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
Still life with fruit
Located in Genève, GE
Illegible signature
Work on canvas
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life : Bottle and Fruits - Original oil painting on canvas - Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Louis Toffoli (1907-1999)
Still Life : Bottle and Fruits, 1952
Original oil painting on canvas
Signed bottom right
On canvas 50 x 61 cm (c. 20 x 24 inch)
Presented in a golden wood ...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oceans Apart
Located in East Hampton, NY
fun with Color Theory
As seen at Art on Paper 2024 at The Mannix Project East Hampton NY
12"x12" (14"x14" framed) each
These come in a white frame.
Acrylic on Paper
Artist Statement...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Cloudy Town Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on artist paper, unframed
size: 12.5 x 12.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Colorful Contemporary British Abstract Still Life Oil Painting Fruit & Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life
by Ben George Powell, British contemporary artist
signed and dated 2014
acrylic on canvas, unframed
canvas: 16 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection of this artists w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Mid Century Bay Area Mountains Autumnal Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Bay Area Mountains Autumnal Landscape Oil Painting
Beautiful plein air oil painting of Bay Area mountains in autumn by Charles Eades (A...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
$1,755 Sale Price
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Charming 1930s Painting- Laundry Hanging in a Lake House Window by Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming & diminutive 1930s painting of laundry hanging in a lake house window by notable artist Harold Haydon. Artwork size: 8" x 8 1/4". Framed size: 11 3/4" x 12".
Harold E...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Mid Century Industrial Seascape -- Gloucester Harbor
By Charles Johnson
Located in Soquel, CA
A detailed mid century industrial seascape of Gloucester, MA Harbor scene with boats and the Old Paint Works by Charles Johnson (American, b. 1874), c. 1940. Signed lower left corner...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,000 Sale Price
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"Cruise Ship Rolls In" Mid 20th Century American Contemporary Modern Realism
Located in New York, NY
"Cruise Ship Rolls In" Mid 20th Century American Contemporary Modern Realism
This is one sensational painting. And we can even identify the artist, but can't find anything about the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Les Pierrots by André Braunecker - Oil on paper 50x65 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil paint on paper with glass and frame.
Signed and certified by the artist.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
$680 Sale Price
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French Modernist Painting Of Pink And Purple Tulips In Clear Glass Vase
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
The Catch, 1920s, French Women Artists, UNUSUAL STORY, Thorwald Helleson
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Helene Marie Margueite Perdriat (French, 1894-1969)
Signed: Helene Perdriat (Lower, Right)
" The Catch ", c. 1920
Oil on Canvas
39 1/2" x 32"
Housed in a 3" Stepped Frame
Over...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950's Modernist Painting Merry Go Round Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Merry Go Round Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on artist paper
size: 20 x 25.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Pair of Dragons in Clouds by Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa
Located in New Orleans, LA
Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa
b. 1938 Japanese
Pair of Dragons in Clouds
Signed, lower left and right
Ink on paper, framed in Jindai cedar
Cra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Ink
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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Antique American Signed Cubist Still Life Silver Frame Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist flower still life painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period silver leaf molding. Excellent condi...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,180 Sale Price
20% Off
Bird Song and Summer
Located in Deddington, GB
My interest is to convey elements of the classical arcadian landscape paintings of the 17th and 18th century, inviting the viewer to reflec...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Liberty" Heavy Impasto Expressionist Nude Portrait of a Lady Standing
Located in Soquel, CA
"Liberty" Heavy Impasto Expressionist Nude Portrait of a Lady Standing
Abstract expressionist portrait of a woman standing with one arm raised over her head by California artist Har...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$2,680 Sale Price
20% Off
"Personage" Heavy Impasto Expressionist Portrait of Lady with a Hat
Located in Soquel, CA
"Personage" Heavy Impasto Expressionist Portrait of Lady with a Hat
Abstract expressionist portrait of a woman wearing a hat by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt (America...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$1,720 Sale Price
20% Off
"Female nude" by Alexandre Rochat - Gouache
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Gilded wood frame with glass pane
78 x 59 x 3 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$608 Sale Price
85% Off
Decorated Cat
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Decorated Cat" c.1960, is an oil painting on hardboard by noted Mexican Artist Jose Maris De Servin, 1917-1983. It is signed at the upper left corner by the artist. The...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Snow in Provence
By Yves Brayer
Located in London, GB
'Snow in Provence', oil on board, by Yves Brayer (circa 1960s). A rare and atmospheric landscape by Yves Brayer, capturing an exceptional moment in the Provençal countryside. Snow in...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Seeing Egg No. 2, Surrealist Ovoid acrylic painting, Figural Abstract
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Seeing Egg No. 2, 1965
Acrylic and collage on scintilla
Signed and dated upper right
30 x 22 inches
34 x 29 inches, framed
A surrealis...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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
Mountain lake by Schaufelberger - Oil on paper 24x36 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on cardboard
Category
1910s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
$528 Sale Price
20% Off
Spring Storm by Doel Reed, 1980 Southwestern Modernist Landscape Painting
By Doel Reed
Located in Denver, CO
"Spring Storm" is a powerful original painting by acclaimed American modernist Doel Reed (1894–1985), celebrated for his dramatic Southwestern landscapes and mastery of tone and text...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Casein
$9,200 Sale Price
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1960’s French Pair Portraits Fashion Ladies Original Paintings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, 1960’s
signed pair oil on board, framed
framed: 5 x 4 inches
board: 4 x 3 inches
private collection, France
overall very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
1957 Mid Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting - Village Across the Water
Located in Bristol, GB
VILLAGE ACROSS THE WATER
Oil on Board
Size: 40.5 x 59 cm (including frame)
A very atmospheric mid century modernist landscape composition, painted in oil onto board and dated 1957.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
How Sure Can You Be? McCall's Magazine Illustration of Loving Couple
By Alex Ross
Located in Miami, FL
Alexander Sharpe Ross - or Alex Ross. This work is a perfect artistic statement with every formal element in perfect harmony. It's a masterf...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1955 View of Ajax Mountain in Aspen, Colorado by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A small, colorful Modernist landscape painting by Harold Haydon, depicting "View NW from Sun Deck, Aspen, Colo, Ajax Mt.", dated 1955. This painting com...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Fall Cat Still Life Framed Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist still life with a cat. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Dark Grey Bridge Over Green River
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...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Modernist Gouache Painting Posed Yellow Nude Lady With Black Hair
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
signed initials
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Modernist Woman Portrait - Original Acrylic Painting with Rich Green Background
Located in Denver, CO
Discover a striking original modernist portrait by Eunice Katz (1927–2008). This captivating acrylic painting on board features a woman’s portrait, rendered in a bold palette of rich...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage American School Modernist Rose Flower Still Life Nicely Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist still life oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 10H by 8L.
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Portrait Of Inspector In His Hat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
signed
double sided
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuf...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
20th Century Modernist Painting Black and White Figures In The Park
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
signed by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original biro pen drawing on artist paper
size: 20 x 25.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
prov...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
1970's French Modernist Board Games Abstract Composition Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
stamped verso
painting : 23 x 16 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
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
Changing Everything Forever: River #7 bright colorful abstract landscape
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Changing Everything Forever: River #7
Exuberant brushwork, bright colorful abstract landscape
Acrylic, w some dirt, some grass, on canvas.
Painted at the Blackstone-Seekonk River.
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
A Pastoral View of "Gospel Hall, Calais, VT" by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A "Thumb Box" (diminutive) painting of the Gospel Hall in Calais, VT by artist Harold Haydon. Image size: 4 1/2" x 6". Framed size: 9 3/4" x 10 3/4"....
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lotus 25: Photorealist Still Life Painting of Pink Flower & Green Leaves on Blue
Located in Hudson, NY
Large photo-realist still life painting on canvas of a pink lotus flower with green leaves on a sky blue background
'Lotus Number Twenty-Five' by Frank Depietro...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Signed Paris Modernist Framed Signed Lemons and Cattails Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive Paris school modernist still life oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 36H by 29L and overall 36 by 43 inches.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Red Flowers - Oil Painting by Claude Decamps - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Still life with red flowers is an artwork realized by Claude Decamps, mid-20th Century.
Oil on canvas.
25 x 20 cm.
Hand signed in red in lower margin.
Good conditions!
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Points of View - Paint by Alberto Gallerati - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Alberto Gallerati (b. 1945) in 1970s.
Hand signed.
Very good condition.
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Romy: Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Painting by John Emanuel
By John Emanuel
Located in Brecon, Powys
John Emanuel embarking on a series of works using new life models. Unusual for a artist who has over the last 40 years only had 3 previous sitters. Now working with Sarah Jane and Ro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache, ABS
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
Oil, Board
Rare Large and Important Mexican Modernist Framed Landscape Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare and important large landscape painting by Paul Esteban (Pablo) O'Higgins (1904 - 1983). Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Framed. Image size, 23.25L by 33.25H image size al...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lilies of the Valley in a Vase- Oil Paint by Miloslava Vrbova - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on Canvas realized by Miloslava Vrbova (1909-1991) in the mid-20th century.
Good condition, framed.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
The Bird, Acrylic & Charcoal on Canvas by Modern Indian Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Shuvaprasanna Bhattacharya - The Bird
Oil Acrylic & Charcoal on Canvas
45 x 45 inches (unframed size)
2004
One of the most popular series of the Master Artist, The Golden Flute is...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Rafael Illana BREAD JARS original still life acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
. BREAD. JARS original still life acrylic painting.
Illana, an artist trained in Barcelona and Paris, although heavily self-taught, reduces the forms in his paintings to essentia...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Modernist Coastal Ocean Beach Abstract Rock Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist seascape beach oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1930. Signed on verso. Image size, 24L x 18H. Framed in a period frame.
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Views of Villa Medici Vascello - Pair of Oil Paintings - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pair of Views of Villa Medici Vascello are an old master artwork realized by Artist of 17th Century.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
The View of Villa Medici Vascello toward...
Category
17th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
Woman in Bloom - Figurative Nude Study Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Woman in Bloom - Figurative Nude Study Oil on Canvas
A nude woman, seemingly pregnant, sits reclined in a chair with her hands at the base of her belly holding a flower. This striki...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Modern Abstracted Still-Life with Antique Coffee Grinder by Anthony Rappa
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern Abstracted Still-Life with Antique Coffee Grinder by Anthony Rappa
Modern textural still-life by California artist Anthony Rappa (America...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
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
2000 Contemporary Semi-Abstract Figurative Oil Painting - Comfort
Located in Bristol, GB
COMFORT
Size: 63 x 72 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
An emotive figurative composition capturing an intimate moment between two figures seated side by side on a bench, executed ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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