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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
The Mediterranean Coast, Oil on Canvas Painting, Signed, Late 20th Century
The Mediterranean Coast, Oil on Canvas Painting, Signed, Late 20th Century

The Mediterranean Coast, Oil on Canvas Painting, Signed, Late 20th Century

Located in Cotignac, FR

Mediterranean coastal scene, late 20th century, oil on canvas by Harrison. The painting is signed bottom left and is presented in a patinated and gilt frame. This captivating artwor...

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Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Tranquil French River Landscape with Trees Reflections Impressionist Painting
Tranquil French River Landscape with Trees Reflections Impressionist Painting

Tranquil French River Landscape with Trees Reflections Impressionist Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Tranquil French River Landscape with Trees Reflections Impressionist Painting French School, mid 20th century signed lower right oil on board, unframed Board: 10.75 x 14 inches Prove...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Mediterranean Forest Landscape Oil Painting Post Impressionist Spanish Woodland
Mediterranean Forest Landscape Oil Painting Post Impressionist Spanish Woodland

Mediterranean Forest Landscape Oil Painting Post Impressionist Spanish Woodland

By Ramon Perez Barril

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Artist: Ramón Pérez Barril (Barcelona, 1950) Title: Mediterranean Forest Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 65 × 50 cm (25.6 × 19.7 in) Signature: Signed lower right Period: Contempor...

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1990s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Casino de Monte Carlo Monaco Original Vintage French Signed Oil Painting
Casino de Monte Carlo Monaco Original Vintage French Signed Oil Painting

Casino de Monte Carlo Monaco Original Vintage French Signed Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco French, mid 20th century signed oil on canvas, framed inscribed verso framed: 20 x 23.5 inches canvas: 18 x 22 inches Provenance: private collection, Fr...

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Mid-19th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Las Ramblas Barcelona Flower Market Street Scene Painting Urban Impressionist
Las Ramblas Barcelona Flower Market Street Scene Painting Urban Impressionist

Las Ramblas Barcelona Flower Market Street Scene Painting Urban Impressionist

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Scenes of Las Ramblas in Barcelona remain among the most recognizable urban subjects in European painting and are highly sought after by collectors and interior designers worldwide. Artist Jordi Junyent Title Rambla de las Flores, Barcelona Date 1988 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 50 × 61 cm 19.7 × 24 in Signature Signed “Junyent” lower left and dated 1988. Frame Unframed Condition Very good condition. Canvas firm and well stretched. Stable paint layer with bright colors. No visible restorations. Atmospheric urban painting depicting Las Ramblas flower market in Barcelona, one of the most recognizable and vibrant locations in the city. The composition captures the scene after rainfall, with reflective pavement, flower stalls and strolling figures creating depth and movement. The wet street surface reflects light and silhouettes, enhancing the lively Mediterranean atmosphere. Executed with a confident and expressive brushstroke, the artist uses a palette dominated by cool greys, greens and blues contrasted with vivid reds from the flower displays. The simplified figures and loose handling of paint emphasize the mood of the place rather than strict detail, a characteristic approach of post-impressionist urban painting. Scenes of Barcelona’s Las Ramblas are particularly sought after in the international decorative art market due to their strong visual identity and association with one of Europe’s most iconic boulevards. An attractive and highly decorative cityscape, ideal for collectors of European urban painting or for interior design settings seeking a vibrant Mediterranean atmosphere. Jordi Junyent was a Spanish painter active in the late twentieth century whose work focused primarily on urban scenes and Mediterranean city views. His paintings often depict recognizable locations such as the streets of Barcelona, rendered with a loose brushstroke and an emphasis on atmosphere, light and color. Working within a post-impressionist tradition, Junyent developed compositions that balance figurative clarity with painterly spontaneity, making his works appealing within the European decorative art market. Barcelona Las Ramblas Barcelona street scene Flower market painting...

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1980s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Landscape by H. Ackerman - Oil on Canvas - 130x75 cm
Landscape by H. Ackerman - Oil on Canvas - 130x75 cm

Landscape by H. Ackerman - Oil on Canvas - 130x75 cm

Located in Geneva, CH

Signed by the artist but he is unknown from the gallery Probably a Swiss artist and Swiss landscape Artwork sold without frame

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1920s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Warm Pink Evening Light Over French Lake Landscape Impressionist Painting
Warm Pink Evening Light Over French Lake Landscape Impressionist Painting

Warm Pink Evening Light Over French Lake Landscape Impressionist Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Evening Light Over French Lake Landscape Impressionist Painting French School, mid 20th century signed lower left oil on board, unframed Board: 10.75 x 14 inches Provenance: private ...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Wacky Valley Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
Wacky Valley Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch

Wacky Valley Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch

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 Landscape Paintings

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Pastel

Figures Stood In Hay bail Corn Field British Modernist Pastel and Pencil Sketch
Figures Stood In Hay bail Corn Field British Modernist Pastel and Pencil Sketch

Figures Stood In Hay bail Corn Field British Modernist Pastel and Pencil Sketch

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

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

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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

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Pastel, Pencil

Plaza Del Rey, Barcelona
Plaza Del Rey, Barcelona

Plaza Del Rey, Barcelona

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Large scale modernist painting by Spanish painter Jose Lapayese Del Rio, 1968. Titled "Plaza Del Rey, Barrio Gotico (Barcelona)" . Oil on canvas. Signed lower right and again verso a...

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1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

India Bangladesh Indistinctly signed in Bengal 1979 Watercolour Fisherman Dacca
India Bangladesh Indistinctly signed in Bengal 1979 Watercolour Fisherman Dacca

India Bangladesh Indistinctly signed in Bengal 1979 Watercolour Fisherman Dacca

Located in Norfolk, GB

Indistinctly signed in Bengali, dated ‘79 Bangladesh/Indian Indistinctly signed in Bengali and dated ‘79 Untitled - Fishermen 1979 Watercolour on paper Paper size: 34 x 53 cm Frame Size: 46 x 62.5 cm Provenance: From a private UK family A fabulously evocative watercolour painting showing fisherman, struggling against the elements. This is Bangladesh, 1979, not long after Independence, when the focus was on the working classes, the everyday struggle to make a living and when the artists depicting these times were concurrently exploring and establishing a new aesthetic. The painting combines naturalism with the wash method of watercolour painting and a reduced palette which allows for a rich harmony of shadow and light. Although appearing to simply utilize monotone colours, closer inspection reveals splashes of quite vivid colours; the yellow on the horizon, a deep crimson on the trousers of one of the figures, blue in the nets etc. The colour is subtle but adds a richness to the overall composition implying that this artist has received an academic training; knowing how to get the most from the materials. Add to this the beautiful watery effect from the wash on the paper and we can immediately see references to Bengal school art techniques. It is not surprising that the artist employs this medium. Neuroarthistory points to the rich heritage of Bengal school painters and the fascination with wash technique emanating from their connection to the water which provides the backbone for the region. From supplying food; fish and seafood, to transportation, agriculture and festivities. Bengal and Bangladesh live and die with the water. Some of the leading protagonists of the mid 20th century Bengal school of painters were equally captivated by the same subject and ideology. D P Roy Choudhury was a leading figure in the academic art institutions in the first half of the 20th century. He was also a great experimenter of style. In the image shown,, we can see Choudhury’s treatment of the same subject and how he to chose the monotone palette. It is through observing the similarities and differences that we begin to learn more about the times these artists were painting in and in the case of the Bangladeshi artists how they were approaching the political traumas of the time. The label to the back of the frame tells its own story;. Saju Arts & Crafts, Dacca-12. “Saju was born in 1944 in Ramu, Cox's Bazar. At one point, he became friends with Shamsul Islam Nizami, one of the veteran painters of Bangladesh. At that time, Nizami was a teacher of the Institute of Fine Arts (now Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka). Nizami introduced Saju to all the notable painters in the contemporary art scenario -- from master painters like Zainul Abedin, Quamrul Hassan...

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1970s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

French Modernist Oil Painting Green Tonal Landscape with Pink House
French Modernist Oil Painting Green Tonal Landscape with Pink House

French Modernist Oil Painting Green Tonal Landscape with Pink House

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Pink House French School, late 20th century oil on un-stretched canvas, unframed un-stretched canvas : 15.5 x 20 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very goo...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Stormig natt (Stormy Night) (1978)
Stormig natt (Stormy Night) (1978)

Stormig natt (Stormy Night) (1978)

Located in Stockholm, SE

Bruno Wiklund (1937-2011) Sweden Stormig natt (Stormy Night) (1978) medium: pastel signed and dated unframed 52 × 41.5 cm (approx. 20.5 × 16.3 in) framed 59 × 48 cm (approx. 23.2 ×...

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1970s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Pastel

Simó Busom, Catalan Mediterranean Landscape with River, Signed Mid-Century oil
Simó Busom, Catalan Mediterranean Landscape with River, Signed Mid-Century oil

Simó Busom, Catalan Mediterranean Landscape with River, Signed Mid-Century oil

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

This mid-century oil on canvas by Catalan painter Simó Busom i Grau presents a vibrant Mediterranean landscape with river and house, painted in an expressive postwar Spanish style associated with the Barcelona school. Artist: Simó Busom i Grau (Barcelona, 1927–2020) Title: Mediterranean Landscape with River and House Date: Mid-20th Century (circa 1950s–1960s) Medium: Oil on canvas Canvas size: 46 x 55 cm (18.1 x 21.6 in) Framed size: 59 x 68 cm (23.2 x 26.8 in) Signature: Signed lower right Condition: Good overall condition. Stable paint layer. Frame: Decorative frame included, ready to hang Location: Sitges, Spain Style: Spanish Postwar Landscape / Mediterranean Modern A refined example of postwar Catalan landscape painting, this original oil by Simó Busom i Grau captures the Mediterranean atmosphere through confident brushwork and luminous color transitions. The composition centers around a warm yellow house set against rolling terrain and flowing water. Gestural trees structure the foreground, creating depth and movement while framing the landscape. The artist’s handling of paint is energetic yet controlled, with visible impasto and layered color planes that enhance texture and spatial presence. The palette moves between cool river blues and sunlit earth tones, reflecting the light and tonal vibration characteristic of mid-20th century Spanish painting. The result is a work that balances decorative appeal with painterly authenticity. Compact in size yet visually dynamic, it functions beautifully in residential interiors or curated collections of European mid-century art. The painting is signed and offered with decorative frame, ready to hang. Simó Busom i Grau (Barcelona, 1927–2020) was a Catalan painter trained at the Acadèmia Baixas in Barcelona. He developed a career closely linked to the city’s artistic circuit, exhibiting regularly in Barcelona and Madrid and maintaining connections with the historic Sala Parés. His work focused primarily on Mediterranean and urban landscapes, characterized by expressive brushwork, structural clarity and a luminous color palette rooted in modern Catalan tradition. Catalan landscape painting Spanish mid century oil Mediterranean river landscape Barcelona school painting Simó Busom signed oil Postwar Spanish art European mid century painting...

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1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Huge French Modernist 20th Century 2 x Oil Paintings Rolling Provence Landscape
Huge French Modernist 20th Century 2 x Oil Paintings Rolling Provence Landscape

Huge French Modernist 20th Century 2 x Oil Paintings Rolling Provence Landscape

By Huguette Ginet-Lasnier

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Provence Landscape by Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French, 1927–2020) This stunning oil on canvas diptych presents an expansive and vibrant Provence landscape by renowned French artist H...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Beautiful British Modernist Oil Painting - Soft Green Landscape & Trees
Beautiful British Modernist Oil Painting - Soft Green Landscape & Trees

Beautiful British Modernist Oil Painting - Soft Green Landscape & Trees

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: Jill Jackson (British, contemporary) Title: The Country Lane Medium: oil on board, framed Framed: 17 x 22 inches Painting : 14 x 18 inches Provenance: all the pa...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Sicilian Farmhouse
Sicilian Farmhouse

Sicilian Farmhouse

By Yves Brayer

Located in London, GB

'Sicilian Farmhouse', oil on canvas, by Yves Brayer (circa 1950s). A dedicated lover of Mediterranean countries and their varied landscapes, this charming and diminutive work by the ...

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1950s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Huge Spanish/ French Oil Painting Elegant Ladies on the Beach Group Portrait
Huge Spanish/ French Oil Painting Elegant Ladies on the Beach Group Portrait

Huge Spanish/ French Oil Painting Elegant Ladies on the Beach Group Portrait

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Group Portrait by Maria Tort Xirau (Catalan, 1924-2018) signed lower corner dated 1991 oil painting on canvas, framed canvas: 42 x 52 inches framed: 33 x 43 inches Very good condition. Provenance: from the artists estate, France Maria Tort Xirau ( Figueres , 26 May 1924 – 6 June 2018) was a painter and photographic and cinematographic editor from Emporda. She developed a long professional career in leading photographic studios, in films for The Walt Disney Company and also in advertising claims for companies such as Educa Borràs . The second half of her life was dedicated to painting, exercising a luminous, varied and nostalgic chromatic style in the techniques of oil and watercolor and with exhibitions of her work in Barcelona and Figueres. The Biographical Dictionary of Art Empordà defined Tort Xirau's work as "a painting that is characterized by the strength of the strokes, the vividness and brightness of the chromatic range and exudes mastery of the photographic technique. A mixture of nostalgia and tenderness is evident.". Tort Xirau's paintings were exhibited in the two towns where she spent her life: in 1992 she exhibited his work at the Caixa de Figueres Exhibition Hall. Two years later, she did it at Sala Conex in Barcelona and in 2007 and 2013 the Consortium of Sant Ferran Castle and the Figueres Town Council organized tribute exhibitions. In 2013, she ceded to the council of the city of Figueres her work Mercat de la plaça de l'Ajuntament , watercolored on paper around 1991, which is exhibited in the rest room of the building. On June 6, 2018, she died in Figueres at the age of 94, receiving the apostolic blessing . Two years after her death, part of her paintings were included in the exhibition Paint, create, live. Women artists in the Alt...

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1990s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Warm Summer Light Over the French River Valley Impressionist Landscape Painting
Warm Summer Light Over the French River Valley Impressionist Landscape Painting

Warm Summer Light Over the French River Valley Impressionist Landscape Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Summer Light Over the French River Valley Impressionist Landscape Painting French School, mid 20th century signed lower right oil on board, unframed Board: 10.75 x 14 inches Provenan...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

The Luberon Valley Provence Superb French Modernist Signed Painting
The Luberon Valley Provence Superb French Modernist Signed Painting

The Luberon Valley Provence Superb French Modernist Signed Painting

By Huguette Ginet-Lasnier

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020), signed lower front Ginet-Lasnier, the wife of the painter Jean Lasnier, was born in the Seine-Maritime region of France an...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

1967 Mid Century Swedish Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Golden Fields
1967 Mid Century Swedish Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Golden Fields

1967 Mid Century Swedish Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Golden Fields

Located in Bristol, GB

GOLDEN FIELDS Size: 48.5 x 108 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A serene mid-century modern landscape that presents a cluster of farmhouses set against expansive, sun-washed field...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

View of  Riva degli Schiavoni - Oil Painting - Late 18th century
View of  Riva degli Schiavoni - Oil Painting - Late 18th century

View of Riva degli Schiavoni - Oil Painting - Late 18th century

By Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto)

Located in Roma, IT

View of Riva degli Schiavoni is an original old master artwork realized in the late 18th century by a follower of the School of the italian painter Canaletto. Oil on canvas. An imp...

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Late 18th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Horses in a paddock
Horses in a paddock

Horses in a paddock

By Donald Grant

Located in Stoke, Hampshire

Donald Grant (1924-2001) Horses in a paddock Signed lower right Oil on canvas Canvas size - 24 x 36 in Donald Currie Grant was born in 1930 in North Shie...

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20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

L.S. Lowry, Street Scene, 1965
L.S. Lowry, Street Scene, 1965

L.S. Lowry, Street Scene, 1965

Located in Manchester, GB

L.S. Lowry, Street Scene, 1965 Oil on canvas 50.8 x 60.9 cm (20 x 24 in) Hand-signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY 1965' (lower right) and titled 'STREET SCENE' (on the canvas overlap) E...

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1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Charles Levier Modernist Oil Painting Women Paris Street French Modernism
Large Charles Levier Modernist Oil Painting Women Paris Street French Modernism

Large Charles Levier Modernist Oil Painting Women Paris Street French Modernism

By Charles Levier

Located in Surfside, FL

Charles Levier (French, 1920-2003) Two Women with European Street Scene La Terasse du Restaurant Oil on Canvas Hand signed lower left Dimensions: Frame size: 51 in. x 40.5 in. Canva...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Parisian Interior Attic Room Mid 20th Century French Signed Oil, Rooftop Views
Parisian Interior Attic Room Mid 20th Century French Signed Oil, Rooftop Views

Parisian Interior Attic Room Mid 20th Century French Signed Oil, Rooftop Views

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: August Pietri, French mid 20th century, signed Title: attic room interior scene with a window overlooking winter snow rooftops Medium: signed oil painting on board...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Landscape - Oil Painting by Armando Cermignani - 1930
Landscape - Oil Painting by Armando Cermignani - 1930

Landscape - Oil Painting by Armando Cermignani - 1930

Located in Roma, IT

Oil on plywood realized by Armando Cermignani (1888-1957) in 1930s. Hand signed and dated. Excellent condition. Armando Cermignani was an Italian painter, engraver, ceramist and p...

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1930s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

"Metropolitan Abstraction" Signed Mid Century Cubist Architectural Abstraction
"Metropolitan Abstraction" Signed Mid Century Cubist Architectural Abstraction

"Metropolitan Abstraction" Signed Mid Century Cubist Architectural Abstraction

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American abstract cubist street scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 31 by 42 inches overall, and 25 by 36 painting alone. In excellent original con...

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1940s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Modern landscape paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Modern landscape paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add landscape paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, green, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Bernard Labbe, Huguette Ginet-Lasnier , Jean Tannous, and Gershon Benjamin. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern landscape paintings, so small editions measuring 2.17 inches across are also available. Prices for landscape paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $22 and tops out at $800,000, while the average work sells for $1,799.