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Loft Oberon - Nude Figure with Elongated Twisted Limbs Floating in Space, Framed
By Oliver Hazard Benson
Located in Chicago, IL
occultism, especially the movements of the late 19th and early 20th century. Hazard is also inspired by
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Winter Light on a Frozen Lake
Located in Stockholm, SE
early 20th-century Swedish art. Though trained in decorative painting and active in public commissions
Category

1940s Romantic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Dagon Calapesce, Symbolic Male Warrior Figure Surrounded by Water, Acrylic/Panel
By Oliver Hazard Benson
Located in Chicago, IL
Taoism and European occultism, especially the movements of the late 19th and early 20th century. Hazard
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Scene de Marche
By Victor Gabriel Gilbert
Located in New York, NY
and early 20th-century art. His works also serve as historical documents, offering insight into the
Category

Late 19th Century French School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

English Antique The last Shoot Dog with hunter in moorland
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wylam Gowdy (British, Early 20th Century) Huntsman Out Shooting with Gundogs on Moorland Oil on
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Early 1900s Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Boho Original Oil Portrait
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
tones. The style possesses a raw, honest energy reminiscent of early 20th-century figurative art
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Mid-20th Century American Rustic Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Shaosing Knobst Symbolic Taoist God - "Longevity Star", Acrylic on Panel, Framed
By Oliver Hazard Benson
Located in Chicago, IL
Taoism and European occultism, especially the movements of the late 19th and early 20th century. Hazard
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

English Antique The last Shoot Dog with hunter in moorland
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wylam Gowdy (British, Early 20th Century) Huntsman Out Shooting with Gundogs on Moorland Oil on
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Early 1900s Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Boho Original Landscape Oil on Canvas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
brushstrokes, the work recalls early 20th-century Expressionist and Impressionist influences, prioritizing
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Mid-20th Century American Rustic Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Shakti Dysnomia - Hindu Goddess in Quite Difficult Yoga Pose on Flame Background
By Oliver Hazard Benson
Located in Chicago, IL
, especially the movements of the late 19th and early 20th century. Hazard is also inspired by Surrealism and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Robert Kenneth White "Peaceful Reflection II" Signed 2017 Oil of Villa Garden
Located in Miami, FL
influence of Mediterranean villas and early 20th-century American realism. White’s sensitive treatment of
Category

2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Awakening at Gordia - Highly Detailed, Surreal and Symbolic, Acrylic on Panel
By Oliver Hazard Benson
Located in Chicago, IL
influenced by Taoism and European occultism, especially the movements of the late 19th and early 20th century
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Morning in the Village
By Henry Ward Ranger
Located in Sheffield, MA
and was a leading painter in this country in the late 19th and early 20th-centuries. He was born in
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Seascape" Henry Ward Ranger, Impressionist Coastal Scene, Atmospheric Sky
By Henry Ward Ranger
Located in New York, NY
this country in the late 19th and early 20th-centuries. He was born in Geneseo and raised in Syracuse
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Nereid - Nude Female Figure with Elongated Limbs in Outstretched Yoga Pose
By Oliver Hazard Benson
Located in Chicago, IL
Taoism and European occultism, especially the movements of the late 19th and early 20th century. Hazard
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Three Sailboats At Anchor, View Of Holland, oil on canvas, signed lower right
Located in PARIS, FR
landscape painting of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He passed away on August 7, 1925, at his home
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Lord of the Center - Original Artwork of Highly Detailed Symbolic, Surreal Scene
By Oliver Hazard
Located in Chicago, IL
influenced by Taoism and European occultism, especially the movements of the late 19th and early 20th century
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Ships At Sunset
Located in Jacksonville, FL
. Active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Weber’s paintings capture the essence of everyday life
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Mid-19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Untitled, Figurative, Charcoal Pencil on Paper Bikash Bhattacharjee "In Stock"
By Bikash Bhattacharjee
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
2015 – Dag Modern, Mumbai, India Modern – Narratives from 20th Century Indian Art 2013 – Christie’s
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1980s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Pencil

Untitled, Figurative, Lithograph on Paper by Bikash Bhattacharjee "In Stock"
By Bikash Bhattacharjee
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
2015 – Dag Modern, Mumbai, India Modern – Narratives from 20th Century Indian Art 2013 – Christie’s
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1980s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Etching

British, turn of the century watercolour of an angel by Lexden Lewis Pocock
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
and seascapes of 19th- and early 20th-century Britain.
Category

20th Century Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Horse at the Blacksmith s
By Louis Henri Deluermoz
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
inspired him, Deluermoz was also interested in America. These lands fascinated early 20th-century artists
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1890s French School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Metal

Afternoon Mood – Wallén’s Skagen-like Swedish Coastal Masterpiece
Located in Stockholm, SE
came of age in the late 19th century amid a shift toward realism and plein-air painting. Born in
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1880s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Marbella beach Spain spanish seascape mediterranean art oil on canvas
By Isidoro Lazaro
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
mounted on stretcher Period: Late 20th or early 21st century Signature: Signed lower right Condition: Good
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Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Street Musicians Oil on canvas board
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
right corner as “214 Roca” Approximate date: Late 20th – early 21st century Condition: Very good Framing
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1990s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Le Marche aux Fleurs, Impressionist French City Scene
By Eugene Galien-Laloue
Located in New York, NY
depict urban life in late 19th and early 20th-century Paris. Known for his unique ability to capture the
Category

1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache

View From the Window, Oil on Canvas
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
, S.F., CA 1991: The Landscape in 20th-Century American Art: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Sunset in the Forest, c. 1910
Located in Stockholm, SE
painter from Sundsvall, active around the turn of the 20th century. Though he never received formal art
Category

1910s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Interior with Cabbage
By Marina Stern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
2007. Previously exhibited: 1) An Exhibition of Recent Paintings by Marina Stern, Forum Gallery, New
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mountain Landscape with Lake
Located in Stockholm, SE
early 20th century, blending national romanticism with realism. Like many of his contemporaries in
Category

1910s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Ian Hornak, Lion’s Head Rock, East Hampton, New York, 1971
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
synthesis of meticulous realism, compositional grandeur, and spiritual serenity. The painting transcends
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1970s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Sunset seascape with red-sailed boat glowing sky over ocean swells vintage oil
Located in Preston, GB
to Late 20th Century Frame: Original gold frame with olive green fabric inset Description: An
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1970s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Napoleon III-Review by Edouard Detaille - Tempera - signed lower right
By Jean Baptiste Édouard Detaille
Located in PARIS, FR
foreshadowed the two world conflicts of the 20th century,” explains François Robichon. With great realism
Category

Late 19th Century Academic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Winged Victory of Los Angeles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
work presents the viewer with a compelling and often daring vision of 20th century America and its art.
Category

1960s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Interior Still Life with Porcelain Vases, Miniature Portrait and Virtue, 1942
Located in Atlanta, GA
A finely executed mid-20th century still life oil painting on canvas, signed and dated lower right
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

THINGVALLA
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
foremost chronicler of American shipping in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1878, he married
Category

1870s Academic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mosaïc style by Charles Auguste Humbert - Oil on canvas 80x100 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
movements of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Humbert studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Geneva
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1940s Pointillist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

On The Edge
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
in 20th-Century American Art: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art/ New York, NY, National
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Thatched Cottages with Wild Flowers Village Church in the English Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
19th-century landscape masters yet infused with Wood’s signature realism and sensitivity to nature
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1980s English School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Black Necked Stilt
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
in 20th-Century American Art: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art/ New York, NY, National
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Grey Ocean
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
in 20th-Century American Art: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art/ New York, NY, National
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta Palatial Oil on Canvas Portrait Isabelle McCreery
By Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta
Located in LA, CA
, Yale University Press, 2003. Elizabeth du Gué Trapier, CATALOGUE OF PAINTINGS (19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES
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19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

SIERRA SHOVEL- oil on canvas, tractor on horizon. Construction
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
in 20th-Century American Art: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art/ New York, NY, National
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mendocino Shacks
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
in 20th-Century American Art: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art/ New York, NY, National
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Going to Borrego
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
Going to Borrego oil painting, contemporary landscape — in blue, orange, purple, green. Early
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jewish Painter life .
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
with the early 20th-century Parisian art scene, particularly the École de Paris. After studying art in
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1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

German Impressionist Marketplace Etching
By Max Liebermann
Located in Surfside, FL
early painting, The 12-Year-Old Jesus in the Temple With the Scholars (1879). His painting of a Semitic
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Etching

Jacques Gourgue Haitian Painter Oil on Board, Surreal Still Life
By Jacques Enguerrand Gourgue
Located in Phoenix, AZ
, original frame. Painting measures 30" H x 22" W. Measures: 36.5" H x 30.75" W, frame size, circa 1960-1970
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Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings

Materials

Paint

Haystack with Resting Figures
By John Maclauchlan Milne
Located in Hillsborough, NC
impressionism and modernism of early 20th century leading French artists. John Maclauchlan Milne grew up in a
Category

1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled, Etching on Paper by Modern Artist Atul Dodiya "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
generation of post-colonial Indian artists. A number of paintings that date to this early phase of his career
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Etching

Autumn Landscape
By Robert Vickrey
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20th century. Born in New York, Vickrey studied at the Art Student’s League with Reginald Marsh and
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1950s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Egg Tempera

Carmel Beach
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
A tranquil oil painting featuring an early evening sunset with people strolling on the main beach
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Window Sill
By Stephen Scott Young
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
art admire and acquire paintings by Young, as they fit perfectly in the continuum of American realist
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Late 20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

‘Concert’ A
Located in West Sussex, GB
Germany held a major exhibition “Soviet Avant-garde Early 20 Century” in 1999-with an opening speech given
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Early 2000s Cubist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

" The Littlefield Murals " 3 MURALS OF THE XIT RANCH IN TEXAS. PAINTED Ca. 1910
Located in San Antonio, TX
peoples, and the fascinating history of the early days of the art colony. In many of his paintings
Category

1910s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Straw Barge" on the Thames (after) Edward Duncan Oil on Linen 1898
By Richard Hayley Lever
Located in Soquel, CA
on linen in a 20th century walnut frame with linen liner. From a Bay area collection estate. Signed
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1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Morning Light, Mt. Shasta, California, c. 1932
Located in Pasadena, CA
oranges. Though grounded in realism, the painting reveals Mitchell’s expressive use of color and brushwork
Category

1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel, Masonite

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    What painting is the most important of the 20th century is largely a matter of personal opinion. Some notable works produced during the period include Paul Cézanne's Mont Sainte-Victoire, Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Henri Matisse's The Dance and Jackson Pollock's Lavender Mist. Shop a large selection of 20th-century paintings on 1stDibs.