Modern 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
Color: Gray
The Epiphany of Ernestineromantic landscape of imaginary city made in red, grey
By Igor Fomin
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
The Epiphany of Ernestine is a part of the diptych 38x57 in (97x146 cm) of size. Can be bought together or separately.
This painting is sold with Certificates of Authencity.
The Du...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
The Whisper of Ernestine and The Epiphany of Ernestine
By Igor Fomin
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
This diptych is consisting of two works: The Whisper of Ernestine and The Epiphany of Ernestine each 38x57 in (97x146 cm) of size.
These paintings are sold with Certificates of Authe...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Antique American Modernist Horse Carrousel Abstract Nocturn Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist carrousel oil painting by Robert Edwin Maxwell (Born 1929). Oil on board, circa 1955. Signed. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, 24"L x 18"H.
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Covered Wagon
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Red and Black No. 52
Located in Houston, TX
Robert Motherwell's "The Red and Black No.52" is an abstract collage that incorporates oil based etching ink, pasted papers, and aquatint on paper. The piece was created between the ...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Aquatint
Nude Drawing, Charcoal on Paper by PadmaShree Artist Sunil Das "In Stock"
By Sunil Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - 10 x 12.5 inches (unframed size)
Charcoal on Paper
Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form.
Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artist from Bengal. Extr...
Category
1990s Modern Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
French Countryside - Oil on Canvas by F. De Pisis - 1938
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful painting realized by De Pisis in 1938, depicting a landscape in the countryside, probably in France.
In very good conditions, it includes a beautiful gilded wooden frame.
...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
"La Lettre"
By Etienne Ret
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful oil on heavy cardboard original painting by the French artist, Etienne Ret. Signed top left and retaining its original dark wood carved frame with white liner. Titled vers...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Bleeding Heart
Located in Missouri, MO
Robert Elton Tindall (1913-1983)
"Bleeding Heart" 1944
Egg Tempera with Resin Oil Glazes on Panel
Signed and Dated 5/44 Lower Right
Site: 12.5 x 15.5 i...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Glaze, Egg Tempera, Panel
Untitled - 20th Century, Oil on canvas by Roger Hilton
By Roger Hilton
Located in London, GB
Signed and dated verso
Provenance: Private Collection
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shelter
By Xavier Bueno 1
Located in Missouri, MO
Xavier Bueno (Active Spain/Italy, 1891-1979)
"Shelter"
Oil on Canvas
Signed Upper Left
Framed Size: approx. 38 x 30 inches
Site Size: approx. 35 x 28 inc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Black and Yellow Minimal Abstract Painting with Bicycles
Located in Houston, TX
Large Black, yellow and red minimal abstract painting with bicycles. The work is signed by the artist, Francis d'Estaing, in the bottom corner. The work...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Blue Mixed Media Painting with Race Cars
Located in Houston, TX
Primary tonal painting with toy cars attached to the surface. The work is signed by the artist, Francis d'Estaing, in the bottom corner of the painting. The artist board is framed in...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Music Lovers - man and woman made in ultramarine, grey, blue colors
By Igor Fomin
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
The hero at this painting is a human. His eyes are a lenses that artist using. At all time they are together, a man and a woman. Duality of differences, two views, different accents, but in one wholeness. Fomin is a fairy-tale artist, a romance teller, who is choosing never ending life stories for a viewer. He is telling these stories with realistic language of the artist, citing the language of Bruegel sentimental sincerity of Chagall, but also a precise coloristic scheme, that was a signature of French Art in the second half of XX century.
The fantastic World of the artist is perfectly detailed that makes it truthful. This artistic language principle defined the style of the artist long before he entered the Art World market. His love for Italian Renaissance was born in Minsk during his study years. Art, Music and Architecture made Igor Fomin...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Snow and Gray Sky with Rusty
Located in Missouri, MO
Cecil Crosley Bell
"Snow and Gray Sky with Rusty" c. 1950
Oil on Panel
Signed Lower Right
*Original Kraushaar Galleries, New York Label on Verso
** There is another landscape painti...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
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 Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
1, 000 piece Museum Quality Collection of Art & Objects from NYC 1939 Worlds Fair
By Harry Lane
Located in New York, NY
1,000 piece Museum Quality Collection of Art & Objects from NYC 1939 Worlds Fair
Harry Lane (1891-1973) "1939 World’s Fair Construction," 30 x 40 inches, Oil on canvas, signed lower...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Photographic Paper, Plaster, Oil
The Men of her Life-nude woman portrait made in beige, grey, turquoise color
By Igor Fomin
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
The hero at this painting is a human. His eyes are a lenses that artist using. At all time they are together, a man and a woman. Duality of differences, two views, different accents,...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cotton Canvas
Smokey Mountain Café, Morocco
Located in London, GB
Signed and dated lower right in pencil
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Eric and Gervase
Located in London, GB
Signed and dated lower right in pencil.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Vin et Pommes, Oil Painting by Laurent Salinas circa 1952
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, Egyptian/French (1913 - 2010)
Title: Vin et Pommes
Year: circa 1952
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed u.r.
Size: 18 x 15 in. (45.72 x 38.1 cm)
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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 Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
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 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 Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ma Oseau
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
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Juliette
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
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Istanbul Tenement" Architectural Yellow Toned Painting
By Frank Freed
Located in Houston, TX
Excellent painting by Texas artist Frank Freed. Painting depicts a decrepit house and town against a shocking yellow sky with a man and woman in the foreground. The scene takes place...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ma Poupee
By Jessica Rice
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a charming, early painting by Belgian artist Jessica Rice (1941-2016)
Ma Poupee, is an original oil on canvas, signed, dated 2002, with an image dimension of 40 x 32 inch...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Up Side Down
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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 Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modernist Abstraction of a Ferris Wheel by Walter Nowatka
By Walter Nowatka
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract painting of a Ferris Wheel by Walter Nowatka (b.1945). Oil on canvas, circa 1986. Signed lower right, "W.N.". Displayed in a silver leaf modernist frame. Image s...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modern Dove On Paper Geometric, Blue, Oil Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful still life of a dove on a branch against a blue geometric background by artist Oris Roberston in 1971. Signed and dated by artist on the bottom right corner. Placed in a li...
Category
1970s Modern 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 Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Yellow Desert" Massive Colorful Abstract Landscape
By William Hoey
Located in Houston, TX
Large William Hoey Abstract gouache landscape titled "Yellow Desert" circa 1970s. The barren landscape and the contrast between the cool blue sky and warm yellow ground creates a sen...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Cart Bay
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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 Paintings
Materials
Oil
William Rosewood - Stigmata - Oil and Gold
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
William Rosewood - Stigmata
Medium: Oil on panel
Casted in Gold 24 Karat
Dimension: Diameter: 120 cm (Framed 130cm)
William Rosewood is a talented artist who has discovered th...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
Summer Rainstorm
By David Foster Pratt
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original gouache, watercolor and graphite painting on paper by American artist David Foster Pratt.
This work was begun by the artist in 1951 and completed in 1993, adding to ...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Graphite, Paper, Watercolor
Summer Series L
Located in London, GB
Mixed media & oil on paper
Signed & dated verso
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pierced Vertical
By Paul Feiler
Located in London, GB
Signed, titled & dated verso
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Relief (Maquette1)
By Malcolm Hughes
Located in London, GB
Titled & dated verso
Category
1990s Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Baghdad on Beverly Drive
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a monumental, rare oil painting by American artist Ron Blumberg(1908-2002.)
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Par...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Underpass
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a monumental, rare oil painting by American artist Ron Blumberg(1908-2002.)
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Par...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Palm Springs Road
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a monumental, rare oil painting by American artist Ron Blumberg (1908-2002.)
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Par...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
My Self
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present a just discovered, extremely rare modernist still life, Trio", by American artist Robert McIntosh (1916 - 2010.)
Robert McIntosh won first prize at the Los...
Category
1960s Modern 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 Paintings
Materials
Oil
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 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 Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Modern paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Modern paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Bernard Labbe, Christel Haag, Sunil Das, and Antonio Feltrinelli. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern paintings, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available.
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