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique original nocturnal cityscape oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1920. Signed illegibly. Image size, 12L x 16H. Housed in a period frame.
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,316 Sale Price
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"At the Café" Signed Oil Painting Moroccan Painting The Picasso of Tangier
Located in Pistoia, IT
Antonio Fuentes (Tangier 1905 - 1995) "At the Cafe. Oil on panel signed at lower left.
Also known as "The Master of Tangier" or "the Picasso of Tangier," Fuentes traversed the 20th...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cuban Art Abstract Oil Painting Latin American Ramon Carulla Surrealist Folk Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Ramon Antonio Carulla (Cuban, born 1936).
Oil paintings on paper. Titled "When Dreams Become Reality"
Artist signature lower right. Title on verso.
Retains original Joy Moos Gallery label. Sheet measures measures approximately 14 in. x 22 in. (paper). Framed 20.5 X 28.5
This painting is a mixed media with oil paint, on paper
It is hand signed recto and signed and titled verso.
An abstract naive, folk art, work depicting depicts colorful imaginative surrealist figures with a carousel horse. This reminds me of a Latin American Niki de Saint Phalle. Dreamlike imagery.
Ramon Carulla, born in Havana, Cuba in 1936 moved to the United States in 1967. He has exhibited widely throughout the United States, Latin America and Europe. He has participated in personal and group exhibitions in Canada, Venezuela, Mexico and Spain and throughout the USA.
Select Gallery Exhibitions:
Lowe Art Museum (Coral Gables, Florida),
The Museum of Fine Arts (Montreal, Canada),
The International Monetary Fund (Washington, D.C.)
The Art Expo (New York City).
Select Awards:
First Prize at the VI Graphic Biennial of Latin America (1983; San Juan, Puerto Rico),
the Silvia Daro Dawidowicz Award for Painting (1980; Metropolitan Museum)
the Samuel Golan Award (1982, Fine Art Auction Exhibition; CH 2, Miami, Florida).
the Cintas Fellowship (Institute of International Education; United Nations, New York)
SELECTED INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2005 Sonnet Gallery (Sarasota, Florida)
2000 Ramon Carulla: People and Places - Corbino Galleries,
1998 The Dreamers - Cuban Collection Fine Art (Coral Gables, Florida)
1997 The Immigrant Series – Metro-Dade Cultural Resource Center (Miami, Florida)
1996-96 Ramon Carulla: Works on Paper – PJorn (Hamburg, Germany)
1994 Ramon Carulla: New Paintings, Plates & Boxes – The Barbara Scott Gallery
Rostros para recordar – Galería Traz (Mexico City, Mexico)
1993 Ramon Carulla, Exhibición Personal – Contemporary Art Museum (Panama)
1992 Ramon Carulla: Recent Work - The Barbara Scott Gallery (Bay Harbor, Florida)
1991 Cabinet Room – The Capitol (Tallahassee, Florida)
1988 Sofa & Hostage Series – Jay Moos Gallery
1987 20 Years After – Bacardi Art Gallery (Miami, Florida)
1985 Malcom Brown Gallery – (Cleveland, Ohio)
Mask Series...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
“Woman with Red Dog”
Located in Southampton, NY
Modern oil on canvas painting by the Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov.. Signed top right and dated 1960. Condition is very good; no restorations.. Presently unframed. Provenance: Estate of the artist, Nahum Tschacbasov.
Nahum Tschacbasov was born in Russian in 1899 but moved to Chicago when he was a young boy. He moved to New York City as a young man and spent over 50 years living and working from a series of apartments in the Chelsea Hotel. He learned to paint as a young man in France with his early teacher being
Georges Rouault. Tschacbasov returned to New York and for years exhibited at ACA gallery, Perls Gallery and later with John Heller...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Modernist "Chow Line" Ashcan School Rare California Surreal Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior scene of figures eating lunch by the shovel full. Really well painted and unusual scene. A rare early work by Justin Murray (1912 - 1987). Sign...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$13,125 Sale Price
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"Fodder Stacks, Bearsville" Georgina Klitgaard, Modernist Country Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Georgina Klitgaard
Fodder Stacks, Bearsville
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
24 x 30 inches
Georgina Klitgaard’s art has sometimes gotten lost in the critical propensity to assign...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Stage - Opera view. 1935-37s, paper, ink, watercolor, 35, 3x24 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Stage - Opera view. 1935-37s, paper, ink, watercolor, 35,3x24 cm
Women in evening dresses on the stage, mixed media on paper
Adolfs Zardins
(1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jur...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Modernist American Judaica Painting Synagogue Interior Ladies Section WPA Era
Located in Surfside, FL
Titled Torah Service, hand signed on Arches archival paper.
In this painting, Nussbaum portrays a joyful holiday celebration of the Torah reading in the synagogue in a sketch-like m...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
20th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Side Portrait Of Bejewelled Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tears whic...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
French Modernist Gouache Painting Artist Self Portrait In Black And White
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
signed
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
20th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Lady In Green Gown Playing Violin
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
signed
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
20th Century French Modernist Purple and Black Portrait Of A Lady In Armchair
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
signed
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Rare Modernist Oil Painting Line Drawing Nude Man Louis Stettner
Located in Surfside, FL
Signed and Dated Modern Line Drawing Oil Painting of Nude Man.
Louis Stettner (November 7, 1922 – October 13, 2016) was an American photographer of the 20th century whose work inclu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Family of Three, Mid Century Gouache on Paper
By Ivan Kurach
Located in Surfside, FL
Ivan Kurach (1909 – 1968) lived and studied in Italy.
Well known both in Europe and in the United States, his paintings are found in famous private collections and in museums all ov...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Frederick Shane “Twilight of History” 1947 Surrealist Oil Painting, Signed
Located in Denver, CO
"Twilight of History" is a powerful and evocative original oil painting on board by renowned American artist Frederick Shane (1906–1992), created in 1947. This deeply symbolic work e...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Clownesse, Surrealist Oil Painting by Philippe Alfieri
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Philippe Alfieri, Italian/American (1921 - 2009)
Title: Clownesse
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l.
Size: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm)
Frame Size: 38 x 32 ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th century oil painting entitled The Unknown Corner
Located in London, GB
Collections:
Robert Isaacson;
James Draper, New York, 2014.
Exhibited:
Cambridge, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Beggarstaffs: William Nicholson and James Pr...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Modern Vintage Swedish Abstract Figurative Painting - Figure in Blue
Located in Bristol, GB
FIGURE IN BLUE
Size: 48.5 x 42.5 cm (including frame)
Acrylic on card
A striking mid-century modernist abstract figurative painting that presents a seated figure rendered in deep, e...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1927 Oil Painting Eiffel Tower Paris American Modernist Wpa Artist Morris Kantor
Located in Surfside, FL
Morris Kantor New York (1896 - 1974)
Paris from the Ile St. Louis, 1927 (view of Eiffel Tower)
Oil painting on canvas
Hand Signed lower left.
Provenance: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution ( bears label verso)
Size: 20 3/4"H x 28 1/8"W (sight), 28.75 "H x 36"W (framed)
Morris Kantor (Belarusian: Морыс Кантор) (1896-1974) was a Russian Empire-born American painter based in the New York City area.
Born in Minsk on April 15, 1896, Kantor was brought to the United States in 1906 at age 10, in order to join his father who had previously relocated to the states. He made his home in West Nyack, New York for much of his life, and died there in 1974. He produced a prolific and diverse body of work, much of it in the form of paintings, which is distinguished by its stylistic variety over his long career. Perhaps his most widely recognized work is the iconic painting "Baseball At Night", which depicts an early night baseball game played under artificial electric light. Although he is best known for his paintings executed in a realistic manner, over the course of his life he also spent time working in styles such as Cubism and Futurism, and produced a number of abstract or non-figural works. A famous cubist, Futurist, painting of his "Orchestra" brought over 500,000$ at Christie's auction house in 2018
Kantor found employment in the Garment District upon his arrival in New York City, and was not able to begin formal art studies until 1916, when he began courses at the now-defunct Independent School of Art. He studied landscape painting with Homer Boss (1882-1956). In 1928, after returning to New York City from a year in Paris, Kantor developed a style in which he combined Realism with Fantasy, often taking the streets of New York as his subject matter. He did some moody Surrealist Nude paintings and fantasy scenes. In the 1940's he turned towards figural studies. Later in his career, Kantor himself was an instructor at the Cooper Union and also at the Art Students League of New York in the 1940s, and taught many pupils who later became famous artists in their own right, such as Knox Martin, Robert Rauschenberg, Sigmund Abeles and Susan Weil...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-century American MALE FIGURES Orientalist Exotic Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
Peter Todd Mitchell (1924-1988) was an American painter and textile and wallpaper designer whose travels and extravagant social circles inspired a taste for the exotic.
This Orient...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dance. 2012, author's technique, 29x19 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Antra Ivdra (1966)
The member of Artist association in Latvia (2004), Association Internationale des Arts Plastiques (2008), Association of Creativity, Latvia (2006).
Art education...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Classic 1950s Husband and Wife and Gagged Parrot, Esquire Magazine Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Works by this female artst are very rare only seldom come on the market.
Juliette Kida Renault (as JKR) Esquire Magazine Illustration Original Art (H...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor
Mountain Landscape - Painting by Francesco Settimj - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard.
Realized in 1930s.
Good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled, Mixed Media on Paper by Artist Jogen Chowdhury "In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jogen Chowdhury - Untitled
Mixed Media on Paper
11 x 15 inches, 2007
(Unframed & Delivered)
In this 2007 painting, Jogen blends abstracted human forms with rich textures and bold o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
A star's dream. 2013 oil, cardboard. 80x59.8cm
Located in Riga, LV
Juris Dimiters is among the most intellectual and witty artists of his generation. The characters of his works – paintings and posters – mostly are anthropomorphised fruits and objec...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
1970s large retro Modern British painting of a figure in front of a blue poster
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A strikingly original and expansive Popart painting of a female in a bikini set against a painted graphic design from 1976 by British born artist Ewart Johns. The graphic blue, gree...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Charming 1950s Modern Portrait, Girl in White Dress, by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming, 1950s Modern Portrait of a Girl in White Dress by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Artwork size: 6 1/2” x 5 3/4”. Oil on Masonite. (Framed size: 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Érte, "Les chatters, deuxieme version", unique gouache, hand signed
By Erté
Located in Chatsworth, CA
A unique, original gouache on paper by Érte, also known as Romain de Tirtoff. Érte was a vastly diverse artist who excelled in an array of fields including fashion, jewelry, graphic ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Modernist Woman Portrait - Original Acrylic Painting with Rich Green Background
Located in Denver, CO
Discover a striking original modernist portrait by Eunice Katz (1927–2008). This captivating acrylic painting on board features a woman’s portrait, rendered in a bold palette of rich...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Nude
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance
The artist;
Collection of Walter Stuempfig, Philadelphia;
Private collection, Massachusetts until 2022
The Philadelphia modernist Arthur B. Carles was a brilliant coloris...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$62,500
Christ, Symbolic of the Pain & Torture, Mixed Media, Pink, Black "In Stock"
By Suhas Roy
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Suhas Roy - Christ - 20 x 16 inches ( Unframed Size )
Mixed Media on Imported Paper , 2005
( Framed & Door Delivered )
Suhas Roy depicted the face of Jesus portraying pain and agony...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Mid Century Modern Vintage Swedish Figurative Oil Painting -Beneath the Pale Sky
Located in Bristol, GB
BENEATH THE PALE SKY
Size: 50.5 x 58.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A brilliantly executed mid-century figurative composition, painted in oil onto canvas by the established Sw...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1930 Oil Painting Sea Side Sailboats American Modernist WPA Artist Morris Kantor
Located in Surfside, FL
Morris Kantor, American, 1896-1974
Seaside View, 1930
Hand signed M. Kantor and dated 1930 lower right
Oil on canvas
22 1/4 x 19 1/4 inches
24 1/2 x 21 (frame)
Morris Kantor (Belarusian: Морыс Кантор) (1896-1974) was a Russian Empire-born American painter based in the New York City area. This is a beautiful boat scene with a river or lake probably on Long Island.
Born in Minsk on April 15, 1896, Kantor was brought to the United States in 1906 at age 10, in order to join his father who had previously relocated to the states. He made his home in West Nyack, New York for much of his life, and died there in 1974. He produced a prolific and diverse body of work, much of it in the form of paintings, which is distinguished by its stylistic variety over his long career. Perhaps his most widely recognized work is the iconic painting "Baseball At Night", which depicts an early night baseball game played under artificial electric light. Although he is best known for his paintings executed in a realistic manner, over the course of his life he also spent time working in styles such as Cubism and Futurism, (influenced by the Art Deco movement) and produced a number of abstract or non-figural works. A famous cubist, Futurist, painting of his "Orchestra" brought over 500,000$ at Christie's auction house in 2018. Kantor found employment in the Garment District upon his arrival in New York City, and was not able to begin formal art studies until 1916, when he began courses at the now-defunct Independent School of Art. He studied landscape painting with Homer Boss (1882-1956). In 1928, after returning to New York City from a year in Paris, Kantor developed a style in which he combined Realism with Fantasy, often taking the streets of New York as his subject matter. He did some moody Surrealist Nude paintings and fantasy scenes. In the 1940's he turned towards figural studies. Later in his career, Kantor himself was an instructor at the Cooper Union and also at the Art Students League of New York in the 1940s, and taught many pupils who later became famous artists in their own right, such as Knox Martin, Robert Rauschenberg, Sigmund Abeles and Susan Weil...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge 1980's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Nude Model Man in Top Hat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Nu Aux Voiles Bleus'
by Henri Fuss (French, 1930-1985)
signed, dated and titled
oil on canvas
framed: 43 x 59 inches
canvas: 35 x 51 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Co...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,557 Sale Price
30% Off
Falling Couple, 2006
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in Moscow, Idaho,and raised in Seattle, Robert Jessup received his BFA from the University of Washington in 1975 and his MFA from the University of Iowa in 1979. His work has be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Golden Cycle Mill Colorado WPA Mining Watercolor, 1940s Grayscale Artwork
Located in Denver, CO
Original 1940s grayscale watercolor painting by American artist Charles Ragland Bunnell, capturing a semi-abstracted view of the Golden Cycle Mill in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Painted in subtle shades of black and gray, this unique WPA-era landscape combines industrial subject matter with expressive, modernist style. A striking piece of American regionalist art from the mid-20th century.
The work is presented in a custom black frame.
Framed dimensions: 18" H x 19 ½" W x 1 ⅜" D
Sight size: 8 ⅛" H x 9 ⅝" W
The Golden Cycle Mining and Reduction Company, depicted in this piece, was a major part of Colorado's mining boom in the early 20th century. Located in Colorado City (now part of Old Colorado City), the mill played a significant role in the region’s gold production and industrial development.
About the Artist: Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897–1968)
Charles Bunnell was a pivotal figure in Colorado’s 20th-century art scene. He worked across multiple styles—from representational landscapes to fully abstract compositions—and was one of the few artists in Colorado to successfully embrace the evolving trends of Modernism, Surrealism, and Abstraction after WWII.
Bunnell studied under notable artists at the Broadmoor Art Academy, including Ernest Lawson and Birger Sandzén. His early works, including regional landscapes and mining scenes like this one, showcase a mix of American Scene painting and semi-abstract structure. He later became known for his bold experimentation with color, form, and geometry, producing both expressive oils and ink-watercolor series such as Black and Blue.
He participated in multiple New Deal art...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"THE CLOWN" MICHAEL FRARY MID CENTURY MODERN TEXAS ARTIST
Located in San Antonio, TX
Michael Frary
(1918 - 2005)
Austin Artist
Image Size: 16 x 12.5
Medium: Oil
"The Clown"
Biography
Michael Frary (1918 - 2005)
Michael Frary was born in Santa Monica, California on Ma...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Concert" Early 20th Century WPA Modernism American City Landscape Scene Ashcan
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
"Concert" Early 20th Century WPA Modernism American City Landscape Scene Ashcan
The size of the canvas 28 3/4 x 43 1/4 inches. The painting comes directly from the artist's estate. It is signed lower right as well as signed, titled and dated verso.
We have available more than two dozen paintings and works on paper from the 1930s - 80s that come directly from the Loew estate.
BIO
Michael Loew (1907 – 1985) was the son of a New York City baker. After high school, he was an apprentice to a stained-glass maker, and from 1926-1929, he studied at the Art Students League. In 1929, he traveled to Paris, North Africa, Germany, and Italy with a group of artists. When he returned to New York City in 1931, the Great Depression hit Loew unexpectedly, and for the next two years he paid his apartment rent with his paintings. In 1935, he found work with the WPA where he painted murals and partnered up with longtime friend Willem de Kooning in 1939 on a mural for the Hall of Pharmacy at the New York World’s Fair. Their friendship lasted for the rest of their lives. In the mid-30’s he painted in Mexico and the Yucatán documenting the construction of a U.S. Naval airbase on Tinian Island. It was from this airbase that the Enola...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Up Falling. 2017, oil on canvas, 90x70 cm
By Igor Maikov
Located in Riga, LV
Igor Maikov (1966)
Education:
1981 - 1984 The Art Academy of Latvia
1973 - 1983 Salaspils Primary and Secondary School
Exhibitions:
1994 - Group Exhibition «Rol-Art», Latvia
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Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,450 Sale Price
20% Off
"Wild Hair Against Gold" Modern Colorful Warm Toned Female Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern Cubist inspired figurative painting by the iconic Houston based artist David Adickes. The work features the side profile of a female figure with swirling, wild, warm toned hai...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Coffee, Acrylic
Encounter
Located in Carmel, CA
A unique approach to the figure and relationship.In the village their are many opportunities and this couple are staring each other down to see if something is there. Observers watch...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$4,200
Three Klezmer Musicians Modern Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern
Subject: Klezmer Musicians
Medium: Oil
Surface: Board, size includes artist decorated frame without frame 16X12
Country: United States
The imagery of Maurice Kish (189...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-Century Modern Swedish Figurative Oil Painting - Coastal Dock, Framed
Located in Bristol, GB
COASTAL DOCK
Size: 45 x 49.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A vibrant and expressive mid-century figurative painting, executed in oil onto board.
The composition depicts a bustl...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Striking Hollywood Regency Portrait of a Red Haired Lady by Kughler 1932
Located in Rochester, NY
Hollywood regency portrait painting of a young woman by Francis Kughler (American 1901-1970). Oil on canvas board. Circa 1932. Unframed.
Born in New York City in 1901, Francis Vandeveer Kughler attended Cooper Union, the Mechanics' Institute, and the National Academy of Design School of Art where he met Charlotte Livingston, an artist, whom he was later to marry.
During this period he was the winner of a Tiffany scholarship, which provided him a summer of landscape painting at the Louis Comfort Tiffany estate at Oyster Bay, L.I.
In the 1940s, Kughler became the President of the Salmagundi Club, a well-known art club in Washington Square in New York City.Well-known as a muralist, society portrait painter and lithographer, he was a prolific painter who made cityscapes, landscapes, and nudes. He and his wife, Charlotte Livingston, lived and worked in Bronx, New York.
mid century modern wpa impressionist...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Soldier. 1950. Cardboard, author technique, 39, 5x20 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Soldier. 1950. Cardboard, author technique, 39,5x20 cm
Artwork depicts a soldier in motion. Author has used a mixed media technique on cardboard. Both the soldier himself and the fe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paint, Mixed Media, Cardboard, Stencil, Other Medium
Church at Chapala Signed Marion Wakeman Taos School Exhibited Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape painting by Marion D Freeman Wakeman (1891 - 1953). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Image size, 26H x 20L
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Ladies of the Twenties" Modern Colorful Seated Female Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern Cubist inspired portrait painting by the iconic Houston based artist David Adickes. The work features a pair of elegantly dressed women. One is standing and wearing a multicol...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Conductor with Singer, Figurative Oil Painting by William Harnden
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: William Harnden, American (1920 - 1983)
Title: Conductor with Singer
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed
Image Size: 11.5 x 23.5 inches
Frame Size: 17.5 x 30 inches
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
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