Modern Paintings
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series IV
Located in London, GB
'Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series IV', Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This new collection represents some of the most appealing works we have acquired to date from our Flo...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series VIII
Located in London, GB
'Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series VIII', Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This new collection represents some of the most appealing works we have acquired to date from our F...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series VI
Located in London, GB
'Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series VI', Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This new collection represents some of the most appealing works we have acquired to date from our Flo...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
The Vanguard Series Nr. XI: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions
By STM
Located in London, GB
"The Vanguard Series Nr. XI: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by STM (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten studios and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Vanguard Series Nr. X: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions
Located in London, GB
"The Vanguard Series Nr. X: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, unsigned (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten studios an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Vanguard Series Nr. IV: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions
By STM
Located in London, GB
"The Vanguard Series Nr. IV: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by STM (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten studios and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Wiggle Room 16-1 - Modern Resin Minimalist Blue Cool Tone Gradient Abstract Art
By Ricky Hunt
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
The Vanguard Series Nr. II: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions by JG
Located in London, GB
"The Vanguard Series Nr. II: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by JG (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten studios and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Landscape - Painting by Nicolas Alexandrovitch Tarkhoff - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Outstanding tempera on paper realized by Nicolas Alexandrovitch Tarkhoff (1871-1930) in the early 20th Century.
Hand signed lower left.
Includes a beautiful coeval wooden frame.
P...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Colourful Large Female Nude, Femme Nue Allongée
Located in Cotignac, FR
Colourful, large oil on canvas female nude by Isabelle Pardoe. The painting is not signed but came directly from the atelier of the artist.
Isabell Pardoe trained at the Slade scho...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
Double Vision 69 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Vibrant Yellow Abstract Art
By Ricky Hunt
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Monterey Foothill Pond in Summer Original Oil Landscape Painting
By Louise Grossett Cunningham
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 ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Time Zone 7 - Modern Resin Minimalist Earth Tone Geometric Abstraction Artwork
By Ricky Hunt
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series IX
Located in London, GB
'Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series IX', Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This new collection represents some of the most appealing works we have acquired to date from our Flo...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
Antique American Pennsylvania Impressionist Framed Landscape Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare antique oil painting by Charles W. Patterson (1870 - 1938) . Oil on canvas, signed lower right. Measuring 29 x 33 inches overall, 22 x...
Category
1920s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Plein Aire Framed Landscape Original New England Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
New England Landscape circa 1900.
Atmospheric antique oil on panel depicting a tranquil landscape. TThe scene is painted in soft impressionist brushwork with warm natural tones, ...
Category
Early 1900s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Framed Landscape Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape painting. Oil on canvas board. Framed.
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large 1990's French Contemporary Signed Oil Painting Gordes Luberon Provence
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Gordes, The Luberon Valley, Provence
French artist,
signed and dated 95
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 29 x 38 inches
canvas: 24 x 32 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Co...
Category
1990s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A Couple Weeds Never Hurt Anyone - Abstract Figurative Surrealist Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amanda Immurs, an artist hailing from Hamilton, Canada, creates enchanting oil and watercolor artworks that bring whimsical scenes of children, animals, and flora to life. Immurs' ar...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
“Rural Landscape” by Hans Stalzer - Oil on Canvas - 85.5x63.5cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Artwork sold with frame (100 x 78 cm)
Hans Stalzer (1878–1940) was an Austrian painter renowned for his landscapes, portraits, and war scenes. Born in Vienna on April 8, 1878, he in...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Signed American School Modernist Cubist Flower Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas, 24 x 19 inches overall, 20 x 15.75 inches image size.
A modernist still life. Cubist elements as well.
Signed lower right and presented in an a modernist frame.
...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Both uf Us, Figures Diptych in Black and White, Nude Bodies, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is a beautiful painting by Alberto de Blobs (Barcleona, 1982). Alberto is a talented painter whose elaborate mixture of figurative and free form ...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Early Mexican City Scene by Chicago Artist Francis Chapin, San Miguel de Allende
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming, vibrant, early Mexican city street scene by famed Chicago Modern artist Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Depicting a quiet, picturesque view of the rooftops and cathedral...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
Antique American Modernist Mural Symbolist Figural Male Nude Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American or European mural study painting. Tempera, oil and mixed media on board. Framed. Measuring: 25 by 30 inches overall,. In excellent original condition. Handsomely fr...
Category
Early 1900s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Vintage American Modernist Surreal Figural Nude Portrait Large Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist nude portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a modern molding. Excellent condition, ready to ...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A Charming, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Harbor Scene of Martha's Vineyard
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming, Colorful 1950s Mid-Century Modern Harbor Scene of Martha's Vineyard by Notable Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Painted near the artist's studio and summe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series III
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series III", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an inte...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Antique American Modernist Southwestern Framed Mountain Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 19 by 23 inches overall, and 16 by 20 painting alone. In excellent original condition. H...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French modernist abstract portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 44 by 36 inches overall, and 29 by 36 painting alone. In excellent original condi...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
View of Culver Cliff, Isle of Wright - Oil paint attr. William Dyce - 1873
Located in Roma, IT
Oil and tempera on cardboard attributed to William Dyce and realized in 1873.
Hand titled and dated lower right.
Includes a modern gilded wooden frame, cm. 23.5x32.5.
Category
1870s Modern Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Oil
"Venice - 2" by Claude Sauthier - Oil on Wood - 92x65 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...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Venus, Large 20th Century Painting of Nude Woman w/ Garland
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Venus, 1940
Signed Clarence H. Carter and dated 40. (ur)
Oil on canvas
40 x 27 inches
48 x 35 inches, framed
Canvas is slightly warped...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Anza-Borrego Desert California Modernist Large Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape signed oil painting of the Anza-Borrego desert. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 36 by 44 inches overall. In excellent original condit...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Infinite prosperity
Located in IT
XXL EXTRA Large size
The item is located in central London, United Kingdom.
The painting will be shipped rolled
without stretcher bars, unframed.
It is possible to ship this item...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Sunspot 125 - Modern Resin Vibrant Blue Dual Tone Color Field Minimalist Artwork
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed-media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past, which led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acryl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Asleep Model - Original oil on canvas - Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Claude Gaveau
Asleep Model, 1975
Original oil on canvas
Signed in the lower right corner
Signed again on the back
On canvas 60 x 73 cm (c. 24 x 29 in)
Very good condition
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XX (circa 1980s-90s)
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XX", oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an interm...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
The Reader by Alexandre de Spengler - Oil on canvas 54x73 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Alexandre de Spengler (1893–1973) was a Swiss painter and engraver active in Geneva and Paris.
He is known for his land and seascapes, as well as...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Impressionist Framed Coastal Seascape Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist signed coastal seascape oil painting. Oil on canvasboard. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 14 by 18 inches overall, and 12 by 16 painting alone. In excelle...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
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:...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Italy : Mediteranean Seascape - Original Oil on canvas, Signed
By Marcel Mouly
Located in Paris, IDF
Marcel MOULY
Italy : Mediteranean Seascape, 1959
Original Oil on canvas
Signed and dated bottom right
Signed, dated and dated on the back
On canvas 46 x 55 cm (c. 18 x 22 in)
With b...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
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...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Modernist Oil Painting of Sunlit Poolside Scene with Figures Sunbathing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunlit Poolside Scene with Figures
by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933)
Unsigned
Medium: oil painting on board, unframed
Painting size: 3.75 inches (height) x 6 inches (width)
Condit...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
"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...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Vanguard Series Nr. V: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions by JG
Located in London, GB
The Vanguard Series Nr. V: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by JG (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten studios and at...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
John Roy Eldershaw (1892-1973) Australian watercolour NEW SOUTH WALES TAZMANIA
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: John Roy Eldershaw (1892-1973) Australian
TITLE: "Cattle At A Watering Hole NSW"
SIGNED: lower right
MEDIUM: watercolour on paper
SIZE: 68cm x 58cm incl frame
CONDITION: ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series VII
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series VII", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an inte...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Old Corner in Schuls by Ernest Voegeli - Oil on Canvas 46x60 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Ernest Voegeli is an artist who has found his path through a combination of solid technique and a clear, insightful approach to color, form, and composition. While his work is primar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunspot 124 - Modern Resin Muted Colorful Stripe Minimalist Artwork
By Ricky Hunt
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Midnight Angus Drawing #3 (Midwest, Cattle, Mid-Century, Prairie, Blue, 25% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Theodore Waddell
Midnight Angus Drawing #3 (Midwest, Cattle, Mid-Century, Prairie, Blue)
Oil on Paper
Year: 1990
Sheet Size: 30 x 40 inches (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
Mat Size: 33.5 x 43.5 in...
Category
1990s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Strawberry and Cream - Vibrant Southwest Inspired Pop Art Painting
By Will Beger
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
"After de Sunset" by Claude Sauthier - Oil on Wood - 73x54 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...
Category
1970s Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
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...
Category
Late 18th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series VII
Located in London, GB
'Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series VII', Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This new collection represents some of the most appealing works we have acquired to date from our Fl...
Category
1980s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
Rainbow Curves, Painter's Palette Translucent Shapes, Large Diptych on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is a modernist-inspired painting, drawing influence from the bold creativity of 1950s, 60s, and 70s art. The composition features overlapping painter’s palette silhouettes, crea...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Paris Montparnasse, the Bohemian life, the artist's model resting female nude
Located in Norwich, GB
this painting perfectly encapsulates the artistic Parisian Montparnasse bohemianism of the 1920s and 30s. We see a beautiful but certainly nonchalent woman seated on a day bed in the...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Honfleur Harbor Scene Mid-Century Modernist French Oil Painting Thickly Painted
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Honfleur
by Henri Auguin (French b. 1934)
titled verso
signed oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 27.5 x 31.5 inches
Canvas: 22 x 26 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
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