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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:  Red
Dessin de feu
Located in Firenze, FI
Bernard Aubertin Media : mixed media on wood size: 80x120 cm Frame options available Bernard Aubertin, a monochrome painter, was born in Fontenay-aux-Roses, France in 1934. His ar...
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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

"Still life with Vegetables"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899 - 1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon ...
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1970s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Airacuda Fighter Planes Art Deco Machine Age 20th Century American Modernism
Located in New York, NY
Airacuda Fighter Planes Art Deco Machine Age 20th Century American Modernism Arthur Rosenman Ross (1913 - 1981) Bell YFM-1 Airacuda Fighter Planes 17 1/2 x 26 1/2 inches Gouache, Airbrush and Ink on Illustration Board, 1938 Signed A. Ross lower right Provenance: Estate of the artist. BIO Arthur Rosenman Ross was a key figure in automotive design at General Motors during America's "Golden Age" of auto design, the 1930's through the 1950s. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago from age 17, exhibiting a special interest for automotive renderings and the female figure. In 1934, he changed his name from Rosenman to Ross, fearing his Jewish ancestry could prejudice his career prospects. At age 20, he turned down job offers from MGM Studios in Hollywood and Duesenberg to work at General Motors alongside the Legendary Harley Earl in 1935. He was hand picked by Mr. Earl and assigned to GM's War and Camouflage Division in 1937 through WW2. It was during this pivotal period in which he executed some extraordinary military aircraft artworks, likely used between GM and America's military aeronautics companies in design preparation for WW2. General Motors played an important role in helping America's aircraft manufacturers preceding and during the war. Just after the war in 1945, Mr. Ross was rewarded by GM, being made Chief Designer of Cadillac, then two years later becoming Chief at Oldsmobile until his retirement in 1959. He was in large part responsible for some of GM's classic Cadillac designs such as the Cadillac Sixty Special, Fleetwood, LaSalle and GM's first concept car, the extraordinary Buick Y-Job. Mr. Ross was an exceptionally charismatic and vivacious man who quite by chance, befriended His idol, Salvador Dali at GM in 1955. They talked about art, cars and girls late into the evening, according to his son, Carter Ross. He had a gift in rendering the erotic arts...
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1930s Modern Paintings

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Board

Composition Rose
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Renée Demsey, an accomplished American painter, has left an indelible mark across art, fashion, and design for more than 75 years. Her dynamic artwork initially garnered attention at...
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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

NYC 1939 World's Fair Mural Study American Scene WPA Modern Mid 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
NYC 1939 World's Fair Mural Study American Scene WPA Modern Mid 20th Century Eugene Savage (1883 – 1978) 1939 World’s Fair Mural Study 45 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas Signed lower right The painting is part of a 1,000 piece collection of art and objects from the 1939 World’s Fair. The collection as a whole is available. Savage created the mural for the facade of the Communications Building. An image of the completed mural, along with a published postcard, is part of the listing. Note the center top female figure, she resembles the figure in the offered painting. BIO Eugene Francis Savage was born in Covington, Indiana 1883. He underwent various forms of art training in the early years. He was a pupil of The Corcoran Gallery and The Art Institute of Chicago, and was later awarded a fellowship to study in Rome at The American Academy. While under the spell of that ancient city the young artist began to render historic figures that were suitable for the classic style needed for mural painting in the traditional manor. During this period he was able to study and observe Roman and Greek sculpture, although much of the academic training was accomplished by using plaster casts along with the incorporation of live models. This method survived and was used efficiently throughout Europe and the United States. After leaving the Academy, Savage was commissioned to paint numerous murals throughout the United States and Europe. This artist received acclaim for the works he produced while under commissions from various sources. This young master was a contemporary of Mexican muralists David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974), Jose Clemente Orozco (1883-1949) and Diego Rivera (1886-1957). In this period he was to show the influence of his contemporaries in formulating a modern style. Savage also played a vital role in the WPA Federal Art program, and he was a member of The Mural Art Guild.. Savage was elected an associate member of The National Academy of Design in 1924 and a full member in 1926. From 1947, he held a professorship at Yale University where he taught mural painting, and some of his students went on to significant positions. By this time the artist had painted large-scale murals at Columbia, Yale University, Buffalo N.Y., Dallas, Texas, Chicago, Indiana, along with other commissioned works. He also achieved recognition for a series of murals commissioned by the Matson Shipping Line and completed around 1940. For this commission, Savage made many exacting studies of customs and folkways of the Hawaiian natives. However, the award-winning murals were not installed as planned but were put in storage during the war years when the ships were used for troop transportation and were in danger of attack. However the mural images were reproduced and distributed by the shipping company including nine of the mural scenes that were made into lithographed menu covers in 1948. The American Institute of Graphic Arts awarded certificates of excellence for their graphic production, and the Smithsonian Institute exhibited the works in 1949. Today Savages' Hawaiian Art production is held in high regard by collectors of Hawaiian nostalgia. In later years the artist focused his attention on a theme that dealt with the customs and tribal traditions of the Seminole Indians of Florida. He produced many variations of this theme throughout his lifetime, and the pictures were usually modest scale easel paintings, precise and carefully delineated. Many of these pictures incorporate Surrealistic elements and show some minor stylistic influences of the painters Kay Sage...
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1930s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Seven heavens - Figurative Painting Gold Leaf Blue Yellow Orange Grey Brown
Located in Sofia, BG
"Seven heavens" is a figurative painting by Maestro Stefano Georges. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: Mixed media STYLE: Contemporary Edition : Unique, signed Weight: Approximately 3...
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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Golden Autumn - Figurative Painting Gold Leaf Blue Yellow Orange Grey Brown
Located in Sofia, BG
"Golden Autumn" is a figurative painting by Maestro Stefano Georges. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: Mixed media STYLE: Contemporary Edition : Unique, signed Weight: Approximately 3...
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2010s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Indian Modernist Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
God, Keeper, and Maker of all Air Tola-Kina. Figural Abstract Gouache Watercolor Painting.
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20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

India Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Endless Summer Silk Screen Photograph Print Signed
Located in Plainview, NY
The endless Summer by the contemporary artist Marc Vandermeer ( American, 1950's) is inspired by a photograph of people silhouetted against a set...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper

Modernist Painting, "Invader"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind acrylic and mixed media painting on wood panel by San Diego artist, Peter Geise. It is unframed. Its dimensions are 12"x12"x.75"" A certificate of authenticit...
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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Mixed Media on Canvas Entitled " Sag Harbor Poppies" by Luciana Pampalone
Located in Plainview, NY
A mixed media on canvas featuring red poppies on a gold 23 karat background by artist Luciana Pampalone ( America, 1963). Inspired by the work of Klimt and O'Keeffe, Luciana created ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint, Canvas

Modern Abstract Red and Green Toned Interior Painting of a Nude Female Figure
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract figurative painting by Houston, TX artist Margaret Nobler. The work features a central seated female nude set against a bold red and gr...
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1970s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Two Fine Lady Caricatures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Portrait by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original gouache on artist paper, unframed size: 11.75 x 8.25 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed. proven...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Gouache

Si Accose Di Lui, Oil Painting on Burlap by Roberto Fantini
Located in Long Island City, NY
Si Accose Di Lui by Roberto Fantini, Italian (1960) Date: 2005 Oil on Burlap, signed and dated verso Size: 39 x 39 in. (99.06 x 99.06 cm)
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Early 2000s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Burlap

Hug
Located in New York, NY
Louisa Lizbeth Chase was born in 1951 to Benjamin and Wilda Stengel Chase in Panama City, Panama, where her father, a West Point graduate, was stationed. The family moved to Pennsylv...
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20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Pink Triangle" "Pink Triangle" 1950s Bay Area Figurative Movement Female Artist
Located in Arp, TX
Frann Spencer Reynolds (1926-2008) "Pink Triangle" c 1950s Oil on canvas 24"x32" float mount white distressed wood frame 26"x34.25" Signed on reverse Go...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still Life Oil Painting on Canvas by Denis Paul Noyer, Framed
Located in Encino, CA
Untitled (Still Life), an original oil on canvas by Denis Paul Noyer, is a piece for the true collector. Noyer's use of red immediately captures the viewer, which serves as the backd...
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1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

La Naissance
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Born in Byblos lebanon, in 1946, is a contemporary plastician artist franco-canadian. Artistic journey Early days (1970-1975) Paris (1976-2001) Quebec (2002 - present) China (2011-...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Glowing Pastures
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache on paper signed en verso Throughout his sixty-year artistic career, David Hayes created sculptural forms abstracted from organic forms encountered in daily life. He first st...
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1990s Modern Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Tejido, 2009
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Carmen Anzano is a contemporary interdisciplinary artist who works with painting, sculpture and installations to showcase an interpretation of her personal universe of geometry and s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Painting Two, 2002
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Archer creates his master pieces via the exploration of liquid animation, quintessentially a process of manipulating wet paint into more wet paint. His canvases are a saturation of c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

La Playita, 2003
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Graduated from the Prilidiano Pueyrredón National School of Fine Arts. He also studied set design, was a student of Osvaldo Attila and Armando Sapia, among other artists. He held so...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Passion
Located in ATLANTA, GA
A natural ability for art runs in the Marshall family. Neil’s late father produced some excellent ink drawings many years ago. Art college beckoned in 1972 having been prolific in art at school, some pictures featuring exhibitions at this early stage. However, engineering provided a safer option for a career choice. The direction into becoming a draughtsman and design engineer was a rewarding period before entering the management of engineering and production facilities. Local history has always been a major interest in his life. In 2007 he published a local history now and then format book in colour called “Gosport Reflections” which sold out all 3000 of the print run. The following year he produced a second book in the same format called “Portsmouth Reflections” this also sold out the print run which was 5000. There was no time for art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Red Hot Baby
Located in ATLANTA, GA
“My current work often features ordinary creatures, like the many illustrations of birds and flowers I painted for the Homes and Gardens and other sections during the 25 years I was ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Deux
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Born in Byblos lebanon, in 1946, is a contemporary plastician artist franco-canadian. Artistic journey Early days (1970-1975) Paris (1976-2001) Quebec (2002 - present) China (2011-...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

La Siesta en Hauteur
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Born in Byblos lebanon, in 1946, is a contemporary plastician artist franco-canadian. Artistic journey Early days (1970-1975) Paris (1976-2001) Quebec (2002 - present) China (2011-...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

4 x 4
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Born in Byblos lebanon, in 1946, is a contemporary plastician artist franco-canadian. Artistic journey Early days (1970-1975) Paris (1976-2001) Quebec (2002 - present) China (2011-...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Groovy Lucille Ball, original painting for TV Guide cover
Located in Miami, FL
Bob Peak's Lucille Ball, TV guide cover is a seminal work. With its stylized design and use of punchy color, this work constitutes a powerfully innovative pai...
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1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Gouache

Head, Pen & Ink on Coloured Paper, Red, Black by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Head - 9.4 x 6.5 inches (unframed size) Pen & Ink on Coloured Paper Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artist ...
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2010s Modern Paintings

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Ink, Pen, Paper

Harvest Time, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Harvest Time" is an abstract piece focused more on the emotion of the harvest. Through shape and color, the poetry and feeling of the end of summer is explored. It is done on canvas...
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2010s Modern Paintings

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Acrylic

De Rouge sur la Ville, Oil Painting by Alvaro Guillot
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alvaro Guillot, Uruguayan/American (1931 - 2010) Title: De Rouge sur la Ville Year: 1967 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed u.r. Size: 24 x 30 inches
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Bright & Colorful French Modernist Signed oil Oriental Lamp Bowl of Fruit
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Ambiance a la Lampe Galle" by Bernard Fouchet (French 1932-2013) signed lower corner, titled verso in original frame with the artists monogram as part of the moulding canvas: 15 x 1...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Graceness
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Graceness", done in 1997 is an oil painting on canvas by noted Hungarian artist Lajos Flesser, b.1937. It is signed, titled and dated in the back by the artist. The canvas size is 21.75 x 18 inches, framed is 23.25 x 19.75 inches. Custom framed in a wooden black and gold frame.The artwork is in excellent condition. The frame is in good condition, with a few scuffs to the gold. Please see the final two images for the imperfections. About the artist: Lajos Flesser was born on Aug. 11, 1937 in Budapest, where he grew up in the shadow of World War II. In his late teens he studied at trade school, concentrating on metal skills. His need of communication made him start boxing, and the success was long in coming. In boxing circles, Flesser became a well established name with a couple of Hungarian championships. Then came the fatal year 1956, when Soviet tanks crushed the dreams of freedom. Flesser escaped and came to Sweden via Denmark. In Gothenburg the well known boxing promoter Edvin Alqvist soon became aware of Flesser's capacity as a boxer and offered him a contract. His debut occurred in May 1957...
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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Durga 97, Mixed Media on Board, Red, Yellow, Green by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Durga 97 - 10 x 8 inches (unframed size) Durga the Third Eye. Mixed Media on Board Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. In Indian Mythology the Goddess Durga h...
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1990s Modern Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Board, Acrylic

"Inset-Red, " an Oil and Bronze Pigment by Todd Boppel
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Inset-Red" is a monochromatic abstract painting in oil and bronze pigment from 1980. The colored marks blend together in a mix of red,...
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1980s Modern Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil

"Phoenix Nest, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This original Modern abstract painting by Stanley Bate is made with oil paint on canvas, and was painted circa 1960. It features a bold, vibrant red hue, with dark shapes lining the ...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Annette Cords, Crosstalk, 2013, Tapestry
Located in Darien, CT
Jacquard weaving is at once simple and complex. The language used to set up weave structures is straightforward and binary: the warp is either up or down. With the Jacquard loom, h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Tapestry

Large Bold Colorful Monoprint Painting Floral in Vase February Amaryllis Flowers
Located in Surfside, FL
Image is 48 X 36 inches. Still life of flowers in a vase. In bold red, orange green and yellow color. Born and educated in Cleveland, Gary Bukovnik has lived in San Francisco for m...
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1990s Modern Paintings

Materials

Monoprint

Red Minimal Large Abstract Painting with Bicycles
Located in Houston, TX
Red and yellow tonal minimal abstract painting with bicycles. The work is signed by the artist in the bottom corner. The canvas board is framed in a gold frame. Dimensions without F...
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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Brith at Red
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...
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1970s Modern Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

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