Modern Abstract Paintings

Antique American modernist abstract nude landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed illegibly.

Mexican Modernist Oil Painting - Double Sided Abstract Figures and Buildings Dynamic abstract pieces by Ernesto Butterlin, aka Linares, (Mexican, German b. 1917 d. 1964.) The front ...

One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...

In this painting the artist Larry Abramson depicts an abstract landscape with a high degree of simplification, taking references from the stylistic conventions of conceptual and mini...

Very nicely painted American modernist harbor oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 16H by 20L.

Ireland Landscape Rocky Cliffs with Castle on the Northern Irish Sea Coastline, by 20th Century Irish Australian Artist, Henry McLaughlin. Art measures 10 x 8 inches Frame measure...

Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...

A Wonderful Mid-Century Boxing Scene of a Standing Prize Fighter by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. This energetic sporting scene, painted in the 1960s, exemplifies the abstra...

Abstract Composition French, dated 1992 indistinctly signed oil on canvas, framed inscribed verso framed: 29 x 24 inches canvas: 28.75 x 23.75 inches provenance: private collection, ...

Antique American modernist flower still life oil painting by Samuel Brecher (1897 - 1982). Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 28 by 30 inches overall and 22 by 24 inches painti...

Samson Schames (German-American, 1898-1967) Untitled, 1960 Mixed media on paper Sight: 16 1/2 x 14 in. Framed: 27 1/2 z 22 1/2 x 1/2 in. Signed and dated lower right Samson Schames ...

A Large, Dynamic Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Horse Race by noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph Pen. Artwork size: 24" x 36"; Framed size: 25" x 37". Signed "Pen" lower right and ti...

Artist/ School: Jill Jackson (British, contemporary) Title: Abstract Expressionist Painting Medium: gouache on artist paper, unframed Painting : 12 x 16.5 inches Provenance: all...

Original oil paint on heavy archival paper abstract by the American artist, Martin Rosenthal. Bold, vibrant colors. Signed lower right by the artist and dated 1965. Condition is ver...

An exceptional mid-20th century oil painting by American artist Dennis Broadbent, “Ice Boats on Watuppa” captures the crystalline stillness of a frozen lake with a refined clarity ch...

Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021), Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...

This textured, Modern Abstract Expressionist painting Stanley Bate features a neutral palette with both warm and cool undertones. Muted blues and reds seem to be incorporated into a ...

Street and houses is a contemporary artwork realized by Sante Monachesi in the mid-20th century Mixed colored oil painting. Includes frame Hand signed on the lower marign

Golden Fields by Lucien Gondret (French b. 1941) signed oil painting on board, unframed board : 13 x 16 inches provenance: private collection, France co...

Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring 48 by 48 inches overall and 40 by 40 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Hands...

A vivid counterpart to the blue composition, this painting immerses the viewer in a field of interlocking crimson, vermilion, and coral forms. Tschopp’s layered approach to color ble...

Salvador Dalí 1904-1989 Spanish Two of Swords Signed “Dalí” (upper right) Gouache on photographic background Representing a unique blend of spiritualism and Surrealism, this goua...

Mosaic abstract French School, (unsigned) late 20th century work oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 21.5 x 15 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: a few minor surfa...

Modern abstract green and purple toned landscape painting by American artist Jane Tate. The work features a wild grove of trees and brush with the sun framed...

Vintage modernist still life painting. Oil on canvas. Image size, 18L x 24H.

Autumn Provence by Andre Guillou (French 1925-2017) signed and dated 2002 oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 25.5 x 21 inches provenance: private collection...

Really impressive mid 1900s American school painting of Central Park. An amazing piece with hints of abstraction. Framed. No signature found.

Important, large early (1963) painting by Spokane, WA artist Robert David Gilmore, titled "Metropolis". The painting depicts the interstate highway system. Artwork size: 46...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Torso No. 3, 1967 Acrylic on paper Signed and dated lower right 13 x 9 inches 21 x 17 inches A mid-century figural abstract painting. Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national artistic success that was nearly unprecedented among Cleveland School artists of his day, with representation by major New York dealers...

Sam Francis 1923-1994 American Untitled Signed and dated "Sam Francis 1965" (en verso) Oil on canvas This striking painting hails from the renowned Edge Paintings series by impor...

Antique American modernist interior scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.

Abstract by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 19 x 16 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very...

Figurative abstract style black, white, and blue acrylic painting of the Greek Goddess, Nike, "Winged Victory of Samothrace" with an antique wood f...

Iona Scottish School, modern oil on canvas canvas: 25 x 24 inches the painting is in overall very good and sound condition

A Judaica painting with Hebrew Calligraphy by noted Chicago Modernist. Alexander Raymond Katz (his Hungarian first name, Sandor, was anglicized to Alexander) was born in Kassa, Hunga...

Antique American modernist street scene oil painting by Elaine Wesley (1923 - 2007). Oil on board. Estate stamped verso.

Oil on canvas, 27 x 31 inches overall, 20 x 24 inches image size. A modern urban nocturne depicting the Manhattan Bridge at night, painted with gestural brushwork and a restrained, b...

This captivating small-scale oil on canvas was created by renowned French Modernist painter François Gentilini (b. 1930). Structured with geometric precision, the composition evokes ...

Donald Stacy "Mound Street" c. 1950s Gouache paint on paper 24" x 18'" unframed Unsigned Came from artist's estate For sale is a striking black and white painting titled "Mound Stre...

Wood Assemblage painted in Acrylic Paint and clear coat Title : Lee-go III wood cleat on back for hanging both ways Vertical or horizontal Born in Tallahasee Fl, William started h...

Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring 35 by 47 inches overall and 27 by 39 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Hands...

This abstract painting by Modernist artist Stanley Bate combines deep, textured red with creme and dark blue and grey. Geometric shapes throughout the painting are softened by the en...

James Brown (American, 1951-2020) Mixed media 1994, "Dessin (Star)", Paint and collage on paper, Hand signed and dated lower right, bears label verso Dimensions: 19.5"h x 29.5"w (sheet), 26"h x 36"w (frame) Provenance: Galerie Bernd Klüser, Bears label verso They represented internationally renowned artists such as Joseph Beuys, Tony Cragg, Enzo Cucchi, Jannis Kounellis, Mimmo Paladino and Andy Warhol. Their first exhibitions were with Andy Warhol, Tony Cragg, Julião Sarmento...

Modernist landscape oil painting by Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf Martyl (1917/18 - 2013). Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 28 by 32 inches overall and 20 by 24 painting alone.

Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021), Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...

In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...

Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021), Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...

Beni E. Kosh/Charles Elmer Harris (American, 1917-1993) Meditation on African Sculpture, 1957 Oil on found wood panel Signed and dated lower left 20 x 15 inches Charles Elmer Harris...

Rene Beckley. City Streets, 1965. Oil on artist board, 16 x 20 inches; 18 x 22 inches framed. Signed and dated lower right.

Like a Comet - Nocturnal Sky in Oil on Masonite Surrealistic oil painting landscape of comet by listed San Francisco, California artist Eleanor Perry (American, 1928-2014). Signed ...

You are viewing a modern abstract painting by Robert Blair. Robert Noel Blair (American, 1912-2003) was an American artist, painter, sculptor, printmaker and teacher. He is best k...

Horst Egon Kalinowski (German, 1924-2013). Mixed media assemblage collage Divan Ophidian. Hand signed in marker upper right and dated 82 Bagnols-en-Foret, Titled upper left. Additionally titled and dated on verso. Dimensions: 30" x 24 1/4" (with frame 27" x 32 3/4") inches. Born in 1924 in Dusseldorf, From 1945 to 1948, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf. In 1949-1950, he stayed in Rome and Venice, Italy. From 1950 to 1952, in Paris, France he studied in the abstract art workshop of Jean Dewasne and Edgard Pillet...

This Modern Abstract Expressionist painting by Stanley Bate is made with oil paint and and lacquer on board. It features light textured and a light blue-grey and yellow palette contrasted by the almost black focal point of the composition. The painting is 14.5" x 19" and measures 16.25" x 20.5" x 2" framed. Signed by the artist in the lower left-hand corner of the painting, it is framed in a floater frame with warm silver face and black sides and is ready to hang. Stanley Bate was born on March 26, 1903 in Nashville, Tennessee. The Bates were an established Tennessee family, in fact, Henry’s brother William Bate was the governor of Tennessee from 1883-1887 and a United States Senator from 1887-1905. Stanley studied art at the Watkins Institute in Nashville. In the 1920’s Bate moved to New York City to study at the Art Students League under Frederick Bridgman. He soon landed a job with Encyclopedia Britannica, and from 1927-1929 served as art editor. From 1929 until his death in 1972, Stanley was a self-employed artist. He taught art classes at both the Art Students League and the Albany Institute of History and Art and brought in extra income by making illustrations for magazines such as “Outdoor Life” and “Popular Science”. On January 27, 1934 Stanley married Emilie Rossel. Emilie had emigrated from Switzerland to New York in 1923. She found work as a governess to Alfred Vanderbilt and later as an executive secretary for Wall Street investment brokers Kahn, Loeb and Co. Emilie met Stanley in New York in the early 1930’s when she attended one of his art exhibitions with a friend. The couple, who had no children, lived on 34th Street in Manhattan. During this period, Bate was producing and exhibiting his art and joined several artists groups. Stanley and Emilie became part of the New York art scene, dining weekly at the Society of Illustrators Clubhouse. Stanley Bate’s time in New York was pivotal in the formation of his painting style. He lived in New York during the inception of one of the most important Modern Art movements, one that helped New York replace Paris as the center of avant-garde art. This movement, which was called the New York School of artists, was later known as Abstract Expressionism. It was comprised of a loosely associated group of vanguard artists working in New York City during the 1940s and 1950s. The New York School was not defined by a specific style, but instead reflected a fusion of European Modernism and American social relevancy that was depicted in many individual styles. Influences of Surrealism, Cubism, and Modernism can be found in their work, along with an interest in experimenting with non-traditional materials and methods. American art was in the forefront of international avant-garde for the first time. Stanley Bate was undoubtedly exposed to the varied styles and techniques that were emerging during the formative years of the New York School. Mark Rothko and Robert Motherwell were formulating their versions of color field paintings. Joseph Cornell was experimenting with assemblages, collage and the use of different types of textured paints. Jackson Pollock was adhering objects such as buttons and coins into his early works, while Louise Nevelson was using found objects. Helen Frankenthaler added sand to her early paintings. The New York School artists were undermining traditional fine art by using mixed media and non-traditional methods. Stanley Bate absorbed these varied influences and soon his early realistic landscapes and still-lifes were replaced with something entirely new. The influence of Cubism, notably the flat shallow space of the picture plane, is obvious in many of Bate’s paintings. Surrealism is evident in Bate’s use of subjects from myth, primitive art and antiquity, along with the Automatism-like line work in his more linear images. The unfettered experimentation of the New York School is everywhere in Stanley Bate’s work. We see nods to color field, collage, the mixing of textures into paint, mixed media, the inclusion of found objects and thick, luscious impasto. Bate was prolific and experimented in various media including oil, watercolor, lithography, silk screen, wood cut, drawing, collage, ceramics and sculpture. Bate is considered a true Modernist. His work is largely abstract, but sometimes figures and buildings are discernable. He frequently mixed paint, sand and glue together to achieve a textured surface, and then scraped and scratched through this layer to expose some of the underpainting below. His sculpture, which is often whimsical, also reflects the non-traditional methods of the New York School. Bate pioneered the use of enamel and copper in his work. The sculptures are not carved or modeled as was done in the past, but instead are built using mixed media and new materials. In addition to the New York School influence, many of Bate’s works exhibit a strong connection to the Spanish school, especially the work of Antonio Tapies and Modesto Cuixart. These artists were both part of an avant-garde group known as Art Informel, the Spanish equivalent of Abstract Expressionism. These artists likewise worked in mixed media and introduced objects and texture into their work. Many of Bate’s subjects and titles relate to Spanish locations and words. It is likely that Stanley spent time in Spain and found inspiration there. By the early 1940s, Stanley and Emilie had started spending weekends in a barn they purchased in Craryville, New York, a few hours north of Manhattan. The barn had no electricity or plumbing, but when the Bates eventually decided to leave New York and live full time in Craryville, they remodeled the barn, putting a gallery downstairs and a studio and living quarters upstairs. Although the Bates moved out of New York City, Stanley remained part of the New York art scene, exhibiting in New York and elsewhere throughout the 50s and 60s. During his lifetime he was represented by the New York galleries Knoedler and Company, Kennedy Galleries, Rose Fried Gallery and Key Gallery, along with Tyringham Gallery located in Tyringham, Massachusetts. Craryville was Stanley’s home until his death on August 21, 1972. Emilie died 1984...

Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...

This painting by Modernist painter Stanley Bate is almost monochromatic with dark brown, sandy tan and white geometric shapes. There is a single bright red pop of color at the almost...

This Modern abstract figurative painting by Stanley Bate features abstracted figures in motion, placed in front of a geometric background with white, maroon, and blue squares tiled n...

Robert Sealock (American, 20th Century) Signed: RWS 93 (Canvas Verso) " Divided By Time ", 1993 Oil on Canvas 48 1/4" x 40" This large modern painting is in nice original condi...

Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021), Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...

SNOWY ROOFTOPS Size: 32.5 x 32.5 cm (including frame) Oil on board A small yet evocative mid-century abstract painting that presents an interpretation of a wintry urban landscape, e...

Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...