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The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
"Into the Woods" Henry Prellwitz, Lyrical Woman In Wooded Landscape Painting
"Into the Woods" Henry Prellwitz, Lyrical Woman In Wooded Landscape Painting

"Into the Woods" Henry Prellwitz, Lyrical Woman In Wooded Landscape Painting

By Henry Prellwitz

Located in New York, NY

Henry Prellwitz Into the Woods Oil on board 11 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches Henry Prellwitz studied art at the Art Students League of New York, where his chief mentor was Thomas Wilmer Dewing; he later became its director.[3] He also studied at the Académie Julian in Paris. In 1892, he set up his studio in the Holbein Studios building on West 55th Street in Manhattan, where his future wife, the artist Edith Mitchill, also had a studio. They married in 1894 and had a son, Edwin. By the mid 1890s, he was teaching portrait painting at the Pratt Institute, where one of his students was the Cubist artist Max Weber. In 1899, Henry and Edith moved to the north shore of Peconic Bay on Long Island, where their artist friends Irving Ramsay Wiles and Edward August Bell were already established. They painted plein air paintings and also worked in adjoining studios at High House, their Peconic Bay home. Prellwitz painted Impressionist and Tonalist waterscapes of Peconic Bay and allegorical figure paintings such as the 1904 Lotus and Laurel. He exhibited mainly on the east coast and at expositions like the St. Louis World's Fair, where he won a silver medal. He won the Third Hallgarten Prize from the National Academy of Design (NAD) in 1893 for The Prodigal Son, and his Venus won the Thomas B. Clarke Prize at the 1907 NAD exhibition for the best figure composition by an American citizen painted in the United States. Both Prellwitzes disappeared into obscurity for several decades after their deaths in the early 1940s. Rediscovered in the 1980s, they have been called one of the best-kept secrets in art...

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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Modernist Reclining Female Nude Figurative
Modernist Reclining Female Nude Figurative

Modernist Reclining Female Nude Figurative

Located in Soquel, CA

Modernist reclining female nude figurative painting by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). This vivid late 20th-century figural piece featur...

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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Tempera, Masonite

Modern Nude Study of Red Haired Woman Seated in Chair
Modern Nude Study of Red Haired Woman Seated in Chair

Modern Nude Study of Red Haired Woman Seated in Chair

By Patricia Gren Hayes

Located in Soquel, CA

Modern nude study of woman seated in chair by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932). Red haired women with side view of same woman with asymmetrical composition circa 1970. Unsigned. Provenance: Purchased as part of larger collection of artist's work Unframed. Canvas size: 29"H x 29"W Patricia Gren Hayes (American, b. 1932) is a Bay Area Figurative & Feminist Art Movement artist who studied at Winnipeg Public Art School in 1950. She received early recognition in Museum and Gallery competitions and exhibitions and was awarded a Special Education in Art recognition by the Winnipeg Museum of Fine Art, and was awarded a scholarship to the Banff College of Fine Art. Further studies were at The University of Manitoba. She was a Member of Winnipeg Free Press Sketch Club and was a Cartoonist and paste-up for a French-English bi-weekly, in Eastern Canada; She studied outdoor impressionism in New York in 1960; in 1962, attended The California College of Arts and Crafts, and in 1976 B.A., U.C. Berkeley where she studied under Elmer Bischoff, David Simpson, Joan Brown, Felix Ruvolo, Yolanda Lopez and Vincent Perez. She started a freelance commercial art business in 1963; copyrighted a National Cartoon, 1976, and served as Exhibition Director for San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976-1978. She was a workshop instructor at the San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery, 1977-1985; and was Manager/Owner Stanton Art Gallery, Alameda, CA, 1976-1982. Solo Exhibitions: Berkeley Marina, 1974; Oakland Center for The Visual Arts, "Images of Women", 1979 Group Exhibitions: Oakland's Dept of Education, 1963, Studio One; Alameda County Fair, 1975, 1976, 1978; San Francisco Art Festival, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976, 1977, 1978; San Francisco Women Artists Gallery Exhibition, award winner - 1970, 1977, 1978; Hayward Bay Fair Art Festival, award winner - 1971; Capricorn Assunder Gallery, 1973; Oakland Art Festival, 1973, 1974; Alameda Art Association, 1978; El Cerrito...

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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Vibrant Modern City Street Scene, Urban Realism, New Mexico Landscape Painting
A Vibrant Modern City Street Scene, Urban Realism, New Mexico Landscape Painting

A Vibrant Modern City Street Scene, Urban Realism, New Mexico Landscape Painting

By Walter Burt Adams

Located in Chicago, IL

A Large, Colorful Modern City Street Scene by Notable Chicago Artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990). A vibrant, painterly view of a sunlit small town city street, a scene located near the artist's studio and winter residence in Belen, New Mexico, located south of Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Likely painted in the quiet morning hours after dawn, a favorite time to paint by the artist. A wonderful Post-War example of the colorful Urban Realism practiced by the artist, a distinct style developed in the late 1920s and painted throughout his life, highly inspired by the artwork of fellow American artist, Edward Hopper. Artwork size: 18 x 36 inches, oil on canvas, accompanied with a hand-finished, charcoal toned oak slat frame (framed size: 18 1/2 x 36 1/2 inches). Signed "Walter Burt Adams" and dated lower left. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Walter Burt Adams was a dedicated painter of the American Scene and a singular personality among his peers in the Chicago Modern Art community. His no-nonsense manner, devotion to his craft and sardonic sense of humor characterize a man whose paintings capture life in and around Chicago between the early 1920s and the late 1970s. Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin just after the turn of the last century, Walter Burt Adams spent his childhood in Fargo, North Dakota and began his artistic education there through a correspondence cartooning class as a boy. After finishing high school in Fargo, Adams moved to Chicago in 1922 in order to enroll at the school of the Art Institute of Chicago. Adams’ instruction at the school with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky...

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1930s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1950's French Post Impressionist Signed Oil Portrait of Young Lady with Flowers
1950's French Post Impressionist Signed Oil Portrait of Young Lady with Flowers

1950's French Post Impressionist Signed Oil Portrait of Young Lady with Flowers

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Portrait of a Young Lady by Anna de Banguy (French mid 20th century) signed oil on board, framed framed: 29 x 23 inches painting: 23 x 17 inches provenance: private collection, Franc...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

1950's Modernist Painting Blonde Lady Holding Sun Flowers In Blue Scenery
1950's Modernist Painting Blonde Lady Holding Sun Flowers In Blue Scenery

1950's Modernist Painting Blonde Lady Holding Sun Flowers In Blue Scenery

By Bernard Labbe

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Girl Portrait by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original gouache on artist paper size: 26 x 19.75 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed provenance: the artist...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Lavender Fields Provence Original French Modernist Contemporary Painting
Lavender Fields Provence Original French Modernist Contemporary Painting

Lavender Fields Provence Original French Modernist Contemporary Painting

By Huguette Ginet-Lasnier

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020), signed lower front Ginet-Lasnier, the wife of the painter Jean Lasnier, was born in the Seine-Maritime region of France and went onto study at the Ecole Beaux-arts in Paris. She exhibited widely throughout France, her love of colour and capturing life in all its fun and colour comes through in her canvases. Title: Lavender Fields in Provence...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Return from Fishing - Oil Paint by Giovan Battista Filosa - 1908
The Return from Fishing - Oil Paint by Giovan Battista Filosa - 1908

The Return from Fishing - Oil Paint by Giovan Battista Filosa - 1908

Located in Roma, IT

The Return from Fishing (Original Title: Il Ritorno dalla Pesca), is an original oil painting realized by Giovan Battista Filosa in 1908. Some fishermen seen from behind, in the blue light of the sky, with the vesuvius in the background, are the protagonists of the painting in "Il ritorno dalla pesca" by Giovan Battista Filosa (Castellamare di Stabia 1850 - Naples 1935) student of the famous Neapolitan painter...

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Early 1900s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Three African Figures Standing
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Three African Figures Standing

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Three African Figures Standing

By Elisabeth Hahn

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021), Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...

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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

20th Century French Modernist Painting Multi-color Abstract Portrait & Dog
20th Century French Modernist Painting Multi-color Abstract Portrait & Dog

20th Century French Modernist Painting Multi-color Abstract Portrait & Dog

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed & dated original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ e...

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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Mid 20th Century French Painting Figures Working in Factory Post Impressionist
Mid 20th Century French Painting Figures Working in Factory Post Impressionist

Mid 20th Century French Painting Figures Working in Factory Post Impressionist

By Guy Nicod

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Factory Workers by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 15.75 x 19 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and s...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Painting of New York City Fire Department in New York City by British Artist
Painting of New York City Fire Department in New York City by British Artist

Painting of New York City Fire Department in New York City by British Artist

By Angela Wakefield

Located in Preston, GB

Painting of New York City Fire Department in New York City by Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield. Art measures 36 x 24 inches Frame measures 41 x 29 inches Angela Wake...

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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Spanish Belle Époque Café Society Figurative Oil Painting Interior Scene 1970s
Spanish Belle Époque Café Society Figurative Oil Painting Interior Scene 1970s

Spanish Belle Époque Café Society Figurative Oil Painting Interior Scene 1970s

By Joan Camo Sentis

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Spanish Belle Époque Café Society Figurative Oil Painting Interior Scene Artist: Joan Camó Sentís (1920–2021) Title: Personajes de época Medium: Oil on canvas Date: circa 1975 Signa...

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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Spanish Female Portrait Oil Painting Mediterranean Woman Profile Canvas figure
Spanish Female Portrait Oil Painting Mediterranean Woman Profile Canvas figure

Spanish Female Portrait Oil Painting Mediterranean Woman Profile Canvas figure

By Joan Palet

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Mediterranean Woman Profile Portrait Oil Painting Spanish Female Figure Artist: Joan Palet (Spanish, 1911–1996) Title: Figura femenina Date: circa 1975 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions (image): Height: 46 cm (18.12 in); Width: 38 cm (14.97 in) Dimensions (framed): Height: 70 cm (27.56 in); Width: 62 cm (24.41 in) Signature: Signed lower left Condition: Very good overall condition Frame: Frame included Origin: Spain Style: Mediterranean impressionist...

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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modern Reclining Nude Study of Red Haired Woman
Modern Reclining Nude Study of Red Haired Woman

Modern Reclining Nude Study of Red Haired Woman

By Patricia Gren Hayes

Located in Soquel, CA

Modern nude study of red-haired woman reclining seated by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932), 1979. Signed and dated on verso Provenance: Purchased as part of larger collection of artist's work Unframed. Canvas size: 16"H x 20"W. Patricia Gren Hayes (American, b. 1932) is a Bay Area Figurative & Feminist Art Movement artist who studied at Winnipeg Public Art School in 1950. She received early recognition in Museum and Gallery competitions and exhibitions and was awarded a Special Education in Art recognition by the Winnipeg Museum of Fine Art, and was awarded a scholarship to the Banff College of Fine Art. Further studies were at The University of Manitoba. She was a Member of Winnipeg Free Press Sketch Club and was a Cartoonist and paste-up for a French-English bi-weekly, in Eastern Canada; She studied outdoor impressionism in New York in 1960; in 1962, attended The California College of Arts and Crafts, and in 1976 B.A., U.C. Berkeley where she studied under Elmer Bischoff, David Simpson, Joan Brown, Felix Ruvolo, Yolanda Lopez and Vincent Perez. She started a freelance commercial art business in 1963; copyrighted a National Cartoon, 1976, and served as Exhibition Director for San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976-1978. She was a workshop instructor at the San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery, 1977-1985; and was Manager/Owner Stanton Art Gallery, Alameda, CA, 1976-1982. Solo Exhibitions: Berkeley Marina, 1974; Oakland Center for The Visual Arts, "Images of Women", 1979 Group Exhibitions: Oakland's Dept of Education, 1963, Studio One; Alameda County Fair, 1975, 1976, 1978; San Francisco Art Festival, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976, 1977, 1978; San Francisco Women Artists Gallery Exhibition, award winner - 1970, 1977, 1978; Hayward Bay Fair Art Festival, award winner - 1971; Capricorn Assunder Gallery, 1973; Oakland Art Festival, 1973, 1974; Alameda Art Association, 1978; El Cerrito...

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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Modernist Female Nude with Pearls" Mid-20th Century Oil Painting on Canvas
"Modernist Female Nude with Pearls" Mid-20th Century Oil Painting on Canvas

"Modernist Female Nude with Pearls" Mid-20th Century Oil Painting on Canvas

By Julio Moisés Fernández de Villasante

Located in New York, NY

A strong modernist oil painting depicted in the 1940's by Spanish painter Julio Moises. Mostly known for his abstract figures on canvas, this piece is a w...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

20th Century French Modernist Painting Cubist Geometric Purple Portrait Of Lady
20th Century French Modernist Painting Cubist Geometric Purple Portrait Of Lady

20th Century French Modernist Painting Cubist Geometric Purple Portrait Of Lady

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed & dated 1981 original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuf...

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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Mid-Century Modern Swedish Figurative Oil Painting - Coastal Dock, Framed
Mid-Century Modern Swedish Figurative Oil Painting - Coastal Dock, Framed

Mid-Century Modern Swedish Figurative Oil Painting - Coastal Dock, Framed

Located in Bristol, GB

COASTAL DOCK Size: 45 x 49.5 cm (including frame) Oil on board A vibrant and expressive mid-century figurative painting, executed in oil onto board. The composition depicts a bustl...

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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Jenik Cook, Large Figurative Oil Painting on Canvas, Contemporary Art.
Jenik Cook, Large Figurative Oil Painting on Canvas, Contemporary Art.

Jenik Cook, Large Figurative Oil Painting on Canvas, Contemporary Art.

By Jenik Cook

Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA

Artist signed lower left. The painting size is 64"x49.5 inches. Jenik Cook’s work embodies a lyrical form of abstraction where gesture, color, and movement merge into a deeply expr...

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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Mid Century Boat Docks Pacific Grove Landscape
Mid Century Boat Docks Pacific Grove Landscape

Mid Century Boat Docks Pacific Grove Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

Painterly scene of boats and boats being built at the docks in old Pacific Grove, California by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Signed"WHM" lower left. Presented in a fau...

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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

20th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Pink And Purple Women Playing
20th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Pink And Purple Women Playing

20th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Pink And Purple Women Playing

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...

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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Sky is the Limit (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Pastel, Cool)
Sky is the Limit (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Pastel, Cool)

Sky is the Limit (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Pastel, Cool)

By Genevieve Hamel

Located in Kansas City, MO

Genevieve Hamel Sky is the Limit Oil on Wood Panel Year: 2024 Size: 36 x 18 x 1.625 inches Signed by hand COA provided *wired and ready to hang Genevieve Hamel’s passions for desi...

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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Quarry Workers

Quarry Workers

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s Quarry Workers, c. 1930s, mixed media on board, unsigned, 24 x 24 inches, possibly exhibited at...

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1930s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

Óleo sobre tela - Composición - Año 1969
Óleo sobre tela - Composición - Año 1969

Óleo sobre tela - Composición - Año 1969

By Rafael Illana

Located in Sant Celoni, ES

Como pueden apreciar, la obra va firmada en la parte inferior y fechada del año 1969 En la parte trasera, va nuevamente firmado Se presenta enmarcada la pintura El estado de la ob...

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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

20th Century French Modernist Painting Figures At The Outdoor Bar
20th Century French Modernist Painting Figures At The Outdoor Bar

20th Century French Modernist Painting Figures At The Outdoor Bar

By Guy Nicod

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Outside French Bar by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) signed pencil on artist paper, unframed painting : 6.25 x 9.5 inches stamped verso provenance: artists estate, France condition: ...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Pencil

1960's French Modernist Signed Oil Figure in Navy Blue Hat, Unique Work
1960's French Modernist Signed Oil Figure in Navy Blue Hat, Unique Work

1960's French Modernist Signed Oil Figure in Navy Blue Hat, Unique Work

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: A. Bertin, French 1965, signed and inscribed verso Title: Figure in Blue Medium: oil painting on board, framed Size: framed: 18.5 x 12.5inches painting: 18 x 11.5...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Modernist Still Life with Grapes, Gourds and Pear on a Blue Faience Plate
Modernist Still Life with Grapes, Gourds and Pear on a Blue Faience Plate

Modernist Still Life with Grapes, Gourds and Pear on a Blue Faience Plate

Located in Genève, GE

Signed "Pernet" in the lower right corner. Dimensions with frame: 43,7 x 41,5 x 5,3 cm. This expressive Modernist still life presents an abundant arrangement of dark purple grapes, ...

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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

"Windows"
"Windows"

"Windows"

By Jacob Lawrence

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this work by Jacob Lawrence (1917 – 2000). Provenance: This painting is from the private collection of Gwen Lawrence, widow of Jacob Lawrence. Exhibitions: An attached photo (3rd photo) of the back of the piece shows its extensive exhibition history. Biography: Leading African-American narrative painter, Jacob Lawrence was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1917. After his father abandoned his family in 1924, Lawrence spent several years in foster homes before reuniting with his mother in 1930 in Harlem, New York. In New York, he attended art classes organized at the Harlem Art Workshop with Charles Aston and the Harlem Community Art Center with Augusta Savage. There, he met fellow young painters, Aaron Douglas, and William Johnson...

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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Family Playing on Beach with Toy Boat French Modernist Oil Painting
Family Playing on Beach with Toy Boat French Modernist Oil Painting

Family Playing on Beach with Toy Boat French Modernist Oil Painting

By Huguette Ginet-Lasnier

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

L’Enfant au Bateau Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020), signed lower front inscribed verso oil painting on canvas 22 x 18 inches. All the paintings we have for sale by this art...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mayan, Large 20th Century Watercolor, Cleveland School, Viktor Schreckengost
Mayan, Large 20th Century Watercolor, Cleveland School, Viktor Schreckengost

Mayan, Large 20th Century Watercolor, Cleveland School, Viktor Schreckengost

By Viktor Schreckengost

Located in Beachwood, OH

Viktor Schreckengost (American, 1906-2008) Mayan Watercolor heightened with gouache over pencil on paper Signed lower right 39 x 29 inches 45.5 x 35.5 inches, framed Registered with The Viktor Schreckengost foundation, stock no. 6891 The son of a commercial potter in Sebring, Ohio, Viktor Schreckengost learned the craft of sculpting in clay from his father. In the mid-1920s, he enrolled at the Cleveland School of Art (now the Cleveland Institute of Art, or CIA) to study cartoon making, but after seeing an exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art he changed his focus to ceramics. Upon graduation in 1929, he studied ceramics in Vienna, Austria, where he began to build a reputation, not only for his art, but also as a jazz saxophonist. A year later, at the age of 25, he became the youngest faculty member at the CIA. In 1931, Schreckengost won the first of several awards for excellence in ceramics at the Cleveland Museum of Art, and his works were shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, and elsewhere. By the mid-1930s, Schreckengost had begun to pursue his interest in industrial design. For American Limoges...

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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

Mid 20th Century French Oil Bull Fighter Matador with Bull Yellow & Red Colors
Mid 20th Century French Oil Bull Fighter Matador with Bull Yellow & Red Colors

Mid 20th Century French Oil Bull Fighter Matador with Bull Yellow & Red Colors

By Huguette Ginet-Lasnier

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Bull Fight Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020), signed lower front oil painting on canvas 16 x 13 inches. All the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come from the artists estate in France. The painting is in very good and presentable condition. Ginet-Lasnier, the wife of the painter Jean Lasnier...

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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1960's French Modernist Oil Bar Tavern Interior Men Hunched over Tables
1960's French Modernist Oil Bar Tavern Interior Men Hunched over Tables

1960's French Modernist Oil Bar Tavern Interior Men Hunched over Tables

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Bar Interior French School, circa 1960's indistinctly signed oil on board, framed framed: 18 x 22 inches board: 12 x 16 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: v...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a Lady - Oil Painting - 19th Century
Portrait of a Lady - Oil Painting - 19th Century

Portrait of a Lady - Oil Painting - 19th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Portrait of a Lady, 19th Century Painting. Miniature on ivory. Wooden frame with leather back. 12 X 12 cm.  Good conditions!

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19th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Dreamline
Dreamline

Dreamline

By Olena Kishkurno

Located in Zofingen, AG

shipped in roll “Dreamline” captures the moment a woman steps into a journey driven not by directions, but by desire. She’s not following a map — she’s drawing her own invisible lin...

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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Mesdames et Messieurs (circus, 1920s, 1930s, performance, ~32% OFF)

Mesdames et Messieurs (circus, 1920s, 1930s, performance, ~32% OFF)

By Philip Verhoeven

Located in Kansas City, MO

Philip Verhoeven Mesdames et Messieurs (circus, 1920s, 1930s, performance) Acrylic and Marker on Canvas Year: 2024 Size: 15.75 x 15.75 inches Signed and titled by hand COA provided ...

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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Permanent Marker

French Modernist Painting Blue And Pink Abstract Of String Musician
French Modernist Painting Blue And Pink Abstract Of String Musician

French Modernist Painting Blue And Pink Abstract Of String Musician

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...

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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Modern figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Modern figurative paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, yellow, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Antonio Feltrinelli, Sunil Das, Suhas Roy, and Clarence Holbrook Carter. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1 and tops out at $743,750, while the average work sells for $2,376.