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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
Portrait of a Seated Woman
Portrait of a Seated Woman

Portrait of a Seated Woman

By Joseph Solman

Located in Wiscasett, ME

Oil on canvas, signed with initials center left. Measures 32" x 23.5" including the frame. Provenance: ACA Galleries, NYC Bradbury Art and Antiques, Wiscasset, Maine Brought to...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Cowboy Hunting Pronghorn Deer ("American Antelope") in Watercolor and Gouache
Cowboy Hunting Pronghorn Deer ("American Antelope") in Watercolor and Gouache

Cowboy Hunting Pronghorn Deer ("American Antelope") in Watercolor and Gouache

Located in Soquel, CA

Cowboy Hunting Pronghorn Deer ("American Antelope") in Watercolor and Gouache Detailed western scene by H. Rich (American, 20th Century). A cowboy is on a ridge, with two horses, ha...

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1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

A Soulful Modernist Portrait
A Soulful Modernist Portrait

A Soulful Modernist Portrait

By Boris Deutsch

Located in San Francisco, CA

On offer is a portrait of an unknown sitter who is rendered with profound dignity yet lifted from gloomy solemnity by a vibrant and intriguing background. Notably, artist Boris Deuts...

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1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Jane Peterson, Signed Still Life Floral Oil Painting
Jane Peterson, Signed Still Life Floral Oil Painting

Jane Peterson, Signed Still Life Floral Oil Painting

By Jane Peterson

Located in Rockport, MA

Dimensions: 24"x24" with frame 32"x32" Signed Lower Left A vibrant and expressive still life by Jane Peterson, "Flowers in a Yellow Vase" exemplifies the artist’s mastery of color, ...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still Life with Robert Laurent Sculpture

Still Life with Robert Laurent Sculpture

By Adelaide Lawson Gaylor

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Born in New York City, modernist painter Adelaide Lawson Gaylor studied at the Art Students League and with Kenneth Hayes Miller. She was a member of the Society of Independent Artists, the Salons of America, and the New York Society of Women Artists. She was married to artist Wood Gaylor...

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1920s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Pardner, 1943 Vintage African American Art, Black Artist, Painting, Pet Portrait
Pardner, 1943 Vintage African American Art, Black Artist, Painting, Pet Portrait

Pardner, 1943 Vintage African American Art, Black Artist, Painting, Pet Portrait

Located in Grand Rapids, MI

John Farrar (American, 1928-1972) Signed: John Farrar (Lower, Left) “ Pardner ”, 1943 Titled Above Signature (Lower, Left) Oil on Canvas 26 ⅛” x 32 ⅛” Housed in a 2 ½” period ornamented Newcomb-Macklin frame in toned gold leaf, in good original condition. Outside Size: 30 1/2" x 36 5/8" A recent discovery of a painting that appears to be Farrar’s family dog. This was done when he was just fifteen years old. As a teenager in the 1940s, Farrar received much local acclaim in the Washington D.C. art Scene. Words like “Child Prodigy”, “Brilliant” and “Gifted” were used to describe him in the local newspaper. He had a great bout of early success which included developing patrons among Washington DC’s art elite but this was short lived as he was afflicted with schizophrenia and alcoholism as an adult causing him to spend much of his life in mental institutions. In 1942, Farrar won the Washington Times-Herald's outdoor art fair. This painting was executed the following year when he was 15 (1943). That same year he won the top prize at Atlanta University’s third annual “ Exhibition of Paintings, Sculpture and Prints by Negro Artists ” with a piece titled “ Queenie ”. Approximately one hundred and fifty works of art were included in the show, representing the best works of more than seventy-five contemporary African American artists. This show included works by Romare Bearden, who was awarded Honorable Mention for his painting “ The Two Genrerations ”. Also included among the exhibitors - Charles H. Alston, Allen Rohen Crite, Aaron Douglas, Fredrick Flemister, Sargant Johnson, Horace Pippin, Jacob Lawrence, Marjorie Wheeler Brown, Hughie Lee Smith, Lois Mailou Jones...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Poor Widow's Offer -  Oil Painting  - 17th Century
The Poor Widow's Offer -  Oil Painting  - 17th Century

The Poor Widow's Offer - Oil Painting - 17th Century

Located in Roma, IT

The Poor Widow's Offer is an old master artwork realized by a follower of Marten de Vos (Antwerp 1532-1603) in the half of 17th Century. Mixed colored oil on canvas. Inscribed bottom right “Jesus Laudat Pauperculam […]”. The painting, whose subject is taken from the Gospel episode of the Offering of the poor widow (Mk., 12, 38-44; Lk., 21, 1-4), depicts Jesus in the Temple...

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17th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint, Oil

English Snow covered Winter Landscape with people by a house, rising Sun
English Snow covered Winter Landscape with people by a house, rising Sun

English Snow covered Winter Landscape with people by a house, rising Sun

By Peter Kotka

Located in Woodbury, CT

Peter has an absolute love of oil painting and especially admires the masters of Dutch Painting of the 17th Century, which is reflected in his own work. Since 1995, after seeing the work of Estonian artist Olav Maran, Peter decided to review his paintings and started researching ‘Still Life’ painters such as Willem Kalf and De Heem. After experimenting with priming his own panels and canvases with different colours, then painting with thick and thin paint and glazing on top, in the way of the old masters, he has developed a style with detail and atmosphere that is essential in his portrayal of fine wine, fruit and cheeses etc. In a quirky and sometimes conceptual world, Peter makes no apologies for producing traditional subjects where the craftsmanship is evident in every brushstroke. His paintings bring much joy and pleasure to those who understand he has an obvious and underlying love of handling paint and observing his subject using techniques that take many years to acquire. Recently he has changed the view point for some of his paintings, to give them a bold contemporary look. Peter Kotka...

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Early 2000s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Vintage American School Framed Modernist Fall Signed Landscape Oil Painting
Vintage American School Framed Modernist Fall Signed Landscape Oil Painting

Vintage American School Framed Modernist Fall Signed Landscape Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting by Frank Barry. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 27 by 31 inches overall and 18 by 22 painting alone. Nicely framed in a wood...

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1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Head, Woman 1-11

Head, Woman 1-11

By Robert Jessup

Located in Atlanta, GA

Born in Moscow, Idaho,and raised in Seattle, Robert Jessup received his BFA from the University of Washington in 1975 and his MFA from the University of Iowa in 1979. His work has been exhibited extensively since 1981 and is in numerous private and public collections including the metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the University of Virginia, the University of Texas, the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Dallas Museum of Art. He is a Professor Emeritus from the University of North Texas where he taught painting in the College of Visual Arts and Design from 1991 to 2018. His work is represented by the Conduit Gallery...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Second Avenue, New York City
Second Avenue, New York City

Second Avenue, New York City

Located in New York, NY

Oil on thick card stock, 1960. Signed by the artist in oil, lower right recto. Provenance: the artist, Montclair, NJ; Margaret Kelly, Bloomsburg, PA; private collection; Illinois, ...

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1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Siamese Cat with Kittens by Orovida Pissarro - Egg tempura painting
Siamese Cat with Kittens by Orovida Pissarro - Egg tempura painting

Siamese Cat with Kittens by Orovida Pissarro - Egg tempura painting

By Orovida Pissarro

Located in London, GB

Siamese Cat with Kittens by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Egg tempera on linen 39 x 48 cm (15³/₈ x 18⁷/₈ inches) Signed lower right Orovida and dated lower left 1934 Provenance J Ankri, 8th October 1967 Literature K L Erickson, Orovida Pissarro: Painter and Print-Maker with A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, (doctoral thesis), Oxford, 1992, Appendices, no. 51, p. 56 (illustrated) Exhibition London, The Leicester Galleries, Paintings by Orovida, February 1935, no. 6 Women’s International Art Club, 20th February - 13th March 1937, no. 273 London, Redfern Gallery, Ten Years of Work by Orovida, 5th-28th May 1938, no. 7 London, The Royal Society of British Artists, Summer Exhibition, 1947, no. 281 (possibly the etching) London, O’Hana Gallery, Paintings, Drawings and Coloured Etchings: Orovida, 3rd-18th October 1957, no. 13 Artist biography Orovida Camille Pissarro, Lucien and Esther Pissarro’s only child, was the first woman in the Pissarro family as well as the first of her generation to become an artist. Born in Epping, England in 1893, she lived and worked predominantly in London where she became a prominent member of several British arts clubs and societies. She first learned to paint in the Impressionist style of her father, but after a brief period of formal study with Walter Sickert in 1913 she renounced formal art schooling. Throughout her career, Orovida always remained outside of any mainstream British art movements. Much to Lucien's disappointment she soon turned away from naturalistic painting and developed her own unusual style combining elements of Japanese, Chinese, Persian and Indian art. Her rejection of Impressionism, which for the Pissarro family had become a way of life, together with the simultaneous decision to drop her famous last name and simply use Orovida as a ‘nom de peintre’, reflected a deep desire for independence and distance from the weight of the family legacy. Orovida's most distinctive and notable works were produced from the period of 1919 to 1939 using her own homemade egg tempera applied in thin, delicate washes to silk, linen or paper and sometimes embellished with brocade borders. These elegant and richly decorative works generally depict Eastern, Asian and African subjects, such as Mongolian horse...

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1930s Modern Paintings

Materials

Linen, Egg Tempera

Antique American Modernist Nicely Framed Kitchen Still Life Bread Oil Painting
Antique American Modernist Nicely Framed Kitchen Still Life Bread Oil Painting

Antique American Modernist Nicely Framed Kitchen Still Life Bread Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Nicely painted American school modernist still life painting. Nice color and modernist composition. Excellent ready to hang condition. Oil on canvas. Image size, 18"H x 24"L.

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1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original California Figurative Abstract Still Life Ink Drawing Joyce Treiman
Original California Figurative Abstract Still Life Ink Drawing Joyce Treiman

Original California Figurative Abstract Still Life Ink Drawing Joyce Treiman

By Joyce Treiman

Located in Surfside, FL

Joyce Treiman Ink on paper, framed under glass; signed in pencil lower right; Dimensions: 16 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches; 18 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches frame. Joyce Wahl Treiman was an American p...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper, India Ink

Magnolia

Magnolia

By Edna Reindel

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Magnolia, c. 1946, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 22 3/4 x 25 3/4 inches, this original oil painting was part of Reindel's Flowers of Our Land series, commissioned by the John M...

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1940s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Board

Gracie Mansion

Gracie Mansion

By Isabella Banks Markell

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Gracie Mansion, c. 1944, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 25 x 30 inches, presented in a newer frame Isabella Markell was a painter, etcher, and sculptor, who is best known for ...

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1940s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Modernist Street & Diner Scene, Signed Kittredge
American Modernist Street & Diner Scene, Signed Kittredge

American Modernist Street & Diner Scene, Signed Kittredge

Located in New York, NY

Mystery Artist (Possibly William A. Kittredge, illustrator) Untitled (Diner), c. Mid-20th century Oil on board Sight: 8 x 10 in. Framed: 9 3/8 x 11 3/8 x 7/8 in.

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Americana Landscape Oil on Canvas Painting Signed P. Paul, Framed
Americana Landscape Oil on Canvas Painting Signed P. Paul, Framed

Americana Landscape Oil on Canvas Painting Signed P. Paul, Framed

Located in Plainview, NY

An elegant oil on canvas landscape painting featuring a lake view in a paradisiac environment. The painting is finely framed in custom giltwood frame. A wonderful addition to any liv...

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1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Shop, Classic American Scene by Morton Roberts
Antique Shop, Classic American Scene by Morton Roberts

Antique Shop, Classic American Scene by Morton Roberts

By Morton Roberts

Located in New York, NY

Morton Roberts (American, 1927-1964) Antiques, c. 1950 Oil on canvas 12 1/4 x 15 in. Framed: 15 x 17 3/4 x 2 in. Signed lower left: Morton Roberts He was a promising artist, who die...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1947 Mid Century Modern Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Cacti by the Window
1947 Mid Century Modern Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Cacti by the Window

1947 Mid Century Modern Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Cacti by the Window

Located in Bristol, GB

CACTI BY THE WINDOW Size: 55 x 64 cm (including frame) Oil on board An elegant mid-century still life that captures a charming scene of three potted plants arranged along a windowsi...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Someones Stuntman, Original painting, Cowboys, Landscape, Horses
Someones Stuntman, Original painting, Cowboys, Landscape, Horses

Someones Stuntman, Original painting, Cowboys, Landscape, Horses

Located in Deddington, GB

Horses are a them in most of my paintings, but more often than not they come latter on in the paintings development. this one i wanted to start with the horse, wanting to make it stand proud, pressing forward with his chin up and chest out. man and horse together getting through one of those days. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Acrylic paint on Canvas 100 H x 100 W x 4 D cm (39.37 x 39.37 x 1.57 in) Sold...

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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Walk in a park - Watercolor on paper 18x20 cm
Walk in a park - Watercolor on paper 18x20 cm

Walk in a park - Watercolor on paper 18x20 cm

Located in Geneva, CH

Work on paper Unsigned work

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Street Cleaners

Street Cleaners

By Edward Biberman

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s Street Cleaners, c. 1940s, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 28 ¾ x 42 inches, Gallery Z...

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1940s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

1970 Swedish Modernist Original Geometric Abstract Oil Painting - Sunlit Forms
1970 Swedish Modernist Original Geometric Abstract Oil Painting - Sunlit Forms

1970 Swedish Modernist Original Geometric Abstract Oil Painting - Sunlit Forms

Located in Bristol, GB

SUNLIT FORMS Size: 48.5 x 40.5 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A richly textured and uplifting abstract painting, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1970. The painting unfold...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lost Sheep

Lost Sheep

By Martin Mull

Located in New York, NY

Martin Mull is a singular artist whose iconography directly translate the American culture.

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Summer Hike
Summer Hike

Summer Hike

By Ania Pieniazek

Located in London, GB

Of Polish descent and now living in London, Ania Pieniazek creates bold, bright art full of everyday joy and pleasure. Influenced by Gustav Klimt, Paul Gauguin and Zbyslaw Marek Maci...

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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Jordi Curós Cadaqués Landscape Oil Painting, 20th Century
Jordi Curós Cadaqués Landscape Oil Painting, 20th Century

Jordi Curós Cadaqués Landscape Oil Painting, 20th Century

Located in Sant Celoni, ES

Jordi Curós Cadaqués Mediterranean Landscape Oil Painting, 20th Century. Oil on canvas. Signed by the artist. Artwork: 59.5 × 73 cm (23.4 × 28.7 in.). Framed: 80 × 92.5 cm (31.5 × 36...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

"Wally's Pond" Rural Landscape in Oil on Masonite
"Wally's Pond" Rural Landscape in Oil on Masonite

"Wally's Pond" Rural Landscape in Oil on Masonite

Located in Soquel, CA

"Wally's Pond" Rural Landscape in Oil on Masonite Idyllic rural landscape by Richard M. Bacon (American, 20th Century). A small pond is reflecting the nearby surroundings - birch tr...

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Early 2000s Modern Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Figura Col Pappagallo
Figura Col Pappagallo

Figura Col Pappagallo

By Vittorio Maria Di Carlo

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Figura Col Pappagallo" is an oil painting on canvas by Italian artist Vittorio Maria Di Carlo, 1939-2015. It is hand signed at the lower right corner by the arti...

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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Twin Cities"
"Twin Cities"

"Twin Cities"

By Nahum Tschacbasov

Located in Southampton, NY

This rare and wonderful oil on canvas landscape by Nahum Tschacbasov was done circa 1947. A slightly smaller version of this painting by Tschacbasov called "Night and Day" is illust...

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1940s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Portrait of Anita Garibaldi - Oil Paint - Late 19th Century
Portrait of Anita Garibaldi - Oil Paint - Late 19th Century

Portrait of Anita Garibaldi - Oil Paint - Late 19th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Oil on glass. Rare portrait of Anita Garibaldi, wife of Giuseppe Garibaldi. Realized in the late 19th century, it represents the beloved wife of the italian hero Giuseppe Garibaldi....

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Late 19th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

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