$5,786
H 37.41 in W 24.81 in
Circa 1930 original travel poster Budapest Danube river - Parliament Building
Located in PARIS, FR
Pal Molnar C.'s circa 1930 original travel poster, depicting Budapest and the majestic Danube River
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Rare Large Modernist Hungarian Oil Painting
By Emod Aurel
Located in Surfside, FL
Marffy, C. Pal Molnar, Istvan Szonyi, Istvan Pekary, Janos Vaszary, Sandor Ziffer, Bela Kadar, Nagy
Canvas, Oil
$5,500
H 15.75 in W 14.5 in
Rare Modernist Hungarian Rabbi Pastel Drawing Gouache Painting Judaica Art Deco
By Hugó Scheiber
Located in Surfside, FL
Marffy, C. Pal Molnar, Istvan Szonyi, Istvan Pekary, Janos Vaszary, Sandor Ziffer, Bela Kadar, Nagy
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache
Rare Large Modernist Hungarian Oil Painting
By Emod Aurel
Located in Surfside, FL
Marffy, C. Pal Molnar, Istvan Szonyi, Istvan Pekary, Janos Vaszary, Sandor Ziffer, Bela Kadar, Nagy
Canvas, Oil
Cabaret
By Pal Molar
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PAL C. MOLNAR "CABARET" DRAWING, SIGNED HUNGARIAN, WORKED IN PARIS, C.1925 16.5 X 11.5
Paper, Pencil
Sold
H 15.75 in W 14.5 in
Rare Modernist Hungarian Rabbi Pastel Drawing Gouache Painting Judaica Art Deco
By Hugó Scheiber
Located in Surfside, FL
Marffy, C. Pal Molnar, Istvan Szonyi, Istvan Pekary, Janos Vaszary, Sandor Ziffer, Bela Kadar, Nagy
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache, Charcoal
$357,569
H 52 in W 40 in D 2 in
Exotic - Scottish 1920's exhibited 'Glasgow Girl' art portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning much exhibited 1920's Scottish portrait oil painting is by noted Glasgow Girl artist Norah Nielson Gray. Painted circa 1923, the model for the painting was Rita McIlrai...
Oil
$1,155Sale Price / item|30% Off
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
$120,000
H 14 in W 26.25 in D 14.75 in
18th Century New England Cartographer's Office - Kupjack Studios Miniature Room
By Henry "Hank" Kupjack
Located in Chicago, IL
Cartography, the study and practice of making and using maps, was at the cutting edge in the 18th-century, helping to shape and define a world rapidly coming into focus. Over the c...
Mixed Media
$235,040Sale Price|33% Off
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
Other
$446,961
H 70.87 in W 125.99 in D 2.17 in
Giant Crocodile Fossil Wall Plate, Germany. 180 Million Years Old.
Located in London, GB
This outstanding fossilised skeleton is that of the ancestral crocodile species Steneosaurus bollensis that lived during the early Jurassic period. The skeleton, complete with armour...
Other
$209,040Sale Price|24% Off
H 53.125 in W 43.25 in
Portrait of Anne, Lady Russell, later Countess of Bedford
By Anthony van Dyck
Located in London, GB
A three-quarter length portrait of Anne, Lady Russell, later Countess of Bedford (1615-1684), in a blue dress. Attributed to Sir Anthony Van Dyck. Anne Carr, Lady Russell, an estee...
Oil
$268,500
H 51.25 in W 71 in D 1.38 in
La Terrasse Devant La Mer By Jean Pierre Cassigneul
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jean-Pierre Cassigneul b.1935 French La terrasse devant la mer (The Terrace by the Sea) Signed “Cassigneul” (lower left) Oil on canvas laid on panel This monumental, three-panele...
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Allegory of Abundance
Located in New York, NY
Painted in collaboration with Hendrick van Balen (Antwerp, 1575 – 1632). Provenance: Private Collection, Uruguay, since the 1930s. The eldest son of Jan Breughel the Elder, Jan the...
Copper
La Carmencita by John Singer Sargent
By John Singer Sargent
Located in New Orleans, LA
John Singer Sargent 1856-1925 American Stamped by artist's estate (en verso) Oil on canvas John Singer Sargent, widely regarded as one of history's most distinguished portraitists...
Canvas, Oil
$1,775
H 33 in W 29 in D 2 in
Antique American School Post Impressionist Modern Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist portrait painting. Housed in a period frame. Measuring 29 by 33 inches overall and 20 by 24 painting alone.
Canvas, Oil
"Manhattan Night Life"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Vaclav Vytlacil (1892-1984) He was born to Czechoslovakian parents in 1892 in New York City. Living in Chicago as a youth, ...
Canvas, Oil
"A Day on the Beach"
By Martha Walter
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Martha Walter (1875-1976). Born in Philadelphia in 1875, Martha Walter attended Girls’ High School followed ...
Oil, Board
$22,300
H 40.16 in W 31.5 in
First Time on the Art Market - Dancer Tying Her Shoes, c. 1916
Located in Stockholm, SE
Dick Beer (b. London 1893 - d. Stockholm 1938) Dancer Tying Her Shoes, c. 1916 (Dansösen knyter sina skor, c.1916) oil on canvas unframed 102 x 80 cm Provenance: Within the fami...
Canvas, Oil
$6,188
H 31.11 in W 25.2 in D 1.19 in
American WPA Jewish New York Modernist Madonna Mother and Child painting
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Norwich, GB
A magnificent oil on canvas by Russian American WPA artist Nahum Tschacbasov (1899-1984), dating from 1943. Depicting a Maternity scene - or possibly a modernist take on the virgin ...
Canvas, Oil
Orientala By Reuven Rubin
By Reuven Rubin
Located in New Orleans, LA
Reuven Rubin Israeli 1893-1974 Orientala Signed “Reuven Rubin" Oil on canvas A striking and unique work rendered in a breathtaking jewel-toned palette, Orientala by Rueven Rubin ...
Canvas, Oil
Portrait ‘Woman with Tilted Head’ Signed Hugo Scheiber
By Hugó Scheiber
Located in New York, NY
Painting, oil in cardboard, signed H Scheiber (Budapest 1873- 1950). Hugo Scheiber was born in Budapest in 1873. At the age of eight, he moved with his family from Budapest to Vie...
Paint
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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