Twa Chicago
Vintage 1950s American Posters
Linen, Paper
1960s American Modern Animal Prints
Offset
1960s American Modern Landscape Prints
Offset
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Oil, Panel
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Masonite, Oil
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Oil, Panel
Vintage 1980s Modern Decorative Art
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Masonite, Oil
Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Oil, Masonite
Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Oil, Panel
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Oil, Panel
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Oil, Panel
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Oil, Panel
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Oil, Panel
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Oil, Panel
Early 2000s American Modern Sofas
Stainless Steel
Early 2000s American Modern Sofas
Stainless Steel
Early 2000s American Modern Sofas
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Prints
Offset
Vintage 1960s American Posters
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Vintage 1980s Expressionist Paintings
Canvas, Paint
1960s American Modern Landscape Prints
Offset
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings
Oil, Masonite
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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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