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
Portrait of Berthe Thorwaldsen with bust of Horace Vernet - 1833
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Berthe Thorwaldsen with Bust of Horace Vernet is an original modern artwork realized by the Circle of Horace Vernet (30 June 1789 – 17 Januar...
Category
1830s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1954 Mid-Century Modern Expressive Figurative Oil Painting - Quiet Repose
Located in Bristol, GB
QUIET REPOSE
Size: 29 x 60.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A brilliantly executed and emotive mid-century modernist figurative composition that presents a reclining nude figure ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Paris : Seine River and Notre Dame Church - Original oil painting, Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
André Cottavoz (1922-2012)
Paris : Seine River and Notre Dame Church
Original oil painting
Signed in the right corner
On panel 18 x 33 cm (c. 9 x 13 inch)
Very good condition, lig...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Modernist French Landscape with Figures Sunbathing by the River Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
On the River
Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020)
signed and inscribed verso
in a wooden frame
oil painting on canvas
framed: 29 x 37 inches
All the paintings we have for sale b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20thC French Modernist Oil Painting of Elegant Figures in a Park
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Elegant Figures in a Park
by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933)
Unsigned
Medium: oil painting on board, unframed
Painting size: 4.75 inches...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's Original French Pastel Sketch Nude Kneeling Nude Study Poised Elegance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Lady Study
French School, circa 1960's
chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed
stamped
size: 18 x 12.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: priv...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
St. John’s College Cambridge from River Cam 1978 Watercolour 'R Hacking'
Located in London, GB
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R Hacking
St. John’s College, Cambridge from the River Cam...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Still Life of Colorful Flowers
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
Mid Century Sgraffito, Saltimbanque and the Card Player, Circle of Picasso.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century sgraffito work on plaster by Jean Pierre de Cayeux. The work is signed and dated on the skirt of the card player, bottom right, and on the stretcher of the chair, bo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Mid Century Modern Mini Geometric Interior Scene Oil Painting - Chair & Vessels
Located in Bristol, GB
CHAIR & VESSELS
Size: 30 x 20 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A small yet compelling mid-century modernist interior scene executed in a geometric abstraction style and muted tonal...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid Century Modern Swedish Original Landscape Oil Painting - Rural Terrain
Located in Bristol, GB
RURAL TERRAIN
Size: 32 x 52 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A very textured mid century modernist landscape composition, painted in oil onto board.
This painting is a landscape t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Eaux-Vives Quay" by Claude Sauthier - Oil on Wood - 37x25.5 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
Board, Oil
Characters 3
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Silver wood frame
Dimensions with frame32 x 99 x 3.5 cm
This captivating work of art presents a minimalist interior scene bathed in a palette of neutral tones. In the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-Century Modern Swedish Original Landscape Oil Painting - Fields of Summer
Located in Bristol, GB
FIELDS OF SUMMER
Size: 46 x 58 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
An expressive and idyllic mid-century landscape composition, executed in oil onto board.
This scenic painting captu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
French Geometric Painting Of Purple Tulips In A Vase
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
Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Young Woman', oil on board, by Anna Costa (circa 1960s). This is a beautiful, expressive portrait of a young woman painted by the artist using her trademark vibrant c...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Modern French Oil Painting Figures at a Poolside with Pool House Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Modern French Oil Painting Figures at a Poolside with Pool House Interior
by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933)
Unsigned
Medium: oil painting on board, unframed
Painting size: ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
still life of flowers oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Agustí Ferré Pino (1884-1960) - Still life of flowers - Oil on canvas
Oil measurements 61x50 cm.
Restored.
Frameless.
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
View of Venice - Original Oil on Canvas Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
View of Venice is an original oil on canvas realized in the late 19th Century by a Master of Italian School.
On the reverse: label with inscribed “E. Mareis”
The painting represent...
Category
Late 19th Century 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
20th Century French Modernist Painting Blue & Red Posed Figure Seated
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Seated Figures
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 sc...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Vintage Mid-Century Modernist Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - The Cockerel
Located in Bristol, GB
THE COCKEREL
Size: 59 x 51 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A brilliantly executed mid-century modernist style still life composition, painted in oil onto canvas by the establishe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Still Life with Strings', Italian School (circa 1940s)
Located in London, GB
'Still Life with Strings', ink and pencil on paper, from the Italian School of artists (circa 1940s). This gallery acquired this artwork with two similar works for which this one may...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pencil
French Modernist Painting Of Pink And Purple Tulips In Clear Glass Vase
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
Beauchamps Chaud a Trouville - Modern Landscape Oil Painting by André Hambourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in a landscape oil on canvas circa 1980 by French modernist painter Andre Hambourg. This beautiful piece depicts families enjoying a day out at the seaside - bathers r...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Modern Cubist Geometric Abstract Oil Painting - The Henkeeper
Located in Bristol, GB
THE HENKEEPER
Size: 76.5 x 61.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A striking mid-century modernist painting depicting a woman tending to a group of chickens, rendered in a bold, ab...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dipinto di Giuseppe Ronchi, Allegoria prima metà del 900
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela. Firmato in basso a sinistra.
Il grande dipinto propone due figure : sulla destra un uomo seduto ad tavolino, vestito di una rossa giacca da camera, con un'espressione ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary British Acrylic Painting Stag In The Snow
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stag In Snow
by Ben George Powell, British contemporary artist
signed
acrylic on canvas, unframed
canvas: 12 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection of this artists work, UK
The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
“Creux de Genthod” by Guy Pittet - Pastel on Paper - 65x50 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
**Artwork sold WITHOUT frame**
Guy Pittet (1929–2010) was a Swiss painter and watercolorist celebrated for his evocative depictions of urban and natural scenes, particularly those c...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
1960's French Modernist Oil Painting Green background with Bizarre Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 1960's period
Title: figurative group, with deep green color background.
Medium: oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 36.5 x 26 inches
Provenance: pri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bird Song and Summer
Located in Deddington, GB
My interest is to convey elements of the classical arcadian landscape paintings of the 17th and 18th century, inviting the viewer to reflec...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
1971 Aluminium Engraved Painting Abstract Figure by Alberto Viani
By Alberto Viani
Located in Brescia, IT
This aluminium painting engraved by Alberto Viani, is a soft female portrait. The woman's figure is in an ethereal way, as a poetry.
This artwork is a multiple of a limited edition o...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Metal
Seating Figures - Oil Painting by Antonio Mellone - 1957
Located in Roma, IT
Seating figures is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Mellone in 1957
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas
Hand signed and dated on the lower margin.
Includes frame
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950's Mid Century French Modernist Oil Painting Still Life Interior Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century
Title: Interior scene French Modernist interior still life scene.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 28.5 x 21.2...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Young Woman - Painting by Francesco Settimj - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas mounted on board, realized by Francesco Settimj in 1930s.
Good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modern French Oil Painting Nude Woman on a Beach Coastal Figurative Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Modern French Oil Painting Woman Reading in a Chair Figurative Interior Scene
by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933)
Unsigned
Medium: oil p...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Julian Trevelyan Cretan Windmills Oil on Canvas Modern British Art - Crete
Located in London, GB
Julian Trevelyan
Cretan Windmills (1964)
Oil on Canvas
61 x 77 cm
The windmills Trevelyan saw in Crete proved a great inspiration for him. Here, they dominate the shoreline, with pe...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Savoie in Winter" by Claude Sauthier - Oil on Wood - 35x46 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
Board, Oil
1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - The Girl In The Forest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on artist paper, unframed
size: 19.5 x 16.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
COLORFUL 20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - NUDE FIGURES IN DESERT
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"In the Desert"
by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019)
signed gouache paint
dated 85'
painting: 15.75 x 11.5 inches
provenance: private collection, South of France
Superb original paintin...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Original British Signed Oil Painting Jack Russell Terrier and Companion Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Good Friends"
British artist, late 20th century
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 17.5 x 17.5 inches
canvas: 15 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very go...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Flowers and Fruit
Located in London, GB
'Still Life with Flowers and Fruit', gouache on art paper, by French artist, Michel Debiève (1964). As is usual with this artist, the joy is in the detail he has rendered. What is no...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
1950's French Village Hillside On Green Rolling Hills Oil Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Verdant Hills
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original oil on artist paper
size: 19 x 26 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
Description: This expressive ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rise of the Sun in Provence - Original oil painting, Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
André Cottavoz (1922-2012)
Rise of the Sun in Provence
Original oil painting
Signed in the right corner
On panel 24 x 41 cm (c. 10 x 16 inch)
Very g...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Eternal spring in the garden of my soul
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Eternal Spring in the Garden of My Soul" is an ode to inner renewal and endless life energy. The painting features geraniums — a symbol of resilience and beauty — set against a shim...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Battle Ships at Sea Naval Engagement Signed British Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Battle at Sea
by Gordon Wood Armstrong (British late 20th century)
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 23 x 29 inches
board: 18 x 24 inches
provenance: pr...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pere Creixams Spanish Woman, Oil on Canvas
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Pere Creixams Pico (1893-1965), School of Paris, ca.1920. Beautiful Spanish woman. Provenance: Charpentier Gallery, 76 rue du Faubourg Saint Honore, Paris (Sotheby's...
Category
1920s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Modernist Oil Painting of Sunlit Poolside Scene with Figures Sunbathing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunlit Poolside Scene with Figures
by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933)
Unsigned
Medium: oil painting on board, unframed
Painting size: 3.75 inches (height) x 6 inches (width)
Condit...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape Near Aesch in Basel Country
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Golden wooden frame
55.5 x 48 x 6 cm
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spanish town street oil on canvas painting Spain urbanscape
By Rafael Fernández de Soto
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael de Soto - Village street - Oil on canvas
Oil measurements 41x33 cm.
Without frame.
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Mid Century French Oil Three Figures Seated Picnic Conversation
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Deep in Conversation
by Pierre Georgeot (French mid 20th century)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 25 x 30 inches
canvas : 24 x 29 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Conditio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Young woman posing naked
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Molded frame in gilded wood
87 x 73.5 x 4.5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Landscape" by Claude Sauthier - Oil on Wood - 30x41 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
Board, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Plant Pot & Apples
Located in Bristol, GB
Plant Pot & Apples
Oil on Board
Size: 49.5 x 36.5 cm (including frame)
A brilliant mid-century modernist style still life composition that focuses on the simplicity of everyday obje...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Ships - Painting by Bruno Croatto - 1938
Located in Roma, IT
Ships is an original painting realized by Bruno Croatto in 1938.
Signed and datet by the Artist at bottom left.
Includes a wooden frame.
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
View of Saint Saphorin by Gaston R. Peitrequin - Oil on Canvas - 46x61 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Gaston Robert Peitrequin (1915-1990) was a Swiss artist, primarily known for his landscape and Alpine scene paintings. Born in Switzerland, he drew inspiration from the surrounding m...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Floraler Aufwind, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Flowers, blossoms, nature in general can always give us strength and uplift. "Floraler Aufwind (Floral Updraft)" is a colorful painting on paper. It's full of movement and dynamis...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Portrait Oil Painting - Portrait of a Troubled Soul
Located in Bristol, GB
PORTRAIT OF A TROUBLED SOUL
Size: 65.5 x 54 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
This mid-century expressive and emotive oil portrait delves into the depths of the human psyche with a...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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