$2,125
Street Scene with Fruit Vendor Watercolor, American Modern, Circa 1950
By Emilio Sanchez
Located in New York, NY
Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) created [untitled] “STREET SCENE WITH FRUIT VENDOR” in circa 1950. This unsigned watercolor and came to us directly from the Sanchez estate. It is stampe...
Graphite, Watercolor
$6,500
NYC Street & Interior Scene 1940’s American Scene Modern WPA Still Life Realism
By Joseph Solman
Located in New York, NY
Joseph Solman 1940’s Oil on Masonite signed JS lower left 20x12 inches image size 26x18 inches with frame Good condition Private collection NYC Painting depicts a fantastic NYC Bri...
Oil, Acrylic
$11,250Sale Price|25% Off
Street Scene WPA American Scene Mid-20th Century Modern Coin Tower California SF
By Victor Michail Arnautoff
Located in New York, NY
Street Scene WPA American Scene Mid-20th Century Modern Coin Tower California SF Victor Arnautofff (1896 – 1979) City Street 12 x 14 inches Oil on board, c. 1930s Signed lower left ...
Oil, Board
American Modernist Street & Diner Scene, Signed Kittredge
Located in New York, NY
Mystery Artist (Possibly William A. Kittredge, illustrator) Untitled (Diner), c. Mid-20th century Oil on board Sight: 8 x 10 in. Framed: 9 3/8 x 11 3/8 x 7/8 in.
Oil, Board
A 1940s American Scene Watercolor of a Chicago Street Scene by Grace Spongberg
Located in Chicago, IL
A Modern 1940s American Scene watercolor depicting a snowy Chicago Street Scene by artist Grace Spongberg.
Paper, Watercolor
A 1930s Modern Street Scene of St. Charles Street, New Orleans, Exhibited- AIC
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
A Colorful 1930s Modern Street Scene of St. Charles Street, New Orleans by Notable Chicago Artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990).
Canvas, Oil
$500Sale Price|28% Off
untitled (Street Scene Mexico)
By William Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Mexican Landscape (Man Walking on Street) Ink and watercolor on paper. Signed with the estate stamp lower right (see photo) From the Estate of the Artist with the artist's e...
Watercolor
$1,356Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage American Female Modernist Precisionist Street Scene Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist street scene oil painting by Elaine Wesley (1923 - 2007). Oil on board. Estate stamped verso.
Canvas, Oil
$1,356Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Modernist Street Scene Vintage Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American school modernist cityscape painting. Oil on canvas, wrapped to board. No signature found.
Canvas, Oil
$700Sale Price|20% Off
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...
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Nocturnal Street Scene Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist nocturnal street scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed . Measuring: 14 by 12 inches overall, and 8 by 10 painting alone. In excellent original...
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Ashcan School Street Scene Nocturnal Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist nocturnal street scene oil painting by Jerome Myers (1867 - 1940). Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring 16 by 18 inches overall and 9 by 11 painting al...
Oil, Board
Vintage American School Modernist Trompe L'Oeil Abstract Street Scene Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist trompe l'oeil street scene oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 33 by 15 inches overall, and 30 by 12 painting alone. Excellent condition...
Oil
$3,080Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage American Modernist New Orleans Street Scene Signed & Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist New Orleans street scene oil painting by Charles Whitfield Richards (1906 - 1992).
Oil, Canvas
American Flag in Neon in New York City Street Scene at Night
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The patriotic colors of Old Glory are described in vibrating neon. Cars in the foreground reflect the striped pattern, while faces and figures punctuate the scene. Signed and dated ...
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
$135
A Compelling, 1950s Mid-Century Modern City Nocturne, Street Scene, France
By Andre Delfau
Located in Chicago, IL
A Compelling, 1950s Mid-Century Modern City Nocturne by Andre Delfau (Fr./Am. 1914-2000). Depicting a colorful city street scene at night showing a building facade of bright green s...
Paper, Watercolor
Vintage American Modernist New York Cityscape Framed Street Scene Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract street scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 31 by 27 inches overall, and 24 by 20 painting alone. In excellent original ...
Oil, Canvas
$1,020Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Modernist Large New York Cityscape Framed Street Scene Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist street scene painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a late 19th century fluted cove giltwood molding. E...
Canvas, Oil
A Vibrant Modern City Street Scene, Urban Realism, New Mexico Landscape Painting
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
A Large, Colorful Modern City Street Scene by Notable Chicago Artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990).
Canvas, Oil
$636Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American School Signed Modernist Street Scene Rare Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed scene oil painting. Oil on paper. Signed. Framed. Image size, 20L x 15H.
Canvas, Oil
A Cheerful 1950s, Modern City Park Scene with Horse & Carriage, "Rome Street"
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A lively, colorful 1950s Mid-Century Modern city park scene with a horse & carriage ("Rome Street") by famed Chicago artist, Francis Chapin.
Oil, Wood Panel
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Ashcan School New York City Street Scene Kids Playing Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school signed New York City street scene oil painting.
Canvas, Oil
American Girl in Italy, Florence - Woman walking down street, city scene, men
By Ruth Orkin
Located in Denton, TX
American Girl in Italy by Ruth Orkin is a black and white gelatin silver print depicting a distressed woman walking down a street, past a group of men looking at her. 11 x 14 in. Ge...
Silver Gelatin
Two 1940s Chicago Street Scenes, Studies for Fulton Street Market, Urban Realism
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Unique Offering of Two 1940s Chicago City Street Scenes, "Studies for Fulton Street Market" by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994).
Paper, Charcoal
Renée Berger, Signed Manhattan Street Scene with Pedestrians, 1980
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Renée Berger, Signed Manhattan Street Scene with Pedestrians, 1980 Renée Berger. USA, B. 1959 New York City street scene, signed oil on canvas, dating to approximately 1980. This in...
Canvas, Giltwood
Social Realist Street Scene Modernist Landscape Oil Painting
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil Painting Mid 20th century, signed P. Zimmerman Reminiscent of the Mid Century Social Realist and WPA works of Ben Shahn this captures an architectural street scape. Paul Zimmerm...
Oil
Newark Street Snow Scene in Sunlight with Figures
By Henry Martin Gasser
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower right: H. GASSER
Paper, Watercolor
Daniel Corey “Ogunquit Parking Lot #2” Contemporary Maine Street Scene Oil
Located in Rockport, MA
Ogunquit Parking Lot #2 is a vibrant contemporary street scene by American painter Daniel Corey. The composition captures a moment of everyday coastal life in Ogunquit, Maine, where ...
Oil
Denmark (Copenhagen, Indre By) Street Scene with Church Tower, Early 20th Centur
Located in Spokane, WA
This atmospheric early 20th-century street scene presents a refined vision of urban life in Denmark, most likely set in central Copenhagen (Indre By), the historic heart of the city....
Offset
1930s Modernist Watercolor of a Chicago Street Scene by Constantine Pougialis
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1930s colorful Modernist watercolor depicting a Chicago street scene by notable Greek American artist, Constantine Pougialis.
Paper, Watercolor
$3,000
"Chrysler Building" Leon Dolice, New York City Street Scene, Mid-Century
By Leon Dolice
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice Chrysler Building Signed lower right Watercolor on paper 19 x 12 inches The romantic backdrop of Vienna at the turn of the century had a life-long influence upon the yo...
Paper, Pastel
$2,500
A Charming 1950s Martha's Vineyard Street Scene Painting by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A large, delightful oil on Masonite, 1950s, Martha's Vineyard street scene painting by famed Chicago Modern artist, Francis Chapin.
Masonite, Oil
Modernist Oil Painting George Schwacha Brooklyn Street Scene Fruit Market WPA
By George Schwacha Jr
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed lower left corner Oil on masonite Dimensions: Frame H 18.25" x W 22.25". Sight H 11.25" x W 15.25 This is a great scene, vintage Americana. Possibly Crown Heights in Broo...
Masonite, Oil
"St. Michael’s in Brooklyn", New York City Street Scene, Cityscape, Brick Church
By Ernest Fiene
Located in Yardley, PA
“St. Michael’s in Brooklyn, c. 1944” by Ernest Fiene (1894-1965) New York City served as an endless source of inspiration for Fiene, who often captured street scenes like this one i...
Canvas, Oil
"Empire State Building" Leon Dolice, New York City Street Scene, Mid-Century
By Leon Dolice
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice Empire State Building Signed lower right Watercolor on paper 19 x 12 inches The romantic backdrop of Vienna at the turn of the century had a life-long influence upon th...
Paper, Pastel
$850
A Charming, Diminutive 1945 Street Scene Painting of Navy Sailors in Hanover, NH
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming, diminutive 1945 city street scene painting of Navy sailors standing beside a store front in Hanover, NH by famed Chicago artist Harold Haydon. Image size: 4 1/2" x 6". ...
Oil, Board
Unavailable
H 7.5 in W 9.25 in
Cat on a Side Street European Scene 1960s Black and White Photograph
By Roz Joseph
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1960s black and white photograph European street scene is by New York/San Francisco photographer Roz Joseph (1926-2019). Joseph travelled extensively through Europe, North Afric...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
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H 29 in W 35 in
New York Street Scene Mid 20th Century Modern WPA American Scene Social Realism
By Philip Reisman
Located in New York, NY
New York Street Scene Mid 20th Century Modern WPA American Scene Social Realism Philip Reisman (American, New York, 1904-1992) New York City Street Scene 22 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches Oil ...
Masonite, Oil
American Street Scene Signed by Clyde Singer
By Clyde Singer
Located in New York, NY
Clyde Singer (American, 1908-1999) Steam Leak, 1984 Oil on board 11 x 6 in. Framed: 13 3/4 x 9 in. Signed lower left: C. Singer Inscribed verso: 11 x 6, Steam Leak, Clyde Singer, 5-1...
Oil, Board
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H 22 in W 30 in
"Snowy City Street" American Scene Social Realism WPA Mid-20th Century Modern
By Syd Browne
Located in New York, NY
"Snowy City Street" American Scene Social Realism WPA Mid-20th Century Modern Syd J.
Canvas, Oil
Street Scene, Provincetown.
By Ethel Mars
Located in New York, NY
This white-line woodcut was made circa 1919. The edition size is unknown. Image size 12 x 11 1/16" (30.5 x 28 cm). Signed "E-Mars" in pencil on the mount. Mount 16 5/8 x 14 1/2."...
Woodcut
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H 26 in W 30 in D 2 in
Antique American Modernist Surreal Street Scene Unsigned Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist street scene painting. Oil on board, circa 1930.
Canvas, Oil, Gouache
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H 14.5 in W 19 in D 2 in
Antique American Modernist Cityscape Moody Street Scene Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist cityscape painting. Oil on board, circa 1930. Signed. Displayed in a period impressionist frame. Image size, 14.5"L x 10"H.
Canvas, Oil
New York City Modernist Street Scene
Located in Buffalo, NY
A modernist style cityscape of New York City. Oil on canvas, circa 1970. Unsigned. Image size, 36"L x 18"H.
Canvas, Oil
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H 26 in W 21 in D 3 in
Early American Modernist School Oil Painting, Boston Wharf Ashcan Street Scene
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist view of a Boston Street. Oil on canvas, circa 1930. Signed illegibly lower right. Displayed in a period modernist frame. Image size, 14"L x 18"H, overall 21"L x 26"H.
Canvas, Oil
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H 14 in W 15.5 in
1950s Landscape Study, Mixed Media Drawing WPA Era Street Scene American Realist
By Charles Silberman
Located in Surfside, FL
14x15.5 framed , 3x4.75 sight size Miniature Landscape Study by American artist, CHARLES SILBERMAN Des Moines, Iowa, b. 1925, d. 2011
Ink, Mixed Media, Pen, Pencil
Social Realist Street Scene Modernist Landscape Oil Painting
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil Painting Mid 20th century, signed P. Zimmerman Reminiscent of the Mid Century Social Realist and WPA works of Ben Shahn this captures an architectural street scape. Paul Zimmerm...
Oil
Social Realist Street Scene Modernist Landscape Oil Painting
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil Painting Mid 20th century, signed P. Zimmerman Reminiscent of the Mid Century Social Realist and WPA works of Ben Shahn this captures an architectural street scape. Paul Zimmerm...
Oil
Oil on Canvas Auraham Binder Colorful Impressionistic Street Scene
Located in Toledo, OH
Original oil on canvas by Auraham Binder of an Impressionistic street scene. Signed lower right. Dimensions: 2" depth x 40.5" W x 35" H.
Canvas
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H 31 in W 37 in
"Copley Square, Boston, " Kamil Kubik Massachusetts Cityscape Street Scene
By Kamil Kubik
Located in New York, NY
Kamil Kubik (1930 - 2011) Copley Square, Boston, Massachusetts Pastel on paper Sight 24 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches Signed and dated lower right The street scenes of Kamil Kubik are execute...
Paper, Pastel
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H 24 in W 20 in
"Rainy Day, New York City" Modernist Urban Cityscape Mid-Century Street Scene
By Leon Dolice
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice (1982 - 1960) Rainy Day, New York City, circa 1940 Oil on canvasboard 20 x 16 inches Signed on the reverse Provenance: Private Collection, Massachusetts Private Collecti...
Oil, Board
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H 11.5 in W 14.5 in
"Washington Square Park Arch, " Bela de Tirefort, New York City Street Scene
By Bela de Tirefort
Located in New York, NY
Bela de Tirefort (1894 – 1993) Washington Square Park, 1952 Oil on canvasboard 9 x 12 inches Signed and dated lower left Provenance: Private Collection, Nyack, New York Bela de Tir...
Oil, Board
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H 22 in W 26 in
"Union Square, " Tore Asplund, New York City Street Scene Nocturne Cityscape Cars
By Tore Asplund
Located in New York, NY
Tore Asplund (1903 - 1978) Union Square, 1948 Oil on canvasboard 16 x 20 inches Signed Lower Right: Tore Asplund Burton T. Bush Prize $50 for a landscape in Oil Tore Asplund was bro...
Oil, Board
STREET SCENE
By Fairfield Porter
Located in Portland, ME
Porter, Fairfield. STREET SCENE. Lithograph in colors, 1969. Edition of 100, signed in pencil and numbered 84/100. 22 1/4 x 30 inches, handsomely framed to 34 x 42 inches. In excelle...
Lithograph
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H 11 in W 11.5 in D 1.25 in
A Vibrant, 1930s American Modern Painting, Chicago City Street Scene, Old Town
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Vibrant, 1930s Chicago City Street Scene of the Historic Old Town Neighborhood by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965).
Masonite, Oil
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H 29 in W 34 in
42nd Street Library NYC American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century Realism
By Bernard Gussow
Located in New York, NY
42nd Street Library NYC American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century Realism Bernard Gussow (1881-1957) 42nd Street Library 25 x 30 inches Oil on canvas Signed lower left Framed 28...
Canvas, Oil
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H 29 in W 13 in D 2 in
Antique American Framed Surreal Abstract Street Scene Signed Modern Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist street scene. Signed "Diana". Nicely framd. Great color and a fine composition. Measuring 29 by 13 inches.
Canvas, Oil
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H 18 in W 14 in D 0.13 in
1930s Modern San Francisco Street Scene, Bank of California, Sansome Street
Located in Chicago, IL
A fine Modern 1930s early city street scene of San Francisco by notable California woman artist, Leontine Wallace (1896-1971). Depicts a street level view of the historic Bank of Ca...
Paper, Ink, Pencil
Vintage American Modernist Street Scene Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive modernist street scene painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period giltwood molding. Excellent condition,...
Canvas, Oil
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H 17 in W 19.5 in D 2 in
Antique American Modernist Cityscape Precisionist Street Scene Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American precisionist landscape painting by Paul Darrow (born 1902). Oil and gouache on board, circa 1931. Signed. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. Image size, 14....
Canvas, Oil, Gouache
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H 25 in W 21 in D 2 in
Antique American Modernist Surreal Street Scene Unsigned Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist street scene painting. Oil on board, circa 1950.
Canvas, Oil, Gouache
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H 27 in W 31 in D 2 in
Antique Early American School Modernist Framed Original Street Scene Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist street scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed.
Canvas, Oil
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H 19 in W 23 in D 2 in
Antique American Impressionist Signed Framed Ashcan Street Scene Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist street scene oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 11H by 15L.
Canvas, Oil
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H 15 in W 14 in D 2 in
Antique American Modernist "Antiquities Store" Framed Street Scene Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist street scene oil painting. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Signed. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a whitewood molding. Exce...
Oil, Board
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.
Find a collection of modern paintings, sculptures, prints and other fine art on 1stDibs.