Modern Paintings
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Style: Modern
Three Original 1992 P. Szekely Paintings for Emilio Pucci
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Three single paintings, mixed technique on paper, signed and dated P. Szekely 92, made on the occasion of a presentation of Emilio Pucci fabrics in the Woka Showrooms together with S...
Category
Late 20th Century Austrian Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Vintage French Oil on Canvas Harbor Scene
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A vibrant French oil on canvas painting from the mid-20th century, depicting a working harbor surrounded by rolling hills of lush vegetation. Two figures are seen standing on a dock ...
Category
20th Century French Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
American Post-War Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Queens, NY
American Post-War Design abstract art, oil painting with shades of pale green and blue in a pine frame.
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Helsinki Gate Original Painting by Lynn Curlee
By Lynn Curlee
Located in New York, NY
Helsinki Gate
Original painting by Lynn Curlee
This painting was used as the image for the poster for the
1991 Hampton Classic Horse Show.
Acrylic ...
Category
1990s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
American Post-War Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Queens, NY
American Post-War Design abstract art, oil painting on paper with shades of multicolored blue & beige in a silver frame. (One of series of 4: BLO010A-D)
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Roger Majorowicz Contemporary American One Figure Charcoal
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary American charcoal features study of one figure, primarily a sculptor contemplatIng on his sculptures that represent a column like figure with a design element and a huma...
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Gold
American Contemporary Superhero Smoke Poster of Superman
Located in Queens, NY
American Contemporary superhero poster of blue and red smoke in the silhouette of Superman in a cerused oak frame (similar superhero figures NWL7053-7057)
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Oak
American Post-War Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Queens, NY
American Post War design abstract art, oil painting w/ field of color from light gray to green in silver frame.
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
American Post-War Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Queens, NY
American Post-War Design abstract art, oil painting with shades of pale blue in a pine frame.
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
The Horse in Four Seasons 4 unique silkscreen prints
Located in Eindhoven, NL
A series of 4 unique silkscreen prints showing the seasonal transitions of a natural habit and of horses lyrical scenery. Each season is silkscreened in a different monotone colour t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Paintings
Materials
Textile, Acrylic
American Post-War Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Queens, NY
American Post War design abstract art, oil painting of yellow color field with dark shapes in a silver frame.
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Orientalist Oil-on-Canvas Painting by Vincent Manago (1880–1936)
By Vincent Manago
Located in NICE, FR
Vincent Manago's painting depicts an orientalist scene rich in detail and colour - typical of the late 19th century. The artist has meticulously captured characteristic elements of t...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
American Contemporary Abstract Painting of a Zebra
Located in Queens, NY
American Contemporary white framed abstract painting of a zebra eating grass with a blue and black background (simlar to NWL7298A)
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
American Contemporary Red and Green Abstract Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Queens, NY
American contemporary abstract acrylic on canvas painting of rippling reflections
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
American Contemporary Abstract Expressionism Black and White Painting
Located in Queens, NY
American contemporary abstract expressionism painting of a white background and black paint strokes
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
American Post-War Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Queens, NY
American Post War design abstract art, oil painting of yellow color field w/ dark shapes in silver frame.
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Peer Lorentz Dahl, Norwegian-Danish artist. Oil on canvas. View of a church.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Peer Lorentz Dahl (1915-2005), listed Norwegian-Danish artist.
Oil on canvas.
Motif of a Norwegian church with mountains in the background and figures in the foreground.
Modernist st...
Category
1960s Norwegian Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Peter Buchman "Once Upon a Time", Voice-Over Paintings Series, 2025
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary New York artist Peter Buchman's "Once Upon a Time" is made of laser cut plexiglass, acrylic medium and enamel on wood. It's a part of his Voice-Over series. To explain that Buchman’s word paintings are ‘A Figure Of Speech’ is underestimating the level of soulfulness at which these works reside. They are markings directly from the artist’s hand yet are indications of many people before him. These are words from familiar phrases, music albums, his funny brand of irony and the human form itself. For this piece, in a manner of speaking, we are all running out of time, however Buchman’s soliloquy and ironic eye has fun with the notion that with humor and self effacement in a street-run-on sentence kind of rap he can get away with making fun and pointing out the obvious. Which isn’t always so obvious. Signed and dated en verso. This is a commissioned piece and will ship directly from the artist's studio.
American artist Peter Buchman has BFA in Illustration from The Rhode Island School of Design and did a Sculpture Residency at The School of Visual Arts in New York. Peter's artwork has been exhibited throughout the US since 1981 including the Parrish Art Museum (Southampton, NY), Cooperstown Museum (NY), Delaware Museum of Art, Kidder Smith Gallery (MA) and Vered Gallery (East Hampton, NY). His work is included in the portfolios of collectors including Beth Rudin DeWoody, Nicole Miller, David Yurman and Howard Schultz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Moody Original Painting “Spring Thaw” by Thomas George
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Ethereal abstract in greys, white, and brown having overlapping textures and shapes in an earthy mix. By Princeton famous artist Thomas George.
Thomas George (1918-2014) was an in...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Oil Painting by Joyce Roybal, Three Young Musicians
Located in Miami, FL
An original oil painting on rice paper of three musicians by listed painter Joyce Roybal (born 1955). Roybal is well known for his whimsical car...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
$1,700 Sale Price
32% Off
Cubist Style Painting by Ebba Carstensen
Located in Kastrup, DK
Ebba Carstensen, Danish 1885-1967
Cubist style painting of studio set-up, Denmark, c. 1920.
Oil painting on canvas, framed in pine wood fr...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Shells and Glass Goblets, Still Life with Reflective Objects, Oil on Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
The simplicity of Helen Oh's still life paintings is deceptive. Upon closer look, the viewer sees the faint shadows cast onto the reflective surface of the table along with the delic...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
English 20th Century Lounging Lady Painting
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An empowering early to mid-20th century painting of a nude lady in repose, her Rubenesque body arranged tastefully in piles of draped fabric to accentuate each curve without being to...
Category
20th Century English Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Black and White Abstract Painting Artwork, circa 20th century
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful, relatively large, black and white (white to off-white) abstract geometric artwork, oil or acrylic paint, on a hand-stretched canvas, circa mid to late-20th century. Artw...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Contemporary Painting Titled "Clouds" By Rebecca Ruoff, 2025
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Contemporary painting titled "Clouds" by American artist Rebecca Ruff, acrylic on canvas, 2025.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Monumental
Oil Slick
Abstract Masterpiece by Blakely Bering
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Monumental 'Oil Slick' Abstract Masterwork by Blakely Bering
BLAKELY BERING (American/Texas 21st Century)
USA, Circa 2006, Frame, Imported from Italy by Larsen-Juhl
Experience the grandeur of artistic innovation with this massive abstract painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Lucite, Wood, Paint
$2,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Abstract painting, oil on canvas, Yugoslavia 1980s
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a striking abstract painting, oil on canvas. It features thick, impasto layers of predominantly white and red paint with blue accents, characteristic of...
Category
1980s Serbian Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"The Lyric Poet" by Vladimir Piskarev
Located in Dallas, TX
"The Lyric Poet", Acrylic painting on canvas, signed and dated 2009. Good condition with some light wear due to age and use.
Vladimir Viktorovich Piskarev (b. 1962) is a Russian dis...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Large 1930s Oil Painting of Moroccan Seller of Kelims and Jewels by Hein Froonen
By Hein Froonen
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Beautiful oil painting made by the Dutch master Hendricus Albertus Gerardus Froonen, better known to the world as Hein Froonen (1878-1958).
This work was made in 1932 and depicts ...
Category
1930s Dutch Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Abstract Painting by Cyrstofer Shoemaker
Located in Houston, TX
Acrylic painting on canvas by Crystofer Shoemaker.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Paint
French Surrealist Oil Painting Signed Jamotte, 1964
Located in Houston, TX
Fantastic French surrealist oil painting on canvas, signed Jamotte, 1964, Riquewihr, France (A famous artist colony in the Alsace region). This Frenc...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Painting Blue White Contemporary Geometric Futuristic Acrylic Spray on Wood
By Las Animas
Located in Seville, ES
ATLAS 05
"Atlas" proposes a disruptive vision of the space-time concept, as a reflection between the ancestral and the comic, making us wander about the connection between both and t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
James A. Fetherolf, "Memories", Framed Oil Painting, U.S., Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
James A. Fetherolf (1925-1994) - "Memories" - Extraordinary 'American Western' fine art winter landscape oil painting on canvas - exacting detail throughout - signed lower left - tit...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Giltwood
Vintage Abstract Painting on Canvas, Pastel Colors, Signed, 1980s
Located in Trenton, NJ
An evocative vintage abstract painting signed by S. Harrington, dating to the 1980s. The work embodies the spirit of postmodern abstraction, where form and color merge to create both...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
Crash John Matos Signed Large Original Watercolor Painting Jessica Rabbit, 1990
By John Crash Matos
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work by famed New York street artist Crash (John Matos) who is highly regarded as a Pioneer of the Graffiti art movement in the 1980s. In 1984 he collaborated with a series of murals and installations with artist Keith Haring at the Musee d'art Moderne de la Villa de Paris, France. This early work features the iconic cartoon character Jessica Rabbit...
Category
1990s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Wall Art White Gold Royal Blue Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
Bring color and an energized feel to your interior with this contemporary Italian Oil Painting on Board. By unknown artist, the abst...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Paintings
Materials
Gold
$1,287 Sale Price
50% Off
"Concept, " a Large Multi-Colored Abstract Painting by Kathi Robinson Frank
Located in New York, NY
Kathy Robinson Frank, Concept 2022
A commanding large-scale abstract painting by New York-born artist Kathy Robinson Frank, Concept 2022 layers deep violets, ochres, and metallic go...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Acrylic
Erotic fruit still life by Mario Carreño
By Mario Carreno
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Important still life painting by Cuban artist Mario Carreño.
(Mario Carreño y Morales (1913–1999)
Provenance: Private collection UK – Commissioned in 1976 directly from the artist...
Category
20th Century Chilean Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Vintage Original Neo-Impressionist Oil Painting from France Signed by Artist
Located in COLMAR, FR
A colorful and striking piece of original art, undated but most likely from around the 1940s. This oil painting on wood-board has been sourced in France. The painting is signed by th...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Abstract III, Diptych
by Beverly Myers Modern Painter, School of Wolf Kahn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
'Abstract III, Diptych' by Beverly Myers Modern Painter, School of Wolf Kahn
USA, Post 2015
"Abstract III, Diptych" by Beverly Myers is a striking depa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
$3,360 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Richard Mann Monumental Psychedelic Painting 1975
By Richard Mann
Located in Chicago, IL
Richard Mann Monumental Psychedelic Painting 1975Dimensions:96" wide48" high2" deepRichard Mann’s art showcases the exquisite beauty of pure color and form. His paintings and sculptu...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Masonite
Frank Arnold Oil on Canvas Abstract Figurative Painting Titled "Escape"
By Frank Arnold
Located in Miami, FL
A stunning earlier piece by abstract figurative artist, Frank Arnold, from a private collection. Titled "Escape.
This piece is painted with various shades of warm and vibrant hu...
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Yugoslav Modernist Oil on Canvas titled "A figure" by Stevan Vlajic, Serbia 1986
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a modernist abstract portrait, titled "A figure", painted by a Yugoslav artist and academic painter Stevan Vlajic. The painting is oil on canvas and it ...
Category
1980s Serbian Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Peter Keil Paintings, Unframed, Set of Three
By Peter Keil
Located in Bradenton, FL
Peter Keil Abstract Paintings, Unframed, Set of Three. Keil is known for his vibrant and emotive abstract paintings, often featuring human figures. HIs style is characterized by bold...
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Fusion 1 White
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Fusion is a collection of handcrafted unique pieces blending the three dimensional objects with their background, combining functionality and free forms, sculpture and painting. In F...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
$5,672
Abstract Polychrome Geometric Painting, Oil on Panel, Late 20th Century
Located in Barntrup, DE
Ludwig Orny (1920 Bratislava – 2005 Munich) – Abstract Geometric Composition
Oil on Panel
Germany, Late 20th Century
This vivid geometric abstraction by Bratislava-born artist Ludwi...
Category
Late 20th Century German Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Original Figurative Watercolor Painting by American Artist Martin Sumers
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
"Untitled" 1999, Watercolor Figure by American Artist Martin Sumers. Wear is consistent with age and use. See photos for details.
12.25" W x 14.25" H
Martin Sumers (1922–2012) was ...
Category
1990s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
NANCY MOORE HALL - Botanical Watercolor Painting over Graphite - Circa 1980
s
Located in Chatham, ON
NANCY MOORE HALL - Vintage botanical watercolor painting over graphite on watercolor paper - signed in pencil lower right - vintage matte ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
Color-Field Oil Painting "Rojo #6 by Elena Osterwalder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elena Osterwalder (Mexico/United States, 20th/21st century)
Rojo/Red #6, 2003
Oil painting on canvas
Signed and dated to the side
Introducing the Color-Field Oil Painting "Rojo #6" ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Vintage Watercolor
Sepia Painting on Paper - Signed - Canada - 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage watercolor and sepia painting on watercolor paper - indistinctly signed verso - dated in pencil on the back - vintage double matte with beveled edges - Canada - circa 1975.
...
Category
Late 20th Century Canadian Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Larry Bentley Abstract Acrylic on Canvas, Titled: "1 SQUARE AZUL". (2022)
Located in Queens, NY
American contemporary abstract composition featuring multicolored borders in a vertical and horizontal pattern around a divided black and white center, acrylic on canvas (SIGNED Lowe...
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Sam Francis Contemporary American Untitled Lithograph
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary American Abstract Expressionist lithograph with scattered colors in an automatic manner in a silver frame with white mat (Certificate of Authenticity: SAM FRANCIS)
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Brad Robertson American Contemporary Mixed Media Titled: "Untitled. Ref 6409."
Located in Queens, NY
American contemporary abstract oil on canvas painting of a snowy landscape with a subtle composition of light grey, black and white (BRAD ROBERTSON)
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Larry Bentley Abstract Acrylic on Canvas, Titled: "AZUL CLARO". (2022)
Located in Queens, NY
American contemporary abstract composition split into four sections with the left two sections featuring a gold geometric shape against a white background and on the the upper and lo...
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Eva Petric Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media Artwork, Shadow Choreography 2
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary mixed media abstract artwork of a figural silhouette holding an illuminated rectangular prism, Lambda print on alucobond (EVA PETRIC)
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Larry Bentley Acrylic on Canvas, Titled: "Two Circles: Bleu
Citron". (2022)
Located in Queens, NY
American contemporary abstract composition of four sections divided in black with purple, grey, pink and green color throughout (LARRY BENTLEY)
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Composition
Natale Adgnot Mixed Media Wall Sculpture, Titled: "The Duck Test" (2022)
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary mixed media wall sculpture of hand colored thermoplastic fins mounted to a blue-green color gradient wooden panel (NATALE CREE ADGNOT)
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Plastic
Robert Springfels Contemporary American Still Life with Decaying flowers
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary American Still Life of decaying flowers portrays the state of decay with thick brushstrokes rendering the plant slightly wilted (Signed verso: ROBERT SPRINGFELS )
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Barbara Kiskovski Acrylic on Canvas, Titled: "Orange, Yellow
Pink". (2024)
Located in Queens, NY
American Contemporary style abstract artwork of overlapping spray painted circles in neon orange, yellow and pink on a stretched unframed canvas (signed lower right: BARBARA KISKOVSKI)
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Eva Petric Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media Artwork, Titled: "Solar Cell"
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary Abstract mixed media artwork of a female figure superimposed over a smoky amber lace, printed and modified into an LED lightbox (EVA PETRIC)
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
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