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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Geometric Painted Framed Canvas by Marguerite Abdun-Nabi
Located in Hanover, MA
Unique and sculptural butterfly form presents as an abstract geometric diptych. Can be hung horizontally or vertically.
See image 8 & 9 for artis...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Italian modern Geometrical and abstract painting on paper, 1990s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Geometrical and abstract painting on paper, 1990s
Rectangular painting on paper. The geometric subject of the artwork has a squared pattern: inside it has both dotted ...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Stunning Original Painting from Santa Fe Series by Thomas George
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Eye catching powerful painting of a looming mountain against purple sky with fiery foreground. Painterly and powerful art by famous Princeton artist Thomas George.
Thomas George (...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Contemporary Art Still Life Painting Signed J Manomi
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Minimalist contemporary acrylic on canvas still life painting with lemons and brown pot, signed lower right J Manomi. Framed in gold frame.
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Drawing in Transparency, 20th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Drawing in Transparency, 20th century
Transparency drawing on canvas, 20th century, unsigned, unframed.
Measures: H: 100 cm, W: 81 cm, D: 2 cm.
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Anthony Casay Signed Marine Life Painting, 1989
Located in Pasadena, TX
Anthony Casay (American, B. 1942)
Anthony Casay was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1942. Moving to Mexico City with his family, he started painting at a youn...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
$1,800 Sale Price
40% Off
Monumental Vintage Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting with Rich Colors
Located in Miami, FL
Monumental Vintage Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting with Rich Colors
Offered for sale is a very large abstract oil painting on canvas. The canvas is stretched on wood and has rich d...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
$395 Sale Price
20% Off
Modernist Watercolor Painting depicting New York, painted by A. Lukac, 1956
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a stunning Modernist watercolor painting depicting a cityscape of New York City, as seen from Brooklyn. The painting was painted by the Yugoslav artist ...
Category
1950s Serbian Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
1952 E. Romano "Abstractions" Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Sarasota, FL
An oil on canvas by listed artist E.Romano titled "Abstractions". Strong use of color and simplistic lines create the primitive style frequently seen in Romano's work. Signed lower r...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Paul Garland, Large Steel Framed Colorful Abstract Monotype 1984
By Paul Garland
Located in Morristown, NJ
Paul Garland (American, b. 1943), an abstract composition, pencil signed and dated 1984. The work is very colorful with wonderful movement and expression. It has been expertly framed...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Steel
1950s Vintage E.Romano "Fantasy Heads" Oil on Artist Board Painting
Located in Sarasota, FL
A signed oil on artistboard by listed artist E.Romano titled "Fantasy Heads". An expressive pair of figures are depicted in the cubist style. Before them a simple table shows a decan...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Purvis Young (1989–1999) 'Dancing Figures' on Panel, Larger
By Purvis Young
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Purvis Young (1989–1999), 'Dancing Figures' on Panel, Larger
USA, circa 1980s
"Dancing Figures" Larger (at the time of posting, we have similar smaller work, LU2592339807422) by Pur...
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Scrap Wood
$1,116 Sale Price
20% Off
Monumental Abstract Painting with Heavy Impasto by Thomas George
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Monumental black, white and grey abstract canvas by Thomas George (1918-2014) an internationally recognized artist whose work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Vintage Warren Fischer Abstract Painting
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Warren Fischer abstract painting.
Offered for sale is a figurative abstract painting on canvas by the American artist Wa...
Category
1990s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Gary Komarin, Contemporary, Oil on Paper, Large Abstract Painting, USA, 1987
By Gary Komarin
Located in Manhasset, NY
Gary Komarin, Contemporary, Oil on Paper, Acrylic, Large Abstract Painting, USA, 1987
'Loosha' 1987 by Gary Komarin - a contemporary oil on paper with oil crayon and acrylic by Gary...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
American Midcentury Abstract Modernist Painting with Figures
Located in San Francisco, CA
A bold and colorful midcentury abstract / modernist painting with figures signed on the reverse "Gerard"
Framed in blue linen and giltwood.
Canvas: 20 x ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
James Brown Tempera on Cardboard circa 1982, 50" x 60"
By James Brown
Located in Toledo, OH
Original tempera painting on cardboard by James Brown circa 1982. Primitive face bordered by smaller multiple faces. Signed and dated 1982 New York on the reverse side. James Brown w...
Category
1980s Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Jo Vogel Surrealist Oil "Sanctuary #2" 1951
Located in Sharon, CT
A beautiful unframed oil on board.
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
$3,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Domenick Capobianco Vivid Abstract Oil on Canvas
Located in Astoria, NY
Domenick Capobianco (American, born 1928) colorful abstract oil on canvas, apparently unsigned, "Studio Domenick Capobianco" stamp to side, unframed. 16" H x 22" W. Provenance: Property from the estate of the artist. Note: Domenick Capobianco (American, b. 1928) artist, is a graduate of Washington University at St. Louis and a Rutgers Fellow (1979) , and a Guggeheim Fellow (1984/85). Capobianco taught for many years on the faculty at Rutgers University, N.J. His work is in the collections of the Academie des Beaux-Arts, Ljubjana, Slovenia; the Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Austria ; L’Instituto per la Culturea e L’Arte, Catania, Italy; The Kharkiv Museum, Kharkiv, Ukraine; Le Musee d’Art Contemporain, Skopje, Macedonia; The M.V. Nesterov Museum, Ufa, Russia; The Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ; The Robert Blackburn Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; and the Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, N.C., among many others in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. Long a regular exhibitor at the famed 55 Mercer Gallery, Capobianco is well-known in New York art circles together with his wife, the artist Elfi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Mark Eldred Irish Landscape View Killarney Lakes Kerry Ireland Oil on Card 1998
Located in Dublin, Ireland
This Oil on Card Painting by Mark Eldred is an 'Evening view towards the mountain and Lakes of Killarney', Co Kerry and is a beautiful and typical interpretation by Mark of one of Ir...
Category
20th Century Irish Modern Paintings
Materials
Giltwood
Modernism Still Life Painting By Robert Bluteau, 1955
Located in Lisbon, PT
A modernist still life oil on canvas of three teal-green fish laid on a stylized tabletop.
Signed on lower right corner.
Robert Bluteau (1914–1985), a modernist still life painter...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$4,359 Sale Price
20% Off
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #5, 2010
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #5 is made of ceramic raw materials, dry pigment and wax. This piece is part of his ongoing Painti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
Sensational Huge Original “ The Fox” by Listed Artist Thomas George
Located in Hopewell, NJ
“The Fox”, Painting number seven , 1965
From the estate of famous Princeton artist, Thomas George.
An eye poppingly graphic black and white huge canvas of an abstract highly stylize...
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Italian modern Geometrical and abstract painting on paper, 1990s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Geometrical and abstract painting on paper, 1990s
Rectangular painting on paper. The geometric subject of the artwork features horizontal thick lines in light blue, red and green over which vertical dotted shades in yellow, red and light blue are superimposed. In a thin wooden frame, painted blue with a glossy finish, and in passeparout.
1990s.
Good condition, scattared light marks and a lack of...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Abstract #3 Mixed Medium Painting on Canvas by Luigi Cosentino
Located in Montreal, QC
Abstract mixed medium painting, signed: Luigi Cosentino, titled “Abstract #03” and dated 2017, backside of the canvas, canvas size 48" x 60" x 1.5" pro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Bengtsson Original Abstract Painting from a Modernist Palm Springs Estate
By Bengtsson
Located in Palm Springs, CA
One of our favorite abtract paintings. This large amazing bright color graphic abstract came from a upscale Palm Springs estate. Gold, pink, turquoise, white colorations looks great with any modern decor. The piece was done by Bengstton in 1991. Original bleached white wood...
Category
1990s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$2,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Visionnaire Peacock by Michele Astolfi
By Michele Astolfi, Visionnaire
Located in Bologna, IT
Painted glass and Swarovski crystal. Polished stainless steel frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Paintings
Materials
Crystal, Stainless Steel
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #60, 2020
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #60 is made of ceramic raw materials, dry pigment and wax. This piece is part of his ongoing Paint...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
DAMIEN HIRST (b. 1965) "Skull" Signed and Stamped on the Back
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, ES
DAMIEN HIRST (b. 1965)
"Skull,"
acrylic on paper.
Signed and stamped on the back.
"This painting was made to celebrate the opening of Damien Hirst's Requiem at the PinciukArtCentre ...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Oil on Canvas Parisian Portrait of a Friend by Jeanne Kostich
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Colorful and impressionist depiction of a woman with hat and scarf. A friend of the artist in Paris. Unframed.
Category
1940s French Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
DAMIEN HIRST (b. 1965) "Disc" Signed and Stamped on the Back
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, ES
DAMIEN HIRST (b. 1965)
"Disc"
acrylic on paper.
Signed and stamped on the back.
"This painting was made to celebrate the opening of Damien Hirst's Requiem at the PinciukArtCentre,...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
DAMIEN HIRST (b. 1965) "Butterfly" Signed and Stamped on the Back
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, ES
DAMIEN HIRST (b. 1965)
"Butterfly,"
acrylic on paper.
Signed and stamped on the back.
"This painting was made to celebrate the opening of Damien Hirst's Requiem at the PinciukArtCen...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Maurice Rey, listed Spanish/French artist. Oil on canvas. Abstract composition.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Maurice Rey (1930), listed Spanish/French artist.
Oil on canvas.
Abstract composition. Stylish painting in white, green, and gray tones.
1960.
Signed and dated on the back.
In excel...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #63, 2020
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #63 is made of ceramic raw materials, dry pigment and wax. This piece is part of his ongoing Painting of Nothing Series. Hirsch applies the waxy mix with a brush onto redwood plywood backed structures with two-inch wood strips all around and used various torches to layer, flux, bubble and blend. "Waxy and very tactile, they are probably the work Mark Rothko would have done had he spent most of his life in clay. Hirsch’s paintings have the nuance, subtle texture, and color shifts that become evident in blown-up photographs of his ceramic objects as well as a similar presence." Signed and dated en verso by the artist. This painting ship directly from the artist’s studio in Rochester, NY.
(Literature: "With Fire: Richard Hirsch, A Life Between Chance and Design", Scott Meyer (Author), RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press 2012 - "The Paintings" pgs. 102 - 105)
Richard Hirsch brief bio:
In the field of contemporary ceramic, Rick Hirsch has earned an international reputation. He has achieved this recognition by engaging in numerous diversified professional activities. Through efforts in university teaching, exhibits, writing, lecturing and researching he has risen to worldwide prominence.
In 1975, Hirsch co-authored a book entitled Raku, published by Watson-Guptill. This was the first comprehensive text to address the new innovations developing in the west that were transforming traditional Japanese Raku. Also, in the same year, Hirsch became a founding faculty member of The Program in Artistry at Boston University. Currently, Hirsch is a Professor Emeritus at The School for American Crafts which is a part of Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY. His university teaching career now spans well over four decades.
Repeatedly, Hirsch has participated in several milestone exhibitions and publications. Significant shows include; The Evolution of American Art in Craft Media Since 1945; Echoes: Historical References in Contemporary Ceramics; American Ceramics Now; Raku: Origins, Impact and Contemporary Expression; and Convergences: The Presence of the Past in Contemporary American Ceramics...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
Abstract Painting No. 2
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Dimensions: 25cm x 25cm x 1,5 cm
Technique: Acrylic on canvas
Author: Miha Zorz
Year: 2020
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Slovenian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$340 Sale Price
52% Off
Handpainted Wallpaper "Bamboo"
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 Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Acrylic, Paper
"Challenge to Surrender" Painting by Amy Yoes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Oil painting on canvas by German born artist, Amy Yoes. The painting, "Challenge to Surrender" c.1997, features colors ranging from bright pink and red tones to cool blues and green....
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Late 20th Century Vintage Boho Original Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Make a bold statement with this captivating vintage abstract oil painting on canvas, featuring dynamic black brushstrokes over a vibrant golden yellow backdrop. The expressive compos...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Large Framed Vintage Picasso Style Abstract Painting
Located in Miami, FL
Large Framed Vintage Picasso Style Abstract Painting
Offered for sale is a large "Picasso" style painting circa the 1980s created with mix media techniques. The painting is bold a...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #44, 2015
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #44 is made of ceramic raw materials, dry pigment and wax. This piece is part of his ongoing Paint...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
Painting "the Lady with a Hat", 20th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Painting "The Lady with a Hat", 20th century.
Large painting by Luez "The Lady with a Hat", 20th century, unframed.
Measures: H: 109 cm, W: 68 cm, D:...
Category
Late 20th Century European Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Vintage Gouache & Watercolor Painting - Signed - Spain - Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage gouache and watercolor painting on paper - likely for the tourist market - signed 'Pepe' verso - unframed - Spain - circa 1970's.
Excellent vintage condition - no loss - no ...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Bernd Haussmann Modern Abstract Mixed-Media on Paper
By Bernd Haussmann
Located in Astoria, NY
Modern abstract untitled mixed-media on paper by German artist Bernd Haussmann (b. 1957) with flower motif in lower right corner. The piece is signed initialed and dated in the upper...
Category
1990s German Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
$644 Sale Price
32% Off
Moody Original Painting “Spring Thaw” by Thomas George
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Ethereal abstract in greys, white, and brown having overlapping textures and shapes in an earthy mix. By Princeton famous artist Thomas George.
Thomas George (1918-2014) was an in...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
African Tingatinga school, oil painting of two bird, signed Massani 1978
Located in Påarp, SE
A Tingatinga painting by unknown artist from 1978. Signed Massani. It is painted on masonite and has a thin black frame.
Naive motif in bold colours with two birds.
The painting h...
Category
1970s Tanzanian Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Ilonka Karasz Original New Yorker Cover Illustration, July 18, 1964
By Ilonka Karasz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This vivid oil, watercolor and pencil on board by Ilonka Karasz is one of her 186 commissioned cover illustrations for the New Yorker, and the only one currently on the market.
L...
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
20th century Painting by G. Ohm
Located in Leimen, DE
20th century painting by Gustav Ohm, German painter, "The Court Jester", oil on cardboard, size with frame: 18.89 x 24.4 inches (52 x 42 cm), signed.
Category
1920s German Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
1930s French Seascape in Watercolor by Frank William Boggs 'Frank-Will, Naudin'
By Frank William Boggs
Located in COLMAR, FR
A small seascape in pencil and watercolor by the French post-impressionist painter Frank William Boggs (1900-1951). He mainly painted under the pseudonyms Frank-Will and later in lif...
Category
1930s French Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Glass, Paint, Paper
Elfi Schuselka "Do Jump Perches!" Oil on Canvas
Located in Astoria, NY
Elfi Schuselka (Austrian, b. 1940) "Do Jump Perches!" contemporary abstract oil painting on canvas, in the manner of Cy Twombly (American, 1928-2011), signed to verso, unframed. 21.75" H x 23.75" D. Provenance: Property from the estate of the artist. Note: Elfi Schuselka (Austrian, b. 1940) artist, studied photography, art history, and theater at Vienna University. She moved to New York in 1964. Her work has been exhibited internationally including Brooklyn Museum, New York, United States, Italy, France, Cracovia Biennial, Yugoslavia, Ibiza Biennial,Spain, Japan, Sao Paulo Biennial. Her work is part of the permanent collection of MoMA, New York, NY, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Forth Worth, TX and International Centre of Graphic Arts, Slovenia. Long a regular exhibitor at the famed 55 Mercer Gallery...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
$850 Sale Price
34% Off
Michel Chapuis, Listed French Artist, Oil on Canvas, Landscape
Located in København, Copenhagen
Michel Chapuis (1925 - 2004), a listed French artist. Oil on canvas.
Modernist landscape. Dated 1988.
The canvas measures: 82 x 54 cm.
In excellent condition.
Signed and dated.
Category
1980s French Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Oil Painting on Canvas by Yang Qian
Located in Atlanta, GA
Title: Hiding in The Jungle
Artist: Yang Qian (Chinese; B. 1959)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Years: purchased circa 1990
A Palm Beach, FL collection
An early work by Yang Qian during his sojourn in Florida, USA. The series delved into art history with reinterpretation and overlaying symbolism. The painting is set in a moody tropical jungle at night and is a clear reinterpretation and a dialogue between Henri Rousseau's The Dream and Paul Gauguin's La Femme du Roi. Although the two French artists were contemporaries, they may have not intersected in their personal lives. Pioneering and ground-breaking for their time, their work were celebrated posthumously and served as inspiration for later artists.
For a similar painting Odalisque Now (c.1990) see lot 135 of Sotheby's Contemporary Art Asia sale...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
American Prismatic Abstract Painting
Located in Queens, NY
American modern abstract painting of grey prismatic shapes on a dark background in a black frame. (signed: John Del Guidice)
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Italian Modern Colored Abstract Painting from an Milanese House-Studio, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern red, brown, green, light blue, orange, black and white abstract painting from an milanese house-studio, 1970s
Beautiful and simple, medium size abstract painting from ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Glass, Paper
Composition with a Figure by Teddy Millington Drake, circa 1963, Signed
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas, Villa Albrizzi - Veneto, 1963
Teddy Millington-Drake (1932-1994) was a nomad, linguist, bon viveur, aesthete and master gardener, but above all an artist.
Discharged from service and in part inspired by his sister's anecdotes of her travels abroad, Millington-Drake embarked on a painting tour that took him to Lebanon, Iran, Iraq and Syria. He then rented a house, the Villa Albrizzi at Este, Veneto in Italy, and became a more frequent painter, particularly now of abstract murals. He befriended Freya Stark, a writer and traveler who lived nearby, and in Venice he became friends with Daisy Fellowes, Peggy Guggenheim, Barbara Hutton and Elsa Maxwell. In Este, he painted continually and more boldly, turning his hand to abstract murals.
He later transformed a neglected Tuscan farmhouse in the village of Poggio which was co-decorated by his friend the designer John Stefanidis. There were vine-hung terraces and a skillfully landscaped garden. A swimming-pool was built on a shelf cut into the hillside, so that you felt yourself gliding towards the horizon, suspended in space as you swam. There Millington-Drake worked passionately at all forms of painting. There are haunting large abstracts inspired by Jung, hard-edged acrylic wave paintings and some intriguing semi-calligraphic works on paper based on phrases taken from the works of poets such as Cavafy, Mandelstam and Elizabeth Bishop...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Mid-Century Abstract Painting, Mabel Swan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1970's abstract oil painting on canvas, signed Mabel Swan. Please confirm item location (NY or NJ) with dealer.
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$525 Sale Price
30% Off
Signed German Impressionist Oil Painting, ca. 1934 – Bridge in a Lush Landscape
Located in Hamburg, DE
This original German oil painting, signed and dated circa 1934, is a vivid example of early 20th-century impressionist landscape art. The composition features an antique stone bridge...
Category
1930s German Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Lyle Braden Abstract Painting, 1980s
Located in Raleigh, NC
An incredible original oil on canvas. This piece realized in the early 80s and shows wonderful contrast and movement. A study of light and color with a unique composition. Piece is m...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Omar Ananias Acrylic On Canvas
Located in West Palm Beach, US
BIO
The career of Peruvian-Palestinian artist Omar Ananias:
Ananias's artistic career began with sculpture and drawing under the guidance of his mother as his principal mentor, following in the footsteps of his family's long tradition of opera singers, musicians, classical dancers, painters, writers, and other artists. She owns "The House of Nymphs," an exquisite oceanfront artist retreat in Peru with a very unique private collection of artists, including friends, relatives, and Omar's earliest works.
Omar has also trained as a professional contemporary dancer and a yoga/mindfulness teacher since he was fifteen years old and, as a result, sought accreditation as an art therapist.
His work with sexual workers, the disabled, indigenous populations living in the Amazon Rainforest, prisons, and orphanages has brought him well-known recognition. He has worked for more than 20 years with various governments and organizations all over the world.
Techniques and inspiration used by Ananias:
His artwork has drawn inspiration from various sources including: the natural world, his personal encounters with marginalized communities, and the indigenous knowledge of the rain forest. Additional inspiration is drawn from Kris Gebhardt, Viviana Quea, Gam Klutier, Hideaki Yamanobe, and Carola Kastman.
Omar Ananias's love of the natural world also inspires him to create landscape designs and live plant sculptures made of clay, glass, and wood, in addition to his digital portraits and mixed-media abstract paintings on canvas.
He uses many self-made and unconventional instruments/materials for his paintings such as condor feathers, Peruvian gold...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$4,640 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract Expressionism Painting
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An exceptional abstract expressionism painting signed PAULET circa 1950
Poliakoff school.
Category
1950s European Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Dominant Curve Biomorphic Abstract Modern Painting After Wassily Kandinsky 78"
Located in Dayton, OH
A large hand painted reproduction of Wassily Kandinsky's "Dominant Curve". The original Biomorphic abstraction was painted in 1936. The oil...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
$2,160 Sale Price
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Modern paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Modern paintings for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage paintings created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, folk art, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with fabric, canvas and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern paintings made in a specific country, there are North America, Europe, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original paintings, popular names associated with this style include Richard A. Hirsch, Harry Hilson, Cecilia Setterdahl, and Peter Keil. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for paintings differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $25 and tops out at $166,872 while the average work can sell for $2,187.
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