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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Purvis Young Oil on Linen
By Purvis Young
Located in North Miami, FL
Depiction of horses by acclaimed Miami street artist Purvis Young.
Gustavo Olivieri sourced directly from Mr. Young while he was alive and enjoyed watching him work - see detail ima...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Linen
Hernán Sosa (Peru, b.1965) Nude Watercolor Painting on Paper Framed Under Glass
By Hernan Sosa
Located in Miami, FL
Hernán Sosa (Peru, b.1965) Nude Watercolor Painting on Paper Framed Under Glass
Offered for sale is an original watercolor painting on pape...
Category
Late 20th Century Peruvian Modern Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Contemporary Pop Art 'Hot Wheels, Mongoose vs. Snake' Oil & Paper on Canvas
Located in Nantucket, MA
Contemporary oil and paper on canvas 'Hot Wheels - Mongoose vs. Snake' painting based on vintage packaging and advertisement materials. By Danny O'Conner an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Wood, Paint, Paper
Mario Grimaldi American Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Large Oil on Canvas Pai
By Mario Grimaldi
Located in Queens, NY
American contemporary surrealist oil on canvas painting that features a black and white representation of a man on horse with the ground splitting in the distance (MARIO GRIMALDI)
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
1970s Cereus Flower Fabric Art Painting Framed, Unisgned
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This unique artwork features a Cereus flower in a pot, crafted through a creative collage of layered fabric and paint. The piece is a one-of-a-kind creation by an unknown artist, ble...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Acrylic
"Voyage" by Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Fabric
Svend Aage Tauscher Oil on Canvas, Modernist Landscape
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Svend Aage Tauscher (1911-1984), Danish artist. Oil on canvas. Modernist landscape. Mid-20th century.
The canvas measures: 83 x 53 cm.
The frame ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
An Abstract Gouache by Robert Freiman, 1955
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A striking gouache on paper by Robert Freiman, signed and dated 1957.
Robert J Freiman (b. 1917 - d. 1991), deaf from birth, was born in New York City and attended the Lexington School for the Deaf. He studied art at the National Academy of Design, Pratt Institute, the Art Students League, the Parsons School of Design, and, in Paris, at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Freiman’s spectrum of styles evolved considerably over the course of his long career, ranging from early portraiture and realistic landscape to mixed-media works using watercolor, acrylic, and pen. He was a regular exhibitor at the Sidewalk Art...
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Abstract Painting Signed D. Filov
By Dmitry Filov
Located in Denton, TX
Abstract painting signed D. Filov. Very retro abstract piece. Beautiful and unique color scheme. This piece has a wooden frame. Great addition...
Category
Late 20th Century West Asian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Homoerotic scene with three male nude figures by Silvia Volpini, Italy 1991
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a large scale canvas depicting three nude male figures. This homoerotic scene is done in oil pastels on canvas by the Italian artist Silvia Volpini in 1...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Large Linda Scott Painting on Canvas, "Dark Horse With Female Rider"
Located in Bradenton, FL
Linda Scott, American artist, Paint On Canvas, "Dark Horse With Nude Female Rider". Scott is an American artist known for her evocative and often bold paintings and often explores t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Abstract Mixed Media Diptych Gold & Blue Textural Paintings on Canvas
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary diptych of abstract mixed media paintings with textured 3D shapes highlighted in gold on blue rectangular stretched canvases. (BARBARA KISKOVSKI...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood
Oil on Canvas Painting "Medusa" by Diego Cabral, 2022
Located in North Miami, FL
"Medusa" - A Captivating Oil on Canvas Masterpiece by Argentinian Contemporary Artist Diego Cabral (2021)
Immerse yourself in the beguiling realm of cont...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Argentine Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Contemporary Abstract Diptych Paintings of Gold Leaf Shapes on Black Canvas
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary abstract diptych painting featuring abstract stripes in gold leaf with black acrylic painted backgrounds on two rectangular stretched canvases. ("Stardust," by BARBARA KISKOVSKI...
Category
20th Century Unknown Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Vitaly Dlugy White Chair, 1989 Oil on Canvas
Located in Manhasset, NY
Vitaly Dlugy (Russian 1934-1990) white chair, 1989 oil on canvas.
Signed and dated bottom center.
Prov. Christies NYC
Vitaly Dlugy was a Russian Postwar and contemporary painter...
Category
Late 20th Century Russian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Thelma Åkerman, Swedish artist. Oil on masonite board. Abstract composition.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Thelma Åkerman, Swedish artist.
Oil on masonite board.
Abstract composition with a colorful palette.
Approximately from the 1960s.
Signed.
The painting is in excellent condition. ...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
Contemporary Framed Abstract Stylized Acrylic Painting of Florals
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary abstract acrylic painting resembling stylized roses on a verdant background on canvas in a rectangular black painted wooden frame.
Category
20th Century Unknown Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Henri Maurice D'ANTY (1910-1998). Oil on canvas. Expressionist landscape.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Henri Maurice D'ANTY (1910-1998). Oil on canvas.
Expressionist landscape. Houses with red roofs. 1960s.
The canvas measures: 34 x 26 cm.
The frame measures: 11 cm.
In excellent cond...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Vintage Original Warren Fischer Figurative Abstract Painting on Linen Canvas
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Warren Fischer figurative abstract painting on linen canvas.
Offered for sale is a figurative abstract painting on linen canvas by the American artist Warren Fischer (1943-2...
Category
1990s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
"Untitled" Oil Painting On Canvas by Joseph Garlock, 1958
By Jon Serl
Located in Skokie, IL
Joseph Garlock (1884-1980)
"Untitled" oil painting on canvas, signed and dated 1958
Additional Information:
Materials: Oil on canvas, stained wood
Dimensions: image: 18 1/2" x ...
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Walnut, Paint
Abstract Painting Signed D. Filov
By Dmitry Filov
Located in Denton, TX
Abstract painting signed D. Filov. Very retro abstract piece. Beautiful and unique color scheme. This piece has a wooden frame. Great addition...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Gunleik Haugen, Swedish artist, oil on board. Abstract composition. 1973.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Gunleik Haugen, Swedish artist, oil on board.
Abstract composition.
1973.
Signed and dated.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: 61.0 cm x 35.0 cm.
Total dimensions: 63.0 cm x 37.0 cm.
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
Framed Untitled Oil/ Canvas (Shipyard Workers) Courtney Charles Allen, 1896-1969
Located in San Francisco, CA
This untitiled oil painting is thought to have been painted either before of after WWII, is an excellent example the painter's work at this time. Courtney Charles Allen (1896 - 1969) was born in Norfolk, Virginia, was a WWII Veteran in France and was active/lived in New York, and Massachusetts. Courtney Allen...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Painting Nude with Blue Skirt Holding Blue Letter Dominique Péry 2010 France
By Dominique Péry
Located in Antwerp, BE
“La lettre rose bleu”
Painting of a nude with blue skirt holding blue letter.
Artist/ maker ?Dominique Péry.
Signature/ marks ? D. Péry. Title and si...
Category
2010s French Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Provocative American Artist Cary Leibowitz, 1996, Paint on Wood
Located in Stockholm, SE
This unique artpiece was exhibited at Gallery Ynglingagatan in Stockholm, late 1990s.
Clipping from Wikipedia: Cary Leibowitz, also sometimes known ...
Category
1990s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
Abstract Contemporary Geometric Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary abstract painting featuring multi-colored geometric shapes in a wooden frame (by DYANN KLEIN)
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
20th Century Unknown Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood
Örjan Wikström, Swedish artist. Oil on canvas. Abstract composition.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Örjan Wikström (born 1948), a Swedish artist, active in Stockholm and Paris.
Oil on canvas.
Abstract composition.
From the 1960s/70s.
In perfect condition.
Artist's name on the back...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Sunset over the Sea, Jan de Clerck '1891-1964'
By Jan De Clerck
Located in Leuven , BE
Sunset over the sea, Jan De Clerck (1891 - 1964), oil on canvas, signed.
Category
1930s Belgian Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Painting By Olivia Holm-Møller 'Dancing Women'
By Olivia Holm-Møller
Located in Kastrup, DK
Olivia Holm-Møller (Danish, 1875-1970).
Painting: 'Dancing Women'. Oil on wood panel.
Artwork size: 63.5 x 53.5 cm.
Framed.
Signeret OHM
Category
20th Century Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Plywood
Portrait Pastel Painting of a Woman in Purple, Signed
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A monumental portrait illustration in pastel chalk on paper. Created by the late Oklahoma artist Clair Seglem, this striking piece of artwork is de...
Category
1990s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Modern Impressionistic Portrait of a Woman with Hat by Costain
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Modern impressionistic portrait of a woman with hat by Costain. Oil on canvas.
Category
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of painting in Modern Cubist style showing a black ground with yellow, grey, wite and brown collage
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Copy of Abstract Color Field Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of an Abstract Color Field painting showing black, purple and blue rectangles
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Collage Abstract Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of Abstract multimedia painting having a black ground with collage in grey, yellow, umber and black collage, partial letters
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Abstract Erotic Modern Oil Painting by Roger Gressl 1986
By Roger Gressl
Located in Vienna, AT
Modern oil painting with abstract erotic motif by Roger Gressl, signed 1986.
Roger Gressl was born in Lower Austria 5th of November 1959 and presented his pieces at many internation...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Ingvar Engdahl, Swedish artist. Oil on board. Interior with two people. 1948
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Ingvar Engdahl, Swedish artist.
Oil on board.
Interior with two people in modernist style.
In very good condition. Would benefit from a clean.
Signed and dated '48.
Dimensions: 67.0 ...
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
K. Westerberg alias Knud Horup. Oil on canvas. Sea view with a figure. 1970s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
K. Westerberg, also known as Knud Horup, listed Danish artist.
Oil on canvas.
Sea view with a figure.
From the 1970s.
Signed.
In perfect condition.
Canvas dimensions: H 60.0 cm x W ...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Painting by A. Robertson, titled Lets Take a Look at Some Meanies, dated 1995
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Oil painting dated 1995 by A. Robertson, titled "Lets Take a Look at Some Meanies". We had a new black floater frame replace the old black frame. Painting measures 47" wide, 2.25"...
Category
1990s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Josef José, listed French artist. Oil on canvas. Snow-covered mountain landscape
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Josef José, listed French artist.
Oil on canvas.
Snow-covered mountain landscape in abstract style.
Bold brushstrokes.
Mid-20th century.
In excellent condition.
Signed.
Dimensions: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
American Contemporary Ed Eller Oil on Painting
Located in Queens, NY
American Contemporary abstract oil painting on paper with the colors of black, brown, and some grays in a black frame (ED ELLER)
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of Abstract painting with collage in black, white, beige and red highlight
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Copy of Abstract Cubist Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of Modern Abstract Cubist style painting showing architectural planes in green, blue, ochre, purple, brown and black on a beige field in a thick black frame
Paint is chipping /...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Modern Framed Nudes Hand Painted Linocut Monotype Signed Matt Phillips, 1970s
By Matt Phillips
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a unique, hand painted linocut-monotype, entitled "Two Nudes," signed and dated by matte Phillips, 1978. In excellent condition. The dimensions of the frame...
Category
1970s Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Tall Abstract Cubist Portrait Painting of a Woman in Pink and Black, Signed
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A striking skinny portrait painting of a woman. This piece is tall and skinny and depicts a woman in pink and purple on a matte black background. The lines are cubist or abstract in ...
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Olle Calrström, Swedish artist. Oil on board. Abstract composition.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Olle Calrström (1920-2006), Swedish artist
Oil on board.
Abstract composition.
Signed.
From the 1960s/70s.
In perfect condition.
Visible dimensions: 31.2 cm x 30.2 cm.
Total dimensio...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
Uno Svensson, listed Swedish artist. Oil on hardboard. Abstract composition
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Uno Svensson (1929-2012), listed Swedish artist. Oil on hardboard.
Abstract composition with impasto strokes.
Signed "US" and dated 1963 on the back.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
Abstract Oil Painting titled Cement Truck, Quay Gallery tag
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Abstract oil painting titled Cement Truck. Gallery tag on back from the Quay Gallery, 2 Jerome Alley, San Francisco, California. We replaced the old black frame with a new frame. ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Verner Trokner, Denmark, Oil on Canvas, Abstract Composition
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Verner Trokner (b. 1910), Denmark. Oil on canvas.
Abstract composition. Dated 1961.
The canvas measures: 50 x 40.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Sign...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #15, 2011
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #15 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
Oil Painting by Maria Sturm, 1975-1983, Vienna
By Maria Sturm
Located in Vienna, AT
Modern painting in three pieces, Triptychon by Maria Sturm.
Oil on pressboard shows the motif "The decades of Life".
Literature: Heinrich Fuchs, Die österr. Maler des 20. Jahrhunder...
Category
Late 20th Century Austrian Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #78, 2020
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #78 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
Pair of Gouache and Acrylic Modern Abstract Framed Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of wonderful Modern Paintings using Gouache and acrylic paint. The pieces are not signed, but are a great duo - the larger is 10"wide x 8.5 Tall, the smaller is 7.5 Wide x 8" t...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Metal
AP Big Eyes Abstract Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of an abstract painting in Pop style titled " AP Big Eyes" showing eyes and mouth floating in space.
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Raymond D. Crane Painting, 1973
Located in Savannah, GA
Raymond (Ray) D. Crane
(Massachusetts, b.1942)
A large oil on canvas depicting an interior of a Hillside St. apartment in Boston with a woman and the artist self-portrait in the fo...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Pierre Henry, painting oil on canvas 1963
By Pierre Henry
Located in Camden, ME
Brilliant cerulean blue background with 13 thorned roses behind a woman in a white lace dress painted in 1963 by Pierre Henry. The 13 roses stand for a secret admirer and the color p...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Canvas
Andrew Plum Calypso Contemporary Abstract Painting, 2011
By Andrew Plum
Located in Montreal, QC
“Calypso” is an original, one of a kind, blue, yellow, green, cream, white, black, contemporary, acrylic on canvas abstract painting. Vibrant pops of color work in harmony to create this unique, contemporary work of art by Andrew...
Category
2010s Canadian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
A Gouache on Paper by Robert Freiman, 1960
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A striking gouache on paper by Robert Freiman, signed and dated 1957.
Robert J Freiman (b. 1917 - d. 1991), deaf from birth, was born in New York City and attended the Lexington Sch...
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Paul Slapion, Mixed-Media Abstract Painting, circa 1985
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paul Slapion (American, 20th century) mixed-media abstract painting
Title: In Each of Us...All of Us #4
circa 1985
A fine mixed media painting created with many layers of glass, ink and oils.
Visually stunning optical art.
Dimensions 16 inches x 20 inches.
Frame dimensions 20.25 inches x 16.25 inches.
Very good vintage condition. Lightly distressed frame.
Signed verso with the original "OK Harris Gallery...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Glass, Paint
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