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'Riders at Sundown' — Mid-Century Southwest Regionalism
'Riders at Sundown' — Mid-Century Southwest Regionalism

'Riders at Sundown' — Mid-Century Southwest Regionalism

By Gene Kloss

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

of The Harwood Museum of Art, University of New Mexico, Taos. ABOUT THE ARTIST “...a work of art is

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1950s American Modern Landscape Prints

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Drypoint, Aquatint

1920s American Folk Art Textile, Southwest Modern Style Carpet
1920s American Folk Art Textile, Southwest Modern Style Carpet

1920s American Folk Art Textile, Southwest Modern Style Carpet

Located in Dallas, TX

79068 Antique Germantown Southwestern style Kilim Rug, 01'09 x 03'09. This exquisite handwoven wool antique Southwestern style kilim is a captivating example of Germantown weaving, a...

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Early 20th Century American Bohemian North and South American Rugs

Materials

Wool

Mid Century Modern Southwest Geometric Abstract Oil Painting 1959 Art Calder
Mid Century Modern Southwest Geometric Abstract Oil Painting 1959 Art Calder

Mid Century Modern Southwest Geometric Abstract Oil Painting 1959 Art Calder

By (after) Alexander Calder

Located in Peoria, AZ

. The embodiment of modern thought in art; random form and shapes that have a deeper meaning

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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Wood, Canvas

Santa Fe Bird , Southwest, 22 x 25Framed, Whimsical, Mixed Media, Oil
Santa Fe Bird , Southwest, 22 x 25Framed, Whimsical, Mixed Media, Oil

Santa Fe Bird , Southwest, 22 x 25Framed, Whimsical, Mixed Media, Oil

By Anne Embree

Located in Houston, TX

came across a profile of Anne in Southwest Art magazine. The images in the article, along with a very

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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mixed Media

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Mixed Media, Oil

1920's American Folk Art Textile, Southwestern-Style Southwest Modern Carpet
1920's American Folk Art Textile, Southwestern-Style Southwest Modern Carpet

1920's American Folk Art Textile, Southwestern-Style Southwest Modern Carpet

Located in Dallas, TX

79016 Antique Transitional Southwestern-Style Kilim Rug, 01'09 x 03'00. This handwoven wool antique transitional Southwestern-style kilim captures the eye with its harmonious blend o...

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Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern North and South American ...

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Wool

Original Lithograph by James Carter with Southwest Pottery Theme
Original Lithograph by James Carter with Southwest Pottery Theme

Original Lithograph by James Carter with Southwest Pottery Theme

By James Carter

Located in New York, NY

Original Signed lithograph titled "Shield" by James Carter. It also has a custom burled elm frame. This piece has been floated and features hues of teal, terra cotta, sea foam green,...

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1990s American Modern Contemporary Art

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Paper

San Diego Modern Pathway

San Diego Modern Pathway

By Danny Heller

Located in Fairfield, CT

collection. His work has been published in CA Home + Design, American Art Collector, Southwest Art, CA

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Early 2000s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Moonlit Canyon
Moonlit Canyon

Moonlit Canyon

Located in Lexington, MA

ideal choice for collectors of contemporary abstract art or modern Southwest-inspired interiors. This

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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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Spoken Shadows, Large Scale Modernist Southwest Adobe Painting
Spoken Shadows, Large Scale Modernist Southwest Adobe Painting

Spoken Shadows, Large Scale Modernist Southwest Adobe Painting

By Gustavo Novoa

Located in Surfside, FL

Folk Art backgrounds. Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey commissioned him to do the poster and program

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Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Richard and Dion Neutra, VDL House

Richard and Dion Neutra, VDL House

By Danny Heller

Located in Fairfield, CT

collection. His work has been published in CA Home + Design, American Art Collector, Southwest Art, CA

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2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Luna, Red Oak II

Luna, Red Oak II

By Rick Pas

Located in Chicago, IL

;Rick Pas From moths to modern-day life." Southwest Art, January 2016 "Interpreting nature

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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Modernist Southwest Landscape
Modernist Southwest Landscape

Modernist Southwest Landscape, 1950

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H 22 in W 30 in D 2 in

Modernist Southwest Landscape

Located in Buffalo, NY

Modernist landscape with Southwestern Architecture. Oil on board, circa 1950. Unsigned. Displayed in a gold modernist frame. Image size, 28"L x 20"H, overall 30"L ...

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1950s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Maiden from the southwest
Maiden from the southwest

Maiden from the southwest

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

"Maiden from the Southwest" is an artwork that portrays the captivating beauty and cultural essence

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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic, Pencil

Lil Yeller- Vibrant Yellow Blue Southwest Inspired Pop Art Cactus Painting
Lil Yeller- Vibrant Yellow Blue Southwest Inspired Pop Art Cactus Painting

Lil Yeller- Vibrant Yellow Blue Southwest Inspired Pop Art Cactus Painting

By Will Beger

Located in Los Angeles, CA

southwest art. Influenced by his youth and inspired by nature, he effortlessly captures a vibrant, bohemian

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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Hermosa Fresa - Vibrant Red Black Southwest Inspired Pop Art Food Painting
Hermosa Fresa - Vibrant Red Black Southwest Inspired Pop Art Food Painting

Hermosa Fresa - Vibrant Red Black Southwest Inspired Pop Art Food Painting

By Will Beger

Located in Los Angeles, CA

southwest art. Influenced by his youth and inspired by nature, he effortlessly captures a vibrant, bohemian

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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

'Noonday Shadows' — Mid-Century Southwest Regionalism
'Noonday Shadows' — Mid-Century Southwest Regionalism

'Noonday Shadows' — Mid-Century Southwest Regionalism

By Gene Kloss

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Southwest. Her works are held in major collections, including the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Art

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1950s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Native American Indian Family, Old Southwest Silkscreen
Native American Indian Family, Old Southwest Silkscreen

Native American Indian Family, Old Southwest Silkscreen

By James Darum

Located in Surfside, FL

Sedona Arizona, Southwest artist. Cowboys, Native Americans, etc. James Darum boldly transforms the

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Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Antique American School Modernist Southwest Signed Desert Landscape Oil Painting
Antique American School Modernist Southwest Signed Desert Landscape Oil Painting

Antique American School Modernist Southwest Signed Desert Landscape Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American Western landscape modernist oil painting . Oil on canvas, circa 1920. Signed. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. Image, 13"L x 17"H.

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1920s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

M24 Kestrel

Rick PasM24 Kestrel, 2017

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H 16 in W 13 in

M24 Kestrel

By Rick Pas

Located in Chicago, IL

Pas From moths to modern-day life." Southwest Art, January 2016 "Interpreting nature." American Art

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Young Red-tail

Rick PasYoung Red-tail

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H 16 in W 16 in

Young Red-tail

By Rick Pas

Located in Chicago, IL

Pas From moths to modern-day life." Southwest Art, January 2016 "Interpreting nature." American Art

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21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

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Portrait of a 1920's Lady - American Art Deco female portrait oil painting
Portrait of a 1920's Lady - American Art Deco female portrait oil painting

Portrait of a 1920's Lady - American Art Deco female portrait oil painting

Located in Hagley, England

American artist Henry R Rittenberg painted this lovely 1920's Art Deco portrait oil painting. The painting is a standing half length portrait of a lady in a black coat with a white f...

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1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Antique English Oil Painting 'The Knight Errant' Pre-Raphaelite Nude & Knight
Antique English Oil Painting 'The Knight Errant' Pre-Raphaelite Nude & Knight

Antique English Oil Painting 'The Knight Errant' Pre-Raphaelite Nude & Knight

By John Everett Millais

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Knight Errant English School, circa 1900 after the painting by John Everett Millais (1829-1896) oil painting on board, framed board: 13 x 10 inches framed: 17 x 14 inches

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Early 20th Century Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Boulder Canyon, Colorado Autumn Landscape Oil Painting by Irene Fowler, 1940s
Boulder Canyon, Colorado Autumn Landscape Oil Painting by Irene Fowler, 1940s

Boulder Canyon, Colorado Autumn Landscape Oil Painting by Irene Fowler, 1940s

By Irene Fowler

Located in Denver, CO

This vintage 1940s oil on canvas painting by Colorado artist Irene Fowler (1884–1969) beautifully captures the vibrant autumn landscape of Boulder Canyon. With a masterful eye for co...

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1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago

Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago

Located in Puglia, Puglia

Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian) Morocco The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco. I att...

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier African Natural Specimens

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Bone

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “Hygieia” collotype print
Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “Hygieia” collotype print

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “Hygieia” collotype print

By (after) Gustav Klimt

Located in Palm Beach, FL

After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #10, Ausschnitt aus dem Bilde “Medizin”; multi-color collotype detail from Medicine, one of the faculty paintings for the University of Vienna in oil o...

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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

SLOW TRAIN THROUGH ARKANSAS
SLOW TRAIN THROUGH ARKANSAS

SLOW TRAIN THROUGH ARKANSAS

By Thomas Hart Benton

Located in Portland, ME

Benton, Thomas Hart (American, 1889-1975 SLOW TRAIN THROUGH ARKANSAS. Fath . Lithograph, 1941. Edition of 250 published by Associated American Artists (A.A.A.). 9 7/8 x 12 inches (im...

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1940s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Antique American Impressionist Fall Signed Landscape Framed Rare Oil Painting
Antique American Impressionist Fall Signed Landscape Framed Rare Oil Painting

Antique American Impressionist Fall Signed Landscape Framed Rare Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American impressionist signed landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 32 by 26 inches overall. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed ...

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1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Partners' — Mid-Century Modernist Regionalism
'Partners' — Mid-Century Modernist Regionalism

'Partners' — Mid-Century Modernist Regionalism

By Dale Nichols

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Dale Nichols, 'Partners', lithograph, edition 250, 1950. Signed in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper; the full sheet with margins (7/8 to 1 5/8 inches); tw...

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1950s American Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Gene Kloss Original Etching, 1981 - "Old Pinon Tree"
Gene Kloss Original Etching, 1981 - "Old Pinon Tree"

Gene Kloss Original Etching, 1981 - "Old Pinon Tree"

By Gene Kloss

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Etching & Drypoint on paper by famous Taos Artist Gene Kloss (1903-1996). Titled: “Old Pinon Tree.” Pencil signed lower right and in excellent condition. Image measures: 8" H x 6" W....

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1980s Landscape Prints

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Paper

'Dancers' — 1930s American Modernism
'Dancers' — 1930s American Modernism

'Dancers' — 1930s American Modernism

By Charles Turzak

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Charles Turzak, 'Dancers', 1939, wood engraving, edition 100. Signed, titled, and numbered 72/100 in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, on off-white Japan paper, with full marg...

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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Lithograph of American rural life timeless with architecture monochrome
Lithograph of American rural life timeless with architecture monochrome

Lithograph of American rural life timeless with architecture monochrome

By Thomas Hart Benton

Located in London, GB

A man raises his hand to his chin, his neck tilted and face turned to look at a dilapidated farmhouse, barely held together by planks of wood and exposed to the elements. Behind him ...

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1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

1920s Colorado Western Landscape Oil Painting, Blue Sky, Buttes, & Mountain Art
1920s Colorado Western Landscape Oil Painting, Blue Sky, Buttes, & Mountain Art

1920s Colorado Western Landscape Oil Painting, Blue Sky, Buttes, & Mountain Art

By Charles Ragland Bunnell

Located in Denver, CO

This original 1926 signed oil painting by 20th cenutry artist Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897-1968) beautifully captures the expansive Colorado prairie landscape. Created while Bunnell...

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1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Portrait of Lady Caroline Price
Portrait of Lady Caroline Price

Portrait of Lady Caroline Price

By George Romney

Located in Miami, FL

DESCRIPTION: Perhaps the best Romney in private hands. If Vogue Magazine existed in the late 18th century, this image of Lady Caroline Price would be on one of its covers. The e...

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1970s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Pre Columbian Calima vessel Columbia ancient South America
Pre Columbian Calima vessel Columbia ancient South America

Pre Columbian Calima vessel Columbia ancient South America

Located in London, GB

Pre Columbian  Calima vessel Columbia ancient South America  A Calima vessel featuring double spouted stirrup vessel with incised design in red clay   Calima circa 200 BC- 400 AD Col...

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Colombian Antiquities

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Clay

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Questions About Modern Southwest Art
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    Modern art is characterized by a rejection of realism and narrative and a trend toward abstraction.

  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    Paul Cézanne is often cited as the father of modern art.

  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 26, 2024
    The difference between modern art and contemporary art comes down to age. Contemporary art refers to art produced by artists who are still alive or were active during the 1960s and later. Modern art is the term for artworks made between 1850 or 1860 and 1960. On 1stDibs, shop a large collection of modern and contemporary art.
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    The term contemporary is applied to art by 21st-century artists; modern art refers to works created from the1880s and through the 1960s.

  • 1stDibs ExpertMay 3, 2024
    The father of modern Indian art is generally thought to be Raja Ravi Varma. Active during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, he was the first Indian artist widely known for producing paintings that depicted Indian subjects using the techniques of the European masters. Some of his most famous works include Bhishma on a Bed of Arrows, Bharat Mata, Jatayu Vadham and Lady in the Moonlight. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of Indian art.
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    No, Picasso was not a founder of modern art, but he is one of its most famous practitioners.

  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    Modern art encompasses Postimpressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, futurism, expressionism, Dada, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and Pop art.

  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 15, 2019

    Art Deco is not mid-century modern. Art Deco began just before World War I and was inspired by cubism. Mid-century modernism first appeared in 1945 and merged a minimalist aesthetic with practicality.

  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 13, 2024
    Paul Cézanne is called the Father of Modern Art because he served as a bridge between 19th-century Impressionism and early 20th-century Cubism. His work introduced new modes of representation, influencing many avant-garde movements of the early 20th century. Initially inspired by Romanticism and Realism, Cézanne developed a unique pictorial language, altering conventional perspectives and emphasizing the formal qualities of art. Cézanne's distinctive brushstrokes, use of color planes and focus on the underlying structures of objects set his work apart. Despite early ridicule from contemporary critics, artists like Camille Pissarro and gallery owner Ambroise Vollard recognized his talent, with Vollard hosting Cézanne's first solo show in 1895. This exhibition led to wider appreciation, and both Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso later hailed Cézanne as "the father of us all." On 1stDibs, explore a variety of Paul Cézanne art.