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
Item Ships From: Europe
French Gouache Painting of Sioux Scalp Dance Ritual in South Dakota
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Sioux Scalp Dance Ritual in South Dakota
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Mid Century Modern Vintage Swedish Abstract Oil Painting -Procession of Shadows
Located in Bristol, GB
PROCESSION OF SHADOWS
Size: 39.5 x 53 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A striking and richly textured mid-century abstract composition, executed in oil onto canvas.
Although abstr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1953 Mid Century Modern Swedish Vintage Landscape Oil Painting - Rolling Greens
Located in Bristol, GB
ROLLING GREENS
Size: 60 x 66 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A mid-century modernist landscape painting that features a serene rural scene characterised by geometric simplicity an...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Man with a Glass of Wine - Painting by Adriano De Laurentis - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Man with a Glass of Wine - is a modern artwork realized by the painter Adriano De Laurentis.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Includes frame.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Edinburgh Tenements - Large Modern Mid Century British Architectural Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A superb large 1950's oil on board which we believe to depict the tenement buildings of the Milnes Court area in Edinburgh. Clothes hang from T shaped driers as a lady hangs her wash...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Plant in a Pot - Mid 20th Century French Modernist Cubist Still Life Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful, large modernist cubist influence oil on canvas still life with potted plant by French artist Jef Friboulet. Striking and excellent quality work, presented in a box frame...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Modernist Gouache Painting Multicolor Scene Man Playing Piano
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
signed
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Blue Landscape - Oil Paint by Antonio Mellone - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Blue landscape is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Mellone in the mid-20th century.
Mixed colored oil painting.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Includes frame.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fish by Willy Suter - Oil on cardboard 33x46 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas mounted on cardboard
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait - Painting by Francesco Settimj - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized in the mid-20th Century.
Mounted on a stretcher.
Good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Peonies. Floral original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Peonies" is a vibrant and expressive painting that captures the beauty and delicacy of blooming peonies. Created with bold, sweeping brushstrokes and a vivid palette, this artwork b...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Boy with Duffle Coat - Original hansigned oil on paper
By René Genis
Located in Paris, IDF
Rene GENIS (1922-2004)
Boy with Duffle Coat
Original watercolor and oil painting on paper
Signed bottom middle
31 x 23 cm (c. 12 x 9 inch)
Excellent condition
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Colourful French Interior View, The Artist's Atelier, Chez Marie Astoin
Located in Cotignac, FR
French gouache on card, an interior view of an artist's atelier by Claude Gemy. The painting is signed bottom right and is annotated, signed and dated to the back of the card.
Prove...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Red House, Hampstead - Mid 20th Century Modern British London Landscape Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful mid 20th century Modern British oil on canvas depicting a red house on Hampstead Haeath, by Arnold Auerbach.
The work is signed upper right and presented in a painted wo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Houses of Geneva, Switzerland
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Frame in plaster and molded and gilded wood
67 x 59.5 x 6 cm
Category
1920s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Countryside landscape by Herbert Theurillat - Oil on canvas 81x100 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Herbert THEURILLAT is an artist born in 1896 and died in 1987. His works have been sold at public auction 29 times, mainly in the Painting category....
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Seascape - Painting by Francesco Settimj - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel realized in the mid-20th Century by Fausta Settimj
Good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XI
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XI", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an inter...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Mid-Century Modern Figurative Street Scene Oil Painting - Love Under the Trees
Located in Bristol, GB
LOVE UNDER THE TREES
Size: 36.5 x 27.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A small but vibrant modernist oil composition, painted onto canvas.
The painting depicts a cosy outdoor sc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Gouache Study of Hopi Kachina Mask and Taos Pueblo Textile
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Study of Hopi Kachina Mask and Taos Pueblo Textile
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper,
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
French Gouache Painting of Navajo Night Dance in New Mexico
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Navajo Night Dance in New Mexico
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper,
Size: 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Lady Reading In Orange Interior
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 studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Under the Rain - Oil paint by Eliano Fantuzzi - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Under the rain is a contemporary artwork realized by Eliano Fantuzzi.
Mixed colored oil painting.
Hand signed on the lower margin and on the back.
Includes frame.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Arabian White Horse prancing in Landscape, huge original oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Arabian Horse in Landscape
British School, late 20th century
oil on canvas, framed
canvas: 25.5 x 37 inches
framed: 31 x 41 inches
the painting is in overall very good and sound cond...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Gandria by Moser - Watercolor on paper 17x24 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on watercolor paper
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"For Ingrid" by Claude Sauthier - Oil on Wood - 92x65 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...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Board, Oil
'Still Life with Pitcher and Flowers' by Anna Costa, French Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
'Still Life with Pitcher and Flowers', oil on board, by Anna Costa (circa 1960s). In addition to her many landscapes, Costa painted many still lifes, mostly bouquets of flowers as su...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Nude Woman - Oil Paint attr. Edgar Stoebel - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude woman is an artwork attribuited to Edgar Stoebel (1909-2001).
81 x 45 cm; no frame.
Oil painting on canvas.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge Spanish/ French Oil Painting Beautiful Blue Coastline Seascape & Houses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Blue Sea
by Maria Tort Xirau (Catalan, 1924-2018)
signed lower corner
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 29 x 36 inches
framed: 32 x 39.5 inc...
Category
1990s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape with Boats - Paint by Mustapha Yehya - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Realized by Mustapha Yehya in the mid-20th century.
Hand signed.
In excellent condition, it includes a coeval wooden frame.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Evening Reading - Paint by Emile François Rouseau - 1910
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on board realized by Emile François Rouseau in 1910.
Hand signed, dated and dedicated by the author.
Includes a coeval gilded wooden frame.
Category
1910s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Les Trois Chevaux - Modernist Animal Oil Painting by Louis Anquetin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on panel circa 1895 by French modernist painter Louis Anquetin. The piece depicts three white horses.
Signature:
Signed lower right
Dimensions:
Framed: 16.5"x20"
Unframe...
Category
1890s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Huge Portrait of a Lady after Modigliani, Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman
after Modigliani (see details verso)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 36 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: a few minor scuffs but over...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Elegant Vase Overflowing with Garden Flowers Classical Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bountiful Bloom
Floral Arrangement,
Continental School, late 20th century
most likely a pastiche work after an earlier composition
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 24 x 20 inches
pro...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reclining Nude en Plein Aire
Located in London, GB
'Reclining Nude en Plein Aire', gouache on art paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1960s). The reclining figure is one of the most popular poses in art history...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
1950's Modernist Painting - Portrait Of Figure On Gold
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Gold Man
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), stamped verso
original watercolour/gouache painting on paper
overall size: 111.75 x 8.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Frida
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting "Frida" explores the depths of the human soul through the image of the renowned Mexican artist. Inspired by Frida Kahlo's unique personality, this piece conveys her com...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
English School Oil Painting Napoleonic Wars Naval Engagement Battle at Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Contemporay English School
signed oil painting on copper panel in impressive gilt frame
framed: 13 x 14.5 inches
panel: 8 x 10 inches
provenance: private collection, England
conditi...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Gouache Painting of Navajo Weavers in Canyon de Chelly Arizona
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Navajo Weavers in Canyon de Chelly Arizona
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed pape...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1960's Original French Pastel Sketch Nude Female Figure Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Nude Lady
French School, circa 1960's
chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed
size: 12.5 x 19 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: priva...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
Rock Tombs Outside Jerusalem - Oil Paint by Carl Schirm - 1884
Located in Roma, IT
Carl Schirm was a German painter of landscapes. Between 1880-1881 he made, together with Eugen Bracht, a long journey to Egypt, Palestine and Syria, at the end of which emerged lands...
Category
1880s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Modern Geometric Abstract Oil Painting - Mountain Monastery
Located in Bristol, GB
MOUNTAIN MONASTERY
Size: 74 x 52.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A large and captivating mid-century modernist geometric abstract painting, executed in oil onto canvas.
The co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Follower of Matisse, 20th Century French Oil Pink House in South of France
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, follower of Henri Matisse
Title: The Pink House.
Medium: oil on board, framed
Framed: 22.5 x 25.5 inches
Painting: 15 x 18 inches...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Leave me alone
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Leave Me Alone" is a manifesto of inner freedom and the beauty of personal emotions. Painted in vivid, lively colors, the work captures the richness of feelings that arise when one ...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Young Woman', oil on board, by Peter Robert Keil (1983). A wide-eyed woman gazes out to the viewer with an inquisitive gaze. The artist's use of exuberant colours beli...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century XIV - Florentine School
Located in London, GB
'Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century XIV', oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings thro...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Mid-Century Modern Swedish Expressive Oil Painting- Still Life with Green Apples
Located in Bristol, GB
STILL LIFE WITH GREEN APPLES
Size: 49.5 x 85 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A large and expressive mid-century modernist still life painting captures a simple yet effective arran...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Peru : Quiet Square - Original oil on canvas painting - Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Louis Toffoli (1907-1999)
Peru : Quiet Square
Original oil painting
Signed bottom right
On canvas 65 x 92 cm (c. 26 x 36 inch)
Presented in a golden wood frame 84 x 110 cm (c. 33 x ...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage 1970's Harbour Scene with Moored Boats & Fishermen by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage 1970's Harbour Scene with Moored Boats & Fishermen by British Artist, William Stockman (1935-2021).
Art measures 31 x 15 inches
Frame measures 36 x 20 inches
Fishermen mend...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Backlight at Huémoz by Ernest Voegeli - Oil on Canvas 46x55 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Ernest Voegeli is an artist who has found his path through a combination of solid technique and a clear, insightful approach to color, form, and composition. While his work is primar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Feminine Forms: Harmony in Curves', German School (circa 1980s)
Located in London, GB
'Feminine Forms: Harmony in Curves', oil on board, German School (circa 1980s). Two nude figures portrayed in the abstract posture differently. Both are curvaceous and Rubenesque. Re...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1970's French Bold Still Life Modernist Oil Painting of Fruit and Red Drapery
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bold Still Life
French Modernist, circa 1970-1980 period
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 22 x 29 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very good condition
Descri...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid Century Modern Swedish Expressive Landscape Oil Painting - Coastal Road
Located in Bristol, GB
COASTAL ROAD
Size: 47 x 70 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A large mid-century modernist landscape painting that captures a serene coastal scene where a quiet road runs parallel t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Doves by Franck Chabry - Gouache on paper 50x70 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Frame in wood moldings and gilded plaster with glass pane
65 x 85 x 3 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
A Young Oriental Woman Looking at the Mirror-Oil on Canvas - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
A young woman is an original modern artwork realized in Late 19th Century.
Mixed colored oil on canvas.
The artwork depicts a young woman with veil and mirror.
Unreadible signatur...
Category
19th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Figure - Painting by Behçet Safa - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Figure is an original contemporary artwork realized by the artist Behçet Safa (1934-2018).
Mixed colored oil on canvas.
Hand signed and dated on the back.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil
Soleil en Aout a Deauville - Modern Landscape Oil Painting by André Hambourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1980 by French modernist painter Andre Hambourg. This beautiful piece depicts families enjoying a day out at the seaside in the height of summer....
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Original Figurative Oil Painting -The Expectant Nude
Located in Bristol, GB
THE EXPECTANT NUDE
Size: 55.5 x 70.5cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A brilliantly executed and emotive mid-century modernist figurative portrait of a reclining pregnant nude...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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