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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Gouache on Plate, Still Life, Constructivist School, circa 1915
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Gouache on plate. Still life. Constructivist school,
circa 1915. Unknown artist.
In very good condition.
The plate measures: 27.5 x 20.5 cm.
The frame measures: 5.5 cm.
Category
1910s Unknown Vintage Modern Paintings
Edmond Kohn "Christmas Bouquet"
Located in Denton, TX
This abstract painting on board was a gift to friends Ed and Diane in 1985
Born in Philadelphia, PA on April 27, 1907. By the 1930s Kohn had settled in Los Angeles. For several years he taught art in the San Fernando Valley...
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
Abstract Acrylic on Canvas Painting "Tireless Defender" by Alexander Hecht
Located in Montreal, QC
Abstract acrylic on canvas painting. Signed: Alexander Hecht, titled “Tireless Defender” and dated 2012, backside of the canvas; canvas size 40" x 60" x 2" profile. Alexander's artwo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Large Toulouse Lautrec by Peter Max in Peach Pink, Signed and Framed
By Peter Max
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is the largest of the Toulouse Lautrec portraits by famed artist Peter Max in peach pink. Professionally framed, signed and numbered.
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
"The reaper", Ignacio Diaz Olano, Spain, 1890.
By Ignacio Díaz Olano
Located in Madrid, ES
Oil on canvas, "The reaper", Ignacio Diaz Olano, 1890.
Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Ignacio Salvador Díaz Ruiz de Olano (Vitoria, 1860- 1937)...
Category
1890s Spanish Antique Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Tree Talk" by Ren Hui
By Ren Hui
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled "Tree Talk," this exquisite painting by Chinese artist Ren Hui celebrates the beauty of nature with an abstracted view of a tangle of tree branches. Using a style he calls “...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Louis Wolchonok Painting "Reclining Woman"
Located in Cathedral City, CA
1940s oil on canvas painting of reclining woman signed by Louis Wolchonok. (American/New York 1893-1973)
Please note: Two small repairs see details pictures.
Louis Wolchonok stud...
Category
1940s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Jean Legros, Bi-Face Sculpture Composition, 1976, France
By Aurélie Nemours 1
Located in Brussels, BE
Rare Jean Legros (1917-1981) sculpture, composition, 1976, France.
Wood pannel painted on both sides, yellow-black and red-green.
Signed and dated undersid...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood
Watercolor by Abraham Walkowitz, Title Bathers on Grassy Shore, circa 1920-1925
Located in Kansas City, MO
Early modernist watercolor on paper by Abraham Walkowitz (March 28, 1878-January 27, 1965), titled is Bathers on Grassy Shore. This work was done between 1920-1925. Framed.
Category
1920s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Untitled ‘Intellectual’ by Hans Speidel
By Hans Speidel
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas, painting by Hans Speidel (1895-1976): Germany, Signed.
Speidel, opposed the Hitlerian racial laws, and was a proponent of the German mo...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Cuban American Artist Juan Navarrette Oil Painting
Located in Miami, FL
Cuban American Artist Juan Navarrette Oil Painting
An oil on canvas by seasoned Cuban-American artist Juan Navarrette titled "Comienzo del Amor". Juan A. Navarrette was born in Hav...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Painting by William Stuart, "Unititled, Woman Reclining"
Located in New York, NY
This work, “Untitled, Woman Reclining" from 2006 is a 4-layer “painting” by William Stuart on fiberglass screen (“screen-door screen”) with acrylic late...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Fiberglass
Abstract Gouache Painting by Hércules Barsotti
Located in Wiscasset, ME
"Sem Titulo" gouache on paper.
Illustrated Barsotti book page 146
Hércules Rubens Barsotti (born July 20, 1914 – December 21, 2010) was a Brazilian painter, graphic designer, s...
Category
1970s Brazilian Vintage Modern Paintings
Acrylic on Canvas by Ugo La Pietra, Italy
Located in Milan, Italy
Acrylic on canvas designed by Ugo La Pietra in 2004, Italy.
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Stephen Thomas Rascoe Abstract Landscape 'Forest'
Located in Dallas, TX
Stephen Thomas Rascoe (1924-2008).
Abstract landscape
'Forest.'
Oil on board.
Rascoe is a classically trained listed Texas artist whose wor...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Two Marcus Blake Mix-Media Paintings 2015 Miami Modern
Located in Miami, FL
Two mix-media paintings by Miami artist Marcus Blake.
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Large Acrylic on Canvas Painting, by LCAD Graduate titled: Patriot
Located in Camden, ME
Acrylic on canvas painting by Laguna College of ART and Design graduate.
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Framed Surrealistic Drawing by Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist: Pedro Friedeberg (Mexican, 1936-)
Title:Le Tombeau D'Hemingway
Year: 1963
Medium: Ink and watercolor on paper:
Size: 14 3/4 x 19 1/2 plus 3 inch frame
Mark: upper lef...
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Abstract Dark Blue Black Painting Titled "Wu Zetian" by Rebecca Ruoff
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Beautiful abstract dark blue metallic painting inspired by Chinese Empress Wu Zetian, 2018.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Monumental French Vintage Abstract Oil Painting by Dehais, 1985
By Dehais
Located in Miami, FL
Monumental French Vintage Abstract Oil Painting by Dehais, 1985
Offered is an over-scale abstract oil on canvas signed Dehais lower right and dated 1985. This large, colorful painti...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Canvas
The Sisters, Contemporary Abstract Figural Painting
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Abstract figural artwork depicting two faces in monochromatic hues black, grey, and beige. The painting also features the two characteristic birds which are components in all of the ...
Category
Early 2000s Indonesian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Edmund Pick-Morino "Animated Countryside Landscapes" Pair of Oils on Canvas
By Edmund Pick-Morino
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very nice pair of oil on canvas depicting animated countryside landscapes.
signed by Edmund Pick Morino, Early 20th Century Artist.
Beautiful landscapes of nature, which gives a feel...
Category
Early 20th Century Hungarian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Ink and Acrylic Painting by Virginia Dutton, Titled Torso, Signed & Dated
By Virginia Dutton
Located in Downingtown, PA
Ink and Acrylic painting By Virginia Dutton,
Titled Torso,
Signed & Dated Dutton, 2015.
Large Ink and acrylic painting on canvas and signed 'Dutton' and dated on the right side...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Robert Bery Oil on Canvas Horizontal Painting Titled "Guns and Roses" Framed
By Robert Bery
Located in North Miami, FL
This contemporary masterpiece painting by the renowned and gifted painter: Robert Bery is titled “Guns and Roses.” The mixed-media on canvas includes oi...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Silver Leaf
Pottet R. "Young Woman In The Book" Oil On Canvas Signed
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pottet R. "Young Woman In The Book" oil on canvas signed. Measures: 50 x 60 cm.
Category
1890s European Antique Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Small French Painting, Signed
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
Small French Painting, Signed.
Dimensions: H 25 W 25 cm.
H 9.8 W 9.8 in.
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Paintings
Marguerite Clawson Burgess, 'Times Square, New York', C. 1930
By Marguerite Clawson Burgess
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Marguerite Clawson Burgess, American Modernist Painter
Marguerite Clawson Burgess, 'Times Square, New York', C. 1930
Titled verso "New York, New York"
Oil on canvas, signed lower left
Rare 1930s NYC...
Category
1930s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Mixed Technique on Paper by Andrea Branzi, Italy
Located in Milan, Italy
Mixed technique on paper (collage - acrylic) designed by Andrea Branzi.
Created for the exhibition project Galleries of modern art of Arezzo 1989, Italy.
Bibliography
Andrea Bra...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
‘New Bike’ Acrylic on Canvas Abstract Painting Andrew Plum
By Andrew Plum
Located in Montreal, QC
This work is signed, dated and titled "PLUM 2008 New Bike” verso of the canvas and signed PLUM on recto; canvas size - 48" x 36” x .75" profile. Andrew Plum was born in Lancashire, E...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Modernist Painting by Duc Nghia Phan
By Duc Nghia Phan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A modernist painting by Vietnamese artist Duc Nghia Phan. Phan's work is influenced by French Art Deco and modernism movement in Vietnam, yet his subject matter is always rooted in r...
Category
Early 2000s Vietnamese Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Acrylic on Canvas by Ugo La Pietra, Italy
Located in Milan, Italy
Acrylic on canvas designed by Ugo La Pietra in 2005, Italy.
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Marko Milovanovic Self-Portrait Red and Green, Dated 1991
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Marko Milovanovic (1965-) "Self-portrait red and green ", painting and pigments, signed below and dated 1991.
Category
Late 20th Century European Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Perfect Beach Day by Niek van der Plas
Located in Lantau, HK
Niek van der Plas paints impressionist scenes of Holland's beaches and dunes, bulb fields, city scenes in Amsterdam and Maastricht, and other typically Du...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Painting by Puyet Jose
Located in Houston, TX
Puyet Jose (1922-2004), Spanish modern impressionist painter, whose popularity spread throughout Spain and the United States. Numerous works by the artist h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Modern Paintings
Marko Milovanovic Self-Portrait Red and Green, Dated 1991
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Marko Milovanovic (1965-) "Self-portrait red and green behind a glass", painting and pigments, signed below and dated 1991.
Category
Late 20th Century European Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Henri Van Wynsberghe Gouache on Cardboard
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Henri Van Wynsberghe (1929-2018) dit Henri Victor
"Château de la mer à Roquebrune, 1991"
Gouache on cardboard, monogrammed and dated.
Measures: 108 x 74.5 cm
Beaux-Arts de Roubai...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Paintings
Marko Milovanovic (1965-) Self-Portrait Red and Green, Dated 1991
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Marko Milovanovic self-portrait red and green with raised finger, painting and pigments, signed below and dated 1991.
Category
Late 20th Century European Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Italian Sea Painting "Boats at sunset" oil on canvas
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Naples sea in a magic painting signed by Renato Criscuolo, the famous painter born and living in that town.
- O/6526.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Gilles Afera Ferrand, "Espace 15" Oil on Canvas, Signed, and Dated 1984
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Gilles Afera Ferrand, "Espace 15" oil on canvas, signed, and dated 1984
Small cracks in the paint.
Category
Late 20th Century European Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
1980s Oil Portrait of a Lady with Brunette Hair on Canvas in Wood Frame
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Oil portrait of a lady on canvas in a wood frame. The subject has brunette hair with vibrant green eyes. Signed Jo Grove 1980. Back of the portrait says Hecho in Mexico. Great for a ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Original Model Drawing by André Courrèges for Diana Vreeland
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Wonderful historical pen and ink illustration on board by Courrèges of his models done for and notated to Diana Vreeland. Great piece of fashion history. Framed in an original plexig...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
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
Contemporary Abstract on Canvas by Sidney Guberman
Located in Sheffield, MA
Abstract Expressionist contemporary painting by American artist Sidney Thomas Guberman. Singed.
Hanging instructions on the back of the canvas provided by the artist. Please see det...
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Lizz Mixed-Media Acrylic and Collage on Canvas by Ronald Frederick Dockter
Located in Topeka, KS
Dynamic mixed-media, acrylic, and collage on canvas by Ronald Frederick Dockter aka Ron Dockter, titled LIZZ in honor of and depicting Elizabeth Taylor, actress. This framed artwork ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Foxy Lady" by Kenneth Hari
By Kenneth Hari
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Kenneth Hari "Foxy Lady"
Born 1947, American artist
Signed upper right in script
Oil on artist board
Unframed 16"x 20"
Kenneth Hari is known for over 300 portraits from life sittings are those of ( to name a few) W.H. Auden, Groucho Marx, Salvador Dali, Ernest Hemingway, H.W. Janson (of “Janson’s History of Art”), Greta Garbo, , Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Robert Motherwell, Dolly Parton, Lauren Bacall, Aaron Copland, Isaac Asimov, George Balanchine, Dustin Hoffman, James A. Michener, Helen Keller, James Earl Jones, Gore Vidal, Otto Preminger, Tennessee Williams, Kurt Vonnegut, Leonard Bernstein, Rosemary Clooney...
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood
"Color My World" Acrylic on Canvas Abstract Painting Framed Andrew Plum
By Andrew Plum
Located in Montreal, QC
This work is signed "PLUM" recto of the canvas; canvas size - 36" x 60"; framed size 63" x 38.5" x 1.5" profile. Andrew Plum was born in Lancashire, England in 1965 and moved to Cana...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Painting "Middle" 2015 Acrylic Black Geometric on Canvas by Cecilia Setterdahl
Located in Dubai, Dubai
About the painting “Middle”
Strict and simple geometrical lines that focus on the RED centre.
About the artist:
Cecilia’s is working with all geometrical forms, lines and shadows.
Her style developed to be clean and sharp forms in different combinations.
Often they are in juxtaposition to create a three dimensional effect.
Since two decades she has only painted in acrylic on canvas.
Her art characteristics are uniform geometrical shapes with pristine borders,
often in bold colours.
Born in Sweden in 1954, Cecilia Setterdahl has always been painting from Swedish
inspiration. Studied ascetics in High School and then went on to the Technical University of Lulea and graduated as a teacher. Moved to Stockholm and studied
at the “Konstskolan” First exhibition 1988. Through a move to Neuchatel, Switzerland Cecilia continued her studies at the M-Art and Accademie Maximilien de Meuron...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Emirian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Modern Large Square Acrylic Painting on Canvas, France 1990s
Located in Dallas, TX
"Prisoner" painting by Philippe Delhom; named after the English television shows that starred Patrick McGoohan, in the end 1960s in Great Britain.
Th...
Category
1990s French Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Paint
"Vision at the Hotel Sully 'Paris', " Brilliant Painting by RISD Teacher
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant and vivid painting by Daniel Heyman, this depiction of a man-angel standing before the famous main facade of the Hôtel de Sully in Paris is drenched in color: aquamarine,...
Category
1990s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Pop Art painting by Luc Verschuuren, 2001
Located in Weesp, NL
”Cocktail” acrylic on canvas by the Dutch artist Luc Verschuuren.
Measurements: H 160 x W 120 cm, H 62.99 x W 47.24 inches.
Artwork will be shipped abroad in a custom made wooden c...
Category
Early 2000s Dutch Modern Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Painting "Tribal Blue"2017 Geometric Art Acrylic on Canvas by Cecilia Setterdahl
Located in Dubai, Dubai
About the painting “Tribal Blue”
Cecilia's interpretation of a tribal face in geometrical form.
The whole painting is relief to create a rustic feeling.
It is the forerunner of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Emirian Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Modernist Vintage Multicolored Oil Painting by Koster, 1980s
Located in Vienna, AT
Modern multicolored oil painting from the 1980s by Koster.
The motif shows a Spain torero and a bull in the arena.
very good condition
approx. measures:
Width 150 cm
Height 100 cm
De...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
16 William Gropper Oil Painted Dishes
Located in Sharon, CT
Four sets of four: cup, saucer, dinner plate and bowl, with paintings of mythological subjects on each by William Gropper. Russel Wright "American Modern" Steubenville provides the s...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Ceramic
Abstract Light Blue Painting Titled "Sea Glass" by Rebecca Ruoff, 2018
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Beautiful abstract blue painting inspired by ocean washed blue glass by American artist Rebecca Ruoff, 2018.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Framed Surrealistic Painting by Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artists: Pedro Friedeberg (Mexican, b. 1936)
Title: "Nietzche's Last Picnic"
Year: 1969
Medium: oil, pen and ink on board
Size: 15 x 20"
Marked: signed and dated "MCMLXIX" mid-...
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Blue Chairs Mixed-Media Modern Painting Oil on Linen Abstract Expressionism
By Alex Lazard
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
This ceiling to floor large-scale painting is an intimate portrait of Lazard's workspace and creativity. "That is how I spend my time all the time," says Lazard. Part of the genius o...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Paintings
Materials
Marble
Crash John Matos Signed Large Original Watercolor Painting Jessica Rabbit, 1990
By John Crash Matos
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work by famed New York street artist Crash (John Matos) who is highly regarded as a Pioneer of the Graffiti art movement in the 1980s. In 1984 he collaborated with a series of murals and installations with artist Keith Haring at the Musee d'art Moderne de la Villa de Paris, France. This early work features the iconic cartoon character Jessica Rabbit...
Category
1990s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Fine Painting, Signed "K.J. Kolding 1976"
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
Fine painting, signed on the back "K.J. Kolding 1976", oil on canvas.
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
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