Modern Paintings
MODERN STYLE
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
Period: 1960s
Lalibela
Located in Wien, 9
Egon Hofmann war nicht nur als Maler wichtig und wegweisend, sondern auch als Netzwerker, der als Gründer und langjähriger Präsident der Künstlervereinigung „März“ eine wichtige Roll...
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1960s Modern Paintings
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Oil, Wood Panel
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Judgment
Located in Miami, FL
Thin edged metal frame
Philip Castle is an Irish Painter and husband to artist Barry Castle
He is rarely exhibited and Prince Rainier of Monaco once pu...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
City Skyline - Mid Century Modern Urban Landscape in Oil on Burlap
Located in Soquel, CA
City Skyline - Mid Century Modern Urban Landscape in Oil on Burlap
Vibrant cityscape by S. Craig (20th Century). Several tall, thin buildings rise above a city street lined with tre...
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1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Oil
English mid century oil painting Portrait of cute Corgi dog
Located in Woodbury, CT
English mid century oil painting Portrait of a cute Corgi.
Paintings of this breed are very rare and very collected.
Kate Gray was a British animal portrait painter during the last...
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1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Spring Thaw, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
"Spring Thaw" by Modernist painter, Stanley Bate is a textured and energetic abstract painting, created in the early 1960s. Bate, who was inspired by his Abstract Expressionist peers...
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1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Vase, Oil Painting by Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - )
Title: Red Vase
Year: circa 1962
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r.
Size: 47 x 20 inches
Frame Size: 53 x 24 inches
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
NYC Subway Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene Social Realism Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
NYC Subway Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene Social Realism Contemporary
David Atkins (1910 – 2012)
Subway Train Departure
30 x 24 inches
Oil on canvas, c. 1960s
Signed lower r...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
English mid century oil painting Portrait of a Wire Haired Jack Russell terrier
Located in Woodbury, CT
English mid century oil painting Portrait of a Wire Haired Jack Russell terrier.
Kate Gray was a British animal portrait painter during the last half of the ...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Mid Century Modern American Abstract Figurative Surreal Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstracted figurative painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found. Great color and composition. Nicely framed in a period modernist molding.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Interior Scene Young Woman Portrait Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive mid 20th century modernist interior scene. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed with a monogram. Really impressive quality and a great subject.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Woman Artist Modernist Landscape Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted early American modernist landscape by Rita Rogers (b.1936).
Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Artist Bio: Rita Rogers was born in North Miami Beach and raised in Bro...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antoni Costa Woman. original figurative academician drawing painting
By A. Costa
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
woman. original figurative academician drawing painting. frame
Barcelona, 1904 - Barcelona, 1965
It was formed in Buenos Aires, in the Circle of San Lucas of Barcelona and the FAD....
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Rice Paper
Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Young Woman', oil on board, German School (circa 1960s). A sensuous mid-century portrait of a young woman painted in the style of expressionists / cubists of the era. Un...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
" Le Chien à la Lune. "
By André Verdet
Located in CANNES, FR
André Verdet ( 1913 - 2004 ) . Artiste français né à Nice (alpes maritimes ) mort à Saint Paul de Vence .
poète , peintre , sculpteur , céramiste , mus...
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1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Casein
“Abstract #1”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil paint on heavy archival paper abstract by the American artist, Martin Rosenthal. Bold, vibrant colors. Signed lower right by the artist and dated 1967. Condition is ver...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
“Abstract #2”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil paint on heavy archival paper abstract by the American artist, Martin Rosenthal. Bold, vibrant colors. Signed lower left by the artist and dated 1965. Condition is ver...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Vintage Mid-Century Semi-Abstract Figurative Framed Oil Painting - Seated Trio
Located in Bristol, GB
SEATED TRIO
Size: 45 x 48 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A brilliantly executed semi-abstract figurative oil composition, painted in 1964 by the established Swedish artist Ivar ...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Lillian Delevoryas 1969 Original Nude & Interior Painting
Located in Larchmont, NY
Lillian Delevoryas
Untitled (Nude & Interior), 1969
Oil on board
19 3/4 x 15 1/2 in.
Framed: 24 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.
Signed and dated lower righ...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Modernist Portrait of a Child by NY Artist Syril Frank
Located in Larchmont, NY
Syril Frank (American, 1929-2021)
Untitled, c. 1960s
Oil on canvas
35 7/8 x 23 3/4 x 3/4 in.
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Syril Harriet Frank was born in Brooklyn to Israel and...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Untitled"
By Sidney E. Zimmerman
Located in Southampton, NY
Sidney E.Zimmerman
USA (1926-2007) studied at the Brooklyn a Museum of Art after returning from Europe during WWII. In 1950, he studied with Morris Kantor and Vaclav Vytlacil at the ...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1963 Vintage Mid-Century Abstract Seascape Oil Painting - Coastal Thunderstorm
Located in Bristol, GB
COASTAL THUNDERSTORM
Size: 52.5 x 70 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
An emotive and wonderfully executed mid-century abstract artwork, painted in oil onto canvas and dated 1963.
...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Paris France oil on canvas painting
By Ramón de Capmany i de Montaner
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frameless.
Ramón de Capmany i de Montaner (1899-1992), painter, printmaker and bibliophile of the Llotia school, part of the group of evolutionists of the 1920s. Born in Canet de M...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
English mid century oil painting Portrait of Miniature Black Poodle
Located in Woodbury, CT
English mid century oil painting Portrait of a Miniature Poodle
Kate Gray was a British animal portrait painter during the last half of the 20th century. She also painted flower subj...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique American Modernist Trompe L"Oeil Window Modernist City View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century modernist view thru a window by Alan Peters. Great color and composition. Framed. Oil on canvas.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Impressionist Hamptons Wetlands Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract landscape oil painting by June Kirkpatrick Ciancio (B.1926). Great color and composition. Framed.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Finely Painted Antique American Modernist Landscape Framed Summer Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century modern abstract landscape. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Rockwell Kent Copy of "Vermont Winter 1921" Oil on Canvas Painting, 1960
Located in Baltimore, MD
This large painting is a ca. 1960 copy of a famous Rockwell Kent painting that was executed in Vermont in 1921. The work is oil on canvas and well represents the original image, tho...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Modernist Ballon Portrait Framed Vintage Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century modernist portrait. Framed. Oil on canvas.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dreamcatcher, Native American Cultural Still Life and Spiritual Commentary
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Dreamcatcher" is a 28 x 42 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist and surrealist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is painted in a vibrant color palette. The work ...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Croatian Modernist Abstract Beach Scene Split Framed Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist beach scene oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled Abstract in Yellow and Blue by Female, American Modernist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Untitled - Yellow and Blue" is a 46 x 34.25 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist and surrealist, female artist Peter Miller. This abstract work is painted in a vibra...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Abstract Flower Still Life Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist still life oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed nicely. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vintage American Modernist Hat Rack Signed Interior Scene Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century modernist interior view. Finely painted. Framed.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tools, Symbolism and Abstract by American Female Modernist Peter Miller
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Tools" is a 25 x 30 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist and surrealist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is painted in a earth-tone color palette. The work is e...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Fauvist Interior Still Life Abstract Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted tropical still life painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed illegibly.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Industrial Cityscape Large Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century modernist industrial oil painting. Very unique and well painted. Framed. Signed verso.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bulldog Drummond and the Great Coca-Cola Mystery by Richard Merkin
Located in Hudson, NY
An iconic mixed media example of Richard Merkin's art.
Bulldog Drummond and the Great Coca-Cola Mystery (1965)
Mixed media on paper
51" x 33"
53" x 35" x 2" framed
Signed "Merkin" ...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Two Boats on Green Sea" Modern Geometric Abstract Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern geometric abstract night scene by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features two wooden boats resting along a green shore. Signed by the artist at the bottom right an...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
1962 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Nude Portrait Oil Painting - On the Red Chair
Located in Bristol, GB
ON THE RED CHAIR
Size: 71.5 x 50 cm (including frame)
Oil on Board
A large and very well-executed mid-century modernist oil composition, painted onto canvas and dated 1962.
In this...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Fabian Lundqvist -Overlooking Fields
Located in Bristol, GB
OVERLOOKING THE FIELDS
Size: 41 x 48.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A calm and soothing mid-century figurative composition, executed in oil onto canvas by the established Swed...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Greece by Edouard Arthur, Oil on canvas 38x61 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas sold with frame
Total size with frame 48x71 cm
Edouard ARTHUR is an artist born in 1917 and died in 2002. His works have been sold at public auction 12 times, mainly ...
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1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract portrait with antique frame, 1950s/60s
Located in Washington, DC
Painting by Donald Purdy (1924 - 2016).
Oil on masonite
Measures 25"L x 23"W.
Work is behind glass and comes with exceptional antique frame.
Acquired from the Schoneman Gallery in NY...
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1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Portrait of a Girl, Oil Portrait Painting by Jan de Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Portrait of a Girl
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l.
Size: 14 in. x 10 in. (35.56 cm x 25.4 cm)
Frame Size: 21 x 17...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Incredible American Modernist New York City Central Park Plaza View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Really impressive mid 1900s American school painting of Central Park. An amazing piece with hints of abstraction. Framed. No signature found.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floral Still Life Oil Painting - Tulips in Pastel
Located in Bristol, GB
TULIPS IN PASTEL
Size: 38 x 32 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A very elegant mid-century modernist floral oil composition, painted onto canvas.
In this floral piece we have lig...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1964 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - The Bouquet
Located in Bristol, GB
THE BOUQUET
Oil on Board
Size: 51.5 x 68 cm (including frame)
A very unique and vivid mid-century semi-abstract oil composition, painted on board and dated 1964 on the reverse.
In ...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Over and Above: No. 6, Surreal Cat w/ Fish Bones, 20th Century Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904–2000)
Over and Above: No. 6, 1963
Oil, sand & fish bones on canvas
Signed and dated upper left
53 x 31 inches
Clarence Holbrook Carter achie...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Over and Above Surprise (Serpent), 1960s snake painting, Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Over and Above Surprise (Serpent), 1967
Casein on board
Signed lower right
7.75 x 5.5 inches
Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a lev...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Casein
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Still Life Framed Oil Painting - Blueprint
Located in Bristol, GB
BLUEPRINT
Oil on Board
Size: 40 x 48 cm (including frame)
An expressive and energetic mid-century still life composition, executed in oil onto board.
The painting presents a black ...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Modern Figurative Oil Painting - The Lonely Diner
Located in Bristol, GB
THE LONELY DINER
Size: 63 x 48 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
An emotive mid-century figurative composition, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1962.
The focal point of the ...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Figurative Oil Painting - Dance
Located in Bristol, GB
DANCE
Size: 42 x 49.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
An endearing mid-century figurative composition, executed in oil onto canvas.
In the painting, two couples engaged in a dan...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Montmartre, Place du Tertre', Paris, Woman Modernist, AIC, Smithsonian, Carmel
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Patricia Cunningham' for Patricia Stanley Cunningham (American, 1907-1984) and painted circa 1965.
The first woman to serve as president of the Carmel Art Assoc...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
Antique American School Modernist Landscape California Farm Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Salute le Soir - Venice - Modern Landscape Oil Painting by André Hambourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed, dated and titled figures in a landscape oil on canvas by French modernist painter Andre Hambourg. This beautiful piece depicts a view of the gondolas on the canal in Venice a...
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1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
“Spatial Orbs”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well executed three dimensional oil on canvas painting of round orbs appearing to be in space. Signed lower right. Circa 1960. Condition is excellent. Newly framed in an ornat...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Interior Still Life Oil Painting - Expect
Located in Bristol, GB
EXPECT
Size: 43 x 53 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A mid-century modernist style interior still life painting that captures a moment of tranquil elegance, executed in oil onto...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Fabian Lundqvist - Garden Vacation
Located in Bristol, GB
GARDEN VACATION
Size: 67 x 59 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A charming mid-century figurative composition, executed in oil onto canvas by the established Swedish artist Fabian ...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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