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 Modernist Green Landscape Oil Painting framed and signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Green landscape
Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020)
inscribed verso
framed
signed
oil painting on canvas
framed: 13 x 11 inches
canvas: 11 x 9 inches.
All the paintings we have...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mountain lake by Schaufelberger - Oil on paper 24x36 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on cardboard
Category
1910s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th Century French Signed Oil South of France Fishing Nets Drying in Harbor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Drying the Nets
French School, mid 20th century
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 13 x 18 inches
board: 10.5 x 15
provenance: private collection, France
condition: might benefit f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Loisach against the Zugspitze massif
Located in Wien, 9
Ermenegildo Carlo Giovanni Donadini war ein österreichisch-deutscher Maler und Restaurator, bekannt für seine detailreichen Landschaftsdarstellungen. Nach seiner Ausbildung an der Ku...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large 20th Century French Abstract Composition Shapes & Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract composition
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 33 x 29 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: good and sound condition
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Young Ballerina
Located in Zofingen, AG
This captivating painting portrays a young ballerina, delicately adjusting her pointe shoes. Dressed in a ballet tutu, she exudes grace and discipline. Th...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Modernist Gouache Painting Of Black & White Roses In Vase
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
Abstract Tree Landscape with Interwoven Brushstrokes in Earthy and Autumnal
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Jill Jackson (British, contemporary)
Title: Abstract Tree Landscape
Medium: gouache on artist paper, unframed
Painting : 2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Nude Model - Painting by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Model is an orignal modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Good conditions.
Not signed.
Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil
1980's French Modernist Painting Amusing Multi-color Abstract Figure with Violin
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
signed & dated 1983
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuf...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
20th Century French Oil Figures in North African Street Market with Old Pots
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Market Sellers
French School, mid/ last quarter 20th century
signed oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 7 x 9 inches
provenance: private collection, F...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Medusa - Painting by Francesco Settimj - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard.
Realized by Francesco Settimj in the mid-20th Century.
Hand signed lower right.
Good condition except for some minor losses of colors on edges.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
I adore your boogies-woogies. Figurative painting with popular dancers and music
By Igor Fomin
Located in Segovia, ES
I love your “Boogies-woogies”, (Adoro tus "Bugisvugis"). Figurative painting with popular dancers and musicians.
Acrylic on canvas.
Measurements in centimeters: 97 x 130 x 3 cm. Fram...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1940's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Nude Lady with Hat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Nude Lady
French Modernist, dated 1940
indistinctly signed
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 14 x 9.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge Spanish/ French Oil Painting - Baby blue couple
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Dancers
by Maria Tort Xirau (Catalan, 1924-2018)
signed lower corner
dated 1999
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 36 x 55 inches
framed: 41 ...
Category
1990s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Modern Expressive Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Pears & Jar
Located in Bristol, GB
PEARS & JAR
Size: 40 x 47.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A charming mid-century still life that captures a tabletop scene with a loosely grouped arrangement of fruit and a cent...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
White - Acrylic Painting by Mario Padovan - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
White is an contemporary artwork realized by Mario Padovan in 1976.
Mixed colored acrylic painting on canvas.
Signature, title, date and technique on the back.
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
'The Red Headdress' by W. Worms
Located in London, GB
'The Red Headdress', pastel on art paper, by W. Worms (circa 1960s). A beautiful woman with contemplative expression and tender eyes is exquisitely portrayed by the artist. The treat...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
British Modernist Oil Painting Sunlit Pathway Under the Canopy of Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Jill Jackson (British, contemporary)
Title: Sunlit Pathway
Medium: oil on artist paper, unframed
Painting : 23 x 16 inches
Provenance: all the paintings we have ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge French Modernist Oil Sunny Garden Landscape with French Chairs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Le Jardin
Jeanon Pitre (French contemporary)
signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 51 x 38 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: overall very good
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Autumnal landscape by Louis François Cabanes - Oil on canvas 54x65 cm
By Louis François Cabanes
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas sold without frame
Louis François CABANES is an artist born in France in 1867 and died in 1947. His works have been sold at public auction 62 times, mainly in the Pai...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
City Skyscrapers Abstract French 20th Century Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Skyscapers
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
stamped verso
painting : 14.5 x 19 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
20th Century French Modernist Painting Multi-color Abstract Portrait & Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
signed & dated
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ e...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Nude - Painting by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an orignal modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s.
Mixed colored oil painting on board
Not signed.
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil
Summer Sunflower Prairie, Illustration Style, Still-Life Bouquet
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Summer Sunflower" is an abstract expressionist painting by Romina Milano where a dance of black gestures unfolds across colorful brushstrokes infused with raw emotion.
Romina Mila...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
St Catherine’s Chapel Fleet Chesil Beach & Portland From Abbotsbury Hill Dorset
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Joseph Edward Hennah.
Welsh ( b.1896 - d.1963 ).
St Catherine’s Chapel, The Fleet, Chesil Beach & Portland From Abbotsbury Hill. Dorset.
Oil On Canvas.
Signed Lower Right.
Image size...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Stunning Mid Century French Portrait of Young Lady, signed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, indistinctly signed lower right corner.
Title: Portrait of a Young Girl
Medium: oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 23.5 x 17 inches
Pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modernist Palettes, Orange and Turquoise Mid-Century Floating Shapes, Abstract
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Modernist Palettes" is a hand-painted acrylic painting on high-quality 300g paper by artist Ryan Rivadeneyra. These painting, influenced by modernist artists of the 50's, 60's, and...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Montagny by Adolphe de Siebenthal - Oil on canvas 50x61 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas
Gilded wooden frame
60 x 71 x 4,5 cm
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sun-Drenched Rolling Hills with Bold Blue Trees Casting Shadows British Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Jill Jackson (British, contemporary)
Title: Sun-Drenched Rolling Hills
Medium: gouache on artist paper, unframed
Painting : 14 x 20 inches
Provenance: all the p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Mid 20th Century French Painting Figures Working in Factory Post Impressionist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Factory Workers
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 15.75 x 19 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Lakeside landscape by British female mid 20th Century artist Phyllis Bray
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A really beautiful and large example of British 1930s painting by female artist Phyllis Bray. Bray was a British artist and illustrator known for her inv...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Modernist Painting Of Pink And Yellow Flowers In 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
Mid-Century Modern Swedish Original Abstract Oil Painting - Still Life in Angles
Located in Bristol, GB
STILL LIFE IN ANGLES
Size: 39.5 x 47.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A mid-century still life painting that presents an abstract yet structured arrangement of everyday objects, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Villa by I. Ch. Goetz - Oil on canvas 41x32 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas
Unsigned work
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sandy Murphy, Scottish Modernist artist, still life of apples
Located in Harkstead, GB
Sandy Murphy (born 1956)
A still life of apples
Signed
Oil on board
13 x 14¼ inches
A very striking image with attractive green tones and fabulous paint ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Contemporary expressive faceless woman acrylic paintung on linen canvas
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This artwork "Bond" is a vibrant and dynamic abstract painting that immediately captivates the viewer with its bold use of color and form. This painting makes part of the series dedi...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Linen
Abstract Cubist Diptych of Human Figures, Sitting with Each Other, Black, Blue
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
Acrylic, Paper
Lively seaside by Ellis Holy-Björset - Watercolor
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Original silver wooden frame with glass window
52 x 66,5 x 1,5 cm
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Lake and Canoe by Adolphe De Siebenthal - Oil on Canvas - 46x55 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Adolphe de Siebenthal (1895–1958) was a Swiss painter known for his classic landscapes rendered in cool tones.
His works have been featured in n...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Contemporary French Modernist Portrait with Beach Seascape Beyond
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020)
inscribed verso
oil painting on textured canvas
18 x 15 inches.
All the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come from the artist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Women - Mixed media - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Women is a contemporary artwork realized by Artist of the mid-20th century
Mixed media
Includes frame
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Walk by the lake signed F.F - Oil on canvas 103 x 56 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas with frame in good statement.
Total size with frame: 70 x 121 x 7 cm
Signed F.F
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
River Landscape with Boat and two Figures - Oil Paint - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
River Landscape with Boat and two Figures, realized by an artist active in italy in the mid-17th Century.
In very good condition, it includes a gilded coeval wooden frame.
Category
Late 17th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Bright & Colorful French Modernist Signed oil Oriental Lamp Bowl of Fruit
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Ambiance a la Lampe Galle"
by Bernard Fouchet (French 1932-2013)
signed lower corner, titled verso
in original frame with the artists monogram as part of the moulding
canvas: 15 x 18 inches
framed: 24 x 27 inches
provenance: private collection, France
Absolutely beautiful original painting by Bernard Fouchet (French 1932-2013). The work is signed to the front and back and titled verso too. Very rarely, it looks like the frame was custom made for or by the artist - as the monogram of BF is part of the moulding.
The painting radiates colour and vibrancy, with this eclectic mix of still life objects on a table, set against this red/ orange backdrop of colours. Beautiful.
Condition report:
the painting is in very good condition. The frame has a couple of 'nibbles' to the corners but is fine.
Bernard Fouchet was born in Cerdon-du-Loiret, France. He was the student of Augustine Memin who worked with Utrillo and Alfred Chagniot...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Women - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an orignal modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Signature on the lower margin.
Provenance Galleria Pesaro, Milan...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ladies in conversation
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper
Golden wooden frame with glass pane
38.7 x 31 x 1.5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Watercolor, Gouache
Huge 1960s French Signed Oil - Portrait of Fashionable Woman Emerald Green Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1960's, signed with monogram
Title: Portrait of a fashionable lady in an emerald green dress.
Medium: oil...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
1976 Original Modernist Swedish Interior Oil Painting - Sunlit Still Life
Located in Bristol, GB
SUNLIT STILL LIFE
Oil on canvas
Size: 63 x 54 cm (including frame)
A cosy and intimate mid-century still life composition that captures a warmly lit interior scene, executed in oil ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960’s French Pair Portraits Fashion Ladies Original Paintings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, 1960’s
signed pair oil on board, framed
framed: 5 x 4 inches
board: 4 x 3 inches
private collection, France
overall very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's French Oil Painting Horse Racing Harness Carriage Driving with Jockeys
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Horse Race
French artist, circa 1960's
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 23 x 28.5 inches
canvas: 20 x 26 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: very good and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
20th Century Modernist Painting Bare Tall Tree Over River Bank Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
signed by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original oil on artist paper
size: 26 x 20 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: the ar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Girl “Iiris”
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting embodies a deep connection between humanity and nature. The woman seems to personify the iris, highlighting that humans are part of nature and that the beauty of the nat...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
JEAN MARC (1949-2019) 20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - PORTRAIT OF FACE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Portrait"
by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019)
watercolour on artist paper
painting: 12.5 x 9.5 inches
provenance: private collection, South of France
Superb original painting by th...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Bright Yellow Lemons Still Life
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 studies ...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Provence Landscape Old Houses Cypress Tree French Modernist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provence
Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020)
signed
watercolor painting on paper, mounted on card
framed: 7 x 5.5 inches
canvas: 5 x 5 inches.
All the paintings we have for sal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Night in Saint Tropez Harbor - Original oil painting, Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
André Cottavoz (1922-2012)
Night in Saint Tropez Harbor, c. 1960
Original oil painting
Signed in the bottom left corner
Signed and titled on the back
On canvas 27 x 46 cm (c. 11 x ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Colourful Interior Abstract French Still Life Modernist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
painting : 26 x 19.5 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
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