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
Rue dans la banlieu de Paris (Street scene on the outskirts of Paris)
By Roger Lersy
Located in Chicago, IL
This exuberantly-painted Parisian street scene is typical of Lersy's colorful and energetic style. His work combines mid-century Modern abstraction with subjects beloved by the Impre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,800 Sale Price
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Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seaside Figure Scene Oil Painting - Drift & Thought
Located in Bristol, GB
DRIFT AND THOUGHT
Size: 35 x 44 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A mid-century modernist painting that presents a tranquil seaside scene, executed in oil onto board.
The painting ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
20th Century French Modernist Floral Painting Of Pink Explosive Poinsettia
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
"Boats Amongst the Mangroves, " Watercolor & Gouache on Paper signed by Doris Lee
By Doris Lee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Boats Amongst the Mangroves" is an original watercolor and gouache painting on paper by Doris Lee. The artist signed the piece lower right. It depicts boats and other objects on a f...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
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
$14,011 Sale Price
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Boy in Wonderland 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Men
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube.
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Samson Olatubos...
Category
19th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
The Fishermen
Located in London, GB
'The Fishermen', oil on canvas, by Anna Costa (circa 1970s). Cassis is a small, Provencal fishing village in southern France, located about 45 minutes east of Marseille and 45 minute...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,196 Sale Price
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Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Young Woman', oil on board, by Anna Costa (circa 1960s). This is a beautiful, expressive portrait of a young woman painted by the artist using her trademark vibrant c...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,647 Sale Price
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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
Modern Abstract Cubist Inspired Landscape Painting of an Oceanside Boat Dock
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract landscape painting by Houston, TX artist Margaret Nobler. The work features a boat floating near an oceanside dock with the sun setting...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Party (Study)". Figurative, Human figure, Realism, oil on panel
Located in MADRID, ES
Hand signed by artist
"The Party (Study)". Figurative, Human figure, Realism, oil on panel
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
Portrait of Emilienne Le Roy by Giovanni Boldini
Located in New Orleans, LA
Giovanni Boldini
1842-1931 Italian
Portrait of Emilienne Le Roy
Oil on canvas
A dazzling display of Giovanni Boldini’s signature style, Portrait of Emilienne Le Roy captures the ...
Category
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
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
Oil, Paint
Vintage Mid-Century Modernist Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - The Cockerel
Located in Bristol, GB
THE COCKEREL
Size: 59 x 51 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A brilliantly executed mid-century modernist style still life composition, painted in oil onto canvas by the establishe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Portrait Oil Painting - Portrait of a Troubled Soul
Located in Bristol, GB
PORTRAIT OF A TROUBLED SOUL
Size: 65.5 x 54 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
This mid-century expressive and emotive oil portrait delves into the depths of the human psyche with a...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blushing Roses in a Golden Vase Still Life Large Scale Classical Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Blushing Roses in a Golden Vase
Continental School, late 20th century
most likely a pastiche work after an earlier composition
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 36 x 24 inches
provena...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vintage Mid Century Modern Still Life Gouache Painting - Pitcher and Grapes
Located in Bristol, GB
PITCHER AND GRAPES
Size: 55 x 73 cm (including frame)
Gouache on paper
A lively and brilliantly executed mid-century modernist style interior still life composition, executed in gou...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
'Feminine Forms: Harmony in Curves', German School (circa 1980s)
Located in London, GB
'Feminine Forms: Harmony in Curves', oil on board, German School (circa 1980s). Two nude figures portrayed in the abstract posture differently. Both are curvaceous and Rubenesque. Re...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,317 Sale Price
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New Sun VI
Located in Bozeman, MT
When I think of where McCauley fits into American art, as a contemporary painter, sculptor and naturalistic interpreter, I place him in the same philosophical tribe as Walton Ford, A...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
"Cruise Ship Rolls In" Mid 20th Century American Contemporary Modern Realism
Located in New York, NY
"Cruise Ship Rolls In" Mid 20th Century American Contemporary Modern Realism
This is one sensational painting. And we can even identify the artist, but can't find anything about the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1940s Modernist Oil Painting – Adobe Church Landscape, New Mexico Southwest Art
Located in Denver, CO
This evocative vintage oil painting from the 1930s–1940s captures a classic adobe church in New Mexico, likely inspired by the historic San Francisco de Asís Mission Church in Rancho de Taos. Painted by Denver modernist Paul K...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,760 Sale Price
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French Gouache Study of Hopi Kachina Mask and Taos Pueblo Textile
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Study of Hopi Kachina Mask and Taos Pueblo Textile
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper,
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"For Ingrid" by Claude Sauthier - Oil on Wood - 92x65 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Claude Sauthier was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1929 and passed away in the same city in 2016. He studied at the Geneva School of Decorative Arts and initially worked as a graphi...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Board, Oil
Resting Nude (Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Framed)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A gorgeous nude from 1969 by James Wallace, showing masterful foreshortening (very difficult to pull off this convincingly) and beautifully sensual. One tiny repair visible on back c...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,120 Sale Price
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The Artist's Apartment Mid-Century Fauvist Interior Scene Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
The Artist's Apartment Mid-Century Fauvist Interior Scene Original Oil on Canvas
Vibrant interior scene by Santa Cruz California artist Frances Rinaldo (American, b. 1943). A bright...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
"Sock Hop" Mid-Century American Modernism WPA Female Artist 20th Century Realism
By Kyra Markham
Located in New York, NY
"Sock Hop" Mid-Century American Modernism WPA Female Artist 20th Century Realism. 30 x 24 inches. Oil on canvas. Signed on stretcher, c. 1940s. Frame is likely original to the painting.
Realist painter-printmaker Kyra Markham...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Three Musicians" Midcentury Oil Painting by Maurice Saint-Lou
Located in Pasadena, CA
This painting is dated 1969 and signed by the artist Saint-Lou.
The painting depicts three musicians with flowing hair, playing the clarinet, trumpet, and accordion. The stylistic a...
Category
1660s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
$950 Sale Price
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A Colorful, Panoramic Mid-Century Modern View of Nazaré, Portugal by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Colorful, Panoramic Mid-Century Modern View of the famed fishing village (and renowned surfing locale) of Nazaré, Portugal by Rudolph Pen. Painted in the 1960s, this vivid waterco...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Watercolor
Highway Sunset (Window, Skyscape, Warm, Bluesy, Dreamy, ~29% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Annieo Klaas
Highway Sunset
2024
Oil on Canvas
40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 30.48 cm)
Signed lower right
COA provided
*On stretcher frame - gallery wrapped - ready to hang
Annieo Klaas’...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$1,777 Sale Price
28% Off
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
2004 Contemporary Original Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Coastal Reverie
Located in Bristol, GB
COASTAL REVERIE
Size: 40 x 42 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A contemporary abstract landscape painting that presents a tranquil yet expressive interpretation of a coastal horiz...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vintage Large Signed American Modernist Interior Scene Portrait Oil Painting
By Sidney Gross
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed portrait oil painting by Sidney Gross (1921 - 1969). Oil on canvas. Signed.
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
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A Charming 1950s Martha's Vineyard Street Scene Painting by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A large & delightful oil on Masonite, ca. 1950s, Martha's Vineyard street scene painting by artist Francis Chapin. Image size: 24" x 36". Framed size: 27" x 37". In a painted woo...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Alan Latter, Fashionable Buttons, Trompe l'ceil still life
Located in Harkstead, GB
Alan Latter (born 1961)
Red Buttons, a Trompe l'oeil
Signed and dated ‘2021’ verso
Oil on board
11½ x 7¾ inches
12¼ x 8½ inches
Born in Islington in 1961, Alan Latter's work is influenced by Bloomsbury Group artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant and Fauvists Henri Matisse and Jean Puy. His paintings are inspired by his love of France which has come from his father, a Printer's Compositer and amateur painter who died in 1965 aged only 32.
Given as a teenager his father's art equipment...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Pair of Battle Scenes - Oil Painting - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pair of Battle Scenes is an oil painting realized by an italian artist in 18th century.
110x85 cm each. Framed.
Good conditions.
Category
18th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Creux de Genthod” by Guy Pittet - Pastel on Paper - 65x50 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
**Artwork sold WITHOUT frame**
Guy Pittet (1929–2010) was a Swiss painter and watercolorist celebrated for his evocative depictions of urban and natural scenes, particularly those c...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Les Soeurs (The Sisters), Oil Painting by Charles Levier
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Soeurs (The Sisters)
Charles Levier, French (1920–2003)
Date: circa 1965
Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 24 x 30 in. (60.96 x 76.2 cm)
Frame Size: 29.5 x...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Touch - Large Format Oil Painting, Modern Figurative Beach Landscape
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey
"Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
$3,500 Sale Price
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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
Early Modern American Portrait, Pennsylvania/Massachusetts, Frank Anderson Trapp
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a very stylized and powerful portrait by the noted artist Frank Anderson Trapp. It is dated 1940, and is very much in the modern style of French painters Ferdinand Leger...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Vibrant, Colorful Mid-Century Watercolor of Village Rooftops by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Vibrant, Colorful Mid-Century Watercolor of Village Rooftops by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Depicting a tropical hillside village of terracotta rooftops nestled beside a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Colorful Samurai, Large-Scale Modern Figural Geometric Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful Samurai, Large-Scale Modern Figural Geometric Abstract
Colorful modern figural abstract of a samurai figure fractured into fields of color and pattern by S. Baker (Susan Baker...
Category
1990s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Bicycle, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Oil on paper :: Painting :: Modern :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Signature Location: Bo...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Contemporary Female American Modernist Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful large abstract painting by Betty Weiss. Oil on canvas. Signed with her married name "Betty Perez". Measuring 54 by 66 inches.
Artist Bio:
Betty Weiss has been a Ne...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,312 Sale Price
25% Off
A Colorful, Door County, Wis. Harbor Scene by Noted Chicago Artist Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Colorful, Vibrant, Mid-Century Modern Great Lakes Harbor Scene by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. This charming watercolor, completed in the early 1950's, depicts a wonderfu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Monumental Neil Gavin Welliver Painting, 94.5"H
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Neil Gavin Welliver (American, 1929-2005)
Marking(s); notes: signed; 1964
Materials: acrylic and charcoal on canvas
Dimensions (H, W, D): 94.5"h, 78.25...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Antique American New England Fall Impressionist Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist landscape painting by Will S. Taylor (Born 1882). Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Image size, 12 by 13 inches.
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
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
1980s Autumn Harvest, Original Semi-Abstract Landscape Oil Painting with Figures
Located in Denver, CO
This original oil painting, titled Autumn Harvest by Edward Marecak (1919-1993), was created in 1987. It features a stunning autumnal landscape, with seven women actively engaged in ...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage American Modernist Nature Scape Signed Summer Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed illegibly.
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$636 Sale Price
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Large Vintage American Modernist Horse Barn Landscape Framed Equestrian Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French American modernist horse barn painting. Mixed media painting on paper. Framed. Signed. Measuring 41 by 49 inches overall and 31.5 by 39.5 painting alone. In excellent ...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Fall of Ravana, Demon King of Ramayana, Ancient Indian Epic, Mythscape"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Amitabh Sengupta - Fall of Ravana - 48 x 64.8 inches (unframed size)
Oil on canvas
** This work will be shipped in roll form to save on shipping cost.
Mythscape Series : This serie...
Category
1990s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Modern Swedish Original Landscape Oil Painting - Rural Terrain
Located in Bristol, GB
RURAL TERRAIN
Size: 32 x 52 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A very textured mid century modernist landscape composition, painted in oil onto board.
This painting is a landscape t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Russian Modernist Сityscape Venetian Motive early 20th century Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed lower left: Vasily (Wilhelm) Filippovich Levi (1878 - 1954). The uncommon view of Venice was depicted by gifted artist in even more modernism manner than his other works of same period. IMO this one worth special acceptance being very rare and highly desired masterwork. The scorching sun gilds the sparkling expanse of the canal with its rays. At this hour the city is empty. Calm waves gently lap against the keel of the gondola. The artist perfectly transferred to the canvas the atmospheric idyll and romantic magic of old Venice. Oil painting on wood, signed, framed.
Size app.: 47 x 64 cm (roughly 18.5 x 25.2 in) and beautiful antique frame ca 64.5 x 81 cm (roughly 25.4 x 31.9 in). Very Good condition, ready to hang condition, age wear (just minor wear to frame finish). Please study good resolution images for overall cosmetic condition. In person actual painting may appear darker or brighter than in our pictures, strictly depending on sufficient light in your environment. Weight of app. 3.2 kg is going to measure some 5 kg packed for shipment.
V. F. Levi - lawyer, collector, and also an artist. He spent his childhood in Riga, studied at the Alexander Gymnasium. He graduated from the 1st Kharkov Gymnasium (1899) and the Faculty of Law of Kharkov University. In 1916 he moved to Terijoki, built a house there and decided to devote himself to art. In 1918, on the advice of I. I. Brodsky, he showed his works to I. E. Repin and received his approval. After some time, he became Repin's confidant: during 1919-1930, he organized more than 50 Repin exhibitions in Helsinki, Prague, The Hague, Hamburg, Nice, Cannes and other European cities. In 1930-1939 he lived in Paris. In 1930 he participated in the Exhibition of Paintings by Russian Masters...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Wood Panel
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
Artists Sketching, California, 1940s Large Modernist Gouache Painting, Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
This original 1940s American Modernist gouache painting, "Artists Sketching (California)," captures a dynamic scene of three artists at work against a majestic mountain backdrop. With expressive brushwork and a rich color palette, the piece embodies Frederick E. Shane’s signature blend of realism and modernist abstraction. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist in the lower margin, this remarkable artwork reflects the era’s Regionalist influence and the artist’s keen eye for capturing creative moments in the natural landscape.
The painting is professionally housed in a custom archival frame, ensuring long-term preservation. Frame dimensions: 25.5 x 37.5 x 1.5 inches. Image size: 20.25 x 29.75 inches.
Provenance: Estate of the Artist, Frederick Shane
About the Artist: Frederick E. Shane (1906-1992)
A celebrated Missouri Regionalist painter and printmaker, Frederick E. Shane was known for his compelling genre scenes, landscapes, seascapes, and portraits in a variety of media, including oil, watercolor, gouache, tempera, and lithography. While fundamentally a realist, Shane often incorporated elements of abstraction, expressionism, and surrealism, adding depth and emotion to his compositions.
During the summers of 1925-26, Shane studied under Randall Davey at the Broadmoor Academy in Colorado Springs, an institution founded in 1919 by philanthropists Spencer and Julie Penrose. Shane remained closely connected to the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, the Academy’s successor, throughout the 1940s and early 1950s, participating in Artists West of the Mississippi exhibitions and forming lasting friendships with key figures like Boardman Robinson and Adolph Dehn...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
'Circle of Marine Life', Aquatic, Psychedelic Fish Monster, Yellow Submarine
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Baba' and dated 1977.
A large and colorful Pop Art derived perspective on the aquatic circle of life.
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Masonite, Gouache
$1,155 Sale Price
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WPA Period "Coastal Village" American Modernist Realism Oil Painting Lev Landau
By Samuel David Lev-Landau
Located in Surfside, FL
Signed and titled with Yiddish inscription verso.
9 X 12 inches board size. beng sold unframed.
Painter, New York, N.Y. Samuel David Lev-Landau was born in Warsaw, Poland and emigr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modern paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Modern paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Bernard Labbe, Christel Haag, Sunil Das, and Antonio Feltrinelli. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern paintings, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available.