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Style: Modern
Medium: Oil
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Lively Paris street. 1973. Oil on canvas. 54 x 73cm
Located in Riga, LV
Lively Paris street. 1973. Oil on canvas. 54 x 73cm Hiro Yamagata was born near Kyoto, Japan, went to Paris to study art, and considers himself an American artist. In his Los Angeles studio, Yamagata paints minutely detailed scenes of Paris streets, cafes and parks. He captures the essence of the naif style by presenting life in simple terms, and the world in the happiest light. His creative synthesis of photorealist and neo-folk techniques has won countless admirers and collectors. Yamagata's vision is unequivocally cheerful and his imagery is endlessly inventive. He works from a palette of over 100 shades of acrylic paints, and renders in exacting detail with brushes with as small as two hairs. Serigraphs of some of Yamagata's most popular paintings...
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1970s Modern Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pointilliste View of Istanbul - Painting by Stan Reszka - 1951
By Stan Reszka
Located in Roma, IT
Pointilliste View of Istanbul is a modern artwork realized by Stan Reszka in 1951 Oil on Canvas. Hand signed Stan Reszka. Titled, signed, dated on the reverse. Includes frame. S...
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1950s Modern Oil Paintings

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Paper, Oil

"Untitled #296 (Modern), " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern painting by Abstract Expressionist painter Stanley Bate features a textured aesthetic and a deep, colorful palette. Deep blue and red is contrasted by a brighter accents ...
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1960s Modern Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century IV - Florentine School
Located in London, GB
'Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century IV', oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings throu...
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1980s Modern Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

The swamp, Troinex Geneva by John Henry Deluc - oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas
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1930s Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil

A Laborer Resting
By Robert Gilbert
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Laborer Resting, 1930, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower center, 36 x 30 inches, inscribed verso “July – 1930 / Title – A Laborer Resting / Artist – Robert Gilbert / Price - $2...
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1930s American Modern Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

An Exceptional Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting of a Reclining Nude Female Model
Located in Chicago, IL
An Exceptional Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting of a Reclining Nude Female Model by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. This alluring studio scene, painted in the 1960s, exemplifi...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Oil Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Still life with Vase of Flowers - Oil Paint by Claude Deschamps - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Still life is an artwork realized by Claude Decamps, mid-20th Century. Oil on cardboard.  20 x 25 cm.  Hadsigned in red in lower margin. Good conditions!
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1950s Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil

Les Quais de la Seine with Notre Dame, Paris.
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork Titled "Les Quais de la Seine with Notre Dame, Paris" c.1970 is an oil painting on canvas by noted French artist Guy Buffet, 1943-2023. It is signed at the lower right c...
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Late 20th Century Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil

Vintage Signed Mixed Media Abstract Painting Assemblage
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage mixed media painting signed PERL. Mixed media painting on linen strips. Framed. Signed. Measuring 19 by 15 inches overall and 16 by 14 1/4 painting alone. In excellent origi...
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Early 2000s Modern Oil Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Antique California Impressionist Landscape Signed Modern Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 13 by 17 inches overall, and 9.5 by 13.5 painting alone. In excellent original condition...
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1930s Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Woodstock Landscape" Albert Heckman, American Modernist, Atmospheric Valley
Located in New York, NY
Albert Heckman Woodstock Landscape Oil on board 10 x 8 inches Albert Heckman was born in Meadville, Western Pennsylvania, 1893. He went to New York City to try his hand at the art ...
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1940s American Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil, Board

Mid-Century Painting of Party by African-American from Detroit.
Located in Marco Island, FL
The scale of this dynamic party painting by Leroy Foster (1925-1993) makes you feel like you are in the room with a cocktail in hand. He was an accomplished muralist, so it is no s...
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1950s American Modern Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Mosaic Style Abstract French Oil Painting c.1980's Bright Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mosaic abstract French School, (unsigned) late 20th century work oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 21.5 x 15 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: a few minor surfa...
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20th Century Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Coastal Scene, 20th Century Seascape, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
George Gustav Adomeit (American, 1879-1967) Coastal Scene Oil on canvas Signed lower left 19 x 23 inches 21.5 x 25.5 inches, framed A major painter of American scene subjects, Georg...
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20th Century American Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil

Street Musicians Oil on canvas board
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Street Musicians Artist: Albert Roca i Cama (Palamós, 1945 – 2023) Technique: Oil on canvas board Dimensions: 71 x 51 cm (27.95 x 20.08 in) Support: Canvas board Signature: Signed in the lower right corner as “214 Roca” Approximate date: Late 20th – early 21st century Condition: Very good Framing: Unframed Description of the work: The painting depicts two street musicians in a profoundly expressive scene. In the foreground, a man rests his arm on an accordion, his gaze lost in thought and a contemplative expression on his face, while holding a straw or toothpick between his lips. Behind him, another figure plays a transverse flute with closed eyes, fully immersed in his music. The composition conveys serenity and weariness, presenting an intimate moment imbued with urban lyricism. The brushwork is loose yet confident, reinforcing the emotional depth of the characters. The color palette blends warm tones with hints of grey and blue, emphasizing the introspective and street-like atmosphere. The overall impression is of a moment suspended in time, where music and life intertwine in the silent dignity of their expressions. Artist biography: Albert Roca i Cama was born in Palamós in 1945 and passed away in 2023. He was a Catalan painter associated with expressive realism, known for his energetic strokes and mastery of color. From an early age, he showed artistic inclination and worked in Barcelona alongside comic artist García...
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1990s Modern Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Under The Sea Series Nº 24. Úbeda. Oil fantasy underwater green landscape
Located in Segovia, ES
Under The Sea Series Nº 24. Oil on paper. Fantasy underwater abstract landscape. Green color. Transparencies effect. Measurements: (H) 30 cm. / 1...
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2010s Modern Oil Paintings

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Paper, Oil

A Cheerful 1950s Modern Portrait of a Young Woman by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Cheerful, 1950s Modern Portrait of a Young Woman with Blonde Hair by Notable Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Artwork size: 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches, oil on Masonite (...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Oil Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

A Large Mid-Century Harbor Scene with Boats by French Artist Georges Rocher
Located in Chicago, IL
A large tonal, Mid-Century harbor scene with boats by French artist Georges Rocher. Artwork size: 24" x 30". Framed size: 31" x 36". Georges Rocher was born in Casablanca, Moroc...
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1950s Modern Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modernist Portrait of a Woman
Located in Milford, NH
A fine modernist portrait of a woman by American artist Margaret Hawkins Keane (1927-2022). Keane was born in Nashville,TN, and attributes her deep respect for the Bible and inspirations of her artwork to the relationship with her grandmother. In the 1960’s, while married to her second husband Walter, she was forced to paint and sell under his name, but during their divorce proceedings, she was able to prove that the paintings were actually done by her and the court determined that she was able to paint under her own name again. She became known for painting women and children with large black sad eyes...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modernist Palettes, Orange and Turquoise Mid-Century Floating Shapes, Abstract
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Modernist Palettes" is a hand-painted acrylic painting on high-quality 300g paper by artist Ryan Rivadeneyra. These painting, influenced by modernist artists of the 50's, 60's, and...
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2010s Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil, Paper

Fishing Boat in New York Harbor 1948 Original Signed Oil Painting Modernist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
New York Harbor by John Chapman LEWIS (American, 1920-1994) signed & dated 1948 oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 14 x 22.5 inches Provenance: Private colle...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Wash Day - Modern British Figurative Hanging Washing in Garden Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful Modern British oil on board by Ruth Farrelly which depicts a lady putting her washing out on a line in her garden. Superb quality and striking painting, presented in th...
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20th Century Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil, Board

Scottish Modernist Oil Painting on Canvas Iona Blue Seas Purple Highlands
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Iona Scottish School, modern oil on canvas canvas: 25 x 24 inches the painting is in overall very good and sound condition
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Early 2000s Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil

"Portrait of a Bride" by E. Dreyfus-Gonzáles - Oil on Canvas - 104x85 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Artwork sold with original frame (120 x 100 cm) Édouard Vincent Joseph Dreyfus-González de Orbegoso, 4th Count of Premio Real. Born on March 3, 1876, in Paris, Dreyfus-González was...
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20th Century Modern Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Modern Portrait of a Woman
Located in Soquel, CA
Substantial and period painting, a Mid Century Modern portrait of a woman in an abstracted landscape by listed California artist Tarmo Pasto...
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1960s Modern Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Vintage Monumental Pop Art Architectural Cityscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive mid 20th century abstract cityscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
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1950s Modern Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Dichotomy, mid-century figural abstract green oil painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Dichotomy, 1962 Oil on paper Signed and dated upper left 20 x 25 inches Mid-century figural abstract green painting of woman swimming ...
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1960s American Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil

Mid Century Modern Post-Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting - Autumn Meadow
Located in Bristol, GB
AUTUMN MEADOW Size: 61 x 70 cm (including frame) Oil on board An energetic mid-century composition that captures a serene autumnal landscape with a bold, expressive hand, executed i...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil, Board

Large Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist New York Silver Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1973. Signed. Image size 36L x 32H.
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1970s Modern Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Vintage American School Framed Modernist Fauvist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
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1950s Modern Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Writ on Water by Patrick Hughes
Located in New Orleans, LA
Patrick Hughes b. 1939 British Writ on Water Oil on panel Signed, titled, and dated “Writ on Water / Patrick Hughes / 2025” (en verso) In Writ on Water, Patrick Hughes transforms...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Antique American School "City of Light" Abstract Architectural Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvasboard. Framed. Measuring: 21 by 17 inches overall, and 12 by 16 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. Han...
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1940s Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil, Board

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting - Abstract Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021), Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to P...
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20th Century Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil

20th Century French Modernist Signed Oil Provence Landscape, framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, late 20th century, signed Title: Provencal Landscape Medium: oil on canvas, framed Framed: 28.5 x 22.5 Canvas : 24 x 19 inches Provenance: privat...
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Late 20th Century Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape Pond Tree
Located in Surfside, FL
Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949) This came with a small grouping from the artist's family, some were hand signed some were not. These were studies for larger paintin...
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1930s American Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil, Board

Vintage Rockwell Kent Copy of "Vermont Winter 1921" Oil on Canvas Painting, 1960
Located in Baltimore, MD
This large painting is a ca. 1960 copy of a famous Rockwell Kent painting that was executed in Vermont in 1921. The work is oil on canvas and well represents the original image, tho...
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1960s American Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil

Cloudy Mountain Landscape - Oil on Cardboard attr. E.T. Compton - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cloudy mountain landscape is an original modern artwork attributed to Edward Theodore Compton. Located and dated on the back of the artwork. Oi...
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19th Century Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Mid Century Modern Swedish Expressive Landscape Oil Painting -Golden Hour Fields
Located in Bristol, GB
GOLDEN HOUR FIELDS Size: 44 x 51.5 cm (including frame) Oil on board A charming and beautifully textured mid-century landscape painting that captures a tranquil rural scene rendered...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Entr' Acte, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern abstract figurative painting by Stanley Bate features abstracted figures in motion, placed in front of a geometric background with white, maroon, and blue squares tiled n...
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1960s Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Abstract Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021) Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studies ...
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20th Century Modern Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Animated landscape by Emile Godchaux - Oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas
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Early 20th Century Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Interior Scene Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
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1940s Modern Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Otterhound Portrait Painting by Constance Coleman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large portrait painting with group of six otterhounds in a lush garden landscape by Constance Coleman, 1979 Oil on canvas Signed & dated lower right Canvas dimensions: 34" x 46" Fr...
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1970s Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil

20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Nude Woman Seated
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Seated Nude Woman by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century 11 x 7.5 inches oil on canvas, unframed condition: very good and ready to enjoy provenance: from a private collect...
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Late 20th Century Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil

Rare & Special Painting by Important Chicago Modernist Artist Davenport Griffen
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1936 Modernist landscape painting with figures by important Chicago artist (William) Davenport Griffen. His paintings tend to be rare. Image size: 18" x 20". Framed size: 22" x 24". (William) Davenport Griffen was born in 1894 in Millbrook, NY. He graduated from Iowa State College in Ames, IA in 1918 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering; however, Griffen’s true love was painting. In 1919, he enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and subsequently studied at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1923-1928. In 1926, he was awarded the American Travel Scholarship and began painting in Provincetown, MA. In 1928, he was awarded the John Quincy Adams Scholarship and spent six months painting in Paris, France. Griffen also painted in the U.S. Virgin Islands for 11 months between 1930-1931. Griffen had one-man exhibitions of his Virgin Islands paintings...
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1930s American Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Important Early Painting by Spokane, WA Artist Robert Gilmore, Titled Metropolis
Located in Chicago, IL
Important, large & early (1963) painting by Spokane, WA artist Robert David Gilmore, titled "Metropolis". The painting depicts the interstate highway system. Artwork size: 46...
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1960s American Modern Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Cheerful, 1930s American Scene Landscape Painting with Church and Country Road
Located in Chicago, IL
A Cheerful, 1930s American Scene Landscape Painting with Church and Country Road by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). A gem of a painting, exemplifying ...
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1930s American Modern Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Vintage Country Chic Americana Folk Art Rooster Portrait Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist chicken oil painting. Oil on canvas.
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1950s Modern Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Interesting Tropical Modernist Palm Tree Abstract Vintage Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed abstract tropical oil painting. Oil on board. Framed.
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1940s Modern Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Naughty
Located in Pine Plains, NY
Trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Cockrill's approach addresses imagery from Golden children's books with a sense of contemporary irony and humor. Published in "The A...
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Early 2000s American Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil, Paint

Vintage American Mid Century Modernist Abstract Flower Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Signed
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1960s Modern Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Colorful 1950s Martha's Vineyard Harbor Scene by Noted Artist, Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A colorful harbor scene of Martha's Vineyard by notable Chicago Modern artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). A vibrant, blustery dockside view, with fishing and sailboats in the h...
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1950s American Modern Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Cubist Landscape" Albert Heckman, American Modernism, Woodstock, Earth Tones
Located in New York, NY
Albert Heckman Cubist Landscape Oil on canvas 16 x 20 inches Albert Heckman was born in Meadville, Western Pennsylvania, 1893. He went to New York City to try his hand at the art w...
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1940s American Modern Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Incredible American Modernist New York City Central Park Plaza View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Really impressive mid 1900s American school painting of Central Park. An amazing piece with hints of abstraction. Framed. No signature found.
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1960s Modern Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modernist Persian Iranian Middle Eastern Abstract Fereydoun Assa Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Fereydoun (Fred) Rahimi Assa (Iranian, b. 1936) Oil and mixed media on canvas, Hand signed lower left Framed : 48-1/2"h x 36-1/2"w Sight: 48"h x 36"w Made with metallic paint, the abstract expressionist bears geometric designs and symbols. Born in Baku, Azerbaijan, Fereydoun Rahimi Assa (b. 1936) moved to Tehran at the age of three. He attended the College of Decorative Arts, Tehran in the same year group as well-known formidable masters, Hossein Zenderoudi and Massoud Arabshahi. After being awarded a travelling scholarship in 1964, Rahimi-Assa went to Israel for three months of study. Although Rahimi-Assa saw success through the several exhibitions he held in Israel, unable to secure a long-term visa and not keen to return to Iran, he found himself in the US – in no small part, thanks to the help of Eric Azari in obtaining a long-term residency visa. Fred Rahimi-Assa went first to New York and later settled in New Jersey. While in New York, he worked in some capacity at Columbia University’s Painting department where he also exhibited several times, including a solo show in 1968. In the same year, Rahimi-Assa participated in a group exhibition of Modern Persian painting, sponsored by the Centre for Iranian Studies at Columbia University – founded that year by Professor Ehsan Yarshater (Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies, Columbia University). After moving out of the City, to New Jersey in the 1970s, Rahimi Asa continued to exhibit with local institutes and organized art seminars in the homes of various artists. His work was included in the Middle East auction held by Sotheby's. It includes pioneering artists such as Egyptian Mahmoud Mokhtar, Moroccan modernism, Mohammed Melehi, Lebanese Huguette Caland and Bahman Mohasses...
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20th Century Modern Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Yellow Green French Expressionist Abstract Oil Painting Golden Landscape Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Golden Fields by Lucien Gondret (French b. 1941) signed oil painting on board, unframed board : 13 x 16 inches provenance: private collection, France co...
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Late 20th Century Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil

Colourful Modern French Landscape, The Roofs of St Tropez
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th Century oil on canvas view of the colourful buildings and roofs in St Tropez, South of France, by Franco British artist Isabell Pardoe. The painting is not signed but came ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Canvas

Post Soviet Russian Jewish Oil Painting Marc Klionsky Jerusalem Angel & Shofar
Located in Surfside, FL
Marc Khonsky (American Russian, 1927-2017) Untitled (Winged Prophet Playing Music) 1978 Oil on board Hand signed and dated lower right Dimensions: board: 14"h x 11"w, overall (with frame): 19.5"h x 16.5"w This depicts a winged angel in the guise of a rabbi, possibly the messiah, moshiach, or Prophet Elijah blowing a shofar over the old city of Jerusalem. A masterpiece laden with mystical symbolism. Marc Klionsky (Марк Клионский) (1927 – 2017) was a Russian-American Jewish artist who worked in New York City from his immigration in 1974 until his passing in 2017. Klionsky developed a style of American Realism uniquely defined by his classical training in the Soviet Union and his perspective of daily life in New York and America. Over the course of his career, Klionsky painted portraits of prominent world figures who shaped the 20th century. John Russell, art critic for The New York Times, described him as "a good man and a brave man and one of the most eloquent painters around. We need him" and as "one of the best portrait painters around." Marc Klionsky was born in Minsk, Belarus to a Jewish family in 1927. His father, Leo (Zev Vulf) Klionsky was a printer from Borisov, Belarus. The son of a woodcutter and engraver Klionsky's father moved to Minsk and eventually married Liza (née Rozenstein) in 1926. As a child, Klionsky attended the Art School for Gifted Children in Minsk. During World War II, Klionsky's family was evacuated to Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, where Klionsky began to earn a living producing anti-Fascist posters and illustrations for local newspapers and other publications. Klionsky studied at the Drama Institute at the Kazan Theater, where he primarily focused on developing costume designs for various productions. After the war, Mark Klionsky attended first the Serov Art Institute before entering the Ilya Repin Leningrad Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (now known as the Russian Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg). Klionsky's diploma piece was reproduced in an edition of 50,000 copies and distributed throughout the USSR. Klionsky received his PhD in 1957, during which period he studied with Professor Boris Ioganson. Klionsky became the youngest artist to be exhibited at the Tretyakov National Gallery in Moscow. During this period, Klionsky met his future wife of nearly 59 years, Irina Klionsky (née Korolik), with whom he had two daughters, Nadia, an artist, and Elena, a pianist. Klionsky established himself in the Soviet Union initially by producing official Social Realist works that depicted political figures and daily life in the Soviet Union. However, in the privacy of his own studio, Klionsky began to explore the themes of Jewish life, anti-Semitism and the Holocaust. He soon discovered the creative and intellectual restrictions of working as a Jewish artist in the Soviet Union. After Klionsky left the Soviet Union with his family in 1974, traveling first to Rome, Italy and then to New York, he expressed in his work the newborn freedom that he found in America. Shortly after his arrival, he was recognized in an ABC television production about his work, Canvases of Freedom. This was followed by a U.S. State Department documentary (produced by the U.S. Information Agency) shown in ninety-two countries about one of his exhibitions at Hammer Galleries. During this period, Klionsky also taught at the School of Visual Arts in New York and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, birthplace of the Ashcan School of American Realism. While Klionsky took advantage of his creative freedom in the United States to explore a range of abstract styles and media, he ultimately gained prominence as a master of portrait painting and of American Realism. His works include portraits of leaders in the world of politics and humanitarianism, such as Israeli premier Golda Meir, Elie Wiesel, Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, and Vernon Jordan; music, including Dizzy Gillespie, Mstislav Rostropovich, and B.B. King; business leaders Armand Hammer, Steve Forbes, and Dwayne Andreas; and many others. His portraits are in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lausanne, Switzerland. Klionsky was also honored during his lifetime to have been selected to sculpt the Nobel Peace Prize Commemorative Medal for Elie Wiesel. During his lifetime, Marc Klionsky's paintings and prints were exhibited throughout the Soviet Union, Europe, America, Israel and Asia, as well as Australia and New Zealand. His Soviet works were exhibited in the Tretyakov National Gallery in Moscow and the State Russian Museum in Leningrad multiple times throughout the 1950s. In 1962, his work was shown alongside that of Marc Chagall at Grosvenor Gallery in London. Separately, his work was shown along with other Soviet artists at the time in West Berlin, Hiroshima, Rome, and New York. After emigrating to New York in 1974, his first international exhibition was held in Paris at the Salon des Reprouves with Galleries Hardy in 1978. His first solo New York show took place a Nakhamkin Fine Arts Gallery on Madison Avenue in 1979, after which Klionsky was represented by Hammer Galleries for the remainder of his career. Klionsky had several solo shows in Europe between 1991 and 1992, showing at the Musée d’Art Contemporain in Lausanne, Switzerland, the Salon Internationale des Musées at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, and his "God Bless America" traveling retrospective that began at the St. Ingbert Museum in Germany. The last exhibition of Klionsky's work during his lifetime was at an event titled "Painting the Face of Russian Jewry: The Art and Journey of Marc Klionsky” at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts in 2010, with presentations made by Sir Antony Polonsky, Emeritus Professor of Holocaust Studies, and Professor Nancy Scott, former chair of the Fine Arts department at Brandeis University. Marc Klionsky's works hang in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity in New York, the Musée d’Art Contemporain in Lausanne, Switzerland, the Yad Vashem Art Museum in Jerusalem, Israel, and the State Hermitage Museum and the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, among other private and public collections internationally. He was part of a tradition of Soviet Jewish artists that included El Lissitzky, and Natan Altman, Marc Chagall, Robert Falk, Anatoly Kaplan, Ilya Kabakov, Oscar Rabin...
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1970s Modern Oil Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Landscape" by Claude Sauthier - Oil on Wood - 30x41 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Claude Sauthier was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1929 and passed away in the same city in 2016. He studied at the Geneva School of Decorative Arts and initially worked as a graphi...
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1970s Modern Oil Paintings

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Board, Oil

Oil paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Oil paintings available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add paintings created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Hunt Slonem, Vahe Yeremyan, Cindy Shaoul, and Richard Szkutnik. Frequently made by artists working in the Contemporary, Abstract, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Oil paintings, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available

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