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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
Paired Studies of Lions in Profile 1960's British Modernist Drawing
Paired Studies of Lions in Profile 1960's British Modernist Drawing

Paired Studies of Lions in Profile 1960's British Modernist Drawing

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Paired Studies of Lions in Profile 1960's British Modernist Drawing by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) oil crayon drawings on brown artist paper stuck on A4 artist paper, unframed ove...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil Crayon

Nude Figure In Blue Sunlit Room French Modernist Oil Painting
Nude Figure In Blue Sunlit Room French Modernist Oil Painting

Nude Figure In Blue Sunlit Room French Modernist Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Nude Portrait In Blue Sun Lit Interior by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century size : 7 x 6 inches oil on canvas, unframed condition: very good and ready to enjoy provenan...

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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Interior with Cats
Interior with Cats

Interior with Cats

Located in Atlanta, GA

Artist Statement "I’m a Canadian painter living on an island off the northwest coast of Canada. My current paintings revolve around floral still lives. The flowers are the original...

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2010s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Harmonic Sounds" by Jules Courvoisier - Oil on Canvas - 95x71 cm
"Harmonic Sounds" by Jules Courvoisier - Oil on Canvas - 95x71 cm

"Harmonic Sounds" by Jules Courvoisier - Oil on Canvas - 95x71 cm

Located in Geneva, CH

Artwork sold with frame (114 x 93 x 6 cm) Jules-Ami Courvoisier was a prominent Swiss painter, illustrator, and poster artist, born in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1884. He studied under Ch...

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1930s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Charles Pompilius figurative Young Female Nude Oil on Panel
Charles Pompilius figurative Young Female Nude Oil on Panel

Charles Pompilius figurative Young Female Nude Oil on Panel

Located in Detroit, MI

"Untitled" portrays a young female nude in an intimate setting within the artist's studio. This painting is done in the classical vein of full portraiture. The model, however, is not posed quietly, but is engaged with a person or object off the frame, or, perhaps in an interior monologue with herself. Regardless of which, the viewer's attention is not only attracted to the beauty of the model's figure, but the intention of her actions. Charles Pompilius...

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Early 2000s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Hidden Portraits XXI
Hidden Portraits XXI

Hidden Portraits XXI

Located in London, GB

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

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1980s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Board

"New Orleans, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
"New Orleans, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting

"New Orleans, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting

By Stanley Bate

Located in Westport, CT

This Modern abstract painting Stanley Bate is highly textured and features a warm, vibrant palette. Thick layers of red, orange, and blue paint appear to have been scraped back to c...

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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ancient View of the Bay of Naples  - Oil Painting - 19th Century
Ancient View of the Bay of Naples  - Oil Painting - 19th Century

Ancient View of the Bay of Naples - Oil Painting - 19th Century

Located in Roma, IT

View over the Bay of Naples is an orginal old master artwork realized by Master of Northern Europe School of the second half of 19th Century. Mixed colored oil on canvas. Relined....

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Late 19th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Elegant Female Skier Portrait Alpine Scene circa 1930s European School Barcelona
Elegant Female Skier Portrait Alpine Scene circa 1930s European School Barcelona

Elegant Female Skier Portrait Alpine Scene circa 1930s European School Barcelona

By Roger Broders

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Elegant Female Skier Portrait Alpine Scene circa 1930s Barcelona School Artist: Signed J. Barraguer School: Barcelona School Period: circa 1935–1945 Medium: Oil on canvas Signature: Signed lower right Support stamp: Casa Teixidor, Barcelona (verso) Dimensions: 61 × 50 cm (24 × 19.7 in) Frame: Unframed Condition: Good vintage condition consistent with age. Stable paint surface and fresh original colors. No visible restorations under normal inspection. DESCRIPTION Elegant alpine portrait of a female skier painted in Barcelona during the golden age of European winter tourism imagery, likely between the mid-1930s and early 1940s. The composition captures a refined winter sports aesthetic typical of pre-war Alpine visual culture, where skiing symbolized modernity, elegance and leisure rather than competition. The seated figure, dressed in a vivid blue jacket and striking red scarf, appears poised against a dramatic snowy mountain backdrop rendered with confident, atmospheric brushwork. The artist combines portrait sensitivity with poster-like clarity, creating an image that resonates strongly with the visual language of classic Swiss and French ski resort advertising from the same period. The palette is particularly effective: cool tonal snow fields contrast with warm facial modelling and bold accents of red, producing a balanced decorative presence ideal for interiors. The reverse bears a supplier stamp from Casa Teixidor, Barcelona, a well-known early twentieth-century artists’ material provider, supporting the proposed dating of the work. Today the painting reads both as a refined portrait and as an evocative example of early Alpine leisure imagery, making it especially suitable for mountain interiors, ski lodges, modernist homes or collectors interested in European travel culture of the interwar period. ARTIST BIO J. Barraguer was active in Barcelona during the first half of the twentieth century and worked within a pictorial language that bridges easel painting and illustration associated with the emergence of modern leisure culture in Europe. Artists of this generation frequently contributed to portraiture, decorative painting and tourism-related imagery that reflected the growing popularity of winter sports and Alpine travel between the 1920s and 1940s. Works such as this example demonstrate a confident handling of figure painting combined with a strong awareness of contemporary graphic aesthetics typical of the period. Paintings by Barcelona-based artists working in this hybrid decorative-figurative tradition are increasingly appreciated today for their ability to connect portraiture, design and early travel imagery within a single composition. Comparable in atmosphere to the refined Alpine winter imagery developed in Europe during the interwar period by artists associated with the golden age of ski resort poster design and leisure culture painting. The elegant treatment of the female skier and the stylized mountain backdrop resonate with the visual language found in works by artists such as Emil Cardinaux, Alex Walter Diggelmann, and Roger Broders, whose compositions helped define the iconic imagery of Alpine tourism between the 1920s and 1940s. The painting also shares affinities with the modern figurative approach to leisure subjects seen in Jean Gabriel Domergue, particularly in the refined depiction of fashionable female figures associated with elegance and travel culture of the period. Within the Iberian context, the work relates to the broader tradition of Catalan artists working between easel painting and decorative illustration during the early twentieth century, when winter sports imagery became part of the emerging visual identity of modern European tourism. female skier painting alpine skier portrait vintage ski painting...

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1930s Modern Paintings

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Oil

Bright & Cheerful French Modernist Signed Oil Still Life Flowers in Vase
Bright & Cheerful French Modernist Signed Oil Still Life Flowers in Vase

Bright & Cheerful French Modernist Signed Oil Still Life Flowers in Vase

By Huguette Ginet-Lasnier

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Flowers in Vase Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020) signed inscribed verso oil painting on canvas 18 x 13 inches. All the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come fr...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Hidden Portraits XV
Hidden Portraits XV

Hidden Portraits XV

Located in London, GB

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

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1980s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Board

'Port of Saint-Malo', French Modern School
'Port of Saint-Malo', French Modern School

'Port of Saint-Malo', French Modern School

Located in London, GB

'Port of Saint-Malo', oil on canvas affixed to board, French Modern School (1984). Although the artist dated this painting '84, it depicts a nostalgic view of the port of Saint-Malo in Western France's, Brittany in 1884 judging by the clothing worn by the characters depicted. The crowd on the shoreline is watching a sailboat regatta starting just inside the port's breakwater. A rather rare sunny day in Brittany brought out the parasols of the sitting ladies on the edge of the old ramparts. The walled city...

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1980s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Costa Rica! Still Life with Guitar, Fruit, Wine, and Newsprint in Oil on Canvas
Costa Rica! Still Life with Guitar, Fruit, Wine, and Newsprint in Oil on Canvas

Costa Rica! Still Life with Guitar, Fruit, Wine, and Newsprint in Oil on Canvas

By Irene Pattinson

Located in Soquel, CA

Costa Rica! Still Life with Guitar, Fruit, Wine, and Newsprint in Oil on Canvas Still life in a semi-cubist style by Irene Pattinson (American, 1909-1999). On a reddish-purple table, there is a plate with two apples, a bottle of wine, and an acoustic guitar. The guitar's headstock is shown extending from where the neck meets the body, implying a cubist interpretation of the scene. At the back of the still life arrangement, there is a (collage) newspaper with "Costa Rica!" in the headline. At the left of the composition, there is a curtain or cloth draped across part of the scene. Signed "Irene Pattinson" on verso. No frame. Canvas size: 32"H x 24"W Irene Pattinson (American, 1909-1999) studied at the California School of Fine Art (now The San Francisco Art Institute), San Francisco State College and The Marion Hartwell School of Design. She was President of the San Francisco Woman Artists Association 1955-56. Provenance:The Artist, Estate of Irene Pattinson: David Carlson; Estate of Larry Miller Fine Art, Robert Azensky Fine Art Solo Exhibitions: Lucien Labaudt Gallery 1955; San Francisco Museum of Art, 1961 (39 works) Selected Group Exhibitions: San Francisco Art Association Annual 1948, 54, 55; San Francisco Woman Artists, 1957-1960; Oakland Art Museum Annual, 1951, 58; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1960; Richmond Art Center, 1955, 56, 57, 58; San Francisco Art Institute 1959, 60. The Art Bank of the San Francisco Art Association, 1958, 59, 60, 62, 63; Winter Invitational, California Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1960; Fourth Winter Invitational, California Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1963; Awards: First Place, San Francisco Woman Artists Assoc., 1957, 1959; San Francisco Art Festival 1957;Literature: San Francisco Art Institute - A catalog of the Art Ban 1962/63; San Francisco and the Second Wave: The Blair Collection Exhibitions: 1963 The Art Bank of the San Francisco Art Association, San Francisco, CA 1963 California Palace of The Legion of Honor: Forth Winter Invitational, San Francisco, CA 1962 The Art Bank of the San Francisco Art Association, San Francisco, CA 1961 San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA 1960 California...

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1950s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Newsprint

French, Mid-Century View of a Port dated "59"
French, Mid-Century View of a Port dated "59"

French, Mid-Century View of a Port dated "59"

Located in SANTA FE, NM

View of a Port "59" French Modernist School Oil on canvas Illegibly signed. l.r., dated "59" 28 3/4 x 23 3/4 (30 x 25 frame) inches A positively brilliant, Modernist view of a French port...

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1950s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Peonies. Floral original painting
Peonies. Floral original painting

Peonies. Floral original painting

Located in Zofingen, AG

"Peonies" is a vibrant and expressive painting that captures the beauty and delicacy of blooming peonies. Created with bold, sweeping brushstrokes and a vivid palette, this artwork b...

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2010s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mary Magdalene - Oil on Canvas by Italian School 19th cent.
Mary Magdalene - Oil on Canvas by Italian School 19th cent.

Mary Magdalene - Oil on Canvas by Italian School 19th cent.

Located in Roma, IT

Oil on canvas. cm 60.5 x 2 x 50 Nice Oil painting (Italian School of XIX century) with a rapid sign and intense colors backgrpound. Some color cracking on left margin and top edge, ...

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18th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

The Window 352 - Contemporary Shiny Resin Minimalist Brown Dual Tone Artwork
The Window 352 - Contemporary Shiny Resin Minimalist Brown Dual Tone Artwork

The Window 352 - Contemporary Shiny Resin Minimalist Brown Dual Tone Artwork

By Ricky Hunt

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Flowers in Vase French Modernist Signed & Framed Oil Painting on Canvas
Flowers in Vase French Modernist Signed & Framed Oil Painting on Canvas

Flowers in Vase French Modernist Signed & Framed Oil Painting on Canvas

By Huguette Ginet-Lasnier

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Still Life of Flowers Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020) signed and inscribed verso framed oil painting on canvas framed: 20 x 17 inches canvas: 16 x 13 inches. All the painti...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Tulips & Lemons in Sunny Window Mediterranean Sea Signed French Oil Painting
Tulips & Lemons in Sunny Window Mediterranean Sea Signed French Oil Painting

Tulips & Lemons in Sunny Window Mediterranean Sea Signed French Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Tulips French Modernist School, mid 20th century signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 21.5 x 26 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very good condition For mo...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Village On Colourful Cliffside British Modernist Pastel Sketch
Village On Colourful Cliffside British Modernist Pastel Sketch

Village On Colourful Cliffside British Modernist Pastel Sketch

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 3.75 x 4.5 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condition: ve...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Pastel

Signed Sunset In Columbia Modernist Street Scene Framed WPA Rare Oil Painting
Signed Sunset In Columbia Modernist Street Scene Framed WPA Rare Oil Painting

Signed Sunset In Columbia Modernist Street Scene Framed WPA Rare Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 26 by 32 inches overall and 24 by 30 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.

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1940s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Always by My Side
Always by My Side

Always by My Side

Located in Zofingen, AG

This emotionally rich painting portrays the quiet presence of a beloved dog beside a woman, capturing a moment of stillness, trust, and unspoken connection. The work reflects the dee...

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2010s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Jockeys at the Rail
Jockeys at the Rail

Jockeys at the Rail

Located in San Francisco, CA

There’s an instant in a competitive horse race—whether it’s at Churchill Downs, Del Mar, Santa Anita Park, Saratoga or Belmont—of the utmost ferocity. That’s when the riders are jamm...

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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Sunspot 133 - Tall Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Autumn Tone Abstract Artwork
Sunspot 133 - Tall Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Autumn Tone Abstract Artwork

Sunspot 133 - Tall Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Autumn Tone Abstract Artwork

By Ricky Hunt

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

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Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Vintage American Modernist Framed Landscape Signed Fall River Scene Oil Painting
Vintage American Modernist Framed Landscape Signed Fall River Scene Oil Painting

Vintage American Modernist Framed Landscape Signed Fall River Scene Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent conditio...

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1980s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Framed Mid Century Original Oil Painting
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Framed Mid Century Original Oil Painting

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Framed Mid Century Original Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 20 by 16 inches image alone. Handsomely framed in w...

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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Large Antique American Bahamian Young Woman Portrait Signed Rare Oil Painting
Large Antique American Bahamian Young Woman Portrait Signed Rare Oil Painting

Large Antique American Bahamian Young Woman Portrait Signed Rare Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Really rare and well painted portrait by Christine Walters Martin (1895-1982). Oil on canvas. Framed in a nice modernist molding. Signed. Artist Bio: Christine Walters Martin (1895-1982) Born and raised in Brooklyn, Christine Martin majored in art at Columbia University/Teachers College. She spent summers painting at the Woodstock Art Colony under the tutelage of artists there and continued her art studies at the Art Student's League in New York City. Over the years, her teachers included John Sloan, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Alexander Brook and John McFee. She also studied with Eugene Speicher, who recommended her for Portraits Inc, through which some of his own commissions came. Much later in life, in her 80s, Christine studied watercolor with Zoltan Szabo. Before marrying attorney George Martin in 1923, she taught art in the New York public schools for several years. During summers in the late 1920s, after having two daughters (Cynthia, 1924-2008, and Joan, 1927-2000), she went to Woodstock with her girls in tow, staying at the Hasbrook farm. In 1930, she and her husband purchased a stone house on Ohayo Mountain Road and lived there seasonally for 25 years. Among her closest artist friends in Woodstock were Emil Ganso, Florence Hardiman, Albert Heckman, Peggy Dodds, Joe Rollo, Henry Mattson, Mary Ellen Early, and Maud and Miska Petersham, along with Juliana Force (Whitney Museum). During many summers in Woodstock, Christine's daughters Cynthia and Joan kept up their serious piano studies under the tutelage of Vladimir Padwa and Inez Carroll. Known for portraits and landscapes, she was a member of the National Association of Women Artists and the National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, NY. Her work showed at the National Arts Club, Weyhe and Preston Galleries and the National Academy of Design in New York; the Pennsylvania Academy in Philadelphia; the Woodstock Art Association and Rudolf Galleries in Woodstock, Vermont's Dawson Grist Mill Gallery, and South Hampton College, among others. Her portraits, landscapes and still lives hang in hundreds of homes around the world. Information provided by Bunny McBride...

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1920s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Untitled"
"Untitled"

Jean Calogero"Untitled", Circa 1950

$1,200Sale Price|25% Off

"Untitled"

By Jean Calogero

Located in Southampton, NY

Oil on canvas painting by the Italian artist, Jean Calogero. Circa 1950. Signed lower left Overall in museum quality gold leaf frame 17.5 by 15.75 inches. Condition: Good. Provenan...

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1950s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modern paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

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