Modern Abstract 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
Arctic Light - Orange Sun
By Karl Zerbe
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Arctic Light-Orange Sun
Unsigned
Gouache on Japanese fibrous paper
Series: Tundra Paintings
Exhibited: Karl Zerbe, Gouaches of the Artic
Nordness Gallery, (Madison...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Stairs, Shelter Island" purple and pink landscape of stairs down to the beach
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Stairs, Shelter Island" is a purple, blue, and pink landscape of stairs down to the beach. Carmody made the horizon line much higher than what would be technically "accurate" in ord...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
UN Poster Design American Scene Mid 20th Century Modernism WPA World Peace
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
UN Poster Design American Scene Mid 20th Century Modernism WPA World Peace
Jo Cain (1904 – 2003)
We Are All Members of the Human Race: UN Poster Proposal
21 x...
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Board, Egg Tempera
"Abode I" Drawing 20" x 12" inch (1967) by El Hussein Fawzi
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abode I" Drawing 20" x 12" inch (1967) by El Hussein Fawzi
Signed and dated.
1967
EL HUSSEIN FAWZI: (1905-1999). Born in Helmia district, Cairo on 4 September 1905, El Hussein Fawzi was known in Egypt and the Middle Eastern his pioneering work in the field of journalistic graphic arts. Fawzibegan his artistic studies in 1922 at the School of Fine Arts, studying oil painting. He won the first prize at an art competition for which he received an art fellowship in 1928 and entered the printing school in Paris, from which he received a lithography diploma in 1932. He also studied lithography at the Estienne School in Paris.
He was an artist and professor of oil painting before joining the ParisHigher School of Arts and Decoration from which he received a diploma in1933. Fawzi was also awarded an honorary degree for an oil painting exhibited at the 1939 French Salon. Although Fawzi’s fame was as an agraphic artist he also had an active career in the fine arts. Upon his return to Egypt, he founded the Department of Graphic Arts at the Faculty of Fine Arts and later was appointed director of the department, a position he held until his retirement. He made lots of illustrations for two books by Naguib Mahfouz that were published in the Al Ahram newspaper and also made drawings of all the big mosques of Egypt that were publishedin two big books...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard
"If not now when" Abstract Painting 85" x 76" inch by Patricio Gonzalez
Located in Culver City, CA
"If not now when" Abstract Painting 85" x 76" inch by Patricio Gonzalez
Oil and gold leaves on cargo blanket
From "Looking for Happiness" series
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
"Shelter Island Evening" blue and green seascape of a harbor - oil painting
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Shelter Island Evening" is a blue and green oil painting of a Northeastern American harbor.
Kelly Carmody’s work has been widely exhibited and collected. One of her major figurati...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Antique American Modernist Trompe L"Oeil Window Modernist City View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century modernist view thru a window by Alan Peters. Great color and composition. Framed. Oil on canvas.
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th Century French Modernist Signed Oil Rolling Waves at Sea Turquoise & Purple
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Sea
by Louis Eugene Glasser (French b. 1897)
signed
oil on board, framed
framed: 22.5 x 29.5 inches
board: 17.5 x 24.5 inches
provenance: priv...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
FLORAL
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Painting made 100% by hand, with many details and corners to explore, like a true garden full of wealth and different essences.
Original unique piece hand painted
Ready to hang
Shi...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Coral Reef Original Abstracted Composition
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Abstracted Composition of Coral Reef by Dave Francis
Unique and vivid abstracted composition of coral reef by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018)...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Laid Paper
ABSTRACT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
3 paintings included, 21x29,7cm each painting
Painting made 100% by hand
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on watercolor paper
Shipped from Italy
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
ABSTRACT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
3 paintings included, 21x29,7cm each painting
Painting made 100% by hand
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on watercolor paper
Shipped from Italy
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
ABSTRACT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
3 paintings included, 21x29,7cm each painting
Painting made 100% by hand
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on watercolor paper
Shipped from Italy
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
ABSTRACT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
3 paintings included, 21x29,7cm each painting
Painting made 100% by hand
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on watercolor paper
Shipped from Italy
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
ABSTRACT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
3 paintings included, 21x29,7cm each painting
Painting made 100% by hand
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on watercolor paper
Shipped from Italy
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
ABSTRACT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
3 paintings included, 21x29,7cm each painting
Painting made 100% by hand
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on watercolor paper
Shipped from Italy
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
ABSTRACT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
3 paintings included, 21x29,7cm each painting
Painting made 100% by hand
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on watercolor paper
Shipped from Italy
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
ABSTRACT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
3 paintings included, 21x29,7cm each painting
Painting made 100% by hand
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on watercolor paper
Shipped from Italy
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
ABSTRACT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
4 paintings included, 20x20cm each painting
Painting made 100% by hand
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on watercolor paper
Shipped from Italy
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
ABSTRACT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
4 paintings included, 20x20cm each painting
Painting made 100% by hand
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on watercolor paper
Shipped from Italy
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
ABSTRACT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
4 paintings included, 20x20cm each painting
Painting made 100% by hand
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on watercolor paper
Shipped from Italy
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
ABSTRACT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
4 paintings included, 20x20cm each painting
Painting made 100% by hand
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on watercolor paper
Shipped from Italy
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
ABSTRACT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
4 paintings included, 20x20cm each painting
Painting made 100% by hand
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on watercolor paper
Shipped from Italy
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
ABSTRACT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
2 paintings included, 21x29,7cm each painting
Painting made 100% by hand
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on watercolor paper
Shipped from Italy
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
ABSTRACT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
2 paintings included, 21x29,7cm each painting
Painting made 100% by hand
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on watercolor paper
Shipped from Italy
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
ABSTRACT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
3 paintings included, 20x20cm each painting
Painting made 100% by hand
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on watercolor paper
Shipped from Italy
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Antique American Modernist Summer Beach Scene Framed Hamptons Ocean Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive mid 20th century beach scene. Great colors. Nice vintage frame. Oil on board. No signature found. Image size, 12H x16L.
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
FLORAL
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Painting made 100% by hand, with many details and corners to explore, like a true garden full of wealth and different essences.
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on board
...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
FLORAL
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Painting made 100% by hand, with many details and corners to explore, like a true garden full of wealth and different essences.
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on board
...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
'Avon Walk no2', mixed media original, signed painting circa 2005
Located in Frome, Somerset
An original signed painting by Andy Gradwell.
Mixed media on paper.
The piece is a study of time and movement focused on walks along The River Avon between the City of Bath and Bradf...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
FLORAL
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Painting made 100% by hand, with many details and corners to explore, like a true garden full of wealth and different essences.
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on board
...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Original Florida Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. No signature found. Displayed in a period frame. Image, 30"...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Horst Kalinowski Abstract Collage Assemblage Mixed Media Sculpture Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Horst Egon Kalinowski (German, 1924-2013).
Mixed media assemblage collage
Divan Ophidian.
Hand signed in marker upper right and dated 82 Bagnols-en-Foret, Titled upper left.
Add...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Textile, Paint, Mixed Media, Board
Cosmos and Tree Original Abstracted Composition
Located in Soquel, CA
The Cosmos and Tree - Original Abstracted Composition by Dave Francis
Unique and thought-provoking abstracted composition with cosmos and oak tree by California artist Charles "Dave...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Laid Paper, Paper
FLORAL
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Painting made 100% by hand, with many details and corners to explore, like a true garden full of wealth and different essences.
Original unique piece hand painted
Ready to hang
Shi...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Composition 20 - Original Painting by Clément Kons - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition 20 is an original painting realized by Clément Kons (1879-1956).
The artwork is on tempera, in very good conditions and mounted on a cardboard (49x34).
Image Dimension...
Category
1920s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
"Orange Clouds" American contemporary seascape with sailboat, evening
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Orange Clouds" is an American Modern contemporary seascape with sailboat, evening.
Kelly Carmody’s work has been widely exhibited and collected. One of her major figurative works w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel, Board
Vintage American Modernist Surreal Dry Dock Boat Scene Signed Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted modernist dry dock boat landscape by Karl Soderlund (Born 1962). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category
1990s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
" Le Chien à la Lune. "
By André Verdet
Located in CANNES, FR
André Verdet ( 1913 - 2004 ) . Artiste français né à Nice (alpes maritimes ) mort à Saint Paul de Vence .
poète , peintre , sculpteur , céramiste , mus...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Casein
Distant Thoughts (Gestural Abstract, Pastel, Toned-Down, ~43% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kelley Carman
Distant Thoughts (Gestural Abstract, Pastel, Toned-Down, Pink, Gray)
Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 2024
Size: 11.5 x 15.5 inches
Framed Size: 18 x 22 inches
Signed and titled...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fantasy Floral Jungle - Abstract Painting - Modern Art By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
A floral, but instead of a vase it finds itself in a jungle setting. Rich reds weave amongst the large green leaves and white flowers creating fullness for this tropical jungle
Fant...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Untitled"
By Sidney E. Zimmerman
Located in Southampton, NY
Sidney E.Zimmerman
USA (1926-2007) studied at the Brooklyn a Museum of Art after returning from Europe during WWII. In 1950, he studied with Morris Kantor and Vaclav Vytlacil at the ...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid Century Original Abstract Expressionism -- Sierra Mountains Cabin Landscape
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Sierra Mountain Cabin Abstract Expressionist Landscape
Original acrylic painting depicting a cabin in the Sierra Mountains by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985), circa 1950....
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Red Floral - Oil Paint By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Right as red, this painting is delicious with color. And that accent of the blue/green leaf is just the perfect accent.
Red Floral - Oil Paint By Marc Zimmerman
This masterpiece is...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modernist Persian Iranian Middle Eastern Abstract Fereydoun Assa Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Fereydoun (Fred) Rahimi Assa (Iranian, b. 1936)
"Lonely Soul in Desert"
Oil and mixed media on canvas, Hand signed lower left
Framed : 40-1/2"h x 30-1/2"w
Sight: 40"h x 30"w Made with metallic foil or paint, the patchwork-like piece bears geometric designs and symbols.
Born in Baku, Azerbaijan, Fereydoun Rahimi Assa (b. 1936) moved to Tehran at the age of three. He attended the College of Decorative Arts, Tehran in the same year group as well-known formidable masters, Hossein Zenderoudi and Massoud Arabshahi.
After being awarded a travelling scholarship in 1964, Rahimi-Assa went to Israel for three months of study. Although Rahimi-Assa saw success through the several exhibitions he held in Israel, unable to secure a long-term visa and not keen to return to Iran, he found himself in the US – in no small part, thanks to the help of Eric Azari in obtaining a long-term residency visa.
Fred Rahimi-Assa went first to New York and later settled in New Jersey. While in New York, he worked in some capacity at Columbia University’s Painting department where he also exhibited several times, including a solo show in 1968. In the same year, Rahimi-Assa participated in a group exhibition of Modern Persian painting, sponsored by the Centre for Iranian Studies at Columbia University – founded that year by Professor Ehsan Yarshater (Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies, Columbia University). After moving out of the City, to New Jersey in the 1970s, Rahimi Asa continued to exhibit with local institutes and organized art seminars in the homes of various artists.
His work was included in the Middle East auction held by Sotheby's. It includes pioneering artists such as Egyptian Mahmoud Mokhtar, Moroccan modernism, Mohamed Melehi...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Foil
The Window 295 - Modern Resin Artwork
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Man with a Glass of Wine - Painting by Adriano De Laurentis - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Man with a Glass of Wine - is a modern artwork realized by the painter Adriano De Laurentis.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Includes frame.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Signed French Modernist Moulin Rouge Paris School Framed Charming Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century French street scene. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Framed Cityscape Original Surreal Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century modern architectural painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Geometric Abstract Acrylic Painting - Suburban Blocks
Located in Bristol, GB
SUBURBAN BLOCKS
Size: 63 x 76.5 cm 24.8 x 30.1 inches (including frame)
Acrylic on Canvas
In this lively painting executed in acrylic onto canvas, the artist explores the essence...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Flowers on Green Background - Oil Paint - 2013
Located in Roma, IT
Flowers on green background is an artwork realized by an unknown artist in 2013.
Mixed colored oil painting.
Includes frame.
Signature by the artist and dediation on the lower mar...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Still Life with Strings', Italian School (circa 1940s)
Located in London, GB
'Still Life with Strings', ink and pencil on paper, from the Italian School of artists (circa 1940s). This gallery acquired this artwork with two similar works for which this one may...
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pencil
Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Abstract Seascape Oil Painting - Coastal Splendour
Located in Bristol, GB
COASTAL SPLENDOUR
Size: 35 x 43 cm 13.8 x 16.9 inches (including frame)
Oil on Board
A mesmerising mid-century abstract coastal landscape where earth, sea, and sky converge in a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Still Life of Colorful Flowers
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...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
SERENITY
Located in THOMERY, FR
"Serenity" is a captivating artwork that invites viewers to immerse themselves in the tranquility of a beautiful sunset painting with flowers. Created using acrylic on a 50 x 50 cm c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled - Oil Paint by Mario Guglielmotti - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a modern artwork realized by Mario Guglielmotti.
Mixed media on canvas.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Includes frame
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sunset In Mecox Bay Signed Hamptons Long Island Beach Scene Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive large American modernist beach scene by Barbara J. Sussman. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Signed Israeli American Modernist Beach Scene Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract landscape painting by Abraham Pariente. Oil on canvas, circa 1990. Signed. Displayed in a giltwood impressionist frame.
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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