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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
River Landscape with Bystanders - Oil on canvas - 18th Century
River Landscape with Bystanders - Oil on canvas - 18th Century

River Landscape with Bystanders - Oil on canvas - 18th Century

Located in Roma, IT

River Landscape with Bystanders is an original old master artwork realized by Artist of 18th Century. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. The painting is approachable to traditio...

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18th Century Modern Paintings

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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

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1949 Vintage Mid Century Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Begonia & Apples
1949 Vintage Mid Century Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Begonia & Apples

1949 Vintage Mid Century Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Begonia & Apples

Located in Bristol, GB

BEGONIA & APPLES Size: 64 x 59 cm (including frame) Oil on board A very pleasant and meticulously painted mid-century still life that captures a potted begonia arranged beside a...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Cobo Shells by Fernand Blondin - Oil on Canvas - 54x81 cm
Cobo Shells by Fernand Blondin - Oil on Canvas - 54x81 cm

Cobo Shells by Fernand Blondin - Oil on Canvas - 54x81 cm

By Fernand Blondin

Located in Geneva, CH

Fernand Blondin (1887-1967) was a Swiss painter and teacher, celebrated for his depictions of idyllic rural life, interiors, female nudes, portraits, still-lifes, religious subjects ...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Brooklyn Bridge II"
"Brooklyn Bridge II"

"Brooklyn Bridge II"

By Gershon Benjamin

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899 - 1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon ...

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1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Full of Colors Mixed Media Heavy Textured Painting 38x54"
Mid Century Full of Colors Mixed Media Heavy Textured Painting 38x54"

Mid Century Full of Colors Mixed Media Heavy Textured Painting 38x54"

By Irena Orlov

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Mid Century Full of Colors Painting ORL-14064-1 Mid Century Full of Colors One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Collector's Edition Mixed Media: Acrylic, Ink, Digital, Watercolor,...

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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Old Jew Taking Children to School (the Refugee)
Old Jew Taking Children to School (the Refugee)

Old Jew Taking Children to School (the Refugee)

By Marian Kratochwil

Located in Surfside, FL

Marian Kratochwil, Modern British artist (1906-1997) Painter and writer, born in Kosow, Poland, whose early training was in the studio of Stainislaw Batowski. First one-man exhibitio...

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20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Beatificado" Modern Tabloid Inspired Religious Social Commentary Painting
"Beatificado" Modern Tabloid Inspired Religious Social Commentary Painting

"Beatificado" Modern Tabloid Inspired Religious Social Commentary Painting

Located in Houston, TX

Modern, large scale social commentary painting by California artist John Valdez. Comes with the original sketch as well as a book about the artist. Inspired by the cover of a Mexican tabloid, Valadez invites the viewer to examine the duality of a society that mourns the death of an iconic religious leader and neglects those close to them who are perhaps deemed not worthy of consideration. The bold red headline reads “El cardenal Gabiri será beatificado” (Cardinal Gabiri will be beatified) above a large accompanying image of the cardinal in his casket and two smaller images, one of sobbing mourners and another of the cardinal sitting at the altar. Dividing the image is a subhead that reads, “El pueblo católico está de luto” (the Catholic people are mourning) placed above a depiction of four young boys who seem to be sniffing glue. The adjacent text reads “The indifference of the adults is the cause behind the issues these forgotten children have to live.” This work was exhibited at the Pacific Standard Time, Long Beach Museum of Art in 2011, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in 2012, as well as the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, IL in 2013. Signed by artist in front lower right corner as well as titled and dated in front lower left corner. Currently unframed, but options are available. Artist Biography: John Valadez...

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1970s Modern Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Felt Pen, Paper

Untitled, Intaglio on Paper, Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"

Untitled, Intaglio on Paper, Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"

By Laxma Goud

Located in Kolkata, West Bengal

K. Laxma Goud - Untitled, Intaglio - 12.5 x 9.5 inches (unframed size) Etching on Paper, 2022 ( Unframed & Delivered ) Style : Goud displays versatility over a range of mediums, fro...

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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper, Etching

Low mountains of Snowdonia, Hugh Cronyn, British, 20th Century oil
Low mountains of Snowdonia, Hugh Cronyn, British, 20th Century oil

Low mountains of Snowdonia, Hugh Cronyn, British, 20th Century oil

By Hugh Cronyn

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

A richly textured and atmospheric landscape, Low Mountains of Snowdonia exemplifies Hugh Cronyn’s mastery of light, colour, and form. Signed CRONYN lower right and inscribed on the r...

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20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Aboriginal Figure -  Oil Painting - Mid-20th Century

Aboriginal Figure - Oil Painting - Mid-20th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Aboriginal figure is an original contemporary artwork realized in the mid-20th Century by an Anonymous artist. Mixed colored oil and tempera on paper. Includes frame: 79.8 x 2 x 54...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rocks on the Shore
Rocks on the Shore

Rocks on the Shore

By Harry Neyland

Located in Sheffield, MA

Harry A. Neyland American, 1877-1958 Rocks on the Shore Oil on canvas 26 by 32 in, w/ frame 34 ½ by 40 ½ in Signed lower left Harry A. Neyland — painter, sculptor, illustrator, and...

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Mid-20th Century 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

Israeli Motke Blum Modernist Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Bezalel Artist
Israeli Motke Blum Modernist Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Bezalel Artist

Israeli Motke Blum Modernist Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Bezalel Artist

By Motke Blum

Located in Surfside, FL

Motke Blum was born in Racacun, Romania in 1925. Early in his childhood, the Blum family moved to Bucharest where they settled in a house situated near a circus. The circus would become young Blum's greatest love. He befriended several of the clowns and other performers and, when not painting or playing in clay, Blum could be found enjoying the company of these spirited entertainers. These experiences would later become a recurring theme in many of his works of art. In 1938, he was taken by the Romanian Iron Guard. When the Germans invaded Romania, Blum was taken to a forced labor camp. Even during his imprisonment, he continued to create art, painting on the walls of the camp. He escaped the Nazi camp in 1944 and boarded an immigrants' ship to Israel. One of the three ships in the convoy was sunk by a German torpedo. Motke later incorporated shipwrecks, boats, and other maritime subjects into several of his paintings. Studies, Bezalel, Jerusalem, Enamel, Silversmithing, Painting and Sculpture. 1956 Seminar in the dep. of design in the royal silver factory of Zeist, The Netherlands. Over the course of his long and fruitful career, Blum showed internationally at over fifty one-man-shows with exhibits in Israel, Holland, England, Belgium, the United States, France, Australia, and more. His art has been commissioned for public buildings and by prominent figures in Israel and around the world, and a series of posters were commissioned by the Justice Ministry and the Ministry of Tourism. Group exhibition Rina Gallery, Jerusalem Artists: Motke Blum, Efraim Fima (Roytenberg, Ephraim) Zelig Segal, David Sharir, Joseph Halevi...

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20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Illustration Board

1972 Gestural Oil Painting Boat in Harbor Figural Abstraction Raoul Middleman
1972 Gestural Oil Painting Boat in Harbor Figural Abstraction Raoul Middleman

1972 Gestural Oil Painting Boat in Harbor Figural Abstraction Raoul Middleman

By Raoul Middleman

Located in Surfside, FL

Raoul Middleman (born 1935 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American painter. Middleman has been a member of the Maryland Institute College of Art faculty since 1961. American University Museum at the Katzen Center has described Middleman as a "Baltimore maestro [whose] nudes are not pretty—they are sagging, dimpled, and real. His cityscapes reveal the underbelly of post-industrial rot, his narrative paintings give contemporary life to his personal obsessions. They are intelligent, messy, and utterly masterful." From an interview with RM "I was doing abstract art. Then Roy Lichtenstein came around, and I wanted to be current. I remember Grace Hartigan said, “You’ve gotta go to New York, seize destiny by the hand.” My friend Jon Schueler took my slides up to Eleanor Ward, who had the Stable Gallery. My Pop art paintings were discovered. I moved to New York into Malcolm Morley’s old loft down on South Street. Agnes Martin was upstairs... People who interest me come from different quarters. I knew guys around Schueler, like B.H. Friedman. But I also knew the Pop world pretty well – Al Hansen, Richard Artschwager, Lichtenstein. I became friends with Raoul Hague...

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1970s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Arthur Kill

Arthur Kill

By Charles Louis Goeller

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This painting is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness. Oil on canvas, 15 ¾ x 24 inches, Signed and titled verso on stretcher Exhibited: [Solo Exhibition] Cha...

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1940s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Where Are You ?", with Bridge Pyramid Shape & the Mona Lisa Figurative Painting

"Where Are You ?", with Bridge Pyramid Shape & the Mona Lisa Figurative Painting

By Françoise Collandre 1

Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

"Where are you?", at a place where there are an arched bridge, a pyramid-shaped glass building and a portrait of the Mona Lisa. The lady in the painting asks or is asked in the phone...

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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Contemporary British Naïve Style Animal Oil Painting - Majestic Lion
Contemporary British Naïve Style Animal Oil Painting - Majestic Lion

Contemporary British Naïve Style Animal Oil Painting - Majestic Lion

Located in Bristol, GB

MAJESTIC LION Size: 45 x 55 cm (including frame) Oil on board A charming contemporary naïve style painting, executed in oil onto panel by British artist Matt Rix. The composition p...

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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Family of Three, Mid Century Gouache on Paper
Family of Three, Mid Century Gouache on Paper

Family of Three, Mid Century Gouache on Paper

By Ivan Kurach

Located in Surfside, FL

Ivan Kurach (1909 – 1968) lived and studied in Italy. Well known both in Europe and in the United States, his paintings are found in famous private collections and in museums all ov...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Une Reunion
Une Reunion

Une Reunion

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Flower Pot -  Oil Paint - 1961

Flower Pot - Oil Paint - 1961

Located in Roma, IT

Flower Pot is an original artwork realized by an artist of 20th century in 1961. Original Oil on Paper. Good condition. The author’s signature, at the bottom right in red, is ille...

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1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Odalisques - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Odalisques - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s

Odalisques - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s

By Antonio Feltrinelli

Located in Roma, IT

Odalisques is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas, realized in 1930s. Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1887 – Gargnano, 1942) He was born in Milan on June 1, 1887 to Giovanni Feltrinelli, the nephew of Giacomo, who was the founder of the Feltrinelli partnership. Feltrinelli was not only a prominent figure in the Italian economic and financial field, but he was also a painter, who was characterized as a strong, impetuous hot colorist, and preferred still lifes, portraits and landscapes. He started his career in 1930 at La Permanente (Milan), where he exhibited a portrait and a still life that won him the Fornara award. That same year, Feltrinelli exhibited his work at the Venice Biennial and at the Pesaro Gallery in Milan. Together with other prominent avant-garde artists, he participated in various foreign exhibitions on modern Italian painting...

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1930s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

A Place to Go, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
A Place to Go, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

A Place to Go, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Christel Haag

Located in Yardley, PA

"A Place to Go" is a colorful and positive acrylic painting on canvas. It is painted in the Informel tradition, in a dynamic and gestural style. The main colors are turquoise, pink, ...

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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"New Hampshire Winter" Georgina Klitgaard, Female WPA, Northeastern Landscape
"New Hampshire Winter" Georgina Klitgaard, Female WPA, Northeastern Landscape

"New Hampshire Winter" Georgina Klitgaard, Female WPA, Northeastern Landscape

By Georgina Klitgaard

Located in New York, NY

Georgina Klitgaard New Hampshire Winter Signed lower right Oil on canvas 38 x 28 inches Georgina Klitgaard’s art has sometimes gotten lost in the critical propensity to assign arti...

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Early 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sailing Ships
Sailing Ships

Sailing Ships

Located in Surfside, FL

Maritime Impressionist painting in somber night sky colors.

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fisherman, Watercolor by Lucio Ranucci
Fisherman, Watercolor by Lucio Ranucci

Fisherman, Watercolor by Lucio Ranucci

By Lucio Ranucci

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Lucio Ranucci, Italian (1925 - ) Title: Fisherman Year: 1982 Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed and dated l.r. Image Size: 15.5 x 19 inches Size: 20 x 26 in. (50.8 x 66.04 cm)

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1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Women & Horse, Mixed Media by Indian Artist Sunil Das "In Stock"
Women & Horse, Mixed Media by Indian Artist Sunil Das "In Stock"

Women & Horse, Mixed Media by Indian Artist Sunil Das "In Stock"

By Sunil Das

Located in Kolkata, West Bengal

Sunil Das - Nude Woman & Horse - 10.5 x 11.25 inches (unframed size) Mixed Media on Thick Paper Free Shipping Without Frame Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artist ...

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1990s Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Dissolve 001

Dissolve 001

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

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