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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
Ravello Amalfi Coast Original Oil Painting - Villa Cimbrone La Cripta
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Ravello Amalfi Coast Original Oil Painting - Villa Cimbrone La Cripta Wonderful perspective of the Gothic Arches of Villa Cimbrone's Crypt ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Johann Strauss & Artie Shaw - Mid Century Modern Abstract
By Clark Blocher
Located in Soquel, CA
Johann Strauss & Artie Shaw - Mid Century Modern Abstract Swirling vortex of color and the words: "Johann Strauss' Tale(s) from the Vienna (Woods) Artie Shaw & Orchestra" by Kansas ...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

"City Harbor" Mid Century Modern Oakland Seascape in Oil on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
"City Harbor" Mid Century Modern Oakland Nautical Seascape in Oil on Linen Vibrant seascape by California artist Carol Sideman (American, b. 1925). Seve...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Linen, Oil

French 20th Century Modernist Turquoise Still Life Spring Onions and Celeriacs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vegetable Still Life by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) oil on artist paper, unframed painting : 21 x 16.5 inches stamped verso provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Coastal View
By Joaquin Mir Trinxet
Located in Sheffield, MA
Joaquín Mir Y Trinxet Spanish, 1873-1940 Coastal View Oil on board 11 ¾ by 16 in, w/ frame 25 ¼ by 29 ¼ in Signed lower right Joaquín Mir Trinxet was a Catalan Spanish artist. Livi...
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Early 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Mid Century Fields of Wheat Landscape - Oil on Canvas-Wrapped Illustration Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Fields of Wheat Landscape - Oil on Canvas-Wrapped Illustration Board Idyllic landscape of a path winding through a field of wheat, punctua...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

Large French Surrealist Abstract Oil Painting Black Ochre Beige Cream Colours
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition by Jack Penouel (French 1936-2018) oil on canvas, framed framed: 32.5 x 26 inches canvas : 32 x 25.5 inches provenance: the artists e...
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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Did you see the moon tonight
Located in Zofingen, AG
When the sun hits and the moon is shining, when dreams are confusing and the picture in the trees hides my thoughts, you immediately saw these frames
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2010s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

20th Century French Modernist Floral Painting Of Pink Explosive Poinsettia
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
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20th Century Modern Paintings

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Gouache

Mid 20th Century French Painting Figures Working in Factory Post Impressionist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Factory Workers by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 15.75 x 19 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and s...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Watercolor

Mid Century Antica Roma Figurative Abstract Collage
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning mid century mixed media collage of Roman travel items and photos by James A. Couglin, a Berkeley Abstract Expressionist (American, 1929-1979), c.1966. Painted during his Par...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Magazine Paper

Blue Flowers on Purple Table 20th Century British Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Blue Flowers, Purple Table by Helen Greenfield (British 20th century) oil painting on board, unframed board: 20 x 14 inches condition: overall very go...
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20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Wild Horses
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...
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2010s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still Life
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist); Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Sale #2326, 27 January 1965, Lot 168; Private Collection (acquired from the abo...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bouquet and vase on foot
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper Gilded wood frame with glass pane 79 x 60 x 2,5 cm
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Gouache

Antique American Modernist Flower Still Life Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist flower still life oil painting by Samuel Brecher (1897 - 1982). Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 28 by 30 inches overall and 22 by 24 inches painti...
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1940s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Highway Sunset (Window, Skyscape, Warm, Bluesy, Dreamy, ~29% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Annieo Klaas Highway Sunset 2024 Oil on Canvas 40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 30.48 cm) Signed lower right COA provided *On stretcher frame - gallery wrapped - ready to hang Annieo Klaas’...
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2010s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

French 20th Century Modernist Painting Artists Paint and Paint Tools Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artists Tools by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) oil on artist paper, unframed painting : 20 x 16 inches stamped verso provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and soun...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

1970's Surrealist Figurative -- "Two Nudes in Interior"
Located in Soquel, CA
Stark, surrealist study of two nude figures in a color saturated room by Clayton Anderson (American, 20th Century), 1970. Signed and dated by the artist, left margin. Presented in a ...
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1970s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large French Modernist Cubist Signed Oil - Jockeys on Horseback Parading
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed lower corner, late 20th century Title: Parading Jockeys on Horseback Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, framed. canvas: 24.75 x 29 in...
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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Windowsill Garden
Located in Astoria, NY
Charles Blum (New York, 1925-1998), Windowsill Garden, Oil on Masonite Panel, 1966, signed and dated lower right, wood frame. Image: 48" H x 23.75" W; frame: 53" H x 29" W. Provenanc...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

French Painting of a Tall Bunch Of Pink And Orange Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
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20th Century Modern Paintings

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Gouache

Lavender Fields Provence Original French Modernist Contemporary Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020), signed lower front Ginet-Lasnier, the wife of the painter Jean Lasnier, was born in the Seine-Maritime region of France and went onto study at the Ecole Beaux-arts in Paris. She exhibited widely throughout France, her love of colour and capturing life in all its fun and colour comes through in her canvases. Title: Lavender Fields in Provence...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

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Oil

Large Bold Colorful Monoprint Painting Floral in Vase February Amaryllis Flowers
Located in Surfside, FL
Image is 48 X 36 inches. Still life of flowers in a vase. In bold red, orange green and yellow color. Born and educated in Cleveland, Gary Bukovnik has lived in San Francisco for more than a third of a century. Primarily using the media of watercolor, monotype, and lithograph, Bukovnik fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations, creating floral and culinary images of great depth, intensity, and size. In 2003 and 2005, invited Bukovnik was Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome in 2003 and 2005 and was an artist-in-residence at the Michigan Institute of Arts in Kalamazoo in 2010, as well as making a tour of exhibitions and watercolor demonstrations across Japan in 2010. Solo exhibitions include Caldwell Snyder Gallery in San Francisco and in St. Helena, CA, Campton Gallery in New York City; the Concept Gallery in Pittsburgh, the A.C.T. Gallery in San Francisco, and the Bonfoey Gallery in Cleveland. Other recent exhibitions have been organized by the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Paula Brown Gallery, Toledo, Neuhoff Gallery, New York; Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis; Irving Galleries, Palm Beach; Galerie Kutter, Luxembourg; the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Chin Show Cultural Center, Taipei; Takashimaya, Tokyo; the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh; and Brevard Museum of Art, Melbourne, Florida. SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario The Art Institute of Chicago Atlanta Botanical Garden Brooklyn Museum Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown Dallas Museum of Art Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Frye Art Museum, Seattle Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow Library of Congress, Washington, DC The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The Museum of Modern Art, New York The Richard L. Nelson Gallery, U.C. Davis, California The New York Public Library Oakland Museum of California Philadelphia Museum of Art Phoenix Art Museum Portland Art Museum, Oregon Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence San Francisco Museum of Modern Art University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson University of California, Berkeley Art Museum SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS ALZA Corporation, Mountain View ART In Embassies Program, U.S. Department of State AT&T, New York Atlantic Richfield, Los Angeles BankAmerica Corporation, Charlotte Citigroup, New York Cleveland Institute of Music Clorox Company, Oakland Comerica Bank, Costa Mesa & San Jose H.J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh Illinois Bell...
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1990s Modern Paintings

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Monoprint

Bay Area Cubist Figure in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay Area Cubist Figure in Oil on Canvas by Ellis Hopkins (American, b. 1952). This vibrant cubist-inspired composition depicts a seated figure abstracted into interlocking planes o...
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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas, Stretcher Bars

Clown, Early 20th Century Playful Oil Painting on Board
Located in Surfside, FL
This portrait of a clown by Maurice Kish is part from a series of carnival figures, circus clowns and carousel horses and riders that he did in the 30s and 40s. The artist uses a vibrant color palette and controlled brushstrokes to depict the subject in a realistic way. The imagery of Maurice Kish (1895-1987), whether factories or carousels, reliably subverts expectations. His vision hovers just around the unraveling edge of things, where what is solid and clear becomes ambiguous. He is fascinated, often delighted, by the falling apart. This unexpected, fresh perspective results in oddly affecting pictures of a now long-gone New York. Born Moishe in a town called Dvinsk, Russia (what is now Daugavpils, Latvia), Kish came with his family to New York when he was in his teens. The family settled in Brownsville, and for the rest of Kish’s life Brooklyn remained his home, though he moved from one neighborhood to another. He was close to his parents, who recognized his talent and supported his desire to become an artist. Kish attended the National Academy of Design as well as Cooper Union. His fellow students included many other immigrants and children of immigrants who were particularly receptive to the Modernism coming from Europe. As his career progressed, Kish himself applied different strains of Modernism to different purposes. For him, the story was held above all else. For years, Kish used the skills he acquired in art school to earn his living at a Manhattan glass...
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Early 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

Large 20th Century French Post Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Boats on Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Moored Boats on the Beach European School, 20th century signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 18 x 25 inches provenance: private collection condition: very good and sound condition
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Greece by Edouard Arthur, Oil on canvas 38x61 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas sold with frame Total size with frame 48x71 cm Edouard ARTHUR is an artist born in 1917 and died in 2002. His works have been sold at public auction 12 times, mainly ...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

20th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Stylish Lady In Blue Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed & dated 1970 original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuf...
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20th Century Modern Paintings

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Gouache

The Hand Kisser - Oil on Canvas - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Hand Kisser is an artwork realized by an unknown Painter of Center Italy. Oil on Canvas, Early 19th Century. Copy of an earlier painting, probably...
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19th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Signed Sunset In Columbia Modernist Street Scene Framed WPA Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 26 by 32 inches overall and 24 by 30 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
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1940s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1960's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting - Figure in Red Jacket, large work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed and dated 1960's Title: Interior scene with a figure in red jacket Medium: oil painting on board, framed. framed: 41.75 x 33.75 inches paint...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Horse "Grace and Power"
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting embodies the dynamics and natural grace of a horse, symbolizing the strength, freedom and pristine beauty of the animal world. The animal's gaze attracts attention - it...
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2010s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still Life of Fruit on Table Style of Paul Cézanne
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern Cézanne style still life with collage by Dorothy Jane (Milne) Eggen (American, 1907-1986) Her still life is a Homage to Paul Cézanne's ...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board, Newsprint

1950's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Young Lady in Green
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Lady French School, mid 20th century signed, S. Ascher signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 16 x 13 inches provenance: private collection, Paris condition: good...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Young Girl with Pink Scarf - Original Oil Painting, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Gabriel DOMERGUE (1889-1962) Young Girl with Pink Scarf Original oil painting on panel Signed bottom right On panel 40 x 33 cm (c. 16 x 13 inch) Presented in nice vintage wood...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Oil Painting by Garstin Cox "A Summer Moonlight"
Located in Mere, GB
“A Summer Moonlight” by Garstin Cox. Garstin Cox 1892-1933 was a Cornish artist who studied at the Cambourne School of Art and was a member of the Newlyn S...
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1920s Modern Paintings

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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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

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Gouache

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

Vintage American Modernist Dog Portrait Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist dog portrait. Finely painted. Measuring 24 by 30 inches.
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1980s Modern Paintings

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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

Untitled (Collapsed Shacks)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Untitled (Collapsed Shacks), c. 1940s, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 20 ½ x 26 ½ inches, presented in a period frame This work is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: ...
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1940s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

River Forest Landscape Oil Painting by 20th Century Post War Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of River Forest Landscape in Ireland by 20th Century Post War Irish Artist, Tobias Everet Spence Art measures 20 x 16 inches Frame measures in...
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1940s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Freedom II - Ocean Inspired Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reminiscent of the Fauvist movement and Italian classicism, Italian artist Giuseppe Beddru’s bold outlines, dynamic brushstrokes and contrasting use of color make his work visually e...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

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Plexiglass, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Large Mid 20th Century Signed Oil Painting Still Life Flowers in Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: British mid 20th century, signed Title: Still life of flowers within an interior Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 21.75 x 2...
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20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Mid Century Modern Expressive Still Life Oil Painting -Fruit & Earthenware
Located in Bristol, GB
FRUIT & EARTHENWARE Size: 40.5 x 48.5 cm (including frame) Oil on board A poised and balanced mid-century modernist still life composition, executed in oil onto board. This composi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

Abstract
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness. Oil on canvas, 29 x 22 inches, Signed on frame verso “Painted by Charles L. Goeller” Exhibited: (Perh...
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1930s Modern Paintings

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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...
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1920s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modern X2 #2
Located in Kansas City, MO
John Ferry Modern X2 #2 Medium: Oil on Panel Year: 2019 Size: 5.75x16.5 in Signed, dated and inscribed by hand Framed COA provided Ref.: JF-19-35 “Ferry’s...
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2010s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Vintage Abstract Expressionist Standing Pensive Figurative Nude - Heavy Impasto
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Abstract Expressionist Standing Pensive Figurative Nude - Heavy Impasto Abstract expressionist figurative composition of a nude woman by California artist Harald "Harry" Dr...
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1970s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

1960's Huge Modernist Oil Painting The Cock Fight
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cock Fight French School, circa 1960's period oil on board, framed framed: 25 x 48.75 inches board: 24 x 48 inches provenance: private collection condition: very good and sound c...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Women from Bali - Oil on Fabric by Balinese Artist from Ubud - 1950/60s
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful artwork by the Indonesian artist from Ubud. Colors on fabric. Signed “I Njeman Petjih Ubud Bali” on the lower left corner.
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20th Century Modern Paintings

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Fabric

Alexander, Surrealist Oil Painting by Arranz-Bravo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Alexander by Eduardo Arranz-Bravo, Spanish (1941) Date: 2006 Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 60 x 40 in. (152.4 x 101.6 cm) Frame: 63 x 44 in. (160.02 x 111.76 cm) This fabulous im...
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Early 2000s Modern Paintings

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Oil

Ladies in conversation
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper Golden wooden frame with glass pane 38.7 x 31 x 1.5 cm
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Crayon, Watercolor, Gouache

Bay Area Abstract Geometric Painting with Red Circle
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay Area Abstract Geometric Painting with Red Circle by Ellis Hopkins (American, b. 1952). This abstract composition features bold brushstrokes and highly contrasting colors. A lar...
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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Acrylic, Masonite

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

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Paper, Watercolor

20th Century French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Bright Display of Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Modernist artist, 20th century signed lower corner oil on board, framed framed: 19 x 23 inches board: 18 x 22 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very goo...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

1950's Modernist Painting Black and White Bell Tower Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original watercolour on artist paper size: 19.5 x 11 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed provenance: the ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Watercolor

When Tilling Was Over
Located in Wenham, MA
This piece is an original oil painting on panel by American artist Ginny GC Williams. It was painted en plein air. Celebrating the agricultural heritage of her New England town, the artist has captured the patchwork of color that comprises a farmscape. The piece is beautifully framed in a handmade maple floater frame with contrasting spline joints at the corner. a beautiful presentation. The overall framed dimensions are approximately 11x11 inches. GC Williams has a degree in art history which gave her an understanding of, and appreciation for, not only the art of the past, but the historical events and ideologies that fostered various aesthetics, movements, and styles. She has studied at several classical ateliers, including three years at Boston's Academy of Realist Art. Her work has been shown in galleries throughout the US and is included in public and private collections. She maintains a studio on the north shore of Massachusetts. "My work is about the little moments of beauty that comprise our existence: the greening of the landscape in early spring, the glint of light on an object; growing things and made objects. I enjoy creating interesting interactions, and making up narratives. I love the way light animates objects...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

20th Century French Modernist Painting Blue & Red Posed Figure Seated
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Seated Figures by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and sc...
Category

20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Gouache

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