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
Mid Century Modern Figurative Landscape Oil Painting - Evening Reflections
Located in Bristol, GB
EVENING REFLECTIONS
Oil on board
Size: 46 x 56 cm (including frame)
A mid-century modernist composition that captures a serene moment of contemplation set in a tranquil landscape se...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Oil Painting of Camlough Lake in Northern Ireland by 20th Century Modern Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of Camlough Lake in Northern Ireland by 20th Century Modern Artist, Patrick O'Neill
Art measures 30 x 20 inches
Frame measures 35 x 25 inches
A beautiful colourful ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
River Forest Landscape Oil Painting by 20th Century Post War Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of River Forest Landscape in Ireland by 20th Century Post War Irish Artist, Tobias Everet Spence
Art measures 20 x 16 inches
Frame measures in...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge 20th Century British Naive Welsh Oil Painting Village Life in Winter Snow
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Winter in the Village
by Ben George Powell, British contemporary artist
signed
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 32 x 40 inches
provenance: private collection of this artists work, UK
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fishing Boat in New York Harbor 1948 Original Signed Oil Painting Modernist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
New York Harbor
by John Chapman LEWIS (American, 1920-1994)
signed & dated 1948
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 14 x 22.5 inches
Provenance: Private colle...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Morris’s lover 2
Located in Oslo, NO
This artwork presents a masterful blend of human form and intricate botanical patterns, creating a striking visual contrast. Dominating the piece, a reclining female nude is rendered...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Villajoyosa, Spain #2 by Alexandre de Spengler - Oil on canvas 46x55 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Alexandre de Spengler (1893–1973) was a Swiss painter and engraver active in Geneva and Paris.
He is known for his land and seascapes, as well as...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beau Temps en Aout - Deauville - Modern Landscape Oil Painting by André Hambourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in landscape oil on canvas circa 1980 by French modernist painter Andre Hambourg. This beautiful piece depicts families enjoying a day out at the seaside in the height...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Greece by Edouard Arthur, Oil on canvas 38x61 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas sold with frame
Total size with frame 48x71 cm
Edouard ARTHUR is an artist born in 1917 and died in 2002. His works have been sold at public auction 12 times, mainly ...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
1993 Vintage Modernist Original Framed Oil Painting - Expressionist Still Life
Located in Bristol, GB
ESPRESSIONIST STILL LIFE
Size: 54 x 43 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A brilliantly executed 20th century expressionist still life, painted in oil onto canvas and dated ’93.
Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tarragona garden Spain oil on canvas painting spanish urbanscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil measures 73x92 cm.
Frameless.
Francisco Carbonell Massabe (1928)
Francisco Carbonell Massabe was a Catalan painter with an impressionist spirit. It was in La Lonja and in Bella...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
St Tropez Harbour 20th Century French Post-Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, 20th century
"St Tropez, France"
oil on board, framed
framed: 10 x 12 inches
board: 7.5 x 9.5 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound cond...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Impressionist Portrait of an Elderly Man in Blue Seated in Reflection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Portrait of an Elderly Man in Blue Seated in Reflection
by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933)
Unsigned
Medium: oil painting on board, unframed
Painting siz...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
St Tropez Harbor France Large 1970's French Modernist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
St Tropez
French Modernist artist, indistinctly signed
circa 1970
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 13 x 37 inches
canvas: 12 x 36 inches
provenance: private collection, France
conditio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mountain Landscape by Henri Weissenbach - Oil on Canvas - 46x55 cm
By Henri Weissenbach
Located in Geneva, CH
Théobald Charles Henri Weissenbach (1891–1966) was a Swiss visual artist known for his contributions to painting.
Born in Fribourg, Switzerland, and later active in Geneva, Weissenb...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Dancer n°3 by John Torcapel - Gouache on paper 41x37 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper sold with a frame
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache
Still Life - Oil on Canvas - Late 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is an artwork realized by an unknonwn artist in the late 19th Century.
Oil on Board.
21 x 15 cm.
Good conditions
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
The Geranium by Stéphanie Guerzoni - Oil on Canvas - 53x36.5 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Stéphanie Caroline Guerzoni (1887-1970) was an Austrian-born artist who spent much of her life contributing to the European art scene. Born in Vienna, she experienced the vibrant cul...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Mini Abstract Figurative Oil Painting - Glowing Silhouette
Located in Bristol, GB
GLOWING SILHOUETTE
Size: 33.5 x 21 cm (including frame)
Oil on Board
A small yet striking mid-century semi-abstract figurative composition, executed in oil onto board.
The painting...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Portrait of a Young Man in a Red Tie' French School (1956)
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Young Man in a Red Tie', gouache and ink on art paper, French School (1956). Step into the world of mid-20th century European art with a striking portrait that capture...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Large colourful modernist abstract landscape painting Vietnamese American artist
By Ngoc Dung
Located in Norwich, GB
A striking, bold colourist painting by Vietnamese artist Ngoc Dung (1931-2000), dating from circa 1960.
His highly individualistic art is hard to categorise. In the artist"s own wor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge 1960's French Modernist Signed Oil Sailing Yachts Regatta Blue Sea Panorama
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Regatta
by Jean-Emile Podevin (French 1925-2011)
signed oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 20 x 40 inches
Provenance: Private collection, Paris
Condition: Great condition
For more...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Les Pierrots by André Braunecker - Oil on paper 50x65 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil paint on paper with glass and frame.
Signed and certified by the artist.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Trees - Paint by Jean Dreyfus-Stern - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Trees is a modern artwork realized by Jean Dreyfus-Stern in the 1930s.
Oil on Wooden Panel.
Good conditions.
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Large Classical Oil Painting Mythological Biblical Figures in Sky
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
European artist, 20th century
signed oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 28 x 38 inches
provenance: private collection, Wiltshire, England
condition: very good and sound condition, stai...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
1967 Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Landscape Oil Painting - House by the Tree
Located in Bristol, GB
HOUSE BY THE TREES
Size: 39 x 47 cm (including frame)
Oil on Board
A very pleasant modernist-style street scene composition, executed in oil onto board and dated 1967.
In the foreg...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
«Golden series.Irises» Original floral painting . Interior decor. Vertical.
Located in Oslo, NO
This striking artwork presents a vivid portrayal of irises, their delicate petals painted in a harmonious blend of soft whites, purples, and blues. The flowers are arranged with eleg...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
National Day : Sailors having Fun - Tall Original Oil Painting, Signed
By Michel-Marie Poulain
Located in Paris, IDF
Michel Marie POULAIN
French National Day : Sailors having Fun
Original oil on canvas
Handsigned in the lower left corner
On canvas 55 x 65 cm (c. 22 x 26 inch)
Presented in golden w...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
1930's French Modernist Portrait of Black Haired Lady with Fringe Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Woman with Black Hair and Fringe styling
by Anton Sailer (French 1903-1987)
Signed & dated 1930
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 23.5 x 18 inches
Canvas: 18.5 x 13.5 inches
...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century French Abstract Portrait of Child Circle of Picasso style
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Child
French abstract artist, circa 1960's
circle of Pablo Picasso
oil on board, unframed
board: 26 x 21 inches
provenance: private collection, Luberon Valley, Provence...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Provencal Hilltop Village in Landscape Mid 20th Century French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Provencal Landscape
French School, mid 20th century
oil on board, unframed
board: 15 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bouquet of roses by Benjamin II Vautier - Oil on wood 30x40 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on wood sold with frame
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Warm Evening
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
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting Floral Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Floral Abstract
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, unframed
size: 12 x 9 inches
condition: very good and ready to be e...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Fleeting beauty
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting captures the fleeting beauty of tulips. The delicate flowers, embraced by the young woman, symbolize the transient nature of life’s most exquisite moments. Their soft p...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1950's Nestled Houses In Autumnal Riverside Landscape French Oil Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Riverside Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original oil on artist paper
size: 18.5 x 15 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
Description: This pai...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Zucchinis, Onions and Fruits by Fernand Blondin - Oil on Canvas - 49x59 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Fernand Blondin (1887-1967) was a Swiss painter and teacher, celebrated for his depictions of idyllic rural life, interiors, female nudes, portraits, still-lifes, religious subjects ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flowers in a Pitcher by Fernand Blondin - Oil on Canvas - 52x60 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Fernand Blondin (1887-1967) was a Swiss painter and teacher, celebrated for his depictions of idyllic rural life, interiors, female nudes, portraits, still-lifes, religious subjects ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mountain landscape with chalets - Oil on paper 19x21 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on cardboard
Unsigned work
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Square - Painting by Francesco Settimj - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on cardboard.
Very good condition except for some minor losses on edges.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century French Modernist Figure and Child Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figure and child
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 8 x 5.5 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and sound ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Vintage Mini Mid-Century Modern Landscape Framed Oil Painting - Fresh Fields
Located in Bristol, GB
FRESH FIELDS
Size: 24 x 29 cm (including frame)
Oil on Board
A lively mid-century post-impressionist landscape composition, executed in oil onto board.
Small yet impactful, the pai...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Landscape with Boats by Paul Delapoterie - Oil on wood 38x61 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Paul Delapoterie, born in 1930, is a painter from Geneva, Switzerland. His work spans various styles, including abstract landscapes, figurative portraits, and surrealist pieces. Know...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Waves - Tempera and China Ink Drawing on Paper - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Waves is an original tempera and Cina ink drawing on paper, realized by Marguerite Callet-Carcano
With pencil signature on lower right margin.
In very good condition, except for a little missing of paper on lower left margin.
Marguerite Callet-Carcano (Milan, 1878)
Marguerite Callet-Carcano was an Italian-Belgian graphic artist, illustrated books like Drame and Savonarole. Drame by Iwan Gilkin (1926), Les Chimères by Georges Rency (1928), René by François-René Chateaubriand and a reprint by Adolphe by Benjamin Constant. In addition to the xilograph technique, she also used the linoleum one. She engraved the portrait of Charles De Coster...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Ink, Tempera
1960's Modernist Signed Oil Very Large Canvas Fisherfolk in Harbour with Boats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Wong MOO CHEW - PENGHIDUPAN (Malaysian b. 1942), signed, dated 1967
Title: Fishing Harbour
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed, signed....
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Modernist Oil Coffee Table & Chair in Mediterranean Window Interior View
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Morning Tranquility
French School, late 20th century
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 30 x 26 inches
canvas : 24 x 20 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: the...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1950's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Young Lady in Green
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Lady
French School, mid 20th century
signed, S. Ascher
signed oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 16 x 13 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: good...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary British Acrylic Painting Snow Leopards in Arctic Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
snow leopards
by Ben George Powell, British contemporary artist
signed
acrylic on canvas, unframed
canvas: 20 x 28 inches
provenance: private collection of this artists work, UK
The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Reeds 8 July 11:56 - Modern Nature Oil Painting, Abstract, Minimalism
Located in Salzburg, AT
Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large 20th Century French Modernist Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
French School, 20th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 30 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The woman by the window, the menorah: large poignant mysterious Jewish interior
Located in Norwich, GB
A mysterious blond young woman is standing by the window in a plush drawing room which has a velvety feel. With her back turned to us, she is looking out over the spires and roofs of...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Large French Signed Oil Portrait of Nude Lady Signed & Dated 1950's Mid Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Evelyne"
French School, mid century
titled verso
signed oil on board, unframed
dated 51'
board: 24.5 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, northern France
condition: very good...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Joan Gillchrest oil painting 'Titus and Moet', British, female artist
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Joan Gillchrest (British, 1918 – 2008)
Titus and Moet
Oil on board
Signed with initials ‘JG’ (lower left)
32 x 44.1/4 in. (81.5 x 112.5 cm.)
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Lady Portrait by Alexandre de Spengler - Oil on canvas 46x38 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Alexandre de Spengler (1893–1973) was a Swiss painter and engraver active in Geneva and Paris.
He is known for his land and seascapes, as well as...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
(Donald) Trump - original painting
By Lou Ros
Located in London, GB
Portrait of contraversial former President and current Republican nominee
Donald Trump
by renowned artist Lou Ros
Acrylic on canvas
signed, dated and titled on reverse by the art...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Flora
Located in Oslo, NO
The gallery presents the Norwegian artist Nadezda (Nadya) Stupina , a high professional who has been working in the international art market for many years.
Professional artist with ...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950's Symbolist Portrait Young Figure in Exotic Green Cloak
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Symbolist Portrait
signed by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original oil on artist paper, mounted in a card frame
overall size: 31.5 x 20 inches
painting size: 27.5 x 18 inc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a lady
Located in Wien, 9
In elegant clothing and a pompous hat, the lady looks out from the side of the picture. The narrow neckline and the sideways positioning create a strict and controlled impression. Th...
Category
1910s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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