Discover angular landscapes and colorful abstract expressionist paintings in our collection of modern artwork. Working in acrylic and oil paint, UGallery artists draw on the spirit of experimentation and design that characterize modernism. Find one-of-a-kind modern- and mid-century-inspired paintings for sale in this hand-selected collection.
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Famous Artists and Modern Art
Unbeknownst to many, Modernist icon Edward Hopper began his formal study of art with a correspondence course. Transferring to the New York School of Art and Design, predecessor of Parsons School of Design, Hopper took the words of life class instructor Robert Henri (leader of the realism-focused Ashcan School) to heart. “It isn’t the subject that counts,” Henri said, “but what you feel about it.”
Hopper’s Nighthawks, 1942, which portrays four solitary, uncommunicative souls in an all-night Greenwich Village diner, is counted among the best known images of 20th century art. Recalling Henri’s charge to his class, the artist’s feelings about life in a big city are reflected in the subjects’ disconnection from one another. The deliberate omission of a door in and out is said to symbolize people’s separation from others in the world. Though records show the typically laconic Hopper claimed he never imbued his work with “symbols of human isolation and urban emptiness,” he readily admitted the isolation of living in large cities probably informed Nighthawks in an unconscious manner.
Modern Art Collectors
In May of 1942, four months after its completion, Hopper sold Nighthawks for the sum of $3,000 to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where it remains to this day. Seattle-area based luxury travel magnate, Build-A-Bear initial investor, and prolific Modern Art collector Barney Ebsworth acquired other Hopper paintings, including 1929’s Chop Suey. American art cataloguer Caroline Seabolt described the painting, where two women in the burgeoning female workforce sit opposite one another in the ubiquitous Chop Suey lunch venues of the era, as “having a special place in Hopper’s oeuvre…included in every major retrospective he has ever had.”
St. Louis-born Ebsworth’s exposure to art began in 1956 while stationed in France. Frequenting the Louvre, he developed an appreciation for the Old Masters. In the 1970s, he turned his eye to American Modernists, including Hopper and O’Keeffe, largely because they were artists he could afford. He amassed a collection,which grew to include hundreds of paintings from artists including Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning.
In 2007, Ebsworth promised 65 major artworks to the Seattle Art Museum (SAM), including Hopper’s legendary Chop Suey. Eleven years later, nearly 100 collected works valued between $261 and $364 million, including most or all of those promised to SAM (the fine details were not disclosed), were sold at a two-day Christie’s auction. According to news sources, the about face, which sent shockwaves through the museum and gallery worlds, remains a mystery, or at least a well-guarded secret, with museum officials declining to talk.
Sold by Christie’s for $91,875,000, Chop Suey set a world auction record, thereby deemed the most expensive work of pre-war American Art.
Artist Studio
The artists at UGallery find incentive and inspiration from their surroundings, each with his or her way of working. Read what modern artists Mandy Main and Scott Troxel have to say.
“I’m an art historian as well as an artist who works on six paintings at a time, with layers of paint and glazes, usually two per day with drying time in between. I paint in silence and total concentration. The paintings are with me constantly; I even work on them while I am sleeping.” - Mandy Main, Modern landscape painter
“I like to look at objects, emotions or colors and break them down to the root or essence of their abstract form. The way these abstract forms then interact with color, energy and balance on the canvas, form my technique. I like my art to stand out, but in a modern, refined way.” - Scott Troxel, Mid-century modern mixed media artist
Your personalized collection
All of these artworks were hand-selected by our curators to provide you exclusive access to the world of emerging art and artists. You can click the Heart icon to add each artwork to your Wishlist to save for later.
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Curator Pick
Karen Barton
Looking Fabulous
8", oil paintingx 10"
$500
New
Pat Doherty
Topped with Berries
18", oil paintingx 18"
$1,200
New
Pat Doherty
Three in a Row II
12", oil paintingx 12"
$575
Curator Pick
Scott Dykema
Golden Horn
48", mixed media artworkx 48"
$5,400
New
Javier Ortas
A Limousine
27.5", watercolor paintingx 19.5"
$1,900
New
Javier Ortas
William Tell’s Son
19.68", watercolor paintingx 13.77"
$1,175
New
Chus Galiano
Basic General Education
31.5", mixed media artworkx 31.5"
$1,600
Curator Pick
Malia Pettit
Dave as Davina
13.25", oil paintingx 13.25"
$1,700
New
Dowa Hattem
Calmness
31.49", oil paintingx 39.37"
$2,100
New
Pat Doherty
White Radish
12", oil paintingx 12"
$575
New
Nava Lundy
The Bronze Goddess
40", acrylic paintingx 40"
$3,575
Curator Pick
Jennifer Ross
I Love Paints
44", mixed media artworkx 20"
$1,600
New
Chus Galiano
Salad Bar
31.5", mixed media artworkx 31.5"
$1,600
Mitchell Freifeld
Carolina Pines
21", oil paintingx 40"
$1,275
Shari Lyon
Growth from the Past
18", encaustic artworkx 18"
$1,525
Pat Doherty
Mixed Fruit Tart
12", oil paintingx 12"
$575
Pat Doherty
Stacked Meringues
12", oil paintingx 12"
$575
Carey Parks
With Friends
10", acrylic paintingx 10"
$575
Carey Parks
Large Pink Bloom
20", acrylic paintingx 16"
$675
Carey Parks
Flowering Pinks
14", acrylic paintingx 11"
$575
Curator Pick
Chus Galiano
Le Méduse
39.4", mixed media artworkx 47.25"
$2,200
Javier Ortas
Intimacy
14", watercolor paintingx 19.5"
$1,200
Javier Ortas
A Doe
14", watercolor paintingx 19.5"
$1,200
Zeynep Genc
Capela do Monte Chapel
24", acrylic paintingx 30"
$1,925
Zeynep Genc
The Wall and the Tree
16", acrylic paintingx 20"
$900
Zeynep Genc
Exterior Space#1 Fall Foliage
16", acrylic paintingx 20"
$1,200
Zeynep Genc
Ocean View from Terrace - Diptych
24", acrylic paintingx 50"
$3,100
Zeynep Genc
Olive Tree and House
20", acrylic paintingx 24"
$1,350
Zeynep Genc
Interior Space#1 Windows
24", acrylic paintingx 18"
$1,000
Zeynep Genc
Trees in MoMA Sculpture Garden
18", acrylic paintingx 24"
$2,200
Zeynep Genc
Interior Space#2 Sea
24", acrylic paintingx 18"
$1,000
Curator Pick
Zeynep Genc
Serralves Contemporary Art Museum - Triptych
24", acrylic paintingx 54"
$3,675
Zeynep Genc
Exterior Space#2
20", acrylic paintingx 24"
$1,050
Mitchell Freifeld
The Gardens
32", oil paintingx 40"
$1,275
Pat Doherty
Artichoke 1
6", oil paintingx 6"
$225
Chus Galiano
Wanna Bag?
47.25", mixed media artworkx 39.4"
$2,200
Shari Lyon
Forest Calm
36", encaustic artworkx 24"
$2,700
Pat Doherty
Assorted Macarons
12", oil paintingx 12"
$575
Hadley Northrop
Moon River
7", oil paintingx 5"
$300
Pat Doherty
Princess Cakes
6", oil paintingx 6"
$225
Wenjie Jin
Window43
31.5", acrylic paintingx 39.83"
$1,175
Wenjie Jin
Window40
39.83", acrylic paintingx 31.5"
$1,400
Wenjie Jin
Window41
39.83", acrylic paintingx 31.5"
$1,300
Curator Pick
Wenjie Jin
Window16
60", acrylic paintingx 60"
$4,000
Chus Galiano
Da Vinci’s Beard (I)
23.6", mixed media artworkx 23.6"
$1,100
Chus Galiano
Tribute to Trios
39.4", mixed media artworkx 39.4"
$1,950
Pat Doherty
Three Varieties
8", oil paintingx 8"
$400
Curator Pick
Mitchell Freifeld
Place in the Sun
25", oil paintingx 30"
$700
Pat Doherty
Three co*cktail Olives
6", oil paintingx 6"
$225
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