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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
1960's French Modernist Oil Painting Portrait of Distinctive Lady, framed
1960's French Modernist Oil Painting Portrait of Distinctive Lady, framed

1960's French Modernist Oil Painting Portrait of Distinctive Lady, framed

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Portrait of a Lady French School, circa 1960's signed "A. Berlin"?? oil painting on board, framed framed: 18.5 x 12.5 inches board: 18 x 12 inches provenance: private collection, Fra...

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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

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

Saraswati, Figurative, Mythology by Raja Ravi Verma "In Stock"

Saraswati, Figurative, Mythology by Raja Ravi Verma "In Stock"

Located in Kolkata, West Bengal

Raja Ravi Varma - Laxmi, 19 x 14 inches Oleograph with embellishments, Circa (Unframed & Delivered) Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter and artist...

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1890s Modern Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

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

The Gentleman's Park Bench French Modernist 20th Century Oil on Canvas, 13x18 in
The Gentleman's Park Bench French Modernist 20th Century Oil on Canvas, 13x18 in

The Gentleman's Park Bench French Modernist 20th Century Oil on Canvas, 13x18 in

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Gentleman’s Park Bench Modernist Figurative Landscape by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French, 1929–2024) pupil of André Lhote oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 13 x 18 inches Provenance: a...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Anza-Borrego Desert California Modernist Large Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Anza-Borrego Desert California Modernist Large Landscape Framed Oil Painting

Anza-Borrego Desert California Modernist Large Landscape Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American modernist landscape signed oil painting of the Anza-Borrego desert. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 36 by 44 inches overall. In excellent original condit...

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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Floral Still Life, 20th Century Cleveland School Artist
Abstract Floral Still Life, 20th Century Cleveland School Artist

Abstract Floral Still Life, 20th Century Cleveland School Artist

By August Biehle

Located in Beachwood, OH

August Frederick Biehle (American, 1885-1979) Abstract Floral Still Life Watercolor and pencil on paper Signed lower right 24 x 19 inches 29.5 x 24.5 inches, framed A versatile pain...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Watercolor, Pencil

Antique American Modernist Nocturnal Street Scene Signed Framed Oil Painting
Antique American Modernist Nocturnal Street Scene Signed Framed Oil Painting

Antique American Modernist Nocturnal Street Scene Signed Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American modernist nocturnal street scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed . Measuring: 14 by 12 inches overall, and 8 by 10 painting alone. In excellent original...

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1910s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1950s French Landscape of Biene, Burgundy
1950s French Landscape of Biene, Burgundy

1950s French Landscape of Biene, Burgundy

By François Brochet

Located in San Francisco, CA

A penciled note “Biene vue generale” on the wooden stretcher bar verso leads the viewer to Beine, a charming wine-producing commune located in the Yonne department of Burgundy, Franc...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Figural Composition Oil Painting
Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Figural Composition Oil Painting

Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Figural Composition Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist abstract figural oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 25 by 19inches overall. Handsomely framed in...

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1940s Modern Paintings

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Oil, 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

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

Philippe Auge Signed Still Life, 1966
Philippe Auge Signed Still Life, 1966

Philippe Auge Signed Still Life, 1966

By Philippe Auge

Located in New York, NY

Philippe Auge (French, b. 1935) Des Fruits Heureux D'Etre Fruits, 1966 Oil on canvas Framed: 10 1/8 x 13 5/8 x 1 in. Signed upper right: Auge Inscribed verso: Philippe Auge, Paris Fr...

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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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

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

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...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil Crayon

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

Green Table Newspaper and Flower Vases Abstract Interior Modernist Still Life
Green Table Newspaper and Flower Vases Abstract Interior Modernist Still Life

Green Table Newspaper and Flower Vases Abstract Interior Modernist Still Life

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Green Table Newspaper and Flower Vases Abstract Interior Modernist Still Life Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 19.75 x 25.5 inches (heig...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Gouache

'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

Portrait of a Young Woman
Portrait of a Young Woman

Portrait of a Young Woman

Located in London, GB

'Portrait of a Young Woman', oil on board, by Anna Costa (circa 1960s). This is a beautiful, expressive portrait of a young woman painted by the artist using her trademark vibrant c...

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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

The Ditch

The Ditch

By Virginia True

Located in Los Angeles, CA

The Ditch, 1934, oil on board, signed and dated lower right, 18 x 24 inches, label verso has title, artist’s name, Colorado and New York addresses, and original price Virginia True ...

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1930s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

Antique American Impressionist Framed Coastal Seascape Original Oil Painting
Antique American Impressionist Framed Coastal Seascape Original Oil Painting

Antique American Impressionist Framed Coastal Seascape Original Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American impressionist signed coastal seascape oil painting. Oil on canvasboard. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 14 by 18 inches overall, and 12 by 16 painting alone. In excelle...

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1940s Modern Paintings

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Oil

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

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...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil Crayon

The Window 379 - Contemporary Shiny Resin Minimalist Brown Yellow Tone Artwork
The Window 379 - Contemporary Shiny Resin Minimalist Brown Yellow Tone Artwork

The Window 379 - Contemporary Shiny Resin Minimalist Brown Yellow 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

1970's French Abstract Expressionist Signed & Dated Large Oil Painting
1970's French Abstract Expressionist Signed & Dated Large Oil Painting

1970's French Abstract Expressionist Signed & Dated Large Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

French Expressionist circa 1970's signed and dated oil on canvas canvas: 25.5 x 32 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound condition, age related...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Farmhouse in Autumn, Early 20th Century Landscape by Florence Helena McGillivray
Farmhouse in Autumn, Early 20th Century Landscape by Florence Helena McGillivray

Farmhouse in Autumn, Early 20th Century Landscape by Florence Helena McGillivray

Located in Soquel, CA

Farmhouse in Autumn, Early 20th Century Landscape by Florence Helena McGillivray A vibrant and colorful late 1920's landscape by Florence Helena McGillivray (Canadian, 1864-1938). This beautiful 1929 landscape depicts a quaint farmhouse in autumn, surrounded by a landscape full of fall foliage in goldenrod yellow, bright orange, and deep red, with soft purple hills receding into the distance. Signed "F. McGillivray" lower left. Displayed in a new Arts & Crafts style giltwood frame. Board size: 16"H x 20"W. Framed size: 19.25"H x 23.25"W x 1"D. McGillivray (1864–1938) garnered admiration for her modern landscape paintings, as well as for her mentorship of young artists, including Tom Thomson. She has been credited in some instances as an influence for what would later be known as the Group of Seven. A prolific sketcher and painter, Florence McGillivray...

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1920s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas, Illustration Board

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

"Market Tents" Modern Abstract Pastel Toned Cubist Style Street Scene
"Market Tents" Modern Abstract Pastel Toned Cubist Style Street Scene

"Market Tents" Modern Abstract Pastel Toned Cubist Style Street Scene

By Romeo Tabuena

Located in Houston, TX

Modern abstract pastel toned street scene by Philippine-born artist Romeo Tabuena. The work features a street scene with shadow figures browsing under a white tarp. Signed and dated in the front upper left corner. Currently hung in a grey toned frame. Dimensions Without Frame: H 19.75 in. x W 31.75 in. Artist Biography: Romeo Tabuena is a Philippine-born painter rooted in Eastern sensibility. He has been a resident of Mexico for more than four decades. Born in Lloilo in 1921, he studied architecture at the Mapua Institute of Technology and a fine arts course, majoring in painting, at the University of the Philippines. He also studied at the Art Students League in New York and at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris. Tabuena decided to settle in Mexico and to make it the base of his painting career. But he has maintained links with his native country through participation in its major art projects, and despite his long residence in Mexico, he has retained his Philippine citizenship. One of his major works since 1957 is a government-commissioned mural, Filipiniana, at the Philippine Embassy in Washington D.C. His other exhibits include a ten-year retrospective show in 1959 at the Philippine Art Gallery in Manila. In 1962, his successful one-man show, which was sponsored by the Philippine Government at the International Salon of the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City, "further elevated the status of Philippine painting...

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1970s Modern Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

Two Female Portraits - Tempera by Mino Maccari - 1920s
Two Female Portraits - Tempera by Mino Maccari - 1920s

Two Female Portraits - Tempera by Mino Maccari - 1920s

By Mino Maccari

Located in Roma, IT

To Female Portraits is an original modern artwork realized in the early 20th Century by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989). Original painting. Tempera on pap...

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Early 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Tempera

Made In The Shade 5 - Modern Resin Minimalist Multicolor Geometric Abstract Art
Made In The Shade 5 - Modern Resin Minimalist Multicolor Geometric Abstract Art

Made In The Shade 5 - Modern Resin Minimalist Multicolor Geometric Abstract Art

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

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