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
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Vintage Portrait of a Native American Man
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
American, 20th Century
Signed: Smiley (Lower, Center)
" Portrait of a Native American Man "
Oil on Board
23 3/4" x 17 3/4"
Housed in a 2" Vintage Gold Frame
Overall Size: 27 3/...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of Young Woman - Painting by Francesco Settimj - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait realized by Franco Settimj in 1932.
Oil on cardboard.
Hand signed and dated lower right.
Good condition except for some minor issing parts on edges.
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Maria, Nude on Blue Background - Original Oil Painting, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Gabriel DOMERGUE (1889-1962)
Maria, Nude on blue Background, c. 1950
Original oil painting on panel
Signed bottom left
Titled on the back
On panel 55 x 46 cm (c. 22 x 18 inch) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XII
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XII", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing art professor from the Istituto di Arte di Porta Romana, Florence, Italy. The professor released works of artists whom he mentored over the years. We are unsure who painted the series we acquired as several are just signed, 'Giacomo', or, left completely unsigned, yet many are clearly by the same artist. This one is in good overall condition and has been newly framed with a French-style linen slip. The canvas is textural like one of the vintage maps...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$982 Sale Price
20% Off
Follower of Roderic O'Connor, Female nude in an interior, large oil painting
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very striking and stylishly painted oil of a shapely nude reclining on a draped sofa, dating from the early to mid 20th century . This large scale oil is presented in an attractive...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,474 Sale Price
20% Off
1950's French Modernist Oil Men Manual Labour Working in Field with Wheelbarrows
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Labourers
French School, mid 20th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 29 inches
provenance: private collection, Marseille
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1970's French Abstract Expressionist Signed & Dated Large Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Expressionist circa 1970's
signed and dated
oil on canvas
canvas: 25.5 x 32 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition, age related...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Large New York Cityscape Framed Street Scene Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist street scene painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a late 19th century fluted cove giltwood molding. E...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Surreal Figural Nude Portrait Large Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist nude portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a modern molding. Excellent condition, ready to ...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique Paris Modern Coastal Port City Framed Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage French modernist coastal scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, re...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Lacoste South of France Beautiful French Modern Oil Painting Signed & Titled
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Place de l'Elige, Lacoste,
French artist, signed and dated
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 22 x 18.5 inches
inscribed verso
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very go...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Textures Of The Past: Colt Street, East London (Iconic, Cityscape, ~26% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Samir Farah
Textures Of The Past: Colt Street, East London, 1902 (Iconic, Cityscape)
Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
Year: 2024
Size: 12 x 16 x 0.78 inches (30.48 x 40.64 x 2 cm)
Signed ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Huge 1980's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Nude Model Man in Top Hat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Nu Aux Voiles Bleus'
by Henri Fuss (French, 1930-1985)
signed, dated and titled
oil on canvas
framed: 43 x 59 inches
canvas: 35 x 51 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Co...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Cuban landscape
Located in New York, NY
A rare and well painted Cuban landscape by wonderful artist Domingo Enriquez.
Domingo Ramos Enriquez's oeuvre encompasses a wide array of Cuban landscape...
Category
1920s Modern Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Oil
Horse "Grace and Power"
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting embodies the dynamics and natural grace of a horse, symbolizing the strength, freedom and pristine beauty of the animal world. The animal's gaze attracts attention - it...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape by Pierre Eugène Vibert - Oil on canvas 60x73 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas without frame
Painter, illustrator born in 1875 in Geneva - Died in 1937
Category
Early 1900s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,080 Sale Price
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Signed Sunset In Columbia Modernist Street Scene Framed WPA Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 26 by 32 inches overall and 24 by 30 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Sunspot 131 - Tall Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Vibrant Red Tone Abstract Art
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
"New Orleans, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern abstract painting Stanley Bate is highly textured and features a warm, vibrant palette. Thick layers of red, orange, and blue paint appear to have been scraped back to c...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Quirky 1940s Mid-Century Modern Still Life by Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming, colorful and quirky 1940s Mid-Century Modern Still Life, "Elephant and Red Pillow" by notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon Artwork size: 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches; Framed...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Lotus Number Fifteen: Photo-realist Still Life Painting of Green Leaves
Located in Hudson, NY
Horizontal photo-realist still life painting on canvas of green lotus leaves on a light grey background
'Lotus Number Fifteen' by Frank Depietro, made i...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Smiling Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Smiling Woman', oil on board, by Peter Robert Keil (1983). A cheerful look on the painting's subject puts a smile on the face of the viewer as well. Her beautiful blue eyes express a contentedness suggesting life is good...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,637 Sale Price
40% Off
Portrait of Boy in a Chair
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Boy in a Chair', gouache on art paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1960s). Here the artist paints a young boy, very probably his son, Vincent, sitting in a chair posing fo...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$1,965 Sale Price
40% Off
Rare Antique American Female Modernist Ashcan School Street Scene Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American ashcan school modernist cityscape painting by Judith Chamberlain (1893 - 1965). Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Excellent ready to hang condition.
Category
1920s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Still Life - Oil Painting by Claude Decamps - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The Still Life is a painting realized by Claude Decamps in the 1970s
Oil painting on cardboard canvas.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
Th...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Large American Impressionist Giltwood Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique European impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 29 by 37 inches overall, and 24 by 32 painting alone. In excellent original conditi...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fontaine à Bel-air, Geneva by Roberto Gherardi - Oil on wood 54x62 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on wood
Frame measures 70x78 cm
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Modernist Oil Painting Green Tonal Landscape with Pink House
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Pink House
French School, late 20th century
oil on un-stretched canvas, unframed
un-stretched canvas : 15.5 x 20 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very goo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Modernist Interior Scene', Oil on Canvas Painting, 1990
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This oil on canvas painting, 30.125" x 24.125", depicts an interior scene of a room within a residential household. The artist's style is modernist, as the artist strays from a more...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$704 Sale Price
53% Off
Nude Model - Painting by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Model is an orignal modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Good conditions.
Not signed.
Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil
De Piero a Picasso
Located in Atlanta, GA
This original oil on canvas is in excellent condition and and has only been shown in a gallery setting. The size dimensions do not include the frame. This item is signed by the arti...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Mexican Fishermen in Lake Patzcuaro' Lithograph by Yves Brayer Modern Landscape
By Yves Brayer
Located in London, GB
'Mexican Fishermen in Lake Patzcuaro', lithograph by Yves Brayer (1963). Unframed. The artist, Yves Brayer, spent time painting in Mexico in 1963, one of the many worldwide destinati...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
20th Century Landscape of a Barn with Haystacks, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
George Gustav Adomeit (American, 1879-1964)
Barn Scene
Oil on canvas mounted to masonite
Signed lower right
16 x 20 inches
21.5 x 25.5 inches, framed
A major painter of American sce...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Demagogue or Tale in a Tub
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Demagogue or Tale in a Tub, 1952, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches, signed, titled, and dated verso, presented in a newer frame
The Demagogue is an iconic Bendor Mark painting fro...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Signed Antique American Modernist Watermelon Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist watermelon still life pastel painting. Pastel on paper. Signed. Framed. Measuring 18 by 22 inches overall and 16 by 20 painting alone.
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique French Impressionist Framed Landscape Coastal Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French landscape oil painting. Oil on canvasboard. Framed. Signed verso. Measuring: 12 by 14 inches overall, and 9 by 11 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Ha...
Category
1920s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A Vibrant, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Summer Harbor Scene of Martha's Vineyard
Located in Chicago, IL
A Vibrant, Colorful 1950s Mid-Century Modern Harbor Scene of Martha's Vineyard by Famed Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). A busy harbor scene of docks and boat houses,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Joni" - Mid Century Modern Portrait of a Girl in Yellow Dress in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Joni" - Portrait of a Girl in a Yellow Dress in Oil on Canvas
Skillful portrait of a young girl by Morris Zirlin (American, 1913-1990). A young girl with wide brown eyes poses for ...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Antique American School Signed Modernist Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted American modernist interior portrait oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 28H by 22L.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$620 Sale Price
20% Off
Francis Bacon 'Portrait of Michel Leiris', 2017, Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a reproduction of a Francis Bacon's painting Portrait of Michel Leiris, originally created in 1976. This work is a notable example of Bacon's ability to capture the psycholog...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Offset
$72 Sale Price
20% Off
Signed Vintage American Modernist Cityscape Framed Fauvist Palette Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American modernist abstract cityscape oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 30H by 24L.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Framed Landscape Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 14 by 21 inches overall, and 9 by 16 painting alone.. In excellent original co...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled - Oil Painting by Vincenzo Di Giorgio - Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a modern artwork realized by Vincenzo di Giorgio.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas
Hand signed on the lower margin
Includes frame
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ancient View of the Bay of Naples - Oil Painting - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
View over the Bay of Naples is an orginal old master artwork realized by Master of Northern Europe School of the second half of 19th Century.
Mixed colored oil on canvas.
Relined....
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Landscape Framed New England FallOil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Charming and well painted rural New England modernist landcape by Vern Henry Smith (1927 - 2007. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Huge Contemporary Oil Painting Nude Lady against Red Background signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Nude Model
European School, contemporary
signed oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 39 x 39 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Oriental Slave Traders - Oil Painting on Canvas - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oriental slave traders is a modern artwork realized in the 19th century.
Colored oil painting on canvas realized with superb and refined technique following all main philhellenic st...
Category
19th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Trafalgar, London
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Thelma Speed Houston – American (1914-2000)
Title: Trafalgar
Year: unknown
Medium: Watercolor on heavy watercolor paper
Sheet size: 18 x 24 inches
Signature: Signed lower lef...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Till It All Withers 1 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube.
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Samson Olatubos...
Category
19th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
Antique American Modernist Art Deco Exhibited Signed Portrait Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful and finely painted American modernist portrait painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 20H by 16L.
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,980 Sale Price
20% Off
“Central Park in Winter, 1949” Manhattan New York City Snow Day Sleds Children
Located in Yardley, PA
With a studied hand, Sloan captures the human theater of a snow-covered Central Park filled with bundled-up New Yorkers, sledding, walking, chatting, and caring for children. The exp...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Oil, Masonite
The Window 354 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Purple & Yellow Two Tone Artwork
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Golden Fields in Provence French Post-Impressionist Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020), signed lower front
Ginet-Lasnier, the wife of the painter Jean Lasnier, was born in the Seine-Maritime region of France an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Art Deco Formula Two Grand Prix Car Racing Modernist MCM Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very rare and well painted Formula Two racing painting. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Nicely framed.
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,980 Sale Price
20% Off
Little Mother, Young Black Girl Pushing Carriage through Town
By Orville Bulman
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Orville Bulman (American, 1904 - 1978
Signed: Bulman (Lower, Left)
“ Little Mother ”, 1960
Oil on Canvas
14" x 18"
Housed in a 2" Husar Frame with a 3/4" Linen liner and a Gold ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Antique Cubist Impressionist Flower Still Life Signed Oil Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"By the River, Winter Day" by Masri - Pastel and Earth Tone Large Landscape Art
Located in Carmel, CA
Masri Hayssam (Lebanese, born 1965)
"By the River, Winter Day" 2004
Oil paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the bottom right of the painting.
"By the River, Winter Day,"...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$48,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"Winter Landscape" William Lester Stevens, Cape Ann Snowy Landscape
Located in New York, NY
William Lester Stevens
Winter Landscape
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
32 x 36 inches
Born on June 15, 1888, in Rockport, Massachusetts, Stevens displayed his artistic abilities ...
Category
1920s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Village in Winter, Impressionist Oil Painting by Jacques Pergel
Located in Long Island City, NY
French Village in Winter by Jacques Pergel, French (1924–2023)
Date: 1965
Oil on Canvas, signed lower left
Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm)
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA
Located in New York, NY
Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA
Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975)
"Water Story" (Study for The History of Water)
Tempera and o...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Egg Tempera, Board
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