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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
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

"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

Time Zone 7 - Modern Resin Minimalist Earth Tone Geometric Abstraction Artwork
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

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...
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1990s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XXI
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XXI", oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an inter...
Category

1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

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.
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1870s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Tempera

Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XVII
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XVII", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an int...
Category

1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XIII
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XIII", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an int...
Category

1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Double Vision 69 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Vibrant Yellow Abstract Art
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Large Contemporary French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Reclining Artists Model
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model French Modernist signed with unidentified monogram and dated (19)97 oil on canvas, framed framed: 23 x 27.5 inches canvas: 19 x 24 inches Provenance: private colle...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XIX (circa 1980s-90s)
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XIX", oil on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an agei...
Category

1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Seated Nude in the Studio – A Modernist Study from the 1920s
Located in Stockholm, SE
This evocative oil painting, titled Studio Muse, depicts a seated nude in a quiet moment of contemplation. The model is shown in profile, resting on a simple wooden stool against a n...
Category

1920s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series V
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series V", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an interm...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series VI
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series VI", 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

Table with Bouquets of Flowers - Original Oil on Canvas, SIGNED
Located in Paris, IDF
Albert ZAVARO (1925-) Table with Bouquets of Flowers, c. 1965 Oil on canvas Signed lower right corner On canvas 60 x 60 cm (c. 24 x 24 in) PROVENANCE: Galerie Framond, Paris, inven...
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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

De Boottrekker - Paint by Jef De Pauw - 1925
By Jef de Pauw
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Jef De Pauw (1888-1930) in 1925. Hand signed and dated. Includes a beautiful wooden frame cm. 83x103.
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1920s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XVI (circa 1980s-90s)
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XVI", acrylic on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an ...
Category

1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Time Zone 5 - Modern Resin Minimalist Colorful Geometric Abstraction Artwork
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

Italy : Mediteranean Seascape - Original Oil on canvas, Signed
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

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

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

Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series I (circa 1980s-90s)
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series I", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an interm...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Large Antique American Modernist Still Life 1940s Nicely Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a modernt wood molding. Excellent cond...
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1940s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Bullfight - Oil Paint by Marco Novati - 1965
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel realized by Marco Novati in 1965. Hand signed in lower left corner. Hand signed, dated and dedicated on rear. Very good condition.
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1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Gouache Painting of Native American Antelope Hunt in Utah
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Native American Antelope Hunt in Utah by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French) Signed: Yes Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper, Si...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Gouache

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...
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1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XVIII
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XVIII", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an in...
Category

1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Paris Modern Coastal Port City Framed Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage French modernist coastal scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, re...
Category

1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

1960s French Large Modernist Signed Oil Painting Sun Scorched Provence Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sun Scorched Provencal Landscape French Modernist artist, circa 1960's indistinctly signed 'Vignon'? oil on canvas, framed in original French frame of the period framed: 25.5 x 45.5 ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

French Gouache Painting of Pueblo Bread Baking in Taos New Mexico
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Pueblo Bread Baking in Taos New Mexico by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French) Signed: Yes Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper, S...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Gouache

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:...
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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Plein Air American Oil Painting Rainstorm Signed Original Modern Impressionist
Located in Buffalo, NY
nknown Artist (Signed “Kaufman”) Untitled (Pastoral Horizon), mid-20th century Oil on board Framed dimensions: 25 in. H × 21 in. W Original cream-toned carved wood frame This expres...
Category

1920s Modern Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

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

"Near to Romont, Vaud" 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

Sunspot 124 - Modern Resin Muted Colorful Stripe Minimalist Artwork
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

Huge Contemporary French Expressionist Abstract Modernist Still Life Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Modernist Still Life by Andree de Fremont (French, contemporary) signed painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 39.5 x 39.5 inches Provenance: from a collection in France Condition: ver...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Acrylic

Floral Still Life with Grapes and Bird's Nest Classic Composition of Peonies
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Floral Arrangement, Continental School, late 20th century most likely a pastiche work after an earlier composition oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 24 x 20 inches provenance: private...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

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

Les Alpilles Range in Provence
Located in London, GB
'Les Alpilles Range in Provence', oil on panel, by Auguste Chabaud (1951). This artwork depicts the chain of the 'Little Alps', which is a small range of low mountains in Provence, F...
Category

1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Francis Bacon 'Portrait of Michel Leiris', 2017, Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a reproduction of a Francis Bacon's painting Portrait of Michel Leiris, originally created in 1976. This work is a notable example of Bacon's ability to capture the psycholog...
Category

2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Offset

R. QUEYRIE, Walking the Streets, Oil on Hardboard, 1950s
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on hardboard signed R. QUEYRIE, France, 1950s. "Walking the streets". With frame: 55x47 cm - 21.65x18.5 inches - without frame: 46x38cm - 18.1x15 inches. 8F format. Signed "R. Qu...
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1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XV
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XV", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an inter...
Category

1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Charming 1940s Watercolor of Mexico w/ Cathedral and Rooftops by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming 1940s Watercolor of Mexico with Cathedral and Rooftops by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Most likely completed during the artist's trip to Mexico in 1944 after rec...
Category

1940s Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

In Tune 68 - Small Modern Resin Warm Tone Minimalist Artwork
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

Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Young Woman', oil on board, by Peter Robert Keil (1983). A wide-eyed woman gazes out to the viewer with an inquisitive gaze. The artist's use of exuberant colours beli...
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1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Sunspot 125 - Modern Resin Vibrant Blue Dual Tone Color Field Minimalist Artwork
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

The Swan Dance
Located in Stockholm, SE
The Swan Dance by Einar Forseth, (1892-1988), oil on canvas. A very colorful and decorative painting by one of Swedens most influential artists of his time. Forseth had many talents ...
Category

1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Family Farm in France
Located in London, GB
'Family Farm in France', gouache on art paper, by Michel Debiève (circa 1970s). An extremely endearing depiction of a French family farm, the delight is...
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1970s Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Vibrant Pastoral Landscape with Lush Greens and Pathway Through Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Jill Jackson (British, contemporary) Title: Vibrant Pastoral Landscape Medium: oil on un stretched canvas, unframed Painting : 26 x 18 inches Provenance: all th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid Century 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 ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

"Venice" 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

'Fish, Dove and Musical Instrument', Italian School (circa 1940s)
Located in London, GB
'Fish, Dove and Musical Instrument', gouache on paper, from the Italian School of artists (circa 1940s). Surely this very attractive piece was inspired by Georges Braque (1882-1963) ...
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1940s Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

A Fabulous, Abstract 1960s Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Sleeping Female Nude
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous, Abstract 1960s Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Sleeping Female Nude by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph Pen. A sensuous, intimate studio depiction of a sleeping nude femal...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Smiling Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Smiling Woman', oil on board, by Peter Robert Keil (1983). A cheerful look on the painting's subject puts a smile on the face of the viewer as well. Her beautiful blue eyes express a contentedness suggesting life is good...
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1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Seoul, Korea
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Seoul, Korea, 1954 - 56, watercolor on paper, signed lower right 21 x 28 inches (sight), Midtown Galleries label with artist’s name and title verso, likely exhibited at Kingman’s solo exhibition, Midtown Galleries, 1956, literature: Gruskin, Alan D., Saroyan, William (introduction), The Watercolors of Dong Kingman and How The Artist Works, The Studio Publications, Inc. in association with Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York and London (1958), p. 54 (illustrated) (“In Seoul on April 27th and 28th Kingman did some mountain sketching [see reproduction, on page 54, of handsome Kingman painting, “Seoul,” owned by Robert Clary...
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1950s Modern Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Provencal Hilltop Village in Landscape Mid 20th Century French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Provencal Landscape French School, mid 20th century oil on board, unframed board: 15 x 18 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound condition
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Spanish postwar children oil on burlap painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Agusti Ferre Pino (1884-1960) - Children - Oil on burlap Oil measurements 100x97 cm. Frame measurements 107x104 cm. Painter trained at the La Lonja School of Fine Arts. He became kn...
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1930s Modern Paintings

Materials

Burlap, Oil

Vintage Signed American Modernist Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting. Signed and Exhibited. Oil on canvas. Measuring 17 by 31 inches overall and 16 x 30 painting alone. In excellent original condition,...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Vivid, Expansive Watercolor of Mexico, Summer Landscape with Country Villa
Located in Chicago, IL
A Vivid, Expansive Watercolor of Mexico, "Summer Landscape with Country Villa" by Noted Chicago Modern Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Most likely depicts a picturesque country estate near ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

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