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
Bouquet of roses by Benjamin II Vautier - Oil on wood 30x40 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on wood sold with frame
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
National Day : Sailors having Fun - Tall Original Oil Painting, Signed
By Michel-Marie Poulain
Located in Paris, IDF
Michel Marie POULAIN
French National Day : Sailors having Fun
Original oil on canvas
Handsigned in the lower left corner
On canvas 55 x 65 cm (c. 22 x 26 inch)
Presented in golden w...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Villa by Gustave François Barraud - Oil on canvas 41x52 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas sold with frame
Total size with frame 52x62 cm
Gustave François BARRAUD is an artist born in Switzerland in 1883 and died in 19...
Category
1910s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage American Female Modernist Precisionist Street Scene Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist street scene oil painting by Elaine Wesley (1923 - 2007). Oil on board. Estate stamped verso.
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Burmese Dancers', Large Modernist Oil, Myanmar, Rangoon, SFMA, SFAI, PFA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Aung Aung Taik' (Burmese, born 1948) and dated 1981.
Exhibited: San Francisco Cultural Center, 1981.
A major work by this celebrate...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sun-Drenched Rolling Hills with Bold Blue Trees Casting Shadows British Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Jill Jackson (British, contemporary)
Title: Sun-Drenched Rolling Hills
Medium: gouache on artist paper, unframed
Painting : 14 x 20 inches
Provenance: all the p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$528 Sale Price
30% Off
Someones Stuntman, Original painting, Cowboys, Landscape, Horses
Located in Deddington, GB
Horses are a them in most of my paintings, but more often than not they come latter on in the paintings development. this one i wanted to start with the horse, wanting to make it stand proud, pressing forward with his chin up and chest out. man and horse together getting through one of those days.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Acrylic paint on Canvas
100 H x 100 W x 4 D cm (39.37 x 39.37 x 1.57 in)
Sold...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ponte Neuf (The Old Bridge)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
(Note: This work is part of our exhibition Connected by Creativity: WPA Era Works from the Collection of Leata and Edward Beatty Rowan)
Oil on panel, 14 ½ x 18 inches unframed, 22 x 25 ½ inches framed, inscribed “painted by David McCosh Property of Edward b. Rowan” and numbered “8” verso
Exhibited:
The First Exhibit of the Iowa Artist...
Category
1920s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Paris Bridges 1, Modern Acrylic Painting by Charles Cobelle
Located in Long Island City, NY
Charles Cobelle, French (1902 - 1994) - Paris Bridges 1. Year: circa 1950, Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed lower left, Size: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.96 cm), Frame Size: 30.5 x 34.5 ...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Phoenix Nest, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
This original Modern abstract painting by Stanley Bate is made with oil paint on canvas, and was painted circa 1960. It features a bold, vibrant red hue, with dark shapes lining the ...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bibi & Babu, Tempera on Board, (Set of 2) Artist Lalu Prasad Shaw "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Lalu Prasad Shaw
Untitled (Bibi)
Untitled (Babu on the Hookah)
28 x 22 Inches
Tempera on Board, 2016
( Set of 2 works )
( Framed & Delivered in a teak frame )
Style : Known widely f...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Tempera, Board
(Donald) Trump - original painting
By Lou Ros
Located in London, GB
Portrait of contraversial former President and current Republican nominee
Donald Trump
by renowned artist Lou Ros
Acrylic on canvas
signed, dated and titled on reverse by the art...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Le rêve d'architecte, 2019
Located in Atlanta, GA
Roman Zaslonov is a Russian Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1962. Roman Zaslonov's work has been offered at auction multiple times. Only o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School WPA Modernist Black Figure Ashcan Dock View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1920s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$780 Sale Price
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Seating Figures - Oil Painting by Antonio Mellone - 1957
Located in Roma, IT
Seating figures is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Mellone in 1957
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas
Hand signed and dated on the lower margin.
Includes frame
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$528 Sale Price
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Mid Century Modern Abstract painting unique signed, Guggenheim Museum collection
By Jean Xceron
Located in New York, NY
This work has amazing provenance, as it was de-accessioned from the Guggenheim Museum (bearing the original label), and was included in several prestigious international traveling mu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - EROTIC MALE NUDE PORTRAIT IN RED BOOTS
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Red Boots"
by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019)
gouache paint
painting: 15.5 x 15.5 inches
provenance: private collection, South of France
Superb original ...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Autumn Trees by Ernest Voegeli - Oil on Canvas 38x50 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Ernest Voegeli is an artist who has found his path through a combination of solid technique and a clear, insightful approach to color, form, and composition. While his work is primar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two Girls in Green
Located in Dallas, TX
Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure with his viewers. Vogel entreats us to "rejoice and celebrate each new day, knowing it...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Untitled, Figurative, Dry Pastel on Paper by Jogen Chowdhury "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jogen Chowdhury
Untitled
Dry Pastel on Paper
11.6 x 8.3 inches, 2023
( Framed & Delivered )
Modern Indian artist Jogen Chowdhury executed Still life drawing in Ink, pastel.
Always...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Mixed Media
“Abstract #8”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil paint on heavy archival textured paper abstract by the American artist, Martin Rosenthal. Bold, vibrant colors. Signed lower left by the artist and dated 1964. Conditio...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
PASSION #1 - Nude Male painting Paula Craioveanu oil on canvas
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Passion #1" - An original signed oil painting on canvas by artist Paula Craioveanu - titled "Passion #1".
Hand painted and hand signed by artist upper right. It is also signed, ti...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,500 Sale Price
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Nude Woman - Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Woman is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas
Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1887 – Gargnano, 1942)
He was born in Mila...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Huge French Modernist Oil Sunny Garden Landscape with French Chairs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Le Jardin
Jeanon Pitre (French contemporary)
signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 51 x 38 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: overall very good
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$2,690 Sale Price
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A Beautiful Modern Figure Painting, Two Bathers in a Boathouse by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful Modern figure painting of two bathers in a boathouse by noted Chicago Modern artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Painted at the Ox-Bow School of Saugatuck, Michigan ...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Red Bottles on Green, Modern Still Life, Pink, Kitchenware Display Silhouette
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Red Bottles on Green" is a contemporary still-life painting that depicts a vibrant arrangement of red bottle silhouettes taking center stage in contrast against the green pastel bac...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Oil
Zodiac Magic Circle - Oil Paint by Mino Meno - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel realized by Mino Meno in 1980s.
Hand signed and titled on rear.
It bears a contemporary wooden frame cm. 59.5x49.
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Torre di Tiberio, Tower of Tiberius, Capri, Italy Landscape, Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Torre di Tiberio, 1951
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower left
21 x 18 inches
28.5 x 26.5 inches, framed
Clarence Holbrook Carter ac...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Villajoyosa, Spain by Alexandre de Spengler - Oil on Masonite 44x78 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Alexandre de Spengler (1893–1973) was a Swiss painter and engraver active in Geneva and Paris.
He is known for his land and seascapes, as well as...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
Les Quais de la Seine with Notre Dame, Paris.
By Guy Buffet
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork Titled "Les Quais de la Seine with Notre Dame, Paris" c.1970 is an oil painting on canvas by noted French artist Guy Buffet, 1943-2023. It is signed at the lower right c...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Modern Vintage Geometric Abstract Figure Oil Painting - Entwined
Located in Bristol, GB
ENTWINED
Size: 65.5 x 59.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A striking mid-century geometric abstract painting that captures an intimate embrace between three figures, executed in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A Charming 1956 Painting of a Red House in Calais, VT by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming 1956 oil on canvas board painting of a red brick house, titled "Corner of the Brick House with Last Snow Bank, Calais, VT" by artist Harold Haydon. The painting is framed...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Young Broodmares
Located in Atlanta, GA
A passion for horses, equestrian pursuits, and painting define Brooke Major's life and career. A native of Atlanta, GA, Brooke Major has been living and working as a professional art...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ron Gorchov Mid Century Modern Self Portrait Signed painting abstract figuration
By Ron Gorchov
Located in New York, NY
Ron Gorchov
Historic Self Portrait, 1955-1959
Oil painting on board
Hand signed in paint on the upper recto and dated 1955-9
Frame included: held in original vintage artist's frame
T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
$19,600 Sale Price
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Woman with horse and lasso
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard
Silver wooden frame
42.1 x 32.5 x 3 cm
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large oil painting of Edna and Daphne, South Downs, West Sussex 1977 John Bowles
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
John Gilbey Bowles (British, 1929 – 2011)
Edna and Daphne before the South Downs, 1977
Oil on canvas
Signed ‘J Bowles’ (lower left)
38.1/8 x 40.1/8 in. (96.7 x 102 cm.)
Notes: Daphne...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Collioure Harbour, French 1950's Modernist Colorful Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Collioure, France
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on artist paper, unframed
size: 13 x 19.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed.
provena...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$480 Sale Price
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Follower of Matisse, 20th Century French Oil Pink House in South of France
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, follower of Henri Matisse
Title: The Pink House.
Medium: oil on board, framed
Framed: 22.5 x 25.5 inches
Painting: 15 x 18 inches...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,537 Sale Price
30% Off
Provence Landscape Old Houses Cypress Tree French Modernist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provence
Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020)
signed
watercolor painting on paper, mounted on card
framed: 7 x 5.5 inches
canvas: 5 x 5 inches.
All the paintings we have for sal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
'Pink and White Poppies beneath Blue Skies', Whitney Museum, PAFA, AIC, ASL, ICA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'C G Nelson' for Carl Gustaf Simon Nelson (American, 1898-1988) and dated 1956.
A substantial, Modernist oil showing a profusion of white and pink poppies contra...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a woman. Flora
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting “Flora” depicts a young woman in a serene and contemplative state with her eyes closed, symbolizing inner peace and connection with nature. Inspired by the Roman goddess...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spring, Black Mountain, Marin County
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Ray Stanford Strong. “Spring, Black Mountain, Marin County” is a modern landscape painting, oil on canvas in greens by Ray Stanford Stong. T...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century "Driver with Hard Hat" Gouache and Oil Pastel Figurative 1960s SF
Located in Arp, TX
Gloria Dudfield
Driver with Hard Hat
1960s
Gouache and Oil Pastel on Paper
27"x36" unframed
Gloria (Fischer) Dudfield
July 12, 1922 – May 27, 2015
Came from...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache
Vintage Yacht Race Oil Painting by Listed Artist Amos C. Brinton (1888-1982)
Located in Baltimore, MD
American painter and illustrator Amos Carter Brinton was born in Wilmington, Delaware in 1888. He went on to have a successful career in illustrations, mainly maritime themed. Fishi...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dressing
By Miriam Tindall Smith
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Smith studied at the School of Industrial Art in Philadelphia under Edward Warwick.
In 1935 she was asked by the Art Institute of Chicago to loan her painting, "Repose" to the forty...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
1947 Expressionist Oil Painting Flute Player Musician Boris Deutsch WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Boris Deutsch (American Lithuanian Russian, 1892-1978)
"The Flute Player," 1947
Oil paint on canvas,
Hand signed and dated upper left,
Provenance: gallery label (Pasadena Art Museu...
Category
1920s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Venice in December by Céelle - Oil on canvas 50x73 cm
By Céelle
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas
Gilded wooden frame
66,5 x 90 x 3,5 cm
CÉELLE is an artist born in France in 1929 and died in 2018. Her works have been sold at public auction 64 times, mainly in the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fernand Pierre Mid Century Haitian Painting of a Leopard
By Fernand Pierre
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Fanciful vintage Haitian acrylic painting on canvas of a leopard in a whimsical woodland setting with flowers and trees, executed in a distinctive naive style. Signed F. Pierre and p...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Oil Painting of Camlough Lake in Northern Ireland by 20th Century Modern Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of Camlough Lake in Northern Ireland by 20th Century Modern Artist, Patrick O'Neill
Art measures 30 x 20 inches
Frame measures 35 x 25 inches
A beautiful colourful ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid Century Abstract
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Unsigned. Image size, 37"L x 25"H.
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$595 Sale Price
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Small Tide Pools 36 - Small Modern Resin Minimalist 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
"The Artist and his Model"
Located in Southampton, NY
Here is a classic oil on canvas painting by Nicholai Cikovsky circa 1960 of the artist and his model. Signed lower right. ACA gallery label verso along with Association of American Artists label verso. Original handcarved frame with wear. Overall size framed 43 by 36 inches.
Cikovsky was born in Russia in 1894 where he studied at the Vilna Art School, 1910-1914; the Penza Royal Art School, 1914-1918; and Moscow High Tech Art...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
$8,500 Sale Price
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Nude in Lavender
Located in East Hampton, NY
Nude In Lavender
NOT framed
Neo Cubism
About the Artist:
Kenneth B Walsh (1922-1980)
In the 1950s, Kenneth Bonar Walsh came to Montauk from New York City to paint seascapes, catch ...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Landscape, Charcoal on Paper by Modern Artist Suhas Roy "In Stock"
By Suhas Roy
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Suhas Roy - Landscape
Charcoal on Paper
9 x 12 inches, 2007
( Framed & Delivered )
In this untitled 2007 work, Suhas Roy masterfully fuses pastel and ink sketching to create a haunt...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Antique American Modernist Carved Mixed Media Fish Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare and well executed modernist wall plaque by Richard Kuehne. Paint on gesso plaque. Signed. Silver leaf incorporated frame as photographed.
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$396 Sale Price
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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:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,152 Sale Price
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Le bouquet de lilas by Tamara de Lempicka
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tamara De Lempicka
1898-1980 Polish
Le bouquet de lilas
(Lilac Bouquet)
Signed "Lempicka" (lower right)
Oil on canvas
This exceptional floral still life by Art Deco icon Tamara d...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge Spanish/ French Oil Painting Girl Seated in Chair
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady in a Chair
by Maria Tort Xirau (Catalan, 1924-2018)
signed lower corner
dated 1991
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 47 x 37....
Category
1990s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,248 Sale Price
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Mid Century Modern Vintage Street Scene Landscape Oil Painting - By the Arches
Located in Bristol, GB
BY THE ARCHES
Size: 36.5 x 76 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A striking and very well executed mid century modernist composition in oil, painted onto board by by Swedish artist E...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Huge 20th Century British Naive Welsh Oil Painting Village Life in Winter Snow
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Winter in the Village
by Ben George Powell, British contemporary artist
signed
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 32 x 40 inches
provenance: private collection of this artists work, UK
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,085 Sale Price
30% Off
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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.