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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
Large 1960's French Modernist Oil Painting Bizarre Figurative Work
Large 1960's French Modernist Oil Painting Bizarre Figurative Work

Large 1960's French Modernist Oil Painting Bizarre Figurative Work

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: French School, c. 1960's Title: Figurative Study Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 36 x 25.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The ...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of J. L. David (Portrait)

Portrait of J. L. David (Portrait)

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Portrait of J. L. David (Portrait), c. 1930, oil on canvas adhered to board, apparently unsigned, 26 x 20 inches, exhibited: 1) Fourth Annual State-Wide Exhibition, Santa Cruz Art Le...

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1930s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Sunlit French Village Street with Red Roofs and Figures Post Impressionist Style
Sunlit French Village Street with Red Roofs and Figures Post Impressionist Style

Sunlit French Village Street with Red Roofs and Figures Post Impressionist Style

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Sunlit French Village Street with Red Roofs and Figures Post Impressionist Style Oil Painting French School, early 20th century signed lower right (indistinct) oil on board, unframed...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Large French Post Impressionist 1930's Oil Still Life Artists Studio Interior
Large French Post Impressionist 1930's Oil Still Life Artists Studio Interior

Large French Post Impressionist 1930's Oil Still Life Artists Studio Interior

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Artists Studio Interior French Post Impressionist, first half 20th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 29 x 20 inches provenance: private collection condition: very good and ...

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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

Village Track In The Colourful Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
Village Track In The Colourful Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch

Village Track In The Colourful Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch

By Irina Hale

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condit...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Pastel, Pencil

Sunspot 133 - Tall Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Autumn Tone Abstract Artwork
Sunspot 133 - Tall Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Autumn Tone Abstract Artwork

Sunspot 133 - Tall Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Autumn Tone Abstract 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

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Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Antique American Modernist Fruit Still Life Tablescape Framed  Oil Painting
Antique American Modernist Fruit Still Life Tablescape Framed  Oil Painting

Antique American Modernist Fruit Still Life Tablescape Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist still life oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 14 by 17 inches overall, and 9 by 12 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. Handsomel...

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Early 1900s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Interior Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Interior Still Life Framed Oil Painting

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Interior Still Life Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed verso. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 25 by 31 inches overall. Handsomely framed. Ex...

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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

"Paper Making" WPA Industrial Mid-Century American Scene Social Realism Workers
"Paper Making" WPA Industrial Mid-Century American Scene Social Realism Workers

"Paper Making" WPA Industrial Mid-Century American Scene Social Realism Workers

Located in New York, NY

"Paper Making" WPA Industrial Mid-Century American Scene Social Realism Workers Douglas Crockwell (1904-1968) "Paper Making" 19 x 39 inches Oil on board, c. 1936 Signed verso Framed: 28 x 47 Provenance: Estate of the Artist BIO Spencer Douglass Crockwell was born into a comfortable middle class household on April 29, 1904 in Columbus, Ohio. His father, Charles Roland Crockwell, was a mining engineer; his mother, Cora, was the daughter of an Iowa attorney. He became a commercial artist and experimental filmmaker who spent a good part of his career creating illustrations and advertisements for the Saturday Evening Post. In 1907 the Crockwell family moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where he graduated from high school and then attended from Washington University. Initially he studied engineering, but soon switched to business. While still an undergraduate, Crockwell took courses at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts and quickly realized that he wanted to be an artist. After graduating from Washington University in 1926, Crockwell continued to study at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts until 1929. The following year he relocated to Chicago and continued his studies at the American Academy of Art. In 1930 and 1931 he studied in Europe on a Traveling Fellowship. In 1932 Douglass Crockwell moved to Glens Falls, New York, which was to be his home for the remainder of his life. The following year he married Margaret Braman. They had three children, a son Douglass and two daughters, Johanna and Margaret. During the depression he created murals and posters for the Works Progress Administration including Post Office murals in White River junction, Vermont; Endicott, New York; and Macon, Mississippi. In 1934 he painted Paper Workers, Finch Pruyn & Co. (the leading Glens Falls, New York company) for the WPA. In the 1930s Crockwell developed an interest in experimental animated films that occupied him for the rest of his life. In 1936 and 1937, he collaborated with David Smith, a sculptor, to create surrealist films. Because of his interest in experimental films, his output of paintings was limited to just twenty to forty illustrations a year during this time. Crockwell painted his first of many Saturday Evening Post cover in 1933. He also worked for Life, Look, and Esquire, and numerous national advertisers including Friskies dog food, Welch’s Grape Juice, Republic Steel...

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1930s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

Children And Balloons
Children And Balloons

Children And Balloons

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

Children And Balloons Artist signed lower right. Bernardino Toppi was born in 1936 in Rome is a French painter of Italian origin. Sharing his time bet...

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1990s Modern Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Pigment, Acrylic

Colourful Flowers in Green Round Glass Vase British Modernist Oil Painting
Colourful Flowers in Green Round Glass Vase British Modernist Oil Painting

Colourful Flowers in Green Round Glass Vase British Modernist Oil Painting

By Irina Hale

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Bright Flowers in Vase by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) signed initials gouache painting on board unframed size: 6.5 x 6 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condition:...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Gouache

Frederick Shane Artists Sketching California 1940s Modernist Gouache
Frederick Shane Artists Sketching California 1940s Modernist Gouache

Frederick Shane Artists Sketching California 1940s Modernist Gouache

By Frederick Shane

Located in Denver, CO

A striking 1940s modernist gouache painting by Frederick Shane titled Artists Sketching (California), depicting three artists working outdoors against a sweeping mountainous landscap...

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1940s Modern Paintings

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Gouache

Head to Sea, Modernist sailing scene
Head to Sea, Modernist sailing scene

Head to Sea, Modernist sailing scene

By Ralph Eugene Della-Volpe

Located in New York, NY

A vibrant and yet romantic sailing scene which was a favorite series by Della-Volpe. His compelling colorist approach has made his works desirable as he was one of the few artists post-war to be representative in style like Milton Avery and Wolf Kahn. Head to Sea has the hallmark intense and lovely coloration for which Della-Volpe is known. He came out of Abstract Expressionism in the New York school but then pivoted, like Milton Avery to representational, colorist work. The frame is a silvered gold leaf float frame of quality and has a rubbed, antiqued surface...

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Early 2000s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

Mountain Landscape by Henri Weissenbach - Oil on Canvas - 46x55 cm
Mountain Landscape by Henri Weissenbach - Oil on Canvas - 46x55 cm

Mountain Landscape by Henri Weissenbach - Oil on Canvas - 46x55 cm

By Henri Weissenbach

Located in Geneva, CH

Théobald Charles Henri Weissenbach (1891–1966) was a Swiss visual artist known for his contributions to painting. Born in Fribourg, Switzerland, and later active in Geneva, Weissenb...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Red Roof Hut Nestled In Forest Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
Red Roof Hut Nestled In Forest Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch

Red Roof Hut Nestled In Forest Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch

By Irina Hale

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 3.75 x 4.5 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condition: ve...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Pastel

Antique French Impressionist Framed Landscape Coastal Original Oil Painting
Antique French Impressionist Framed Landscape Coastal Original Oil Painting

Antique French Impressionist Framed Landscape Coastal Original Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique French landscape oil painting. Oil on canvasboard. Framed. Signed verso. Measuring: 12 by 14 inches overall, and 9 by 11 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Ha...

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1920s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

Trees in the Field, Mixed Media Painting, African American, American Modern 1967
Trees in the Field, Mixed Media Painting, African American, American Modern 1967

Trees in the Field, Mixed Media Painting, African American, American Modern 1967

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Trees in the Field Mixed meia on masonite panel, 1967 Signed on the right edge oif the image (see photo) One from a series of similar examples, all with caligraphic trees and figures surrounding the composition. Part of the late 1960’s Black Emergency Cultural Coalition along with Benny Andrews The Black Emergency Cultural Coalition Inc. (BECC) was organized in January 1969 by a group of African American artists in response to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Harlem on My Mind" exhibit, which omitted the contributions of African American painters and sculptors to the Harlem community. Members of this initial group that protested against the exhibit included several prominent African American artists, including Benny Andrews and Clifford R. Joseph, cofounders of the BECC. The primary goal of the group was to agitate for change in the major art museums in New York City for greater representation of African American artists and their work in these museums. Condition: Excellent Image size: 12 5/8 x 10 inches Board size: 20 x 16 inches Frame size: 21 x 17 inches Russ Thompson (Born 1922- Jamaica Part of the late 1960’s Black Emergency Cultural Coalition along with Benny Andrews The Black Emergency Cultural Coalition Inc. (BECC) was organized in January 1969 by a group of African American artists in response to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Harlem on My Mind" exhibit, which omitted the contributions of African American painters and sculptors to the Harlem community. Members of this initial group that protested against the exhibit included several prominent African American artists, including Benny Andrews and Clifford R. Joseph, cofounders of the BECC. The primary goal of the group was to agitate for change in the major art museums in New York City for greater representation of African American artists and their work in these museums. Studied: Pratt Inst.; Carlyle College; NY Sch. Mod. Photography Exhibited: MoMA; BM, 1968; Nordness Gals., NYC; Phila. Civic Center; Ruder & Finn FA, 1969; Smithsonian Inst.; Mount Holyoke College, 1969; BMFA, 1970; RISD, 1969; Mem. Art Gal., Rochester, NY, 1969; SFMA, 1969; Contemp. Arts Mus., Houston, TX, 1970; NJ State Mus., 1970; Roberson Center for the Arts & Sciences, Binghampton, NY, 1970; UC Santa Barbara, 1970; Plaza Hotel, NYC; Westchester Art Soc. Gal. (prize); Nassau Community College; Brooklyn Pub. Lib.; Allentown (PA) Art Festival; Quinnipiac College, CT; Parrish Art Mus.; NY State Pavillion; Huntington Township Art Lg. Awards: Mitchell College, CT; BM; Armonk Lib. Show Award; Bedford Hills Lib. Show Award. Sources: Cederholm, Afro-American Artists. Public Collections: Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Brooklyn Museum Museum of Modern Art, New York Smithsonian American Art Museum Exhibitions: MOMA Brooklyn Museum, 1968 Nordness Galleries, NYC Smithsonian Institution Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1970 Rhode Island School of Design, 1969 San Francisco Museum of Art, 1969 Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, 1970 Parrish Art Museum Courtesy of Afro-American Artist; a biographical directory THOMPSON, RUSS (Born Jamaica, 1922) Painter. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, 1922. Studied at the Pratt Institute; Carlyle College; New York School of Modern Photography. Works: Cloud Flowers ; My Breath Is One with the Clouds ; The Acrobats; Relatives; Thoreau; Clothes to the Body; America- Amer- ica; Hanging Garden; Poor Room, Rich Room; Epigram a Bromide; Passage, 1969 (wood, epoxy, iron). Exhibited: Museum of Modern Art; Brooklyn Museum Fence Show, 1968; Nordness Gal- leries, NY; Phila. Civic Center; Ruder & Finn Fine Arts, 1969; Smithsonian Institution; Mount Holyoke College, 1969; Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1970; Rhode Island School of Design, 1969; Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY, 1969; San Francisco Museum of Art, 1969; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, 1970; NJ State Museum, 1970; Roberson Center for the Arts & Sciences, Binghamton, NY, 1970; Art Galleries, Univ. of Cal. at Santa Barbara, 1970; Plaza Hotel, NYC; Westchester Art So- ciety Gallery; Nassau Community College; Brooklyn Public Library; Allentown (Pa.) Art Festival; Quinnipiac College; Parrish Art Mu- seum; NY State Pavillion; Huntington Town- ship Art League. Collections: Frederick Douglass Institute, Wash- ington, DC; Spiro & Levinson Corp.; Mr. William Haber; Mr. & Mrs. B. Friedman; Mr. & Mrs. Samuel J. Rosen; Mr. David Scribner; Unigraphic Corp.; Mr. Benny An- drews; Jeanne Paris; Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Strauss. Awards: Westchester Art Society; Mitchell College, Conn.; Brooklyn Museum; Armonk Library Show Award; Bedford Hills Library Show Award. Sources: Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Afro- American Artists: New York/ Boston, 1970; Nordness Galleries. 12 Afro-American Artists, 1969; Mount Holyoke College. Ten Afro- American Artists, 1969; Ghent, Henri. “The Community Art Gallery,” Art Gallery, April 1970; Paris, Jean. “Black Art Experience in Art,” Long Island Press, Jamaica, NY, June 14, 1970; Ruder & Finn Fine Arts. Contemporary Black Artists’, Brooklyn College. Afro-Amer- ican Artists: Since 1950, 1969; Walker, Roslyn. A Resource Guide to the Visual Arts of Afro- Americans, South Bend, Ind., 1971. NEW YORK (NY). Acts of Art, Inc. Rebuttal to Whitney Museum Exhibition: Black Artists in Rebuttal at Acts of Art Gallery. 1971. Unpag. (20 pp.) exhib. cat., 54 b&w illus., brief biogs. of 48 artists. The text consists of an unsigned foreword (probably by Nigel L. Jackson, director of Acts of Art); a reprint of Z. D. Allen's review of the exhibition, "Rebuttal to the Whitney," from Chelsea Clinton News (Apr. 15, 1971). The catalogue was published after the show opened. Artists included: Benny Andrews, James Belfon, Betty Blayton, Lynn (Chuck) Bowers, Vivian Browne, Calvin Burnett, Jo Butler, Robert Carter, Art Coppedge, Adger Cowans, Joseph Delaney, J. Brooks Dendy, III, James Denmark, Reginald Gammon, Moses Paul Groves, Lester Gunter, Byron Hall, William Charles Henderson, II, Leon Hicks, Nigel L. Jackson, Kenneth Vrook Johnson, Cliff Joseph, Philip Martin, Kenneth Matthews, Richard Mayhew, Dindga McCannon, Alexander S. McMath, Ademola Olugebefola, William Payne, James Phillips, Kenneth Radcliffe, Junius Redwood, Enid Richardson, Gregory Ridley, Jr., Haywood (Bill) Rivers, Donald J. Robertson, Philippe G. Smith, Ann Tanksley, Bob Thompson, Russell Thompson, Robert Threadgill, Lloyd Toone, Bennie White, Timothy Wilkins, Walter H. Williams, Ed Wilson, Frank W. Wimberley, Hale Woodruff. Sq. 8vo, stapled tan wraps, lettered in brown, illus. of wire sculpture by James Denmark.. BOSTON (MA). Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists. Afro-American Artists: New York and Boston. May 19-June 23, 1970. 92 pp. exhib. cat, 67 b&w illus. of work by 69 artists, exhib. checklist. Intro. by Edmund B. Gaither. Important early exhibition. Includes Emma Amos, Benny Andrews, Ellsworth Ausby, Malcolm Bailey, Ellen Banks, Romare Bearden, Robert Blackburn, Betty Blayton, Ronald Boutte, Lynn Bowers, Frank Bowling, Marvin Brown, Calvin Burnett, Dana C. Chandler, John Chandler, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Ed Clark, Eldzier Cortor, Ernest Crichlow, Emilio Cruz, Avel DeKnight, Henry DeLeon, Stanley Pinckney, James Denmark, Reginald Gammon, Felrath Hines, Alvin C. Hollingsworth, Bill Howell, Zell Ingram, Gerald Jackson, Daniel L. Johnson, Milton Johnson, Ben Jones, Lois Mailou Jones, Tonnie O. Jones, Cliff Joseph, Harriet Kennedy, Hughie Lee-Smith, Norman Lewis, Tom Lloyd, Al Loving, Richard Mayhew, Edward McCluney, Jr., Algernon Miller, Joe Overstreet, Louise Parks, Stanley Pinckney, Jerry Pinkney, John W. Rhoden, Bill Rivers, Mahler Ryder, Raymond Saunders, Thomas Sills, Al Smith, Vincent D. Smith, Richard Stroud, Alma Thomas, Bob Thompson, Lovett Thompson, Russ Thompson, Lloyd Toone, Luther Vann, Paul Waters...

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1960s Modern Paintings

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Mixed Media

Air Chamber, Mid-Century Figural Abstract Collage, Anatomy & Ovoids
Air Chamber, Mid-Century Figural Abstract Collage, Anatomy & Ovoids

Air Chamber, Mid-Century Figural Abstract Collage, Anatomy & Ovoids

By Clarence Holbrook Carter

Located in Beachwood, OH

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Air Chamber, 1965 Collage, graphite and gouache on paper Signed and dated upper left 30 x 22 inches Provenance: Descended through the family. Exhibited: WOLFS Gallery, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland: A Cultural Center, July - August 2018, illustrated #146 page 146 Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national artistic success that was nearly unprecedented among Cleveland School artists of his day, with representation by major New York dealers...

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1960s Modern Paintings

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Gouache, Graphite

Double Vision 76 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Red Orange Dual Tone Artwork
Double Vision 76 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Red Orange Dual Tone Artwork

Double Vision 76 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Red Orange Dual 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

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Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Mid-Century Modern Italian Signed Still Life with Fish
Mid-Century Modern Italian Signed Still Life with Fish

Mid-Century Modern Italian Signed Still Life with Fish

By Gian Carozzi

Located in Roma, IT

Gian Carozzi Still Life with Cuttlefish 1942 The textural elegance of Mid-century Italian Ligurian Realism This still life with cuttlefish by Gian Carozzi (1942), dating from his early years in La Spezia, depicts two cephalopods against a dark background rendered in earthy tones and fluid brushstrokes, evoking the Ligurian tradition of marine compositions. Oil on panel, in a realist style with an emphasis on texture and natural light, the work reflects his early interest in organic matter, prior to his move to Milan. In 1942, Gian Carozzi took part in the 17th edition of the Littoriali exhibition in Trieste and Vienna. Dilvo Lotti wrote in *Meridiano di Roma* that Carozzi’s work was one of the revelations of the exhibition. Also in 1942, he took part in the 1st National Art Exhibition celebrating agriculture, fruit, flowers and animals in Verona – Verona Prize. The work, signed and dated by the artist, was exhibited at the 1942 Littoriali, highlighting his involvement in the Fascist art...

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1940s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Michael Sarraille Illuminated Rocky Mountain Landscape Oil Painting
Michael Sarraille Illuminated Rocky Mountain Landscape Oil Painting

Michael Sarraille Illuminated Rocky Mountain Landscape Oil Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

Michael Sarraille Rocky Mountain Landscape Oil Painting Remarkably elegant Western mountain landscape oil painting by noted Bay Area artist Michael Sarraille. Original oil on canvas. Dimensions 14" x 11". The frame measures 18.25" x 15.5". Painting needs a cleaning. Frame shows dings and nicks. The painting shows some craquelure at the upper left in the trees, and could use a cleaning in the upper right portion on the painting (please see all images). Even with these condition issues, we consider this to be one of the finest realism paintings in our collection. With a closer look, we think you'll agree. This is really a beautiful illuminated scene of the Rocky Mountain Front, possibly in Montana. Michael Sarraille expresses the beauty of the land in his works. Intricate in his detail, yet simple in his compositions, this unique combination brings to focus a feeling of unpretentious realism. His mountains stand tall with a magnificence of crisp beauty. Sarraille has delved into the areas of both surrealism and realism. Perhaps this is why his combination of color, rhythm and design mix so beautifully in his landscape scenes. His paintings seldom appear on the market. Even though this needs a bit of a cleaning, it's still a great American West painting.

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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Summer’s Day at the Green French Impressionist Riverbank Landscape Painting
Summer’s Day at the Green French Impressionist Riverbank Landscape Painting

Summer’s Day at the Green French Impressionist Riverbank Landscape Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

French Impressionist Landscape Riverbank Trees Oil Painting Board French School, early 20th century signed lower right (indistinct) oil on board, unframed Board: 10.75 x 14 inches P...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Florentine Expressions: Portrait Series XII, Oil on Canvas, 1980s
Florentine Expressions: Portrait Series XII, Oil on Canvas, 1980s

Florentine Expressions: Portrait Series XII, Oil on Canvas, 1980s

Located in London, GB

"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XII", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing art professor from the Istituto di Arte di Porta Romana, Florence, Italy. The professor released works of artists whom he mentored over the years. We are unsure who painted the series we acquired as several are just signed, 'Giacomo', or, left completely unsigned, yet many are clearly by the same artist. This one is in good overall condition and has been newly framed with a French-style linen slip. The canvas is textural like one of the vintage maps...

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1980s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Jazz Composition - Bass and Trumpet
Jazz Composition - Bass and Trumpet

Jazz Composition - Bass and Trumpet

By Leo Meiersdorff

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist: Leo Meiersdorff – German/American (1934-1994) Title: Bass and Trumpet Year: ca 1965-70 Medium: Watercolor and ink Sight size: 14.25 x 17.5 inches. Matted size: 22 x 24 inch...

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1960s Modern Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Refreshment and Intermission
Refreshment and Intermission

Refreshment and Intermission

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s Refreshment and Intermission, tempera on board, 11 x 19 inches, c. 1930/40s, signed lower middle, exhibited at Groom's one person show at Closson’s Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, March, 1943 (see The Cincinnati Enquirer, March 7, 1943, section 3, p. 4); provenance includes a private Ohio collection; presented in a period gold painted frame About the Painting Refreshment and Intermission is part of a series of paintings of Amish subjects Grooms started in 1938 based on his travels in Pennsylvania. These tempera works reflect the Regionalist impulse to paint local scenes far away from big cities. Focusing on both people and landscape, Grooms' compositions tell the stories of the uniquely American experience of the Amish. “Grooms paints the Amish people with as much understanding of type and appreciation of the plastic quality as any artist who has approached this challenging subject," noted the art critic for The Cincinnati Inquirer when reviewing Grooms' solo exhibition at Closson' Gallery, "In his current show, ‘Refreshment and Intermission,’ is a case in point. Here the absorbed concentration of people eating is described without an ounce of sentimentality. He has made the most of the interest between groups and of the conversations, both humorous and serious. The work has the quaint simplicity of a Lord’s Supper...

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1930s Modern Paintings

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Tempera

PERSONAGGI - Olio su masonite, Nicola Gambedotti, 1970
PERSONAGGI - Olio su masonite, Nicola Gambedotti, 1970

PERSONAGGI - Olio su masonite, Nicola Gambedotti, 1970

By Nicola Gambedotti

Located in Napoli, IT

Nicola Gambedotti, è stato un pittore e incisore figurativo di ricerca, considerato uno dei massimi esperti nell’utilizzo della tecnica ad acrilico bulinato. Le sue opere figurano in...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Harvest Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Modern Style, 20th Century, Signed
Harvest Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Modern Style, 20th Century, Signed

Harvest Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Modern Style, 20th Century, Signed

By Ketut Liyer

Located in Roma, IT

Harvest is an acrylic painting on canvas. With frame. It is signed “Kt. Lijer. Pengosekan. Ubud. Bali” on the lower right corner. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing...

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20th Century Modern Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Moving Forms

Moving Forms

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Moving Forms, c. 1947, oil on canvas, apparently unsigned, 23 ½ x 20 inches, exhibited The Twenty-Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Southern States Art League, Virginia Museum of Fine...

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1940s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Signed American School Modernist Cubist Flower Still Life Oil Painting
Vintage Signed American School Modernist Cubist Flower Still Life Oil Painting

Vintage Signed American School Modernist Cubist Flower Still Life Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Oil on canvas, 24 x 19 inches overall, 20 x 15.75 inches image size. A modernist still life. Cubist elements as well. Signed lower right and presented in an a modernist frame. ...

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1970s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Paired Studies of Lions in Profile 1960's British Modernist Drawing
Paired Studies of Lions in Profile 1960's British Modernist Drawing

Paired Studies of Lions in Profile 1960's British Modernist Drawing

By Irina Hale

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Paired Studies of Lions in Profile 1960's British Modernist Drawing by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) oil crayon drawings on brown artist paper stuck on A4 artist paper, unframed ove...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil Crayon

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

Modernist Abstraction in Newcomb Macklin carved frame
Modernist Abstraction in Newcomb Macklin carved frame

Modernist Abstraction in Newcomb Macklin carved frame

By Wifredo Lam

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Abstract painting, ca. 1950s measures 25 x 30 inches. Oil on canvas, unsigned and unattributed. Stunning modernist custom carved picture frame by Newcomb Macklin. ca. 1950 productio...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

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