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
Gesturing gardner with watering can, 1983
Located in Atlanta, GA
Steven Campbell was a Scottish artist who created complex and humorous paintings with roots in performance and installation art. Campbell graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 1982 and was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the Pratt Institute in New York the same year. The artist rapidly gained recognition in America, and after a successful period abroad returned to Glasgow in 1987. He remained in Scotland for the rest of his career, developing his position as a link between Scottish artists of the previous generation, and the emerging artists of the 1990s.
Before studying at Glasgow School of Art Campbell was an engineer at the steelworks on the outskirts of Glasgow. After seven years at the steelworks he decided to pursue art. At Glasgow School of Art he was a contemporary of Ken Currie, Peter Howson and Adrian Wiszniewski...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Seated Woman in a Vibrant Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Seated Woman in a Vibrant Interior
by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933)
Signed
Medium: oil painting on board, unframed
Painting size: 6....
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
On the Beach modernist oil painting by Byron Browne
By Byron Browne
Located in Hudson, NY
Byron Browne
On the Beach (1959)
Oil on canvas, 20" x 26"
26" x 32" x 1" frame size - likely original
Inscribed verso "On the Beach / 1959 / Byron Browne"
Provenance: Private collection, Berkley, California
About this artist: Through an oeuvre displaying the re-envisioning of figural subjects and the formation of an abstract expressionist style, Byron Browne stands out among the American abstractionists of his generation. Born in Yonkers, New York, in 1907, the artist was a bright talent at the National Academy of Design in his teens. From 1924 to 1928 Browne studied at the Academy under notable artists Robert Aitkin, Charles Courtney Curran, Charles Hawthorne, Alice Murphy...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modernist French Oil Painting Atmospheric Portrait Reclining Woman in Blue Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Modern French Oil Painting Reclining Woman in a Blue Dress
by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933)
Unsigned
Medium: oil painting on board, unframed
Painting size: 7 inches (height) x 10...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Man, Child, Landscape
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 been exhibited extensively since 1981 and is in numerous private and public collections including the metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the University of Virginia, the University of Texas, the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Dallas Museum of Art. He is a Professor Emeritus from the University of North Texas where he taught painting in the College of Visual Arts and Design from 1991 to 2018. His work is represented by the Conduit Gallery in Dallas, Texas.
In 2019, Jessup and his wife, Faith Scott Jessup, moved to Whidbey Island...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modernist Portrait of 3 Girls on A Beach by Alice Waugh
Located in New York, NY
Alice Helen Waugh (American, 20th century)
Untitled, late 20th century
Oil on board
19 3/4 x 23 3/4 in.
Framed: 24 x 28 x 2 1/2 in.
Signed lower left: Alice Waugh
A painter and prof...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Die Sängerin, " Dorothea Stefula, illustration, acrylic, figurative, ca 1950-60
By Dorothea Stefula
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Dorothea Stefula was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1914 and studied at the art academy in Hamburg. Stefula illustrated numerous children's books, designed postage stamps, painted fresc...
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"One Thousand Words" - Surreal Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold figurative work by Richard Cronin (American, b. 1952). Two figures stand on a patio, turned away from each other. The figures and scene are rendere...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Head, Ink & Watercolour on Paper by Indian Artist Sunil Das "In Stock"
By Sunil Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Head, Ink & Watercolour on paper - 11 x 17.25 inches (unframed size)
Free Shipping Without Frame
Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artist from Bengal. Ex...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Charcoal, Watercolor
Modern Colorful Pastel Drawing of a Pair of Sumo Wrestlers in Blue and Green
Located in Houston, TX
Modern pastel drawing of a pair of sumo wrestlers in the middle of a match wearing green and blue mawashi set against an orange floor. Signed by the artist in the front lower right c...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
1950s "Group Meeting" Mid Century Figurative Gouache University of Paris
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Group Meeting"
c.1950s
Gouache paint on paper
24" x 18'" unframed
Unsigned
Came from artist's estate
Donald Stacy (1925-2011) New Jersey
Studied: Newark School of Fin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Figurative landscape oil painting- Old time
Located in Beijing, CN
Dai Xiangwen was born in Hunan in 1991 and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Jianghan University,
He is a member of China Artists Association, China Designers Association, a painter of Li Keran...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Charming Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Man by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming, 1960s Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Man by Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). With wonderful expressionist brushwork and a vibrant palette, the painting most like...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Coastal Village with Rocky Shoreline
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Coastal Village with Rocky Shoreline
by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933)
Unsigned
Medium: oil painting on board, unframed
Painting size...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Ballynakill Woman.
Located in Storrs, CT
A Ballynakill Woman. c. 1926. Oil on canvas. 30 x 25. Housed in an elegant gold leaf frame. Signed 'Brockhurst' in green paint, in the blanket, lower right. Provenance: Provenance...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$27,000 Sale Price
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Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Oil Painting - Off to School
Located in Bristol, GB
OFF TO SCHOOL
Oil on canvas
Size: 32 x 25.5 cm (including frame)
A lovely and endearing miniature oil on canvas depicting a scene of a pedestrian walkway on a fine summer’s day.
A ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1963 French Japanese Art Brut Abstract Oil Painting Akira Kito Diable et Rouge
Located in Surfside, FL
Akira Kito, Japanese, 1925-1994
Diable et Roge
Oil on Canvas
Titled, signed, and dated 1963 verso
Hand signed lower center
Dimensions: 32 x 12 3/4 in. (81.3 x 32.4 cm.), Frame: 33 1...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Cubist Artist" Modern Maroon and Green Toned Seated Male Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern Cubist inspired portrait painting by the iconic Houston based artist David Adickes. The work features a seated male figure wearing a white jacket and maroon tie with a paint p...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Le Gouter
Located in Sheffield, MA
Gabriel Godard
French, Born 1933
Le Gouter
Oil on canvas
36 by 29 in. W/frame 38 by 31 in.
Signed lower right & dated 62
Gabriel Godard was born on April 28, 1933 in Delouze in Lo...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled, Ink on Paper (Recto-Verso) by Modern Artist Indra Dugar "In Stock"
By Indra Dugar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Indra Dugar - Untitled - 10.5 x 8 inches (unframed size)
Ink on paper
Two Side drawing on the note book Total of 9 drawings
Inclusive of shipment in framed form.
About the Artist &...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, India Ink, Ballpoint Pen
Face, Large Eyes, Pastel, Board, Violet, Blue, Brown by Indian Artist-In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Prakash Karmakar - Untitled - 20 x 29 inches ( unframed size )
Pastel on Board
Inclusive of shipment in roll form
This work is amongst the more rarer work by the artist executed.
...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Board
French Modernist Contemporary Oil Painting Fishermen tending nets on Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tending their Nets
French School, contemporary
oil on canvas
15 x 21.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
The painting is in very good and presentable condition.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modern Figurative -- Hayley in the Sunroom
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern interior/figurative painting of red-haired woman "Hayley" seated in sunroom by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932), Circa 1975.
Signed on verso, "Hayley" written on edge
Provenance: Purchased as part of larger collection of artist's work
Unframed.
Canvas size: 30"H x 440"W.
Patricia Gren Hayes (American, b. 1932) is a Bay Area Figurative & Feminist Art Movement artist who studied at Winnipeg Public Art School in 1950. She received early recognition in Museum and Gallery competitions and exhibitions and was awarded a Special Education in Art recognition by the Winnipeg Museum of Fine Art, and was awarded a scholarship to the Banff College of Fine Art. Further studies were at The University of Manitoba.
She was a Member of Winnipeg Free Press Sketch Club and was a Cartoonist and paste-up for a French-English bi-weekly, in Eastern Canada;
She studied outdoor impressionism in New York in 1960; in 1962, attended The California College of Arts and Crafts, and in 1976 B.A., U.C. Berkeley where she studied under Elmer Bischoff, David Simpson, Joan Brown, Felix Ruvolo, Yolanda Lopez and Vincent Perez.
She started a freelance commercial art business in 1963; copyrighted a National Cartoon, 1976, and served as Exhibition Director for San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976-1978. She was a workshop instructor at the San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery, 1977-1985; and was Manager/Owner Stanton Art Gallery, Alameda, CA, 1976-1982.
Solo Exhibitions:
Berkeley Marina, 1974;
Oakland Center for The Visual Arts, "Images of Women", 1979
Group Exhibitions:
Oakland's Dept of Education, 1963, Studio One;
Alameda County Fair, 1975, 1976, 1978;
San Francisco Art Festival, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978;
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976, 1977, 1978;
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery Exhibition, award winner - 1970, 1977, 1978;
Hayward Bay Fair Art Festival, award winner - 1971;
Capricorn Assunder Gallery, 1973;
Oakland Art Festival, 1973, 1974;
Alameda Art Association, 1978;
El Cerrito...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,440 Sale Price
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The Sacrifice
Located in San Francisco, CA
Given the subject of this painting, you won't be surprised to learn that actor and artist Vincent Price was a patron of Noel Rockmore (1928-1995), this work's American artist. Additi...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$8,250
A Wonderful, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait Painting of a Boy with a Trumpet
Located in Chicago, IL
A Wonderful, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait Painting of a Boy with a Trumpet by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Artwork size: 8 3/4” x 6 1/4” (Framed size...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Nude Female Figurative in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude Female Figurative in Oil on Canvas
A beautiful figurative oil painting by listed California artist Molly E. Brubaker (American, 1922-2000).
Unsigned, from a collection of her ...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Preparing the Flag, America's 1784 Golden Girl
Located in Missouri, MO
Preparing the Flag, America's 1784 Golden Girl
Arthur Sarnoff (American, 1912-2000)
Signed Upper Right
28 x 24 inches
31.5 x 26.5 inches with frame
SEE PHOTO:
**Used for the Bi-Cen...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Modern French Oil Painting Nude Figure in Black Robe Smoking by a Window
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Modern French Oil Painting Nude Figure in Black Robe Smoking by a Window
by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933)
Unsigned
Medium: oil painting on board, unframed
Painting size: 5.5 inches (height) x 11.75 inches (width)
Condition: overall good and sound
Provenance: all the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come from their estate in Paris, France.
Description:
This modern French oil painting by Bernadette Kelly captures a striking and intimate moment featuring a nude figure draped in a black robe standing by a window while smoking The interplay of light and shadow is masterfully executed with the soft glow of interior lighting illuminating the figure against the deep blue and grey hues of the surrounding space The bold yet delicate brushstrokes emphasize both the form and the quiet atmosphere of solitude
Kelly’s expressive use of abstraction and gestural painting creates a moody introspective scene The figure’s relaxed posture combined with the open window suggests contemplation or a moment of stillness as if caught between the interior and the outside world The fragmented architectural...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$479 Sale Price
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Siamese Cat with Kittens by Orovida Pissarro - Egg tempura painting
Located in London, GB
Siamese Cat with Kittens by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968)
Egg tempera on linen
39 x 48 cm (15³/₈ x 18⁷/₈ inches)
Signed lower right Orovida and dated lower left 1934
Provenance
J Ankri, 8th October 1967
Literature
K L Erickson, Orovida Pissarro: Painter and Print-Maker with A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, (doctoral thesis), Oxford, 1992, Appendices, no. 51, p. 56 (illustrated)
Exhibition
London, The Leicester Galleries, Paintings by Orovida, February 1935, no. 6
Women’s International Art Club, 20th February - 13th March 1937, no. 273
London, Redfern Gallery, Ten Years of Work by Orovida, 5th-28th May 1938, no. 7
London, The Royal Society of British Artists, Summer Exhibition, 1947, no. 281 (possibly the etching)
London, O’Hana Gallery, Paintings, Drawings and Coloured Etchings: Orovida, 3rd-18th October 1957, no. 13
Artist biography
Orovida Camille Pissarro, Lucien and Esther Pissarro’s only child, was the first woman in the Pissarro family as well as the first of her generation to become an artist. Born in Epping, England in 1893, she lived and worked predominantly in London where she became a prominent member of several British arts clubs and societies.
She first learned to paint in the Impressionist style of her father, but after a brief period of formal study with Walter Sickert in 1913 she renounced formal art schooling. Throughout her career, Orovida always remained outside of any mainstream British art movements. Much to Lucien's disappointment she soon turned away from naturalistic painting and developed her own unusual style combining elements of Japanese, Chinese, Persian and Indian art. Her rejection of Impressionism, which for the Pissarro family had become a way of life, together with the simultaneous decision to drop her famous last name and simply use Orovida as a ‘nom de peintre’, reflected a deep desire for independence and distance from the weight of the family legacy.
Orovida's most distinctive and notable works were produced from the period of 1919 to 1939 using her own homemade egg tempera applied in thin, delicate washes to silk, linen or paper and sometimes embellished with brocade borders. These elegant and richly decorative works generally depict Eastern, Asian and African subjects, such as Mongolian horse...
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1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Egg Tempera
Homage to the Spanish Republic 1938 oil painting by Julio De Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
An early work by Julio De Diego embodies the deep love he had for his homeland of Spain, combined with his strong emotions against war. The peacefulness of the couple holding hands l...
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1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Stories Within - Contemporary African Portrait Painting Culrure Identity
Located in Ibadan, NG
What Makes This Piece Unique or Special:
Stories Within is a striking contemporary portrait that blends bold aesthetics with introspective storytelling. What makes this painting particularly special is its ability to capture a deeply personal yet universally relatable emotion the quiet power of shared human experiences that often remain unspoken. Bukola Orioye...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil, Linen
Very Large ca. 1940s Painting of a Female Rower Holding Oars by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
Very large ca. 1940s painting of a female rower holding oars by artist Francis Chapin. Image size:
65" x 44". Framed size: 65 1/2" x 44 1/2". Provenance: Estate of the artist....
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1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Figurative Framed Oil Painting - The Children
Located in Bristol, GB
THE CHILDREN
Size: 36.5 x 66 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A richly textured and endearing mid century modernist style figurative portrait, painted in oil onto board.
Rendered ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
American Pastoral
By John Koch
Located in Greenwich, CT
John Koch is a beloved American realist painter who depicted people in their everyday lives. Here we see a slightly different approach where he has put a painter out in a rural town...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1970s Modern Figurative -- Madre del Mundo
By Rodrigo Ramirez Pimentel
Located in Soquel, CA
Evocative modern figurative painting of a mother and family in a calming but somber palette by Rodrigo Ramirez Pimentel (Mexican, b. 1945), 1973. Imprimatura and impasto reveals artist's first take had mother looking out at world (can be seen when viewed at side angle) with artist ultimately deciding to have mother looking down at what she's carrying with family behind her and one figure looking like angel of death. Signed and dated "R. P. -73" lower right corner. Unframed. Image size: 36"H x 24"W.
Born in Zináparo, Michoacán in 1945, Rodrigo Pimentel is one of the most talented Michoacan artists whose career is well known to many specialists in Mexican art. His work is part of the Permanent Collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City and other important collections in Mexico and the world. Rodrigo Pimentel studied at the ENAP, and became a pupil of several teachers who were still struggling for classical academic education: Santos Balmori, Francisco Moreno Capdevila...
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"Woman Among Jars" Oil on Canvas by Lucio Ranucci
Located in Pasadena, CA
This painting represents the female figure as an object positioned like a ceramic tile on a shelf. This arrangement suggests themes of fragmentation, isolation, compartmentalization,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still life - Oil Painting by Claude Decamps - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Still life is an artwork realized by Claude Decamps, mid-20th Century.
Oil on wood.
25 x 20 cm.
Hadsigned in red in lower margin.
Good conditions!
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
1960's Modernist Portrait of Woman Monegasque Artist Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman
by Jonathan ZUTTER (Monegasque, 1928-1998)
signed oil on canvas, framed
Canvas: 22 x 15 inches
Provenance: Private collection, France
This modern portrait featur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Abstract American Modernist Oil Painting "Dressing for the Party" by Zoute 1951
Located in Rochester, NY
Abstract Modernist oil painting by Zoute dated 1951. Oil on Masonite. I believe the subject in the painting is the artist's wife Thelma Salter. Zoute used himself and his wife almost exclusively as models. Painted in 1951. Unframed.
Presented by Joseph Dasta Antiques.
Zoute (Born-Leon Salter, 1903-1976) was self-taught and well exhibited during his lifetime. He painted from 1940-1954 (he stopped painting at this later date due to his wife's illness and death and never painted again) A self-taught artist, he was part of the great modern wave. He exhibited with many of the most notable artists of the day such as Picasso, Braque, Klee and others at the invitation only State University of Iowa International Show 1946-1947. He had numerous one man shows at NYC galleries, Mortimer Levitt / Joseph Heller...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Senza titolo" by Salvador Aulestia (Barcelona 1915-Milano 1994)
Located in Milano, MI
Exhibited in Almach Art Gallery Milano during 2023
Hand-signed by artist,
Certificate of authenticity
Included (issued by authorized authenticating body)
Image rights
Luca Temolo
...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
MYTHOLOGICAL SCENE- Italian School - Oil on canvas Painting.
Located in Napoli, IT
MYTHOLOGICAL SCENE Italian oil on canvas painting cm.100x100, Alfonso Pragliola Italia 2010
In this oil on canvas, the painter makes his own personal and modern interpretation of Ant...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
I`ll call you in the midnight
Located in Zofingen, AG
"I'll Call You in the Midnight" captures a moment of silence and inner focus. A woman slowly brushes her hair, savoring the rare time spent alone. In her gestures, there is a sense o...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
On the wave of my soul
Located in Zofingen, AG
"On the Wave of My Soul" is a painting about memories and faith in dreams. While creating it, I revisited my childhood — those moments when the future seemed endlessly bright, filled...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
A Charming 1950s Modern Portrait of a Young Woman by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming, 1950s Modern Portrait of a Young Woman in a Red Sweater by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Artwork size: 8” x 6”, Oil on Masonite (Framed size: 11...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
North African Street Market with Figures French Modernist Signed Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Market
French School, indistinctly signed
late 20th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 19.75 x 19.75 inches
Provenance: private collection, Paris
Condition: very good cond...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Geometric Abstract Oil & Collage Painting - Le Club 55
Located in Bristol, GB
LE CLUB 55
Size: 33 x 24 cm
Oil on canvas
Le Club 55 is a legendary and glamorous beach club in the south of France, and we can infer that the setting of the ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1950's Big Modernist/ Cubist Painting - The Couple In The Carriage
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on card
size: 19 x 25 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: the artists atelie...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Landscape - Oil Painting by Armando Cermignani - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on plywood realized by Armando Cermignani (1888-1957) in 1930s.
Hand signed and dated.
Excellent condition.
Armando Cermignani was an Italian painter, engraver, ceramist and p...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mountain & Lake in Ireland Countryside - Oil Painting by Northern Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Mountain & Lake in Ireland Countryside - Oil Painting by Northern Irish Artist, Dennis Orme Shaw
Art measures 12 x 10 inches
Frame measures 18 x 16 inches
Dennis Orme Shaw was b...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dennis Orme ShawMountain & Lake in Ireland Countryside - Oil Painting by Northern Irish Artist, 1980
$1,273 Sale Price
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Original 20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Man in Punt Boat by Houses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Man in Boat
by Raymond Guidot (French, 1935 - 2021)
artists studio stamp verso
oil painting on board, unframed
board: 10.75 x 9 inches
stamped verso
condition: very good
provenance:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Judy and Rita on Porch at Afton
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Judy and Rita on Porch at Afton, c. 1936, oil on canvas, 24 x 36 inches, title inscribed on tacking margin; “Judy” and “Rita” inscribed verso, NB: purchased together with The New Roa...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Young Diver - Ocean Inspired Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reminiscent of the Fauvist movement and Italian classicism, Italian artist Giuseppe Beddru’s bold outlines, dynamic brushstrokes and contrasting use of color make his work visually e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plexiglass, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Partners Together, 2007
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
"Cosmological abstraction n.5" by Salvador Aulestia (Barcelona 1915-Milano 1994)
Located in Milano, MI
Salvador was one of Spain's first abstract painters, exhibiting work in this style as early as 1946 in Barcelona.
Subsequently he went through many painting styles, from Fauvism to P...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Trumpeter, Surrealist Oil Painting by Lucio Ranucci
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucio Ranucci, Italian (1925 - )
Title: Trumpeter
Year: 1974
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed u.l.
Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm)
Frame: 27 x 39 inches
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Saturday Evening Post Illustration. “ The Devil’s Stronghold” Original Magazine
By Edwin Georgi
Located in Miami, FL
The work is mostly black and white to indicate that this is a night scene. On closer inspection, you will see areas of magenta and ivory throughout
The publisher's label on verso ide...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Gouache, Pencil
The Cyclists Rest Stop in Honfleur
Located in London, GB
'The Cyclists Rest Stop in Honfleur' by Jean-Marie Luc Blanpain, oil on canvas (circa 1970s). The artist's depiction of the terrace of the well known Honfleur restaurant, 'Au Relais ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,384 Sale Price
20% Off
untitled ( Civil Rights )
Located in Miami, FL
Evergood is decades ahead of his time in shouting out against racial injustice. Painted in the late 1950's KKK is an important work. For Philip Evergood (born Philip Blashki), pain...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Seated Nude - Oil Paint by Giuseppe Torelli - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Seated Nude is an artwork realized by Giuseppe Torelli in 1950s.
Oil on cardboard.
64x48 cm with frame.
Handsigned in the lower right margin.
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
$1,074 Sale Price
25% Off
Train Station - Oil Paint by Eliano Fantuzzi - 1953
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Fantuzzi in 1952.
Hand signed lower left and on rear.
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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