Modern Paintings
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
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Style: Modern
Painting - Portrait of a Chihuahua Dog - By Robert Detrixhe
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful painting, a portrait of a Chihuahua dog.
The painting was made by the Belgian artist Robert Detrixhe. The painter was born in 1935 and was particularly active at the end ...
Category
1980s Belgian Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Pair Unusual Framed Oil on Board Interior Scenes with Cats
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual pair framed oil paintings on board of interior scenes with cats, one signed Edward Andrews and the other Emiliano Jnr and dated 1992. The almost square shaped paintings ar...
Category
1990s British Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Japanese Spring Flowers Byobu Screen
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th-century Japanese four-panel Byōbu screen is a riot of springtime joy, with large bold red and white peonies, blue and white iris, and clusters of delicate orange, blue, and white blossoms unfurling across a gold leaf background. Each bloom is hand-painted on the four paper panels and all framed in a border of woven silk brocade, lending the piece both delicacy and grandeur. Traditionally used as folding room dividers...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Modern Paintings
Materials
Silk, Paint, Paper
Abstract Cubist Composition in Oil by Henning Nielsen, Danish Artist 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Abstract oil painting in earthy colors and in period frame. It is titled Driftwood - Glasklint and was painted by the Danish artist Hening Nielsen born in 1930 sometime during the 19...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Mid-Century Vintage French Original Still-Life Oil Painting
Located in COLMAR, FR
A beautiful, vintage oil painting on canvas-board sourced in France. The painting features a somewhat diffuse still-life in soft pastel hues... pink, green, blue and white. Unfortuna...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Canvas
Three Shells - Still Life with Sea Shells and a Glass Vessel, Oil on Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
The simplicity of "Three Shells is deceptive. Upon closer look, the viewer sees the faint shadows cast onto the reflective surface of the table along with the delicate surface of the...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Watercolor Painting Chanel No. 5 Perfume
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful watercolor painting of the iconic Chanel No. 5 perfume bottle, signed by artist, 2012, New York, USA. A beautiful and well-done watercolor painting of the iconic Chanel N...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Metal
Painting by Mexican Artist Jesus Leuus, Mexico 1983, Signed & Dated
By Jesus Leuus
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing a true masterpiece from renowned Mexican artist Jesus Leuus, this exquisite painting captures the essence of Mexican culture with its vibrant colors and exceptional atten...
Category
1980s Mexican Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Masonite
Purvis Young (1943-2010) Abstract Painting, ca 1990s
By Purvis Young
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Purvis Young (1943-2010) Abstract Painting, ca 1990s
Includes paper attesting to this work being part of the "American Salvage Find" where numeroius work presumed to be Purvis Young...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Paint
Mid 20th Century Modern Artwork - Still Life - Oil Paint on Canvas
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful modern oil painting by the French artist Jean Amiot. Oil on canvas. The artwork is signed lower right.
Framed in a beautiful wooden frame, proba...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Opium Digital Painting
Located in Milan, IT
Inspired by the poetry of Charles Baudelaire, this digital painting is based off a photograph of a famous German dancer from the early 20th century. In the foreground, poppy buds evoke a drug-induced state of altered consciousness, amplified by the dreamlike atmosphere of the background. A robin emerges from the woman's chest, symbolizing her obsession. Signed, numbered Limited Edition.
Year of Creation: 2015
Edition Number: 1/300
Artist’s Signature: Printed on the Canvas + original signature on Limited Edition Certificate...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Cotton
French Vintage Oil on Panel Coastal Scene
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
French vintage oil on panel seashore landscape, signed E. Perdriel. This colorful work, in a palette of blue tones and turquoise, depicts the yellow glow of the rising sun on the hor...
Category
20th Century French Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood
Artist Jose Manuel Giraldez Ramos Abstract Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Located in Miami, FL
Jose Manuel Giraldez Ramos Abstract Oil Painting, Cuban American Artist
Offered for sale is a colorful oil on canvas painting by Cuban-American artist Jose Manuel Giraldez Ramos tit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
20th Century Constructivist Mixed Technique Russian Painting
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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20th-century constructivist mixed technique Russian painting...
Category
1920s Russian Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Gérard Calvet French, (b. 1926) Expressionist Gruissan Mountainous Landscape
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Gérard Calvet French (b. 1926)
Expressionist Gruissan Mountainous Landscape
French painter and sculptor (1926–2017)
An exquisite oil on canvas by renowned French painter and sculpt...
Category
20th Century French Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Modern Abstract Painting by John Byle
Located in Miami, FL
A striking abstract painting by John Byle.
John Byle was born in Detroit, Michigan. He studied art in Chicago and immigrated to Israel in 1951. Byle was th...
Category
20th Century Israeli Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Peter Keil, Untitled Portrait - II
By Peter Keil
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Peter Keil, Untitled Portrait - II, Berlin, 1970s
Oil on Board, Unframed,Artist Board 39" x 27"
This captivating piece, titled "Untitled Portrait - II," was created by the distingui...
Category
20th Century German Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood
French Vintage Oil on Panel Coastal Landscape
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Lovely pastel colors from turquoise to pink and lavender animate this vintage French oil painting of a coastal scene at sunset. The fiery glow of the setting sun behind a purple hori...
Category
20th Century French Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Wood
'Chucho' Reyes Signed Gouache on Paper of a Colorful Rooster
Located in Sharon, CT
Beautiful gouache painting on un-mounted tracing paper by the famous Mexican Artist Jesus 'Chucho' Reyes Ferreria (1882-1977). 29x19", signed lower left, framed 42x32".
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Abstract Acrylic on Wood Painting by Dutch Visual Artist Han Sterk, 1995
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dutch visual artist Han Sterk, owner of gallery studio "Han Sterk," is an artist whose creative output consists of both paintings and sculptures, at times figurative but more often a...
Category
1990s Dutch Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Painting by Jill Troutman
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An interesting floral painting by Jill Troutman (Born 1939, active Mebane, North Carolina). Framed.
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Huge Oil painting on canvas - Louis Cane, France 1983
By Louis Cane
Located in Stockholm, SE
A stunning oil painting on a canvas by the French artist Louis Cane, dated 1983. The painting is 130 x 104 cm and is namned "Picknick in the green". It is in excellent condition and ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Australian Aboriginal Painting by Emily Kame Kngwarreye Provenance
By Emily Kngwarreye
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning large painting by one of the best-known aboriginal painters from Australia Emily Kame Kngwarreye. It was created in 1990s and depicts one of her dreaming "Wildflower Dream...
Category
Late 20th Century Australian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime Painting Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning abstract painting by Australian Aboriginal artist Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa (also known as Mrs. Bennett; 1935-2013). Acrylic on Belgium Linen and painted in 2006. Untitled, t...
Category
Early 2000s Australian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Painting by Peter Keil, "the Lady", Fall Colors, Acrylic, Modern, C 1987, Framed
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also a...
Category
1980s German Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
HANSEN, Børge Herman Abstract Oilpainting 1960s
Located in Handewitt, DE
Danish artist Børge Herman Hansen. Abstract oilpainting 1960s. Title: "Tema, Bornholm". Original frame. In front and back signed. Oil on plate.
Framed 61 cm c 73,.5 cm / painting: 48...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood
Knud Horup (1926-1973), Danish artist. Oil on canvas. Figure in landscape.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Knud Horup (1926-1973), Danish artist.
Oil on canvas. Figure in landscape.
Mid-20th century.
Signed.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: 70 cm x 60 cm.
Total with frame: 81 cm x 71 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
French Vintage Double Sided Still Life Painting
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A lovely vintage French still life oil painting on panel of a red hyacinth in bloom, the vibrant hue of the flower is striking against the muted blue and beige stripe background. Art...
Category
20th Century French Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Purvis Young (1943-2010) "Sailing to Freedom" Painting, 1999
By Purvis Young
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Purvis Young (1943-2010) "Sailing to Freedom" Painting, 1999
Includes signed COA document from Patrick T. and Just A. Parker indicating the painting was acquired directly from the a...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Paint, Paper
Painting by Peter Keil, Mid-Century Modern Art, Fall Colors, 1977, Oil on Canvas
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also an artistically talented woman, took her son and struggled her way to West Berlin...
Category
1970s German Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Large Framed 20th Century Dutch School Winter Scene, John Haanstra, Oil on Board
Located in Morristown, NJ
John Haanstra (Dutch, b. 1940), signed and dated 1985 on lower right. A charming oil painting, showing a winter landscape. Skaters are enjoying seasonal fun on a frozen canal while others go about their daily activities. A typical Dutch windmill can be seen in the background. Typical Dutch style housing can be seen in the foreground. The sky seems to be laden with more snow, creating the sense of more winter fun...
Category
1980s Dutch Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Jesus "Chucho" Reyes Ferreria Gouache on Paper of Exotic Bird
Located in Sharon, CT
Beautiful gouache painting of an exotic bird by the important Mexican artist, known as "Chucho" Reyes. Measures: 19"x 28.5" in a period wood frame, u...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Painting - Portrait of a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Dog - by Robert Detrixhe
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful painting, a portrait of a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel dog.
The painting was made by the Belgian artist Robert Detrixhe. The painter was born in 1935 and was particularl...
Category
1980s Belgian Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Painting by Peter Keil, Mid-Century Modern Art, C 1977, New Frame, On Canvas
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also a...
Category
1970s German Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Gary Komarin, Contemporary, Small Abstract Paintings, American, 21st C.
By Gary Komarin
Located in Manhasset, NY
Gary Komarin, Contemporary, Small 'French Wigs' Abstract Paintings, American, 21st C.
FRENCH WIGS by Gary Komarin. On view now and available for sale exclusively through our America...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Pair of Framed Alexis Walter Mixed Media Paintings
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Framed Alexis Walter Mixed Media Paintings in brushed steel frames
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Nils Johansson, Sweden, Oil on Board, Abstract Composition
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Nils Johansson (1922-2014), Sweden. Oil on board.
Abstract composition. Dated 1961.
The board measures: 40 x 32 cm.
The frame measures: 1.5 cm.
In ...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
Red Period Expressionism Portrait by Peter Keil
By Peter Keil
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Red Period Expressionism Portrait by Peter Keil
Peter Keil, Berlin, 1970s.
Oil on Canvas, unframed
A striking portrait by Keil displaying I...
Category
20th Century German Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Large Format Mixed Media Painting Strata XVII, 1992, by Alfonse Borysewicz, NYC
Located in Morristown, NJ
Contemporary School (American, 20th c.), "Strata XVII', signed, titled and dated in pencil verso, unframed with canvas on wood stretchers. An abstract oil and wax work on linen.
Dimensions:
70"h x 83"w x 2"d
Condition:
Good. No visible condition issues observed.
About the Artist:
Alfonse Borysewicz...
Category
1990s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint, Linen
Large Acrylic on Canvas, Pascal Magis (1955-2011)
By Pascal Magis
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Truly a spectacular piece, this acrylic on canvas is by French artist, Pascal Magis. Known for his use of color, Magis uses acrylics as though the paint h...
Category
1990s French Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Original Seascape Oil Painting by Listed Artist Jaquelynn Kresman "Rock Stars"
Located in Bradenton, FL
Jacquelynn Kresman grew up in San Diego, California. She studied at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Kresman has had exhibits at galleries in La Jolla, Rodeo Drive, Beverly H...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Michael Qvarsebo, listed Swedish artist. Oil on board. Abstract composition
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Michael Qvarsebo (born 1945), listed Swedish artist.
Oil on board.
Abstract composition with impasto brushstrokes.
In perfect condition.
Signed and d...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
French Vintage Seaside Oil on Panel Painting
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
French vintage oil on panel coastal landscape painting, this colorful and moving scene is dominated by an old fishing vessel perched on a cliff overlooking the sea. A couple sitting ...
Category
20th Century French Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood
Ole Saabye, Danish artist. Oil on panel. Abstract composition.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Ole Saabye, Danish artist. Oil on panel.
Abstract composition.
Signed and dated 1990.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: 64.0 cm x 79.0 cm.
Total dimensions: 67.0 cm x 82.0 cm.
Category
1990s Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
Unknown Scandinavian Artist, Oil on Canvas, Abstract Composition, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Unknown Scandinavian artist. Oil on canvas. Abstract composition. 1960s.
The canvas measures: 80 x 60 cm.
The frame measures: 6 cm.
In excellen...
Category
1960s Scandinavian Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Jan Voss, Mixed Media
Located in Kastrup, DK
Jan Voss, born in 1936 in Hamburg (Germany) and have been living in Paris since 1960.
Mixed media on paper, watercolor, 1984.
Title: '"Après l'averse"'
Signed Voss...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Pablo Picasso Collectible Art Book First Edition, 1955
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage, 1955, first edition, Picasso, S.P.A.D.E.M. Paris, Boeck and Sabartes,
Vintage, Pablo Picasso, First Edition, 1955.
Pablo Picasso, Library or Coffee Table Book,.
Description:...
Category
20th Century Spanish Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Ignacio Burgos "El Abrazo(The Hug)" Mixed Media Painting, Spain
By Ignacio Burgos
Located in Miami, FL
Ignacio Burgos "El Abrazo(The Hug)" Mixed Media Painting, Spain
Offered for sale is a mixed media on canvas titled "El Abrazo" which translates to "The Hug" from a series of the sa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Jose Mijares Latin American Mid Century Modern Surrealist Painting Gouache 1960s
By José María Mijares
Located in Miami, FL
Cuban American contemporary visual artist, Jose Mijares a painting depicting a surrealist woman with an abstract attachment hanging over head. The work created probably in the late 6...
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Mixed Media Work by Scott Kerr
Located in Dallas, TX
Scott Kerr is a self-taught Contemporary Abstract Artist. As a young boy, he was exposed to the art world by his father through the works of a local Texas artist, David Brownlow. Ama...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Amy Jones (Frisbie) Still Life with Flowers
Located in Savannah, GA
Amy Jones (Frisbie)
(New York, 1899-1992)
Still life with zinnias in original Newcomb-Macklin frame, c.1930.
Signed lower left. Artists name and address on ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Contemporary Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original art work.
Texture canvas with hand carved zig zag line, gesso, acrylic and oil with thin wood frame.
The art + design continuum of form, space, color theory and texture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Thomas Koether Abstract Painting
Located in Bradenton, FL
Abstract oil/ powdered pigment on paper painting "Green Splash" by Thomas Koether (b. 1940). Painting has beautiful hues of green, blue, yellow, red and white. Painting is dated '88
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Marie Hvid Pørksen, Denmark, Oil on Canvas, Fence with Barb Wire
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Marie Hvid Pørksen (b. 1971), Denmark. Oil on canvas.
Fence with barb wire. Dated 2010.
The canvas measures: 40 x 40 cm.
In excellent condition.
Signed ...
Category
2010s Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Aythamy Armas Painting, circa 2022, Spain
Located in Girona, Spain
Aythamy Armas painting.
Vertical Format.
Mixed technic on canvas.
Signed by the artist.
Circa 2022, Spain.
Very good condition.
Bachelor of fine ar...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Albert Ferenz, Germany, Oil on Canvas, Abstract Composition, 1974
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Albert Ferenz (1907-1994), Germany. Oil on canvas. Abstract composition. "Reflection". Dated 1974.
The canvas measures: 90 x 74 cm.
The frame measures:...
Category
1970s German Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Peter Keil, Third Eye Abstract Portrait Germany, Circa 1970s
By Peter Keil
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Peter Keil, Third Eye Abstract Portrait
Germany, Circa 1970s
This masterwork measuring 22 inches wide x 30 inches high is an oil on prepared artist board/masonite.
Presented in ...
Category
20th Century German Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite
Peter Buchman "Just another thing hanging over your head.", 2017
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary New York artist Peter Buchman's "Just another thing hanging over your head." is made of enamel, house paint, pla...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Enamel, Gold Leaf
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