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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
Flowers in Vase French Modernist Signed & Framed Oil Painting on Canvas
Flowers in Vase French Modernist Signed & Framed Oil Painting on Canvas

Flowers in Vase French Modernist Signed & Framed Oil Painting on Canvas

By Huguette Ginet-Lasnier

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Still Life of Flowers Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020) signed and inscribed verso framed oil painting on canvas framed: 20 x 17 inches canvas: 16 x 13 inches. All the painti...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1965 Vintage Mid Century Modern Swedish Landscape Oil Painting - Coastal Fields
1965 Vintage Mid Century Modern Swedish Landscape Oil Painting - Coastal Fields

1965 Vintage Mid Century Modern Swedish Landscape Oil Painting - Coastal Fields

Located in Bristol, GB

COASTAL FIELDS Size: 30 x 57 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A soothing mid-century modernist landscape that distils the essence of a coastal countryside into a harmonious arrang...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Mid Century Spanish Female Portrait Oil Painting, Romantic Figurative Art
Large Mid Century Spanish Female Portrait Oil Painting, Romantic Figurative Art

Large Mid Century Spanish Female Portrait Oil Painting, Romantic Figurative Art

By Pascual Bueno Ferrer

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Artist: Pascual Bueno Ferrer (b. 1930) Title: Pensamiento “Nena” (verso inscription) Date: circa 1975 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 81 × 65 cm (31.9 × 25.6 in) Signature: Signed lower right Inscription: Titled and dated on reverse Style: Post-Impressionist Figurative Condition: Good overall condition. Stable paint layer and firm canvas. Minor age wear consistent with period. Frame: Unframed Location: Sitges, Spain Category: Paintings Subcategory: Portraits Materials: Oil, Canvas Color Palette: Soft neutrals, warm cream, muted green, earth tones Orientation: Vertical A large mid-century Spanish female portrait executed in oil on canvas, circa 1975. The composition captures a young woman standing by a window, immersed in quiet introspection. Soft, diffused light enters from the left, gently modeling the figure and enhancing the delicate tonal transitions in her face and dress. The restrained palette of warm creams, muted greens and earthy browns creates a serene, romantic atmosphere. The loose, atmospheric brushwork situates the painting within a post-impressionist figurative tradition, emphasizing mood over strict realism. With its generous scale (81 × 65 cm / 31.9 × 25.6 in), the piece offers strong decorative presence while maintaining an intimate emotional tone. An elegant and affordable example of Spanish mid-20th-century figurative painting, ideal for collectors or refined interior settings. Pascual Bueno Ferrer (b. 1930) is a Catalan painter trained at the Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. His career includes exhibitions in Spain and abroad, with a body of work centered on portraiture, landscape and still life. His painting combines expressive color with a lyrical, figurative sensibility characteristic of postwar Spanish art. Large female portrait Mid century Spanish art Romantic portrait painting Spanish figurative oil Post impressionist portrait Vintage European portrait 1970s oil painting...

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1970s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled - Equestrian
Untitled - Equestrian

Untitled - Equestrian

By Felix Angel

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist: Felix Angel – Colombian/American (1949- ) Title: Untitled - Equestrian Year: 1985 Medium: acrylic on canvas Size: 44 x 56 inches Signature: Signed...

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1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Blue Flowers
Blue Flowers

Blue Flowers

By Robert Kulicke

Located in North Clarendon, VT

Blue Flowers, watercolor/mixed media on paper by Robert Kulicke. 7" x 7.75" sight, 13.75" x 14.5" framed. Initialed lower right. A beautiful Kulicke, perfect for the discerning colle...

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1990s Modern Paintings

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Mixed Media, Watercolor

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

French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Nude Figure Dressing
French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Nude Figure Dressing

French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Nude Figure Dressing

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: French School, signed and dated verso Title: Nude getting dressed Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 10.5 x 8.75 inche...

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20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

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

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Canvas, Acrylic

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

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

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

Still Life Flower Bouquet Oil on Canvas, Modern Style, Framed, 1980s
Still Life Flower Bouquet Oil on Canvas, Modern Style, Framed, 1980s

Still Life Flower Bouquet Oil on Canvas, Modern Style, Framed, 1980s

By Michele Antonio Rapos

Located in Plainview, NY

A beautiful large still life flowers bouquet oil on canvas painting in the style of Michele Antonio Rapos (Turin 1733-1819) The piece of art features a dark deep green background and earthy toned colors. The frame is made of wood and painted in a antiqued copper color...

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1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cuban landscape
Cuban landscape

Cuban landscape

Located in New York, NY

A rare and well painted Cuban landscape by wonderful artist Domingo Enriquez. Domingo Ramos Enriquez's oeuvre encompasses a wide array of Cuban landscape...

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1920s Modern Paintings

Materials

Burlap, Oil

Grand Armee - Officer of Hussars
Grand Armee - Officer of Hussars

Grand Armee - Officer of Hussars

Located in Stoke, Hampshire

John Leslie Berry (1920–2009) Grand Armee - Officer of Hussars Oil on canvas Signed lower right Canvas size - 14 x 10 in Framed size - 18 1/2 x 14 1/2 in ohn Leslie Berry was a Bri...

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20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

19th Century Mixed Colored Encaustic Icon Painting on Board, Framed
19th Century Mixed Colored Encaustic Icon Painting on Board, Framed

19th Century Mixed Colored Encaustic Icon Painting on Board, Framed

Located in Roma, IT

Icon is an artwork realized in the 19th century by Anonymous artist. Mixed colored encaustic painting on panel. The artwork depicts a religious scene, following the tradition of re...

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19th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Eye of the Desert, Figural Abstract collage, Surrealist Black & Brown painting
Eye of the Desert, Figural Abstract collage, Surrealist Black & Brown painting

Eye of the Desert, Figural Abstract collage, Surrealist Black & Brown painting

By Clarence Holbrook Carter

Located in Beachwood, OH

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Eye of the Desert, 1965 Collage, graphite and gouache on paper Signed and dated lower right 16 x 12 inches 25 x 21 inches, framed Condition: Minor stains on mat. A mid-century figural abstract painting. Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national artistic success that was nearly unprecedented among Cleveland School artists of his day, with representation by major New York dealers...

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1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Graphite

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

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

Tulips & Lemons in Sunny Window Mediterranean Sea Signed French Oil Painting
Tulips & Lemons in Sunny Window Mediterranean Sea Signed French Oil Painting

Tulips & Lemons in Sunny Window Mediterranean Sea Signed French Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Tulips French Modernist School, mid 20th century signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 21.5 x 26 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very good condition For mo...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

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 ...

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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Seated Figure

Seated Figure

Located in Rockland, ME

Sally Michel Biography American, 1902-2003 Sally Michel Avery was an American painter known for her lyrical depictions of everyday life. Though she used techniques and stylized form...

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1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

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

Modernist Abstraction in Newcomb Macklin carved frame
Modernist Abstraction in Newcomb Macklin carved frame

Modernist Abstraction in Newcomb Macklin carved frame

By Wifredo Lam

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Abstract painting, ca. 1950s measures 25 x 30 inches. Oil on canvas, unsigned and unattributed. Stunning modernist custom carved picture frame by Newcomb Macklin. ca. 1950 productio...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, 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

Large Modernist Oil Painting Bridge over the Water Landscape Saul Schary
Large Modernist Oil Painting Bridge over the Water Landscape Saul Schary

Large Modernist Oil Painting Bridge over the Water Landscape Saul Schary

By Saul Schary

Located in Surfside, FL

Hand signed lower right Saul Schary American Painter, Illustrator, and Lifelong Friend of Arshile Gorky Saul Schary (1904–1978) was an American painter, printmaker, and illustrator ...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Barcelona Street Scene Oil canvas Painting Spanish Mediterranean Cityscape
Barcelona Street Scene Oil canvas Painting Spanish Mediterranean Cityscape

Barcelona Street Scene Oil canvas Painting Spanish Mediterranean Cityscape

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Barcelona Street Scene Oil Painting Mediterranean Urban Landscape Spanish Impressionist City View European Cityscape Canvas Artist: Pascual Fresquet (Spanish, born 1930) Title: Vista de Barcelona Date: circa 1985 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions (image): Height: 46 cm (18.12 in); Width: 55 cm (21.66 in) Dimensions (framed): Height: 65 cm (25.59 in); Width: 74 cm (29.13 in) Signature: Signed lower right Condition: Very good overall condition Frame: Frame included Origin: Spain Style: Mediterranean post-impressionist urban landscape Period: 1980–1989 Subject: Barcelona street scene with figures and architecture Atmospheric Barcelona street scene painted with soft Mediterranean light and loose impressionist brushwork capturing everyday urban life. The composition combines architectural structure, pedestrian movement and luminous tonal harmony typical of late 20th century Catalan urban landscape painting. Barcelona city views remain especially attractive to collectors seeking recognizable European locations with strong decorative presence and historical atmosphere. The original frame enhances presentation and allows immediate wall display. This painting follows the Catalan urban landscape tradition developed by artists working in Barcelona throughout the 20th century, where city squares and pedestrian scenes became central pictorial subjects. Its atmospheric handling of architecture and figures connects with the Mediterranean urban vision explored by Ramon Casas and later Barcelona figurative landscape painters active in the postwar period. Pascual Fresquet is a Spanish painter known for Mediterranean landscapes and urban scenes inspired by Barcelona and the Catalan environment. His work reflects the continuation of the regional impressionist landscape tradition during the second half of the 20th century. barcelona street scene painting spanish cityscape painting mediterranean urban painting barcelona wall art european street scene painting spanish impressionist painting...

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1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, 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.