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
Period: 20th Century
Spanish postwar children oil on burlap painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Agusti Ferre Pino (1884-1960) - Children - Oil on burlap
Oil measurements 100x97 cm.
Frame measurements 107x104 cm.
Painter trained at the La Lonja School of Fine Arts. He became kn...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Oil
"People on Horseback" Eva Peron Mural Sketch
Located in Austin, TX
By Gustav Likan
This piece depicts a couple on horseback followed by a man in a red military uniform. A dog runs by the group. This pieces is from the Eva Perón commissioned mural sk...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
The Devon and Somerset Staghounds Hunting at Hawcombe Head
By Michael Lyne
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Michael Lyne (1912-1989)
The Devon and Somerset Staghounds at Hawcombe Head
Signed lower left
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size - 24 x 36 in
Framed Size - 30 x 42 in
Michael Lyne (1912-1989) was a celebrated British artist renowned for his striking depictions of the equestrian world. Born in London, England, Lyne developed a passion for art and horses from an early age. He studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London and was greatly influenced by the works of Sir Alfred Munnings, one of the most renowned equestrian painters of the time.
Lyne's career flourished when he was commissioned to illustrate several books, including "In the Shire Country" by Susan Shaw...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Landscape Framed New England FallOil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Charming and well painted rural New England modernist landcape by Vern Henry Smith (1927 - 2007. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Colorful Modernist Duck/Geese Hunting Oil Painting, dated 1966 - Hudson Bay Area
Located in Baltimore, MD
This colorful painting of two duck hunters on a trip to the eastern side of the Hudson Bay in Canada is done in a modernist style. Unsigned, the work includes an abstracted rocky co...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's French Portrait of a Stylish Fashioable Lady Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
French School, circa 1960's
indistinctly signed
oil on board, unframed
board: 19 x 12.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: some paint loss t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
STILL LIFE OF A CAT, BASKET FLOWERS AND SCISSORS Nantucket Artist Reggie Levine
Located in Brookville, NY
Nantucket artist Reggie Levine, evolved from his figurative work in the 40's-50's to abstract in the 1960's and later to found object art. Interestingly I see his interest in found...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
1961 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Landscape Framed Oil Painting - Little Boxes
Located in Bristol, GB
LITTLE BOXES
Size: 35 x 44 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A brilliantly executed modernist landscape scene in oil, painted onto canvas and dated 1961.
This mid century composit...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floral Still Life Oil Painting - Tulips in Pastel
Located in Bristol, GB
TULIPS IN PASTEL
Size: 38 x 32 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A very elegant mid-century modernist floral oil composition, painted onto canvas.
In this floral piece we have lig...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Old Man: Contemporary Figurative Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sympathetic portrayal of old age, really very pretty work by this British artist.
oil and gold leaf on arches paper, cracked varnish finish. Matted and very good condition
Category
1990s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Bright Blue Sea Landscape
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 studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Salute le Soir - Venice - Modern Landscape Oil Painting by André Hambourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed, dated and titled figures in a landscape oil on canvas by French modernist painter Andre Hambourg. This beautiful piece depicts a view of the gondolas on the canal in Venice a...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Woman with Arms Crossed
By Byron Browne
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Woman with Arms Crossed
Mixed media collage-painting on stone chip surface, mounted on fabric, mounted on wood support by the artist, 1955
Signed and dated lower center
Image size: 1...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Other Medium
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Grey Ball Abstract
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 studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Abstract Sailboats”
By William Katz
Located in Southampton, NY
Fabulous original mid century modern oil on canvas painting by the well known New York artist, William Katz. The painting is done in a colorful abstraction of sailboats and is signed by the artist lower left. The artist has mixed sand into the oil paint to give the painting a highly textured look. Condition is excellent. Circa 1955. The frame is original with a studded gold edge detailing and with natural wood sides. Frame is in fine original condition. Overall framed measurements are 17 by 29.25 inches. Provenance: A Saint Petersburg, Florida collector.
William P. Katz (1926-2003) American
William Katz was born in New York, studied at The Art Students League and with Sebastiano Mineo of New York City. For five years he worked and lived in the home that was once occupied by the great American sculptor Gutson Borglum. His works are in many private collections in the United States, Norway, England, Canada and Greece.
Best known for sculptures, he also created paintings and designed textiles and jewelry. Alexander Kirkland called him an abstract "figurist-fantasist."
He has had one-man exhibits at many galleries including: 1964, Miami Museum of Modern Art, Miami, FL; 1965, Fordham University...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
French school circa 1930, Portrait of a young man with blue eyes, oil
Located in Paris, FR
French school circa 1930
Portrait of a young man with blue eyes
Oil on cardboard panel
27 x 21.5 cm
Bears a signature (illegible) upper right
Framed : 34.5 x 29.5 cm
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Taxco, Mexico', Paris, Louvre, Who Was Who in American Art, PAFA, AIC
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Charles Killgore' (American, 1889-1979) and painted circa 1940. (N.B. the artist's last name variant is 'Kilgore).
Born in Huntington, West Virginia, Charles Ki...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Fiberboard, Oil
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
1940's French Signed Modernist Oil Painting Nude Figure in Room Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude in Interior
by Maurice Delavier (French mid 20th century)
signed and dated 1944
oil on board, unframed
board: 18.5 x 14.5 inches
inscribed verso
provenance: private collection, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
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
Woman at Basin, Picasso Style Portrait of a Female Nude, American Modernist
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Woman by Basin" by Philadelphia born modernist and surrealist painter Leon Kelly, is a framed and matted portrait of a female nude.
The 22.5" x 17.75" mixed media on artist board i...
Category
1920s Modern Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Brown and Pink Hills
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 studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bear Mountain Thawing
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Framed drawing with a choice of black or white frame (please write a message to seller of your preferred frame color). Mat opening, width: 11 1/2 " - Mat opening, height: 15 ¼ "
Fram...
Category
1990s Modern Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Laid Paper
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Landscape Framed Oil Painting - Coastal Breeze
Located in Bristol, GB
COASTAL BREEZE
Size: 37 x 45.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on Board
A very pleasant and atmospheric mid-century expressive coastal landscape composition, executed in oil onto board.
T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floral Still Life Oil Painting - Ethereal Still Life
Located in Bristol, GB
ETHEREAL STILL LIFE
Size: 53.5 x 64.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A soothing and elegant mid-century still life painting, executed in oil onto canvas.
The composition captur...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman sitting: Hilary Hennes Miller c.1940 English Modern British Art
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, including others by Hennes, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Dreamy Young Blond Women Pondering "Deckchair and Cat" Summer Pastel Color
Located in Miami, FL
A dreamy young blond woman holding a Bengal cat is depicted relaxing in a deckchair. She gazes upward and outward, pondering—the distinctive marbling of the cat echos the floral back...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
American School Modernist Abstract Cityscape Holiday Lights Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvasboard. Framed. Image size, 20H x 30L. Signed.
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Hamptons New York Sandy Path Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 18H x 24L.
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Flower Still Life Framed Vintage Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life Watercolor of a Conch Shell
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Vintage underwater still life of a conch shell in an ocean setting signed S. Martin, presented under glass in a painted wood frame.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The kiss
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
American box in black and silver wood
116.5 x 116.5 x 3.5 cm
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Vintage American Female Modernist Contemporary Woman Portrait Painting La Danse
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on panel. Extremely well painted. Rare American woman modernsit. Signed. Framed.
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Interior Still Life Oil Painting - Expect
Located in Bristol, GB
EXPECT
Size: 43 x 53 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A mid-century modernist style interior still life painting that captures a moment of tranquil elegance, executed in oil onto...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950's French Impressionist Painting Farm Farm Yard Courtyard Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Farmyard Courtyard
by Y. Blanchon, French 1950's Impressionist artist
signed gouache on artist paper, unframed
painting: 12 x 16.5 inches
provenance: from a large private collection...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Red and Pink Abstract
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 studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
R. QUEYRIE, Walking the Streets, Oil on Hardboard, 1950s
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on hardboard signed R. QUEYRIE, France, 1950s. "Walking the streets". With frame: 55x47 cm - 21.65x18.5 inches - without frame: 46x38cm - 18.1x15 inches. 8F format. Signed "R. Qu...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting High Tide Beach Landscape
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 studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Boys Swimming Industrial Landscape WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modernism
Located in New York, NY
Boys Swimming Industrial Landscape WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modernism
Henry Schnakenberg (1982 - 1970)
Boys Swimming Industrial Landscape
11 1/2 x 15 1/2 sight
Oil on Canvas
Signed lower left
14 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches, Framed
Bio
In many cases, American artists visited the Armory Show in New York in 1913, and returned to their studios to react to or against what they saw. However, for Henry Ernest Schnakenberg it was much more life altering. Prior to visiting this important exhibition of American and European modernist art...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vows Are Spoken Only To Be Broken. Ca 1965.The Flip Hairstyle.Blonde Nude Female
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Tony Giles.
English ( b.1925 - d.1994 ).
Vows Are Spoken Only to be Broken
Oil on Board.
Signed lower right.
Image size 39.6 inches x 29.5 inches ( 100.5cm...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Roof Top, Oil Painting by Ben Benn
By Ben Benn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Benn, Polish/American (1884 - 1983)
Title: Roof Top
Year: circa 1920
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 24 x 18 in. (60.96 x 45.72 cm)
Frame Size: 33.5 x 27.5 inche...
Category
1920s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Sunset at Pont Royal and Notre Dame, Paris
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Golden wooden frame
61 x 76.5 x 3.5 cm
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
National City Bank of New York, 55 Wall Street, Painting by Clarence Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
A watercolor painting by Clarence Holbrook Carter circa 1950. Carter's modernist style utilizes strong structural lines and architectural aesthetics to form almost surreal-like scene...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
1950's French Impressionist Painting Ladies Gossiping On The Town Bridge
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Ladies Gossiping
by Y. Blanchon, French 1950's Impressionist artist
signed gouache on artist paper stuck on paper, unframed
size: 12.5 x 19.5 inches
provenance: from a large private ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Mid-Century Modern Swedish Landscape Oil Painting - Cows in Field
Located in Bristol, GB
COWS IN FIELD
Oil on Board
Size: 38.5 x 52 cm (including frame)
A charming mid-century landscape composition that captures the idyllic beauty of the countryside, executed in oil on...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Floral Still Life Arrangement" Frederick Jessup, Butterflies, Wine Bottle
Located in New York, NY
Frederick Arthur Jessup
Still Life Arrangement
Signed lower left
Oil on canvas
18 1/2 x 22 inches
Provenance:
Findlay Galleries, New York
Private Collection, New York
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large French Post Impressionist 1930's Oil Still Life Artists Studio Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Studio Interior
French Post Impressionist, first half 20th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 29 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Red Window Blue Interior
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 studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's French Modernist Large Oil Painting Christ Preaching to Crowd
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Christ Preaching to the Crowd
French Modernist artist, circa 1960's period
oil on board, framed
framed: 27 x 31 inches
board: 20 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, France
co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Sea Colours Abstract
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 studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Signed American School Modernist Nude Woman Cubist Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing and rare 1946 American school painting. Super modern and well painted. Oil on board. Framed. Signed.
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Paphos, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
This textured, Modern Abstract Expressionist painting Stanley Bate features a neutral palette with both warm and cool undertones. Muted blues and reds seem to be incorporated into a ...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Mid Century Modernist Abstract Flower Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Signed
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Landscape Framed Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Houses Architecture Precisionist NY Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beau Temps en Aout - Deauville - Modern Landscape Oil Painting by André Hambourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in landscape oil on canvas circa 1980 by French modernist painter Andre Hambourg. This beautiful piece depicts families enjoying a day out at the seaside in the height...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Fall Cat Still Life Framed Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist still life with a cat. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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