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Quarry Workers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s Quarry
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Street Cleaners
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s Street
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1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Railway Station
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the Painting The Railway Station is an important early work by Edward Biberman. It is a prime example
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Dissidents: Discourse on the Golden Mean
Located in New Orleans, LA
tendencies of Neo Classicism (represented in the style of the painting) and Modernism (represented in the
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

San Pedro Post Office: History of Writing Mural South, Preliminary Mural Study
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Painting Even before the creation of the WPA and the Treasury Department Section of Fine Arts, Biberman was
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Eva With Violin
By Cornelis Le Mair
Located in Atlanta, GA
for modernism and after painting a portrait of a fellow classmate, his teachers advised le Mair to
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1990s Northern Renaissance Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Eva With Violin
Eva With Violin
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Exterior Stairway
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the Painting Exterior Stairway is a prime example of Biberman’s post-war precisionist scenes of
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Still Life" by Cornelis Le Mair 31 x 24 inch Oil on Board
By Cornelis Le Mair
Located in Atlanta, GA
for modernism and after painting a portrait of a fellow classmate, his teachers advised le Mair to
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21st Century and Contemporary Victorian Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Abstract Vegetable Still Life with Squash Melon and Greens Gouache
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
objects and appreciating them as interlocking shapes of colour. Typical of mid-century French modernism
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Abstract Still Life with Bottles Nuts and Frames French Modernist Gouache
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
the scene dynamic and alive. Collectors interested in mid-century French modernism, expressive still
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Expressionist Portrait by Héctor Najera, Oil on Board, Mexico, 20th Century.;
Located in Los Angeles, CA
vulnerability and intensity, emblematic of 20th-century Mexican modernism. The painting is signed "Najera
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Vintage 1980s Mexican Organic Modern Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Abstract Original Yvonne Kracht Oil on Canvas, Dutch 1960s, Signed Dated
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
complexity, cementing her legacy in Dutch modernism. This early painting is a rare and powerful example of
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Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

Landscape with Trees  by Alfred Henry Maurer
By Alfred Henry Maurer
Located in Point Richmond, CA
) One of the first American painters to reflect the influence of European modernism in his painting
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Vintage 1910s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper

French Rooftop Cityscape With Chimneys Modernist Watercolor Gouache
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
collections of mid-to-late 20th century French modernism, architectural painting, or expressive watercolor and
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Cubist Still Life With Glass Bottles Vessels And Abstract Architectural Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
modernism, Cubist painting, or abstracted still life, this work offers exceptional decorative and
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Tree Cutters, pencil drawing by William Roberts
By William Roberts
Located in London, GB
art, bridging radical modernism and more traditional representational painting. After training at the
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Emil Bisttram “Waterfall” Pastel – Abstract Expressionist Taos Modernist Art
Located in Denver, CO
leading figure in American modernism and the Transcendental Painting Group. This serene abstract
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel

Reclining Female Nude
By Henry George Keller
Located in Fairlawn, OH
INSTITUTE OF ART), serving until 1945. Keller had little sympathy with modernism, seeing his function as
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1940s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Reclining Female Nude
By Henry George Keller
Located in Fairlawn, OH
INSTITUTE OF ART), serving until 1945. Keller had little sympathy with modernism, seeing his function as
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1940s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Social Realist Original Lithograph Advertisement Moses Soyer
By Moses Soyer
Located in Surfside, FL
. He was included in the show “American Modernism – Paintings from the Dr. and Mrs. Mark S. Kauffman
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Flowers Still Life
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Federation of Arts, Rowan curated and organized traveling exhibitions of paintings, drawings, sculptures, and
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1930s American Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Social Realist Lithograph Moses Soyer WPA Artist Hudled Refugees
By Moses Soyer
Located in Surfside, FL
. He was included in the show “American Modernism – Paintings from the Dr. and Mrs. Mark S. Kauffman
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Contemporary color lithograph nude female figures horses red black signed
By Philip Pearlstein
Located in Milwaukee, WI
modernism, painting and sculpture presented the human body in every conceivable pose and situation
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1990s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Opposite Sides, Abstract Painting
By Heather Patterson
Located in San Francisco, CA
produce geometric wall sculptures that may remind the viewer of abstract modernist paintings. Modernism
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Everything Has Its Moment, Abstract Painting
By Heather Patterson
Located in San Francisco, CA
produce geometric wall sculptures that may remind the viewer of abstract modernist paintings. Modernism
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Vintage 1970s Tiki Safari Leopard Painting Hand Painted On Faux Fur
By William Westenhaver / Witco
Located in Chattanooga, TN
embrace tactile materials, eclectic glamour, or tropical modernism, this painting delivers drama, wit, and
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Fabric

Jewish Shtetl Klezmer Wedding Tanz Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Frente Nacional des Artes in Mexico City. He was included in the show “American Modernism – Paintings
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Jewish Shtetl Hasidic Wedding Dance Judaica Lithograph Yiddish Social Realism
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Frente Nacional des Artes in Mexico City. He was included in the show “American Modernism – Paintings
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Frente Nacional des Artes in Mexico City. He was included in the show “American Modernism – Paintings
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Jewish Shtetl Machers Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Frente Nacional des Artes in Mexico City. He was included in the show “American Modernism – Paintings
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Frente Nacional des Artes in Mexico City. He was included in the show “American Modernism – Paintings
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Sephardic Jew Fez Hat Jewish Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Art
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Frente Nacional des Artes in Mexico City. He was included in the show “American Modernism – Paintings
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Women, Dishes, Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Social Realist Artist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
in Mexico City. He was included in the show “American Modernism – Paintings from the Dr. and Mrs
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Rabbi, Cup of Tea, Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Social Realist Artist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
in Mexico City. He was included in the show “American Modernism – Paintings from the Dr. and Mrs
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Charles Burchfield 1920: The Architecture of Painting, by Michael Hall, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Charles Burchfield 1920: The Architecture of Painting, by Michael Hall. DC Moore Gallery, NY, 2009
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Early 2000s American Books

Materials

Paper

Rencontres, (Portuguese Modern Art, Postwar, Figurative)
By David Hockney
Located in Kansas City, MO
René Bertholo emerged during the 1960s as a key figure in postwar Portuguese modernism, developing a
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Gustave Courbet, Portrait of Juliette Courbet asleep, 1968 (after)
By Gustave Courbet
Located in Southampton, NY
catalyst for modernism, fundamentally reshaping painting by insisting that contemporary life, labor
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1960s French School Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Zao Wou-Ki, Homage to San Lazzaro, from San Lazzaro et ses Amis, 1975
By Zao Wou-Ki
Located in Southampton, NY
the Centre Pompidou, and becoming a bridge between Eastern and Western modernism. His paintings
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1970s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Zao Wou-Ki, Untitled, from XXe Siecle, 1958
By Zao Wou-Ki
Located in Southampton, NY
Eastern and Western modernism. His paintings, dynamic yet tranquil, spontaneous yet precise, reflect the
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1950s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Zao Wou-Ki, Untitled, from XXe Siecle, 1971
By Zao Wou-Ki
Located in Southampton, NY
, and becoming a bridge between Eastern and Western modernism. His paintings, dynamic yet tranquil
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Maurice Esteve, Untitled, from Prints from the Mourlot Press, 1964
By Maurice Estève
Located in Southampton, NY
bridged the gap between European modernism and American color field painting. His art, celebrated for its
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Maurice Esteve, Alalito, from Memories and Portraits of Artists, 1972
By Maurice Estève
Located in Southampton, NY
central figure of 20th-century French modernism. Born in Culan, France, Esteve was largely self-taught
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1970s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Maurice Esteve, Roussadou, from XXe siecle, 1975
By Maurice Estève
Located in Southampton, NY
movement that bridged the gap between European modernism and American color field painting. His art
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1970s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Maurice Esteve, Bossaille, from XXe siecle, 1975
By Maurice Estève
Located in Southampton, NY
modernism and American color field painting. His art, celebrated for its refined craftsmanship and spiritual
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1970s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Maurice Esteve, Bougri, from XXe siecle, 1975
By Maurice Estève
Located in Southampton, NY
modernism and American color field painting. His art, celebrated for its refined craftsmanship and spiritual
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1970s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Maurice Esteve, Balmoure, from XXe siecle, 1975
By Maurice Estève
Located in Southampton, NY
modernism and American color field painting. His art, celebrated for its refined craftsmanship and spiritual
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1970s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Maurice Esteve, Arizovert, from XXe Siecle, 1972
By Maurice Estève
Located in Southampton, NY
modernism and American color field painting. His art, celebrated for its refined craftsmanship and spiritual
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1970s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Maurice Esteve, Arabesque of the Night, from Painters of Today, 1961 (after)
By Maurice Estève
Located in Southampton, NY
bridged the gap between European modernism and American color field painting. His art, celebrated for its
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Maurice Esteve, Autumn, from Painters of Today, 1961 (after)
By Maurice Estève
Located in Southampton, NY
movement that bridged the gap between European modernism and American color field painting. His art
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Maurice Esteve, Dominant Center, from Painters of Today, 1961 (after)
By Maurice Estève
Located in Southampton, NY
movement that bridged the gap between European modernism and American color field painting. His art
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Maurice Esteve, L Aumance, from Painters of Today, 1961 (after)
By Maurice Estève
Located in Southampton, NY
movement that bridged the gap between European modernism and American color field painting. His art
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Maurice Esteve, Sioule, from Painters of Today, 1961 (after)
By Maurice Estève
Located in Southampton, NY
movement that bridged the gap between European modernism and American color field painting. His art
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Maurice Esteve, Snow, from Painters of Today, 1961 (after)
By Maurice Estève
Located in Southampton, NY
bridged the gap between European modernism and American color field painting. His art, celebrated for its
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Maurice Esteve, Friselune, from Painters of Today, 1961 (after)
By Maurice Estève
Located in Southampton, NY
movement that bridged the gap between European modernism and American color field painting. His art
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Maurice Esteve, The Tapestry, from Painters of Today, 1961 (after)
By Maurice Estève
Located in Southampton, NY
movement that bridged the gap between European modernism and American color field painting. His art
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Maurice Esteve, The Reaper, from Painters of Today, 1961 (after)
By Maurice Estève
Located in Southampton, NY
movement that bridged the gap between European modernism and American color field painting. His art
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Maurice Esteve, The Lithographer, from Painters of Today, 1961 (after)
By Maurice Estève
Located in Southampton, NY
movement that bridged the gap between European modernism and American color field painting. His art
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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An assortment of modernism paintings is available on 1stDibs. A selection of these works in the abstract, modern and Surrealist styles can be found today in our inventory. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. You can search the modernism paintings that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, brown, beige and blue. Marc Chagall, Natalia Roman, Theodore Waddell, Clara Berta and Franco DeFrancesca took a thoughtful approach to this subject that are worth considering. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and fabric.

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