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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
City Scape, Ovoid Geometrical Abstract Green & Brown Structures
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) City Scape, 1978 Acrylic on scintilla Signed and dated lower right 30 x 22 inches A surrealist mid-century figural abstract painting....
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Hospitalities Long Past, 1940s Oil Painting of Store Front
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Hospitalities Long Past, 1941 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right 37 x 27 inches "Looking into store front windows has always i...
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1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

'In the Sycamore', Large Figural Oil, Carmel, California Woman Artist, Muralist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Caswell' for Helen Rayburn Caswell (American, 1923-2018) and painted circa 1955. A substantial, mid-century figural oil by this listed California woman artist who showed her talent at an early age. In Saratoga, Caswell began a successful career as an artist and portrait painter, displaying in galleries in Carmel and teaching artist workshops. In addition to her work as a fine artist and portrait painter, Helen wrote and illustrated over 30 books for children and adults. In 1981, Helen moved to Occidental in Sonoma County where, in addition to continuing to paint and teach, she designed stained glass windows for the Sebastopol United Methodist Church. She was also commissioned to paint numerous murals including at St. Ignatius Church in San Francisco and for the Elizabeth Seton Center in Menlo Park.
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Woman - Painting by Eliseu Visconti - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an original modern artwork realized by Eliseu Visconti (1866-1944) in 1930. Mixed colored oil painting. Hand signed and dated on the lower margin.
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1930s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Paint

Abstract Figure - Painting by Behçet Safa - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Figure is an original contemporary artwork realized by the artist Behçet Safa (1934-2018). Mixed colored oil on canvas. Hand signed and dated on the back.
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Paint

Lady with Harp - Oil Paint by Symbolist Painter - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lady with harp is a modern artwork realized by Symbolist Painter of late 19 Century. Symbolistic painting of a lady with harp standing on a rock by the sea. Mixed colored oil on ca...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

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

Prozession
Located in Wien, 9
Grete Copony attended various art schools in Germany, such as with Moritz Heymann in Munich and the drawing and painting school of the Association of Berlin Women Artists, and the Budapest Art...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Torso No. 1, Mid-Century Figural Abstract Acrylic Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Torso No. 1, 1967 Acrylic on paper Signed and dated upper right 15 x10 inches 24 x 20 inches, framed A mid-century figural abstract painting. 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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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Greek Figure Swarmed By Creatures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Greek Figures by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original gouache on card size: 19 x 17.5 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed pr...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

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

Rabbi in Jerusalem, Oil Painting Austrian Israeli Modernist Tel Aviv Museum
Located in Surfside, FL
ARIEH ALLWEIL [ARIE ALWEIL] 1901-1967 Galicia 1901-1967 Safed, Israel (Ukranian/Polish/Israeli) Arieh Allweil, born 1901, Galicia. Immigrated to Palestine in1920. Studies: 1921-25 Art Academy, Vienna; Dresden Academy. ALlweil brought with him the high values of the Central European avant-garde, which he had absorbed during his years of study in Vienna. He joined the ‘Kunstschau’ group- of artists that had formed around Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele. He exhibited with them in the 1920’s, and emigrated to Palestine in 1926. He was one of the founders of the Tel Aviv Art Museum and the Midrasha Art Teachers College in Israel. As opposed to other modern Israeli artists in his period, Allweil's woodcuts and illustrations pertained to contemporary events such as the Holocaust and the pioneering spirit before the establishment of the State of Israel. Most notable is this work as well as the first illustrated Passover Haggada for the IDF which he made in 1950 and which was printed for 3 years with his inspirational woodcut illustrations. He published a series of linoleum cuts of Israeli and Biblical subjects and created large scale murals of the Holocaust. Teaching: In Israel, art. Prizes: Received Dizengoff Prize twice; 1955 Turov Prize for Bible Illustrations. Published series of linoleum cuts of Israeli and Biblical subjects, also illustrated a Passover Haggada and large scale murals of Holocaust. From 1952 until his death lived in Tel Aviv and in Safed in summer. Died 1967, Safed. Education 1921-25 Art Academy, Vienna, Austria 1921-25 Dresden Academy, Germany Teaching Herzliyah Gymnasium High-School, Israel, art. Tel Aviv High School Awards And Prizes 1937 Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Tel Aviv Museum...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Golden Cycle Mill, Colorado, 1940s WPA Mining Watercolor Landscape, Black White
Located in Denver, CO
Original 1940s watercolor on paper painting by Charles Ragland Bunnell portraying a semi abstracted view of Golden Cycle Mill in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Painted in shades of black and gray. Presented in a custom black frame, outer dimensions measure 18 x 19 ½ x 1 ⅜ inches. Image sight size is 8 ⅛ x 9 ⅝ inches. Golden Cycle Mining and Reduction Company was a mining company in Colorado City (now Old Colorado City) in El Paso County, Colorado. Piece is clean and in excellent condition - please contact us for a detailed condition report. Expedited and international shipping is available - please contact us for a quote. About the artist: Artist and teacher, Charles (“Charlie”) Bunnell worked in a variety of styles throughout his career because as an artist he believed, “I’ve got to paint a thousand different ways. I don’t paint any one way.” At different times he did representational landscapes while concurrently involved with semi- or completely abstract imagery. He was one of a relatively small number of artists in Colorado successfully incorporating into their work the new trends emanating from New York and Europe after World War II. During his lifetime he generally did not attract a great deal of critical attention from museums, critics and academia. However, he personally experienced a highpoint in his career when Katherine Kuh, curator at the Art Institute of Chicago, personally chose one of his paintings – Why? - for its large exhibition of several hundred examples of abstract and surrealist art held in 1947-48, subsequently including it among the fifty pieces selected for a traveling show to ten other American museums. An only child, Bunnell developed his love of art at a young age through frequent drawing and political cartooning. In high school he was interested in baseball and golf and also was the tennis champion for Westport High School in Kansas City. Following graduation, his father moved the family to Denver, Colorado, in 1916 for a better-paying bookkeeping job, before relocating the following year to Colorado Springs to work for local businessman, Edmond C. van Diest, President of the Western Public Service Company and the Colorado Concrete Company. Bunnell would spend almost all of his adult life in Colorado Springs. In 1918 he enlisted in the United States Army, serving in the 62nd Infantry Regiment through the end of World War I. Returning home with a 10% disability, he joined the Zebulon Pike Post No. 1 of the Disabled American Veterans Association and in 1921 used the benefits from his disability to attend a class in commercial art design conducted under a government program in Colorado Springs. The following year he transferred to the Broadmoor Art Academy (founded in 1919) where he studied with William Potter and in 1923 with Birger Sandzén. Sandzén’s influence is reflected in Bunnell’s untitled Colorado landscape (1925) with a bright blue-rose palette. For several years thereafter Bunnell worked independently until returning to the Broadmoor Art Academy to study in 1927-28 with Ernest Lawson, who previously taught at the Kansas City Art Institute where Bunnell himself later taught in the summers of 1929-1930 and in 1940-41. Lawson, a landscapist and colorist, was known for his early twentieth-century connection with “The Eight” in New York, a group of forward-looking painters including Robert Henri and John Sloan whose subject matter combined a modernist style with urban-based realism. Bunnell, who won first-place awards in Lawson’s landscapes classes at the Academy, was promoted to his assistant instructor for the figure classes in the 1928-29 winter term. Lawson, who painted in what New York critic James Huneker termed a “crushed jewel” technique, enjoyed additional recognition as a member of the Committee on Foreign Exhibits that helped organize the landmark New York Armory Exhibition in 1913 in which Lawson showed and which introduced European avant-garde art to the American public. As noted in his 1964 interview for the Archives of American Art in Washington, DC, Bunnell learned the most about his teacher’s use of color by talking with him about it over Scotch as his assistant instructor. “Believe me,” Bunnell later said, “[Ernie] knew color, one of the few Americans that did.” His association with Lawson resulted in local scenes of Pikes Peak, Eleven Mile Canyon, the Gold Cycle Mine near Colorado City and other similar sites, employing built up pigments that allowed the surfaces of his canvases to shimmer with color and light. (Eleven Mile Canyon was shown in the annual juried show at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh in 1928, an early recognition of his talent outside of Colorado.) At the same time, he animated his scenes of Colorado Springs locales by defining the image shapes with color and line as demonstrated in Contrasts (1929). Included in the Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition in Kansas City in 1929, it earned him the gold medal of the Kansas City Art Institute, auguring his career as a professional artist. In the 1930s Bunnell used the oil, watercolor and lithography media to create a mini-genre of Colorado’s old mining towns and mills, subject matter spurned by many local artists at the time in favor of grand mountain scenery. In contrast to his earlier images, these newer ones – both daytime and nocturnal -- such as Blue Bird Mine essentially are form studies. The conical, square and rectangular shapes of the buildings and other structures are placed in the stark, undulating terrain of the mountains and valleys devoid of any vegetation or human presence. In the mid-1930s he also used the same approach in his monochromatic lithographs titled Evolution, Late Evening, K.C. (Kansas City) and The Mill, continuing it into the next decade with his oil painting, Pikes Peak (1942). During the early 1930s he studied for a time with Boardman Robinson, director of the Broadmoor Art Academy and its successor institution, the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center from 1930 to 1947. In 1934 Robinson gave him the mural commission under the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) for West Junior High School in Colorado Springs, his first involvement in one of several New Deal art...
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1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

1950s "Too Much" Mid Century Nude Gouache Painting
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedman Opper Too Much c. 1940-1950's Gouache on Paper 15" x 18", framed wood gallery frame float mount 21.5"x19.5" From the estate of Ruth Friedmann Opper & Jerry Opper. Ruth was the daughter of Bauhaus artist, Gustav Friedmann. San Francisco Abstract Expression A free-spirited wave of creative energy swept through the San Francisco art community after World War II. Challenging accepted modes of painting, Abstract Expressionists produced highly experimental works that jolted the public out of its postwar complacency. Abstract Expressionism resulted from a broad collective impulse rather than the inspiration of a small band of New York artists. Documenting the interchanges between the East and West Coasts, she cites areas of mutual influence and shows the impact of San Francisco on the New York School, including artists such as Mark Rothko and Ad Reinhardt. San Francisco's Beat poets...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

Exuberance. Green and leafy landscape. Modern acrylic figurative painting.
Located in Segovia, ES
Exuberance (Exuberancia). Green and leafy landscape. Acrylic and mixed media on panel, 82x60x3.5 cm. Author: Spanish artist Ángel Luis Úbeda. Exuber...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Panel

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

Madonna with Child - Oil on Chipboard - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Madonna with Child is an original modern artwork realized by Artist of 20th century in 1969 Mixed colored oil on Chipboard. Hand signed and dated on the lower margin. Good conditi...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

French Modernist Signed Painting Portrait of Blue Eyed Young Girl in Red Jacket
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020), signed lower front and inscribed verso Ginet-Lasnier, the wife of the painter Jean Lasnier, was born in the Seine-Maritime...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Still Life with Bottles, Onions and Vase - Oil Paint - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still life with bottles, onions and vases is an original modern artwork realized by an italian artist in the mid-20th Century. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Hand signed on ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Future
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Fidan Kim (1997-present) It is with great pride that we present the original art of Azerbaijan/American artist Fidan Kim. Ms. Kim is a classically trained painter whose paintings evoke the surreal nature of life as seen through the feminine perspective. Fidan's paintings have been extensively exhibited and sold internationally including exhibitions in Shanghai, Paris and New York, Ms. Kim is now residing and painting in the United States. We are proud to announce that Fidan Kim has been invited to exhibit her paintings at the Biennale Arte 2022 in Venice, Italy. "The Future...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Eye of the Desert, Figural Abstract collage, Surrealist Black & Brown painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Eye of the Desert, 1965 Collage, graphite and gouache on paper Signed and dated lower right 16 x 12 inches 25 x 21 inches, framed A mid-century figural abstract painting. 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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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Graphite

Mosque in Constantinople - Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Mosque in Constantinople is an original artwork realized in the mid-20th century, and attributed to Gustavo Francalancia. Original mixed colored tempera and watercolor on plywood. ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Tempera, Watercolor

Lavender Fields Provence Original French Modernist Contemporary 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 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

Chromatic, Ovoid Head, Geometric Figurative Abstract Acrylic & Collage Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Chromatic, 1965 Acrylic and collage on scintilla Signed and dated upper right 30 x 22 inches A surrealist mid-century figural abstrac...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

1950's Modernist/Cubist Painting Nude Female Portrait With Blue Shadow
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Nude by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original gouache on paper size: 14 x 10.5 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed pro...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Thought by Irma Hediger - Watercolor on paper 15x25 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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1980s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Mother and Child Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Figure by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original gouache on paper, mounted on card size: 17 x 11.5 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed provenance: t...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Flowers - Oil Paint by Carlo Corsetti - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Flowers is an original modern artwork realized by Carlo Corsetti in the 1970s. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Includes frame (fair conditions): 70 x 5 x 58 cm Hand signed o...
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

1950s "Ms. Y" Mid Century Figurative Painting University of Paris
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy "Ms.Y" c. 1950s Gouache and oil pastel on paper 14" x 17" unframed Unsigned Came from artist's estate Donald Stacy (1925-2011) New Jersey S...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Paper, Gouache

Cute Cow Milks into Bottle. Mid Century Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
George Giusti is in the Art Directors Hall of Fame. George Giusti’s graphic designs and illustrations have graced the covers of Time, Fortune, Holiday. He collaborated with Herbert ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

"Sophisticated Ladies" Colorful Modern Abstract Figurative Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract figurative portrait painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features a central pair of well dressed female figures in 1920s flapper inspired outfits set...
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1990s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Golden Fields in Provence French Post-Impressionist Signed Oil
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

In the Window, Ovoid Shapes Floating Through Windows
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) In the Window, 1973 Acrylic and collage on scintilla Signed and dated lower right 30 x 22 inches A surrealist mid-century figural abs...
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Up the Avenue, Geometrical Ovoid Abstract Acrylic & Collage Cityscape
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Up the Avenue, 1979 Acrylic and collage on paper Signed and dated lower right 15 x 11 inches A surrealist mid-century figural abstract...
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Mixed Media

"The Visitor" Modern Abstract Figurative Portrait Painting of a Seated Man
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract figurative portrait painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features a central bearded male figure seated against a light background and a painted tan ...
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1980s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Panel

1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Green Eyed Girl Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Green Eye Girl by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original gouache on paper, mounted on card size: 16 x 13 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed provenance: th...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

"Risque Trout" Modern Abstract Yellow Figurative Nautical Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract figurative nautical landscape painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features a grouping of three elongated figures gathered next to a boat labeled "R...
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Torso No. 3, Mid-Century Figural Abstract Acrylic Painting, Ohio artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Torso No. 3, 1967 Acrylic on paper Signed and dated lower right 13 x 9 inches 21 x 17 inches A mid-century figural abstract painting. 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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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

"Couple Against Red" Modern Abstract Monotone Figurative Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract figurative portrait painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features a central male and female couple wearing red toned outfits set...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Oriental Scene - Oil Paint by Giulio Rosati - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oriental scene is an orientalist artwork realized by Giulio Rosati (1857 – 1917) . The artwork depicts an oriental palace with lady and horse rider in l...
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Ablaze, Ovoid Faces Looking Through Geometrical Windows
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Ablaze, 1973-79 Acrylic and collage on scintilla Signed and dated lower left 30 x 22 inches A surrealist mid-century figural abstract...
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Confederate Soldiers' Cemetery, Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio Watercolor
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Confederate Soldiers' Cemetery, Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, 1929 Watercolor on paper Signed and dated lowe...
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1920s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

"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

The Fortune Teller by Orovida Pissarro - Oil painting
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE The Fortune Teller by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm (23 ⁵/₈ x 28 ³/₄ inches) Signed and d...
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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

Quadratic, Mid-Century Ovoid Figural Abstract Acrylic & Collage with faces
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Quadratic, 1979 Acrylic and collage on textured paper Signed and dated lower right 30 x 22 inches 31.5 x 23.5 inches, framed A surreal...
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Transection No. 3, Ovoid Geometrical Figural Abstract Neon Acrylic Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Transection No. 3, 1972 Acrylic on paper Signed and dated upper right 30 x 22 inches Provenance: Collection of William H. Milliken Cl...
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

"Elegant Lady, Gold Brown" Modern Abstract Figurative Female Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract figurative portrait painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features a seated woman wearing a hat and elegant dress set against a neutral toned backgro...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

1950s "Cube Head" Mid Century Figurative Ink Wash Painting
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy "Cube Head" c.1950s Ink wash on Arches 15" x 20" unframed Came from artist's estate *Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expect framing time between 4...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink

The Dancers, French Late Mid Century Gouache on Textured Paper
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late Mid Century French watercolour and Gouache on handmade paper of a pair of dancers by Damien Hermellin. Signed and dated bottom right. Pres...
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

Meditation on African Sculpture, mid-century figural abstract painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Beni E. Kosh/Charles Elmer Harris (American, 1917-1993) Meditation on African Sculpture, 1957 Oil on found wood panel Signed and dated lower left 20 x 15 inches Charles Elmer Harris...
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Lively Paris street. 1973. Oil on canvas. 54 x 73cm
Located in Riga, LV
Lively Paris street. 1973. Oil on canvas. 54 x 73cm Hiro Yamagata was born near Kyoto, Japan, went to Paris to study art, and considers himself an American artist. In his Los Angeles studio, Yamagata paints minutely detailed scenes of Paris streets, cafes and parks. He captures the essence of the naif style by presenting life in simple terms, and the world in the happiest light. His creative synthesis of photorealist and neo-primitive techniques has won countless admirers and collectors. Yamagata's vision is unequivocally cheerful and his imagery is endlessly inventive. He works from a palette of over 100 shades of acrylic paints, and renders in exacting detail with brushes with as small as two hairs. Serigraphs of some of Yamagata's most popular paintings...
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico, 1970s Southwest Landscape Scene Gouache Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Acoma Pueble (New Mexico) is a gouache on paper painting by Wolfgang Pogzoba (1936-1982) from 1978 of a landscape and an adobe home over a cliff side in the town of Acoma Pueblo, NM. Presented in a custom frame, outer dimensions measure 22 ⅜ x 25 inches. Image size is 12 x 15 inches. The Acoma Pueblo is located approximately 60 miles west of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Painting is clean and in good condition - please contact us for a detailed condition report. Expedited and international shipping is available - please contact us for a quote. About the Artist: Wolfgang Pogzeba...
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Posed Nude FIgure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Figure by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original gouache on paper, mounted on card size: 17 x 11.5 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed provenance: t...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Untitled, Mixed Media on Paper, Red, Yellow by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Bijan Choudhury - Untitled - 7.6 x 10.6 inches (unframed size) Mixed Media on Paper ( UNFRAMED ALL IN DOOR DELIVERED ) Style : The Marxist orienta...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Flowers with Personages
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Flowers with Personages" c.1970 is an oil painting on paper by American artist Mary Zarbano, 1931-2019. It is signed at the lower right corn...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Mayor, Mid-Century Ovoid Figural Abstract Acrylic & Collage with Eye
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) The Mayor, 1979 Acrylic and collage on scintilla Signed lower right 30 x 22 inches A surrealist mid-century figural abstract painting....
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Sea and Rocks - Oil on Canvas by Gino Pira - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
Sea and rocks is an original artwork realized by Gino Pira in 1937. Original mixed colored oil painting on plywood. Hand-written dedication on the back. Beautiful and representati...
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1930s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

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