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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
Naschera
Naschera

Naschera

By Vittorio Maria Di Carlo

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Naschera" is an oil painting on canvas by Italian artist Vittorio Maria Di Carlo, 1939-2015. It is hand signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Posando Para Ti

Posando Para Ti

By Alfredo Roldan

Located in Atlanta, GA

A close look at one of Alfredo`s paintings leads to interesting discoveries. The surface is full of rasps and scrapes, stains, impastos, graffiti and lines. This treatment creates an...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Bath of Venus - Oil on Canvas by Anonymous Artist Northern School 1800
The Bath of Venus - Oil on Canvas by Anonymous Artist Northern School 1800

The Bath of Venus - Oil on Canvas by Anonymous Artist Northern School 1800

Located in Roma, IT

The Bath of Venus is an original artwork realized by a painter of the North Europe School of the XIX century. Oil on canvas. Good conditions. Interesting oil painting, showing the classical scene of the Bath of Venus. The canvas is an exemplar of the artistic atmosphere of the second half of the XVI century also remembered as International Mannerism (think of the School of Fontainebleu, the School of Harleem, the School of Antwerp, and the Prague School - with Bartholomeus Spranger and Hans von...

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19th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Snow in the Valley - Winter Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Snow in the Valley - Winter Landscape in Oil on Canvas

Snow in the Valley - Winter Landscape in Oil on Canvas

Located in Soquel, CA

Snow in the Valley - Winter Landscape in Oil on Canvas Serene winter landscape by A. V. Gagliardi (20th Century). A valley is covered with snow, with a small house and river in thew...

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1970s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Basket of Fruit
Basket of Fruit

Basket of Fruit

By Charles Levier

Located in Sheffield, MA

Charles Levier French, 1920-2004 Basket of Fruit Oil on Canvas 24 ¼ by 30 ¼ in, w/ frame 33 ½ by 39 ½ in Signed upper right Charles Levier was born in 1920 from a French father and...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

North Street
North Street

Virginia TillouNorth Street, 1957

$2,240Sale Price|20% Off

North Street

By Virginia Tillou

Located in Buffalo, NY

An original modern landscape painting by American female artist Virginia Tillou.

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1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Rosemary" with Feather Boa - Bay Area Figurative Movement Study Oil on Canvas
"Rosemary" with Feather Boa - Bay Area Figurative Movement Study Oil on Canvas

"Rosemary" with Feather Boa - Bay Area Figurative Movement Study Oil on Canvas

By Patricia Gren Hayes

Located in Soquel, CA

"Rosemary" with Feather Boa - Bay Area Figurative Movement Study Oil on Canvas A dark-haired woman with a feather boa sits propped on a stool surrounded by bright textures and patte...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Deux

Deux

By Jean Tannous

Located in Atlanta, GA

Born in Byblos lebanon, in 1946, is a contemporary plastician artist franco-canadian. Artistic journey Early days (1970-1975) Paris (1976-2001) Quebec (2002 - present) China (2011-...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

"Constructions #11", Dierking Lumber Co Shed Vintage Mixed Media Painting
"Constructions #11", Dierking Lumber Co Shed Vintage Mixed Media Painting

"Constructions #11", Dierking Lumber Co Shed Vintage Mixed Media Painting

By Philippe Saucourt

Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

This artwork depicts a view of a shed labelled "Dierking Lumber Co". This piece was created with a mixed technique of acrylic painting on photograms on rice paper mounted on a wood ...

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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Rice Paper

The Artist Studio - Original Modernist on Artist Board
The Artist Studio - Original Modernist on Artist Board

The Artist Studio - Original Modernist on Artist Board

Located in Soquel, CA

The Artist Studio - Original Modernist on Artist Board Original modernist oil painting of an artist studio. As the viewer looks forward, a desk sits in front, a sink to the left, wi...

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20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Rome Oil Painting on Canvas, Modern Style, 19th Century, Framed
Rome Oil Painting on Canvas, Modern Style, 19th Century, Framed

Rome Oil Painting on Canvas, Modern Style, 19th Century, Framed

Located in Roma, IT

Rome is a modern artwork realized by Artist of 19th century. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. The artwork depicts a delicate play of light on the horizon line. It cannot be r...

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19th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Summer Bloom II, Original painting, Floral art, Abstract Painting
Summer Bloom II, Original painting, Floral art, Abstract Painting

Summer Bloom II, Original painting, Floral art, Abstract Painting

Located in Deddington, GB

Summer Bloom II captures the essence of wildflowers and delicate grasses, blending vibrant hues of pinks, purples, and soft blues. The flowers are painted in loose, expressive stroke...

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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Shimmering Pond in the Woods - Surrealist Abstract 1960s
Shimmering Pond in the Woods - Surrealist Abstract 1960s

Shimmering Pond in the Woods - Surrealist Abstract 1960s

By Rose Herzog

Located in Soquel, CA

Shimmering Pond in the Woods - Surrealist Abstract 1960s Highly textured abstract composition by Rose Herzog (American, mid-20th Century). A multicolored pond is shown in the middle...

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1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Cotton, Masonite, Mixed Media, Oil, Tissue Paper

Clyde Singer Attributed, Courting Scene, Interior Scene, Oil on Canvas
Clyde Singer Attributed, Courting Scene, Interior Scene, Oil on Canvas

Clyde Singer Attributed, Courting Scene, Interior Scene, Oil on Canvas

Located in Astoria, NY

Clyde J. Singer (American, 1908-1999) Attributed, Courtship Scene, Oil on Canvas, 20th century, partially obliterated signature lower right, giltwood frame. Image: 47.5" H x 34.5" ...

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Early 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Ride the Champion" Vintage American Carnival Ride Horse Portrait Oil Painting
"Ride the Champion" Vintage American Carnival Ride Horse Portrait Oil Painting

"Ride the Champion" Vintage American Carnival Ride Horse Portrait Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist horse ride portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 20 by 24 inches image alone. Hands...

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1990s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Chief Crazy Horse" Abstracted Fauvist Portrait with Heavy Impasto in Oil Paint
"Chief Crazy Horse" Abstracted Fauvist Portrait with Heavy Impasto in Oil Paint

"Chief Crazy Horse" Abstracted Fauvist Portrait with Heavy Impasto in Oil Paint

By Harald Dry Schmidt

Located in Soquel, CA

Heavy Impasto Portrait of Chief Crazy Horse by Harald Dry Schmidt Abstract expressionist portrait of a man by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt (American, 1933-1979). The...

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1970s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Market Scene
Market Scene

Market Scene

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork "Market Scene" 1968 is an oil painting on canvas by noted Haitian artist Petion Savain, 1906-1973. It is signed and dated at the lower right...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large French Figurative Expressionist Oil Painting Seated Figure Claude Weisbuch
Large French Figurative Expressionist Oil Painting Seated Figure Claude Weisbuch

Large French Figurative Expressionist Oil Painting Seated Figure Claude Weisbuch

By Claude Weisbuch

Located in Surfside, FL

WEISBUCH, Claude. Oil on Canvas Framed size: 39” H x 28” W Canvas, without frame: 32” high x 21 ¼” wide. Carved wooden frame with antique gold-leaf finish Claude Weisbuch, 1927-2014 French painter, draftsman and engraver. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts (School of Fine Arts) in Nancy and upon graduation became a professor of engraving at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de of St. Etienne. His first solo exhibition was in 1957. In 1968 , he became a full member of the Society of French Painters-Engravers . In 1997 he was awarded the Legion of Honor His work is essentially devoted to engraving, by which he likes to translate, thanks to the line, the life, movement and character of his characters: Punchinels, harlequins, musicians or equestrian scenes. He practices various techniques ( lithography, drypoint etching etc.) that he puts to use in the illustration of bibliophile books. Claude Weisbuch is also a painter and draftsman. His favorite colors are ochres, browns and whites, with which he seeks to introduce the effects of light by compositions where the line and finesse of the drawing preserve the life found in his engravings. His precise and dynamic line delivers a moving and swirling work on themes he loves: theater, opera, equestrian, musicians, card players, Kabuki dancers and many portraits. His works have the appearance of unfinished sketches mixing few colors but a great vivacity of the line. He illustrated many limited edition signed fine art books. Alon with Christo, Arman and Cesar he is considered among the great post war French artists of the last generation. Exhibitions 1957: Saint Placide Gallery, paintings and engravings 1958: Galerie de Presbourg, Paris, paintings - Saint Placide Gallery, Paris, paintings - Galerie des Arts, Nancy, etchings 1960: Galerie Hervé, "Extraordinary Pantomimes", Paris, paintings 1961: Salon of the young painting and painters witnesses of their time 1962: O'Hanna Gallery, London , paintings 1963: Galerie Hervé, "Portrait Of Man", Paris, Paintings - Nichido Gallery, Tokyo, Paintings 1965: Hervé Gallery, "100 Drawings", Paris Dresdener Gallery, Toronto, paintings 1966: Dantesca Gallery, Turin , paintings, engravings, drawings 1968: New Vision Gallery, Paris, engravings 1969: Galerie Hervé, Paris, paintings - Galerie Reflets, Brussels , prints, paintings - Galerie Dresder, Montreal , paintings 1970: Taménaga Gallery, Tokyo, paintings - Sagot Gallery - The Garrec, Paris, etchings - Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris ARC, Paris, prints 5 1971: War Gallery, Avignon , etchings Biennial of Engraving, Epinal 1972: Dantesca Gallery, Turin Festival, Sarlat , paintings 1973: Wayss Gallery, Nancy , paintings, engravings, drawings Auguste Comte Gallery, Lyon , paintings, engravings, drawings Taménaga Gallery, Tokyo, paintings - New Vision Gallery, "Homage to Rembrandt", Paris, etchings 1974: Esthetika Gallery, Kortrijk, engravings - Galerie Hervé Odermatt, Paris, paintings Ésthetika Gallery, Kurne, prints - Galerie Wayss, Nancy, engravings, drawings, pastels Dietesheim Gallery, Neuchâtel , engravings - Grafikhuset Gallery, Stockholm , prints, drawings 1975: Schwarzer Gallery, Vienna , engravings, paintings, drawings Fogola Gallery, Turin, drawings, pastels Sotheby-Parke Benett, Munich, engravings, drawings Hervé Odermatt Gallery, Paris, drawings Joly Gallery, Washington , engraving 1976: Taménaga Gallery, Tokyo, paintings - Wayss Gallery, Nancy, engravings, drawings - Tabula Gallery, Tübingen, engravings, drawings - New Vision Gallery, "The horse-The painter and his model", Paris, drawings, engravings 1977: Grafikhuset, Futura, Stockholm - Jivô Gallery, Vänersborg Pigalle Gallery, Norrköping Celsius Gallery, Uppsala Möbius Gallery, Gothenburg - New Vision Gallery, Jerusalem - Cultural Center of Sainte-Menehould Castle, retrospective, engravings 1978: David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee , engravings, drawings Orangery Gallery, Cologne , engravings, drawings, pastels Grafikhuset Futura, Stockholm, paintings, drawings Les Cordeliers, Châteauroux, engravings, drawings, paintings House of Culture, Montbéliard, engravings House of Culture, Chelles , engravings, paintings, drawings 1979: L'Empreinte Gallery, Strasbourg, prints, drawings - Galerie Reflets, Brussels, prints, drawings - Galerie Bon à tirer, Los Angeles , prints, pastels 1980: Hervé Odermatt Gallery, Paris, "Calligraphy of the figure", paintings - E. Gollon Gallery, Saint-Paul-de-Vence 1981: European Biennale of Engraving, Baden-Bade Galerie The Art Shop, Nice Galerie Hélène Trintignant, Montpellier Martine Remy Gallery, Strasbourg 1982: Vallen Gallery, Stockholm - Sagot Gallery - The Garrec, Paris - Taménaga Gallery, Tokyo, paintings - New Vision Gallery, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, etchings 1983: Hélène Trintignant Gallery, Montpellier 1984: Perrine Museum, Laval , etchings - Music Festival, Quimper , etchings Etchings, Moscow - Presence Gallery, Brussels, paintings, etchings 1985: Galerie Moyon-Avenard, Nantes, paintings - Taménaga Gallery, Paris, paintings - New Otani Hotel, Ōsaka, realization of murals 1986: Taménaga Gallery, Tokyo, paintings - Greenhouse of the School of Fine Arts, Saint-Étienne , paintings, engravings 1988: Retrospective paintings, Château de Chenonceau Retrospective engravings, Artothèque Museum Montpellier Taménaga Gallery, Paris, drawings, pastels New Vision Gallery, Tokyo, engravings 1989: Galerie Taménaga, Paris, paintings Exit of the book Weisbuch , texts of Jean-Denis Bredin of the French Academy, preface by Jean-Marie Tasset. 1990: Taménaga Gallery, Paris, paintings 1992: Retrospective, Sarlat - Taménaga Gallery, Paris, drawings 1993: Taménaga Gallery, Tokyo and Osaka 1994: Paintings for the second international meetings of the cello ensemble, Beauvais - Elegance Gallery, Taipei - Sanbi Gallery, Tokyo, graphic works - Mitsukoshi, Tōkyō 1995: Taménaga Gallery, Ōsaka - Exhibition of the Gobelins Municipal Circle, Paris 13 th 1996: 2nd Music Trades Fair, Premonstratensian Abbey , Pont-à-Mousson , paintings - Ginza Spring, Tokyo, paintings - New Otani Museum, Tokyo, paintings 1997: Galerie Raugraff, Nancy, paintings, pastels, drawings, engravings, lithographs - Theater Gallery, Besançon, paintings, drawings, engravings, lithographs 1999: A retrospective "Weisbuch, 50 years of prints", 230 works exhibited in Strasbourg under the direction of its publisher, L'Estampe Éditions 3 - Taménaga Gallery, Paris, Tōkyō 2000: Retrospective Château de Vascœuil , by L'Estampe - Theater Gallery, Besançon , paintings, drawings, engravings, pastels, lithographs - Retrospective Chamber of Commerce, Strasbourg - engravings (retrospective), Jacques Brel cultural center, Thionville - engravings (retrospective ), chamber of commerce, Nancy 2001: Retrospective Orangerie of Madame Élisabeth, Versailles , paintings 2002: Taménaga Gallery "Movements", Paris 2003: L'Estampe Gallery, in partnership with the Theater Gallery - prints and paintings, Besançon 2004: Taménaga Gallery "Prometheus presenting the secret of fire to humans", Paris Crid'Art Gallery, L'Estampe Gallery, Amnéville-les-Thermes , paintings, prints, drawings, prints - Galerie des Arts, Nîmes , paintings 2010: Galerie125, Argancy , recent works, exhibition of 100 recent works by the artist. 2012: Exhibition at the Château de Malbrouck . More than 150 works by the artist. Organized by the General Council of Moselle and L'Estampe (editor Claude Weisbuch). 2012: Print, Strasbourg, paintings, engravings, drawings 2012: Exhibition at the House of wines of Graves de Podensac in Gironde. 150 works by the artist Event organized by Course N ° 3. 2013: Galerie125, Argancy, "Weisbuch, major works", exhibition of drawings, engravings, lithographs and oils on canvas 2014: Galerie125, Argancy, "Weisbuch, from 1947 to 1960", exhibition of 100 ancient engravings...

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20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Modern Swedish Green Landscape Oil Painting - Pastoral Geometry
Mid Century Modern Swedish Green Landscape Oil Painting - Pastoral Geometry

Mid Century Modern Swedish Green Landscape Oil Painting - Pastoral Geometry

Located in Bristol, GB

PASTORAL GEOMETRY Size: 51 x 91 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A serene mid-century modernist landscape that captures a cluster of farmhouses nestled within a stylised patchwork...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1994 "Eye on the Pie II" Abstract Oil Painting Illustrator Bill Shields
1994 "Eye on the Pie II" Abstract Oil Painting Illustrator Bill Shields

1994 "Eye on the Pie II" Abstract Oil Painting Illustrator Bill Shields

By William Shields 2

Located in Arp, TX

William Stephens Shields, Jr., 1925 - 2010 "Eye on the Pie II" 1994 Oil on canvas 48"x36" artist framed Signed lower right William Stephens Shields, Jr., 1925 - 2010 He was born in san Francisco, in 1931, Bill moved to Texas, where he grew up. Moved to New York in 1940 and later joined the Naval Air Corps at the age of 18. He served as an Aviation Cadet in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1945. At the end of WWII, Bill returned to Texas. At 21, Bill re-focused his energy and enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Fine Art as an Illustration major. What followed was a whirlwind of success, great friendships and a sense of belonging he had never before experienced. Art was his calling and the art-world could not have been less prepared for the likes of Bill Shields. He took them by storm, first Houston, then San Francisco, followed by New York in the late 60's. For 35 years, Bill produced some of the country's best illustrations: fresh, playful, loose and innovative. His illustrations were coveted by such clients as Bantam Books, Time Life, MacMillan Publishing Co., and were awarded numerous gold medals by the Societies of Illustrators in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, and the Houston Artists Guild. Later, following inspirational trips to Mexico and France, Bill shifted his attention to the self-directed world of fine art. After years of sculpting, making assemblages, painting nudes and landscapes, he settled on the exploration of large abstract oil paintings. His paintings have been exhibited in galleries in San Francisco, Connecticut and New York. CV EDUCATION: Chicago Academy Of Fine Art San Antonio Art Institute MAJOR FIELDS OF PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVOR: Freelance graphic design and illustration Instructor of painting and illustration Landscape, figurative and abstract painting ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT: (Professor of Art) California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA San Francisco Art Institute San Jose State University AWARDS FOR ILLUSTRATION, Gold Medals: New York Society of Illustrators Los Angeles Society of Illustrators San Francisco Society of Illustrators Dallas-Fort Worth Art Director's Club Houston Artist's Guild BIBLIOGRAPHY: Feature articles in: American Artist, Communication Arts, Print, North Light...

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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Preparing the Flag, America's 1784 Golden Girl
Preparing the Flag, America's 1784 Golden Girl

Preparing the Flag, America's 1784 Golden Girl

By Arthur Sarnoff

Located in Missouri, MO

Preparing the Flag, America's 1784 Golden Girl Arthur Sarnoff (American, 1912-2000) Signed Upper Right 28 x 24 inches 31.5 x 26.5 inches with frame SEE PHOTO: **Used for the Bi-Cen...

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20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

Modern paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Modern paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Bernard Labbe, Christel Haag, Sunil Das, and Antonio Feltrinelli. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern paintings, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available.