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
KING ARTHUR - Mixed technique on canvas cm.110x75 signed Vighi.
Located in Napoli, IT
King Arthur - Mixed technique on canvas cm.110x75 signed Vighi.
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Summer in Town
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Summer in Town, 1943, oil on board, signed and dated lower right, 13 ¾ x 22 inches, titled and dated verso, exhibited: 1) 139th Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, ...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Ledge
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Georgina Klitgaard (1893 – 1976) The Ledge, by 1931, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 32 1/8 x 50 1/8 inches, exhibited: 1) 44th Annual Exhibition of American Paintings & Sculptur...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mag 1999, canvas, oil, 74.2x80.3 cm
By Igor Maikov
Located in Riga, LV
Mag 1999, canvas, oil, 74.2x80.3 cm
"Mag" is an intriguing artwork created in 1999 by Igor Maikov. It is a large oil painting on canvas, measuring 74.2x80.3 cm. The painting depicts a portrait of an old lady set...
Category
1990s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Johnny Walker’s Place
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Johnny Walker’s Place, by 1929, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 34 x 42 inches, exhibited 1) 28th International Exhibition of Paintings, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, Octobe...
Category
1920s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Judy and Rita on Porch at Afton
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Judy and Rita on Porch at Afton, c. 1936, oil on canvas, 24 x 36 inches, title inscribed on tacking margin; “Judy” and “Rita” inscribed verso, NB: purchased together with The New Roa...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Signed Anthony Triano Dancer Painting
Located in New York, NY
Anthony Triano (American, 1928-1997)
Untitled, 20th Century
Oil on canvas
14 1/8 x 18 in.
Framed: 17 3/8 x 21 3/8 in.
Signed lower right: Triano
Proven...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1944 Vintage Mid Century Modern Swedish Figurative Portrait Oil Painting - Oscar
Located in Bristol, GB
OSCAR
Oil on board
Size: 65.5 x 54.5 cm (including frame)
A striking and emotive mid-century figurative portrait composition that is characterised by expressive brushwork and a rich...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Audience" Mid 20th Century American Figurative Theatre Performance Contemporary
By Leon Bibel
Located in New York, NY
"Audience" Mid 20th Century American Figurative Theatre Performance Contemporary
Leon Bibel (1912 - 1995) "The Audience," 52 ½ x 41 ¼ inches. Oil on canvas, c. 1963. Signed lower right. Framed.
BIO
Painter, printmaker and sculptor, Leon Bibel was born in San Francisco in 1913. He trained at the California School of Fine Arts and received a scholarship to study under the German Impressionist Maria Riedelstein. He worked in collaboration with Bernard Zackheim, a student of Diego Rivera, to create frescoes for the San Francisco Jewish Community Center and the University of California Medical School.
In 1936 Bibel moved from California to join the Federal Art Project at Harlem Art...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Figurative Oil Painting by Fabian Lundqvist - By the Balcony Ledge
Located in Bristol, GB
BY THE BALCONY LEDGE
Size: 48 x 56 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A soothing and restful mid-century modern painting, executed in oil onto canvas by the established Swedish arti...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Village Naive Chinese Modernist Painting
By Heshi Yu
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern
Subject: Abstract
Medium: Oil
Surface: Canvas
Dimensions: 16" x 12"
Heshi Yu was born in Shandong, Mainland China, 1935. He graduated from the Art Department of National Taiwan Normal University. In 1946, he traveled to France to further his studies at l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1968, he moved to New York and devoted himself to creation.
A work of 1970s was selected by Lincoln Center to make a serigraph to celebrate the bicentenary of America. Multiple materials, acrylic and ink, used in his works; Through the concept to modern painting, Mr. Yu blended the find art...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid Century Modern Large French Oil On Board Landscape, Paysage de Beauce
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid Century Modern French oil on board landscape of Beauce in France. The painting is signed and dated bottom left and presented in a plain period wood frame with light gilding.
A l...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
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.
Category
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape - Oil on Canvas by Giulio Aristide Sartorio - 1890 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed by the artist lower left.
Realized a year after Sartorio’s journey to Paris with Michetti, it is a beautiful, early example of the sepulchral and pre-raphaelite style wh...
Category
1890s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique European School Modernist Village Landscape Original Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique European modernist landscape painting. Oil on board, circa 1930. Unsigned. Image size, 20.5L x 17.5H. Housed in a period giltwood frame.
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pair of Berlin & Vienna Landmarks Oil Paintings, 1988
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of Berlin & Vienna Landmarks Oil Paintings, 1988
Painted one year before the end of the Berlin Wall.
Oil on canvas
Signed, "Greenberg"
Unframed: 24" W x 54" H, framed: 26" W ...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Pueblo Indians, Taos, New Mexico, " Georgia Klitgaard, Southwest Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Georgina Klitgaard
Pueblo Indians, Taos, New Mexico
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
18 x 24 inches
Georgina Berrian was born in Spuyten Duyvil, New York in 1893. She was educated a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Figurative Study In Sausalito by Patricia Gren Hayes Berkeley Figurative School
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative Study In Sausalito by Patricia Gren Hayes Berkeley Figurative School
Modern painting of a nude woman with the Sausalito landscape in the background by American painter, P...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Modern Green Brown Hand Embellished Giclee on Canvas 48" X 36"
By Irena Orlov
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Vibrant Colorful Abstract-0-1-1,' a truly remarkable piece of limited edition art by the exceptionally talented artist Irena Orlov.
This is not just any art piece; it's a masterpiec...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Digital, Inkjet, Giclée
20th century figurative landscape oil painting pastoral scene farm field cow
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This early work by American artist Sylvia Spicuzza is an excellent example of Regionalism: in the foreground, a farmer in blue stands before a herd of cattle. Beyond the fence of the...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Boy on Carousel, Watercolor by Lucio Ranucci
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucio Ranucci, Italian (1925 - )
Title: Boy on Carousel
Year: 1969
Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed and dated u.l.
Image Size: 20 x 12 inches
Size: 27 x 20 in. (68.58 x 50...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Nature Study Original Realist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting by Mark DiVincenzo. Oil on canvas, circa 2005. Signed verso. Unframed.
Category
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Minimalist Naïve Animal Oil Painting - Old English Longhorn
Located in Bristol, GB
OLD ENGLISH LONGHORN
Size: 30.5 x 30.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on panel
A small and engaging animal composition , painted in a naïve style in oil onto panel, by British artist Mat...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The Bubblers. Figurative painting. Landscape with figures in Renaissance setting
By Igor Fomin
Located in Segovia, ES
The Bubblers (Los Burbujeros.. Figurative painting. Landscape with figures in Renaissance setting.
Acrylic on canvas.
Author: Igor Fomin.
Measurements in ce...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Abstract
By Anthony Thomas Triano
Located in Kensington, MD
Anthony Thomas Triano (American 1928-1997)
Abstract 1966
Oil on Board
Signed & Lower Right
30" x 15" inches unframed
Submitted by Leni Robbi...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Walkers in winter. 2023. Oil on canvas, 35X60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Walkers in winter
2023. Oil on canvas, 35X60 cm
Ansis Butnors (1977)
Education:
J. Rozentals Art School in Riga – 1989. – 1996.
Latvian Academy of Art, Painting Department – 1996...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pair of Dragons in Clouds by Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa
Located in New Orleans, LA
Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa
b. 1938 Japanese
Pair of Dragons in Clouds
Signed, lower left and right
Ink on paper, framed in Jindai cedar
Cra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Ink
Man With Moon - Figurative Abstract
By J Gold
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling abstract figurative oil painting in bold, primary colors of a man and the moon by J. Gold (American, 20th Century). Signed "J. Gold" lower right. Presented in a Maple woo...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Ethel Louise Rawlins: 'A Garden Below the South Downs' oil painting
Located in London, GB
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Ethel Louise Rawlins (1880 - 1940)
A Garden Below the South Downs...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pointilliste View of Istanbul - Painting by Stan Reszka - 1951
By Stan Reszka
Located in Roma, IT
Pointilliste View of Istanbul is a modern artwork realized by Stan Reszka in 1951
Oil on Canvas.
Hand signed Stan Reszka.
Titled, signed, dated on the reverse.
Includes frame.
S...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
The Bawdy Wind that Kisses All it Meets, Modern Art, Warm Landscape Painting
By Rosie Phipps
Located in Deddington, GB
The Bawdy Wind that Kisses all it meets is an original watercolour and gouache painting by artist Rosie Phipps, sold mounted. Featuring her gestural and expressive use of mark making...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Landscape - Original Oil on Cardboard by Corrado Cagli - 1932 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Signed lower left.
On rear: "Corrado Cagli Via Ludovico Muratori 27 Roma o Via Imbonati 17 Milano" "Paese" - hand written by the artist.
Painting in which Corrado Cagli, a key exponent of the so called "Scuola Romana...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Young boy by Max Band - Portrait painting
By Max Band
Located in London, GB
Young boy by Max Band (1901-1974)
Oil on canvas
81.2 x 54.4 cm (32 x 21³/₈ inches)
Signed lower left Max Band
Provenance
Private collection, London
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-Century Modern Naïve Style Figurative Oil Painting - Courtyard Harvest
Located in Bristol, GB
COURTYARD HARVEST
Size: 64.5 x 75 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
An expressive and naïve style mid-century figurative painting, executed in oil onto canvas.
The composition capt...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Le Boischaut - Maurice Esteve, modern, colorful, french, painting, abstract, art
Located in London, GB
Maurice Estève (1904-2001)
Le Boischaut
1960
oil on canvas
65 x 100 cm
signed and dated ‘Estève 60’ (lower left)
Price:
€276,000 EUR (inc. 20% UK VAT)
Provenance:
Galerie Villand-Galanis, Paris
Sonja...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
2004 Contemporary Original Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Coastal Reverie
Located in Bristol, GB
COASTAL REVERIE
Size: 40 x 42 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A contemporary abstract landscape painting that presents a tranquil yet expressive interpretation of a coastal horiz...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique American School Modernist Flower Still Life Original Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist flower still life oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1910. Signed on verso. Image size, 18L x 23H. Housed in a period frame.
Category
1910s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
White Beauty Rustic Horse Oil Painting Canvas Equestrian Art 58X58" Horse Art
By Irena Orlov
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Natural Rustic Horse Textured Oil Painting on Canvas, Equestrian Art 58 W X 58" H,
Unstretched (Rolled) Canvas.
Stretching is free upon Request.
Artist...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pensive Woman oil on canvas painting european art
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Pensive Woman
Artist: Vicente Oliver (1896–1970)
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 18.1 x 15.0 in (46 x 38 cm)
Support: Unframed canvas
Date: Mid-20th century
Signatu...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Neon Lighting WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism American Scene Modern Figures
Located in New York, NY
Neon Lighting WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism American Scene Modern Figures
MAURICE BECKER (1889-1975)
'Neon Lighting
17 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches
Oil on masonite
Signed, dated 1936 and titled on verso
BIO
Maurice Becker, painter, political cartoonist and social reformer, was born in 1889 either in Gorky or Niznij Novgorod, in Russia. His family came to the United States in 1892, to New York City. After high school, Becker worked in a clothing factory. He studied with Ash Can School artist Robert Henri in 1908, and exhibited in the famous 1913 Armory Show in New York City when he was only twenty-four years of age.
At the Armory show, Becker showed a drawing of a dog's head...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Static 157, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Sia Aryai
Located in Yardley, PA
old energetic ruby red race across the palest deep red background. This lively original Painting is 12X16â€
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Sitting Woman - Oil Painting on Canvas by A. Feltrinelli - 1928
Located in Roma, IT
Sitting woman is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Feltrinelli in 1928.
Oil on canvas.
Beautiful and representative artwork of a female figure.
Includes ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Flower Still Life Signed and Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract still life oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas board. Signed. Image size, 24H by 18L.
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large & Detailed Watercolor of a Castle & Village by André Nejavits-Mery
Located in Chicago, IL
A large & detailed watercolor of a castle & village by André Nejavits-Mery, dated 1959 on Arches paper. Artwork size: 21 3/4" x 29 1/2". Framed size: 30 1/2" x 38". Provenance: ...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Israeli French Folk Art Naive Oil Painting Wine Bar in Paris Colorful Fauvist
By David Azuz
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil Painting on canvas. Hand signed and stamped with artist studio stamp. Frame measures 30.25 X 24.5. canvas measures about 26 X 20 inches.
Tel Aviv, 1942 –
Israel-born, France-ba...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Resilient Stare - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube.
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Samson Olatubos...
Category
19th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
“Portrait of Esther”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas painting of the artist’s wife in a red chair by the Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed top left and dated 1960. Condition is good. Unframed. Provenance...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Modern Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Pitcher & Candlestick
Located in Bristol, GB
PITCHER & CANDLESTICK
Size: 69 x 58 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A very well executed mid century modernist still life composition, painted in oil onto board.
This painting is...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Panoramic Black & White Painting of Westminster Victoria Embankment London City
Located in Preston, GB
Panoramic Black & White Painting of Westminster from Victoria Embankment, City of London.
A unique original from leading British Cityscape Artist, Angela Wakefield.
Art measures 2...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Horse Rider, Mixed Media on Canvas, Blue, Brown by Modern Indian Artist"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Bijan Choudhury - Untitled - 48 x 60 inches (unframed size)
Mixed Media on Canvas
Inclusive of shipment in roll form.
Style : The Marxist orientation did not allow Bijan Chowdhury "...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Amelia and Her Kittens
Located in Boston, MA
Signed and dated lower right: "Trachtman 6-7-62". Signed and titled verso: "Trachtman 'Amelia & Her Kittens'". From the estate of the artist.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Yellow and Blue Large Scale Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning and expressive large scale oil painting by mid-century San Francisco artist Louis Earnest Nadalini (American, 1927-1995). Signed "Nadalini" lower right. Unframed. Image size...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
88 x 68 x 2 inches: "So Blue, So Happy, So Cool", Oil on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This artist is a recipient of the Pollock-Krasner grant awarded to artists with established abilities, established by the wife of Jackson Pollock. We love the work of this artist bec...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Russian Peasant Woman”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of a Russian peasant woman in a moonlit landscape by the well known Russian American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed lo...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Temptation - Painting by Georges Valmier - Early 20th Century
By Georges Valmier
Located in Roma, IT
The Temptation is a modern artwork realized by Georges Valmier in the early 20th Century.
Mixed colored tempera painting.
Hand signed on the lower m...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Into an Azure Pond
Located in Westport, CT
DAVID DUNLOP is a modern-day old master whose luminous paintings draw from both Renaissance techniques and contemporary science. His paintings have been shown internationally and a...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Still Life with Wine', California Modernist, Santa Cruz, University of Maine
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Taylor' for Jonathan Taylor (American, born 1968) and painted circa 2000.
This listed California artist first studied art at the College of the Atlantic in Bal ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Vintage Signed Exhibited American Female Modernist Woman Sewing Framed Portrait
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century modernist interior portrait oil painting by Sadie Skoletsky Rosenblum 1899-1987. Great color and composition. Framed.
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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