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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
The Bass Season by John Atherton
The Bass Season by John Atherton

The Bass Season by John Atherton

Located in New Orleans, LA

John Atherton 1900-1952 American The Bass Season Saturday Evening Post cover, June 29, 1946 Signed "Atherton" (lower right) Inscribed "The Bass Season opens in the east July 1st /...

Category

20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Africa - Collage Painting in Orange - African American Artist  - Spiral Group
Africa - Collage Painting in Orange - African American Artist  - Spiral Group

Africa - Collage Painting in Orange - African American Artist - Spiral Group

By Alvin Hollingsworth 1

Located in Miami, FL

African American artist Alvin Hollingsworth part of the famous Spiral Group , created an inventive and intriguing close-up portrait with figures in the distance. Found objects such as swatches of burlap, plastic spoons, press type and wood shapes are adhered to the surface make this work an object as much as an image. The overall image is bathed in a super hot orange-yellow. This is Hollingsworth interpretation of the soul of Africa. Indistinctly signed lower right in red. The work makes a powerful statement in person. Provenance: The Artist to a personal friend. Private collection Framed dimensions 19 1/4 x 25 1/4 in. Alvin Carl...

Category

1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Burlap, Wood, Oil

Bird in Cage
Bird in Cage

Bird in Cage

Located in New York, NY

Gouache on board, 20 x 24 in. Signed (at lower right): Atherton Painted about 1940 RECORDED: Art News (May 11, 1940), illus. [clipping citation] EXHIBITED: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1940, The International Watercolor Exhibition, no. 156, illus. on cover as Bird in Cage...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Wood Panel

"Paula"
"Paula"

"Paula"

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 Benj...

Category

1940s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Israeli Expressionist Oil Painting Floral Bouquet Signed in Hebrew Miniature
Israeli Expressionist Oil Painting Floral Bouquet Signed in Hebrew Miniature

Israeli Expressionist Oil Painting Floral Bouquet Signed in Hebrew Miniature

Located in Surfside, FL

signed in Hebrew. this is a charming Judaica painting of a vase with a bouquet of flowers. it is signed Zeiffer or Zaipher. it has an Expressionist quality to it reminiscent of the ...

Category

20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abstract Still Life with Teapot Rope and Green Orbs French Modernist Gouache
Abstract Still Life with Teapot Rope and Green Orbs French Modernist Gouache

Abstract Still Life with Teapot Rope and Green Orbs French Modernist Gouache

By Guy Nicod

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Abstract Still Life with Teapot Rope and Green Orbs French Modernist Gouache Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 19.25 x 22.5 inches (heigh...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Abstract
Abstract

Abstract

Located in Sheffield, MA

Donald Raymond David American, 1906-2006 Abstract Oil on canvas 30 by 24 in, w/ frame 34 by 28 in Signed on back Inventory Number: 01915 Donald Raymond David was born in Springbro...

Category

20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ladies Night
Ladies Night

Ladies Night

By Eric BESS

Located in Atlanta, GA

Helene and Eric Bess are a team who have been collaborating for over 20 years. Both are professional artists with extensive experience in both the commercial and fine art fields. They presently work out of their studio in Florida, creating original art for gallery display, fine art crafts and taking commissions for murals & embellishments. Helene was born in Canada in 1949. She studied art in Europe as a young adult and attended Phoenix Pratt School of Design in New York and St. Petersburg Community College in Florida. She worked for advertising agencies and freelance art projects such as theater design and t-shirt designs for several companies. She owned and operated an art studio (“Artistic Endeavors”) in Melbourne, Fl. for five years. She started doing murals and embellishments (residential and commercial) from 1992 till present. She considers her early life in Europe the major source of her artistic influence as well as the works of Modigliani. Eric was born in Missouri in 1950. He started drawing literally as an infant and has never stopped. He was taking commissions for book covers & wall designs in his teens and studied art at Auburn University and The University of Alabama. He taught art in public schools in Alabama in the ‘70s. He worked as art director at Huntsville Educational Television for 6 years, as art director at Southern Sportswear in Daytona for 9 years, at Creative Signs & Designs in Flagler, Fl. for 6 years, and as a freelance artist and co-owner (with his wife Helene) of “BessStudio” (formerly “Artistic Innovations Inc.”) since 1998. His artistic influences include Michelangelo, Vermeer, Blake, Maxfield Parish...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

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

Bluey Beach - Original Abstract Contemporary Minimalist Geometric Resin Artwork
Bluey Beach - Original Abstract Contemporary Minimalist Geometric Resin Artwork

Bluey Beach - Original Abstract Contemporary Minimalist Geometric Resin Artwork

By Ricky Hunt

Located in Los Angeles, CA

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

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Untitled (New Bedford)

Untitled (New Bedford)

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Untitled (New Bedford), 1933, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 16 x 20 inches Hope Shippee Bunin was a multi-faceted artist, who worked as a painter, designer, and one ...

Category

1930s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Night In the City
Night In the City

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 ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Segovie
Segovie

Segovie

Located in Sheffield, MA

Marie Antoinette Boullard-Deve French, 1890-1970 Segovie Oil on canvas 29 by 21 ½ in. W/frame 39 by 31 ½ in. Signed lower left and titled and dated 1951 on the back Marie was born...

Category

1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Adolf Dehn - Haitian Scene A signed painting, Associated American Artists, 1950s
Adolf Dehn - Haitian Scene A signed painting, Associated American Artists, 1950s

Adolf Dehn - Haitian Scene A signed painting, Associated American Artists, 1950s

By Adolf Arthur Dehn

Located in New York, NY

Adolf Arthur Dehn Haitian Scene A, ca. 1951 Watercolor gouache on board Signed on the front Frame included: held in vintage modern frame Measurements: Framed: 11 inches vertical by ...

Category

1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, 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

Russin
Russin

Russin

By Vilma Eckl

Located in Wien, 9

The extensive work of Vilma Eckl covers a period of more than seventy years. Her incomparable artistic talent and her essential contribution to the history of art can be seen in her ...

Category

20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, 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

Antique American Modernist Fauvist Barn Rural Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Antique American Modernist Fauvist Barn Rural Landscape Framed Oil Painting

Antique American Modernist Fauvist Barn Rural Landscape Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas board. Framed. Measuring: 21 by 27 inches overall, and 18 by 24 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. Ha...

Category

1940s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Abstract Expressionist Mid-Century Forest Scene. Gouache on Paper. 61cm x 81cm.
Abstract Expressionist Mid-Century Forest Scene. Gouache on Paper. 61cm x 81cm.

Abstract Expressionist Mid-Century Forest Scene. Gouache on Paper. 61cm x 81cm.

Located in Cotignac, FR

Mid-century abstract expressionist gouache on paper of a forest landscape. Signed Ricard and presented in a black frame under glass. 81cm x 61cm x 1 cm. This artwork is a vibrant an...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Young boy by Max Band - Portrait painting
Young boy by Max Band - Portrait painting

Young boy by Max Band - Portrait painting

By Max Band

Located in London, GB

Young boy by Max Band (1901-1974) Oil on canvas 81.2 x 54.4 cm (32 x 21³/₈ inches) Signed lower left Max Band Provenance Private collection, London

Category

20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid Century Hungarian Gilt Oil Painting on Board Modern Judaica
Mid Century Hungarian Gilt Oil Painting on Board Modern Judaica

Mid Century Hungarian Gilt Oil Painting on Board Modern Judaica

Located in Surfside, FL

From a collection by a long time Miami Beach art dealer on the old Lincoln Rd. This is a piece he brought back from hungary. from a collection of good Hungarian artists and Illustrat...

Category

20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Fine 20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Portrait Woman in Headscarf
Fine 20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Portrait Woman in Headscarf

Fine 20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Portrait Woman in Headscarf

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Portrait of a Woman in Headscarf by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 18 x 15 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Madonna
Madonna

Madonna

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist: Joe Montanes – Spanish (1918-1998) Title: Madonna Year: circa 1970 Medium: Oil on board Painting size: 27.75 x 19.75 inches. Framed size: 32.75 x 24.75 inches Signature: Signed upper left Condition: Very good The painting is in very good condition. The frame is in good condition with a few tiny scratches which are barely visible upon very close inspection. Jose Montanes studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Carlos in Valencia. In 1947, he had his first one-man show in Barcelona Recognition, scholarships, acclaim and honours quickly followed. At about this time, the French government awarded the young artist a scholarship to study at the Ecole de Beaux Arts...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Reversed Profile Nude Figure Pencil Sketch 20th Modernist Century Drawing
Reversed Profile Nude Figure Pencil Sketch 20th Modernist Century Drawing

Reversed Profile Nude Figure Pencil Sketch 20th Modernist Century Drawing

By Jacqueline Boisselot

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Nude Figure Sketch by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century size: 25.5 x 19.75 inches double sided pencil drawing on thin paper, unframed condition: very good and ready to ...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Pencil

The town of Eze
The town of Eze

The town of Eze

By Robert Hallowell

Located in Fairlawn, OH

The town of Eze (French Riviera) Oil on canvas, 1928 Signed and dated lower right (see photo) Depicts the Medieval village of Eze, located on the Riviera in the Alpes-Maritimes Condi...

Category

1920s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

A Ballynakill Woman.
A Ballynakill Woman.

A Ballynakill Woman.

By Gerald Leslie Brockhurst

Located in Plano, TX

A Ballynakill Woman. c. 1926. Oil on canvas. 30 x 25. Housed in an elegant gold leaf frame. Signed 'Brockhurst' in green paint, in the blanket, lower right. Provenance: Provenance...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Flowering Cactus"

"Flowering Cactus"

By Gershon Benjamin

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Jim's of Lambertville is proud to present this artwork by Gershon Benjamin (1899 – 1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lifes, and urban scenes, Gershon Benja...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By Melchor Zapata

Located in Barcelona, CT

The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate

Category

2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Still Life with Dahlias
Still Life with Dahlias

Still Life with Dahlias

By Michel Henry

Located in Sheffield, MA

Michel Henry French, 1928- Still Life with Dahlias Oil on canvas 28 ¾ by 39 ½ in, w/ frame 38 ½ by 49 in Signed lower right Michel-Henry is acknowledged as an important painter in ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Flowers in a Vase, oil on canvas on cardboard, 71.5x55.5 cm
Flowers in a Vase, oil on canvas on cardboard, 71.5x55.5 cm

Flowers in a Vase, oil on canvas on cardboard, 71.5x55.5 cm

Located in Riga, LV

Flowers in a Vase, oil on canvas on cardboard, 71.5x55.5 cm Fridrihs Milts (1906.21.XII – 1993.5.XI) Fridrihs Milts graduated studio of Figurative painting (under the guidance of G. Eliass) in Latvia Art academy (1932). He took part in exhibitions of association “Zala varna” (since 1929). Artist also took part in exhibitions of Culture Foundation. Self-exhibition was made in Riga (1943) and the rest ten exhibitions were made when artist lived in exile. In 1950 – 60th F. Milts took part in exhibitions of group “Cetru grupa”. In 1960 he got prize from Culture Foundation of North American Latvians. Artist was a leader of New York Latvian...

Category

1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

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