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Edgar Britton 1946 Watercolor, Colorado Mountain Landscape, American Modernist
Located in Denver, CO
American modernist style shines through in the painting’s simplicity, harmonious forms, and subtle
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Large Modernist Oil Painting 1940s, Judaica Hasidic Shtetl Wagon Driver WPA Era
By Emanuel Glicenstein Romano
Located in Surfside, FL
his name on his arrival to America and some have erroneously speculated that this was to avoid
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Modernist Nude Figure Painting by Alma Davies, Student of Raphael Soyer
Located in New York, NY
painting was likely executed. Soyer taught at the Art Students League, the New School and the National
Category
1950s American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modernist Oil Painting George Schwacha Carnival Circus Big Top Ferris Wheel WPA
By George Schwacha Jr
Located in Surfside, FL
Schwacha, Jr. (1908 - 1986) New Jersey artist.
Known for Landscape painting and snow scenes. He studied
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Modernist Beach Scene Painting, Playing Ball in Surf, WPA Jewish Woman Artist
By Ruth Gikow
Located in Surfside, FL
Modernist beach scene; signed lower right; image size is 11.5 x 8.5 inches, framed it measures
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Vintage Modernist Surreal "Metamorphosis" Still Life Exhibited Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist surreal interior scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed
Category
1950s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract in Ochre, Rust and Jade
, Mid-century Modernist American Woman Artist
By Dora Masters
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, on canvas with certification of authenticity for Dora Masters (American, 1916-2003
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rare, early modernist oil painting by a San Francisco Bay Area abstract artist
By Lucien Labaudt
Located in Colfax, CA
An early painting by influential San Francisco Bay Area modern artist Lucien Labaudt.
Works by
Category
1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mother and Child
, Bolivian-American Modernist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Norha Beltran (Bolivian-American, 20th century). Accompanied by old label from Hourian
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Wax Crayon, Watercolor
$562 Sale Price
25% Off
Modernist Oil Painting Still Life Tableaux with Lobster, Pineapple and Clock
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Surfside, FL
American Art. Born in Toledo Ohio in 1921, he studied at the John Herron Art School and earned his BFA
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Rue Royale, Paris
, Latin American Modernist, Rio MOMA, Butler Inst. NAD, CAFA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Rue Royale, Paris' by Mario Agostinelli, 1965.
Latin American Modernist, Rio Museum of Modern Art
Category
1950s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1945 Pastel Drawing Girl with Flower American Modernist
By Frank Kleinholz
Located in Surfside, FL
law, he began painting and print making with teachers including Yasuo Kuniyoshi and Sol Wilson. He
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Modernist Judaica Jewish Ink Drawing Painting "New Immigrant" Off the Boat WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, included a manifesto concentrating on aesthetic
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Huge Vintage American Modernist Abstract Illusionist Signed Tromp L
Oeil Work
By Edward Evans
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage signed large abstract oil painting by Edward Evans. Acrylic on canvas. Framed. Signed
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ginger Cat with Still Life
, American Modernist, WPA Muralist, SFAA, GGIE, MoMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Jay Risling' (American, 1896-1993) and dated 1941.
A psychologically
Category
1940s Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modernist Oil Painting Abstract Dock with Boat Judith Shahn
By Judith Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
In this painting by Judith Shahn, the artist renders a boat and dock in a series of lines. The
Category
20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Harold Cohn Stillness in the Nude Signed Modernist Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A modernist figurative oil painting on canvas titled “Stillness in the Nude” by Harold Cohn. Signed
Category
Vintage 1940s North American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
KC Haxton American Modernist Oil on Canvas with Walnut Frame
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Teal, ochre and grey oil on canvas painting created by listed California contemporary modernist
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
$1,202 Sale Price
35% Off
"Michigan Farmyard" Doris Lee, Modernist American Landscape, Red Barn, Farmland
By Doris Lee
Located in New York, NY
that were very much a part of the prevalent American Scene painting. She also completed illustrations
Category
1940s American Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Antique American Tonalist Sunset Landscape Framed Impressionist Sunset Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY
Category
1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage Abstracted Cape Cod Landscape Original Modernist Pastel Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape pastel painting. Pastel on board. Framed in plexi box.
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Framed Modernist Romantic Leaves Falling Waterfall Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed verso.
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage American "Dancing Flames" Abstract Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring: 16 by 17 inches overall
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modernist Self Portrait Figurative
By Sandra LaBoue-Erba
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant modernist self-portrait by California artist Sandra Lobue-Erba (American, 1945-2007
Category
1980s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media
$540 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Signed Female Modernist Abstract Expressionist Naturescape Oil Painting
By Adele Becker
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Adele Becker
(1929-2021). Oil on canvas
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modernist Abstract Bull
By Dick Crispo
Located in Soquel, CA
Unique modernist depiction of an abstracted bull by California artist Dick Crispo (American, b
Category
1980s American Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Tempera
American Modernist drawing of buildings, composition influenced by Paul Cezanne
By Erle Loran
Located in Colfax, CA
A modernist drawing by California artist, writer, and educator, Erle Loran.
Erle Loran, (1905-1999
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Andalusia Signed Abstract Naturescape East Hampton Modernist Oil Painting
By Brian O
Leary
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed abstract oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage European Modernist Signed 1969 Landscape Coastal Signed Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist coastal seascape painting. Mixed media on board. Framed. Measuring: 17
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
MODERNIST ABSTRACT Mid-Century New Hope Non-Objective oil American Modern WPA
By Louis Stone
Located in New York, NY
MODERNIST ABSTRACT Mid-Century New Hope Non-Objective oil American Modern WPA
Louis Stone (1902
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Female Modernist Abstract Nature Painting Albright Knox Provenance
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting by Jane Lapey. Oil on canvas. Exhibition label
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Crane Neck Long Island Modernist Abstract Landscape Signed Fauvist Painting
By Jared Fitzgerald
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting by Jared Fitzgeral . Ink on gesso. Framed
Category
1980s Fauvist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Ink
Mid Century Modernist Painting by New York Artist Randy Harter
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Vibrant blue with a man looking to the sky beside a house. Alfred Hitchcock style with the house from Psycho comes to mind. Excellent artistic ability.
Size is framed 46 x 36 x 2.5.
Category
Vintage 1980s American American Classical Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Vintage American Impressionist Landscape Giltwood Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 20 by
Category
1940s Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Impressionist Seascape Signed Giltwood Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist seascape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring: 16 by 19 inches
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American School Abstract Diptych Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1970. Each panel image size
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage American Impressionist Landscape Signed Giltwood Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist mountain landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 24 by
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
American Modernist Peter Macchiarini "Brooch Sketch"
Located in Arp, TX
Modernism American studio jewelry.
-Peter Macchiarini
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pencil
A Soulful Modernist Portrait
By Boris Deutsch
Located in San Francisco, CA
, the Smithsonian’s American Art Museum, the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, the Carnegie
Category
1950s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Large Impressive American Abstract Expressionist Modern Interior Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract interior scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed and
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Nocturnal Athens Greece Framed Cityscape Signed Modernist Oil Painting
By Abraham Pariente
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 17 by 21 inches
Category
1990s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage American School Modernist Guitar Cubist Abstract Musical Still Life
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage signed American school guitar still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed illegibly
Category
1950s Cubist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Anza-Borrego Desert California Modernist Large Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape signed oil painting of the Anza-Borrego desert. Oil on canvas
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Modernist Venice Cityscape Nicely Framed Sunset Original Oil Painting
By Abraham Pariente
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage Israeli American modernist oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 17 by 23
Category
1990s Fauvist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage Modernist Venice Cityscape Nicely Framed Sunset Original Oil Painting
By Abraham Pariente
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage Israeli American modernist oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 26 by 30
Category
1990s Fauvist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Modernist Blue
Yellow Abstract
By Grady McDonald
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful oil abstract titled "Coming Out" by Grady McDonald (American, 1938-1980). Signed lower
Category
1970s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Rocky Mountains" - Colorful Modern Abstract Impressionism Landscape - Blue Sky
Located in Carmel, CA
expressive abstraction, making it a compelling example of late 20th-century American modernist painting
Category
1970s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
"Celebration" Vintage Signed American Abstract Expressionist Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
VASE WITH FLOWERS IN MIRROR Modernist Oil Painting Joseph Raskin WPA Artist
By Joseph Raskin
Located in Surfside, FL
, which awarded him several fellowships for his work. He was a member of the American Artist's Congress
Category
1940s American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Cubist Signed Framed Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image
Category
1950s Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Modernist Oil Painting Social Realist Kids and Cat in Red Wagon WPA Style
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Surfside, FL
American, etc. all playing together in a wagon with their cat.
Paul Zimmerman, N.A. (1921-2007). Paul W
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Kneeling Nude
, American Modernist Graphite Figural Study
By Michael Decker
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "M. Decker" for Michael Decker (American, 20th Century) and created circa 1975
Category
1970s Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink
$712 Sale Price
25% Off
Seated Nude
, American Modernist Graphite Figural Study
By Michael Decker
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "M. Decker" for Michael Decker (American, 20th century) and created circa 1975
Category
1970s Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Graphite
$712 Sale Price
25% Off
American modernist landscape drawing by a San Francisco Bay Area artist
By Erle Loran
Located in Colfax, CA
Loran, (1905-1999), was an American painter and educator who painted for the entirety of his adult life
Category
1940s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Large Mid Century California Modernist Sunset Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Signed Surreal Black Farming Figures Modernist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist surreal landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,580 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Signed Surreal Street Scene Skeleton Modernist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist surreal oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed illegibly.
Category
1930s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
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An assortment of american modernist paintings is available on 1stDibs. A selection of these works in the Modern, Abstract and Surrealist styles can be found today in our inventory. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. You can search the american modernist paintings that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of brown, gray, black and blue. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by Peter Emanuel Goldman, Ben-Zion Weinman, Rip Matteson, Calvin Anderson and Ervin B. Nussbaum are consistently popular. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in paint, oil paint and fabric — can elevate any room of your home.
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Cave walls were the canvases for what were arguably the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict natural scenery through art. Portrait paintings and drawings, which, along with sculpture, were how someone’s appearance was recorded prior to the advent of photography, are at least as old as Ancient Egypt. In the Netherlands, landscapes were a major theme for painters as early as the 1500s. Later, artists in Greece, Rome and elsewhere created vast wall paintings to decorate stately homes, churches and tombs.
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- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 15, 2024The artist associated with Urban Realism and American Scene painting is Edward Hopper. Throughout the early 20th century, he created paintings of New York City that captured the feelings of isolation associated with urban life. His best-known works include Nighthawks, Automat, Chop Suey and Office at Night. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of Edward Hopper art.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025Jackson Pollock is the American artist famous for laying the canvas on the floor and dripping the paint from a bucket using a stick. He called this innovative technique "drip painting." Pollock stood at the forefront of Abstract Expressionism to the point that his name has become nearly synonymous with the movement. He was deeply respected by his contemporaries, and Pollock’s paintings, prints and other art — as well as his commitment to the work — influenced artists worldwide. Explore a collection of Jackson Pollock art on 1stDibs.
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