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
Untitled
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Anthony Benjamin was born in England on 29 March 1931. He began his study at Southall Technical College in 1947 as an engineering draughtsman and was accepted into Regent Street Poly...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
1950's French Impressionist Painting Blue Flowers in Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Blue Flowers
by Y. Blanchon, French 1950's Impressionist artist
signed oil on board, framed
board: 12.5 x 10.5 inches
framed: 11 x 9 inches
provenance: from a large private collectio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sans titre
Located in Atlanta, GA
Vladimir was born in the city of Khabarovsk, on December 19, 1957. When he was two years old, his mother abandoned his father, took her son and moved to Sverdlovsk (formerly, Yekater...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Modernist Gouache Painting Multicolor Scene Man Playing Piano
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...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Colorado Hill Town with Storm Clouds, 1940s Modernist Landscape, Lush Green
Located in Denver, CO
This WPA-era signed oil painting by Paul K. Smith captures a stormy summer landscape in Colorado, featuring houses and lush trees under dramatic storm clouds. Painted in rich shades ...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Outstanding in His Field
Located in London, GB
'Outstanding in His Field', oil on cardstock paper, by Raymond Debiève, 1976. The artist depicts a salt-of-the-earth farmer seated on a fence post, arms crossed with a look of wholeh...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Self Portrait of the Artist Man in Hat Exhibited Paris Salon 1985, large oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Self Portrait of the Artist
by Jacob Markiel (Polish 1911-2008) *See notes below
dated 1985
signed oil on board, unframed
board: 18 x 15 inches
provenanc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Church And Churchyard Landscape Oil Painting Mid-20th Century Cornish Artist
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Joan Gillchrest.
English ( b.1918 - d.2008 ).
Church And Churchyard.
Oil On Board. Signed.
Image size 33.9 inches x 21.8 inches ( 86cm x 55.5cm ).
Frame size 42.3 inches x 30.3 inch...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mallorca seascape oil on canvas painting Spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frameless
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rue de Village et Maisons
Located in Sheffield, MA
Paul-Élie Gernez
French, 1888-1948
Rue de Village et Maisons
Oil on Canvas
23 ¾ by 28 ¾ in, w/ frame 34 ½ by 39 ½ in
Signed lower right
Paul-Élie Gernez (1888–1948) was a French pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Old Man Walking in Nature
By Nancy Lasar
Located in Westport, CT
Nancy Lasar’s work is described as “drawing with light”, “condensed energy and flow”, “calm and crazy”, and “organized chaos”.
The lines in Lasar’s works that are electrifying. They ...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Muslin, Ink, Graphite
Provencal Hilltop Village in Landscape Mid 20th Century French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Provencal Landscape
French School, mid 20th century
oil on board, unframed
board: 15 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Child - Painting - 1933
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by an unknown italian painter in 1933.
Hand monogrammed and dated lower right.
Good condition except for some craquelure.
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sandy Murphy, Scottish Modernist artist, still life of apples
Located in Harkstead, GB
Sandy Murphy (born 1956)
A still life of apples
Signed
Oil on board
13 x 14¼ inches
A very striking image with attractive green tones and fabulous paint ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Odalisque and Guitar - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Odalisque and Guitar is an orignal modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s.
Mixed colored oil painting on board.
Signed on the back
Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 188...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Untitled Yellow 01 (Geometric, Abstract, Gestural, Vibrant)
By Susan Kiefer
Located in Kansas City, MO
Susan Kiefer
Untitled Yellow 01 (Geometric, Abstract, Gestural, Vibrant)
Oil on Canvas
2023
Size: 16 x 16 x 1.25 in (40.64 x 64.64 x 3.17 cm)
COA provided
*On stretcher frame, galle...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Dialogue in Green
By Will Barnet
Located in New York, NY
In "Dialogue in Green," Will Barnet masterfully employs precision and simplification of forms, showcasing his matured artistic style at the peak of his creative wisdom by 1969. This ...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Exhibited Ashcan School Nocturnal New York City Brooklyn Bridge Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist nocturnal view of the Brooklyn Bridge. Oil on board. Signed verso. Framed.
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge French Modernist Oil Painting Figurative Group Amazing Bold Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French Modernist School, late 20th century
Title: Abstract figurative group, painted with amazing colors.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed.
canvas: 39.75...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
NYC Subway Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene Social Realism Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
NYC Subway Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene Social Realism Contemporary
David Atkins (1910 – 2012)
Subway Train Departure
24 x 30 inches
Oil on can...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seascape Painting of Waves Crashing against the Rocks at Pacific Grove, Monterey
Located in Preston, GB
Seascape Painting of Waves Crashing against the Rocks at Pacific Grove, Monterey in California by 20th Century Post War Irish Artist, Tobias Everet Spence
A...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Dreaming Woman with an Oil Lamp - Handsigned oil on canvas
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Baptiste VALADIE
Dreaming Woman with an Oil Lamp
Original oil on canvas
Signed left bottom
Presented in a golden wood frame
Total size (with the frame) 47 x 36.5 cm (c. 18.5 x ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
1940s Modernist Victor, Colorado Mountain Landscape Painting, Mining Town View
Located in Denver, CO
This original 1942 oil painting, titled "Victor, Colorado", by Martyl Suzanne Schweig (1918-2013), captures the rugged beauty of Colorado’s iconic mining landscape. The painting depicts a ghost town in the foreground with the majestic Rocky Mountains in the background, completed in vibrant shades of green, gold, and brown. Schweig painted this scene during a trip with fellow artist Adolph Dehn...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Huge Mid 20th Century French Oil Painting Two Figures Entwined
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figures Entwined
by Joel Lacroix (French mid 20th century)
signed and dated verso
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 39.5 x 32 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
City Streets (British Street scene architectural landscape)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Rene Beckley. City Streets, 1965. Oil on artist board, 16 x 20 inches; 18 x 22 inches framed. Signed and dated lower right.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
French 20th Century Modernist Painting Still Life Eggs and Bottle Objects
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life Objects
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
painting : 19.5 x 24 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and sound condi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nike Descending IV: Figurative Abstract Framed Oil Painting Greek Goddess Nike
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative abstract style black, white, and blue acrylic painting of the Greek Goddess, Nike, "Winged Victory of Samothrace" with an antique wood f...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Acrylic
Large Exhibited Modernist Surreal Nocturnal Winter Landscape Signed Oil Painting
By Lena Gurr
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1930. Signed.
Housed in period frame. Image size 45L x 32H.
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Modernist Female Nude with Pearls" Mid-20th Century Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A strong modernist oil painting depicted in the 1940's by Spanish painter Julio Moises. Mostly known for his abstract figures on canvas, this piece is a w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flowers in a Vase
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance
The artist;
By bequest to his nephew, Sergio Stella, 1946;
By descent in the family, until the present
Exhibitions
Richard York Gallery, New York, 1994, Joseph Stella's N...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
French North African Orientalist Oil Painting Hareem Interior Two Ladies
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Hareem Interior
French Orientalist School, late 20th century
(painted after an earlier style)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 30 x 34 inches
canvas: 20 x 24 inches
provenance: priv...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Early Mid Century Modern Abstract Painting
By Tommie Olson
Located in Houston, TX
Mid century modern abstract by artist Tommie (Thomas) Olson a student of Robert Preusser, when he was 16 and attending John Deagan High School in Houst...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Mid Century Modern Expressive Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Pears & Jar
Located in Bristol, GB
PEARS & JAR
Size: 40 x 47.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A charming mid-century still life that captures a tabletop scene with a loosely grouped arrangement of fruit and a cent...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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
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 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The Bubblers. Figurative painting. Landscape with figures in Renaissance setting
By Igor Fomin
Located in Segovia, ES
The Bubblers (Los Burbujeros.. Figurative painting. Landscape with figures in Renaissance setting.
Acrylic on canvas.
Author: Igor Fomin.
Measurements in ce...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Mid 20th Century Post Impressionist Painting Gated Field Behind French Town
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 15 x 17 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and sound c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Young Girl With Green Eyes - Oil on Canvas Hand Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Baptiste Valadié
Young girl with green eyes, 1960
original oil on canvas
Signed and dated bottom right
On canvas size 65 x 46 cm (c. 21 x 13 in)
Very good condition
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of Man - Painting by Francesco Settimj - 1933
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas mounted on board, realized by Francesco Settimj in 1933.
Hand signed and dated lower left.
Good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dreaming of the Dawn - Photograph By Giuseppe Marani - 2010s
Located in Roma, IT
Dreaming of the dawn is one of the best photo on canvas realized by Giuseppe Marani in 2010.
Always passionate about landscapes and photography, the artist then devoted himself to l...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Photographic Paper
Without Beginning Without End, Two-Sided Cubist Painting by William Littlefield
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: William Littlefield, American (1902 - 1969)
Title: Still Life and Abstract
Year: 1950 & 1954
Medium: Double-Sided Oil on Masonite, signed and dated both sides
Size: 22 x 28 i...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
20th Century Modernist Painting Bare Tall Tree Over River Bank Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
signed by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original oil on artist paper
size: 26 x 20 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: the ar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting White Half Visage Character
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...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Hospitalities Long Past, 1940s Oil Painting of Store Front
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Hospitalities Long Past, 1941
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right
37 x 27 inches
"Looking into store front windows has always i...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ca. 1950s Watercolor Titled Canadian National RR at Antigonish by Rita Duis
Located in Chicago, IL
A curious ca. 1950s watercolor of railroad freight car, titled "Canadian National RR at Antigonish" by artist Rita Duis. Image size: 14 3/4" x 22". Matted size: 20" x 28".
Artis...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Naked young woman from behind
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Golden wooden frame
119.5 x 72.5 x 3.5 cm
Small ones missing paint on original frame
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Trompe l'Oeil Tuscan Landscape in Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
Trompe l'Oeil Still Tuscan Landscape in Oil on Masonite
Landscape in the trompe l'oeil style by Richard M. Bacon (American, 20th Century). This piece has been composed to create the...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Antique American Oil Painting, "At The Auction" by Cecil Bell
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior painting by Cecil Crosley ("Spike") Bell (1906 - 1970). Oil on canvas, circa 1935. Signed. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. Image, 30"L ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
CITRINE - Framed Modern / Minimal Painting, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Rich Moyers
Located in Yardley, PA
Original Modernist / MinimalistAcrylic Painting on Italian Polyester / Cotton Canvas over MDF Panel. The piece is Float Mounted in a thin Minimalist Satin Black & Gold Edge Metal Fra...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Rural landscape at the foot of the hills by Marius Chambaz - Oil on canvas 36x46
Located in Geneva, CH
Painter born in Geneva in 1905 and died in Geneva in 1988
Landscape painter lithograph, etching and drawing
Member of the society of painter artists SMA, a company in Geneva
Work on wood
Golden plaster...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Canadian Modernist Algonquin Park Signed Exhibited Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Canadian modernist signed oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 16L x 12H.
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Normandy : Sunny Day in Dieppe - Original Oil On Canvas, Hansigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Jacques RENÉ
Good Day in Dieppe
Original oil painting on canvas
Hansigned
Titled on the back
46 x 65 cm (c. 18.1 x 25.6 inch)
Presented in a gold wooden frame 69 x 88 cm (c. 27...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Restaurant Bistro Bar Interior with Figures Drinking, Signed French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, indistinctly signed lower left, dated 1999
Title: The Bar Interior, lovely conversation piece.
Medium: oil painting on board, unframed
Size:
boar...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Dark Bird
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Painter in oil, gouache and watercolour, born in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, whose wives included the artists Anna Macmiadhacháin and Bonnie Brown. Macmiadhacháin (pronounced Macm...
Category
1990s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Three Klezmer Musicians Modern Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern
Subject: Klezmer Musicians
Medium: Oil
Surface: Board, size includes artist decorated frame without frame 16X12
Country: United States
The imagery of Maurice Kish (189...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ireland Landscape Rocky Cliffs with Castle on the Northern Irish Sea Coastline
Located in Preston, GB
Ireland Landscape Rocky Cliffs with Castle on the Northern Irish Sea Coastline, by 20th Century Irish Australian Artist, Henry McLaughlin.
Art measures 10 x 8 inches
Frame measure...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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