Modern Paintings
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
1960
s French Modernist Oil Painting Green background with Bizarre Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 1960's period
Title: figurative group, with deep green color background.
Medium: oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 36.5 x 26 inches
Provenance: pri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Asleep Model - Original oil on canvas - Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Claude Gaveau
Asleep Model, 1975
Original oil on canvas
Signed in the lower right corner
Signed again on the back
On canvas 60 x 73 cm (c. 24 x 29 in)
Very good condition
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
View of St. Mark Square - Oil Paint on Canvas - Late 18th century
By Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto)
Located in Roma, IT
View of St. Mark Square is an original old master artwork realized in the late 18th century by artist of the School of Giovanni Antonio Canal (C...
Category
Late 18th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Impressionist Framed New England Farm Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas, 18 x 22 inches overall, 16 x 20 inches image size.
Vintage American impressionist landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Pennsylvania Impressionist Framed Landscape Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare antique oil painting by Charles W. Patterson (1870 - 1938) . Oil on canvas, signed lower right. Measuring 29 x 33 inches overall, 22 x...
Category
1920s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Naval Engagement Napoleonic Wars Sea Battle Fine English Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Contemporay English School
signed oil painting on copper panel
framed: 13 x 14.5 inches
panel: 8 x 10 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: overall very good
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,142 Sale Price
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Vintage Oil Landscape Art of Redwood Forest California by 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage Oil Landscape Art of Redwood National Park Forest in California by 20th Century Artist, Tobias Everet Spence
Art measures 14 x 17 inches
Frame measures 21 x 24 inches
Th...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood, Paint, Wood Panel
"Metropolitan Abstraction" Signed Mid Century Cubist Architectural Abstraction
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract cubist street scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 31 by 42 inches overall, and 25 by 36 painting alone. In excellent original con...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
De Piero a Picasso
Located in Atlanta, GA
This original oil on canvas is in excellent condition and and has only been shown in a gallery setting. The size dimensions do not include the frame. This item is signed by the arti...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Colorful, Vibrant 1930s Painting of Michigan Dunes, Saugatuck by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A colorful, vibrant 1930s winter scene painting Saugatuck, Michigan by famed Chicago Modern artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Depicting the Old Fish House on the left, with a ...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Still-life by Otto Clenin - Oil on canvas
By Otto Clénin
Located in Geneva, CH
Otto Clénin was born on August 5, 1899 in Madretsch (Biel).
When his father retired, his family moved to Ligerz. Otto found work in the watch industry, but turned more and more to p...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
$872 Sale Price
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Large Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Jazz Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Striking mid-20th century abstract oil painting on canvas by artist Johnsen, titled “Jazz IX – Club Date” (as inscribed on the verso). The work features a bold interplay of geometric...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge French Modernist 20th Century 2 x Oil Paintings Rolling Provence Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provence Landscape by Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French, 1927–2020)
This stunning oil on canvas diptych presents an expansive and vibrant Provence landscape by renowned French artist H...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950
s Modernist/ Cubist Painting - The Girl In The Forest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on artist paper, unframed
size: 19.5 x 16.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$475 Sale Price
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1980
s French Modernist Painting Amusing Multi-color Abstract Figure with Violin
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
signed & dated 1983
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuf...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
A Charming 1940s Watercolor of Mexico w/ Cathedral and Rooftops by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming 1940s Watercolor of Mexico with Cathedral and Rooftops by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Most likely completed during the artist's trip to Mexico in 1944 after rec...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Honfleur Harbor Scene Mid-Century Modernist French Oil Painting Thickly Painted
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Honfleur
by Henri Auguin (French b. 1934)
titled verso
signed oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 27.5 x 31.5 inches
Canvas: 22 x 26 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Modernist 20th century Oil Painting Yellow Landscape Cubist Composition
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Yellow Landscape
signed by Lucien Gondret (French 1941-2023)
signed oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 18 x 24 inches
provenance: the artists estate, Franc...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jockeys at the Rail
Located in San Francisco, CA
There’s an instant in a competitive horse race—whether it’s at Churchill Downs, Del Mar, Santa Anita Park, Saratoga or Belmont—of the utmost ferocity. That’s when the riders are jamm...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Farm Landscape, Zoar, Ohio, Early 20th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
August Frederick Biehle (1885-1979)
Farm Landscape, Zoar, c. 1923
Gouache, litho crayon and graphite on paper
Signed lower right
14 x 19 inches
17 x 23 inches, framed
A versatile pa...
Category
1920s Modern Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Gouache, Graphite
Landscape - Oil Painting by Armando Cermignani - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on plywood realized by Armando Cermignani (1888-1957) in 1930s.
Hand signed and dated.
Excellent condition.
Armando Cermignani was an Italian painter, engraver, ceramist and p...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
English School Oil Painting Napoleonic Wars Naval Engagement Battle at Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Contemporay English School
signed oil painting on copper panel in impressive gilt frame
framed: 13 x 14.5 inches
panel: 8 x 10 inches
provenance: private collection, England
conditi...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
British 20th Century Impressionist Oil Painting Children Playing on Sandy Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Summer
by John Richard Townsend (1930-2013) * see notes below
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 22 x 22 inches
canvas: 16 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condi...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage American Modernist Surreal Figural Nude Portrait Large Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist nude portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a modern molding. Excellent condition, ready to ...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of a Lady - Mid 20th Century French Modernist Oil on Board Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful mid 20th century French modernist oil on board portraity of a smartly dressed young lady.
Typicallly French look to the lady in this lovely little portrait. She is smart...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Bloom I - Floral Flower Abstract Mixed Media Oversized Artwork
By Sally K
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gazing at Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s floral artworks is consuming and empowering. Inspired by the endless variety of beautiful flowers, she creates pop-realistic paintings t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil Pastel
1960
s Original French Pastel Sketch Nude Seated and Kneeling Female Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Ladies Sketch
French School, circa 1960's
chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed
size: 18.75 x 12 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: private c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
1950
s Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Busy Figures In Forest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on paper stuck on card
size: 18 x 25 inches
condition: very good and ready t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$428 Sale Price
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Till It All Withers 1 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube.
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Samson Olatubos...
Category
19th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
L.S. Lowry, Street Scene, 1965
Located in Manchester, GB
L.S. Lowry, Street Scene, 1965
Oil on canvas
50.8 x 60.9 cm (20 x 24 in)
Hand-signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY 1965' (lower right) and titled 'STREET SCENE' (on the canvas overlap)
E...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Lively, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Floral Still Life Painting by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Lively, Colorful 1950s Mid-Century Modern Floral Still Life Painting by Notable Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Full of color, with wonderful brushwork, the painti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Follower of Roderic O
Connor, Female nude in an interior, large oil painting
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very striking and stylishly painted oil of a shapely nude reclining on a draped sofa, dating from the early to mid 20th century . This large scale oil is presented in an attractive...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,468 Sale Price
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Classic Tallship at Sea with Whale in Water off Coastline, English Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
James Hardy (British contemporary, 21st century)
signed oil painting on board, framed
board: 8 x 10 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: overall very good
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Impressionist Framed Coastal Seascape Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist signed coastal seascape oil painting. Oil on canvasboard. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 14 by 18 inches overall, and 12 by 16 painting alone. In excelle...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
$620 Sale Price
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Bouquet of flowers by Albert Duplain - Oil on canvas 45x55 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Albert Duplain was a Swiss painter who was born in 1890. Albert Duplain's work has been offered at auction multiple times.
Died in 1978.
Work on canvas
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
$704 Sale Price
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1950
s French Modernist Oil Men Manual Labour Working in Field with Wheelbarrows
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Labourers
French School, mid 20th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 29 inches
provenance: private collection, Marseille
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Interior with Cats
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist Statement
"I’m a Canadian painter living on an island off the northwest coast of Canada. My current paintings revolve around floral still lives. The flowers are the original...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Antique American Modernist Nocturnal Street Scene Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist nocturnal street scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed . Measuring: 14 by 12 inches overall, and 8 by 10 painting alone. In excellent original...
Category
1910s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$700 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Antique American Modernist Still Life 1940s Nicely Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a modernt wood molding. Excellent cond...
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Maria, Nude on Blue Background - Original Oil Painting, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Gabriel DOMERGUE (1889-1962)
Maria, Nude on blue Background, c. 1950
Original oil painting on panel
Signed bottom left
Titled on the back
On panel 55 x 46 cm (c. 22 x 18 inch) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century French Modernist Painting Set of Four Dark Watercolour Scenes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of 4
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 8.75 x 6.5 inches
stamped verso
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Vintage Signed American Modernist Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting. Signed and Exhibited. Oil on canvas. Measuring 17 by 31 inches overall and 16 x 30 painting alone. In excellent original condition,...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$624 Sale Price
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Man with a Glass of Wine - Painting by Adriano De Laurentis - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Man with a Glass of Wine - is a modern artwork realized by the painter Adriano De Laurentis.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Includes frame.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Little Mother, Young Black Girl Pushing Carriage through Town
By Orville Bulman
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Orville Bulman (American, 1904 - 1978
Signed: Bulman (Lower, Left)
“ Little Mother ”, 1960
Oil on Canvas
14" x 18"
Housed in a 2" Husar Frame with a 3/4" Linen liner and a Gold ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge French Modernist Oil Sunny Garden Landscape with French Chairs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Le Jardin
Jeanon Pitre (French contemporary)
signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 51 x 38 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: overall very good
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$2,664 Sale Price
30% Off
A new adventure
Located in Zofingen, AG
shipped in roll
A New Adventure
She knows how to draw attention — red dress, stockings, veil. Too bold? Exactly as planned. Naivety is a carefully staged role, and mystery is part ...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Antique Paris Modern Coastal Port City Framed Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage French modernist coastal scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, re...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
Lacoste South of France Beautiful French Modern Oil Painting Signed
Titled
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Place de l'Elige, Lacoste,
French artist, signed and dated
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 22 x 18.5 inches
inscribed verso
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very go...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,422 Sale Price
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Charlotte
Located in Zofingen, AG
Charlotte
(from the “Becoming” series)
In this work, the artist continues to explore themes of inner growth, presence, and the search for her own voice.
The figure remains central —...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Pâquis" by Luce Brélaz - Oil on Canvas - 33x46 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Artwork sold with frame (48 x 35.5 cm )
Luce Brélaz-Jacquet was a Swiss painter born in 1915.
Although biographical details about her life and career remain scarce, she is recogniz...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
National Day : Sailors having Fun - Tall Original Oil Painting, Signed
By Michel-Marie Poulain
Located in Paris, IDF
Michel Marie POULAIN
French National Day : Sailors having Fun
Original oil on canvas
Handsigned in the lower left corner
On canvas 55 x 65 cm (c. 22 x 26 inch)
Presented in golden w...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Artists Paint Colours
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
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...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Signed Sunset In Columbia Modernist Street Scene Framed WPA Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 26 by 32 inches overall and 24 by 30 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$780 Sale Price
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Landscape by Pierre Eugène Vibert - Oil on canvas 60x73 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas without frame
Painter, illustrator born in 1875 in Geneva - Died in 1937
Category
Early 1900s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,080 Sale Price
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Antique American Modernist Summer in East Hampton Beach Scene Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A serene and subtly rendered coastal scene by H. J. Schneider, this oil on canvas painting captures the quiet expanse of East Hampton’s beachfront architecture and dunes. Executed wi...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,020 Sale Price
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Fontaine à Bel-air, Geneva by Roberto Gherardi - Oil on wood 54x62 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on wood
Frame measures 70x78 cm
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
"New Orleans, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern abstract painting Stanley Bate is highly textured and features a warm, vibrant palette. Thick layers of red, orange, and blue paint appear to have been scraped back to c...
Category
1960s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cuban landscape
Located in New York, NY
A rare and well painted Cuban landscape by wonderful artist Domingo Enriquez.
Domingo Ramos Enriquez's oeuvre encompasses a wide array of Cuban landscape...
Category
1920s Modern Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Oil
Lotus Number Fifteen: Photo-realist Still Life Painting of Green Leaves
Located in Hudson, NY
Horizontal photo-realist still life painting on canvas of green lotus leaves on a light grey background
'Lotus Number Fifteen' by Frank Depietro, made i...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ninth Avenue El (New York City), Mid 20th Century Cityscape Oil painting
By John Opper
Located in Beachwood, OH
John Opper (American, 1908-1994)
Ninth Avenue El (New York City), c. 1935
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left and verso
30.125 x 24 inches
The Ninth Avenue El was the first elevated rai...
Category
1930s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
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