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
Antique American Modernist Abstract Architectural Still Life Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare early work by important American modernist Donald Traver. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 20H by 14L.
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
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
Oil, Board
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
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
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 Edward Ben Avram Israeli Bezalel School Jerusalem Landscape Oil Painting
By Edward Ben Avram
Located in Surfside, FL
Jerusalem Israeli landscape cityscape with the Har Habayit, The Temple Mount.
Size includes frame. canvas is 37.5 X 42.5
Edward Ben Avram (born 1941) is an Indian - Israeli artist who was born in Bombay, India and immigrated to Israel as a teenager. He graduated from the Bezalel School of Art and Design in 1965 and continues to call Jerusalem his home. Most of Ben Avraham oil painting and watercolors portrays Israeli cities, particularly the old city of Jerusalem with its architecture and orientalist domes and arches, religious festivals, and Bible stories. He paints in creamy sensual tones incorporating symbols such as doves, a menorah, and Shabbat candles. With his penchant for filigreed designs and bright colors, Edouard Ben Avram betrays some influences of his Indian boyhood. But the subjects that he paints so gracefully with a touch of Oriental lyricism are scenes of Jerusalem, his home for over 20 years.
Exhibitions
1964 Group exhibitions in the United States and Canada
1977 Safrai Gallery, Jerusalem (a prestigious gallery that shows Abel Pann, Mordecai Ardon, Samuel Bak, Abraham Binder...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Composition 22 - Original Painting by Clément Kons - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition 22 is an original painting realized by Clément Kons (1879-1956).
The artwork is on tempera, in very good conditions and mounted on a cardboard (42x52).
Image Dimension...
Category
1920s Modern Paintings
Materials
Tempera
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
Hercules and Omphale - Oil Painting on Canvas - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Hercules and Omphale is an original painting realized in France between the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th Century.
Original oil painting on canvas. Dimensions: 73 x...
Category
Late 18th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
“Abstract #1”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil paint on heavy archival paper abstract by the American artist, Martin Rosenthal. Bold, vibrant colors. Signed lower right by the artist and dated 1967. Condition is ver...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
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
Vintage Surreal Signed Nude Figures Framed Original Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract nude landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed illegibly.
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oval Still Life - Oil on Canvas - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oval Still Life is an artwork realized by an unknown in the mid-20th centry.
Oil on canvas mounted on board.
37 x 49 cm ; 53 x 65 cm with frame.
Good conditions!
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
New Black & White: Abstract Expressionist Contemporary Landscape
Located in Brecon, Powys
New Black & White
Mixed Media on board, a monochrome interpretation of a mountain landscape.
Peter Rossiter was born in Cambridge, UK in 1950 and studied at York University & The Courtauld Institute, London. Peter's background is rooted in the global art world; his Grandfather was the German artist Martin Bloch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Julius Cesar - Drawing by Albert Decaris - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Julius Cesar is an original China ink drawing on paper applied realized by Albert Decaris in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Hand-signed.
The artwork is depicted through soft stokes i...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Ink
THE KIDNAPPING OF EUROPA
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting, executed in bright and rich shades, depicts the mythological scene of the "Abduction of Europa." The central figure is a red bull, symbolizing Zeus, who to...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
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
House Beautiful Cover Proposal. American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA
Located in New York, NY
House Beautiful Cover Proposal. American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994)
Mixing Mortar
12 1/2 X 14 3/4 inche...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
20th Century Modernist Painting Blue Roof Buildings In Bright Blue Sky Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original oil on artist paper
size: 12 x 9.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: the artists...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Old Woman - Painting by Francesco Settimj - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden table realized by Francesco Settimj in the 1930s.
Painted on both sides, recto and verso.
Good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Raisins et oranges by Tamara de Lempicka
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tamara De Lempicka
1898-1980 Polish
Raisins et oranges
Signed "Lempicka" (lower right)
Oil on canvas
This charming still life by Art Deco icon Tamara de Lempicka epitomizes the a...
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
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
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
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Original Florida Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. No signature found. Displayed in a period frame. Image, 30"...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
Modernist Portrait of St. Francis
By Tarmo Pasto
Located in Soquel, CA
Modernist Portrait of St. Francis
Compelling modernist oil on canvas portrait of St. Francis by Dr. Tarmo Pasto (American, 1906-1986). Presented in a taupe painted wood frame. Signed "Tarmo Pasto" bottom right, and titled "St. Francis" bottom center. Image size, 25.5"H x19.5"L.
Dr. Pasto was a long-time contributor to the California art scene, as well as an art teacher and psychologist to many successful artists. He also authored a book on art, "The Space-Frame Experience in Art", published in 1964. He, however, was mainly known to the world for introducing the works of one of his patients, Martin Ramirez...
Category
1970s 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
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
1960's French Modernist Oil Painting Fashionable Couple Holding Hands Pink & Blu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century
Title: The Fashionable Couple
Medium: oil on board
Size: 13 x 9.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: The pa...
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
'After the Bacchanal', Contemporary Bay Area figural
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Vanessa Stafford' (American, born 1954) and dated 1982.
Vanessa Stafford received her Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design from San Jose State University. She ...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pen
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
Claire Mahl Moore, Big Sur, California
Located in New York, NY
Claire Mahl Moore (who also used the names Clara and Millman) was a native New Yorker who studied at the Art Students League, made prints on the NYC ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
I`ll call you in the midnight
Located in Zofingen, AG
"I'll Call You in the Midnight" captures a moment of silence and inner focus. A woman slowly brushes her hair, savoring the rare time spent alone. In her gestures, there is a sense o...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Antique American School Framed Artist Studio Nude Woman Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior scene with a nude woman oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 22L x 26H.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
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...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
A Donkey - Painting by Francesco Settimj - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel.
Good condition except for some minor losses on edges.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Grey Ball Abstract
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 Painting Head & Shoulders Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020)
inscribed verso
oil painting on canvas
16 x 13 inches.
All the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come from the artists estate ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary British Acrylic Painting Mountain Hares
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mountain Hares
by Ben George Powell, British contemporary artist
signed and inscribed verso
acrylic on board, unframed
board: 12 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection of this ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Original Landscape Oil Painting - Terracotta Roofs
Located in Bristol, GB
TERRACOTTA ROOFS
Oil on canvas
Size: 43 x 65 cm (including frame)
A very well executed mid century modernist composition in oil, painted onto canvas.
This painting beautifully capt...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"History of US Postal Service" American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Chicago
Located in New York, NY
"History of US Postal Service" American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Chicago
Harold Haydon
"History of the U.S. Postal Service"
21 x 25 1/2 inches
O...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modern Abstract Muted Painting
By Dante
Located in Houston, TX
Esthetic modern abstract painting in muted pastel colorblocks by French artist, Dante (2011). Signed by the artist at bottom right.
Original one-of-a-kind work of art on paper disp...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Positano, Amalfi Coast, Italy ' mixed media on paper, circa 2005
Located in Frome, Somerset
A fine piece from a series of paintings by Gradwell. This piece represents the sense of place throughout the Seasons. Light , time of day and weather. It's a very layered piece in mi...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Busy Beach Summer with Figures on Sand Contemporary French Modernist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Summer on the Beach
Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020)
signed
oil painting on canvas
20 x 24 inches.
All the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come from the artis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Landscape Original Oil Painting - Grounded
Located in Bristol, GB
GROUNDED
Oil on Canvas
Size: 40 x 40 cm (including frame)
A wonderfully executed mid century modernist abstract composition in oil, painted onto canvas.
In this atmospheric composi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
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
Large 1960's French Modernist Oil Painting Bizarre Figurative Work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, c. 1960's
Title: Figurative Study
Medium: oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 36 x 25.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
March Hares Colorful Irish Contemporary Abstract Painting Pair Of Hares
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Nature Love'
by Paddy McCormack (Irish, contemporary)
signed to the reverse
watercolour/acrylic/oil on canvas
16 x 13 inches unframed
provenance: private collector, UK
The painting ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Canvas, Oil
20th Century Portrait of man with Glasses by listed Polish Artist Oil on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Mr. Epstein
by Jacob Markiel (Polish 1911-2008) *See notes signed below oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 18 inches
provenance: the artist...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Boy in Bloomers
Located in London, GB
'French Boy in Bloomers', gouache on art paper (circa 1960s-70s), by Raymond Debiève. A young boy emerges from a beach cabana wearing a bloomer bathing costume that was still in use ...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
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