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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
Untitled (Elevated Platform)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our current exhibition - America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s Untitled (Elevated Platform), 1950, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 30 x...
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1950s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid 20th Century Stylish Portrait of a Young Lady French oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady by Maurice Delavier (French 1902-1986) stamped verso with the artists studio mark oil on board, unframed board: 7.75 x 9.5 inches provenance: private collection, F...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

"Ascension"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The painting draws a fine line between space and religion.
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Acrylic

Kiss, Acrylic on Canvas. Watercolor on archive paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him. The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Fodder Stacks, Bearsville" Georgina Klitgaard, Modernist Country Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Georgina Klitgaard Fodder Stacks, Bearsville Signed lower right Oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches Georgina Klitgaard’s art has sometimes gotten lost in the critical propensity to assign...
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Early 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Blue Nude" Modern Abstract Woman in Style of Modigliani Oil Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Archival Paper, Acrylic

Flowers in a Black Pitcher by Louis Henri Salzmann - Oil on Canvas - 54x65 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Louis Henri Salzmann was a Swiss painter active during the first half of the 20th century. Born in 1887 and passing away in 1955, Salzmann is known for his landscape paintings and st...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Large and Impressive Painting of a Standing Nude by Artist Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1930, large painting of standing nude by notable Chicago artist Francis Chapin, in a gold-toned frame. artwork size: 43 3/4" x 29 3/4". Framed size: 49 1/2" x 35". Proven...
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1930s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Israel Modernist Landscape Painting Bezalel Artist
By Larry Abramson
Located in Surfside, FL
In this painting the artist Larry Abramson depicts an abstract landscape with a high degree of simplification, taking references from the stylistic conventions of conceptual and minimalistic neo avant-garde art movements. Here, the artist applies thick layers of paint allowing for a textural feeling on the surface of the canvas. LARRY ABRAMSON South Africa, b. 1954 Larry Abramson is a South African-born Israeli artist. Born in 1954, Abramson and his family immigrated to Jerusalem in 1961. Shortly after graduating high school, Abramson entered London's Chelsea College of Art and Design in 1973 where he studied a Foundation Course. In 1975, he held his first solo exhibition. Abramson continued to develop his style, combining abstraction and figurative art to create dynamic situations. Upon returning to Israel, he worked as a printer and curator of exhibitions at the Jerusalem Print Workshop until 1986. In 1984, he joined the teaching staff of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem and, in 1992, was appointed head of the Fine Art department. In 1996, he founded and headed the Bezalel Program for Young Artists, the first Master of Fine Arts program in Israel. He served as a guest lecturer at the San Francisco Art Institute in 2000 and 2003. In 2002, Abramson continued to be a leader in art academia by planning the establishment of a new art department at the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in Ramat Gan, Israel. He is a founding member of Artists Without Walls, a dialogue group of Israeli and Palestinian artists. Throughout his career as an artist, Abramson has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Jacques Ohana Prize, The Minister of Education Culture Prize, and the Mendel and Eva Pundik Prize for Israeli Art. He has shown at prestigious group and solo exhibitions around the world and, in recent years, held two special museum projects, "Searching for the Ideal City" at the Magnes Museum, Berkeley (2005), and "Mini Israel" at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (2006). Larry Abramson was born in Durban, South Africa. In 1961, he immigrated to Israel with his family and settled in Jerusalem. He studied art with Yona Mach at the Hebrew University High School and devoted much time to painting. In 1970, he signed the High School Seniors Letter protesting the Israel government's foot-dragging on the subject of peace. In the early 1970s, Abramson studied art history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and moved to London to continue his art studies, but only remained there for one year. In 1975, he began to work in printmaking. He became an instructor and curator at the Jerusalem Print Workshop and began exhibiting in Jerusalem galleries. In 1984, he began to teach at Bezalel. His work in the 1970s and 80s quoted from art history as a tool for critical reflections on art. This was particularly evident in "Anatomical Painting" (1980-1983), "Nevo" (1984-1986) and "Column" (1988). In 1992, he was elected chairman of the Fine Arts Department of Bezalel. In 1996, he received his professorship. In 1995, he showed his series, Tsooba, which explored the politics of Israeli landscape and aroused great public debate. From the 1990s, he published many essays on the link between art history and the political and social significance of art. Major works from this period include "The Return of the Black Square" and a series of drawings, "The Pile" (2002-2004). Education 1972 Art History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 1973 Chelsea School of Art, London, UK 1971 Hebrew University High School, Jerusalem, art with Yona Mach Teaching 1984-92 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem 1992-96 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem,Head of Fine Arts Department, 1992-96 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Head of Young Artists Program, 2000-03 San Francisco Art Institute, California, USA, Guest Lecturer, 2002 onwards Shenkar College, Ramat Gan, Professor of Art, Multidisciplinary Art Department, Awards And Prizes 1978 Beatrice Kolliner Prize for a Young Israeli Artist, Israel Museum, Jerusalem 1988 The America-Israel Cultural Fund Scholarship 1991 Jacques and Eugenie Ohana Prize for a Young Israeli Artist, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv 1993 The America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Sharett Fund Scholarship for a Young Artist 1998 Prize, Ministry of Education and Culture 2007 The Mendel and Eva Pundik Foundation Prize for an Israeli Artist, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv Abramson, Larry Avigdor Arikha, Dei Ben Shaul, David Michail Grobman, Michael Gross, Uri Lifschitz, Ofer Lellouche, Menashe Kadishman, Shaul Schatz and others Sarig - in Israeli Paintings Israel Pollak School of Art Kalisher Five, Art Sc, Tel Aviv Abramson, Larry Menashe Kadishman, Pinchas Cohen Gan, David Reeb, Arnon Ben David...
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20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Summer Sunflower Prairie, Illustration Style, Still-Life Bouquet
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Summer Sunflower" is an abstract expressionist painting by Romina Milano where a dance of black gestures unfolds across colorful brushstrokes infused with raw emotion. Romina Mila...
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2010s Modern Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor

Genesis - white, black, blue, abstract, three dimensional, wall sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This intriguing abstract mixed media composition is by Lucy Maki. Two panels in white, black, pale yellow and a deep blue sit one above the other—each panel features a globe-like for...
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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Resin, Wood, Oil

Seascape : Animated Beach in Normandy - Oil On Canvas Hansigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Jacques RENÉ Seascape : Animated Beach in Normandy Original oil painting on canvas Hansigned 54 x 65 cm (c. 21 x 26 inch) Excellent condition
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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Cove, Landscape Oil on Board Painting by American Artist John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Cove (45) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Board Size: 12 in. x 14 in. (30.48 cm x 35.56 cm)
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

'The Doctor's Office', WPA, San Francisco, Chouinard, SFMA, Oakland Museum, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Justin Murray' (American, 1912-1987), titled, verso, 'The Doctor's Office' and painted circa 1945. Framed dimensions: 9¼ x 1½ x 21 inches. Born in Minneapolis, ...
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1940s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Edge, Somerset UK Landscape, Modern British Style Painting, Large Statement Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Edge - an original oil painting by Charlie Baird depicting a West Country landscape beneath a vast blue sky with ascending darkness. Multi-layered, detailed oil painting. Charlie Bai...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Gouache American Modernist Powerline
Located in Surfside, FL
Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949) This came with a small grouping from the artist's family, some were hand signed some were not. These were studies for larger paintings. Simka Simkhovitch (Симха Файбусович Симхович) (aka Simka Faibusovich Simkhovich) (Novozybkov, Russia May 21, 1885 O.S./June 2, 1885 N.S.—Greenwich, Connecticut February 25, 1949) was a Ukrainian-Russian Jewish artist and immigrant to the United States. He painted theater scenery in his early career and then had several showings in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s, he completed murals for the post offices in Jackson, Mississippi and Beaufort, North Carolina. His works are in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Born outside Kyiv (Petrograd Ukraine) into a Jewish family who owned a small department store. During a severe case of measles when he was seven, Simcha Simchovitch sketched the views outside his window and decided to become an artist, over his father's objections. Beginning in 1905, he studied at the Grekov Odessa Art School and upon completion of his studies in 1911 received a recommendation to be admitted to the Imperial Academy of Arts. Though he enrolled to begin classes in architecture, painting, and sculpture at the Imperial Academy, he was dropped from the school roster in December because of the quota on the number of Jewish students and drafted into the army. Simchovitch served as a private in the 175th Infantry Regiment Baturyn [ru] until his demobilization in 1912. Re-enrolling in the Imperial Academy, he audited classes. Simka Simkhovitch exhibited paintings and sculptures in 1918 as part of an exhibition of Jewish artists and in 1919 placed 1st in the competition "The Great Russian Revolution" with a painting called "Russian Revolution" which was hung in the State Museum of Revolution. In 1922, Simkha Simkhovitch exhibited at the International Book Fair in Florence (Italian: Fiera Internazionale del Libro di Firenze). In 1924, Simkhovitch came to the United States to make illustrations for Soviet textbooks and decided to immigrate instead. Initially he supported himself by doing commercial art and a few portrait commissions. In 1927, he was hired to paint a screen for a scene in the play "The Command to Love" by Fritz Gottwald and Rudolph Lothar which was playing at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway. Art dealers began clamoring for the screen and Simkhovitch began a career as a screen painter for the theater. Catching the attention of the screenwriter, Ernest Pascal, he worked as an illustrator for Pascal, who then introduced him to gallery owner, Marie Sterner. Simkhovitch's works appeared at the Marie Sterner Gallery beginning with a 1927 exhibit and were repeated the following year. Simkhovitch had an exhibit in 1929 at Sterner's on circus paintings. In 1931, he held a showing of works at the Helen Hackett Gallery, in New York City and later that same year he was one of the featured artists of a special exhibit in San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park. The exhibit was coordinated by Marie Sterner and included four watercolors, including one titled "Nudes". He is of the generation of Russian Soviet artists such as Isaac Pailes, Serge Charchoune, Marc Chagall, Chana Orloff, Isaac Ilyich Levitan, and Ossip Zadkine. In 1936, Simkhovitch was selected to complete the mural for the WPA Post office project in Jackson, Mississippi. The mural was hung in the post office and courthouse in 1938 depicted a plantation theme. Painted on the wall behind the judge’s bench, “Pursuits of Life in Mississippi”, a depiction of black workers engaged in manual labor amid scenes of white professionals and socialites, was eventually covered over in later years during renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. Simka painted what he thought was typical of Jackson. His impression of pre-civil rights Mississippi was evidently Greek Revival column houses, weeping willow trees, working class families, and the oppression of African Americans. He painted African American men picking cotton, while a white man took account of the harvest and a white judge advised a white family, calling it Pursuits of Life in Mississippi. Though clearly endorsed by the government and initially generally well-received, the mural soon raised concerns with locals as the climate toward racial segregation began to change. The main concern was whether depictions that show African Americans in subjugated societal roles should be featured in a courtroom. The following year, his painting "Holiday" won praise at an exhibition in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1940, Simkhovitch's second WPA post office project was completed when four murals, "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat", "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright", "Sand Ponies" and "Canada Geese" were installed in Beaufort, North Carolina. The works were commissioned in 1938 and did not generate the controversy that the Jackson mural had. The main mural is "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright" and depicts a shipwreck which had occurred in Beaufort in 1866. "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat" depicted the lighthouse built in 1859 and the mail boat that was running mail during the time which Simkhovitch was there. The boat ran mail for the area until 1957. "Sand Ponies" shows the wild horses common to the North Carolina barrier islands and "Canada Geese" showed the importance of hunting and fishing in the area. All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight...
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1930s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board, Gouache

A Colorful 1950s Martha's Vineyard Harbor Scene by Noted Artist, Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A colorful harbor scene of Martha's Vineyard by noted Chicago Modern artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). The painting depicts a blustery dockside view, with fishing and sailboat...
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1950s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Hilltop Afternoon, Blue and Green Landscape Painting, Dorset Landscape Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Inspired by local Dorset landscape. Discover original paintings by Charlie Baird online with Wychwood Art and in our Deddington Art Gallery. Born in Nairn, Scotland in 1955, Charlie ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modernist Palettes, Orange and Turquoise Mid-Century Floating Shapes, Abstract
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Modernist Palettes" is a hand-painted acrylic painting on high-quality 300g paper by artist Ryan Rivadeneyra. These painting, influenced by modernist artists of the 50's, 60's, and...
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2010s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Paper

Charles Chartier 1951 French Cubist Modernist Oil Painting Surreal Paris Village
Located in Surfside, FL
Alex Charles Chartier, French, 1894-1957 Oil painting on board 1951 Quartier Plaisance, Paris village scene Hand signed and dated '51 lower left. Dimensions: 21" x 25-3/4", frame...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

Through the woods by Roger Descombes - Oil on canvas 77x78 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

English 20th century landscape with a pussy cat, buttercups, daisy's and flowers
Located in Woodbury, CT
Alison Bolton studied fine art at Salisbury School of Art and Hornsey College of Art with Maurice de Sausmarez. After leaving college, Alison resumed painting once her children were ...
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1990s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

The Death of Priam - Oil Paint - Early 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by an italian neoclassical artist in th early 19th Century. In very good condition, it includes a coeval gilded wooden frame.
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Early 19th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

'African Idol' — Mid-Century African-American artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Charles Elmer Harris (Beni E. Kosh), Untitled (African Idol), watercolor, c. 1950s. Estate stamped verso, 'Beni E Kosh COLLECTION' and numbered '570' in ink. A fine, spontaneous wat...
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1950s Modern Paintings

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Watercolor

River Landscape with Boat and two Figures - Oil Paint - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
River Landscape with Boat and two Figures, realized by an artist active in italy in the mid-17th Century. In very good condition, it includes a gilded coeval wooden frame.
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Late 17th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

William Crosbie, Phoenix, Full length nude, Large Scottish Modernist oil
Located in Harkstead, GB
An incredibly striking and sensuous image of the flame like figure of Phoenix, painted on a large scale. A painting with enormous impact and style. William Crosbie (1915-1999) Phoe...
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20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

Paris : Seine River and Notre Dame Church - Original oil painting, Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
André Cottavoz (1922-2012) Paris : Seine River and Notre Dame Church Original oil painting Signed in the right corner On panel 18 x 33 cm (c. 9 x 13 inch) Very good condition, lig...
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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Mid-Century Modern Figural of Two Women and Child by Harold Kitner Kent State
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive Mid-Century figural painting of two women and child in pastel hues by Harold Kitner (American, 1921 - 2004). Image, 33"H x 48"W Walnut frame, 34"H x 49"W x 2"D Harold Kitner was born on May 18, 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio and was the son of Isaac and Frieda Kitner. He obtained his MA from Case Western Reserve University in 1947. Kitner was a postgraduate from Cleveland Institute, Ohio University, Cleveland College, Washington and Lee University. He obtained his Doctorate from Kent State University. Exhibition: Harold Kitner - Active / Figure / Exaltation at Kent State School of Art Gallery in Kent, Ohio in 2014. Harold Kitner taught for over 30 years at the Kent State University School of Art. Harold Kitner began teaching art and art history at Kent State University in 1947. During his career, he served as Director and Chairman of the Fine Arts Division. Kitner played a significant role in creating the Art School’s core program, organizing the Kent State Arts Festival, and the Blossom Festival School. He also served as President of the Kent chapter of the American Association of University Professors, and was an art critic for the Akron Beacon Journal. In 1967, Kitner became Kent State University’s first Faculty Ombudsman, officially titled Dean for Faculty Counsel. He held this position until 1974. At the time of the Kent State shootings, Kitner’s position as Ombudsman meant that he was involved in many of the decisions regarding University administration in the weeks and months following the Kent State shootings. Kitner began a partial retirement in 1980, and left Kent to become the director of the Institute of the South Florida Art...
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1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

1967 American Minnesota Modernist Vertical Abstract Beach Boat Painting
Located in New York, NY
Up for sale is a wonderful 1968 Henry Vranesh American oil painting Painting Depicts a Post-war Modernist painting, a boat at sea, probably from his Alaskan series. A student of Wi...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Acrylic

Interesting Tropical Modernist Palm Tree Abstract Vintage Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed abstract tropical oil painting. Oil on board. Framed.
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1940s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Modernist Contemporary Oil Beautiful River Landscape with Reflections
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The River Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020) signed oil painting on canvas 18 x 21 inches. All the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come from the artists estate ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

ast Santa Cruz Landscape: Yellow Farmhouse with Storm Clouds Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"East Santa Cruz (California)" is a captivating oil on canvas board by artist Jon Blanchette (1908-1987). The painting features a striking yellow farmhouse set against dark gray storm clouds, capturing the beauty and drama of the California landscape. The composition, with its bold contrast between the warm farmhouse and the looming storm, evokes a sense of both tranquility and tension. Presented in a custom frame, the outer dimensions of the painting measure 21 ¾ x 25 ¾ x 1 ½ inches, with the image size measuring 16 x 20 inches. This artwork is in very good vintage condition, reflecting the care and craftsmanship of its creation. Please contact us for a detailed condition report. Expedited and international shipping options are available—please reach out for a personalized shipping quote. About the Artist: Jon Blanchette, born on March 29, 1908, in Somerset, England, immigrated to Battle Creek, Michigan in 1918. He displayed artistic talent from a young age and went on to study at the Pittsburgh Art...
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1950s Modern Paintings

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Oil

Walk by the lake signed F.F - Oil on canvas 103 x 56 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas with frame in good statement. Total size with frame: 70 x 121 x 7 cm Signed F.F
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20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Subtle Pastel Curves, Organic Mid-Century Shapes Toned Down Colors, Transparency
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Subtle Pastel Curves" is a hand-painted acrylic painting on high-quality 300g paper by artist Ryan Rivadeneyra. These painting, influenced by modernist artists of the 50's, 60's, a...
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2010s Modern Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

Square - Painting by Francesco Settimj - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on cardboard. Very good condition except for some minor losses on edges.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Eugene Higgins, Age 80.
Located in Storrs, CT
Portrait of Eugene Higgins, Age 80. 1954. Oil on canvas. 30 x 25 (framed 35 x 30). Signed and dated lower right. Cole and Higgins (1874-1958), both lived in Lyme, Connecticut. Higg...
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1950s Modern Paintings

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Oil

Huge 1960's French Modernist Oil Painting Lady Seated Playing Guitar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Guitar Player French Modernist artist, circa 1960's period oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 32 x 39.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Woman in Yellow
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Woman in Yellow', oil on cardstock paper (circa 1970s), by Raymond Debiève. A cubist portrait of this lovely young woman at her window is ...
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1970s Modern Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Midsummer herbs 1988. Oil on canvas, 82x65 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Midsummer herbs 1988. Oil on canvas, 82x65 cm The focal point of the artwork is a vase filled with colorful flowers and herbs. The artist's portrayal captures the vibrancy and vari...
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1980s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rainbow - Minimalistic Figurative Oil Painting, Beach View, Realism, Seascape
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...
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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lakeside landscape by British female mid 20th Century artist Phyllis Bray
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A really beautiful and large example of British 1930s painting by female artist Phyllis Bray. Bray was a British artist and illustrator known for her inv...
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20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Huge 1960s French Signed Oil - Portrait of Fashionable Woman Emerald Green Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1960's, signed with monogram Title: Portrait of a fashionable lady in an emerald green dress. Medium: oil...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Seascape : Waves on the Coast Rocks - Original oil on canvas, Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Camille Hilaire Seascape : Waves on the Coast Rocks Original oil on canvas Signed bottom left Signed and Titled on the back On canvas 33 x 46 cm (c . 13 x 18 in) Presented in golden...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Naturaleza Muerta
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Naturaleza Muerta" is an oil on canvas work painted by Rufino Tamayo in 1935. The artwork size is 29 1/4 x 58 3/4 inches. The framed size is 40 1/4 x 69 3/4 x 2 1/2 inches. The work...
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Early 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting Still Life Fruit Bowl Polly Thayer Boston Modernist Woman Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Polly Thayer Starr (1904-2006) Oil Painting Still Life Fruit Bowl Dimensions: Frame: 12.5" X 15.5", Image: 8.5" X 11.5" Polly Thayer (Starr) (1...
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20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

Through the woods
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
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1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Arch Rock, Pacific Grove, California, Vintage 1970s Painting, Coastal Landscape
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Filastro Mottola (American, 1915 - 2008) Signed: Mottola (Lower, Right) " Arch Rock " Pacific Grove, Calif., circa 1970s-1980s (Titled on Verso) Acrylic on Illustration Board 21"...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Acrylic, Illustration Board

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Lady Reading In Orange 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...
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20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Antique American School Modernist Framed Signed Exhibited Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Exhibited at the Butler Art Institute.
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1940s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Industrial Mid-20th Century WPA Modern Men Working American Scene Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Mid-20th Century WPA Modern Men Working American Scene Social Realism George Pearse Ennis (American, 1884-1936) "Forging a Gun Tube #1...
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1910s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Subirachs, Jose Maria. 20 original pencil drawing
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Subirachs, Jose Maria. original pencil drawing Josep Maria Subirachs i Sitjar (Barcelona, ​​March 11, 1927-ibidem, April 7, 2014)1 was a Spanish sculptor, painter, engraver, set desi...
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1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Carbon Pencil

1950's French Oil Portrait of Man with Cherries & Blue Jug Mid Century original
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man with Cherries & Blue Jug French School, mid 20th century circa 1950's oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 26 x 16 inches provenance: private collection, France conditio...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Portrait of a Lady - Oil Painting - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Lady, 19th Century Painting. Miniature on ivory. Wooden frame with leather back. 12 X 12 cm.  Good conditions!
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19th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Country House Portrait Faringdon House Oxfordshire Grade 1 Listed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Faringdon House, Oxfordshire English School, mid 20th century inscribed to label verso oil on board, framed framed: 19 x 23 inches provenance: private collection, England condition:...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Glücksburg Castle near Flensburg - Oil Painting- Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Glücksburg Castle near Flensburg is an original modern artwork realized in the first half of 20th Century Oil on hardboard. Hand signed "H. Th. Nöbbe" on the lower margin. Include...
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Early 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Hawk Bird Of Prey Framed Original Mid 20th Century Powerful Watercolor Painting
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Dame Elisabeth Frink. English ( b.1930 - d.1993 ). Hawk, 1969. Watercolor. Signed & Dated Lower Right. Image size 25.4 inches x 19.5 inches ( 64.5cm x 49.5cm ). Frame size 34.4 inches x 28.1 inches ( 87.5cm x 71.5cm ). Available for sale; this original painting is by Dame Elisabeth Frink and is dated 1969. The painting is presented and supplied in a glazed frame and mount dating from June 1997. This vintage watercolor is in very good condition, commensurate with its age. The watercolor is signed and dated lower right. Previously with Beaux Arts, London and Bath in 1999. Dame Elisabeth Frink was one of Britain’s most important post-war sculptors, an accomplished draughtsman, illustrator and teacher. She was part of the post-war school of expressionist British sculptors dubbed the Geometry of Fear, and enjoyed a highly acclaimed career that was commercially successful, broke boundaries and contributed greatly to bringing wonderful sculpture to public places. She was born on 14 November 1930 in Thurlow, the daughter of a cavalry officer, and brought up in rural Suffolk near to an active airbase. She was brought up a Catholic and educated at the Convent of the Holy Family, Exmouth. She then studied at the Guildford School of Art from 1947-1949 under Willi Soukop and Henry Moore’s assistant, Bernard Meadows, and then at the Chelsea School in London 1949-1953. She taught at Chelsea School of Art 1951-61, St. Martin’s School of Art 1954-62 and was a visiting instructor at the Royal College of Art 1965-1967, after which she lived in France until 1973. Frink first came to the attention of the public in 1951 at an exhibition at the Beaux Arts Gallery, London. In 1952 she represented Britain at the Venice Biennale, being described by Herbert Read as “the most vital, the most brilliant and the most promising of the whole Biennale”. The same year the Tate bought its first work by her, and she began to enjoy commercial success. Thereafter she exhibited regularly and was for 27 years associated with Waddington’s, London. The subjects which Frink was most concerned with were man, dog and horses, with and without riders. Interestingly she seldom sculpted the female form, drawing on archetypes of masculine strength, struggle and aggression. Her work has the recurring themes of the vulnerable and the predatory, in the spirit of an authentic post-war artist. It has been said that she was more concerned with representing mankind that portraits of individuals. The appeal of her work lies in its directness, provoking a frank statement of feeling. The anatomy is often exaggerated or incorrect; the impact growing more out of her interest in the spirit of the subject. Her animals and birds may be drawn from nature but verge on the abstract, conveying raw emotion and character rather than a realistic depiction. Her unique style is characterised by a rough treatment of the surface which embeds each piece with vitality and her personal impression. In her later work even the distinction between human and bird figures becomes blurred. Commentators have noted that the often rugged, brutal and contorted surfaces of her work reflect the destruction and terror of the six-year world-wide conflict that she witnessed as a child. Frink was an active supporter of Amnesty International. In the 1960s and early 1970s Frink produced a notable series of falling figures and winged men. Later, living in France during the Algerian war, she began making heads, blinded by goggles which had a threatening facelessness. Frink produced many notable public commissions, including Wild Boar for Harlow New Town, Blind Beggar and Dog for Bethnal Green, Noble Horse and Rider for Piccadilly, London, a lectern for Coventry Cathedral, Shepherd for Paternoster Square beside St. Paul’s Cathedral and a Walking Madonna for Salisbury Cathedral. In the early 1980s she produced a set of three larger than life figures The Dorset Martyrs which stand on the edge of the old walled town of Dorchester on the site of the old gallows, as a memorial to those who had been executed there ‘for conscience sake’. Frink’s Canterbury Tales was a collection of 19 etchings drawn directly on to copper plates and etched by her. The ‘book’ was issued in three limited editions. Her illustrations have been praised as “amongst the most successful illustrations of the century, encompassing the mood of the text in concise delineations and disarmingly ribald humour”. She illustrated other books with colored lithographs or drawings. Frink was on the Board of Trustees, British Museum from 1976, and was a member of the Royal Fine Art Commission 1976-81. CBR (1969), DBE ((1982), Associate of the Royal Academy (1971), Royal Academy (1977). She was made a Companion of Honour in 1992. She died on 18 April 1993, but not before completing her last commission, a monumental but unusual figure of Christ for the front of the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool, unveiled a week before her death. For several decades Frink exhibited widely in the UK and abroad. In her later years she lived and worked in Dorset where her home and garden became an arena for her work. In 1985 she had a retrospective at the Royal Academy. She died on 18 April 1993, but not before completing her last commission, a monumental but unusual figure of Christ for the front of the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool, unveiled a week before her death. There was a memorial show at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Bretton Hall in 1994. Today Frink is venerated as one of the great twentieth century British sculptors. Her unique work is represented in the Tate Gallery and major public and private collections world-wide. © Big Sky Fine Art This original watercolor on paper painting of a hawk by Dame Elizabeth Frink...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

197's French Modernist Signed Oil Palm Trees in Village Landscape Large Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Pathway by Andre Guillou (French 1925-2017) signed and dated 1970 oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 23.5 x 29 inches provenance: private collection, Fr...
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1970s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Sheep in winter, 1969 acrylic painting by British artist Gerald Rose
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
GERALD ROSE (BRITISH, 1935 – 2023) SHEEP IN WINTER Acrylic on board Signed and dated ‘Gerald Rose 69’ (lower right) 29.1/2 x 19.1/4 in. (75 x 49 cm.)
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20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

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