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
Painting Still life Book Flowers Lilacs bouquet French modern art 1920s 20th
Located in PARIS, FR
Roger MASSON
Doulaincourt (Haute-Marne), 1890 – Soncourt (Vosges), 1950
Bouquet of lilacs near a book
Oil on canvas
55 x 46 cm (60 x 51 cm with the frame)
Signed and dated top right ...
Category
1920s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's Original French Pastel Sketch Nude Female Figure Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Nude Lady
French School, circa 1960's
signed and stamped
chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed
size: 18.75 x 11 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoy...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting of a Young Woman in Pensive Thought
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Young Woman in Thought
by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933)
Unsigned
Medium: oil painting on board, unframed
Painting size: 11.25 inches (height) x 9.5 inches (width)
Condition: over...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's Original French Pastel Sketch Dual Seated Nude Models
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Study
French School, circa 1960's
chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed
double sided
size: 12.5 x 20 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: pri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
Woman - Painting by Eliseu Visconti - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an original modern artwork realized by Eliseu Visconti (1866-1944) in 1930.
Mixed colored oil painting on board.
Hand signed and dated on the lower margin.
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil, Board
Edge, Somerset UK Landscape, Modern British Style Painting, Large Statement Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Edge - an original oil painting by Charlie Baird depicting a West Country landscape beneath a vast blue sky with ascending darkness. Multi-layered, detailed oil painting.
Charlie Bai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Old Town Nice, South of France, Signed French Modernist Oil 1930's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, indistinctly signed and dated
Title: Nice (Cote d' Azur, France)
Medium: oil painting on board, framed.
frame: 28.75 x 32.75 inches
board: 21.25 x 2...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sicilian Farmhouse
By Yves Brayer
Located in London, GB
'Sicilian Farmhouse', oil on canvas, by Yves Brayer (circa 1950s). A dedicated lover of Mediterranean countries and their varied landscapes, this charming and diminutive work by the ...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Roman Ruins - Painting attr. to Francis Harding - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman ruins is an original old master artwork realized realized by a follower of the artist Giovanni Paolo Panini and attributed to Francis Harding (1730-1766).
Mixed colored oil on canvas.
Includes frame.
The work is a replica of Panini's canvas made around 1740, made known by Ferdinando Arisi in his 1986 monograph (Cat.456) as belonging to the Galleria Taccani in Milan and recently reappeared on the London market...
Category
17th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil
The Sunbather, Modern Human Body Figure Painting in Blue, Watercolor Paper 2024
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is a beautiful painting by Alberto de Blobs (Barcleona, 1982). Alberto is a talented painter whose elaborate mixture of figurative and free form abstraction create a highly illu...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Föhn Wind Weather by Ernest Voegeli - Oil on Canvas 38x55 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
Portrait of Old Woman - Painting by Francesco Settimj - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on plywood realized in 1930s.
Painted on both sides, recto and verso.
Good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large French Modernist Painting Girl in Yellow Dress next to Grand Piano
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French contemporary artist
oil on canvas, thin wooden frame
painting: 36 x 29 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Bright Display of Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Modernist artist, 20th century
signed lower corner
oil on board, framed
framed: 19 x 23 inches
board: 18 x 22 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very goo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Still Life Kitchen Table Objects
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jacques Daufin ( Born 1930) French School
signed and dated 1957
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 32 x 24 inches
canvas: 26 x 18 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very go...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
21th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Colorful Figure Sitting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
signed inverso
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Mid-Century Modernist Watercolour On Paper, Trees At Buckfast Abbey
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 1960s work on paper of a group of trees at Buckfast Abbey in Devon, England, by Alban Atkins. Signed bottom left, titled and dated to the reverse. There is also a collection or accession number to the backboard.
Atkins has captured the sculptural nature of the tree trunks as they have grown in the landscape giving the work a feeling of living, writhing things as well as an abstract feel in the composition.
Atkins was one of the group of important artists chosen and commissioned by Sir Kenneth Clark...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Watercolor
Street and Houses - Oil Paint by Sante Monachesi - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Street and houses is a contemporary artwork realized by Sante Monachesi in the mid-20th century
Mixed colored oil painting.
Includes frame
Hand signed on the lower marign
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rene Genis, Modernist oil still life of a Jug and bell peppers on a table
By René Genis
Located in Harkstead, GB
A really striking and stylish large still life by this Modernist master.
René Genis (1922-2004)
Pot Bland et poivrons
Signed and further signed to reverse and inscribed with the tit...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Copper & Blue' - Horses in a landscape
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
William Robin Jennings (1927-2005)
'Copper & Blue' - Horses in a landscape
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
Canvas Size - 14 x 18 in
Walter Robin Jennings was a distinguished Briti...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Souther Summers, Original painting, Cowboys, Landscape, Horses
Located in Deddington, GB
Painted at the hight of summer in a stuffy room in london, missing the flat fields and sea breeze of summers growing up in norfolk. there's a car i really miss too. nostalgic but not in any way a sad painting. more a celebration of that life and time.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Acrylic paint on Canvas
81 H x 100 W x 4 D cm (31.89 x 39.37 x 1.57 in)
Sold unframed
Image size:
Height: 81cm (31.89 in)
Width: 101cm (39.76 in)
Complete size of unframed painting
Height: 81cm (31.89 in)
Width: 100cm (39.37 in)
Depth: 4cm (1.57 in)
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY:
Dan Bloodworth, artist and painter, has artworks available at Wychwood Art online. Dan was born in Norfolk but now lives and works in London. His paintings are inspired by everyday life, British folklore and old Westerns
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Winter in Provence
Located in London, GB
'Winter in Provence', gouache on art paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1970s). There is both beauty and melancholy in this delightfully charming artwork. The artist's naive style is at odds with the refinement, poise and sophistication of the painting. Perhaps the artist was making a statement as well with the broken wall...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
William Crosbie, Reclining nude, Scottish Modernist oil
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very stylish image of a reclining nude in an elegant interior. Beautiful palette.
William Crosbie (1915-1999)
Reclining nude
Signed and dated "XCI" (91)
Oil on board
8½ x 20 inche...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Landscape Framed Oil Painting - Fauvist Field
Located in Bristol, GB
FAUVIST FIELD
Size: 43 x 73 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A bright and vividly coloured mid century landscape composition, executed in oil onto board and dated 1963.
Characteri...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid Century Modern Minimalist Vintage Landscape Oil Painting - Ice Fishing
Located in Bristol, GB
ICE FISHING
Size: 43 x 56 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A mid-century oil painting that captures the quiet moment of an ice fisher, seated beside a small sled on a vast, frozen ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1944 Mid-Century Modern Expressive Landscape Oil Painting - Vibrant Fields
Located in Bristol, GB
VIBRANT FIELDS
Size: 46 x 54 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A captivating mid-century landscape painting that presents a vibrant and expressive interpretation of the countryside...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Incessante sopravvivere" by Salvador Aulestia
Located in Milano, MI
From the series dedicated to Timeless Women by Salvador Aulestia, this is definitely a museum-grade artwork, exceptionally granted to celebrate yellow, a color well present in the Ca...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
North African Orientalist Scene Man on Horseback with Dogs outside City Building
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Orientalist Scene
European artist, late 20th century
possibly a copy of an earlier work judging from the style
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 24 x 20 inches
provenance: private col...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950's Summer Blue Coastal Village Reflection French Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Coastal Village Reflections
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on artist paper
size: 14 x 21.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
Descripti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Nude Woman - Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Woman is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas
Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1887 – Gargnano, 1942)
He was born in Mila...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman portrait. Whisper of Spring
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Whisper of Spring" portrays the serene beauty of a young woman with her auburn hair and scarf gently flowing in the breeze. This movement, captured through rich, textured brushstrok...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large French Modernist Oil Painting Vibrant Still Life Red Green Orange
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vibrant Still Life
signed by René GUINAND (1892-1983)
dated 1967
oil on board, unframed
Board: 13 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very good condition
D...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Küchenstillleben
Located in Wien, 9
If one tries to describe Heinrich Krause’s almost one-century work in a few words, one recognizes an artist who, despite continuously changing artistic trends, remains faithful to ce...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Woman on a Sofa with Dog - 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 except for some minor losses on edges.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Modernist Large Oil Painting Autumn Trees in Provence Landscape d. 2002
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Autumn Provence
by Andre Guillou (French 1925-2017)
signed and dated 2002
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 25.5 x 21 inches
provenance: private collection...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
An Early Morning Light, Isle of Gigha
Located in Belgravia, London, London
An Early Morning Light, Isle of Gigha
by John Lowrie Morrison - "Jolomo" OBE
Scottish born 1948
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 16 x 16 inches
Framed size: 25.5 x 25.5 inches
Signed low...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Modern Swedish Expressive Still Life Oil Painting - Tulips in a Jug
Located in Bristol, GB
TULIPS IN A JUG
Size: 70 x 61 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
An elegant and delicate mid-century still life painting, executed in oil onto canvas.
The composition captures a bo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Female Nude in Front of a Curtain with Clothes - Oil on Canvas - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Female nude in front of a curtain with clothes is an old master artwork realized by an Italian artist in the early 18th century,
Mixed colored oil on canvas.
Good condition.
Category
Early 18th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life of Two Pears French Modernist Original 20th Century Painting Framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life
by Max Toutain (French 1935-2006)
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 10 x 12 inches
canvas : 7 x 9 inches
Provenance: all the paintings we have for sale by this artist h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Fish, Dove and Musical Instrument', Italian School (circa 1940s)
Located in London, GB
'Fish, Dove and Musical Instrument', gouache on paper, from the Italian School of artists (circa 1940s). Surely this very attractive piece was inspired by Georges Braque (1882-1963) ...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Selfie from saint Sebastian" ( in memory of Rudolf Nureyev)
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This work was inspired by the dance of Rudolf Nureyev. I compared him to Saint Sebastian.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Seaside - Oil Paint by Egeo Venturi - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Seaside is a modern artwork realized by Egeo Venturi.
Oil painting.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Includes frame.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Mini Abstract Figurative Landscape Oil Painting- The Path Less Taken
Located in Bristol, GB
THE PATH LESS TAKEN
Size: 24.5 x 25.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A brilliantly executed abstract figurative oil composition painted by the established Swedish artist Ivar Mor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Life Path Mastery. Foliage green painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
The canvas is a metaphor for life, where through the interweaving of our realisations and steps, we create our own unique pattern of life. Its beauty and complexity depends on our i...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Horses of the sun. Oil on canvas, 80x120 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Zita Sudnika, Horses of the sun. 2004. Oil on canvas, 80x120 cm
Dynamic and vivid painting that captures the energy of running horses against the backdrop of an orange sunset. The s...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Autumn Trees by Ernest Voegeli - Oil on Canvas 38x50 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
Young Painter - Oil Painting - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Young painter is an artwork realized by an unknonw artist of the early 20th century.
Oil painting on cardboard.
A young woman with a delicate face is about to paint with a palette...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
1974 Modernist Swedish Expressive Nude Portrait Oil Painting - Repose by Red
Located in Bristol, GB
REPOSE BY RED
Size: 49 x 41 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A brilliantly executed modernist nude study, painted in oil onto board and dated 1974.
This painting depicts a seated ...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Huge 1960's French Modernist Oil Painting Lady Seated Playing Guitar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Guitar Player
French Modernist artist, circa 1960's period
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 32 x 39.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape of a village with a view of steeples - Oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
Dated, signed
Signature unknown
Work on wood
Gray wooden frame with golden patina
82 x 997 x 6 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sailing Boats in South of France Harbor Vintage French Oil Painting 20th Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sailing Boats
French School, 20th century
oil on board, framed
inscribed verso
framed: 20 x 24.5 inches
board: 17 x 21 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very g...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Antique 19th Century Italian Oil Painting Man riding Pony Horse in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Stubborn Mule
Italian School, 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 9.75 x 14 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound condition, a little scru...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Smoking a pipe and drinking wine (1893) - Henri Hebert Swiss school
Located in Geneva, CH
Henri A. Hebert was born in Geneva in the 19th century. Genre painter and son of Jules Hebert both belonging to the Swiss school. The Geneva museum prese...
Category
1890s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century French Cubist Still Life Oil Painting Apple Fruit
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Still Life
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
oil on board, framed
signed and dated 1981 verso
framed: 21.5 x 18 inches
board: 18 x 15 inches
original oil painting
conditi...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Modern Vintage Swedish Abstract Figurative Painting - Figure in Blue
Located in Bristol, GB
FIGURE IN BLUE
Size: 48.5 x 42.5 cm (including frame)
Acrylic on card
A striking mid-century modernist abstract figurative painting that presents a seated figure rendered in deep, e...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Red & Yellow Flowers in Vase Signed French Impressionist 1950's Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Yellow & Red Flowers
French Impressionist artist, circa 1950's
signed oil on board, unframed
board: 12.5 x 9 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: a few minor scuf...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large French/ Polish Modernist Oil Painting Interior Room Figures Reading & Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Interior Scene
by Jacob Markiel (Polish 1911-2008) *See notes below
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 34 x 30 inches
provenance: the artists estate, south ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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