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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
Set of 2 Bright Landscape Studies of 1960's British Modernist Drawings
Set of 2 Bright Landscape Studies of 1960's British Modernist Drawings

Set of 2 Bright Landscape Studies of 1960's British Modernist Drawings

By Irina Hale

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Set of Two Paired Studies 1960's British Modernist Drawing by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) oil crayon drawings on light brown artist paper stuck on A4 artist paper, unframed overal...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil Crayon

A Piece of Cake
A Piece of Cake

A Piece of Cake

By Maurizio Battifora

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Marie Antoinette in this delightfully excessive painting captures the spirit of luxury and overindulgence with a humorous twist. The iconic queen, Marie Antoinette is adorned in a st...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Portrait of a lady
Portrait of a lady

Portrait of a lady

Located in Wien, 9

In elegant clothing and a pompous hat, the lady looks out from the side of the picture. The narrow neckline and the sideways positioning create a strict and controlled impression. Th...

Category

1910s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

River Landscape, Student of Birger Sandzen
River Landscape, Student of Birger Sandzen

River Landscape, Student of Birger Sandzen

By Anna Keener

Located in Grand Rapids, MI

Anna Keener (American, 1895-1982) Signed: Anna E. Keener (Lower, Right) " River Landscape ", circa 1930 Oil on Canvas Laid on Board 18" x 24" Housed in its original 2" Period Ca...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Breath of Fresh Sky
Breath of Fresh Sky

Breath of Fresh Sky

By Andrew Kinmont

Located in London, GB

Andrew studied Fine Art at University of Wales, graduating with a first class Honours degree in 2007. He then obtained further training through St Martins College London and Westdene...

Category

2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Home to Thanksgiving

Home to Thanksgiving

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Home to Thanksgiving, c. third quarter 20th century, oil on Masonite, signed lower left, 26 ¼ x 20 inches Priscilla Roberts was an American painter who rose to prominence in the 194...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson Signed British Oil Painting on Canvas
Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson Signed British Oil Painting on Canvas

Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson Signed British Oil Painting on Canvas

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Lord Nelson British school, late 20th century signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 16.5 x 13.5 inches canvas: 14 x 11 inches provenance: private collection, London condition: very go...

Category

20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Gloucester, Modernist New England Landscape, Student of Henry Keller
Gloucester, Modernist New England Landscape, Student of Henry Keller

Gloucester, Modernist New England Landscape, Student of Henry Keller

Located in Grand Rapids, MI

Clara Deike (American, 1881 - 1964) Signed: Clara L. Deike (Lower, Right) " Gloucester ", 1919 Watercolor and Gouache on Paper Sight Size: 20" x 23 1/4" Housed in a Period Carve...

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Early 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Figurative Garden Scene Woman Gate Watercolour Mid Century Style Painting
Figurative Garden Scene Woman Gate Watercolour Mid Century Style Painting

Figurative Garden Scene Woman Gate Watercolour Mid Century Style Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Figurative garden scene with woman and ornamental gate (20th century) Watercolour on paper, unframed. Size: approximately 13.75 x 19.75 inches (height x width) Unsigned. Condition: f...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Still life by Johan Taylor - Oil on canvas 33x55 cm
Still life by Johan Taylor - Oil on canvas 33x55 cm

Still life by Johan Taylor - Oil on canvas 33x55 cm

Located in Geneva, CH

Oil on canvas sold with frame (golden leaf) Total size with frame is 47x69 cm Johan Taylor is a Swiss artist born in the 20th century.

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Yellow Roses in Hopi Pot, American 20th Century Female Artist
Yellow Roses in Hopi Pot, American 20th Century Female Artist

Yellow Roses in Hopi Pot, American 20th Century Female Artist

By Emma Fordyce MacRae

Located in London, GB

Oil on board Image size: 15 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches (40 x 29 cm) Framed Provenance By descent from the estate of the artist Emma Fordyce MacRae Emma Fordyce MacRae was an American representational painter. She was a member of the Philadelphia Ten, a group of women artists who worked and exhibited together. Her work — including still lifes and paintings of women — shows the influence of Asian flower paintings and of Seurat. MacRae grew up in New York City, where she attended Miss Chapin's School and the Brearley School. She enrolled at the Art Students League in 1911, studying first with Frank DuMond and Kenneth Hayes Miller, and beginning in 1915, with Luis Mora, Ernest Blumenschein, and John French Sloan. She also attended one of Robert Reid's summer courses. MacRae's painting, "Green Jade," was shown at the Anderson Galleries in 1928, at an exhibit of artist members of the American Woman's Association. Many exhibitions and gallery showings followed. In 1937, MacRae's painting "A Persian Girl," was listed as deserving of special mention by The New York Times critic Edward Alden Jewell. In the 1940s, MacRae was chairman of the awards jury of the National Association of Women Artists. Galleries rediscovered MacRae's art in the 1980s; the Richard York Gallery in New York exhibited thirty of her paintings in December 1983. In 1987, her painting of a Venetian cafe was part of "American Women Artists, 1830-1930," an exhibition displayed at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. and in four other museums. MacRae had studios in New York City and in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Where MacRae painted her New England landscapes form the Cape Ann Landscapes...

Category

20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

American Modernist Flower Still Life Interior Design Chair Signed Oil Painting
American Modernist Flower Still Life Interior Design Chair Signed Oil Painting

American Modernist Flower Still Life Interior Design Chair Signed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American school modernist interior view with chair and flowers oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 27 by 25 inches overall, and 22 by 20 painting alone. ...

Category

1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Finely Painted Fauvist Sheep Portrait Modernist Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Finely Painted Fauvist Sheep Portrait Modernist Landscape Framed Oil Painting

Finely Painted Fauvist Sheep Portrait Modernist Landscape Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American fauvist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 28 by 32 inches overall, and 20 by 24 painting alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang ...

Category

1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Super Realist Barn Landscape Signed Framed Painting
Vintage American Modernist Super Realist Barn Landscape Signed Framed Painting

Vintage American Modernist Super Realist Barn Landscape Signed Framed Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist barn landscape oil painting. Super realist. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 16 by 21 inches overall, and 15 by 20 painting alone.Excellent condi...

Category

1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Mid Century Modern Swedish Expressive Landscape Oil Painting - Winter Valley
Mid Century Modern Swedish Expressive Landscape Oil Painting - Winter Valley

Mid Century Modern Swedish Expressive Landscape Oil Painting - Winter Valley

Located in Bristol, GB

WINTER VALLEY Size: 52.5 x 67 cm (including frame) Oil on board An expressive mid-century modernist landscape that captures a quiet riverside valley, executed in oil onto board. Th...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Lewis Lee Tilley Abstract Gouache Family Portrait American Modernist 1947
Lewis Lee Tilley Abstract Gouache Family Portrait American Modernist 1947

Lewis Lee Tilley Abstract Gouache Family Portrait American Modernist 1947

Located in Denver, CO

A rare and compelling 1947 abstract gouache family portrait by American Modernist Lewis Lee Tilley, blending expressive figuration with the bold geometric sensibility of mid-century ...

Category

1940s Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

American Modernist New York School Interior Scene Framed Portrait Painting
American Modernist New York School Interior Scene Framed Portrait Painting

American Modernist New York School Interior Scene Framed Portrait Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American modernist interior scene painting. Oil and mixed media on paper. No signature found. Framed. Measuring: 19 by 17 inches overall, and 14.5 by 13 painting alone. Exc...

Category

1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid Century Modern Swedish Expressive Still Life Oil Painting - Teapot & Bottles
Mid Century Modern Swedish Expressive Still Life Oil Painting - Teapot & Bottles

Mid Century Modern Swedish Expressive Still Life Oil Painting - Teapot & Bottles

Located in Bristol, GB

TEAPOT & BOTTLES Size: 41 x 49 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas An expressive and painterly mid-century still life painting that presents a serene arrangement of everyday objects,...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Rocks and Sea
Rocks and Sea

Rocks and Sea

By Paul Burlin

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Signed and dated lower right: Burlin 1914 Provenance Private collection Born in New York City, Paul Berlin was a Social Realist for most of his career, i...

Category

20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Heron by Mountain Lake, Modern Oil on Board, Signed, Mid-20th Century
Heron by Mountain Lake, Modern Oil on Board, Signed, Mid-20th Century

Heron by Mountain Lake, Modern Oil on Board, Signed, Mid-20th Century

Located in Harkstead, GB

A very atmospheric scene of a majestic heron sitting before a sunset in an extensive mountainous landscape, the sun dramatically breaking through the clouds, mostly likely at sunrise...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

The Window 316 - Modern Resin Green Artwork
The Window 316 - Modern Resin Green Artwork

The Window 316 - Modern Resin Green 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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Fleurs au Pot Noir
Fleurs au Pot Noir

Fleurs au Pot Noir

By Michel De Gallard

Located in Sheffield, MA

Michel De Gallard French, 1921-2007 Fleurs Aux Pot Noir Oil on canvas 18 by 25 ¾ in, w/ frame 26 ⅜ by 34 in Signed lower left Inventory Number: 01913 Michel De Gallard was born on...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modernist Portrait of a Woman by Philadelphia Artists Julius Bloch
Modernist Portrait of a Woman by Philadelphia Artists Julius Bloch

Modernist Portrait of a Woman by Philadelphia Artists Julius Bloch

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Julius Thiengen Bloch (American, born Germany, 1888-1966) Portrait of a Woman Oil on canvas, 32 x 25 1/4 inches Framed: 38 x 31 inches (approx.) Signed at lower right: "Julius Bloch"...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Morphos

Morphos

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Woodmere, OH

This is an original work by world famous artist Hunt Slonem.

Category

2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

1953 Swedish Expressive Landscape Oil Painting - Cottage Among Green Hills
1953 Swedish Expressive Landscape Oil Painting - Cottage Among Green Hills

1953 Swedish Expressive Landscape Oil Painting - Cottage Among Green Hills

Located in Bristol, GB

COTTAGE AMONG GREEN HILLS Size: 34.5 x 43 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas An expressive and dynamic mid-century landscape painting scene of houses nestled in rolling green hills,...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Modern Jazz Ensemble -- The Band Box Quartet, Signed
Mid Century Modern Jazz Ensemble -- The Band Box Quartet, Signed

Mid Century Modern Jazz Ensemble -- The Band Box Quartet, Signed

Located in Soquel, CA

Mid Century Modern Jazz Quartet Figurative -- "The Band Box" Signed A vivid, mid-century modernist interpretation of a jazz ensemble by Louis M. Centofanti (American, 1921-2018). "B...

Category

1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Mid Century Modern Vintage Swedish Abstract Oil Painting -Procession of Shadows
Mid Century Modern Vintage Swedish Abstract Oil Painting -Procession of Shadows

Mid Century Modern Vintage Swedish Abstract Oil Painting -Procession of Shadows

Located in Bristol, GB

PROCESSION OF SHADOWS Size: 39.5 x 53 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A striking and richly textured mid-century abstract composition, executed in oil onto canvas. Although abstr...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Peter Max Flower Blossom Lady Original Painting
Peter Max Flower Blossom Lady Original Painting

Peter Max Flower Blossom Lady Original Painting

By Peter Max

Located in San Francisco, CA

Peter Max was born in 1937. He is a very well listed and well collected American artist. He has been very prolific in his career, but nevertheless, he is highly sought after and collected, especially recently. This wonderful original acrylic on canvas was most likely painted in the late 1990s or early 2000. It is a favorite subject matter of his the blossoming lady or lady with blossoms. This painting is so vibrant exploding with colors. It measures 10 1/2 inches wide by 10 1/2 inches high. The frame measures 18“ x 18“. He has had Auction results over $70,000 but sells for much more privately and in galleries Once again, this is an original Peter Max acrylic...

Category

20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Gloucester Vista
Gloucester Vista

Gloucester Vista

By Henry Martin Gasser

Located in New York, NY

Signed lower right: H. GASSER; on verso: “Gloucester Vista” / HENRY GASSER / N.A.

Category

20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Variation 1, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Variation 1, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Variation 1, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Christel Haag

Located in Yardley, PA

"Variation 1" is a colorful, dynamic, positive acrylic painting on canvas. It is a Color Field Painting with expressive and gestural black and white movements. The sides of the a...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Sunset in the City"
"Sunset in the City"

"Sunset in the City"

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 ...

Category

1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Mid Century Modern Semi-Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Houses with Red Roofs
Mid Century Modern Semi-Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Houses with Red Roofs

Mid Century Modern Semi-Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Houses with Red Roofs

Located in Bristol, GB

HOUSES WITH RED ROOFS Size: 54 x 49 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A mid-century painting that presents a semi-abstracted urban scene with houses, executed in oil onto canvas. ...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

1957 Mid Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting - Village Across the Water
1957 Mid Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting - Village Across the Water

1957 Mid Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting - Village Across the Water

Located in Bristol, GB

VILLAGE ACROSS THE WATER Oil on Board Size: 40.5 x 59 cm (including frame) A very atmospheric mid century modernist landscape composition, painted in oil onto board and dated 1957. ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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