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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Item Ships From: USA
Style: Modern
Antique American School Modernist Fauvist Interior Still Life Abstract Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted tropical still life painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed illegibly.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Marching
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sharon Paster is a distinguished San Francisco Bay-area artist Sharon Paster creates her paintings using oil sticks and brushes, a technique that allows her to both draw and paint at...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Fantasy Floral Jungle - Abstract Painting - Modern Art By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
A floral, but instead of a vase it finds itself in a jungle setting. Rich reds weave amongst the large green leaves and white flowers creating fullness for this tropical jungle
Fant...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Forbes Mill, Los Gatos - Historic Landscape Original Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
Forbes Mill, Los Gatos - Historic Landscape in Acrylic on Masonite
Idyllic California watermill landscape by Stella Leis (American, b. 1922). This autumn-themed painting depicts For...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
1990s "Nude With Ball" Female Nude Painting
Located in Arp, TX
Bill Shields
"Nude with Ball"
1990's
Acrylic paint on board
Site measures 10.5"x8.5 wood frame float mount on linen 15.5"x13"
Unsigned came from artist's estate
William Stephens Shi...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
In Passing
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sharon Paster is a distinguished San Francisco Bay-area artist Sharon Paster creates her paintings using oil sticks and brushes, a technique that allows her to both draw and paint at...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Persephone
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Persephone
Oil on canvas, 1952
Signed lower left (see photo)
Titled reverse "Persephone" Signed "V. 52"
Exhibited: Columbus Gallery of the Arts label "71/30 Bt. 2", see label
Condi...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Antique American School WPA Modernist Black Figure Ashcan Dock View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1920s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Impressionist Hamptons Polo Field Horse Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive mid century polo field modernist landscape. Oil on canvas. No signature found. Framed.
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Italian Modernist Abstract Flower Still Life Pop Art Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Italian modernist flower still life oil painting by Giorgio Celiberti (1929 - 1960). Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Signed on verso. Displayed ...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique French Post Impressionist Modern Kitchen Seafood Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted French modernist still life. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In a Perfect World
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sharon Paster is a distinguished San Francisco Bay-area artist Sharon Paster creates her paintings using oil sticks and brushes, a technique that allows her to both draw and paint at...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Model sitting
Located in Bayonne, NJ
A half-naked model posing for a portrait. A classic depiction by Volodymyr Makarenko on a large oil on canvas. The artist feels the space, he works...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nature Morte Gris
Located in Bayonne, NJ
This is an important oil on panel mounted on stretchers, framed by Lev Meshberg. It represents his metaphysical still life manner where the artist is symbolically presenting the view...
Category
1990s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Two graces
Located in Bayonne, NJ
Two graces by Volodymyr Makarenko represent his authentic style, a beautiful composition, great variety of colors and very delicate artistic techni...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Modernist Ballon Portrait Framed Vintage Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century modernist portrait. Framed. Oil on canvas.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Diana
Located in Bayonne, NJ
A beautiful painting by Volodymyr Makarenko that represents his authentic artistic style. The painting is in excellent condition. Oil on canvas, un...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Joni" - Mid Century Modern Portrait of a Girl in Yellow Dress in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Joni" - Portrait of a Girl in a Yellow Dress in Oil on Canvas
Skillful portrait of a young girl by Morris Zirlin (American, 1913-1990). A young girl with wide brown eyes poses for ...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
A Day at the Beach
Located in New Orleans, LA
A Day at the Beach by unkown American School painter, circa 1940-1950, oil on canvas.
Framed: 31 x 29 inches
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nude with Cat, Oil on Board, Figural, Interior
Located in Wiscasset, ME
"Nude with Cat" by R. Walker is a charming portrait of a woman and cat posed by a window.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage Monumental Atmospheric Summer Beach Sunset Framed Modern Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive mid 20th century summer beach scene oil painting. Framed in a modernist white wood frame. Great color and truly an eye grabbing piece in person. Subtle and superb!...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Paco Gorospe Filipino (1939-2002), Abstract Figurative Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paco Gorospe Filipino (1939-2002)
Oil on canvas
Abstract painting of figures with fishing nets
Canvas dimensions: 18.25" x 24.25" (on stretcher, no frame)
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Monumental Pop Art Architectural Cityscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive mid 20th century abstract cityscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Abstract Flower Still Life Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist still life oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed nicely. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Red Floral - Oil Paint By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Right as red, this painting is delicious with color. And that accent of the blue/green leaf is just the perfect accent.
Red Floral - Oil Paint By Marc Zimmerman
This masterpiece is...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait #1. From the Portraits series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Portrait #1, 2023 by Luigi Christopher Veggetti
From the Portraits series
Oil and acrylic on paper
Size: 30 H x 21 W cm
Unframed
The portraits of Christopher Veggetti are not just...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Portrait of a Girl, Oil Portrait Painting by Jan de Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Portrait of a Girl
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l.
Size: 14 in. x 10 in. (35.56 cm x 25.4 cm)
Frame Size: 21 x 17...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Harlem Renaissance Signed Ellis Original Abstract Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract painting. Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed. Image size 22L x 30H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Right Time Right Place
Located in Atlanta, GA
Being born into a family of six children all of them artists, designers, and musicians…a future in the creative arts was unavoidable. A North Carolina native, Marlise obtained a degr...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Tonal Jungle - Landscape Painting - Modern Art By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Spreading palms and ferns, trees and leaves all arranged in a woodcut style in this tropical jungle setting.
Tonal Jungle - Landscape Paintings - Modern Art By Marc Zimmerman
This...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Croatian Modernist Abstract Beach Scene Split Framed Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist beach scene oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait #13. From the Portraits series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Portrait #13, 2023 by Luigi Christopher Veggetti
From the Portraits series
Oil and acrylic on paper
Size: 30 H x 21 W cm
Unframed
The portraits of Christopher Veggetti are not just...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Portrait #3. From the Portraits series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Portrait #3, 2023 by Luigi Christopher Veggetti
From the Portraits series
Oil and acrylic on paper
Size: 30 H x 21 W cm
Unframed
The portraits of Christopher Veggetti are not just ...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Portrait #2. From the Portraits series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Portrait #2, 2023 by Luigi Christopher Veggetti
From the Portraits series
Oil and acrylic on paper
Size: 30 H x 21 W cm
Unframed
The portraits of Christopher Veggetti are not just...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
“Portrait of a Man”
Located in Southampton, NY
Powerful oil on board original painting of a portrait of a man’s head by the American National Academy artist John R. Grabach. Signed lower left, “John R.Grabach N.A.” Signed verso ...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage Hawaiian Landscape Framed Tropical Modern Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted contemporary tropical landscape. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed verso.
Category
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modern Pink and Purple Abstract Painting
By Lamar Briggs
Located in Houston, TX
Whimsical modern abstract painting by renowned artist Lamar Briggs. Circa 1960s. Painting features soft floral pink and purple hues.
Dimensions without frame: H 31 in. x W 22.5 ...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Chickens On The Loose - Animal Painting - American Modern By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Three Roosters from the beautiful island of Kauai, being as goofy as the naturally can in this contemporary tropical jungle painting .
Chickens on the Loose - Animal paintings - Ame...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dreamcatcher, Native American Cultural Still Life and Spiritual Commentary
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Dreamcatcher" is a 28 x 42 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist and surrealist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is painted in a vibrant color palette. The work ...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Deep in the Jungle - Figurative Painting - American Modern Art By Marc
Located in Carmel, CA
Blue women: at home in the jungle- attuned to the wild.
Deep in the Jungle - Figurative Painting - American Modern Art By Marc Zimmerman
This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zim...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tonal Lillies - Landscape Painting - American Modern Art By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Sepia and black base color with off white and yellow flowers makes a high contrast statement. The florals have a fluid flowing design. Perfect for a minimalist decor.
Tonal Lillies ...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Signed Exhibited American Female Modernist Woman Sewing Framed Portrait
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century modernist interior portrait oil painting by Sadie Skoletsky Rosenblum 1899-1987. Great color and composition. Framed.
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Parisian Model
By Max Weber
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Parisian Model" is an oil on canvas painting by Max Weber painted in 1908. The work is signed and dated, lower right, "Max Weber Paris 1908". The painting size is 35 1/2 x 19 5/8 inches. The framed size is 43 x 27 x 2 1/4 inches.
"Parisian Model" was painted in 1908, when Weber participated in a life class in Matisse's studio in Paris and painted several nudes. Weber was influenced toward a more Cubist styler after seeing Cezanne's work in the 1906-07 Salon in Paris, and he consorted within avant-garde circles in Paris as early as 1905. After returning to the US in 1909, Weber was credited with showing American audiences Cubism based on his firsthand knowledge of the key players and the style.
Several drawings of Weber's from this time are in museum collections at The Met, the Smithsonian, and MoMA and show a similar style and stocatto gesture. Parisian paintings by Max Weber are extremely rare as there are hardly any that have sold publicly.
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
Gerald Peters Gallery...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Hat Rack Signed Interior Scene Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century modernist interior view. Finely painted. Framed.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Harvest, Abstract and Contemporary Wildlife Painting by Female Modernist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Harvest" is a 30 x 25 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist and surrealist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is painted in a vibrant reds and orange, and estate s...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spring, Abstract Landscape and Spiritual Query
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Spring" is a 38 x 50 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist and surrealist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is painted in a vibrant color palette. The work is sig...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Industrial Cityscape Large Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century modernist industrial oil painting. Very unique and well painted. Framed. Signed verso.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled Abstract in Yellow and Blue by Female, American Modernist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Untitled - Yellow and Blue" is a 46 x 34.25 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist and surrealist, female artist Peter Miller. This abstract work is painted in a vibra...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orbs, Spiritual and Abstract Landscape
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Orbs" is a 38 x 50 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist and surrealist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is estate stamped 202141 on verso. The painting has been...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Abstract Cubist Framed Mid Century Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Really rare and well painted American still life by Harry Lane (1891 - 1973). Oil on board. Framed in a period modernist wood frame. Signed. Image size, 12 by 16 inches.
Arti...
Category
1920s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Abstract”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very unusual and boldly colored original oil on canvas abstract painting done by the Russian artist Gufor Malyanov. Signed in cyrillic verso, dated 1952 and titled in cyrillic “Abst...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Keeping Company
Located in Atlanta, GA
Being born into a family of six children all of them artists, designers, and musicians…a future in the creative arts was unavoidable. A North Carolina native, Marlise obtained a degr...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Large Marine Landscape Oil on Canvas Painting with Boats at a Dock, Signed
By James L. Thomas
Located in Plainview, NY
A late 20th century oil on canvas of a marine landscape depicting boats at a dock featuring a blue tone. The painting, an exemplary work of the American landscape art work of the 20t...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Abstract Cubist Framed Mid Century Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Really rare and well painted American still life by Harry Lane (1891 - 1973). Oil on board. Framed in a period modernist wood frame. Signed. Image size, 12 by 16 inches.
Arti...
Category
1920s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Circus Elephants American Modernism WPA Regionalism Mid-Century Modern Oil
Located in New York, NY
Circus Elephants American Modernism WPA Regionalism Mid-Century Modern Oil. Signed lower left.
Not much is known about Marco de Marco, but just look at...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Don't Cry Long" Abstracted and Distorted Self-Portrait, One Crying Eye
Located in Detroit, MI
"Don't Cry Long" is a self-portrait of the artist and an unusual one at that in which the artist portrays herself shedding tears. Perhaps it is an expression of some grief experienced by Ms. Woodlock, but it also admonishes her to not "Cry Long" while at the same time poking fun because of her elongated face and the one lone "long" tear tracing a pattern down her face. In addition to self-portraits, Ethelyn painted commissioned portraits. In this painting her head is cocked and her famous bangs hang down her forehead. Compare two self-portraits, “Up From Under”, and “M’Eyes" to "Don't Cry Long." The major differences are the close facial view and the brilliant blood red paint that fills the entire canvas.
This painting is included in the book, "Dreams Have Wings: An Artist's Journey into Magic and Mystery" printed in the United States, 1985. She describes "Don't Cry Long" as showing how funny looking we are, if we cry too long.
Ethelyn Woodlock...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
"Fruit" Georgina Klitgaard, Apples and Pears Still Life, Woodstock Female Artist
Located in New York, NY
Georgina Klitgaard
Apples and Pears Still Life
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
8 x 10 inches
Georgina Klitgaard’s art has sometimes gotten lost in the critical propensity to assign...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Feathers, Mystical and Spiritual Commentary by Female Modernist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Feathers" is a 30 x 40 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist and surrealist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is painted in a vibrant color palette. The work is s...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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