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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
Wash Day - Modern British Figurative Hanging Washing in Garden Oil Painting
Wash Day - Modern British Figurative Hanging Washing in Garden Oil Painting

Wash Day - Modern British Figurative Hanging Washing in Garden Oil Painting

Located in Sevenoaks, GB

A beautiful Modern British oil on board by Ruth Farrelly which depicts a lady putting her washing out on a line in her garden. Superb quality and striking painting, presented in th...

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20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Still Life Watermelon Monstera
Still Life Watermelon Monstera

Still Life Watermelon Monstera

Located in Zofingen, AG

shipped in roll Acrylic on canvas Size: 80 x 100 x 2 cm Style: Modern interpretation of Fauvist techniques Professional-grade acrylics on canvas Signed by the artist with certificat...

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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Vintage American Impressionist Forest Interior Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Vintage American Impressionist Forest Interior Framed Landscape Oil Painting

Vintage American Impressionist Forest Interior Framed Landscape Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 20 by 16 inches image alone. Handsomely framed ...

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1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

1950's Modernist Painting, Beautiful & Bright Colour French Oil Landscape
1950's Modernist Painting, Beautiful & Bright Colour French Oil Landscape

1950's Modernist Painting, Beautiful & Bright Colour French Oil Landscape

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Blue landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), stamped verso original oil painting on paper overall size: 14 75 x 22 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed....

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Antique American Modernist New York City Skyline Framed Cityscape Oil Painting
Antique American Modernist New York City Skyline Framed Cityscape Oil Painting

Antique American Modernist New York City Skyline Framed Cityscape Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 29 by 25 inches overall, and 20 by 24 painting alone. In excellent original condition. ...

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1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Double Vision 74 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Blue & White Dual Tone Artwork
Double Vision 74 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Blue & White Dual Tone Artwork

Double Vision 74 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Blue & White Dual Tone Artwork

By Ricky Hunt

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

19th Century View of Venice with the Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute
19th Century View of Venice with the Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute

19th Century View of Venice with the Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute

Located in Milano, Lombardia

Maestro active in Venice in the 19th Century Title: View of Venice with the Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute and Punta della Dogana Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without fram...

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Late 19th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Canals in Annecy, France" by Emma Fordyce MacRae (1887-1974) American Framed
"Canals in Annecy, France" by Emma Fordyce MacRae (1887-1974) American Framed

"Canals in Annecy, France" by Emma Fordyce MacRae (1887-1974) American Framed

By Emma Fordyce MacRae

Located in Yardley, PA

A lovely scene of the canals in Annecy, France by renowned American artist Emma Fordyce MacRae (1887-1974). This work highlights the geometric nature of the historic architecture al...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Oil, Board

Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Rock and Roll)
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Rock and Roll)

Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Rock and Roll)

By Kerry Smith

Located in Kansas City, MO

Kerry Smith Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2018 Size: 21x20in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1632 *Black frame with a mirror-...

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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board

Still Life of a Cup of Coffee in Acrylic on Archival Paper
Still Life of a Cup of Coffee in Acrylic on Archival Paper

Still Life of a Cup of Coffee in Acrylic on Archival Paper

Located in Soquel, CA

Still Life of an Cup of Coffee in Acrylic on Archival Paper Vibrant still life by California artist Christine Cohen (American, b. 1943). This piece is a close-up, single subject sti...

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Early 2000s Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

Boudoir Style Female Nude with Flowers Figurative Spanish Oil Painting portrait
Boudoir Style Female Nude with Flowers Figurative Spanish Oil Painting portrait

Boudoir Style Female Nude with Flowers Figurative Spanish Oil Painting portrait

By Jordi Baget Ballester

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Title Expressive Female Nude Portrait with Flowers Figurative Oil Painting Artist Jordi Baget Ballester (Spain, b. 1930) Title of Work Dona (Female Nude with Flowers) Date Second half of the 20th century (circa 1980–1990) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 54 × 65 cm (21.26 × 25.59 in) Signature Signed “Baget” lower left. Titled “Dona” and signed on the reverse. Framing Unframed Condition Good condition. Firm canvas, stable paint surface, vibrant colors. No visible restorations. Description Expressive figurative painting by Spanish artist Jordi Baget Ballester depicting a seated female nude beside a bouquet of flowers. The composition combines portrait, still life and nude study in a balanced arrangement. Warm flesh tones contrast with the vibrant floral colors while the neutral background enhances the presence of the figure. The relaxed pose and intimate atmosphere give the work a subtle boudoir character. A decorative and engaging example of late 20th century Spanish figurative painting. Biography Jordi Baget Ballester (Spain, born 1930) is a Spanish painter associated with postwar figurative art. Trained in Fine Arts in Barcelona, his work focuses on the human figure, landscapes and everyday scenes. His paintings are characterized by expressive brushwork and refined color harmonies. His works appear regularly in European collections and secondary art markets. female nude, boudoir painting...

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1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Contemporary American Modernist Nocturnal New York Cityscape Framed Oil Painting
Contemporary American Modernist Nocturnal New York Cityscape Framed Oil Painting

Contemporary American Modernist Nocturnal New York Cityscape Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Oil on canvas, 27 x 31 inches overall, 20 x 24 inches image size. A modern urban nocturne depicting the Manhattan Bridge at night, painted with gestural brushwork and a restrained, b...

Category

2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Shower at Head of Valley, Colorado Western Landscape, Cleveland School Artist
Shower at Head of Valley, Colorado Western Landscape, Cleveland School Artist

Shower at Head of Valley, Colorado Western Landscape, Cleveland School Artist

By Frank Wilcox

Located in Beachwood, OH

Shower at Head of Valley, c. 1950 Watercolor on paper Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters". In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art...

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1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Set of 2 Bright Landscape Studies of 1960's British Modernist Drawings
Set of 2 Bright Landscape Studies of 1960's British Modernist Drawings

Set of 2 Bright Landscape Studies of 1960's British Modernist Drawings

By Irina Hale

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Set of Two Paired Studies 1960's British Modernist Drawing by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) oil crayon drawings on light brown artist paper stuck on A4 artist paper, unframed overal...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil Crayon

A Pair of Indigenous Fillipino Portraits
A Pair of Indigenous Fillipino Portraits

A Pair of Indigenous Fillipino Portraits

Located in San Francisco, CA

One might reasonably ask: What were the 16th-century Spanish colonizers thinking when they took on the conquest of the Philippines? The archipelago nation is comprised of 7,641 islan...

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1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Seated Nude Figures on Chair
20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Seated Nude Figures on Chair

20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Seated Nude Figures on Chair

By Jacqueline Boisselot

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Artists Model by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century 18 x 15 inches inscribed verso oil on canvas, unframed condition: very good and ready to enjoy provenance: from a ...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Set of 2 Bright Landscape Studies of 1960's British Modernist Drawings
Set of 2 Bright Landscape Studies of 1960's British Modernist Drawings

Set of 2 Bright Landscape Studies of 1960's British Modernist Drawings

By Irina Hale

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Set of Two Paired Studies 1960's British Modernist Drawing by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) oil crayon drawings on light brown artist paper stuck on A4 artist paper, unframed overal...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil Crayon

Vibrant Pastoral Landscape with Lush Greens and Pathway Through Fields
Vibrant Pastoral Landscape with Lush Greens and Pathway Through Fields

Vibrant Pastoral Landscape with Lush Greens and Pathway Through Fields

By Jill Jackson

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: Jill Jackson (British, contemporary) Title: Vibrant Pastoral Landscape Medium: oil on un stretched canvas, unframed Painting : 26 x 18 inches Provenance: all th...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Back Facing Nude Female In Bold Colour Interior French Modernist Oil Painting
Back Facing Nude Female In Bold Colour Interior French Modernist Oil Painting

Back Facing Nude Female In Bold Colour Interior French Modernist Oil Painting

By Jacqueline Boisselot

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Nude Women Portrait by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century 19.75 x 20 inches oil on artist paper, unframed condition: very good and ready to enjoy provenance: from a priv...

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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Paper Making" WPA Industrial Mid-Century American Scene Social Realism Workers
"Paper Making" WPA Industrial Mid-Century American Scene Social Realism Workers

"Paper Making" WPA Industrial Mid-Century American Scene Social Realism Workers

Located in New York, NY

"Paper Making" WPA Industrial Mid-Century American Scene Social Realism Workers Douglas Crockwell (1904-1968) "Paper Making" 19 x 39 inches Oil on board, c. 1936 Signed verso Framed: 28 x 47 Provenance: Estate of the Artist BIO Spencer Douglass Crockwell was born into a comfortable middle class household on April 29, 1904 in Columbus, Ohio. His father, Charles Roland Crockwell, was a mining engineer; his mother, Cora, was the daughter of an Iowa attorney. He became a commercial artist and experimental filmmaker who spent a good part of his career creating illustrations and advertisements for the Saturday Evening Post. In 1907 the Crockwell family moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where he graduated from high school and then attended from Washington University. Initially he studied engineering, but soon switched to business. While still an undergraduate, Crockwell took courses at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts and quickly realized that he wanted to be an artist. After graduating from Washington University in 1926, Crockwell continued to study at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts until 1929. The following year he relocated to Chicago and continued his studies at the American Academy of Art. In 1930 and 1931 he studied in Europe on a Traveling Fellowship. In 1932 Douglass Crockwell moved to Glens Falls, New York, which was to be his home for the remainder of his life. The following year he married Margaret Braman. They had three children, a son Douglass and two daughters, Johanna and Margaret. During the depression he created murals and posters for the Works Progress Administration including Post Office murals in White River junction, Vermont; Endicott, New York; and Macon, Mississippi. In 1934 he painted Paper Workers, Finch Pruyn & Co. (the leading Glens Falls, New York company) for the WPA. In the 1930s Crockwell developed an interest in experimental animated films that occupied him for the rest of his life. In 1936 and 1937, he collaborated with David Smith, a sculptor, to create surrealist films. Because of his interest in experimental films, his output of paintings was limited to just twenty to forty illustrations a year during this time. Crockwell painted his first of many Saturday Evening Post cover in 1933. He also worked for Life, Look, and Esquire, and numerous national advertisers including Friskies dog food, Welch’s Grape Juice, Republic Steel...

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1930s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Hidden Portraits XXXI, Modern Acrylic on Canvas, Framed, Circa 1980s
Hidden Portraits XXXI, Modern Acrylic on Canvas, Framed, Circa 1980s

Hidden Portraits XXXI, Modern Acrylic on Canvas, Framed, Circa 1980s

Located in London, GB

'Hidden Portraits XXXI', acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing...

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1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Board

"Montserrat with Gothic Arch" Mid Century Modern Landscape in Oil on Canvas
"Montserrat with Gothic Arch" Mid Century Modern Landscape in Oil on Canvas

"Montserrat with Gothic Arch" Mid Century Modern Landscape in Oil on Canvas

Located in Soquel, CA

"Montserrat with Gothic Arch" Mid Century Modern Landscape in Oil on Canvas Stylized landscape with heavy impasto by William Morehouse (American, 1929-1993). This bold landscape features a fortified structure set against a large, simplified mountain form. Broad, gestural brushwork and strong outlines define the architecture and terrain. Color is used structurally, with earthy tones contrasted against a flat green sky. Signed, dated, and titled on verso. Initialed and dated lower right. Dedication on verso from when the painting was given as a gift. Presented in a period appropriate slat frame. Frame size: 49.5"H x 37.5"W Canvas size: 48"H x 36"W Post War California artist, William Paul Morehouse...

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1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Boy in Wonderland 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Men
Boy in Wonderland 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Men

Boy in Wonderland 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Men

By Samson Olatubosun

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...

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19th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Photographic Paper

Back Streets of Paris Signed French Modernist Oil Painting 20th Century
Back Streets of Paris Signed French Modernist Oil Painting 20th Century

Back Streets of Paris Signed French Modernist Oil Painting 20th Century

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

French School, late 20th century signed oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 14 x 10.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound condition

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bejeweled Nocturne
Bejeweled Nocturne

Bejeweled Nocturne

By Arthur Meltzer

Located in New York, NY

Arthur Meltzer 

(American, 1893-1989)

 Title: Bejeweled Nocturne
 Medium: Oil on Canvas
 Size: 22 x 32 inches / 28 ¾ x 38 ½ 
Markings: Signed lower left
 Titled and dated 1980 on ...

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20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jungle With Tiger Exotic Large Oil Painting
Jungle With Tiger Exotic Large Oil Painting

Jungle With Tiger Exotic Large Oil Painting

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

Jungle with Tiger Large oil on canvas in the style of Henri Rousseau about 1970s signed R. Montileone. Canvas 48x48 with frame 56x56

Category

1970s Modern Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

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