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
Period: 20th Century
Tending the Garden
Located in Missouri, MO
Robert Elton Tindall (1913-1983)
"Tending the Garden" (Girl with a Hoe) c. 1940
Egg Tempera with Resin Oil Glazes on Panel
Signed Lower Left
Site: 10 x 9 inches
Framed: 15 x 14 inch...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Egg Tempera
"Rima" Female Nude Portrait Oil Painting in Pre-Raphaelite Manner
Located in Detroit, MI
In "Rima" Girard has captured a beautiful red-headed female in a dreamy pose of closed-eyed contemplation. The figure appears to be completely self-absorbed without being closed-off to interior monologue and the decorative element about her head suggests the intensity of those thoughts. The green vine that drapes her shoulders harkens to garden, earth and spirituality which is reminiscent of the vivid intensity of the Pre-Raphaelites.
Girard was a Detroit figurative painter and teacher at College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan where he taught for 30 years. Other College for Creative Studies (formerly Center for Creative Studies) faculty and graduates include Richard Jerzy, Harry Bertoia, Doug Chaing (currently director of Lucas Film), Stephen Dinehart (game maker, writer, designer connected with The David Lynch Foundation), Tyree Guyton (international artist), Herb Babcock...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Face and Chinese Calligraphy
By Huang Gang
Located in Missouri, MO
Huang Gang (b. 1961)
"Face with Chinese Calligraphy"
Mixed Media including Gold Gilding, Decoupage, Oil on Panel
approx 23.5 x 23.5 inches
Huang Gang
黄钢
Hu...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Heavenly Phenomena
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Provenance
Private collection, Chicago, IL, 1996-present
Exhibited
Bonestell Gallery, New York, May, 1940
Museum of Modern Art, 1943 (label verso)
42.25 x 34.25 inches framed
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Tan Suit IV: Abstract Figurative Painting of Man in Beige Suit by William Clutz
Located in Hudson, NY
Modern abstracted figurative painting of a man walking in a beige suit
“Tan Suit IV” painted by William Clutz in 1987
30 x 20 inches in a natural wood floater...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Land Where Men Forget the Past, The Coconut Pearl
Located in Missouri, MO
Original Oil on Canvas Illustration for Hearst/Cosmopolitan Aug. 1925
"Land Where Men Forget the Past, The Coconut Pearl"
Caption: " 'Anyone who's knocked ...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Walking Figure - 20th Century, Oil on canvas by Peter Kinley
By Peter Kinley
Located in London, GB
Signed lower right
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Acrobats - 20th Century, Gouache Painting by Keith Vaughan
Located in London, GB
Gouache and mixed media
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Mixed Media
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
Wood Panel, Oil
Fisherman's Wife - Original oil on canvas painting - Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Louis Toffoli (1907-1999)
Fisherman's Wife
Original oil painting
Signed bottom right
On canvas 73 x 50 cm (c. 29 x 20 inch)
Presented in a golden wood frame 90 x 67 cm (c. 36 x 27 i...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Figurative Abstract
Located in Missouri, MO
Ernest Tino Trova
"Figurative Abstract" 1965
Oil on Canvas
approx 17 x 12.5 inches
Signed and Dated Lower Right
Known for his Falling Man series in abstract figural sculpture, he cr...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gate
By Rise Nagin
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rise Nagin
Title: Gate
Medium: Cellophane, pieced, appliqued, stained, layered, quilted
Size: 70 x 70 inches
Year: 1989
"Risë Nagin's rectangular fabric constructions are often cal...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
The Cavalier
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just discovered early oil by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2012.)
The Cavalier, is an original oil on panel, signed, dated 1966, 41 x 60 inches, excellent origin...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Louis Gartner Petit Point Needlework Tapestry after Paul Cadmus THE INVENTOR
By (after) Paul Cadmus
Located in Surfside, FL
Provenance: The Estate of Louis J. Gartner Jr., Palm Beach, Florida.
After the 1946 Paul Cadmus painting titled The Inventor, the needlework completely done in very fine petit point stitchery, with gray border banding around, initialed and dated '60 lower right corner, signed Cadmus. framed in a stained wooden barn siding frame- an amazing piece of needlework.
Dimensions: needlework: 25.25 x 21.5 in., framed: 27 x 30.75 in.
Louis Gartner...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wool
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
Spectateurs de Plage
By Jessica Rice
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting one of the early lifetime masterpiece oil paintings by Belgian artist Jessica Rice (1941-2016)
"Spectateurs de Plage", has just been released from the personal collection of the artist...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Walking Nude
Located in Dallas, TX
Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure with his viewers. Vogel entreats us to "rejoice and celebrate each new day, knowing it...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
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
The Trumpet
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original oil painting from the, “Post Impressionist” period, c.1957, by American artist Ron Blumberg, “The Trumpet”
After his classical training in Paris, Blumberg sp...
Category
1950s 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
Family Group
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
Pencil, wax crayon, watercolour, pen & ink on paper
Signed & dated 'Moore/44' lower right, titled 'Family Group' upper centre & inscribed '21' upper right
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil, Ink
Street Singers
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting original oil on panel by American artist Ron Blumberg (1908-2002.)
"Street Singers", is an original oil on panel, signed, c.1957, painted when Blumberg was using exclusiv...
Category
1950s 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 Boardroom
By Jack Levine
Located in White Plains, NY
Oil on canvas painting by NY realist Jack Levine in brown, tan, white
Jack Levine was an American Social Realist painter and print maker best known for his satires on modern life,...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Camilla
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare, early original oil painting, "Camilla", by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010)
McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throughout his lifetime, inclu...
Category
1930s 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
New York Gymnasium
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare painting from American artist Ron Blumbergs New York series, "New York Gymnasium", has just arrived.
Ron Blumberg was classical...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
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 Diver
Located in Long Island City, NY
This is an important early painting by Lichtenstein. It will be included in forthcoming Catalogue Raisonne by the Lichtenstein Association.
Artist: Roy Lic...
Category
1940s 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
Fan Dance
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present the original paintings of American artist Robert Branham (1926-2012.)
Robert Branham was born in 1926, in Louisville, Kentucky. He attended the Art Institute of Cincinnati from 1946-1948.
Robert Branham began his professional career as an illustrator in Chicago including important illustrations for Playboy magazine, and his continued into the Hollywood entertainment industry. In the later portion of his life, Robert Branham turned his artistic attention to creating fine art paintings and soon thereafter his work began to be exhibited. During this time he completed a prolific legacy of original paintings that we are now presenting for sale; many are now being seen for the first time.
This will be the first time that these personal works will be exhibited since the artist’s death..
“Fan Dance...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Repose
By Y.W. Lee
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original cubist oil on canvas by Y.W.Lee.
"Repose" is na original oil onc anvas, signed, c.1955, offered in good original condition, residing in a thin silver frame.
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Reclining Nude”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas
Signed verso
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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