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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Seascape I, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic on canvas. I live by the sea and it has become one of my recurrent themes. :: Painting :: Modern :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by t...
Acrylic
Vorgarten in der Provence
Located in Wien, 9
In the flyleaf of the catalog published on the occasion of his exhibition in the Gallery Pels-Leusden in Berlin in 1982, there is the following dedication: “For the very gifted Rolan...
Canvas, Oil
A 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Social Realist Oil, Tenement Backyards
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Social Realist painting of a tenement back yard by D.H. Crosby. Artwork size: 24 x 18 inches, oil on Masonite (Framed size: 30 x 24 inches). ...
Masonite, Oil
A Still Life
Located in Sheffield, MA
Alvin Hollingsworth American, 1928-2000 A Still Life Oil on canvas 36 by 24 in. W/frame 42 by 30 in. Alvin was a member of the prominent Spiral group. Spiral was formed in 1963 in the New York studio of Romare Bearden. Spiral members aimed to address civil and human rights concerns and show support for the Civil Rights Movement. They did not, however, want to adhere to strict aesthetic criteria or compromise their artistic individuality. Spiral also included Norman Lewis, Hale Woodruff, Charles Alston, Emma Amos...
Oil
Vintage Lobster Illustration Marker Drawing Red Orange Marine Artwork
By Guy Nicod
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Modernist Lobster in Red and Orange Marker Drawing By Guy Nicod (French, 1923–2021) Felt-tip pen and marker on artist's paper, unframed. 16.5 × 12.25 inches (height × width) P...
Pen, Felt Pen
Mediterranean Landscape
Located in Wien, 9
This captivating Mediterranean landscape by Josef Floch (oil on canvas) offers a rare opportunity to own a work by one of the most distinctive voices in 20th-century Austrian-America...
Oil
$1,950Sale Price|54% Off
Mildred Welsh Hammond Cripple Creek Colorado Modernist Gouache, American Modern
Located in Denver, CO
A striking 1953 gouache by American Modernist Mildred Welsh Hammond (1900–1980) depicting the historic mining town of Cripple Creek, Colorado in her dist...
Gouache
$1,144Sale Price|28% Off
Woman in Mediterranean Garden Spanish Figurative Impressionist Oil Paint female
By Juan Soler
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Seated Woman in Mediterranean Garden Spanish Figurative Impressionist Oil Painting Female Portrait c.1985 Artist: Juan Soler (Spanish, born 1951) Title: Mujer sentada en el jardín D...
Oil, Canvas
Download, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
"Download" is an abstract modern artwork on paper. It is painted gesturally and dynamically, very expressive, full of movement. It is multicolored - a real statement piece of art. ...
Acrylic
Modern Floral Oil Painting
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Striking, modern floral oil painting on canvas that is both fiery hot and sensual, while pulling you into the painting. Painted by Dennis Teakle i...
Oil
In the Garden, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
In this painting I play with the representation of the figure and the landscape through simple overlapping shapes and symbols to illustrate a sense of interconnectedness. I use clean...
Acrylic
$1,120Sale Price|20% Off
Minimalist Figurative Drawing by Cuban artist Juan Carlos Vazquez Lima
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Minimalist Figurative Drawing by Cuban artist Juan Carlos Vazquez Lima. Original Unique Piece. Juan Carlos was born in Havana Cuba June 30th 1986. He Studied at Eduardo Garcia Delg...
Acrylic, Ballpoint Pen
Celebration, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Susan Porter
Located in Yardley, PA
It is not hard to find something to be thankful for.... Where life plants you, bloom with grace- Unknown Hydrangeas in a champagne bucket :: Painting :: Modern :: This piece com...
Acrylic
WPA American Scene Modernism 20th Century NYC Industrial "Cellar with Horseshoe"
Located in New York, NY
"Cellar with Horseshoe" WPA American Scene Modernism 20th Century NYC Industrial Joseph Solman (1909-2008) "Cellar with Horseshoe" 16 x 20 inches, c. 1938 Oil on canvas Initialed "...
Canvas, Oil
$4,000
Large Oil Painting Israeli Pinchas Litvinovsky Jerusalem Israel Bezalel School
By Pinchas Litvinovsky
Located in Surfside, FL
Pinchas Litvinovsky (Russian/Israeli, 1894-1985) A group of people, Jerusalem Types Hand signed indistinctly (lower right) in English and in Hebrew Verso. Oil on canvas Dimensions ...
Canvas, Oil
Model with Swan - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Model with swan is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s. Oil on plywood. Beautiful and representative artwork of a female figure. Anton...
Oil
Knuffel, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Knuffel" is a small, lively, colorful painting on canvas. It has many overpaintings, giving it great depth. It's a fun little work of art that will make you smile - and that's ...
Acrylic
"Studio Interior"
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 ...
Canvas, Oil
Basket of Fruit
Located in Sheffield, MA
Charles Levier French, 1920-2004 Basket of Fruit Oil on Canvas 24 ¼ by 30 ¼ in, w/ frame 33 ½ by 39 ½ in Signed upper right Charles Levier was born in 1920 from a French father and...
Oil
Stephen W. Kuzma Contemporary Signed Landscape of Rome Painting
Located in Roma, IT
Stephen W. Kuzma Contemporary Signed Landscape of Rome Painting This wonderful 1990 oil on canvas by American artist Stephen W. Kuzma (1933–2023) is a panoramic view of Rome, likely ...
Canvas, Oil
Edgar Britton Colorado Winter Landscape 1945 Gouache WPA Era American Modern Art
Located in Denver, CO
A serene yet atmospheric winter landscape by Edgar Britton, this 1945 gouache captures a snow-covered mountain road winding through the Colorado Rockies. Tall trees frame the composi...
Gouache, Archival Paper
$1,373Sale Price|20% Off
Charles Wilton, Busker in Paris, decorative painting. violin player.
Located in Berlin, DE
Charles Wilton, Buskers in Paris, decorative painting. violin player. Dimensions WITHOUT frame in cm 40 x 50 Dimensions WITH frame in cm 53 x 63
Canvas, Oil
Casa Loma Stomp: Modern Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas by New York artist Alan Fenton, titled "Casa Loma Stomp," created in 1967. This original work measures 44 x 45 inches and is a strong example of Fenton's mature abstrac...
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Rocket Ship Cityscape Abstract Skyline
By Edward Arthur Anderson
Located in Miami, FL
In the present work, the artist arranges a series of rockets and support structures in a row to mimic the New York City skyline under hyper-dramatic lighting conditions. It embodies ...
Masonite, Oil
Hermit Creek Canyon, Grand Canyon
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Dewitt Parshall. "Hermit Creek Canyon, Grand Canyon” is a modern oil on canvas, landscape painting, in an earth-tone palette. The artwork...
Oil
Late Afternoon - Modernist Mid-Century Midwest Oil Painting
Located in Marco Island, FL
A quintessential American Scene landscape painted by the Chicago Modernist, William Schwartz. Workers in tilled fields surrounding a farmstead under dramatic skies. Painted in 1935...
Canvas, Oil
$1,637
'Le Petit Village', Grape Harvest, Oil on Canvas by Paul Braig (circa 1950s)
Located in London, GB
'Le Petit Village' (Languedoc), Grape Harvest, Oil on Canvas by Paul Braig (circa 1950s). The grape harvest is under way in a small Languedoc village. In the foreground, pickers bend...
Canvas, Oil
$1,100Sale Price|50% Off
Parisian Street Scenes Oil on Canvas Painting Signed R. Roywilsens, a Pair
Located in Plainview, NY
A classy pair of oil on canvas Parisian street scenes paintings signed by the artist R. Roywilsens. ( American, 1940's) The paintings fe...
Canvas, Oil
$5,750
Paul Kauvar Smith "Shovel Handles" 1953 Mid-Century Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Paul Kauvar Smith (American, 1893–1977) Shovel Handles, 1953 Oil on board Signed and dated lower margin, title inscribed verso Image: 24 × 18 inches Framed: 30 × 24 × 1½ inches A st...
Oil
FLIGHT American Futurism Modernism Scene WPA Mid-Century Oil Painting Realism
Located in New York, NY
FLIGHT American Futurism Modernism Scene WPA Mid-Century Oil Painting Realism Daniel Celentano (1902-1980) "Flight," 26 x 26 inches. Oil on canvas, c. 1940s. Signed lower right. Ori...
Canvas, Oil
Clyde Singer Attributed, Courting Scene, Interior Scene, Oil on Canvas
Located in Astoria, NY
Clyde J. Singer (American, 1908-1999) Attributed, Courtship Scene, Oil on Canvas, 20th century, partially obliterated signature lower right, giltwood frame. Image: 47.5" H x 34.5" ...
Canvas, Oil
Corrida Espagnole by JEAN DUFY - Bullfighting scene, oil on canvas, modern art
By Jean Dufy
Located in London, GB
Corrida Espagnole by JEAN DUFY (1888-1964) Oil on canvas 33.2 x 55.3 cm (13 ¹/₈ x 21 ³/₄ inches) Signed lower right, Jean Dufy This work is accompanied by a certificate of authentic...
Oil, Canvas
$11,800Sale Price|20% Off
"Testing the Water" American Modernist Interior Scene Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible and rare early American modernist interior scene still life. So finely painted and a very rare and provocative subject for its time. Signed lower left. Handsomely fram...
Canvas, Oil
Kennedy, John Color Portrait, Smiling Left - Mark Shaw Editioned Giclée Print
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Color portrait of JFK nb_118v – A rare color portrait of JFK. Image size is 22" x 22" (for 24" x 36" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to orde...
Giclée
$12,819Sale Price|20% Off
Ricard Opisso, Large 1940s Figurative Oil Painting, Catalan Modernist Narrative
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Ricard Opisso i Sala – “Soldiers Flirting in the Park” – Oil on Canvas, 75 × 101 cm (29.5 × 39.7 in) Artist: Ricard Opisso i Sala (1880–1966) Title: Soldiers Flirting in the Park Te...
Oil
Spanish Dancers, Abstract Expressionist Oil on Board by Lou Fink
By Lou Fink
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lou Fink, American (1925 - 1980) Title: Spanish Dancers Year: 1964 Medium: Oil on Board, signed, dated and titled verso Size: 10 in. x 14 in. (25.4 cm x 35.56 cm) Frame Size:...
Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Interior Floral Still Life Framed Oil Painting - Red Tulips
Located in Bristol, GB
RED TULIPS Size: 67 x 58 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A captivating and well-balanced interior still life composition, executed in oil onto canvas. Upon first glance, a vase ...
Oil, Canvas
Striking 1940s portrait painting of a distinguished gentleman
Located in Colfax, CA
This is a striking portrait painting of a gentleman, possibly a self portrait by the artist Dunbar Dyson Beck. Beck was a painter, muralist, teacher, interior designer and educator. ...
Oil
$7,000
"Baroque Figure" Raoul Pene Du Bois, Black and White, Interior, Clothing
Located in New York, NY
Raoul Pene Du Bois Baroque Figure 1968 Signed and dated lower left Oil and mixed media on board 73 x 30 1/2 inches Raoul Pène Du Bois (1914–1985) was an acclaimed American costume ...
Mixed Media, Oil, Board
$1,930
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre, Genève by Roberto Gherardi - Oil on wood 51x42 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on wood Frame measures 59x51 cm
Oil, Wood
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...
Canvas, Oil
the starry night they met, Painting, Acrylic on Other
Located in Yardley, PA
it was dark. it rained. then the stars showed. each cat then saw the other. they growled. grrr, GRRR. then they met. this painting was inspired by a style (manga) developed in japan ...
Acrylic
$1,091Sale Price|20% Off
1960's French Modernist Oil Painting Green background with Bizarre Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 1960's period Title: figurative group, with deep green color background. Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 36.5 x 26 inches Provenance: pri...
Oil
Mid Century Painting of a Church, In a Monastery Garden
Located in Cotignac, FR
Painting of a church or monastery in a garden, mid century, oil on canvas by Reginald Schoedelin. The painting is indistinctly signed bottom right, but there is a notation and attrib...
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Impressionist Boat Docks in Oil, Signed, Framed
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Impressionist Boat Docks in Oil, Signed, Framed Painterly scene of boats and boats being built at the docks in old Pacific Grove, Calif...
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
The Ancient, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The Ancient - 54 x 62 acrylic on canvas abstract painting by Barnett Suskind :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the ar...
Acrylic
april swale, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A bright colorful view painted in magical realism of a seasonal wetland :: Painting :: Modern :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist ::...
Oil
$600Sale Price|32% Off
Post Impressionist/ Modernist Still Life with Landscape oil
Located in Frome, Somerset
A fine still life with a landscape oil circa 1990's. Signed MW : Margaret Webb, the well exhibited contemporary gallery artist. Oil on board 51cmx 61cm G...
Oil
$2,047Sale Price|25% Off
Rene Genis, Modernist oil still life of a Jug and bell peppers on a table
By René Genis
Located in Harkstead, GB
A really striking and stylish large still life by this Modernist master. René Genis (1922-2004) Pot Bland et poivrons Signed and further signed to reverse and inscribed with the tit...
Canvas, Oil
Mixed Greens #1
By Susan Cohen
Located in Fairfield, CT
About the artist: Susan Cohen’s paintings are exhibited with New York City galleries: George Billis, Garvey Simon, First Street,The Painting Center; and the Cynthia Winings Gallery...
Egg Tempera, Panel
Framed Modern Bush Mixed Media Painting, Circa 1925, Not Signed
By Mario Sironi
Located in Roma, IT
Mixed media on canvas, realized in 1925 ca. Not signed. Certificate of authenticity on photograph by Prof. Meloni. Framed, in very good condition.
Mixed Media
$3,900Sale Price|47% Off
Male Portrait with Still Life (Mid-Century, Modern, Portrait, Vibrant, ~47% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Daniel Brennan Male Portrait with Still Life (Mid-Century, Modern, Portrait, Colorful, Vibrant) Oil on Canvas Year: 1960s Size unframed: 32 x 36 inches (81.28 x 91.44 cm) Size framed...
Canvas, Oil
Night In the City
By Pal Fried
Located in Sheffield, MA
Pal Fried Hungarian-American, 1893-1976 Night In the City Oil on canvas 30 X 24 in. w/ frame 36 ¼ X 30 ¼ in. Signed "Fried Pal" lower right Pal was born in Budapest and studied at ...
Canvas, Oil
John Roy Eldershaw (1892-1973) Australian watercolour NEW SOUTH WALES TAZMANIA
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: John Roy Eldershaw (1892-1973) Australian TITLE: "Cattle At A Watering Hole NSW" SIGNED: lower right MEDIUM: watercolour on paper SIZE: 68cm x 58cm incl frame CONDITION: ...
Watercolor
Autumn Day Drive oil painting by Arnold Friedman
Located in Hudson, NY
Painting size 12 ½" x 14 ½", framed 18" x 20 ¼" x 2" Signed "Friedman" lower right Inscribed verso: "Title: Autumn Day Drive. Associated impressions of two drives Hudson River and F...
Oil, Panel
Mid-20th Century Abstract Canvas Painting with Curved Lines
By Jean Xceron
Located in New York, NY
Jean Xceron (Greek-American, 1890 – 1967) Mid-20th Century Abstract Painting Oil on canvas 41.7 x 43.5 inches Signed lower left Jean Xceron (1890 – 1967) is a modernist artist who...
Canvas, Oil
$402Sale Price|20% Off
The string orchestra. 2024., acrylic on paper, 24x24 cm
By Ansis Butnor
Located in Riga, LV
The string orchestra. 2024., acrylic on paper, 24x24 cm Ansis Butnors (1977) Education: J. Rozentals Art School in Riga – 1989. – 1996. Latvian Academy of Art, Painting Department...
Paper, Acrylic
Endless Fields, Landscape painting, Original art, Gerhard Richter Style Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Endless Fields is a contemporary artwork by emerging artist and painter Fleur Park. Fleur Park's art is influenced by the push and pull of her country life vs her old city life. The ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled, Acrylic on Paper by Modern Indian Artist “In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Shuvaprasanna Bhattacharya Untitled Acrylic on Paper 14 x 11 inches 2002 (Framed & Delivered ) In this delicate composition, he explores the intimate poetry of nature through a ...
Paper, Acrylic
View of Paris
Located in Sheffield, MA
Vincent Fannell French, born 20th century View of Paris Oil on canvas 30 by 36 in, w/ frame 40 ¼ by 46 ¼ in Signed lower right
Oil