American Modern Paintings

This one is a little out of my usual style but it just popped out like this and I’m in awe with this abstract style and the color pop in this piece :) Original painting. Acrylic on...

This extra-large contemporary oil painting by American artist Lee Reynolds Burr from 1990 hangs as a relaxing and joyful interior element. In this co...

Pershing Square Cafe in New York City is an American Diner Painting by Leading British Urban Landscape Artist Angela Wakefield, forming part of her Amer...

American Mid 20th Century large scale allegorical oil on canvas of Venus at her mirror with Cupid, signed MacCown and dated 1941. A modern interpretation of the painting by Velázquez from the 17th Century more famously known as The Rokeby Venus. In that painting Velázquez created an oil painting that depicts the Goddess of Love staring into a mirror held by her son Cupid, God of both romantic and erotic love, as well as beauty. Although her gaze into the mirror is one of self-admiration, it is also eerily directed at the viewer, a possible indication that Velázquez intended this painting to signify reflection. Our painting also reflects erotic and romantic love but with even more symbolism, the unicorn in the background which normally represents chastity and the seashell representing love and fertility. William Eugene McCown was born in El Dorado Springs (Mo, Cedar county), and from an early age was taught how to sketch and play the piano with great success. At the Central High school of Kansas City, he met Virgil Thomson (the future composer and critic) who was to become a life-long friend. When he had completed two years of journalism at the University of Missouri, McCown went to New York to paint at the Art Students League and at Woodstock, where he studied with Andrew Dasburg and Eugene Speicher. For six months, in 1920, he traveled through the West Indies as a painter. In May 1920, his first productions (landscapes and portraits) were exhibited in Caracas. On his return to New York, McCown mingled in the local artistic circles. His fearless temper and homosexuality as well as the rise of puritanism and Prohibition may explain why McCown worked his way to France on a freighter in 1921. McCown's ability to play the popular jazz of the age on the piano, his talent as a painter and his unabashed charm soon made him very popular in Paris. After only a couple of months in France, he was engaged as a jazz pianist at Le Boeuf sur le Toit, the most famous nightclub of the roaring twenties in Paris. There he mingled with the most elegant bohemian crowd, such as André Gide, Cole Porter, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald...

This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes. It's made by layering paper cutouts and ...

This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. Details: + Title: Vintage Pressed Flowers Nº3 + Year: 2022 + Edition Size: 20 + Stamped and Certificate of Authenticity p...

Vila Olivos by Karen Lynn [2021] original oil on canvas Image size: H:100 cm x W:100 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:100 cm x W:100 cm x D:4cm Sold U...

After Edward Hopper (1882 - 1967) American ‘New York Movie 1939’ Oil on canvas: 30 x 38 in. Frame: 37 x 45 in. Old Hong Kong gallery label verso. A very good late 20th century copy...

This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. Details: + Title: Vintage Pressed Flowers Nº3 + Year: 2021 + Edition Size: 20 + Stamped and Certificate of Authenticity p...

There are key moments in every great artist's life, which propel his art to new heights. I am proud to say that the stunning modernist oil presented here was painted during one of these moments. It can felt: the artwork is dynamic, effortless, inspired and fresh. Eric Waters Gibberd...

"In an age of convenience, speed, and noise, my paintings are quiet, slow, and made by hand with materials that have, for the most part, been used for centuries. It is a balance betw...

"Time is an important element in each of my paintings, in the inspirations behind them and also in the process of making them. My paintings often begin as small plein air sketches, c...