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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
VINC, Bibendum, 2021, Acrylic on Hood of 4CV
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Artist VINC
4 CV Bibendum
Acrylic on hood of 4CV from 1960 ( French car)
Circa 2021
H 83 x W 100 X D 22 cms
Signed by the artist
Unique and original a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Paintings
Materials
Metal
Unknown European Artist, Watercolor on Paper, Abstract Composition, Mid-20th C
Located in København, Copenhagen
Unknown European artist. Watercolor on paper. Abstract composition.
Mid-20th century.
Visible dimensions: 61 x 31.5 cm.
Overall dimensions: 68.5 x 37.5 cm.
The frame measures: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
Inside Painted Crystal, "Young Girl of Elegance" Snuff Bottle by Li Yingtao 2016
By Li Yingtao
Located in Tainan, TW
Li Yingtao, an owner of Yizhenzhai, was born in Hengshui City in 1963. He was praised as a Chinese master of splashing color in inside painting, a Master of Arts and crafts in Hebei Province, and the founder of splashing color techniques in inside painting. By now, he has been teaching and passing down this technique to his students.
Mr, Li Yingtao is one of the most outstanding disciples of the master of Chinese arts and crafts...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Paintings
Materials
Rock Crystal
Verner Trokner, Denmark, Oil on Canvas, Abstract Composition
Located in København, Copenhagen
Verner Trokner (b. 1910), Denmark. Oil on canvas.
Abstract composition. Dated 1961.
The canvas measures: 50 x 40.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Sign...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Red Abstract Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of an Abstract painting mainly in red with white and black
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
$6,700
Paul Wilhelm American Mid-Century Abstract Oil on Canvas
Located in Queens, NY
American Modern abstract oil on canvas with colors of black, white grey and red in a silver frame (MARY GEHR)
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Diptych of American Abstract Mixed Media Black Textural Paintings on Canvas
Located in Queens, NY
Barbara Kiskovski American abstract mixed media paintings with textured 3D shapes painted black with gold accents on rectangular stretched canvas. (P...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood
Blue Torso Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of an abstract painting "Blue Torso" in Modern style showing a blue shape with white and yellow and red overlay on a yellow, black and purple ground
Condition: Good; Wear consi...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
$6,250
Tan to Brown Abstract Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of an Abstract painting using a tan brown background with black lines and white shapes
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Copy of Abstract Newspaper Collage
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a multimedia painting showing an abstract newspaper collage with outline drawings of hands in blue, red and yellow.
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Collage Abstract Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of Abstract multimedia painting having a black ground with collage in grey, yellow, umber and black collage, partial letters
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Expressionist Modern Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of an American School Abstract Expressionist modern style Black and White painting
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
God and Adam Hands Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a painting using Pop-Art Benday Dot styling showing the hand of God and Adam during creation
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Govignon "Violet" Archival Pigment Print
Located in Queens, NY
Violet, Paris, 2017, Tristan Govignon archival pigment print, artist proof
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
American Abstract Framed Painting of a Beige Loop on Canvas
Located in Queens, NY
American modern abstract painting of beige and brown loops and slashes on a bisque colored background in a gilted and beveled edge floating gallery frame (signed: John Del Guidice)
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood
Abstract Contemporary Watercolor Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Abstract contemporary watercolor in purples, grays, and greens, in white matting in a rectangular silver frame under glass (by DYANN KLEIN)
Category
20th Century Unknown Modern Paintings
Materials
Glass
Contemporary Precious Metal Leaf and Acrylic Painting of a Tiger on Canvas
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary abstract painting featuring the eyeless silhouette of the face of a tiger against a white background checkered with square sheets of gold and silver metal leaf on rectan...
Category
20th Century Unknown Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Contemporary American Abstract Acrylic Brown Wash Painting on Canvas
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary American abstract acrylic painting in brown wash on rectangular stretched canvas. (BARBARA KISKOVSKI)
Condition: Excellent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Abstract Contemporary Watercolor Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary abstract watercolor in gray, beige, and green in white matting in a black rectangular frame (signed: DYANN KLEIN)
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
20th Century Unknown Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Contemporary American Abstract Acrylic Light Brown Wash Painting on Canvas
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary American abstract acrylic painting in a light brown wash on rectangular stretched canvas. (BARBARA KISKOVSKI)
Condition: Excellent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Gold Leaf
Black Acrylic Abstract New York Skyline Painting on Canvas
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary abstract painting featuring the New York City skyline created with gold leaf against a black acrylic painted background on rectangular canvas. ("Golden New York...
Category
20th Century Unknown Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
American Prismatic Abstract Painting
Located in Queens, NY
American modern abstract painting of grey prismatic shapes on a dark background in a black frame. (signed: John Del Guidice)
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Contemporary American Abstract Mixed Media Gold Textural Painting on Canvas
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary American abstract mixed media painting with textured 3D shapes painted gold over brown with beige accents on rectangular stretched canvas in a white wooden frame. (BARBARA KISKOVSKI...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood
Tristan Govignon "Tiger, Paris" Archival Pigment Print
Located in Queens, NY
Tiger, Paris, 2017,Tristan Govignon archival pigment print, artist proof
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Girl Piss Aluminum Leaf
Located in Queens, NY
Brendan Lynch, American, b. 1985, "Girl Piss", Posters, Aluminum leaf, paint on wood panel, 2013
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood
$38,000
Abstract Painting of Red, Brown, and White Squares
By Richard Rumi
Located in Queens, NY
Abstract acrylic geometric painting in tones of red, brown, and white by Richard Rumi, "Red Ochre Squares".
Category
20th Century Unknown Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Govignon "Deluge" Archival Pigment Print
Located in Queens, NY
Deluge, Paris, 2017, Tristan Govignon archival pigment print, edition 1 of 7
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Govignon "Flamenco" Acrylic Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Tristan Govignon, "Flamenco" Acrylic on canvas
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Govignon "Fly" Archival Pigment Print
Located in Queens, NY
Fly, Paris, 2017, Tristan Govignon archival pigment print, edition 1/7
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Govignon "Yellow" Acrylic Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Tristan Govignon, "Yellow" Acrylic on canvas
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Copy of a Milton Avery Painting of Two Female Bathers
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a painting by American Abstract artist Milton Avery showing two females bathers by the water's edge.
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of Abstract Modern painting consisting of black ground with yellow, brown, white and beige collage with lettering in a cubist style
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age an...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
$7,000
Jessica Dunegan Contemporary "Daydreaming" Resin and Acrylic Painting of a Perso
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary resin and acrylic on panel painting titled "Daydreaming" by Jessica Dunegan, depicting an underwater perspective of a person floating with their face breaching the surfa...
Category
20th Century Unknown Modern Paintings
Materials
Resin
Tristan Govignon, "Beau Arts Paris" Iris Print
Located in Queens, NY
Tristan Govignon, "Beaux Arts Paris", 2017, framed Iris print
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Hand Painted Dragonfly
By Buenaventura
Located in Madrid, ES
This charming and sophisticated wall decoration has been entirely hand-painted on 100% natural cotton paper, using the sumi-e technique inspired by ancient Korean paintings. Particul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Acrylic, Paper
$160 Sale Price
20% Off
Govignon "Beach Apple" Archival Pigment Print
Located in Queens, NY
Beach Apple, Paris, 2017, Tristan Govignon archival pigment print, artist proof
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Contemporary Gray, Red, and Yellow Abstract Oil Painting on Stretched Canvas
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary abstract multicolored painting featuring thick brushstrokes in gray, white, yellow, and red on stretched canvas in a white wooden frame. (""Two for the Show,"" RICARDO R...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood
Contemporary Gray, Purple, and Yellow Abstract Oil Painting on Stretched Canvas
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary abstract multicolored painting featuring thick brushstrokes in gray, white, yellow, and purple on stretched canvas in a white wooden frame. (""One For the Money,"" RICAR...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood
American Contemporary Abstract Framed Black and Red Oil Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary abstract oil painting with black, red, and grey forms in a silver frame
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Mario Grimaldi American Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Queens, NY
American Contemporary surrealist oil on canvas painting that features a black, white and grey representation of a landscape (MARIO GRIMALDI)
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Govignon "Black Bird" Archival Pigment Print
Located in Queens, NY
Black Bird, Paris, 2017, Tristan Govignon archival pigment print, edition 1/7
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Reflections Abstract Photograph
By Deann Arce
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary abstract photograph of light reflecting on water reverse printed on glass in a white box frame titled "Reflections" (by DEANN ARCE) (Similar piece: DEA002)
Category
20th Century Unknown Modern Paintings
Materials
Glass
Aspects of Flowers Oil on Canvas by Rebecca Cooperman
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil painting of a still life arrangement of flowers simply rendered in oil on canvas by Rebecca Cooperman. Exhibited at Lever House by The Leag...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
San Lundberg, Swedish Artist, Oil on Board, Female Faces, Ca. 2000
Located in København, Copenhagen
San Lundberg (b. 1966), Swedish artist. Oil on board. Female faces.
Ca. 2000.
The board measures: 36 x 16 cm.
The frame measures: 2 cm.
In excellent condition.
Signed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
Joan Miro Kalender 2015
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Joan Miro Kalender 2015,
Beautiful artistic calender after the painting of Joan Miro.
This is a beautiful collectible booklet.
Category
20th Century European Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Jean Claude Bissery (B. 1930), French Artist, Watercolor, 1970s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Jean Claude Bissery (b. 1930). French artist. Watercolor. 1970s.
Visible dimensions: 47 x 47 cm.
Total dimensions: 59 x 59 cm.
In excellent condition.
Signed.
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
Scarabeo Watercolor Painting
By Buenaventura
Located in Madrid, ES
This charming and sophisticated wall decoration has been entirely hand-painted on 100% natural cotton paper, using the sumi-e technique inspired by ancient Korean paintings. Particul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Acrylic, Paper
Pink and Copper Hand Guilded Wallpaper, Non-Repeating Mural, Made by Hand in UK
By Custhom
Located in London, GB
Igneous is a design made from carbon powder and using Custhom’s innovative process of hand-foiling wallpapers, creates a unique distressed or highly polished finish in a wide range o...
Category
2010s English Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Painting Titled "Daylight" by Elena Borup, 2019
Located in Asaa, DK
Elena Borup is a young and upcoming Danish artist. Her art is characterized by bright colours and a high degree of details.
"Daylight" expresses the magic...
Category
2010s Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Hand-painted floral watercolor in shades of blue and gray
By Buenaventura
Located in Madrid, ES
This charming and sophisticated wall decoration has been entirely hand-painted on 100% natural cotton paper, using the sumi-e technique inspired by ancient Korean paintings. Particul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Acrylic, Paper
$162 Sale Price
21% Off
Acrylic on Canvas by Ugo La Pietra, Italy
Located in Milan, Italy
Acrylic on canvas designed by Ugo La Pietra in 2004, Italy.
Biography
Ugo La Pietra born in Bussi sul Tirino, Pescara in 1938, Ugo la Pietra lives and works in Milan, where in 1964 ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Svend Aage Tauscher Oil on Canvas, Modernist Landscape
Located in København, Copenhagen
Svend Aage Tauscher (1911-1984), Danish artist. Oil on canvas. Modernist landscape. Mid-20th century.
The canvas measures: 83 x 53 cm.
The frame ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Sven Ahlgren, Sweden, Oil on Board, Modernist Landscape with Boats
Located in København, Copenhagen
Sven Ahlgren (1922-1997), Sweden. Oil on board.
Modernist coastal scene with a fishing boat. Dated 1965.
The board measures: 29 x 16 cm.
The frame measures: 1.5 cm.
In excellent condition. A few...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
Ivy Lysdal, Mixed Media on Cardboard, Large Abstract Modernist Painting
Located in København, Copenhagen
Ivy Lysdal, b 1937. Danish ceramist and painter. Mixed media on cardboard.
Large abstract modernist painting. Colorful palette. Late 20th century.
Measures: 160 x 113 cm
Provenan...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
Ivy Lysdal, Mixed Media on Cardboard, Large Abstract Modernist Painting
Located in København, Copenhagen
Ivy Lysdal, b 1937. Danish ceramist and painter. Mixed media on cardboard.
Large abstract modernist painting. Colorful palette. Late 20th century.
Measures: 148 x 113
Provenance:...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
Ivy Lysdal, Mixed Media on Cardboard, Large Abstract Modernist Painting
Located in København, Copenhagen
Ivy Lysdal, b 1937. Danish ceramist and painter. Mixed media on cardboard.
Large abstract modernist painting. Colorful palette. Late 20th century.
Measures: 148 x 113 cm.
Provena...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
Ivy Lysdal, Mixed Media on Cardboard, Large Abstract Modernist Painting
Located in København, Copenhagen
Ivy Lysdal, b 1937. Danish ceramist and painter. Mixed media on cardboard.
Large abstract modernist painting. Colorful palette. Late 20th century.
Measures: 144 x 113 cm.
Provena...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
Ivy Lysdal, Mixed Media on Cardboard, Large Abstract Modernist Painting
Located in København, Copenhagen
Ivy Lysdal, b 1937. Danish ceramist and painter. Mixed media on cardboard.
Large abstract modernist painting. Colorful palette. Late 20th century.
Measures: 144 x 113 cm.
Provena...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
Ivy Lysdal, Mixed Media on Cardboard, Large Abstract Modernist Painting
Located in København, Copenhagen
Ivy Lysdal, b 1937. Danish ceramist and painter. Mixed media on cardboard.
Large abstract modernist painting. Colorful palette. Late 20th century.
Measures: 166 x 113 cm.
Provena...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
Ivy Lysdal, Mixed Media on Cardboard, Large Abstract Modernist Painting
Located in København, Copenhagen
Ivy Lysdal, b 1937. Danish ceramist and painter. Mixed media on cardboard.
Large abstract modernist painting. Colorful palette. Late 20th century.
Measures: 144 x 113 cm.
Provena...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
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