Giorgio Wenter Marini
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Pencil
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Woodcut
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Woodcut
1850s Modern Figurative Prints
Woodcut
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Woodcut
1850s Modern Figurative Prints
Woodcut
20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Etching
20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Etching
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Antique 16th Century Maps
Paper
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Steel
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Steel, Metal, Copper
Antique Early 1900s French Edwardian Paintings
Paint
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Screen
Early 1800s Animal Prints
Color, Etching
2010s English Wallpaper
Paper
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Bronze
Antique 1880s Spanish Rococo Paintings
Canvas, Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Club Chairs
Walnut
Antique 1890s Prints
Paper
Antique 19th Century American Tableware
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Mid-19th Century Prints
Paper
Vintage 1980s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Stone
Vintage 1960s French Decorative Art
Paper
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Engraving
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20th Century Italian Sculptures
Bronze
Vintage 1930s Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Etching
Vintage 1970s Italian Screens and Room Dividers
Wood
20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Etching
1950s Modern Animal Prints
Lithograph
1950s Modern Animal Prints
Lithograph
1960s Modern Abstract Prints
Lithograph
20th Century Italian Cabinets
Wood
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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