Boris Kochno
1960s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1950s Modern Portrait Prints
Lithograph
1930s Modern More Art
Paper, Ink
1930s Art Deco Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pen
1920s Modern More Art
Lithograph, Offset, Paper
1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1930s Modern More Art
Paper, Ink
1930s More Art
Paper
People Also Browsed
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Benches
Fabric, Velvet, Lacquer, Wood
1960s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1980s Cubist Portrait Prints
Lithograph
1960s Modern Mixed Media
Offset, Lithograph
Early 20th Century British Other Drawings
Vintage 1950s French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Screen
1960s Cubist Animal Prints
Lithograph
2010s Street Art Figurative Prints
Screen, Paper, Watercolor
1950s Modern More Prints
Lithograph
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography
Archival Pigment
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Carbon Pencil
1960s Animal Prints
Lithograph
1960s Modern Nude Prints
Etching
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Paint
Recent Sales
1920s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
Mid-20th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor
1950s Modern Portrait Prints
Lithograph
1950s Modern Portrait Prints
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints
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1950s Modern Portrait Prints
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1960s Modern Portrait Prints
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A Close Look at Modern Art
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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