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
Duke Guggenheim - Paint by Dario Cusani - 2006
Located in Roma, IT
SOCIAL RESEARCH
This work is part of the SOCIAL "research" which addresses issues that concern people and the "polis" which in Latin means city but also "political model".
DUKE GUGG...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Prozession
Located in Wien, 9
Grete Copony attended various art schools in Germany, such as with Moritz Heymann in Munich and the drawing and painting school of the Association of Berlin Women Artists, and the Budapest Art...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait of a Child
By Will Barnet
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original modern abstract portrait of a child by American artist Will Barnet. The work has a letter of provenance from the artist's wife. The i...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Erté, "Costume pour le Raspoutine, " unique gouache, hand signed
By Erté
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a unique, original gouache on paper by Erte, also known as Romain de Tirtoff. It was created in 1957 as a costume design for a cabaret show and is from the private coll...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
The Blue Top
Located in Boston, MA
Signed verso: "Robert Vickrey". Titled verso: "The Blue Top". In fine condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Casein
Oil on canvas painting of a blue lampshade on black background 'Lambade in blue'
Located in Oostende, BE
Oil on canvas painting of a blue lampshade on black background 'Lambade in blue', by Jean De Groote (BE)
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
UNTITLED (HASIDIC YOUTH) Israel/Palestine Judaica Painting
By Shmuel Ovadyahu
Located in Surfside, FL
Dimensions w/Frame: 16" x 14"
Shmuel Ovadyahu was born in Ukraine to an orthodox Jewish family, when Shmuel was 7 years old the family moved to Lodz, Poland.
Although Ovadyahu’s el...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Yellow Flower Vase - Oil Paint by Giovanni Antoci - Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Yellow flower vase is a modern artwork realized by the artist Giovanni Antoci (1947) in the late 20th Century
Mixed colored oil pastel painting.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
I...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pastel Drawing Polish Ecole D'Paris WPA Female Equestrienne
Located in Surfside, FL
Jacques Zucker was born in 1900 in Radom, Poland. He was a notably famous Jewish American artist mostly known for his expressionist figure paintings. In his young years he traveled t...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Pastel Painting Woman in Interior Polish Ecole D'Paris, WPA, Bezalel Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Jacques Zucker was born in 1900 in Radom, Poland. He was a notably famous Jewish American artist mostly known for his expressionist figure paintings. In his young years he traveled t...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Portrait Drawing Bearded Man Ecole D'Paris, WPA, Bezalel Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Jacques Zucker was born in 1900 in Radom, Poland. He was a notably famous Jewish American artist mostly known for his expressionist figure paintings. In his young years he traveled t...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Frau am Fenster
By Helmut Verch
Located in Wien, 9
Helmut Verch (1923-2002) was born in Berlin in 1923 and worked as a painter and graphic artist. In the 1940s, after his release from Russian captivity, he received artistic training ...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seascape - Oil Paint by Michele Ricciuti - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Seascape is a modern artwork realized by Michele Ricciuti in 1980.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Signature and date on the back.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
First Day of Spring I (Collage, Birds, Landscape, Trees, Teal, Blue)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Aster Da Fonseca
First Day of Spring I
Collage on Paper
Year: 2023
Size: 9x12in
Signed and inscribed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1687
Tags: col...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tape, Acrylic, Archival Paper
The Stooges - The Stooges (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Rock and Roll, Pop)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith
The Stooges - The Stooges
Mixed Media on Crescent board
Year: 2017
Size: 21x20in
Signed, dated by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 92-1671
*Black frame with a mirror-gloss finish...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board
Miniature South American or Native American Portraits Paintings Signed Erwin
Located in Houston, TX
Three well painted miniature portraits of South American or Native American men. The piece is framed in a wooden frame with a white matte. Each portrait is signed by Erwin.
Dimensio...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
mr. c and gladys, bright colorful man and dog
Located in Brooklyn, NY
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagina...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Tolly No. 3' by B. Krigstein - Figurative Female Nude Model - Ashcan School
Located in Carmel, CA
No description provided
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modern Abstract Portrait of a Woman with Child and Fish
By Lynwood Kreneck
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract style painting of a woman fishing. The work is signed by the artist Lynwood Kreneck, who is known for printmaking. The painting is framed in a wooden frame with a silver trim.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 40 in x W 30 in.
Artist Biography: Lynwood Kreneck (born 1936) received his BFA and MFA from The University of Texas at Austin. Kreneck is Professor Emeritus of Art at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, where he taught printmaking for nearly forty years. He is founding curator of the exhibition series Colorprint USA and was instrumental in the development of water-based screen print inks and methods. Kreneck is represented in numerous collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago (IL), Philadelphia Museum of Art (PA), High Museum (Atlanta, GA), Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art (Shawnee, OK), Museum of Contemporary (Knoxville, TN), Silvermine Guild Arts...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Erté, Paysan Garçon, unique gouache, hand signed
By Erté
Located in Chatsworth, CA
A unique, original gouache on paper by Erté, also known as Romain de Tirtoff. Erté was a vastly diverse artist who excelled in an array of fields including fashion, jewelry, graphic ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Figurative landscape oil painting- Garden
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
Cherries
Located in Kansas City, MO
Genevieve Hamel
Cherries
Oil on Wood Block
Year: 2021
Image Size: 4x4x1in
Frame Size: 12.5x12.5x2in
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1400
This...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Yellow Flower Field
Located in Kansas City, MO
Genevieve Hamel
Yellow Flower Field
Oil on Canvas
Year: 2021
Size: 48x30x1.5
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1399
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flying South
Located in Kansas City, MO
Aster da Fonseca
Flying South
Acrylic on Tape on Paper
Year: 2022
Size: 14x17in
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1375
collage acrylic paint t...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tape, Acrylic, Archival Paper
After the Storm
Located in Kansas City, MO
Aster da Fonseca
After the Storm
Acrylic on Tape on Paper
Year: 2022
Size: 14x17in
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: Ref.: 924802-1371
collage acrylic...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tape, Acrylic, Archival Paper
A Summer Morning
Located in Kansas City, MO
Aster da Fonseca
A Summer Morning
Acrylic on Tape on Paper
Year: 2022
Size: 12x9
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1373
collage acrylic paint tape nature landscape bird tree ...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tape, Acrylic, Archival Paper
flowers from evergood, bright figure domestic setting predominantly red painting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on wood by Stephen Basso
Narrative work, woman in chair in interior setting
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Fruit Satellite. Modern fantasy. Figurative Still-life. Acrylic paint on panel
Located in Segovia, ES
Fruit satellite, acrylic on panel.
Measurements : centimeters 120 x 90 x 2 cm / inches 47.24 x 35.43 x 0.79 "
Unique still life that shows a conglomerate of pears floating on the voi...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Panel
Listening
Located in Kansas City, MO
Aster da Fonseca
Listening
Acrylic on Tape on Paper
Year: 2022
Size: 11x14in
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1367
collage acrylic paint tape nature landscape bird tree beau...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tape, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Winter Morning
Located in Kansas City, MO
Aster da Fonseca
Winter Morning
Acrylic on Tape on Paper
Year: 2022
Size: 19x24in
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1366
collage acrylic paint t...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tape, Acrylic, Archival Paper
"All'indomani dell'incontro" 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.
Acrylic on canvas
Image r...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Woman with a Candle
Located in Atlanta, GA
We are obsessed with the brilliance of Donald Beal's paintings, and we think you will be, too. The color and sense of light that unites all of his paintings project an unforgettable ...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Nudo Femminile, 2008
Located in Atlanta, GA
Son of painter Angelo Bonfanti, Maurizio Bonfanti attended Bergamo's Liceo Artistico and studied etching at the Accademia di Belle Arti in the same c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"A Drink"
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam
(1913-1989)
San Antonio Artist
Image Size: 9.5 x 12.75
Frame Size: 17 x 20
Medium: Color Etching
"A Drink"
Biography
Margaret Putnam (1913-1987)
Margaret Putnam left...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Etching
Oil on canvas painting of a balancing man. The artwork is called 'Stay'
Located in Oostende, BE
Oil on canvas painting of a balancing man. The artwork is called 'Stay'
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Portland's Finest: Viva la Fem - Figurative Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
A cubistic, playful cityscape of Portland, with its famous bridges crossing the river is a backdrop for this female biker, clad in vintage wear and a red hat.
Portland's Finest: Vi...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modern Georgian Art by Grigol Chirinashvili - The Workers
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Grigol Chirinashvili was a Georgian artist (1918-1999) who lived and worked in Tbilisi, Georgia. He graduated from the National Academy of Arts in Tbilisi and the Acad...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Framed Watercolor Portrait of Two Women – Figurative Exterior Scene Art
By Lloyd Moylan
Located in Denver, CO
This vibrant modernist watercolor on paper by Lloyd Moylan features a captivating portrait of two women seated in an outdoor landscape. Richly painted in a harmonious palette of pink...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Waves 10
By János Huszti
Located in Tulsa, OK
"Waves 10" is a large abstract oil painting of of ocean waves. Signed by the artist on the back.
János Huszti is a creator of the visual arts and conceptual...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fish Story oil painting by Williams Charles Palmer
Located in Hudson, NY
This painting is illustrated in the Catalogue of the 1945 Encyclopedia Britannica Collection of Contemporary American Painting, p.84. Written and edited by Grace Pagano.
"Painting ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"People on Horseback" Eva Peron Mural Sketch
Located in Austin, TX
By Gustav Likan
This piece depicts a couple on horseback followed by a man in a red military uniform. A dog runs by the group. This pieces is from the Eva Perón commissioned mural sk...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Abstract American Modernist Oil Painting "My Dancing Shoes" by Zoute 1941
Located in Rochester, NY
Abstract Modernist oil painting by Zoute dated 1941. Oil on board. Unframed.
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
Oil, Board
Vendor of Masks, 1930s Original Modernist Gouache Painting of Carnival Scene
Located in Denver, CO
This captivating 1930s modernist gouache painting by Boardman Robinson (1876–1952), titled The Vendor of Masks, depicts a striking mask vendor’s display with male and female figures,...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Gathering by the Trees, " Charles Marcon, figurative, abstract, 1959, modern
By Charles Marcon
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Terrenoire in the Loire, France, self-taught painter Charles Marcon was encouraged by Madeleine Castaing and Paulette Jourdain. Marcon exhibited throughout Paris and in Arles...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Charmed
By János Huszti
Located in Tulsa, OK
"Charmed" is a abstract portrait oil painting with a purple overcast measuring 15.70w x 17.70h x 0.80d in
János Huszti is a creator of the visual arts and conceptual thinker. Huszt...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Warrior no. 4, Painting, Acrylic on MDF Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Continuing to explore the smaller figurative painting series. Holding the work during the process changes the experience a lot, as does the ...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Ocelote (1/3)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rocca Luis César
Ocelote, 2023, (1/3)
Acrylic on canvas
24.40 x 24.40 in
This original painting comes framed as shown in one of the images.
Rocca Luis César (b. 1986, Guadalajara, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Guardián (1/3)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rocca Luis César
Guardián, 2023, (1/3)
Acrylic on canvas
24.40 x 24.40 in
This original painting comes framed as shown in one of the images.
Rocca Luis César (b. 1986, Guadalajara,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Deux Arbres - Chatêau de St Georges by Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié - Landscape
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED
Deux Arbres - Chatêau de St Georges by Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié (b. 1935)
Oil on canvas
130 x162 cm (51 ¾ x 63 ¾ inches)
Signed, titled and dated, July 1994 on revers...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Genesis II with Squares" Black and White only. Modern
Located in San Antonio, TX
Dorothy J. Krueger (1926-2011) mm Austin Artist Image Size: 18 x 16 Frame Size: 19 x 17 Medium: Acrylic Mid Century Modern Genesis...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Radha, Soft Pastel & Acrylic on Paper by Modern Artist Suhas Roy "In Stock"
By Suhas Roy
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Suhas Roy
Radha
Soft Pastel & Acrylic on Paper
14 x 18 inches 35.6 x 45.7 cm
2004
Suhas Roy 's mystic woman which he calls 'Radha', either Oil on canvas or soft colored pastel ...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
Two Boxing Drawings by Anthony Sisti Circa 1930's
Located in Rochester, NY
Three drawings of boxers by Tony Sisti. Sisti was a master draftsman. With just a few lines he captures the moment. Sisti was a professional boxer and an accomplished artist. He was able to see the subject from the view point of the boxer and the artist. The seated boxers...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper
Maze, 20th Century Geometric Figurative Abstract Acrylic Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Maze, 1982
Acrylic on cardboard
Signed and dated upper right
7 x 9.5 inches
A surrealist mid-century figural abstract painting.
Clar...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Warm Reflections pool theme sunny colors florida suburbia human condition
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil on stretched linen canvas framing not required signed and dated on reverse
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Portrait of a Woman with Red Hat, Paris, " Isabella Howland
Located in New York, NY
Isabella Howland
Portrait of a Woman, Paris, 1925
Oil on canvas laid on board
19 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches
Provenance:
Hammer Galleries, New York
Private C...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Oil Painting on Board of People, Animals and Birds
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Modernist oil painting on board depicting an unexpected gathering of personalities all with a common expression. Signed by the noted artist Ken Nielsen and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sun Flower - Oil Painting by Claude Deschamps - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Sun Flower is a painting realized by Claude Decamps in the 1970s
Oil painting on cardboard canvas.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
The ar...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modern Georgian Art by Grigol Chirinashvili - Meat Grinder
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on cardboard
Grigol Chirinashvili was a Georgian artist (1918-1999) who lived and worked in Tbilisi, Georgia. He graduated from the National Academy of Arts in Tbilisi and the A...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
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