$1,200
H 36.25 in W 30 in
Guatemalan Latin American Oil Painting Modernist Porch Scene
By Rolando Aguilar
Located in Surfside, FL
, Elmar Rojas, Juan Alberto González Coy, and teacher Sipacná De León, the latter who urged him to create
Oil
Sold
H 36.25 in W 30 in
Guatemalan Latin American Oil Painting Modernist Porch Scene
By Rolando Aguilar
Located in Surfside, FL
, Elmar Rojas, Juan Alberto González Coy, and teacher Sipacná De León, the latter who urged him to create
Oil
$18,000
H 114 in W 222 in
"Kaleidoscope" Contemporary Large Abstract Floral Textile Inspired Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary large scale abstract floral painting by Texas based artist Wood Anthony Francher. Inspired by Mexican floral embroidery patterns and textiles, the work is a burst of bol...
Canvas, Acrylic
Antique Guatemalan Hand Carved Wood Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Antique rare Guatemalan wood frame with traditional geometric patterns, which are depicting Nature through the design. Wood backing, with metal wire to hang frame. Glass not present....
Wood
Brass Sculpture on Marble Base After Rodin's "The Thinker" - SIGNED
Located in North Miami, FL
Signed V. Martin, this wonderful version of Rodin's renowned sculpture, The Thinker, is made of patinated brass and sits atop a black marble base. Pedestal shown is sold separately ...
Marble, Brass
1950s Wrought Iron Curved Sofa Garden Set
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1950s Wrought Iron outdoor set. Leaf and vine pattern. Three piece couch, round coffee table, pair of end tables. There are no cushions. Coffee table has no glass. Needs to be pain...
Wrought Iron
Art Deco Harris Dunn Co. "Wonder Bar" Cocktail Pick Set
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco "Wonder Bar" cocktail pick set by Harris Dunn Co. in the form of a wooden bar with chrome top and rail. The top with 5 plastic bottles with paper labels and a metal cocktail...
Metal, Chrome
Trees Park Slope
By Harriet Holden Nash
Located in Buffalo, NY
Harriet was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and lived with her husband in Park Slope for over 35 years. She attended the Brooklyn Museum School at age 14 where she establis...
Canvas, Oil
1960s Italian Gilt Wood Console
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1960s Italian gilt wood console. Wear to finish as shown in pictures.
Wood
$477Sale Price|75% Off
H 15.75 in W 15.75 in D 1.38 in
French School Road Line III New York City Impressionist Chut Les Barbizons!
Located in Zofingen, AG
☀️⭐Road Line III ⭐☀️ Landscape - Sky scrappers, office- NYC Building avenue Painting with mirror effect Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on old book pages on wooden strecher frame ...
Glue, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Corps de Ballet
By Wolf Kahn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Signed, original, 1994, oil–on-canvas painting, Corps de Ballet by significant American artist, Wolf Kahn (b. 1927). Winner: Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellowships. Award in Art from...
Canvas, Oil
$2,168Sale Price|20% Off
H 20 in W 23 in D 2.5 in
Original Impasto Oil Painting Art of an Autumnal River Landscape by Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Impasto Oil Painting Art of an Autumnal River Landscape by Irish Artist, Liam Blake Art measures 17 x 14 inches Frame measures 23 x 20 inches
Oil, Board
Japanese Celadon Lidded Vessel Mizusashi by Uichi Shimizu
Located in Atlanta, GA
A ceramic lidded celadon vessel made by Japanese potter Uichi Shimizu (1926-2004) circa post 1980s. The vessel was known as Mizusashi in Japanese and used as a freshwater container t...
Ceramic
$6,900 / set
H 72 in W 36.5 in D 24 in
Pair of Four-Tier Anglo-Indian Leather, Brass & Rattan Étagères/ Shelves
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Four-Tier Anglo-Indian Leather, Brass & Rattan Étagères/Shelves An impressive and richly detailed pair of tall Anglo-Indian étagères, each constructed with turned hardwood ...
Brass
$4,000
H 17.5 in W 21 in
Dance of the In laws Wedding Scene Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Jewish Wedding Mechutanim Medium: Oil Surface: Board, size includes artist decorated frame Country: United States The imagery of Maurice Kish (1895-1987), whe...
Oil
Guatemala (1/3)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rocca Luis César Guatemala, 2023, (1/3) Acrylic on canvas 24.40 x 24.40 in This original painting comes framed as shown in one of the images. Rocca Luis César (b. 1986, Guadalajara...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,028
H 9.49 in W 9.45 in D 0.01 in
Guatemala, Lake, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960s, 24, 1 x 24 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Large Modernist Figurative Abstract Oil Painting BASKET
By Marlene Bauer
Located in Surfside, FL
A Pacific Northwest native, Bauer was born in Vancouver, Washington, and has maintained a studio in Portland, Oregon since 1976. She attended the Pacific Northwest College of Art and...
Canvas, Oil
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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Figurative art, as opposed to abstract art, retains features from the observable world in its representational depictions of subject matter. Most commonly, figurative paintings reference and explore the human body, but they can also include landscapes, architecture, plants and animals — all portrayed with realism.
While the oldest figurative art dates back tens of thousands of years to cave wall paintings, figurative works made from observation became especially prominent in the early Renaissance. Artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and other Renaissance masters created naturalistic representations of their subjects.
Pablo Picasso is lauded for laying the foundation for modern figurative art in the 1920s. Although abstracted, this work held a strong connection to representing people and other subjects. Other famous figurative artists include Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Figurative art in the 20th century would span such diverse genres as Expressionism, Pop art and Surrealism.
Today, a number of figural artists — such as Sedrick Huckaby, Daisy Patton and Eileen Cooper — are making art that uses the human body as its subject.
Because figurative art represents subjects from the real world, natural colors are common in these paintings. A piece of figurative art can be an exciting starting point for setting a tone and creating a color palette in a room.
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