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
The French Rooster
Located in London, GB
'The French Rooster', gouache on art paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1960s). A Mid-Century modern depiction of the French coq, or rooster. The origin o...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
'Port of Saint-Malo', French Modern School
Located in London, GB
'Port of Saint-Malo', oil on canvas affixed to board, French Modern School (1984). Although the artist dated this painting '84, it depicts a nostalgic view of the port of Saint-Malo in Western France's, Brittany in 1884 judging by the clothing worn by the characters depicted. The crowd on the shoreline is watching a sailboat regatta starting just inside the port's breakwater. A rather rare sunny day in Brittany brought out the parasols of the sitting ladies on the edge of the old ramparts. The walled city...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Portrait of a Girl. What is Love?
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, a girl is portrayed deep in thought, contemplating the nature of love, creating an atmosphere of tenderness and gentle introspection. Her dreamy gaze reflects her i...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Flowers in a Black Pitcher by Louis Henri Salzmann - Oil on Canvas - 54x65 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Louis Henri Salzmann was a Swiss painter active during the first half of the 20th century. Born in 1887 and passing away in 1955, Salzmann is known for his landscape paintings and st...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Marigold flowers" by Helene Zolo - Oil on canvas 38x46 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas sold with frame
Total size with frame 51x59 cm
Hélène ZOLO-LEVY is a swiss artist born in 1904
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Milly
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
George Petrie (1790–1866) - Romantic Irish Landscape, Oil on Canvas
This captivating oil on canvas by the renowned Irish artist George Petrie, often referred to as the "Father of Ir...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Le Bal de Moulin Rouge - Modernist Figurative Oil by Marcel Francois Leprin
By Marcel François Leprin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed, titled and dated 1921 figures in interior oil on canvas by Modernist painter Marcel Francois Leprin. This wonderful piece depicts a ball at the Moulin Rouge, a cabaret in Par...
Category
1920s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flowers
Located in Genève, GE
Work on a paper that is mounted on a canvas
Golden wooden frame
50 x 61 x 4.5 cm
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Man
By Yvonne Guégan
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Man', oil on canvas, by Yvonne Guégan (circa 1970s). This is not a portrait of the reclusive billionaire, Howard Hughes. Regrettably, we d...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Landscape Oil Painting - From the Distance
Located in Bristol, GB
FROM THE DISTANCE
Oil on Canvas
Size: 49 x 64 cm (including frame)
A tranquil and restful mid-century modernist landscape composition, executed in oil onto canvas.
This panoramic a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Marternity
Located in Geneva, CH
Artist born in Vienna, Austria in 1887.
Died in 1970 in Geneva.
Work on canvas
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Temptation - Painting by Georges Valmier - Early 20th Century
By Georges Valmier
Located in Roma, IT
The Temptation is a modern artwork realized by Georges Valmier in the early 20th Century.
Mixed colored tempera painting.
Hand signed on the lower m...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Huge Spanish/ French Oil Painting Elegant Ladies on the Beach Group Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Group Portrait
by Maria Tort Xirau (Catalan, 1924-2018)
signed lower corner
dated 1991
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 42 x 52 inches
framed: 33 x 43 inches
Very good condition.
Provenance: from the artists estate, France
Maria Tort Xirau ( Figueres , 26 May 1924 – 6 June 2018) was a painter and photographic and cinematographic editor from Emporda. She developed a long professional career in leading photographic studios, in films for The Walt Disney Company and also in advertising claims for companies such as Educa Borràs . The second half of her life was dedicated to painting, exercising a luminous, varied and nostalgic chromatic style in the techniques of oil and watercolor and with exhibitions of her work in Barcelona and Figueres. The Biographical Dictionary of Art Empordà defined Tort Xirau's work as "a painting that is characterized by the strength of the strokes, the vividness and brightness of the chromatic range and exudes mastery of the photographic technique. A mixture of nostalgia and tenderness is evident.".
Tort Xirau's paintings were exhibited in the two towns where she spent her life: in 1992 she exhibited his work at the Caixa de Figueres Exhibition Hall. Two years later, she did it at Sala Conex in Barcelona and in 2007 and 2013 the Consortium of Sant Ferran Castle and the Figueres Town Council organized tribute exhibitions. In 2013, she ceded to the council of the city of Figueres her work Mercat de la plaça de l'Ajuntament , watercolored on paper around 1991, which is exhibited in the rest room of the building.
On June 6, 2018, she died in Figueres at the age of 94, receiving the apostolic blessing . Two years after her death, part of her paintings were included in the exhibition Paint, create, live. Women artists in the Alt...
Category
1990s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1957 Mid Century Modern Expressive Coastal Landscape Oil Painting - Black Boat
Located in Bristol, GB
BLACK BOAT
Oil on board
Size: 63 x 83 cm (including frame)
An expressive mid-century modernist style coastal landscape painting, executed in oil onto board and dated 1957.
The comp...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage Mid Century Modern Original Landscape Oil Painting - Pastoral Horizon
Located in Bristol, GB
PASTORAL HORIZON
Size: 48 x 57 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A serene and atmospheric mid-century landscape composition, executed in oil onto canvas.
The painting features an ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Libérer" by Gilbert Pauli - Oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil paint on burlap with c-us frame
Total size with frame 115x85 cm
Category
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a woman. Flora
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting “Flora” depicts a young woman in a serene and contemplative state with her eyes closed, symbolizing inner peace and connection with nature. Inspired by the Roman goddess...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid 20th Century French Painting Pink Poppies and Ferns In China Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Expressionist
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 16.75 x 15 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Still Life - Oil on Canvas - Late 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is an artwork realized by an unknown artist in the late 19th Century.
Oil on Canvas Mounted on Board.
18 x 13 cm.
Good conditions
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
On the Path
Located in London, GB
'On the Path', pastel and ink on art paper, by Suzanne Tourte (circa 1950s). Executed with a lively palette of colour, this is a surprisingly sophisticated modern work of art which belies its rather naive style. Flowered fields, green grassy patches, a curved path and blue skies all figure in this engaging landscape with two figures. Newly framed and glazed in anti-reflective glass, this work is in good overall condition. Signed: 'S X Tourte' in the lower right hand. Please enjoy the many photos accompanying the listing. Upon request, a video may be provided.
About the Artist: Suzanne Tourte (1904-1979) was a French painter, engraver, medalist, fresco artist, lithographer and illustrator. She was also an excellent vocalist. She studied at the school of Beaux-Arts in Reims while continuing her musical studies at the Conservatoire de la Ville. She chose painting as a profession and returned to Paris to continue her studies. She was friends with artists Yves Brayer and Robert Humblot...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Ink
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
1950's Colorful Wildflowers in a Copper Vase in Yellow Interior Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wildflower Still Life
signed by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
dated 1971
original watercolor on artist paper
size: 20 x 17 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoy...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
French Modernist Oil Painting Cubist Still Life of Apples
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Apples
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
signed & dated
signed oil on canvas
canvas: 15 x 18 inches
original oil painting
condition: minor surface scuffing but overall very good...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Naked young woman from behind
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Golden wooden frame
119.5 x 72.5 x 3.5 cm
Small ones missing paint on original frame
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Geneva countryside
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil work on canvas without frame
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Mandolin by Georges Girard - Oil on canvas 54x81cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Georges Girard (1917-2003) was a French painter known for his work throughout the 20th century. His art often appeared in auctions, with pieces like Picador and Le Jeune Homme et l'O...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modern French Oil Painting Still Life with Glass Bottles and Fruit in Blue Tones
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Modern French Oil Painting Still Life with Glass Bottles and Fruit in Blue Tones
by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933)
Unsigned
Medium: oil painting on board, unframed
Painting...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Male Portrait - Paint by Fernando Porfili - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Mixed media on canvas realized by Fernando Porfili (Porfirius) in 1961.
Hand signed and dated.
Includes a coeval wooden frame.
Very good condition.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Rural landscape at the foot of the hills by Marius Chambaz - Oil on canvas 36x46
Located in Geneva, CH
Painter born in Geneva in 1905 and died in Geneva in 1988
Landscape painter lithograph, etching and drawing
Member of the society of painter artists SMA, a company in Geneva
Work on wood
Golden plaster...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled - Painting by Carlo Quattrucci - 1965
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Carlo Quattrucci in 1965.
Hand signed and dated.
Includes a coeval wooden frame.
Very good condition.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original French Pastel Expressive Mid-Century Sketches with Detail
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Sketches
French School, circa 1960's
chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed
double sided
size: 12.5 x 19 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: pri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
Snowy farm in Switzerland by Christian Axtmann - Oil on canvas 37x55 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas sold with frame
Total size with frame 47x65 cm
Signed Christian Axtmann, Swiss artist from the 19th and 20th century. 8 artworks from him were sold in public auctions...
Category
1910s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
George Large, Street Musicians, Cubist art
By George Large
Located in Harkstead, GB
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George Large, R.I. (born 1936)
Street musicians
Signed and dated (19)91
Watercolour over traces of pencil
15¾ x 26
25½ x 35 with frame
George Large is a painter in watercolour and oil, born in Islington, London in 1936. He studied at Hornsey College of Art (1958-63), teachers including Maurice de Sausmarez, John Titchell and Alfred Daniels. Large spent some time in the display department of Simpson’s, Piccadilly, was part-time at Hornsey College of Art, then head of department at St Julian...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
British Modernist Oil Painting Golden Fields Beneath A Starry Blue Sky
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Jill Jackson (British, contemporary)
Title: Golden Fields
Medium: oil on artist paper, unframed
Painting : 16 x 20 inches
Provenance: all the paintings we have b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Family
Located in London, GB
'The Family', gouache on fine art paper (1984), by Raymond Dèbieve. In a clear nod to Picasso's influence both stylistically and in terms of subject matter ...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Untitled
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Anthony Benjamin was born in England on 29 March 1931. He began his study at Southall Technical College in 1947 as an engineering draughtsman and was accepted into Regent Street Poly...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Café de la Place
Located in London, GB
'Café de la Place', gouache on paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1970s). A solitary stroller in a small French town crosses the street in front of a café al...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Mid-Century Modern Swedish Abstract Oil Painting - Geometric Still Life
Located in Bristol, GB
GEOMETRIC STILL LIFE
Size: 57 x 48 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A striking and brilliantly executed mid-century modernist style still life composition, executed in oil onto boa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of Two Seated Nude Women - British Modernist 1930's oil painting
By Lionel Ellis
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Modernist portrait oil painting is by noted artist Lionel Ellis. The painting comes from a collection of works by the artist, previously owned by his wife. Painte...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
1960's Original French Pastel Sketch Expressive Dual Seated Nude Models
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Study
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: private collectio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
Still Life - Oil on Canvas - Late 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is an artwork realized by an unknown artist in the late 19th Century.
Oil on Canvas Mounted on Board.
Original wooden frame.
18 x 13 cm.
Good conditions
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Board
Nude by Carmen Bilbao - Oil on canvas 80x90 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas sold with frame
Total size with frame 88x98 cm
Carmen Bilbao was born in Bolivia in 1954. Graduated in Fine Arts from the Faculty of Architecture and Fine Arts at the...
Category
1990s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th Century Stylish Portrait of a Young Lady French oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
by Maurice Delavier (French 1902-1986)
stamped verso with the artists studio mark
oil on board, unframed
board: 7.75 x 9.5 inches
provenance: private collection, F...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
1977 Vintage Modernist Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Coastal Horizons
Located in Bristol, GB
COASTAL HORIZONS
Size: 46 x 58.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A serene mid-century modernist coastal landscape that captures the essence of a tranquil shoreline, executed in oi...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
View of Paris - Paint by Henri Hamm - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
View of Paris is a modern artwork realized by Henri Hamm in the 1930s.
Oil on wooden Panel.
Good conditions.
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
French 20th Century Modernist Painting Artists Paint and Paint Tools Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artists Tools
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
painting : 20 x 16 inches
stamped verso
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and soun...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Woman with Irises
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Woman with Irises', oil on cardstock paper (1976), by Raymond Debiève. Here the artist paints a young woman holding a bunch of enchantin...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid 20th Century French Modernist Portrait of a Young Lady Green & Yellow Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
French Modernist artist, mid 20th century
S.Ascher
signed oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 16 x 13 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: very good...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Huge British Portrait Painting Nicole Kidman Moulin Rouge Royal Academy Exhibit
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge)
by Liz London, British contemporary
signed acrylic on canvas, framed
framed: 46 x 36 inches
canvas: 39 x 30 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
Pre...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
20th Century Portrait of Young Lady Reading a Book large oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady Reading
by Jacob Markiel (Polish 1911-2008) *See notes below
oil on board, unframed
board: 29 x 24 inches
provenance: the artists estate, south of France
condition: very good an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nude - Painting by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude woman is a beautiful and impressive oil on canvas by Antonio Feltrinelli.
It was realized between the end of the 1920s and the beginning of t...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil
Bouquet and vase on foot
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Gilded wood frame with glass pane
79 x 60 x 2,5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Reclining woman", Génia Minache (1907-1972)
Located in Paris, FR
Génia Minache (1907–1972) was a painter born in Russia. She later moved to Constantinople, passed through Prague, and eventually settled in Paris. Strongly influenced by the artistic...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Ascension"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The painting draws a fine line between space and religion.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
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
Pair of Romantic Bavarian Paintings by Karl Adolf Wilhelm Chelius - 1889
Located in Roma, IT
Pair of romantic Bavarian paintings is an old master artwork realized in 1889 by the master Karl Adolf Wilhelm Chelius (1856-1923).
Mixed colored oil panting on...
Category
1880s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Brittany : The Red Roofs - Original Oil on canvas, Handsigned
By Henri d'Anty
Located in Paris, IDF
Henri d'Anty
Brittany : The Red Roofs
Original oil on canvas
Handsigned bottom left
On canvas 60 x 73 cm (c. 24 x 29 inch)
Excellent condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
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