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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
Modern British oil painting "Farmhouse in English Landscape", Ralph Gillies
Modern British oil painting "Farmhouse in English Landscape", Ralph Gillies

Modern British oil painting "Farmhouse in English Landscape", Ralph Gillies

Located in London, GB

To see our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you want. Ralph Gillies Cole (1915-1994) Farmhouse in English Landscape Oil on canvas 48 x 72 cm Signed lower left 'Ralph Gillies Cole' and dated 1964. A handsome oil painting of the English countryside by well-listed painter Ralph Gillies Cole. We have another painting by the same artist listed. Artist known for his views of the English countryside. Additionally the Fleet Air Arm Museum has a series of paintings by Cole...

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1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Le Toit
Le Toit

Le Toit

By Fernand Léger

Located in New York, NY

Gouache and watercolor on paper, 1950. Initialed by the artist "FL" and dated "50" lower right. Exhibition History: Blue Moon Gallery/Lerner-Heller Gallery, New York, "An intimate ...

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1950s Modern Paintings

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Gouache, Watercolor

Automotive design for Alexis Kellner AG Berlin: Pullman Limousine Adler Standard
Automotive design for Alexis Kellner AG Berlin: Pullman Limousine Adler Standard

Automotive design for Alexis Kellner AG Berlin: Pullman Limousine Adler Standard

By Herschu (Herbert Schultz)

Located in London, London

Pullman Limousine Adler Standard. Gouache and watercolour heightened with gum-arabic on very dark green card, annotated in pale ink with body type below, numbered ‘93’, in upper lef...

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1930s Modern Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

Figure on Blue Background - Oil Paint by Pino Caruso - 1985
Figure on Blue Background - Oil Paint by Pino Caruso - 1985

Figure on Blue Background - Oil Paint by Pino Caruso - 1985

Located in Roma, IT

Figure on blue background is a modern artwork realized by Pino Caruso in 1985. Mixed colored oil painting. Hand signed on lower margin. Signature and date on the back. Includes f...

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1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Color of Friendship
The Color of Friendship

The Color of Friendship

Located in Zofingen, AG

Colorful acrylic painting of friends relaxing in lounge chairs with wine glasses at sunset. Acrylic Painting on canvas One of a kind artwork Size: 80 × 100 × 3 cm (unframed) The ar...

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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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

Antique American Modernist Framed Interior Scene Still Life Coffee Oil Painting
Antique American Modernist Framed Interior Scene Still Life Coffee Oil Painting

Antique American Modernist Framed Interior Scene Still Life Coffee Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American modernist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring: 28 by 34 inches overall. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a modern wood ...

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1920s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled

Untitled

By Robert McCauley

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...

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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel

Memoire Fanee 17

Memoire Fanee 17

By Carl Linstrum

Located in Atlanta, GA

Carl Linstrum's "Other Side" series of paintings speak to disappearing ecosystems in a time of increasing climate crises, while celebrating the sheer beauty of nature through richly ...

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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Figurative Framed Oil Painting - The Children
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Figurative Framed Oil Painting - The Children

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Figurative Framed Oil Painting - The Children

Located in Bristol, GB

THE CHILDREN Size: 36.5 x 66 cm (including frame) Oil on board A richly textured and endearing mid century modernist style figurative portrait, painted in oil onto board. Rendered ...

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1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Divided By Time, Large Modern Abstract Painting
Divided By Time, Large Modern Abstract Painting

Divided By Time, Large Modern Abstract Painting

Located in Grand Rapids, MI

Robert Sealock (American, 20th Century) Signed: RWS 93 (Canvas Verso) " Divided By Time ", 1993 Oil on Canvas 48 1/4" x 40" This large modern painting is in nice original condi...

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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1974 Vintage Mid-Century Interior Scene Cat Oil Painting - The Curious Encounter
1974 Vintage Mid-Century Interior Scene Cat Oil Painting - The Curious Encounter

1974 Vintage Mid-Century Interior Scene Cat Oil Painting - The Curious Encounter

Located in Bristol, GB

THE CURIOUS ENCOUNTER Size: 53.5 x 67 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A striking and lively composition, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1974. The canvas bursts with energ...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

On the Beach - Oil Paint by Renzo Vespignani - 1955
On the Beach - Oil Paint by Renzo Vespignani - 1955

On the Beach - Oil Paint by Renzo Vespignani - 1955

By Renzo Vespignani

Located in Roma, IT

On the Beach is an artwork realized by Renzo Vespignani in 1955. Oil on Canvas, 128x102 cm. It Includes a gilded modern frame. Hand signed and date lower left. Good conditions. Renzo Vespignani was born in Rome on February 19, 1924 to Guido Vespignani and Ester Molinari, great-grandson of Virginio Vespignani, a famous architect. After the death of his father, a surgeon and cardiologist, he had to move very young with his mother to the proletarian area of Portonaccio, adjacent to the San Lorenzo district, where he grew up. He began to paint during the Nazi occupation, hiding with the engraver Lino Bianchi Barriviera, his first teacher. Other important points of reference, which influenced his artistic beginnings, were Alberto Ziveri and Luigi Bartolini while, especially in his first paintings, the influence of expressionists such as George Grosz and Otto Dix seems evident. In 1945 he exhibited his first personal exhibition and began to collaborate with various political-literary magazines (Domenica, Folla, Mercurio, La Fiera Letteraria) with satirical writings, illustrations and drawings. His work, between 1944 and 1948, describes the attempt to resurrect an Italy destroyed by the war. In 1956 he founded, with other intellectuals, the magazine Città Aperta, focused on the problems of urban culture. In 1961 he was among the winners of the Spoleto Prize; an essay was dedicated to the selected artists accompanied by large-format reproductions (black and white and four-color) of the exhibited works. In 1963 a work by him was exhibited at the Contemporary Italian Paintings exhibition, set up in some Australian cities . In 1963-64 he exhibited at the exhibition Peintures italiennes d'aujourd'hui, organized in the Middle East and North Africa. Since 1969, Vespignani has been working on large pictorial cycles dedicated to the crisis of the society of well-being: Imbarco per Citera (1969), concerning the intellectual class involved in '68; Album di Famiglia...

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1950s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid-Century Modern Vintage Original Landscape Oil Painting - Rural Abstraction
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Original Landscape Oil Painting - Rural Abstraction

Mid-Century Modern Vintage Original Landscape Oil Painting - Rural Abstraction

Located in Bristol, GB

RURAL ABSTRACTION Size: 46.5 x 78.5cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A large and captivating mid-century landscape painting that presents a dynamic interplay between abstraction an...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Vintage Signed Mixed Media Abstract Painting Assemblage
Vintage Signed Mixed Media Abstract Painting Assemblage

Vintage Signed Mixed Media Abstract Painting Assemblage

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage mixed media painting signed JJ PERL. Mixed media painting on linen strips. Framed. Signed. Measuring 10 by 10 inches overall and 9 1/4 by 9 1/4 painting alone. In excellent ...

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Early 2000s Modern Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Oval Still Life - Oil on Canvas - Mid-20th Century
Oval Still Life - Oil on Canvas - Mid-20th Century

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!

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

20th Century British artist Leigh-Pemberton, painting of horses in landscape
20th Century British artist Leigh-Pemberton, painting of horses in landscape

20th Century British artist Leigh-Pemberton, painting of horses in landscape

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

John Leigh-Pemberton (British, fl. 1933 – 1959) Timber horses, Tazmania Signed ‘John Leigh-Pemberton 1934’ (lower right) Oil on canvas 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm.) Leigh-Pemberton is mainly known for his illustrations for the shell guides...

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20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Valley Streetscape at Night
A Valley Streetscape at Night

A Valley Streetscape at Night

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This work is part of our exhibition - American Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s A Valley Streetscape at Night, 1948, oil on masonite, signed and dated lower right, 18 x 24 inches; literature: King, Chloe, The Paintings of Edgard O. Kiechle – Unearthed After 60 Years, Ventura Blvd, January/February, 2023, pp. 46 – 53 (illustrated) Edgar Kiechle...

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1940s Modern Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

1973 Vintage Modernist Swedish Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Blue Divide
1973 Vintage Modernist Swedish Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Blue Divide

1973 Vintage Modernist Swedish Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Blue Divide

Located in Bristol, GB

BLUE DIVIDE Size: 64 x 64.5 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas An atmospheric 20th century abstract landscape scene that distils nature into its most elemental forms – sky, land, an...

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1970s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Overlook Hill -- Autumnal Landscape
Overlook Hill -- Autumnal Landscape

Overlook Hill -- Autumnal Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

Wonderful autumnal landscape of figure on overlook hill by Pascua (American, 20th Century), circa 2000. Signed lower right. Unframed. Image size: 22"H x 20"W.

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Early 2000s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Family”

“Family”

By Hazel Finck

Located in Southampton, NY

Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right 1930 Biography Hazel Finck Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Hazel Finck studied art with Guy Wiggins and Sigismund Ivanowski, a Russi...

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1930s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Framed Signed Flower Still Life  Oil Painting
Vintage American Modernist Framed Signed Flower Still Life  Oil Painting

Vintage American Modernist Framed Signed Flower Still Life Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist still life oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 14 by 16 inches overall. Handsomely framed ...

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Early 2000s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Landscape - Oil Paint by Amos Cassioli - 19th Century

Landscape - Oil Paint by Amos Cassioli - 19th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Landscape is an oil painting on pressed cardboard realized by the Italian artist Amos Cassioli in the XIX Century. Hand signed lower left. Good condition. Frame included.

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19th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hidden Portraits XXVII, Acrylic on Canvas, Modern, Framed, Circa 1980s
Hidden Portraits XXVII, Acrylic on Canvas, Modern, Framed, Circa 1980s

Hidden Portraits XXVII, Acrylic on Canvas, Modern, Framed, Circa 1980s

Located in London, GB

'Hidden Portraits XXVII', acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an agein...

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1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Board, Acrylic, Canvas

Karma - 2st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Dress, Women Hair
Karma - 2st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Dress, Women Hair

Karma - 2st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Dress, Women Hair

By Ademola Clement Ajayi

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issue by The Gall...

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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil

Origins of Light
Origins of Light

Origins of Light

By Eleanor Miller

Located in Westport, CT

Eleanor Miller’s painting reflects her observation of nature and the creatures that share this planet with us. In this painting. She is inspired by farm land that surrounds her Conn...

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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1987 Modernist Swedish Expressive Landscape Oil Painting - Hillside by the Sea
1987 Modernist Swedish Expressive Landscape Oil Painting - Hillside by the Sea

1987 Modernist Swedish Expressive Landscape Oil Painting - Hillside by the Sea

Located in Bristol, GB

HILLSIDE BY THE SEA Size: 45.5 x 53.5 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A vibrant and pleasant modernist landscape painting that captures a sweeping view of a coastal hillside desc...

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1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Leonard Raven-Hill Oil Painting Still Life Flowers in Vase ii Modern British Art
Leonard Raven-Hill Oil Painting Still Life Flowers in Vase ii Modern British Art

Leonard Raven-Hill Oil Painting Still Life Flowers in Vase ii Modern British Art

Located in London, GB

To see our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist ..you want. Leonard Raven-Hill (1867-1942) Still Life of Flowers II Oil on canvas 24 x 19 cm In a handsome frame. Signed lower left 'L RavenHill'. A handsome oil painting of a still life of flowers by well-listed painter Leonard Raven-Hill, who has works in the Tate, British Museum, National Portrait Gallery and other famous collections. We have another painting by the same artist listed. Leonard Raven-Hill (10 March 1867 – 31 March 1942) was an English artist, illustrator, and cartoonist. He was born in Bath and educated at Bristol Grammar School and the Devon county school. He studied art at the Lambeth School of Art and then in Paris under MM. Bougereau and Aimé Morot. He began to exhibit at the Salon in 1887 but moved back to London when he was appointed as the art editor of Pick-Me-Up. He also continued to work as a painter and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1889. In 1893 he founded, with Arnold Golsworthy, the humorous and artistic monthly The Butterfly (1893–94, revived in 1899–1900) but began his most prominent association with a publication when his drawings appeared in Punch in December 1895. By 1901 he had joined the staff of Punch as the junior political cartoonist. He contributed to many other illustrated magazines including The Daily Graphic, Daily Chronicle, The Strand Magazine, The Sketch, Pall Mall Gazette and Windsor Magazine. He also illustrated a number of books including · East London by Sir Walter Besant (1901) · Cornish Saints and Sinners by J. H. Harris · Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. Jerome · Stalky and Co by Rudyard Kipling · Kipps by H. G. Wells Raven-Hill published the impressions of his visit to India on the occasion of the tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales as An Indian Sketch...

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20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1950s "Orange Nude Lounging" Mid Century Figurative Painting Pratt Graphic Arts
1950s "Orange Nude Lounging" Mid Century Figurative Painting Pratt Graphic Arts

1950s "Orange Nude Lounging" Mid Century Figurative Painting Pratt Graphic Arts

By Donald Stacy

Located in Arp, TX

Donald Stacy "Orange Nude Lounging" c.1950s Oil pastel and gouache paint on paper 23" x 20" framed black gallery wood frame float mount Unsigned Came from artist's estate Donald Stacy (1925-2008) New Jersey Studied: Newark School of Fine Art The Art Students League Pratt Graphic Arts Center University of Paris 1953-54 University of Aix-en-Provence 1954-55 Faculty: Art Department of the New School Museum of Modern Art School of Visual Arts Stacy Studio Workshop Exhibitions: Grand Central Moderns George Wittenborn The New School Print Exhibitions, Chicago University of Oklahoma Honolulu Museum Monclair Museum Wisconsin State College Louisiana Art...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache, Oil Pastel

Harbor Party, Modern Gouache by John von Wicht
Harbor Party, Modern Gouache by John von Wicht

Harbor Party, Modern Gouache by John von Wicht

By John von Wicht

Located in Long Island City, NY

Harbor Party by John von Wicht, German (1888–1970) Date: circa 1965 Gouache and Pastel on Japon, signed in pencil lower right Size: 15.5 x 23 in. (39.37 x 58.42 cm) Frame Size: 22 x ...

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1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Oil Pastel

"War Brides, Wash Sq NYC" American Scene WWII Modernism WPA Mid-Century Oil
"War Brides, Wash Sq NYC" American Scene WWII Modernism WPA Mid-Century Oil

"War Brides, Wash Sq NYC" American Scene WWII Modernism WPA Mid-Century Oil

By Georgina Klitgaard

Located in New York, NY

"War Brides, Wash Sq NYC" American Scene WWII Modernism WPA Mid-Century Oil. 30 x 40 inches. Oil on canvas, c. 1942. Signed lower right. Titled on the stretcher. Housed in a sensational Heydenryk frame. Our gallery, Helicline Fine Art...

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1940s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vanguard
Vanguard

Vanguard

By Mike Ellis

Located in London, GB

Mike Ellis is a prize winning, UK based artist who has exhibited across south and central England. He graduated in 2002 with a First Class Honours degree in Illustration, where his l...

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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hunter's funeral - Drawing in Tempera - Early 20th Century
Hunter's funeral - Drawing in Tempera - Early 20th Century

Hunter's funeral - Drawing in Tempera - Early 20th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Hunter's funeral is a modern artwork realized in the early 20th Century. Tempera painting on board. Hand signed on the lower margin. Includes frame: 60 x 86 cm

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Early 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Tempera

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

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Canvas, Acrylic

Abstract Composition - Painting by Lucian - 20th century
Abstract Composition - Painting by Lucian - 20th century

Abstract Composition - Painting by Lucian - 20th century

Located in Roma, IT

Abstract Composition is an Original tempera and watercolor on Paper applied on wood realized by Lucian in the 20th century. Hand-signed , also the stamp of Atelier Montmartre.

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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Paper

Antique American School Modernist Flower Still Life Painting
Antique American School Modernist Flower Still Life Painting

Antique American School Modernist Flower Still Life Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American modernist still life painting. Oil and gouache on board, circa 1940. Housed in a period modernist frame. Image size, 24L x 18H.

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1930s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vieille France - Painting by Jean Lereu - 19th Century
Vieille France - Painting by Jean Lereu - 19th Century

Vieille France - Painting by Jean Lereu - 19th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Vieielle France is an original oil painting on canvas realized by Jean Lereu, in the late 19th century. Hand-signed in the lower right margin. 49.5x69 cm with frame. Good condit...

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19th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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