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
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
20th Century French Oil Figures in North African Street Market with Old Pots
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Market Sellers
French School, mid/ last quarter 20th century
signed oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 7 x 9 inches
provenance: private collection, F...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
French Modernist Gouache Painting Flowers In A Vase Pink And Orange Geraniums
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
American School Modernist Surreal Cityscape Landscape Signed Regional Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nice modernist American school painting. Oil and watercolor and gouache on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 18L x 23H.
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tableau
Located in PARIS, FR
Sublime painting by French ceramist Gilbert Portanier, measuring 61 x 49.5 cm and dating from 1983
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Ceramic
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
Classical French Figures in City -1950's French Modernist Cubist Painting signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Figures
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper board, unframed
size: 13 x 9.25 inches
condition: very good and re...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Gouache
1950's Modernist Painting signed - Milan Cathedral Cityscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Milan Cathedral
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper , unframed
size: 16.5 x 11.75 inches
condition: very good and ready ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Gouache
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
Untitled 3
Located in Bozeman, MT
When I think of where McCauley fits into American art, as a contemporary painter, sculptor and naturalistic interpreter, I place him in the same philosophical tribe as Walton Ford, A...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
La Crue a Monaco, Le Roche, Villa and Garden at Monte Carlo
Located in Cotignac, FR
An oil on board view of a villa and garden in Monte Carlo, Monaco. The painting is signed bottom left but as yet undeciphered, presented in wood frame with inscription and trade labe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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
The Sea - Original Oil Painting - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Sea is an original painting realized by an anonymous artist in the mid-20th Century.
Oil panting on panel. Unreadable sign on lower margin.
The state of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge French Expressionist Abstract Signed Oil Blue with Orange Yellow Shapes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French artist, last quarter 20th century
signed Billant
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 38 x 51 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
The painting is in very good and present...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Nature morte au vase, Modern Oil Painting on Canvas by Claude Venard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Claude Venard, French (1913 - 1999) - Nature morte au vase, Year: 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 29.5 x 29.5 in. (74.93 x 74.93 cm), Frame Size: 35.5 x 35...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Signed French Contemporary Painting Portrait of Rosy Cheeked Woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020)
framed
signed
oil painting on textured board
framed: 22 x 19 inches
board: 18 x 15 inches.
All the paintings we have for sale by this artis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1972 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Framed Oil Painting - Ebullient
Located in Bristol, GB
EBULLIENT
Size: 41 x 45 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
An energetic and richly coloured abstract composition, executed in oil and dated 1972.
With its vivid patches of rich co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Portrait of African Woman
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
Mountain lake by Schaufelberger - Oil on paper 24x36 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on cardboard
Category
1910s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Church in Leadville, Colorado, 1930s Framed Landscape Watercolor & Ink Painting
Located in Denver, CO
This rare, original WPA-era painting, Church in Leadville (1938), was created by renowned Colorado and Woodstock modernist artist Jenne Magafan (1916-1952). The watercolor and ink wo...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Large 20th Century French Modernist Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
French School, 20th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 30 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
20th Century French Modernist Monochrome Painting Of Tulips In A 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
1950's French Modernist Colorist Signed Oil Painting St. Mark's Square Venice
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Piazza San Marco, Venice
by Maurice Delavier (French 1902-1986)
signed oil on canvas, unframed
dated 58'
canvas: 21.5 x 25.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France, with exhib...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Monterey Pier', California Modernist, Woman Artist, Santa Cruz Art League
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left "Muriel Backman" for Muriel Durgin Backman and dated 1955.
An elegant, Cubist-derived, mid-century view of the old Fisherman's Wha...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Black Grey and White 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
Huge French Modernist Oil Kissing Couple Abstract Figures, signed painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed and dated
Title: Kissing Couple, beautfiful Modernist work with green, beige, brown, yellow, golden colors.
Med...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
Saraswati, Figurative, Mythology by Raja Ravi Verma "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Raja Ravi Varma - Laxmi, 19 x 14 inches
Oleograph with embellishments, Circa
(Unframed & Delivered)
Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter and artist...
Category
1890s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Still life with tea-pot by René Aumbach - Oil on canvas 53x66 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas without frame.
There is a signature "René Aumbach" and date 1922.
Category
1920s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
French 20th Century Modernist Painting Tall Red Plant In Vase Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Red Plant Still Life
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
painting : 20 x 26 inches
stamped verso
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good a...
Category
Mid-20th Century 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
Yoga Feelings On My Vintage Jacket
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Alagbe's artwork draws attention to the man's jacket, which showcases his bare chest. The jacket, reminiscent of a vintage style, represents the layers we often wear to shield ourselves from the world. By revealing his bare chest, the man symbolizes a willingness to be vulnerable and open to self-exploration. The jacket becomes a canvas for introspection, encouraging viewers to reflect on their own inner journeys toward peace and self-discovery.
The quote by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, "We all wish for world peace, but world peace will never be achieved unless we first establish peace within our own minds," resonates deeply with Alagbe's artwork. It highlights the idea that true peace cannot be attained externally unless we find serenity within ourselves. The artwork invites viewers to examine their own inner landscape and cultivate a sense of harmony, balance, and compassion toward themselves and others.
Embedded within the artwork is another profound quote, this time from The Bhagavad Gita...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Ink, Acrylic
"Blue Nude" Modern Abstract Style Modigliani Study Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Silver Blue Ascension
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
This is an original work by world famous artist Hunt Slonem.
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
A dump. Oil on canvas, 100x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
A dump
Oil on canvas, 100x100 cm
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"On the Upper Mississippi" Delle Miller, Missouri Regionalist Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Delle Miller
On the Upper Mississippi, circa 1926
Signed lower left
Oil on canvas
26 1/8 x 29 1/8 inches
By 1909, Miller was an instructor at the Kansas...
Category
1920s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still life with fruit
Located in Genève, GE
Illegible signature
Work on canvas
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Two Boys with Blonde and Guitar" Modern Abstract Cubist Figurative Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Modern figurative portrait painting by the iconic Houston based artist David Adickes. The work features three of his signature Cubist-inspired figures, two men and a seated woman, po...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Red Oak
Located in Sheffield, MA
Harry A. Neyland
American, 1877-1958
The Red Oak
Oil on board
18 by 24 in, w/ frame 22 ¼ by 28 ¼ in
Signed lower left
Harry A. Neyland — painter, sculptor, illustrator, and copyist...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Martos, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
"Martos" is an abstract oil painting on canvas by Stanley Bate featuring what appears to be a high horizon line of white and muted yellow. Beneath that line is a combination of textu...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blue Green Mid Century Modern Artwork Hand Embellished Giclee on Canvas
By Irena Orlov
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Vibrant Colorful Abstract-0-18,' a stunning piece of state-of-the-art HAND EMBELLISHED artwork by the talented artist Irena Orlov.
This Giclee Reproduction is a true masterpiece, me...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Digital, Inkjet, Giclée
In The Pink: Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative painting by John Emanuel
By John Emanuel
Located in Brecon, Powys
Another very pretty mixed media from the studio of this well collected British artist.
Image 21" x 15"
mounted
Originally from Bury, in the North of England, John Emanuel works in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Artist Self Portrait in an Orange Sweater - Fauvist Portrait
By Don Klopfer
Located in Soquel, CA
Boldly colored portrait of a the artist sketching by California artist Richard "Don" Klopfer (1920-2009). The seated figure is juxtaposed to a fun and vibrant two-toned background of...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
French Modernist Signed Oil Blue Yellow Abstract Expressionist Painting Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School
signed and dated verso
oil painting on canvas, unframed
painting: 9.5 x 13 inches
condition: overall very good
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
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
The swamp, Troinex Geneva by John Henry Deluc - oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Сover the long way
Located in Zofingen, AG
After a long way, I always want to smile. This is the end of an old way and the beginning of some new, completely unknown one. The memories will not disappear anywhere and will alway...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Abstract British Contemporary Painting Blue White Grey shapes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Jill Jackson (British, contemporary)
Title: shapes
Medium: oil on board, unframed
Board: 12 x 10 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Condition: The p...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rooftops Power Lines, Five & Diamond: Abstract Cityscape Painting of Hudson NY
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract cityscape painting of Hudson, NY rooftops with accents of pink, magenta, green, yellow and teal
"Rooftops Power Lines and Five & Diamond," by Hudson, NY based artist, Ricardo Mulero
12 x 6 inch oil on wood panel, Painted in 2021
Excellent condition, ready to hang as is
Signed, lower left
Ricardo Mulero is fascinated with capturing the brilliance of light and the contrast of natural beauty with utilitarian landscapes. Here, he abstracted the city skyline of Hudson, NY. Buildings and rooftops in shades of magenta, teal, and green are segmented in the foreground and cropped with black power lines. A soft yellow sky is layered with thin strokes of gesturally applied pale blue paint, furthering abstracting the city landscape. The piece is in excellent condition and ready to hang as is. The sides are painted a very dark, warm magenta so framing is not necessary.
About the Artist:
Growing up in Puerto Rico, I observed how people and nature could co-exist in harmony. Today, that principle guides my design and artistic work. My paintings are expressions that draw upon my life experiences, traditions, and surroundings. These unique environments inspire my oil paintings: Puerto Rico, where I grew up, New York City, Fire Island Pines...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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
Antique American Modernist Abstract Flower Still Life Outsider Art Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1950. Housed in a vintage frame. Image size, 16L x 11H. Signed.
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seated Female Figure - Oil Paint by Domenico Morelli - 19th century
By Domenico Morelli
Located in Roma, IT
Seated female figure is original oil painting on panel realized by the artist Domenico Morelli (1823-1901).
Hand signed overleaf.
Stamp "Galleri...
Category
19th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
North Wales River Landscape River Afon at Abergynolwyn Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The River Afon Dysynni at Abergynolwyn
Mountains in the Snowdon Range
by D. E. Nightingale, 1977.
signed oil painting on board, framed
inscribed verso
framed: 21 x 25 inches
canvas:...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Modern Painting Hand Embellished Giclee on Canvas Colorful
By Irena Orlov
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Vibrant Colorful Abstract-0-25-1,' an exquisite piece of Mid Century Modern Art by the renowned artist Irena Orlov.
This is no ordinary artwork; it's a limited edition Giclee meticu...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Digital, Inkjet, Giclée
French Modernist Signed Oil Fishing Boats Brittany Coastline & White Houses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fishermans Cottages
by Lucien Gondret (French b. 1941)
signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 29 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Dreaming Woman - Original hansigned oil on paper
By René Genis
Located in Paris, IDF
Rene GENIS (1922-2004)
Dreaming Woman
Original watercolor and oil painting on paper
Signed bottom middle
32 x 25 cm (c. 13 x 10 inch)
Excellent condition
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
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