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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Still Life with Sea Sponges, Original Oil on Panel with Silver Leaf, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
A sea sponge doubles as a vessel to hold decorative shells in the still life by Helen Oh. Enhanced with a silver leaf backdrop, the shells and sponges are reflected in the rich maho...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Silver Leaf
French Vintage Framed Portrait of a Lady Swimming
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
French vintage (late 20th century) framed oil portrait of a lady enjoying some time at the beach, “Lydie” as indicated on the reverse, painted by her husband to remember their holida...
Category
20th Century French Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
English Midcentury Framed Portrait of a Lady
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
English, circa 1940 oil on canvas portrait of a young woman bearing a confident expression and the curious smile of Mona Lisa. A mottled background of taupe-gray is the perfect compl...
Category
20th Century English Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Large Painting By Francisco Bores - "La Ferme"
Located in Kastrup, DK
Francisco Bores – "La Ferme" (The Farm)
A remarkable and highly collectible painting by the celebrated Spanish modernist Francisco Bores (1898-1972).
"La Ferme" is a prime example of...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Sture Haglundh, listed Swedish artist. Oil on board. Abstract composition.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Sture Haglundh (1908-1978), listed Swedish artist.
Oil on board.
Abstract composition. Colouristic palette.
Approximately from the 1960s.
Signed.
Visibl...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
Monumental David P. Bradley - Feast Day Painting
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Monumental David P. Bradley “Feast Day Gathering,” Signed, Dated & Copyrighted ©1985—60" × 48"
A rare, museum-scale early masterwork by David P. Bradley (Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, b...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Jorge Castillo American Contemporary Still Life Painting of Fruit
Located in Queens, NY
Spanish Contemporary oil painting of a stylized still life of fruit resting on a pedestal in a black frame (signed: [Jorge] CASTILLO 83 NY)
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Woman and Her Cat" Mixed Media Artwork by Rupert Picott
By Rupert Picott
Located in Pasadena, CA
The work is a lively portrayal of an African nude woman in her bedroom. Under the bed, a discontent cat harbors grudges against its owner robbing its yellow cushion. The painting is ...
Category
Late 20th Century Senegalese Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
$481 Sale Price
59% Off
Enrico Della Torre Contemporary Art Black Painting on Canvas
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Painting in charcoal on canvas made by Enrico Dellatorre.
The expressive vision of Enrico is an exploration of space in the painting, an attempt to bring to the limits its capacity ...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Paintings
Materials
Linen
Oil Painting Landscape Au in Klosterneuburg Max Kahrer 1919 Classical Modernism
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Artwork "Au in Klosterneuburg (paradies)" painted by Max Kahrer 1919 Classical Modernism oil on wood signed
Max Kahrer studied at the Vienna Akademy of ...
Category
1910s Austrian Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood
Contemporary painting "Share A Sky" by Kerry Armstrong
Located in Paddington, NSW
Kerry Armstrong is a self‑taught Melbourne-based Abstract Expressionist whose large, emotive canvases reflect deeply personal moments and subconscious ...
Category
Early 2000s Australian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime Painting Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning abstract painting by Australian Aboriginal artist Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa (also known as Mrs. Bennett; 1935-2013). Acrylic on Belgium Linen and painted in 2006. Untitled, t...
Category
Early 2000s Australian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Signed Midcentury Still-life with Bottles
Fruit
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A midcentury modern still-life painting of assorted bottles and fruit on a fabric-draped table, signed by the artist Stanislav Kachalski. The various forms come to life in a rich pal...
Category
20th Century Russian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Mogens Andersen – Nature Morte
Located in Kastrup, DK
An atmospheric still life. Painted in 1951 during Mogens Andersen’s stay in France.
The central fruits — a pear and an apple — appear both as classic still life motifs and can also be interpreted as symbols of the masculine and feminine.
Presented in a beautifully carved wooden frame in a khaki-grey color.
Signed Mogens Andersen.
About the Artist
Mogens Andersen (1916–2003) was one of Denmark’s key...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Asian Batik painting of Indian religion in wood frame, 1900-1990s
Located in MIlano, IT
Asian Batik painting of Indian religion in wood frame, 1900-1990s
Painting painted with the batik technique on fabric. The structure of the painting is divided into 5 circles, one at...
Category
20th Century Asian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Marian WARZECHA Mix Media collage painting on canvas , DESA label 1963 signed.
By Marian Warzecha
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice and traditional work for the well known artist Marian Warzecha , in this Mix Media collage on canvas , signed and dated 63/9 in the back , also has stamp in blue ink and import...
Category
1960s Polish Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Semi-Abstract Oil Painting by Byron Randall
Located in Pasadena, CA
Expressive Abstract painting of machinery. Randall uses deep reds complemented with greenish-yellows. The piece sits in a patinated grey frame.
Randall had a fascination with labor...
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Peder Brøndum Sørensen. Oil on board. Figures and Houses.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Peder Brøndum Sørensen (1931-2003), Danish painter.
Oil on board.
Figures and Houses.
1960s/70s.
Signed PBS.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: 74.0 cm x 64.0 cm.
Total with frame: 93...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Modernist Landscape depicting Winter Scene by the River by Ana Marinkovic (1923)
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a stunning modernist painting done by Ana Marinkovic, a renowned Yugoslav artist. The artwork depicts a winter scene featuring a partially frozen river ...
Category
1920s Serbian Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Oil Painting on Panel, Signed "Linda Le Kinff", Mathilde Et Les Echec
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Oil Painting on Panel, signed "Linda Le Kinff", Mathilde et les Echecs"
Painting with the title "Mathilde et les Echecs", Beautiful Oil on panel, well framed, by Linda Le Kinff, ...
Category
20th Century French Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood
Walking in Are Place Digital Painting
Located in Milan, IT
Female sacredness is recurrent in this artist's pop-surrealist works. The splendid priestess crosses the metaphysical architecture of her palace, embodying the archaic mystery of femininity. On a panel of fine cotton pictorial canvas, the piece is complete with an American box frame in basswood. Signed and numbered limited edition...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton, Wood
$4,410 / item
JFK MLK RFK- NO MORE DREAMS, Purvis Young
By Purvis Young
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
JFK MLK RFK- NO MORE DREAMS
Purvis Young (1989-1999)
A moving mourning work, depicting a funeral procession of John F. Kennedy, Martin L. King and Robert F. Kennedy.
Painted ...
Category
20th Century North American Modern Paintings
Materials
Metal
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Australian Aboriginal Painting Tjukurla Country Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning abstract painting by Australian Aboriginal artist Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa
(also known as Mrs. Bennett; 1935-2013). Entitled "Tjukurla Country", this work was acrylic on Be...
Category
Early 2000s Australian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #62, 2020
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #62 is made of ceramic raw materials, dry pigment and wax. This piece is part of his ongoing Painting of Nothing Series. Hirsch applies the waxy mix with a brush onto redwood plywood backed structures with two-inch wood strips all around and used various torches to layer, flux, bubble and blend. "Waxy and very tactile, they are probably the work Mark Rothko would have done had he spent most of his life in clay. Hirsch’s paintings have the nuance, subtle texture, and color shifts that become evident in blown-up photographs of his ceramic objects as well as a similar presence." Signed and dated en verso by the artist. This painting ship directly from the artist’s studio in Rochester, NY.
(Literature: "With Fire: Richard Hirsch, A Life Between Chance and Design", Scott Meyer (Author), RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press 2012 - "The Paintings" pgs. 102 - 105)
Richard Hirsch brief bio:
In the field of contemporary ceramic, Rick Hirsch has earned an international reputation. He has achieved this recognition by engaging in numerous diversified professional activities. Through efforts in university teaching, exhibits, writing, lecturing and researching he has risen to worldwide prominence.
In 1975, Hirsch co-authored a book entitled Raku, published by Watson-Guptill. This was the first comprehensive text to address the new innovations developing in the west that were transforming traditional Japanese Raku. Also, in the same year, Hirsch became a founding faculty member of The Program in Artistry at Boston University. Currently, Hirsch is a Professor Emeritus at The School for American Crafts which is a part of Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY. His university teaching career now spans well over four decades.
Repeatedly, Hirsch has participated in several milestone exhibitions and publications. Significant shows include; The Evolution of American Art in Craft Media Since 1945; Echoes: Historical References in Contemporary Ceramics; American Ceramics...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
Purvis Young (1943-2010) Abstract Painting, ca 1990s
By Purvis Young
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Purvis Young (1943-2010) Abstract Painting, ca 1990s
Includes paper attesting to this work being part of the "American Salvage Find" where numeroius work presumed to be Purvis Young...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Paint
Oil Painting Abstract post impressionist from Venitian Palace, Italy Venise 1970
Located in La xara, VC
Exceptional oil on wood panel period abstract gift 1970, large format approaching an impressionist atmosphere ... water lily. work commissioned for a palace on the Italian coast near...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
$11,352 Sale Price
52% Off
1971 Abstract Painting by Gisela Ballesteros
Located in Miami, FL
1971 Abstract Painting by Gisela Ballesteros
Offered for sale is a large 1971 Gisela Ballesteros abstract oil painting in canvas. The artist's composition is delicate and appears t...
Category
1970s Colombian Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Large Vintage Lee Reynolds Abstract Butterfly Painting, Framed
By Lee Reynolds
Located in Miami, FL
Large Vintage Lee Reynolds Abstract Butterfly Painting, Framed
Offered for sale is a large late 20th-century framed abstract painting of a...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Wire
$1,516 Sale Price
20% Off
Copy of Picasso
s "Bull Fight One - Horse Air" Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a painting by Pablo Picasso titled,"Bull fight One - Horse Air" in black on white background of a picador on horse wounding the bull
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Colorful Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting Signed Alain Boyer
Located in Miami, FL
A very colorful oil on canvas painting by French painter Alain Boyer.
Professionally framed.
Alain Boyer is a self-taught French painter, established at the Maison des Artistes s...
Category
20th Century French Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
$1,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Gotthard Sandberg, Swedish artist. Oil on board. Modernist landscape
Located in København, Copenhagen
Gotthard Sandberg (1890-1961), Swedish artist.
Oil on board.
Modernist landscape with horses in a meadow.
Titled "Sommar" (Summer).
Signed and dated 1960.
In perfect condition.
Visi...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
Painting by Mexican Artist Jesus Leuus, Mexico 1983, Signed
Dated
By Jesus Leuus
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing a true masterpiece from renowned Mexican artist Jesus Leuus, this exquisite painting captures the essence of Mexican culture with its vibrant colors and exceptional atten...
Category
1980s Mexican Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Masonite
02**Impressionistic Beach Scene by Niek van der Plas
Located in Lantau, HK
Niek van der Plas is a Dutch painter born in 1954, he paints impressionist scenes of Holland's beaches and dunes, bulb fields, city scenes in Amsterdam and Maastricht and other typic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Olle Agnell, Sweden, Oil on Canvas, Modernist Landscape, 1960s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Olle Agnell (1923-2015), Sweden. Oil on canvas.
Modernist landscape. Coastal scene, 1960s.
The canvas measures: 66 x 41 cm.
The frame measures: 5 cm.
in excellent condition.
Si...
Category
20th Century Swedish Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Robert Quigley Signed Modern Cityscape Abstract Oil Painting on Board Framed
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A bright and expressive mid-century modern oil painting on board by Robert Quigley. Signed bottom right as well as verso. A unique addition to a modern or contemporary space. Created...
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Large Le Thanh Son Vietnamese Painting
By Le Thanh Son
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Le Thanh Son is a Vietnamese artist born in 1962. His works is known in Vietnam and this painting was purchased in Hanoi.
it is signed T.Son and dated 2000
Framed .
Category
Early 2000s Vietnamese Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Peder Brøndum Sørensen. Oil on board. Landscape with figures and houses
Located in København, Copenhagen
Peder Brøndum Sørensen (1931-2003), Danish painter.
Oil on board.
Modernist landscape with figures and houses.
1960s/70s.
In perfect condition.
Signed PBS.
Dimensions: 60,0 cm x 50,0...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
Daniel Dens Painting of Bridget Bardoit
By Daniel Dens
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A painting of Bridget Bardot by Dutch American artist Daniel Dens ( 1966 - ) in reds, purples , violets and a bit of orange . Depicting the actress , model...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Set of Two Framed Sylvia Schuster Portraits
Located in Chicago, IL
This set of Sylvia Schuster portraits, each depicting a face in three-quarter profile rendered in black ink on paper, are quintessential examples of her profound ability to distill t...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Pet Penis - Surreal Watercolor by Unknown Danish Artist, 1990
Located in Esbjerg, DK
This piece, despite the lack of refined artistic details makes up for it in the sarcastic and unusual department. That sure is a funny chicken being stroked by a fruit-basket-hat wea...
Category
1990s Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Aluminum
Gabriel Lévéque Oil/Masonite Still Life Mid Century Modern Painting Haiti 1960s
By Gabriel Lévéque
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful Mid Century Modern oil/masonite painting by reknown Haitian artist, Gabriel Lévéque, of a vase with a lovely flower arrengement. He has made use of the whole surface by co...
Category
1960s Haitian Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract Painting Signed D. Filov
By Dmitry Filov
Located in Denton, TX
Abstract painting signed D. Filov. Unique frame shape and beautiful color scheme.
Dmitry Filov was born in 1953 in St. Peterburg. The age of maturity is being passed in the Crimea...
Category
Late 20th Century Russian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract Print with Grey and Navy Blue Dots on Orange Background
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary American abstract print with grey and navy blue dots on a faded orange background, in a matching contemporary frame.
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Overscale Hard-Edge Abstract Painting after Ilya Bolotowsky, Signed Whiniak
Located in Miami, FL
Overscale Hard-Edge Abstract Painting after Ilya Bolotowsky, Signed Whiniak
Offered for sale is a bold and graphic hard edge painting created in the style of Ilya Bolotowsky. The...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Mixed Media Work by Scott Kerr
Located in Dallas, TX
Scott Kerr is a self-taught Contemporary Abstract Artist. As a young boy, he was exposed to the art world by his father through the works of a local Texas artist, David Brownlow. Ama...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Larry Bentley Abstract Acrylic on Canvas, Titled: "POOLSIDE". (2022)
Located in Queens, NY
American contemporary abstract composition of a poolside scene in bold shapes and colors on canvas in a wooden gallery frame (LARRY BENTLEY)
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Peter Keil Abstract Painting, Framed
By Peter Keil
Located in Bradenton, FL
Peter Keil abstract painting with vibrant colors of red, yellow, and blue. Framed and signed by artist. Certificate of Authenticity included.
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Clearing Up" Original Painting by Ira Barkoff
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Oil on canvas signed in the upper right. Measurements listed include the frame. The canvas measures 30" x 40". It is in excellent condition and ready to hang.
Born in 1934 in B...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Nude Painting by Jenna Snyder-Phillips, 2012, Sumi Ink on Paper, Gold Frame
Located in New York, NY
Frontal nude painting by Jenna Snyder-Phillips, 2012, ink on paper framed with a wide gold frame.
Artist educated in Italy.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Original Carlisle Harris Modernist Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas Untitled
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large and well executed abstract painting was done by Carlisle Ainsworth Harris of Trinidad in 1990. This original painting is a framed acrylic on canvas and highlights Harris's...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Nils Johansson, Sweden, Oil on Board, Abstract Composition
Located in København, Copenhagen
Nils Johansson (1922-2014), Sweden. Oil on board.
Abstract composition. Dated 1961.
The board measures: 40 x 32 cm.
The frame measures: 1.5 cm.
In ...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
"Trees, " Vivid California Impressionist Painting by Edwin James Pond, Oakland
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant example of California Impressionist painting, this view of the East Bay hills shimmering in pink, purple, jade and periw...
Category
1920s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
$10,000 Sale Price
20% Off
French Vintage Framed Nude Painting of a Lady
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A lovely vintage oil on board painting from France, depicting a nude female figure with arms stretched upright, veiling her face with a diaphanous material, perhaps a kind of lingeri...
Category
20th Century French Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Baseball in Small Town America, 1930s, Original Painting by Lynn Curlee
By Lynn Curlee
Located in New York, NY
Baseball in Small Town America - 1930s. Original, painting by Lynn Curlee
Acrylic on stretched canvas. Gallery wrapped with painted edges.
This painting was used as an illustration...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Oil Painting Eiffel Tower Paris attrib. to Caroline Burnett, Parisian Cityscape
Located in Miami, FL
Oil Painting Eiffel Tower Paris attrib. to Caroline Burnett, Parisian Cityscape
A beautiful view of a cityscape street scene in Paris, Franc...
Category
20th Century French Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Scale Modernist Abstract Watercolor in Acrylic Frame by Rodolfo circa 1986
Located in Danville, CA
Beautiful watercolor abstract cityscape by Rodolfo, 1986. The work is beautifully framed in a white edged acrylic box-frame. Measures 48 x 40 x 2" deep.
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Bold Astract Painting with Overlapping Rectangles and Squares
By Fay Sciarra
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Striking large abstract painting with multiple layers of rectangles that overlap and blend in a textural melodic interplay. Colors are muted and earthy with brown, navy, black, celad...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Australian Aboriginal Painting Rain Dreaming Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
Located in Atlanta, GA
A contemporary painting by Australian Aboriginal artist Ronnie Tjampitjinpa (1943-2023). Entitled "Rain Dreaming", the artwork was acrylic on canvas and painted in 1999
Fully documented: originally purchased in 1999 from Kimberley Australian Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, cat. no. KA 708/99; The in the collection of The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica; It was exhibited in: "G'Day LA" Australia Week, in partnership with the Australian Consulate Los Angeles, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA, 15-25 January 2004. It is housed in a black thin wood frame.
Ronnie Tjampitjinpa was born in Pintupi land at Muyinnga, about 100 kilometres west of the Kintore Range, just across the Western Australian border. He is the son of Uta Uta Tjangala’s older brother, Minpuru Tjangala (c.1899–1976).
Artist's Biography (Courtesy of Art Gallery NSW)
After his initiation into Pintupi law at the site of Yumari, Tjampitjinpa and his younger brother Smithy Zimran Tjampitjinpa walked into the Aboriginal community of Yuendumu. They later joined their parents and other siblings – who had come in to Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff) in 1956 from the Dover Hills/Yumari area – at the new settlement of Papunya. Tjampitjinpa worked as a labourer, assisting with the fencing of the aerodromes at Papunya and Ikuntji. He was one of the youngest of the group of men who began painting at the start of the Western Desert art movement in 1971, and was a founder of Paunya Tula Artists.
During the 1970s, Tjampitjinpa was preoccupied with returning to his traditional lands and became a strong advocate for the outstation movement, travelling between meetings in Papunya, Yuendumu, Wirrimanu (Balgo) and Mount Doreen Station. His goal was finally achieved with the establishment of the Walungurru (Kintore) settlement in 1981. Tjampitjinpa moved there with his young family in 1983, establishing an outstation at Ininti (Redbank) and serving as chairman of the Kintore Outstation Council. During this period, he emerged as one of Papunya Tula Artists’ major painters, pioneering the bold, scaled-up, linear style that came to dominate many of the Walungurru painters’ work during the 1990s. His distinctive aesthetic preoccupa-tion is exemplified in the untitled works of 1994 and 2001. Now one of the last founding members of Papunya Tula Artists, Tjampitjinpa’s career spans more than 40 years. He has had six solo exhibitions since 1989 in Australia, most recently at Utopia Art, Sydney.
Throughout the 1980s Tjampitjinpa worked devotedly on a land claim for Ininti, holding meetings in Darwin, Warmun (Turkey Creek...
Category
1990s Australian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Gérard Calvet French, (b. 1926) Expressionist Gruissan Mountainous Landscape
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Gérard Calvet French (b. 1926)
Expressionist Gruissan Mountainous Landscape
French painter and sculptor (1926–2017)
An exquisite oil on canvas by renowned French painter and sculpt...
Category
20th Century French Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
$3,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract Art French Oil Painting on Canvas, Wooden Frame We kindly invite you
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly invite you to read the full description, as it provides detailed technical and historical information essential to ensuring the authenticity of our pieces.
This is an oil p...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
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