Modern Contemporary Art
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
Style: Modern
Color: Beige
"La Fougère" Limited Edition Art Print by Christiane Lemieux - 48" x 28"
Located in New York, NY
From the studio of Christiane Lemieux and the gouache, pastel and charcoal landscape series, La Fougère is a warm abstract. Created as a multipurpose piece, it can be mounted vertica...
Category
2010s American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
"La Fougère" Limited Edition Art Print by Christiane Lemieux - 60" x 35"
Located in New York, NY
From the studio of Christiane Lemieux and the gouache, pastel and charcoal landscape series, La Fougère is a warm abstract. Created as a multipurpose piece, it can be mounted vertica...
Category
2010s American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
"Le Fourré Deux" Limited Edition Art Print by Christiane Lemieux - 30"x40"
Located in New York, NY
Introducing "Le Fourré Deux" (The Thicket #2) - second design from our 3 part limited release art print series. Le Fourré is a stunning piece when hung alone, or paired with the othe...
Category
2010s American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Takeshi Hara Strokes 17 Artist Proof Lithograph, 1983
Located in Miami, FL
Original Takeshi Hara framed stokes lithograph on paper.
Strokes Verion 17
Dated 1983
Artist Proof, Signed.
Takeshi Hara is best known for his bro...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Floral Watercolor Painting
By Buenaventura
Located in Madrid, ES
This charming and sophisticated wall decoration has been entirely hand-painted on 100% natural cotton paper, using the sumi-e technique inspired by ancient Korean paintings. Particul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Cotton, Acrylic, Paper
Hand Painted Dragonfly
By Buenaventura
Located in Madrid, ES
This charming and sophisticated wall decoration has been entirely hand-painted on 100% natural cotton paper, using the sumi-e technique inspired by ancient Korean paintings. Particul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Cotton, Acrylic, Paper
Night Rose
By Buenaventura
Located in Madrid, ES
This charming and sophisticated wall decoration has been entirely hand-painted on 100% natural cotton paper, using the sumi-e technique inspired by ancient Korean paintings. Particul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Cotton, Acrylic, Paper
Contemporary Ukrainian Artist Victorija Protsiv Two Girls Embracing
Located in Munich, DE
Viktoriya Protsiv was born in 1983 in Lviv, Ukaine.
She studied between 2000-2006 at the National Academy of Arts in Lviv and graduated with a Master in Graphics. After her graduatio...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Eye Catching Pair of Contemporary Prints of Navy Blue Nightstands
Located in Hopewell, NJ
#9/12 and #4/12 limited edition signed silkscreen prints of a navy blue night stand, one with orange glass of wine on top; the other an orange ashtr...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
"Le Fourré" Signed Limited Edition Art Print by Christiane Lemieux - 30"x40"
Located in New York, NY
Introducing "Le Fourré" (The Thicket) - Our newest limited release art print series. Crafted with a meticulous blend of charcoal, oil stick, and graph...
Category
2010s American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
"Le Fourré" Signed Limited Edition Art Print by Christiane Lemieux - 42"x56"
Located in New York, NY
Introducing "Le Fourré" (The Thicket) - Our newest limited release art print series. Crafted with a meticulous blend of charcoal, oil stick, and graph...
Category
2010s American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Large Silver Concave Mirrored Glass Wall Art
Located in Greenwich, CT
Large concave mirrored glass wall art inspired by Space Age decor made from painted glass and hung with included metal brackets. This p...
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass
Iridescent Oil Paint and Wax on Paper by James Nares
By James Nares
Located in Stamford, CT
Unique oil paint and wax on paper by James Nares ( British, b. 1953 ). Untitled. circa 2008. Archivally framed in a 12-karat white gold frame.
Category
Early 2000s English Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Complete Set of “Three Aquatints”, Prints by Robert Mangold
Located in Stamford, CT
A complete set of “Three Aquatints” prints by Robert Mangold. Published by Parasol Press Ltd., on Rives BFK paper. Each signed, numbered and annotated A, B, C in pencil. Framed using...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Madonna Contemporary Ukrainian Artist Viktoriya Protsiv Lviv Academy of Arts
Located in Munich, DE
Viktoriya Protsiv was born in 1983 in Lviv, Ukaine.
She studied between 2000-2006 at the National Academy of Arts in Lviv and graduated with a Master in Graphics. After her graduatio...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
"Dazed Eyes" Pair Handcrafted Knit/Crochet Multicoloured Wall Hanging
By Paris Essex
Located in London, GB
Textile Art, handcrafted, Knit and Crochet Art Blanket, Knitted Tapestry, Wall hanging, Affordable Art.
A pair of non-identical multicoloured Psychedelic ...
Category
2010s English Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Textile, Wool, Thread, Yarn
"Jack Knife" Acrylic Painting on Board by William Mongomery Phelps
Located in Jupiter, FL
"Jack Knife" “18” X 18” acrylic painting on board by William Phelps Montgomery.
William was born in August 1948. The son of art historians, he grew up ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Abstract Painting by Lana Sexton
By Lana Sexton
Located in Norwalk, CT
The blue depth of the sky and the bright orange of the earth blend together in an abstract, dense composition by artist Lana Sexton. Inspired by the desert landscape, this painting s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Heart Shaped Kintsugi White, 2022, Handmade in Italy, Anatomical Heart, Design
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Celebrating the human body by dissecting it. The human body as a great system of signs and symbols. We are expression, beyond words and gestures.
A perspective of the flesh in which certain parts become containers.
Here then are hearts made into porcelain powders...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic
"Tranquil River" Watercolor Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
This charming watercolor is composed in the style of traditional ink calligraphy and depicts two ducks resting on a river bank. Tall grass and leafy sprouts dot the rocky terrain and...
Category
20th Century Chinese Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Resin Art Panel
Located in Westport, CT
Resin art panel colored with pigments and ink multi-layered process which result in an organic expression of shapes. Measure: diameter: 39.75".
The outcome...
Category
2010s Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Resin
Framed Oil Painting on Board by Sara Skaaning
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting on board by Sara Skaaning.
Based in the Island Mon, Denmark, the visual artist Sara Skaaning starts from her surroundings that twists and transforms until completely di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint
Porsche 944 and 356 Watercolor by David Lord
By David Lord
Located in Littleton, CO
Extraordinary watercolor on paper of two Porsche automobiles, a 944 and a 356 by famed automotive and aviation artist David Lord. Signed and dated, 1985.
Image dimensions: 16.75” x 20.75”.
Chromed frame dimensions: 24.25” x 27.25”.
About David Lord by Randy Leffingwell:
Inspiration for David Lord to draw and paint came from hours spent as a child at a drawing board set next to his talented grandmother’s easel.
“She painted flowers and landscapes . . . I drew cars, boats, airplanes and army tanks.”
In addition, a beloved, dedicated, high school teacher, who “instilled the love of art history, taught me art skills and techniques, and the ability to ‘know what to keep . . . and what to leave out’ of my art.”
A New Englander by birth, David attended high school in Connecticut. Art was his favorite class and he kept his eighth grade dream of going to art school alive with hundreds of hours spent drawing cars and planes.
After high school, he began two years of art studies at the University of Hartford in Connecticut and then began training at Art center College of Design in Los Angeles, California. After two semesters there, general Motors granted him a full scholarship. He graduated in 1965 as a Bachelor of professional Arts in Industrial Design.
Upon graduation, Lord was hired by UniRoyal in South bend, Indiana, to design consumer products and eventually products for military application in Vietnam. “I also had the honor and privilege of working with Gordon Buehrig on the preliminary design, drawings, and clay for the 8/10 scale Cord, built of vacuum-formable, color impregnated plastic.
After three years with a South Bend industrial design firm, Lord started his own company. During this period he spent many late evenings at the easel in his own studio, painting and drawing automobiles. The direction of his artwork, philosophy and goals began to form.
“I decided to focus my love of all things automotive with my talent for painting and drawing. I had been to many events over the years; councours, car and air shows, had an extensive automotive reference collection and four major influences and mentors. These were men whose talent I was in awe over the years; Peter Helck, Walter Gotschke...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
Zen - Acrylic silkscreen ink on canvas
By Aimee Wilder
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Multidisciplinary artist, designer, photographer, and founder of her eponymous brand of wallpapers, tiles, and home textiles, Aimée Wilder presents Shadow Wildling, a new series of large-format silkscreened paintings.
This debut fine art edition draws inspiration from Aimée’s textile design background to explore tessellation, positive/negative space, mathematics, fractal dragon curves, and nuanced color relationships.
These new paintings, however, reverse the usual role of patterned designs within interior spaces. Rather than an all-over application of patterned wallpaper...
Category
2010s American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Square Frame Mix Roses Set Arrangement, Flowers, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
Life is a perpetual cycle with no beginning and no end: everything is, becomes and evolves according to its own nature. The universe does not admit of “nonexistence”: everything, eve...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Aluminum
Andy Warhol by Philippe Halsman
Located in London, GB
Andy Warhol and Philippe Halsman need no introduction - their contribution to the art world is boundless.
A rare set of four Andy Warhol photographic chromogenic portraits in colla...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
André Derain Framed 'Big Ben' Color Lithography, circa 1972
By André Derain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Original 'Big Ben' color lithograph by André Derain.
Lithograph printed from an original painting made by the author in France, circa 1906.
Published by Fernand Mourlot in Les ...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Grasses: A Piece of 3D Sculptural Putty Leather Wall Art
Located in Margate, GB
Grasses:
A piece of 3D sculptural wall art designed and made from two layers of putty coloured leather, woven together by Louise Heighes.
Measurements are 50 x 30 inches or 127 x...
Category
2010s British Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Leather
Beautiful Handmade Artistic Mosaic Merilyn Wind Bespoke Options Available
By sicis
Located in London, GB
This colourful pop inspiration mosaic is an ode to the popular and unique Marilyn Monroe. The diva is still one of the most emblematic actresses of the big screen. Surrounded by mult...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass
André Derain Framed 'Fish and Still Life' Color Lithography, circa 1970
By André Derain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Original 'Fish and still life' color lithograph by André Derain.
Lithograph printed from an original painting made by the author in France, circa 1939.
Published by Mourlot in Collection Pierre Levy in 1970, Paris.
Framed and signed in the stone.
In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
About the Artist:
André Derain (10 June 1880 – 8 September 1954) was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse.
Derain and Matisse worked together through the summer of 1905 in the Mediterranean village of Collioure and later that year displayed their highly innovative paintings at the Salon d'Automne. The vivid, unnatural colors led the critic Louis Vauxcelles to derisively dub their works as les Fauves, or "the wild beasts", marking the start of the Fauvist movement. In March 1906, the noted art dealer Ambroise Vollard sent Derain to London to produce a series of paintings with the city as subject. In 30 paintings (29 of which are still extant), Derain presented a portrait of London that was radically different from anything done by previous painters of the city such as Whistler or Monet. With bold colors and compositions, Derain painted multiple pictures of the Thames and Tower Bridge. These London paintings remain among his most popular work. Art critic T. G Rosenthal: "Not since Monet has anyone made London seem so fresh and yet remain quintessentially English.
Some of his views of the Thames use the Pointillist technique of multiple dots, although by this time, because the dots have become much larger, it is rather more simply the separation of colours called Divisionism and it is peculiarly effective in conveying the fragmentation of colour in moving water in sunlight."
He experimented with stone sculpture and moved to Montmartre to be near his friend Pablo Picasso and other noted artists. Fernande Olivier...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Emily Tan Copper and Sage Green Abstract Drip Painting with String
By (after) Jackson Pollock
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Contemporary Abstract Expressionist drip painting by Tampa artist, Emily Tan. The copper and sage paint ignites the plywood surface with cosmic energy. It’s as if Tan has captured the essence of the “Big Bang...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Plywood, Paint, String
Vlamnick Framed 'Woods in Chatou' Color Lithography, circa 1972
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Original 'Paysage a Chatou' color lithograph by Maurice de Vlamnick.
Lithograph printed from an original painting made by the author in France, circa 1906.
Published by Fernand...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Colourful Handmade Artistic Mosaic Merilyn Pop Bespoke Options Available
By sicis
Located in London, GB
This colourful pop inspiration mosaic is an ode to the popular and unique Marilyn Monroe. The diva is still one of the most emblematic actresses of the big screen. Surrounded by mult...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass
Roger de la Fresnaye 'La Gardeuse de Moutons' Framed Lithography, circa 1968
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Original color lithograph 'La gardeuse de moutons' by Roger de la Fresnaye.
Lithograph printed from an original painting made by the author in France, circa 1909.
Published in ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Wildflower: A Piece of 3D Sculptural Cream Leather Wall Art
Located in Margate, GB
Wild flower:
A piece of 3D sculptural wall art designed and made from two layers of cream leather woven together by Louise Heighes.
Measurements are 19.5 x 19.5 inches or 49 x 49...
Category
2010s British Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Leather
By Suk Shuglie, Oil on Canvas, "Spring Trees"
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1999, Acrylic on "Canvas on board", by Suk Shuglie, Pennsylvania. Colorful and bright, this wooded scene leavens the moodiness of late Winter with th...
Category
1990s American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Hand Tufted Pastel Tropical Collage Rug
By Fem World
Located in Oaklyn, NJ
The Tropical Collage Rug is inspired by the sunrise, palm trees, and squiggly succulents.
I design & hand tuft all of my pieces, it is truly art for your floor. It can also be us...
Category
2010s American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
"Desenho" Silkscreen by Álvaro Siza Vieira
By Alvaro Siza
Located in Lisbon, PT
Desenho (Man Painting) - The painting shows someone who begins a drawing, looking on the paper with a pen in the hand. Álvaro Siza describes the very special moment of taking the decision to make a painting, facing the white paper. A reproduction of his situation, doing this series of paintings: not knowing what to do until the decision to draw was being made. Then the idea of mythology came to his mind.
“It is, in some way, an expression of my personal moment making drawings. But it is not a self-portrait, I am quite different than this man. It is not a specific person on purpose, because everyone makes drawings. Maybe not everyone does it, but everyone could do it.”
Álvaro Siza started drawing at the age of six. With a great variety of drawings on his portfolio, many of them are inspired by mythology and historic scenes.
“The drawings are what came to my mind in this very moment. I like mythology and expressing the stories in images. I have made a lot of mythological drawing...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
André Derain Framed 'Amiens' Color Lithography, circa 1970
By André Derain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Original 'Amiens' color lithograph by André Derain.
Lithograph printed from an original painting made by the author in France, circa 1947.
Published by Mourlot in Collection Pi...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Charles Dufresne Framed 'Femme Au Tablier Bleu' Color Lithography, circa 1971
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Original 'Femme au tablier bleu' color lithograph by Charles Dufresne.
Lithograph printed from an original painting made by the author in France, circa 1930.
Published by Mourl...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Grape Hyacinth, a Piece of 3D Sculptural Cream Leather Wall Art
Located in Margate, GB
Grape Hyacinth:
A piece of 3D sculptural wall art designed and made from two layers of cream leather, woven together by Louise Heighes.
Measurements are 17 x 17 inches or 43 x 43 cm...
Category
2010s European Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Leather
Framed Photograph by Don Hong-Oai
By Don Hong Oai
Located in Atlanta, GA
A framed photograph by Chinese American photographer Don Hong-Oai (1929-2004). Entitled "Three Friends", the work is a sepia toned gelatin silver print. It has inscription of "taken in Beijin in 1985" and with three artist's stamps in red ink. Presented matted and framed under Plexiglas. The sight is 10.5"h x 13.5"w. It is one of the matching pair from an American collection.
Don Hong-Oai was born in Canton, China but raised and educated in Saigon, Vietnam. At age 13 he began an apprenticeship at a Chinese photo and portrait shop. In 1979 he immigrated to the United States and settled in the Chinatown of San Francisco.
Don began making a living by selling his landscape photographs in front of Macy’s and began to receive recognition for his craftsmanship. His style was heavily influenced by the legendary photographer Long Chin...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
André Derain Framed 'Amiens' Color Lithography, circa 1970
By André Derain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Original 'Amiens' color lithograph by André Derain.
Lithograph printed from an original painting made by the author in France, circa 1947.
Published by Mourlot in Les Fauves...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Vlamnick Framed 'Siene a Chatou' Color Lithography, circa 1972
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Original 'Siene a Chatou' color lithograph by Maurice de Vlamnick.
Lithograph printed from an original painting made by the author in France.
Published by Fernand Mourlot in Le...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
"19 K Sustaining, " Limited Edition Print by Renée Rey from a Series of Four
Located in New York, NY
"19 K Sustaining," is a white, gray, pink, orange and green archival Fine Art print in a limited edition of 75 by Renée Rey. Each signed Archival Pigment numbered work is printed on ...
Category
2010s American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
André Derain Framed 'Hyde Park' Color Lithography, circa 1972
By André Derain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Original 'Hyde Park' color lithograph by André Derain.
Lithograph printed from an original painting made by the author in France, circa 1906.
Published by Fernand Mourlot in Les Fauves. Paris, circa 1972.
Framed and signed in the stone.
In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
About the Artist:
André Derain (10 June 1880 – 8 September 1954) was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse.
Derain and Matisse worked together through the summer of 1905 in the Mediterranean village of Collioure and later that year displayed their highly innovative paintings at the Salon d'Automne. The vivid, unnatural colors led the critic Louis Vauxcelles to derisively dub their works as les Fauves, or "the wild beasts", marking the start of the Fauvist movement. In March 1906, the noted art dealer Ambroise Vollard sent Derain to London to produce a series of paintings with the city as subject. In 30 paintings (29 of which are still extant), Derain presented a portrait of London that was radically different from anything done by previous painters of the city such as Whistler or Monet. With bold colors and compositions, Derain painted multiple pictures of the Thames and Tower Bridge. These London paintings remain among his most popular work. Art critic T. G Rosenthal: "Not since Monet has anyone made London seem so fresh and yet remain quintessentially English.
Some of his views of the Thames use the Pointillist technique of multiple dots, although by this time, because the dots have become much larger, it is rather more simply the separation of colours called Divisionism and it is peculiarly effective in conveying the fragmentation of colour in moving water in sunlight."
He experimented with stone sculpture and moved to Montmartre to be near his friend Pablo Picasso and other noted artists. Fernande Olivier...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
André Derain Framed 'The Small Harbour' Color Lithography, circa 1970
By André Derain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Original 'The small harbour' color lithograph by André Derain.
Lithograph printed from an original painting made by the author in France, circa 1951.
Published by Mourlot in Collection Pierre Levy in 1970, Paris.
Framed and signed in the stone.
In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
About the Artist:
André Derain (10 June 1880 – 8 September 1954) was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse.
Derain and Matisse worked together through the summer of 1905 in the Mediterranean village of Collioure and later that year displayed their highly innovative paintings at the Salon d'Automne. The vivid, unnatural colors led the critic Louis Vauxcelles to derisively dub their works as les Fauves, or "the wild beasts", marking the start of the Fauvist movement. In March 1906, the noted art dealer Ambroise Vollard sent Derain to London to produce a series of paintings with the city as subject. In 30 paintings (29 of which are still extant), Derain presented a portrait of London that was radically different from anything done by previous painters of the city such as Whistler or Monet. With bold colors and compositions, Derain painted multiple pictures of the Thames and Tower Bridge. These London paintings remain among his most popular work. Art critic T. G Rosenthal: "Not since Monet has anyone made London seem so fresh and yet remain quintessentially English.
Some of his views of the Thames use the Pointillist technique of multiple dots, although by this time, because the dots have become much larger, it is rather more simply the separation of colours called Divisionism and it is peculiarly effective in conveying the fragmentation of colour in moving water in sunlight."
He experimented with stone sculpture and moved to Montmartre to be near his friend Pablo Picasso and other noted artists. Fernande Olivier...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Charles Dufresne Framed 'Nature Morte a la Nappe...' Lithography, circa 1971
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Original 'Nature more a la napped de couleur' color lithograph by Charles Dufresne.
Lithograph printed from an original painting made by the author in France, circa 1936.
Publi...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Gertrude Simon, Autumn Fragments
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A 1970 - 1980’s handmade paper assemblage by regionally (Northeast USA) known artist Gertrude Simon. This colored handmade paper sculpture by the artist sits within an acrylic floating frame.
About the artist:
Gertrude Simon has been mentioned numerous times within the New Work Times newspaper, discussing her commission by Tiffany & Co to create five window display pieces...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Grape Hyacinth, a Piece of 3D Sculptural Egret and Tan Leather Wall Art
Located in Margate, GB
Grape Hyacinth:
A piece of 3D sculptural wall art designed and made from two layers of egret and tan leather, woven together by Louise Heighes.
Measurements are 17 x 17 inches or 43...
Category
2010s British Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Leather
Charles Dufresne Framed 'Nature Morte Et Legumes' Color Lithography, circa 1971
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Original 'Nature morte et legumes' color lithograph by Charles Dufresne.
Lithograph printed from an original painting made by the author in France, circa 1920.
Published by Mou...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Watercolor "Golden Poppies"
By Buenaventura
Located in Madrid, ES
We present here a unique piece that is part of a set of 3 watercolours painted on 100% cotton paper of 190 gms. They are unique and unrepeatable pieces as they are preliminary studie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Cotton, Paper, Acrylic
"Raphael" Mosaic by Toyoharu Kii
By Toyoharu Kii
Located in Chicago, IL
In the series “Heavenly,” Toyoharu Kii honors the fullness of life and its continual rebirth. In some works, white tesserae assume abstract profiles. In others, irregular shapes cont...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Marble
André Derain Framed 'Nature Morte' Color Lithography, circa 1971
By André Derain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Original 'Nature Morte' color lithograph by André Derain.
Lithograph printed from an original painting made by the author in France, circa 1948.
Published by Mourlot in Collection Pierre Levy in 1970, Paris.
Framed and signed in the stone.
In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
About the Artist:
André Derain (10 June 1880 – 8 September 1954) was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse.
Derain and Matisse worked together through the summer of 1905 in the Mediterranean village of Collioure and later that year displayed their highly innovative paintings at the Salon d'Automne. The vivid, unnatural colors led the critic Louis Vauxcelles to derisively dub their works as les Fauves, or "the wild beasts", marking the start of the Fauvist movement. In March 1906, the noted art dealer Ambroise Vollard sent Derain to London to produce a series of paintings with the city as subject. In 30 paintings (29 of which are still extant), Derain presented a portrait of London that was radically different from anything done by previous painters of the city such as Whistler or Monet. With bold colors and compositions, Derain painted multiple pictures of the Thames and Tower Bridge. These London paintings remain among his most popular work. Art critic T. G Rosenthal: "Not since Monet has anyone made London seem so fresh and yet remain quintessentially English.
Some of his views of the Thames use the Pointillist technique of multiple dots, although by this time, because the dots have become much larger, it is rather more simply the separation of colours called Divisionism and it is peculiarly effective in conveying the fragmentation of colour in moving water in sunlight."
He experimented with stone sculpture and moved to Montmartre to be near his friend Pablo Picasso and other noted artists. Fernande Olivier...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Roger de la Fresnaye 'La Roumaine' Framed Lithography, circa 1968
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Original color lithograph 'La Roumaine' by Roger de la Fresnaye.
Lithograph printed from an original painting made by the author in France, circa 1921.
Published in France by F...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Charles Dufresne Framed 'Nature Morte' Lithography, circa 1971
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Original 'Nature morte' color lithograph by Charles Dufresne.
Lithograph printed from an original painting made by the author in France, circa 1932-1933.
Published by Mourlot i...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Painting "Interior" 2013 Geometric Modern Acrylic Canvas by Cecilia Setterdahl
Located in Dubai, Dubai
About the painting “Interior” 2013
About the artist:
Cecilia’s is working with all geometrical forms, lines and shadows.
Her style developed to be clean and sharp forms in dif...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Emirian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Smoke and Mirrors, " Large Abstract Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
"Smoke and Mirrors," 2021 is a large framed abstract mixed media painting by Kathi Robinson Frank in white, pale and deep amber, charcoal gray, fores...
Category
2010s American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint
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