Jean Claude Mobius
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
People Also Browsed
Antique Late 19th Century English Regency Doors and Gates
Glass, Wood, Pine
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Screen, Pencil
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Gesso, Acrylic, Handmade Paper, Ink
Vintage 1950s Tunisian Art Deco Paintings
Wood, Paint
1960s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil, Fiberboard
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
20th Century Bauhaus Mixed Media
Paper, Gouache
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Acrylic, Watercolor
1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Archival Pigment, Rice Paper, Digital Pigment, Digital
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
1950s Modern Landscape Prints
Lithograph
20th Century Books
Paper
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil Pastel, Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
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20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Lithograph
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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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