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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
Interior with Figures

Interior with Figures

By Arthur Osver

Located in Dallas, TX

Arthur Osver studied at Northwestern University and the Art Institute of Chicago. Osver was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1952. He taught at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, Columbia Un...

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1930s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bouquet 2

Bouquet 2

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...

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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Egg Tempera

Weeds & Pink Wildflowers

Weeds & Pink Wildflowers

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...

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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Egg Tempera

My Only Working Tool
My Only Working Tool

My Only Working Tool

Located in Los Angeles, CA

My Only Working Tool, 1949, oil on panel, signed and dated lower right, 16 x 12 inches, remnant of exhibition label verso, exhibited at the Art News Second Annual National Amateur Competition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY, December, 1950 (see The Best Amateurs, Art News, volume 49, issue 8, December 6 to 20, 1950, p. 65 – 66), presented in a period frame Fausto Sansone...

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1940s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Untitled" Abstract by Todd and Fitch
"Untitled" Abstract by Todd and Fitch

"Untitled" Abstract by Todd and Fitch

Located in Los Angeles, CA

An energetic abstract by Nicolas Todd (1969) and Damien Fitch (1964), a duo of French artists, that have been working together since the beginning of ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Plywood, Paper

The New Hat, 20th Century British Oil Portrait Interior

The New Hat, 20th Century British Oil Portrait Interior

Located in London, GB

Oil on canvas on board Image size: 15 3/4 x 21 3/4 inches (40 x 55 cm) Contemporary style frame This sensitive portrait captures the use of contemporary dress of this lady beautifu...

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Early 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Kitchen Still Life
Kitchen Still Life

Kitchen Still Life

By Heinrich Krause

Located in Wien, 9

If one tries to describe Heinrich Krause’s almost one-century work in a few words, one recognizes an artist who, despite continuously changing artistic trends, remains faithful to ce...

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20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Primate Family, dark, abstracted monkeys, oil on panel w red, disrupted realism

Primate Family, dark, abstracted monkeys, oil on panel w red, disrupted realism

By Audrey Anastasi

Located in Brooklyn, NY

ABOUT the artist: Audrey Frank Anastasi is a prolific feminist artist, working in painting, drawing, collage, mixed media, & printmaking. She is also curator, gallerist, educator and arts advocate. Most of Ms. Anastasi's figurative works are painted with her non-dominant left hand. She has created large bodies of works of birds, animals and birch trees. She has had 20 solo & 200 group shows. Her "ref-u-gee" series will be shown in 2020 at Medgar Evers College in collaboration with the Valentine Museum of Art, Brooklyn. Accompanying the show will be a limited-edition monograph w/ over 180 images and a foreword by Phyllis Braff. Ms. Anastasi's collage series was exhibited at Welancora Gallery, Brooklyn, in May, 2019. In 2018, ten paintings were exhibited in "Painting to Survive," curated by Yale critic Jonathan Weinberg. Book and catalog publications include "Stations of the Cross", SPQR press, BREUCKELEN magazine, “Audrey Frank Anastasi”, catalog essay Cindy Nemser, and "Collage," essay by Giancarlo T. Roma. Public art includes a portrait of Jo Davidson...

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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Liminal 001

Liminal 001

By Carl Linstrum

Located in Atlanta, GA

Carl Linstrum's "Other Side" series of paintings speak to disappearing ecosystems in a time of increasing climate crises, while celebrating the sheer beauty of nature through richly ...

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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Modernist Portrait, Boy Seated " Mid Century Oil Painting on Board
"Modernist Portrait, Boy Seated " Mid Century Oil Painting on Board

"Modernist Portrait, Boy Seated " Mid Century Oil Painting on Board

Located in New York, NY

A strong modernist oil painting depicted in the 1950's of a Boy seated with a bowl of fruits. Comes displayed in a distressed wood frame, signed lower left illegibly. Art measures 1...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Abstract Landscape, Surrealist Gouache Painting by Yohanan Simon 1962
Abstract Landscape, Surrealist Gouache Painting by Yohanan Simon 1962

Abstract Landscape, Surrealist Gouache Painting by Yohanan Simon 1962

By Yohanan Simon

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Yohanan Simon (1905-1976) Title: Landscape Medium: Gouache on paper laid to card Date: 1962 Signature: Signed and dated in Hebrew Paper Size: 16.75 x 21 inches Frame Size: 24...

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1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Laid Paper

Vintage Still Life Painting of Fruit by Antonio Gusini
Vintage Still Life Painting of Fruit by Antonio Gusini

Vintage Still Life Painting of Fruit by Antonio Gusini

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Striking still life oil painting on canvas of fruit and leaves in a mysterious dark background, executed in a hyper realism technique. Labeled on the back Gusini and presented in a p...

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20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Enigma" Signed Graciela Garza
"Enigma" Signed Graciela Garza

"Enigma" Signed Graciela Garza

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Dramatic oil and acrylic paint on canvas by Graciela Garza. Signed and dated on the back March 2022. She was born into a family of artists in Saltillo, ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Edgar Yeager Figurative Interior Scene
Edgar Yeager Figurative Interior Scene

Edgar Yeager Figurative Interior Scene

By Edgar Yaeger

Located in Detroit, MI

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY Yaeger was an American Modernist painter from Detroit, Michigan, who is credited with being one of the first painters in this style. The portrait “Untitled” easil...

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1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Standing Male Nude Back View French Modernist Ink Figure Drawing
Standing Male Nude Back View French Modernist Ink Figure Drawing

Standing Male Nude Back View French Modernist Ink Figure Drawing

By Jacqueline Boisselot

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title Standing Male Nude Back View French Modernist Ink Figure Drawing Artist Jacqueline Boisselot French late 20th century Medium Black ink on artist paper unframed Size 19 x 12.75 ...

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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic, Felt Pen

A Serene 1940s, Modern Western Landscape Painting with Horses by Francis Chapin
A Serene 1940s, Modern Western Landscape Painting with Horses by Francis Chapin

A Serene 1940s, Modern Western Landscape Painting with Horses by Francis Chapin

By Francis Chapin

Located in Chicago, IL

A serene, 1940s Modern Western landscape painting with horses by famed Chicago artist, Francis Chapin. Accompanied with a handsome walnut brown stained wooden frame. Canvas size: 22 x 28 inches. Framed size: 25 x 31 inches. Estate stamped on reverse. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington and Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...

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1940s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Back Facing Nude Female In Bold Colour Interior French Modernist Oil Painting
Back Facing Nude Female In Bold Colour Interior French Modernist Oil Painting

Back Facing Nude Female In Bold Colour Interior French Modernist Oil Painting

By Jacqueline Boisselot

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Nude Women Portrait by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century 19.75 x 20 inches oil on artist paper, unframed condition: very good and ready to enjoy provenance: from a priv...

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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Neighborhood Geometry

Neighborhood Geometry

By Robert Jessup

Located in Atlanta, GA

Born in Moscow, Idaho,and raised in Seattle, Robert Jessup received his BFA from the University of Washington in 1975 and his MFA from the University of Iowa in 1979. His work has be...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

20th Century French Modernist Figure and Child Drawing
20th Century French Modernist Figure and Child Drawing

20th Century French Modernist Figure and Child Drawing

By Guy Nicod

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Figure and child by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 8 x 5.5 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and sound ...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Ballpoint Pen

Stormy Sea - Mixed colored Oil on Canvas - Mid-19th Century
Stormy Sea - Mixed colored Oil on Canvas - Mid-19th Century

Stormy Sea - Mixed colored Oil on Canvas - Mid-19th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Stormy sea is an original modern artwork realized by Artist of Northern Europe School of the mid-19th Century. Mixed colored oil on canvas. Includes frame.

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Mid-19th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Spring in Dorset, 20th Century English Oil Landscape, Female Artist
Spring in Dorset, 20th Century English Oil Landscape, Female Artist

Spring in Dorset, 20th Century English Oil Landscape, Female Artist

Located in London, GB

Oil on board, unsigned Image size: 12 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches (31.75 x 40 cm) Contemporary style handmade frame Exhibitions 1952 Royal Academy of Arts Exhibition, Gallery no. VII, no.429. This forest scene invites the viewer into a multi-sensory event where the cool, damp shadows of the foliage can almost be felt and the rich bouquet of the forest floor recalled. Here, Sherlock has chosen a somewhat unusual angle and composition, dissecting each truck and tree form so that only a part can be seen. Furthermore, as we look into the depths of this space it becomes clear that we are stood gazing down into a valley that is in the distance, behind this wooded area. Indeed, instead of giving us an uninterrupted view of this vista, as perhaps would be expected, this view is deliberately blocked and our focus is directed instead towards the organic forms in the foreground. The Artist  Marjorie Sherlock was born at Fir Tree Cottage, George Lane, Wanstead, Essex, on 3 February 1891, the elder child of the civil engineer, Henry Sherlock, and his wife, Alice (née Platts), who was born in Benares, India. By 1901, the family was living at ‘The Limes’, 121 Mill Road, Cambridge, and Marjorie received an education locally. In 1918, she entered into marriage with her cousin, Major Wilfrid Barrett, though this proved unsuccessful and they later divorced (he remarrying in 1941). She then continued to live at the family home until the Second World War. During the First World War, Marjorie Sherlock studied at Westminster Technical Institute under the Camden Town School painters, Walter Sickert and Harold Gilman. She exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts from 1917, when she showed a powerful view of the interior of Liverpool Street Station (Government Art Collection) (to which the current etching [202] relates). In time, she would exhibit at the International Society, the New English Art Club, the Royal Society of British Artists, the Society of 207 Graphic Art and the Women’s International Art Club (becoming a member of the last two). She also showed work internationally. Developing as a printmaker as well as a painter, Sherlock studied etching under Malcolm Osborne at the Royal College of Art in 1925. She published her etchings in four series, the titles of which indicate her love of travel: ‘English Etchings, ‘Egyptian Etchings’ (both 1925), ‘German Etchings’ (1929) and ‘Indian Etchings’ (1932). During this period, she also visited the united States. More admiring of Continental painters than British ones, she furthered her studies, in 1938, by working in Paris under André L’Hôte and André Dunoyer de Segonzac. During the Second World War, Sherlock moved to East Devon and settled at Oxenways, a Victorian hunting lodge...

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1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Gladioli Still Life"
"Gladioli Still Life"

"Gladioli Still Life"

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 ...

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1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

A 1930s Modern Street Scene of St. Charles Street, New Orleans, Exhibited- AIC
A 1930s Modern Street Scene of St. Charles Street, New Orleans, Exhibited- AIC

A 1930s Modern Street Scene of St. Charles Street, New Orleans, Exhibited- AIC

By Walter Burt Adams

Located in Chicago, IL

A Colorful 1930s Modern Street Scene of St. Charles Street, New Orleans by Notable Chicago Artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990). A vibrant, painterly view of a sunlit street corner and store front in the historic Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana. Completed in 1938 during one of the artist's painting trips to New Orleans, and most likely painted in the quiet morning hours, a favored time to paint by the artist. A wonderful example of Walter Burt Adams renowned Urban Realism of the 1930s and '40s, inspired by the artwork of fellow American painter, Edward Hopper. Exhibited: "The 42nd Annual Exhibition of Artists of Chicago and Vicinity", Art Institute of Chicago (AIC), Chicago, IL, 1938, #4. Artwork size: 20 x 25 inches, oil on canvas, accompanied with the artist's original frame (framed size: 26 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches). Signed and dated Walter Burt Adams 38, lower left; signed and dated on reverse. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Walter Burt Adams was a dedicated painter of the American Scene and a singular personality among his peers in the Chicago Modern Art community. His no-nonsense manner, devotion to his craft and sardonic sense of humor characterize a man whose paintings capture life in and around Chicago between the early 1920s and the late 1970s. Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin just after the turn of the last century, Walter Burt Adams spent his childhood in Fargo, North Dakota and began his artistic education there through a correspondence cartooning class as a boy. After finishing high school in Fargo, Adams moved to Chicago in 1922 in order to enroll at the school of the Art Institute of Chicago. Adams’ instruction at the school with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky...

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1930s Modern Paintings

Materials

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

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...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil Crayon

"Autumn"

"Autumn"

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...

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1970s Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse

By Yolande Ardissone

Located in Sheffield, MA

Yolande Ardissone French, b. 1927 The Lighthouse Oil on canvas 19 ¼ by 25 ⅛ in, w/ frame 28 ⅛ by 34 in Signed lower right Yolande Ardissone was born in Normandy in 1927, of an Ital...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

A Charming 1920's Painting of Mother & Child, Illustration after Norman Rockwell
A Charming 1920's Painting of Mother & Child, Illustration after Norman Rockwell

A Charming 1920's Painting of Mother & Child, Illustration after Norman Rockwell

By Walter Burt Adams

Located in Chicago, IL

A Charming 1920s American Illustration Study Based on the Artwork of Norman Rockwell by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990). A well executed early figurative work by the artist, depicting a bemusing scene of the artist's mother and brother, as she patiently stands beside him while he dresses unenthusiastically for an impending violin lesson. Artwork size: 24 x 20 inches, oil on canvas, accompanied with the original frame (framed size: 29 1/2 x 23 3/4 inches). Signed "Walter Burt Adams" and dated 1923 lower right. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Walter Burt Adams was a dedicated painter of the American Scene and a singular personality among his peers in the Chicago Modern Art community. His no-nonsense manner, devotion to his craft and sardonic sense of humor characterize a man whose paintings capture life in and around Chicago between the early 1920s and the late 1970s. Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin just after the turn of the last century, Walter Burt Adams spent his childhood in Fargo, North Dakota and began his artistic education there through a correspondence cartooning class as a boy. After finishing high school in Fargo, Adams moved to Chicago in 1922 in order to enroll at the school of the Art Institute of Chicago. Adams’ instruction at the school with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky...

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1920s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1971 Aluminium Engraved  Painting Abstract Figure  by Alberto Viani
1971 Aluminium Engraved  Painting Abstract Figure  by Alberto Viani

1971 Aluminium Engraved Painting Abstract Figure by Alberto Viani

By Alberto Viani

Located in Brescia, IT

This aluminium painting engraved by Alberto Viani, is a soft female portrait. The woman's figure is in an ethereal way, as a poetry. This artwork is a multiple of a limited edition o...

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1970s Modern Paintings

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Metal

Seated Female Nude Blue Interior French Modernist Mixed Media
Seated Female Nude Blue Interior French Modernist Mixed Media

Seated Female Nude Blue Interior French Modernist Mixed Media

By Jacqueline Boisselot

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title Seated Female Nude Blue Interior French Modernist Mixed Media Artist Jacqueline Boisselot French late 20th century Medium Oil pastel and mixed media on artist paper unframed Si...

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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Mixed Media

Fruits on Table Under Parasol — Arthur Van Hecke
Fruits on Table Under Parasol — Arthur Van Hecke

Fruits on Table Under Parasol — Arthur Van Hecke

Located in LE HAVRE, FR

This charming oil on canvas by Belgian artist Arthur Van Hecke (1924–2003) depicts a still life arrangement of fruits on a table set beneath a parasol, evoking the leisurely atmosphe...

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20th Century Modern Paintings

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Paint

Artist's Studio Interior, Oil on Board by Joan Serra Melgosa
Artist's Studio Interior, Oil on Board by Joan Serra Melgosa

Artist's Studio Interior, Oil on Board by Joan Serra Melgosa

By Joan Serra Melgosa

Located in Sant Celoni, ES

JOAN SERRA MELGOSA (Lleida, 1899 – Barcelona, 1970). "Artist's Studio Interior, Oil on Board by Joan Serra Melgosa." Oil on board. Signed lower right. Original title: "Interior." Dat...

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1950s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

Seated Female Nude Purple Interior French Modernist Acrylic Painting
Seated Female Nude Purple Interior French Modernist Acrylic Painting

Seated Female Nude Purple Interior French Modernist Acrylic Painting

By Jacqueline Boisselot

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title Seated Female Nude Purple Interior French Modernist Acrylic Painting Artist Jacqueline Boisselot French late 20th century Medium Acrylic and graphite pencil on artist paper unf...

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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Acrylic, Pencil

Studies of Men in Hats French Modernist Graphite Portrait Drawing
Studies of Men in Hats French Modernist Graphite Portrait Drawing

Studies of Men in Hats French Modernist Graphite Portrait Drawing

By Jacqueline Boisselot

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title Studies of Men in Hats French Modernist Graphite Portrait Drawing Artist Jacqueline Boisselot French late 20th century Medium Graphite pencil on brown textured artist paper unf...

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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Pencil, Graphite

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Find a wide variety of authentic Modern paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Bernard Labbe, Christel Haag, Sunil Das, and Antonio Feltrinelli. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern paintings, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available.