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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
Isabel Moncayo Signed Ashcan School "Window Shopping" Framed Modernist Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive ashcan school modernist street scene painting. Oil on canvas. Rare ashcan school modernist street scene by Isabel Moncayo. In excellent original condition. Handsomely f...
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1930s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Mid Century Figural Abstract Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring 30 by 36 inches overall and 22 by 28 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handso...
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1950s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

Patchwork Abstracted Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted landscape by an unknown artist (20th Century). The landscape is made up of patches of color, reminiscent of viewing agricultural land f...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Ink, Watercolor, Newsprint, Tissue Paper

Pointer Dogs - Oil on Canvas - 39x31 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Artwork sold with frame (50 x 58 x 4 cm)
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19th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fauvist Still Life with Fruits and Flowers - Original Oil on Canvas, SIGNED
Located in Paris, IDF
Albert ZAVARO (1925-) Fauvist Still Life with Fruits and Flowers, 1967 Oil on canvas Signed lower right corner On canvas 60 x 73 cm (c. 24 x 29 in) PROVENANCE: Galerie Framond, Par...
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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series V
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series V", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an interm...
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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series IX
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series IX", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an inter...
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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

"Near to Romont, Vaud" by Claude Sauthier - Oil on Canvas - 130x130 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Claude Sauthier was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1929 and passed away in the same city in 2016. He studied at the Geneva School of Decorative Arts and initially worked as a graphi...
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1970s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modern French Oil Painting Two Reclining Nudes on a Red Bed with Sunlit Window
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Modern French Oil Painting Two Reclining Nudes on a Red Bed with Sunlit Window by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933) Unsigned Medium: oil painting on board, unframed Painting s...
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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

French Gouache Painting of Native American Mustang Hunt in Nevada
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Native American Mustang Hunt in Nevada by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French) Signed: Yes Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper, S...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Gouache

Modern Oil Painting Geometric Architectural Interior with Light and Shadow
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Modern Oil Painting Geometric Architectural Interior with Light and Shadow by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933) Unsigned Medium: oil painting on board, unframed Painting size:...
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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

French Gouache Painting of Pueblo Bread Baking in Taos New Mexico
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Pueblo Bread Baking in Taos New Mexico by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French) Signed: Yes Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper, S...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Gouache

French Gouache Painting of Native American Antelope Hunt in Utah
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Native American Antelope Hunt in Utah by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French) Signed: Yes Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper, Si...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Gouache

School of Paris, Sleeping Woman, Nude, Oil on Canvas
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on Canvas by Fortunato Pirazzini (1907-2003), School of Paris, c. 1950 - "Sleeping Woman, Nude". This captivating oil painting, titled "Sleeping Woman, Nude", was created by Fort...
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1950s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1970's French Modernist Signed Oil Nude Lady on Beach Superb Quality Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Place Privee' by Danie Gruau ( 20th Century French School) signed oil on canvas, unframed dated 76' canvas: 15 x 24 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very goo...
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20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Toward Gaillac" Allen Tucker, Modernist French Landscape, Pastel Colors
Located in New York, NY
Allen Tucker Toward Gaillac, 1919 Signed and dated lower right Oil on canvas 25 x 30 inches Provenance David Findlay Jr., New York Exhibited New York, David Findlay Jr., American P...
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1910s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Stark Red House Landscape Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring 23 by 38 inches overall and 15 by 30 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Hands...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

Vintage American Modernist Artist Studio Nude Women Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist artist studio scene. Framed. Oil and watercolor on paper. Signed. Image size, 22.5H by 17.5L.
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Francis Bacon 'Portrait of Michel Leiris', 2017, Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a reproduction of a Francis Bacon's painting Portrait of Michel Leiris, originally created in 1976. This work is a notable example of Bacon's ability to capture the psycholog...
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2010s Modern Paintings

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Offset

"Toward Gaillac" Allen Tucker, Modernist French Landscape, Pastel Colors
Located in New York, NY
Allen Tucker Toward Gaillac, 1919 Signed and dated lower right Oil on canvas 25 x 30 inches Provenance David Findlay Jr., New York Exhibited New York, David Findlay Jr., American P...
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1910s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Floral Still Life with Grapes and Bird's Nest Classic Composition of Peonies
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Floral Arrangement, Continental School, late 20th century most likely a pastiche work after an earlier composition oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 24 x 20 inches provenance: private...
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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

1960s French Large Modernist Signed Oil Painting Sun Scorched Provence Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sun Scorched Provencal Landscape French Modernist artist, circa 1960's indistinctly signed 'Vignon'? oil on canvas, framed in original French frame of the period framed: 25.5 x 45.5 ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Les Alpilles Range in Provence
Located in London, GB
'Les Alpilles Range in Provence', oil on panel, by Auguste Chabaud (1951). This artwork depicts the chain of the 'Little Alps', which is a small range of low mountains in Provence, F...
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1950s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

Sunspot 124 - Modern Resin Muted Colorful Stripe Minimalist Artwork
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

Stuffed
Located in Atlanta, GA
My paintings accentuate colour and pattern. Lately, I have introduced representation by means of flowers in vases, most recently including them within interior spaces. I am intereste...
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2010s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Highway Derelict
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Highway Derelict, May, 1939, oil on canvas board, signed upper right, 18 x 20 inches, exhibited 1) Society of Independent Artists, American Society of Fine Arts (Art Students League)...
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1930s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Laxmi, Figurative, Mythology by Raja Ravi Verma "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Raja Ravi Varma - Laxmi, 19 x 14 inches Oleograph with embellishments, Circa (Unframed & Delivered) Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter and artist...
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1890s Modern Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Le Soleil Blanc, Modern Oil Painting and Sand on Canvas by Claude Venard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Claude Venard, French (1913 - 1999) - Le Soleil Blanc, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil and Sand on Canvas, signed lower left and titled on verso, Size: 20 x 28.75 in. (50.8 x 73.03 ...
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1970s Modern Paintings

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Oil

Antique American Modernist Mid Century Figural Abstract Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring 30 by 36 inches overall and 22 by 28 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handso...
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1950s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

Large Mid Century California Modernist Sunset Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
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1950s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Framed Original Vintage Signed Modernist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist New York Cityscape Silver Leaf Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring 27 by 33 inches overall and 23 by 29 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handsomely f...
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1940s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

Untitled (Lord Rama’s reunion), Figurative by Raja Ravi Verma "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Raja Ravi Varma - Untitled (Lord Rama’s reunion) Oleograph 14.5 x 10.1 inches, Circa ( Framed & Delivered ) Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter an...
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1890s Modern Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Saraswati, Figurative, Mythology by Raja Ravi Verma "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Raja Ravi Varma - Laxmi, 19 x 14 inches Oleograph with embellishments, Circa (Unframed & Delivered) Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter and artist...
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1890s Modern Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Huge Contemporary French Expressionist Abstract Modernist Still Life Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Modernist Still Life by Andree de Fremont (French, contemporary) signed painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 39.5 x 39.5 inches Provenance: from a collection in France Condition: ver...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas, Acrylic

"Fortified Farm of Soujet" by Claude Sauthier - Oil on Canvas - 130x130 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Claude Sauthier was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1929 and passed away in the same city in 2016. He studied at the Geneva School of Decorative Arts and initially worked as a graphi...
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1970s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Vishnu and Lakshmi meeting), Figurative by Raja Ravi Verma "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Raja Ravi Varma - Untitled (Vishnu and Lakshmi meeting) Oleograph 14.5 x 10.1 inches, Circa (Framed & Delivered) Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian paint...
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1890s Modern Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

The Ledge
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Georgina Klitgaard (1893 – 1976) The Ledge, by 1931, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 32 1/8 x 50 1/8 inches, exhibited: 1) 44th Annual Exhibition of American Paintings & Sculptur...
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1930s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Monterey Foothill Pond in Summer Original Oil Landscape Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Monterey Foothill Pond in Summer Original Oil Landscape Painting by Louise Cunningham Bright summer scene of pond in Monterey foothills by Santa Cruz, California artist ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

the promise
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting depicts two women covered by a colorful blanket. One of them looks directly at the viewer, while the other is lost in her thoughts. It’s about the desire to protect som...
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2010s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Rites of Winter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rites of Winter, by 1939, oil on canvas, 32 x 40 inches, exhibited: 134th Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, January 29 – March 5, 1939, no...
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1930s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Fabulous, Abstract 1960s Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Sleeping Female Nude
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous, Abstract 1960s Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Sleeping Female Nude by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph Pen. A sensuous, intimate studio depiction of a sleeping nude femal...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Wild Mushrooms Harvest, Autumn, Magic Nature, Illustration Style, Orange Tones
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Wild Mushrooms IV" is an abstract expressionist painting by Romina Milano where a dance of black gestures unfolds across colorful brushstrokes infused with raw emotion. Romina Mil...
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2010s Modern Paintings

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Acrylic, India Ink, Rag Paper

Antique American Modernist New York Cityscape Silver Leaf Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring 27 by 33 inches overall and 23 by 29 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handsomely f...
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1940s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

R. QUEYRIE, Walking the Streets, Oil on Hardboard, 1950s
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on hardboard signed R. QUEYRIE, France, 1950s. "Walking the streets". With frame: 55x47 cm - 21.65x18.5 inches - without frame: 46x38cm - 18.1x15 inches. 8F format. Signed "R. Qu...
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1950s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Isabel Moncayo Signed Ashcan School "Window Shopping" Framed Modernist Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive ashcan school modernist street scene painting. Oil on canvas. Rare ashcan school modernist street scene by Isabel Moncayo. In excellent original condition. Handsomely f...
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1930s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Abstract Landscape Framed Vintage Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted American modernist landscape by Anthony Toney (1913 - 2004) . Oil on board. Signed. Housed in a great vintage modernist frame.
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1940s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage 1970's Harbour Scene with Moored Boats & Fishermen by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage 1970's Harbour Scene with Moored Boats & Fishermen by British Artist, William Stockman (1935-2021). Art measures 31 x 15 inches Frame measures 36 x 20 inches Fishermen mend...
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1970s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Tama, Mimi, Chan" Chuzo Tamotzu, Japanese American Modernist Still Life, Cats
Located in New York, NY
Chuzo Tamotzu Tama, Mimi, Chan, circa 1950 Signed lower left Oil on canvasboard 40 1/2 x 28 inches Tamotzu was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, in 1888. He was educated in poli...
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1950s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

The Swan Dance
Located in Stockholm, SE
The Swan Dance by Einar Forseth, (1892-1988), oil on canvas. A very colorful and decorative painting by one of Swedens most influential artists of his time. Forseth had many talents ...
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1950s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Cubist Still Life', Italian School (circa 1940s)
Located in London, GB
'Cubist Still Life', gouache on paper, from the Italian School of artists (circa 1940s). Surely this very attractive piece was inspired by Juan Gris (1887-1927) and Georges Braque's ...
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1940s Modern Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

The Window 329 - Modern Resin Dual Tone Blue Minimalist Artwork
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

Red House, Hampstead - Mid 20th Century Modern British London Landscape Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful mid 20th century Modern British oil on canvas depicting a red house on Hampstead Haeath, by Arnold Auerbach. The work is signed upper right and presented in a painted wo...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Signed American Modernist Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting. Signed and Exhibited. Oil on canvas. Measuring 17 by 31 inches overall and 16 x 30 painting alone. In excellent original condition,...
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Early 2000s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Portraits of Timeless Expressions No. 11' Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s)
Located in London, GB
'Portraits of Timeless Expressions No. 11', oil on canvas mounted on board, by Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has ...
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1980s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Landscape painting Cote d'Azur France MENTON Marine painter 20th Modern Art
Located in PARIS, FR
Lucien LAURENT-GESLL Paris, 1860 – Paris, 1944 View of the Bay of Menton on the Cote d'Azur Oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm Signed lower right “Laurent Gsell” Lucien Laurent-Gsell is the ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Large French Post Impressionist Oil on Canvas, The Port of Cannes at Crépuscule
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large French Post Impressionist oil on canvas view of the Port of Cannes in the South of France by Moroccan Monegasque painter Emmanuel Bellini. The painting is signed bottom left an...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Original Mid Century San Francisco Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Mid Century San Francisco Oil Abstract Expressionist Painting of Coffee House Musician by Jean Hyson Vivid abstract expressionist painting by Jean...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Classical Still Life Oil Painting Ornate Flowers on Stone Plinth Large Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Flowers on a Stone Plinth European artist, late 20th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 24 x 36 inches provenance: private collection, south west of England condi...
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20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Landscape with Trees
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Landscape with Trees Watercolor on paper, 1929 Signed in pencil lower right corner Obviously influenced by the Cezanne works in the collection of ...
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1920s Modern Paintings

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Watercolor

Reclining Nude Woman with Cat Painting by Charles Burdick
By Charles Burdick
Located in New York, NY
Charles Burdick (1924 - 2016) Untitled (Reclining Nude) Oil on paper (?) Sight: 7 x 10 1/4 in. Framed: 14 x 16 1/4 x 3/4 in. Signed lower right: Burdick Excellent midcentury style r...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Oil

Antique American Southern School Macabre Street Scene Mortuary Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist street scene. Reminiscent of New Orleans or another souther city. A bustling street scene. Nicely framed. No signature found. Image size, 24...
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1940s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage New York Modernist Cityscape Brooklyn Bridge Dusk Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
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1950s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Harlem Renaissance Signed Ellis Original Abstract Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract painting. Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed. Image size 22L x 30H. Housed in a period modern frame.
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1940s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Seoul, Korea
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Seoul, Korea, 1954 - 56, watercolor on paper, signed lower right 21 x 28 inches (sight), Midtown Galleries label with artist’s name and title verso, likely exhibited at Kingman’s solo exhibition, Midtown Galleries, 1956, literature: Gruskin, Alan D., Saroyan, William (introduction), The Watercolors of Dong Kingman and How The Artist Works, The Studio Publications, Inc. in association with Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York and London (1958), p. 54 (illustrated) (“In Seoul on April 27th and 28th Kingman did some mountain sketching [see reproduction, on page 54, of handsome Kingman painting, “Seoul,” owned by Robert Clary...
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1950s Modern Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Charles Kvapil, "On the edge of the lake", ca.1920
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Charles Kvapil, France, ca.1920. "On the edge of the lake". with frame: 78x58.5x6 cm - 30.7x23x2.4 inches - without frame: 65x46 cm - 25.6x18.1 inches. 15M format. Signed lower left "Kvapil" Charles Kvapil was born in Czechoslovakia on November 1, 1884, and died in Paris in 1957. He takes courses at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. His first works are exhibited in 1908, at the Salon of Antwerp. In 1911, he exhibits in Munich; his works show a definite cubist influence in a well-tempered, organization and simplification bill. Arrived at a young age in Paris, he sets up his studio in Montmartre in the Hamlet of Artists, between Lepic Street and No. 11 Junot Avenue near those of Utrillo and Valadon; it is there that he will die. In 1912, he exhibits at the Salon des Independants. In 1914, he presents his works again in Belgium at the Brussels Triennal. After the war, he lives a very poor life but, with an optimistic temperament, he hopes to break through; he has to work to survive and he paints especially in the evening, especially during his first years in Paris. It is at the Salon des Independants in 1920 that Kvapil is revealed to the Parisian public. He exhibits six paintings: "My campaign", "portrait of woman", "Houseboat", "Poplars", "Bras St. Jean (landscape)" and "Still Life". He is domiciled at 233, rue d'Alésia in Montparnasse." "In the wake of the legendary figures of Montparnasse, in their shadow, and by them held at a relative discretion (the behavior of artists entering many into the brilliance of their career and the exclusive attachment to their production, without extension" social " " condemning them to darkness), is Charles Kvapil. He frequents the Parnassus café [...] and is exhibited there in a small group organized by A. Clergé, "the Company of professional painters and sculptors", which manifests itself in 1921. The preface is written by Romoff. A second follows shortly. It includes 102 participants, including Friesz, Lagar, Zorate Ortiz, Scouëzec, Astoy, Roysen, Loutreuil, Krémègne, Gallien, Goncharova, Lebedeff, Ramey, Kvapil. He remains attached to the folklore of the Bohemian painter whose Montparnasse is the field of exploits and the model of life "(Jean Jacques Lévêque" The Roaring Twenties, 1918-1939 - The Triumph of Modern Art ", 1992). He exhibits at the gallery Colette Weill. In 1923, his works are hung at Marcel Bernheim, then at Dalpeyrat, in Limoges, where he shows mostly landscapes. Subsequently, he participates in the Salon d'Automne; to that of 1941, he presents "Phlox", and in 1944 "At the window". In 1951, at the same Salon, he exhibites "Plaisir d'été" and "Le Goûter". He exhibits during his lifetime in Paris, Munich, Brussels, Geneva, Italy, Stockholm, London and New York. He is now represented in numerous public and private collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, the museums of Le Havre, Libourne, Rouen, Saint-Etienne, Amsterdam and Tunis. Charles Kvapil is known mainly as a painter of characters, especially for his representations of naked women for which his friend Ginette often served as a model; he painted models in the studio, sometimes in front of his window with the Montmartre hill in the background; often bathers or female nudes placed in groups of characters, in the manner of Courbet and the Impressionists at their beginning. He is also creator of many portraits; but he did not disdain either the still lifes, especially the bouquets of flowers, or the landscapes, which form an important part of his work. He painted many regions, including Corrèze, where he "knew how to grasp the character of the country that is not his, with his usual mastery" (SSHA Bulletin Corrèze), the Mediterranean coast, Corsica, where he stays regularly in the 1920s and 1930s; in Paris he participated in exhibitions of painters of Corsica in 1925 and 1933. In 1939, at a new exhibition of Art Corse, at the Gallery The Team, still in Paris, he presented two paintings titled "Costa Brugiata, Cap Corsica "and" View of Rogliano ". He is also the creator of "On the Island" (1923), "Querciolo, Rogliano" (1923), "Corsican Woman" (1924), "Landscape of Corsica" (1933) (information Cronica di a Corsica). Charles Kvapil was influenced by fauvism and a very temperate cubism; Paul Cézanne and to a certain extent Matisse (as a colorist), also marked his style. The desire of construction of the artists of the group to which Kvapil belongs, "did not lead to distortion, except once or twice at Kvapil" .... Kvapil and his friends "thus engaged in thorough technical studies according to the masters, all without exception have loved the beautiful solid and dense material. Their work is related, moreover, not to the classical tradition of transparent painting, but to that of the opaque painting of Frans Hals, Rembrandt and Chardin, almost alone in force since the beginning of the nineteenth century [...] so they paint all in dense pasta but without excessive excess "... (Germain Bazin," the love of art ", 1934). Charles Kvapil's paintings are original and modern, his nudes and bouquets of flowers are strong and powerful. His palette is rich in cobalt blue and warm colors. His technique is voluntary and powerful. His works in oil are often of modest size, sometimes painted on panels, or on cardboard. He also practiced with great skill the technique of pastel. P. Béran, in a study he has dedicated to him, praises the richness of his material and all that his art owes to the joy of living. "A work modeled on a life totally devoted to the pleasure of painting. (Jean Jacques Lévêque, ibid.) He was an indefatigable worker, and this is what he says: "the painter must speak little, but he must comb a lot" Bibliography Jean-Daniel Maublanc, Charles Kvapil, painter of figures, 72 p. Jean-Daniel Maublanc (preface by Louis Parrot), Perspectives - Marcel Lemar, François Eberl, Marcel Roche, Jacques Villon, Charles Kvapil, Charles Jacquemot, Pierre Bach...
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1920s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Young Woman', oil on board, by Peter Robert Keil (1983). A wide-eyed woman gazes out to the viewer with an inquisitive gaze. The artist's use of exuberant colours beli...
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1980s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

Cloud Over - Vibrant Blue Southwest Skyscape Landscape Pop Art Original Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Will Beger and his contemporary-minimalist paintings, take on an entirely unique approach to southwest art. Influenced by his youth and inspired by nature, he effortlessly captures a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Vibrant Pastoral Landscape with Lush Greens and Pathway Through Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Jill Jackson (British, contemporary) Title: Vibrant Pastoral Landscape Medium: oil on un stretched canvas, unframed Painting : 26 x 18 inches Provenance: all th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

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Oil

flower still life
Located in Wien, 9
The painter has revived an old motif for this painting. The earliest flower still lifes in Europe originate from Early Netherlandish painting. Earlier flower paintings come from West...
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Early 20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abracadada and Foal
Located in Atlanta, GA
A passion for horses, equestrian pursuits, and painting define Brooke Major's life and career. A native of Atlanta, GA, Brooke Major has been living and working as a professional art...
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2010s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

20th Century French Modernist Painting Set of Six Dark Watercolour Scenes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of 6 by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 8.75 x 6.5 inches stamped verso provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good an...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled, Krishna complaining to Yashoda, Figurative by Raja Ravi Verma-In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Raja Ravi Varma - Laxmi, 14.5 x 10.1 inches Oleograph, Circa (Framed & Delivered) Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter and artist. He is considered...
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1890s Modern Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

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