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Modern Figurative Paintings

MODERN STYLE

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
"Deux Harlequins" Abstract Figurative Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Blue and green-toned modern abstract figurative portrait painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features two men figures standing side by s...
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Pueblo Indians, Taos, New Mexico, " Georgia Klitgaard, Southwest Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Georgina Klitgaard Pueblo Indians, Taos, New Mexico Signed lower right Oil on canvas 18 x 24 inches Georgina Berrian was born in Spuyten Duyvil, New York in 1893. She was educated a...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Restaurant in Paris. Oil on canvas, 33, 5x24 cm.
Located in Riga, LV
Restaurant in Paris. Oil on canvas, 33,5x24 cm. Michel Delacroix (1933) Le restaurant à la petite chaise à Paris.
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Contemporary British Acrylic Painting Figures in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figures in Landscape by Ben George Powell, British contemporary artist signed and inscribed verso acrylic on canvas, unframed canvas: 16 x 20 inch...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Contemporary British Acrylic Painting Birds looking for Fish in Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fishing by Ben George Powell, British contemporary artist signed acrylic on canvas, unframed canvas: 16 x 20 inches provenance: private collection of this artists work, UK The painti...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

1970s Abstract Figurative Framed Oil Painting, Modernist City Scene With Couple
Located in Denver, CO
1950s oil on board painting by George Cecil Carter portraying a modernist couple, thought to be Alfred Stieglitz & Georgia O'Keefe. Presented in a custom frame, outer dimensions measure 20 ⅝ x 13 ½ x 1 ⅞ inches. Image sight size is 16 ⅞ x 9 ⅞ inches. Painting is clean and in very good vintage condition - please contact us for a complete condition report. Provenance: Private Collection, Denver Colorado Expedited and international shipping is available - please contact us for a quote. About the Artist: George Cecil Carter was born in Oklahoma in 1908 and became a noted Colorado abstract expressionist alongside contemporaries including Al Wynne, Mary Chenoweth...
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Figurative landscape oil painting- Garden
Located in Beijing, CN
Dai Xiangwen was born in Hunan in 1991 and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Jianghan University, He is a member of China Artists Association, China Designers Association, a painter of Li Keran...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Irises mid-20th century flowers oil painting by Angela Stones
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you want. Angela Stones (1914 - 1995) Irises Oil on canvas 56 x 41 cm Signed lower right. A glass jar of irises, with two shells, on a pale pink and peach backdrop. Stones' impasto technique brings texture to the shells and petals, and shades of purple offset the greens and pinks of the composition. Stones was educated at the Chelsea School of Art, and was a member of an artistic dynasty. Her mother Dorothy Bradshaw (1893 - 1983) studied under Jack Merriott – the artist famous for his British Rail posters...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Chess", Set of 4 Portraits King-Queen-Bishop-Knight Figurative Acrylic Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
A set of portraits of four chess characters - "the king, the queen, the bishop and the knight". Each of these four acrylic figurative cubist paintings measures 60 cm x 60 cm. A graduate from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Métiers d'Arts in Paris, Françoise Collandre...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

ALAS
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
Acrylic and oil painting, figurative, modernist and surreal
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Modern Abstract Earth Toned Cubist Inspired Figurative Harvest Scene Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern geometric figurative painting featuring Pablo Picasso inspired faces nestled amongst heavily abstracted harvest imagery. Reminiscent of a Cubist style of abstraction, the work...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Kim and Him" Couple at the Beach by Ronald Childers
Located in Pasadena, CA
This acrylic painting features a nude couple at the beach turning their backs to look at the shore. The pale skin complexion of the red hair woman contrasts with the warm tan of her black hair lover. The overall impression is relaxed and peaceful like holidays in a quiet place. The artwork is signed in red by the artist on the bottom right. Ron Childers is an American painter and an art teacher who spent 50 years with his teacher, partner (and ultimately husband) Richard Proctor...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Figurative landscape oil painting- Red Memory
Located in Beijing, CN
Dai Xiangwen was born in Hunan in 1991 and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Jianghan University, He is a member of China Artists Association, China Designers Association, a painter of Li Keran...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

FRANKLIN Karl Mann Associates NY - Oil o/B - Brooklyn Bridge & Manhattan Skyline
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Franklin for KARL MANN ASSOCIATES, New York (American, active in the 1960 's) The boarded up Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan Skyline - Oil on ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Board, Oil

Still Life with Apples and Skull, Figurative Oil Painting by Ohio Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Still Life with Apples, 1940 Oil on canvas Signed and dated upper right 18 x 24 inches Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national artistic success that was nearly unprecedented among Cleveland School artists of his day, with representation by major New York dealers...
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1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Contemporary British Acrylic Painting Starry Night Welsh Hotel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bontnewydd Hotel by Ben George Powell, British contemporary artist signed acrylic on canvas unframed canvas: 16 x 20 inches provenance: private collection of this artists work, UK Th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Serious Moonlight, abstract figures on gold metal leaf inspired by David Bowie
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Collage and acrylic paint on gold leafed sintra panel, excellent gift Work inspired by David Bowie music
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Panel

1960s English Impressionist Oil Young Lady slumped in chair
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model English artist, c. 1960s oil on board 16 x 12 inches provenance: private collection, England The painting is in very good and presentable condition.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Portrait - Oil Painting by Tato - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This Portait painting on cardboard was realized by the Italian artist Tato in the early 20th Century, hailing from the artist's early period. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Striking Hollywood Regency Portrait of a Red Haired Lady by Kughler 1932
Located in Rochester, NY
Hollywood regency portrait painting of a young woman by Francis Kughler (American 1901-1970). Oil on canvas board. Circa 1932. Unframed. Born in New York City in 1901, Francis Vandeveer Kughler attended Cooper Union, the Mechanics' Institute, and the National Academy of Design School of Art where he met Charlotte Livingston, an artist, whom he was later to marry. During this period he was the winner of a Tiffany scholarship, which provided him a summer of landscape painting at the Louis Comfort Tiffany estate at Oyster Bay, L.I. In the 1940s, Kughler became the President of the Salmagundi Club, a well-known art club in Washington Square in New York City.Well-known as a muralist, society portrait painter and lithographer, he was a prolific painter who made cityscapes, landscapes, and nudes. He and his wife, Charlotte Livingston, lived and worked in Bronx, New York. mid century modern wpa impressionist...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Figurative landscape oil painting- Sunny Afternoon
Located in Beijing, CN
Dai Xiangwen was born in Hunan in 1991 and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Jianghan University, He is a member of China Artists Association, China Designers Association, a painter of Li Keran...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Central Square (Cambridge, MA)
Located in Boston, MA
Signed and dated lower right: “Trachtman 6-6-73”. From the estate of the artist. Though much of his art was political in nature, Arnold Trachtman also...
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

The Luberon Valley Provence Superb French Modernist Signed Painting
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 an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Dancing Figures, Oil on Board
Located in Surfside, FL
DAVID ROSEN Toronto, Canada, b. 1912, d. 2004 Painter David Rosen emerged onto the art scene while the country was wrought with unimaginable economic turmoil. Like most other Americans, the Great Depression pummeled artists financially, leaving them destitute and unable to find even conventional labor work. However, in the midst of such devastation, the government implemented arts projects which strove to achieve employment for these artists. The program arose during a memorable era for art and funded the careers of several renowned artists, including Jackson Pollack, Arshile Gorky, and Lee Krasner before they found success. In 1936, Rosen himself joined the program and quickly accompanied his contemporaries in building the next movement of modern art, Abstract Expressionism. Born in 1912, Rosen grew up in Toronto, Canada before pursuing arts in the United States. Upon arriving, Rosen settled in New York City and attended the Cooper Union Art school in 1930. While participating in the Federal Arts Project, he worked for the program's mural department until 1941. As well, he worked with an artist collective, Siqueiros Art Workshop. There, Rosen met fellow FAP artist Jackson Pollack, and together, with artist Phillip Guston, they experimented with new painting techniques and mediums. Art movements are often reactions to the popular styles that precede them, and Abstract Expressionism applied a new and exciting method to Modern Art. Gradually, artists began to break away from an overly-studied, academic approach to painting and liberated their technique. During these workshops, Rosen was introduced to Pollack's groundbreaking "drip painting" before it changed the art world. As America became involved in World War II, the Federal Arts Project wound down, officially ending in 1942. Around this time, Rosen enlisted as a Merchant Seaman with the U.S Merchant Marines. During this time, he traveled to North Africa and Italy before concluding his service and moving to California where, in 1945, he devoted his full attention to building an art career. Within a couple of years, he landed a major exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1947, and his first one-man show, which opened to rave reviews, was held at Hollywood's Contemporary Art Gallery. The exhibition’s success led to mural commissions from Palm Springs' Hotel del Tahquitz, and he scored more solo shows at West Hollywood's Chabot Gallery. The early 1950s brought a surge of recognition for Rosen's career, and while his work was certainly still influenced by Abstract Expression, his painting style included elements of Surrealism, Figurative Art, and Cubism. Like his colleague Jackson Pollack, Rosen produced work inspired by drip painting; however, rather than splattering, his drips were the natural flow marks from painting freely without regard for "mistakes." Throughout Rosen's long career, he would acquire techniques from vastly different art styles which made for a varied, eclectic catalog of work. Rosen continued to build his California art career and settled at a Laguna Beach art colony in 1958. There, he entered his work in the Laguna Beach Festival of Arts and was the first painter to contribute Abstract Art to the event. Rosen would participate in the festival for the next fifteen years. A year after his move, in 1959, Rosen opened his first studio gallery and began a 12-year collaboration with the Laguna Playhouse. For the next two decades, Rosen participated in 17 art exhibitions and 20 solo shows, and received considerable critical praise. Rosen's themes were as varied as his evolving painting style, and one of his themes focused on classic characters like Shakespeare's Hamlet. Rosen's close-up portraits of historical and literary figures, illustrated by the piece To Be or Not to Be: Soliloquy From Hamlet, capture the essence of the characters while remaining loose with the painting and even adding a slight cartoon feel. His ongoing Hamlet series, as a complete collection, makes an impact with the diversity of technique. Unlike the loose style of some of his works, the painting Madaam... that he is mad is true is influenced by the structure of Cubism, the flat dimensions of Byzantine Art, and his utilization of mixed media. After Rosen's death in 2004, the Laguna Beach Festival of Arts sponsored an exhibition of his Hamlet paintings at the Wells Fargo Building gallery. Throughout Rosen's career, he amassed a great deal of critical, industry, and public praise for his work. His beloved town of Laguna Beach bestowed numerous awards that include the Laguna Beach Annual Art Gallery Award and Orange County's Annual Exhibit Award. Rosen's work flourished in California, and he received recognition from the San Diego County Fair, Los Angeles' Miracle Mile...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Birds, Mixed Media on Paper, Black Color by Artist Paritosh Sen "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Paritosh Sen - Untitled - 12 x 18 inches (unframed size) Mixed Media on Paper , 2002 An illustrator and a painter, Paritosh Sen is one of the most celebrated painters of the Indian...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

"Cubist Head with Leaves" Modern Abstract Brown Toned Figurative Portrait Print
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract figurative portrait print by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features a central bearded male figure dressed in a tie set against a background of falling le...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Giclée

1940's American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Tenement Market
Located in Surfside, FL
The Market, (fauvist painting of NYC scene) 1940's. image is 10X 11.5 inches. Hand signed lower right Lower East Side Tenements Pushcart Market Samuel Grunvald was a Hungarian born American WPA artist known for abstract, landscape and seascape paintings. Arrived in the USA from Hungary in 1921 and settled in New York City where he studied at the Art Students League. Grunvald worked for the Federal Art Project, taught at Colony House in NYC. Member: Art Guild, Watercolor Society, New York Watercolor Club. exhibited at Montross Gallery, NYC, World House Galleries, NYC, Leonard Hutton Gallery, NYC, Associated American Artists Gallery and the A.C.A. Gallery. Gunvald's work spanned many modern American movements from the WPA to Abstract Expressionist painting. He was a member of the American Watercolor Society and the Brooklyn Society of Artists. He exhibited with both of these organizations and at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. He was involved the the WPA being a Federal Arts Project artist. A number of prominent Jewish artists participated in this New Deal program among them Ben Shahn, Joseph Solman, William Gropper, Philip Guston Adolph Gottlieb, Mark Rothko, Milton Avery, Ben Shahn, the Soyers (Isaac, Moses, and Raphael), and many others Grunwald exhibited alongside other popular artists such as Paul Klee, Jean Arp, Max Ernst and Charles Burchfield. He also taught and lectured on art and easel painting, Federal Art Project, NYC. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and The Jewish Museum, New York. Americana. Select Exhibitions A.C.A. Gallery Associated American Artists Gallery, 1936-1955 American Watercolor Society, 1932-1942 New York Watercolor Club, 1935-1937 Humanist Art...
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1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Midcentury Oil Painting on Canvas of Boys Fishing
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Midcentury oil painting on canvas of three boys with poles uniquely portrayed as a deconstructed moment on open canvas surrounded by blue with reflections. Signed in the lower right ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

View from Battersea Bridge mid-century oil painting by Angela Stones
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you want. Angela Stones (1914 - 1995) From Battersea Bridge (before Redevelopment) Oil on board 40 x 50 cm Signed lower left. Stones' view of the Thames and Chelsea Bridge...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Woman with a Candle
Located in Atlanta, GA
We are obsessed with the brilliance of Donald Beal's paintings, and we think you will be, too. The color and sense of light that unites all of his paintings project an unforgettable ...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Figure in the shadow - Oil Painting on Canvas by N. Gattamelata -1968
Located in Roma, IT
Figure in the shadow is an original modern artwork realized by N. Gattamelata in 1968. Mixed colored oil on canvas Includes frame Hand signed and dated on the back.
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Three Guys, Two Birds" Modern Abstract Colorful Figurative Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract figurative portrait painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features a central group of three male figures wearing colorful clothes and hats holding bi...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Modernist Woman with Cat (Manner of R.B. Kitaj)
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Contemporary Subject: Figures Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Dimensions: 18" x 14" x 1/4" Dimensions w/Frame: 22 1/2" x 18 1/4"
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Follower of Henri Matisse Large Colorist Oil Female Bathers on Coastal Shore
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Modernist School Nude Female Bathers on the Coast follower of Henri Matisse dated 1986 oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 31 x 31 inches provena...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Concert" Early 20th Century WPA Modernism American City Landscape Scene Ashcan
Located in New York, NY
"Concert" Early 20th Century WPA Modernism American City Landscape Scene Ashcan The size of the canvas 28 3/4 x 43 1/4 inches. The painting comes directly from the artist's estate. It is signed lower right as well as signed, titled and dated verso. We have available more than two dozen paintings and works on paper from the 1930s - 80s that come directly from the Loew estate. BIO Michael Loew (1907 – 1985) was the son of a New York City baker. After high school, he was an apprentice to a stained-glass maker, and from 1926-1929, he studied at the Art Students League. In 1929, he traveled to Paris, North Africa, Germany, and Italy with a group of artists. When he returned to New York City in 1931, the Great Depression hit Loew unexpectedly, and for the next two years he paid his apartment rent with his paintings. In 1935, he found work with the WPA where he painted murals and partnered up with longtime friend Willem de Kooning in 1939 on a mural for the Hall of Pharmacy at the New York World’s Fair. Their friendship lasted for the rest of their lives. In the mid-30’s he painted in Mexico and the Yucatán documenting the construction of a U.S. Naval airbase on Tinian Island. It was from this airbase that the Enola...
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1920s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Flowers With Butterflies - Oil Painting by Claude Decamps - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Flowers With Butterflies is a painting realized by Claude Decamps in the 1970s Oil painting on cardboard canvas. Hand-signed on the lower. Good condi...
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Girl With The Glasses 1960's Stylised Portrait Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Girl With The Glasses, Impressionist Stylised Portrait, Signed Oil Painting British School, circa 1969 Initialled and dated '69 by the artist on the lower right hand corner Oil p...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

FLORECIENDO
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
oil and acrylic painting, mixed media, figurative, pattern, modern, surreal, mandala, relaxing, inspirational
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

"Portrait of a Woman with Red Hat, Paris, " Isabella Howland
Located in New York, NY
Isabella Howland Portrait of a Woman, Paris, 1925 Oil on canvas laid on board 19 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches Provenance: Hammer Galleries, New York Private C...
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1920s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Stunning Mid Century French Portrait of Young Lady, signed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, indistinctly signed lower right corner. Title: Portrait of a Young Girl Medium: oil on canvas, framed Framed: 23.5 x 17 inches Pa...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Figurative landscape oil painting- Peace and Tranquility
Located in Beijing, CN
Dai Xiangwen was born in Hunan in 1991 and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Jianghan University, He is a member of China Artists Association, China Designers Association, a painter of Li Keran...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pensive Young Woman - Oil Paint by Giovanni Maria Mossa - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pensive young woman is an original modern artwork realized by the artist Giovanni Maria Mossa (1892-1973) in the early 20th Century. Mixed colored oil painting on board. Hand signe...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Yellow Flower Field
Located in Kansas City, MO
Genevieve Hamel Yellow Flower Field Oil on Canvas Year: 2021 Size: 48x30x1.5 Signed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1399
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Gondolas - Oil Paint by a follower of Bernardo Bellotto - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Gondolas on the Canale Grande, Venice is an old master artwork realized by a follower of Bernardo Bellotto in the Late 18th Century. Mixed colored o...
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Late 18th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

“Untitled”
Located in Southampton, NY
Early oil on canvas painting by the well known American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov done in the “Social Realism” period of the artist’s career. Signed lower left. Original artist inventory label on stretcher verso dates the painting to 1937. Condition of the painting is very good. The painting is housed in a contemporary version of a House of Heydenryk frame that measures overall 14.25 by 27.25 inches. Provenance: Estate of the artist Nahum Tschacbasov. Nahum Tschacbasov Biography : Russian-American artist Nahum Tschacbasov (1899-1984) is known for his cubo-surrealistic works which feature a strong psychological element. Some of his work bears a resemblance to work of another Russian-American artist--David Burliuk. He was somewhat of a late starter, moving to Paris in 1932 to study under Adolph Gottlieb, Marcel Gromaire and Fernand Leger. He had his first exhibition in Paris in 1934. He then returned to the US where he joined Rothko and Gottlieb at the Galery Seccession. He was one of the co-founders of The Ten, a group of social conscious abstract painters which included Rothko, Gottlieb, Joseph Solman and Ilya Bolotowsky, among others. In 1944, he began to work at Stanley Hayter's Atelier 17, a center for surrealistic ideas. Between 1936 and 1943, he had five one-man exhibitions at the ACA Galleries and participated in five group shows. He also exhibited at the Whitney, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Knox Albright Museum, the Chicago Institute of Fine Art and Corcoran, among others. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Met, the Whitney, the Brooklyn Museum and the Jewish Museum. Tschacbasov has been the subject of two recent retrospective at Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, NY and Arthur...
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1930s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Flowers I. Úbeda. Acrylic on canvas Field of flowers under a bright night sky
Located in Segovia, ES
Flowers I, Acrylic on canvas, (H) 70 x (W) 70 x (D) 3 cm. Author: Angel Luis Úbeda. Field of flowers under a bright night sky Night landscape to which a celestial light...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Figurative landscape oil painting- Old time
Located in Beijing, CN
Dai Xiangwen was born in Hunan in 1991 and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Jianghan University, He is a member of China Artists Association, China Designers Association, a painter of Li Keran...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The worried bather
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
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1930s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

'Green Village Market, Bleecker Street', Manhattan, New York, Grisaille Diptych
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A very large American School diptych showing this vintage Greenwich Village landmark with various pedestrians passing by as an assistant arranges the produce...
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

FANTASÍA PERSA
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
Mixed painting with acrylics and oils, figurative, modern, surreal, wonderful, relaxing to admire, includes frame with silver leaf
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

SLR
By Milton Figen
Located in Surfside, FL
Milton Figen 'SLR', Mid-Century Modernist Figurative Acrylic on Paper, SIGNED.
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic

French street scene mid-20th century oil painting by Angela Stones
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you want. Angela Stones (1914 - 1995) French Street Scene Oil on board 56 x 41 cm A delightful mid-century oil painting. A couple and their dog meander down a cobbled French lane under a bright blue sky. Stones was educated at the Chelsea School of Art, and was a member of an artistic dynasty. Her mother Dorothy Bradshaw (1893 - 1983) studied under Jack Merriott – the artist famous for his British Rail posters...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

French Modernist Oil Provencal Mas Bright Color Fields Original
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 an...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Shadows Round The Bonfire Eleanor Woolley, Figurative Painting, Contemporary Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Shadows round the Bonfire by Eleanor Woolley [November 2022] Shadows Round the Bonfire is an Original Painting by Eleanor Woolley. Inspired by this years local bonfire Shadows round...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

MIRADA
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
oil and acrylic painting, mixed media, figurative, modern, surreal, inspirational with wooden frame with gold leaf
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Landscape - Oil Painting by Kurt Schwitters - 1936
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a modern artwork realized by Kurt Schwitters in 1936. Mixed colored oil on canvas. Signed with monogram and dated on the lower right rec...
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1930s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Nude Musicians" WPA Mid 20th Century American Modernism LGBT Social Realism Gay
Located in New York, NY
Carl Gustaf Simon Nelson, American (1898-1988) "Nude Musicians," 30 x 35 inches, oil on canvas Signed and dated 1938 signature lower right. Provenance: Collection of Seymour Stein Bio Carl Gustaf Simon Nelson (1898 - 1988) A painter, graphic artist and teacher whose paintingfocus was color and content landscapes, Nelson at age five immigrated with his family to Sioux City, Iowa from Sweden in 1903. He studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts* from 1920 to 1921, then at the Art Students League* in New York from 1923 to 1927 with Kimon Nicolaides and Kenneth Hayes Miller. He taught at the American Peoples School of New York, an adult education project; at the Cambridge School of Design from 1948 to 1952; and finally at the Boston YMCA until 1968. His work was exhibited at the Carnegie...
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1930s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Costume - Original Painting by Alkis Matheos - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Costume is an original painting artwork in mixed media, tempera and watercolor on paper realized by the Greek-French artist Alkis Matheos. Good conditio...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Tempera, Watercolor, Mixed Media

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