Modern Art
MODERN STYLE
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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Style: Modern
Landscape - Etching by Henri Verget-Sarrat - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an etching realize in the mid-20th Century by Henri Verget-Sarrat.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Artist's proof. Full margins.
The artwork is realized through d...
Category
1930s Modern Art
Materials
Etching
The Arrest of Marie Antoinette - Etching by J. B. Verite-Late-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Arrest of Marie Antoinette is a rare etching realized by Jean Baptiste Verite in the Late-18th Century.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft...
Category
Late 18th Century Modern Art
Materials
Etching
Boats - Drawing by J. Boudal - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Boats is a drawing realized by Jean Boudal in the Mid-20th Century.
Tempera and watercolor on paper.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Watercolor, Tempera
Family - Etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Family is an etching realized by Bartolomeo Pinelli in the 19th Century.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
Category
19th Century Modern Art
Materials
Etching
Portrait - Etching by Ottavio Leoni - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an etching realized by Ottavio Leoni in the 19th Century.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
Category
19th Century Modern Art
Materials
Etching
Portrait - Etching by Ottavio Leoni - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an etching realized by Ottavio Leoni in the 19th Century.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
Category
19th Century Modern Art
Materials
Etching
Composition - Drawing by Nino Giuffrida - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a drawing realized by Mimo Giuffrida in the Mid-20th Century.
China ink on paper.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressiv...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Ink
Portrait - Lithograph by Francis Mockel - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an etching and aquatint realized by Francis Mockel in the 1970s.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Painter - Etching by Benoit Louis Prevost - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Painter is an etching realized by Benoit Louis Prevost in the 19th Century.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
Category
19th Century Modern Art
Materials
Etching
Portrait - Etching by Frederique O’Connell - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an etching realized by Frederique O’Connell in the 19th Century.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Etching
Composition - Drawing by Robert Schmidt - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a drawing realized by Robert Schmidt in the Mid-20th Century.
Oil pastel and watercolor on paper.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized throug...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Watercolor
Harlequin - Lithograph by Robert Fonitene - Mid-20th Century
By Robert Fontené
Located in Roma, IT
Harlequin is a Lithograph realized by Robert Fonitene in the Mid-20th Century.
Numbered. Edition. 29/34.
Hand-signed.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized ...
Category
19th Century Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Liberté Egalité Fraternité (France : Liberty) - Screenprint Handsigned
Located in Paris, FR
Shepard Fairey (Obey Giant)
Liberté égalité fraternité (Liberty Equality Fraternity)
Screenprint
Handsigned in pencil by the artist
Unnumbered proof
Size 90 x 60 cm (c. 35,4 x 23,...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Screen
XXXL painting called 'Looking for the ultimate pleasure'
Located in Oostende, BE
XXXL painting called 'Looking for the ultimate pleasure'
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Canvas
Gothic House with Poppies
By Mary Newcomb
Located in London, GB
Mary Newcomb (Harrow 1922 – Darsham 2008).
Bagot Goat.
Gothic House with Poppies.
Pencil and watercolour on paper, no date. Signed ‘Mary Newcomb’ lower right. Dimensions: 20.5 x 25...
Category
1990s Modern Art
Materials
Gouache, Pencil
Flat Iron Building, New York City
Located in Chicago, IL
I often cross Manhattan on the way to appointments. Though I
have done this many times over the years, one clear blue day, the brightness of the clouds caught my attention.
Loomin...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Resin, Oil, Wood Panel, Pigment
Oil on canvas painting of a family at the swimming pool, called 'Familienbild'
Located in Oostende, BE
Oil on canvas painting of a family at the swimming pool, called 'Familienbild'
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Canvas
Italian town square
Located in London, GB
Adrian Daintrey (London 1902 – London 1988).
Italian town square.
Pen, ink and wash over pencil on paper, 1945. Signed and dated lower right. (Incorrectly) inscribed Foligno. Dimens...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Ink, Pen
Oil on canvas painting of a gas station by night
Located in Oostende, BE
Oil on canvas painting of a gas station by night.
Hans Defer is a well-known Belgian artist, making photos, paintings and videos.
The main themes in his work are autism, crime and...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Canvas
Oil on canvas painting of clouds against blue sky, called 'Peach cloud'
Located in Oostende, BE
Oil on canvas painting of clouds against blue sky. The work is called 'Peach clouds'
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Canvas
Portrait de femme
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper, undated [1928-30], signed lower left. Dimensions: 44×37.5 cm. Provenance: Collection Georges Couturat, Paris, c.1930; by descent; sale Geneva, Hotel Piguet, 14.03.20...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Pastel
Fugate - (painting of an oldtimer car from the 60s during night)
Located in Oostende, BE
Oil on canvas painting of an oldtimer car, during night time.
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Canvas
Mère inconnue 2 (= Unknown mother, abstract portrait painting)
Located in Oostende, BE
iPad painting (unique piece) - Printed on Hahnemühle William Turner paper
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Paper
Horseman, Le Carmen Des Carmen, 1960 - Original etching (Bloch #1000)
Located in Paris, FR
Pablo Picasso
Horseman (Le Carmen Des Carmen), 1960
Original etching
Dated in the plate
On vellum, 35 x 26 cm (c. 13,7 x 10,2 inch)
REFERENCE : Catalogue raisonné Bloch #1000
Exce...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Etching
The Avenue of Trees
By Fred Yates
Located in London, GB
Fred Yates (1922– 2008)
The Avenue of Trees.
Oil on board, around 1985-90. Signed in large capitals lower left. Dimensions: 25.5 x 40.5 cm (10 1/16 x 15 15/16 in).
Category
1880s Modern Art
Materials
Oil
Seascape - Lithograph by Giovanni Omiccioli - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Seascape is an artwork realized by Giovanni Omiccioli (February 25, 1901 – March 1, 1975).
Colored Lithograph on cardboard.
Numbered. Edition, 100/200.
Hand-signed.
The artist w...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
A game for four. Oil on canvas 92.5x100.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Victor Karnauh, A game for four. Oil on canvas 92.5x100.5 cm
The painting is an abstract representation of four human figures engaged in a playful activity, capturing a sense of mot...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
30x40 NOTORIOUS B.I.G. "LIFE AFTER DEATH" Cassette Photography Pop Art Print
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of a NOTORIOUS B.I.G. "LIFE AFTER DEATH" cassette tape.
This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro
These ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Landscape - Drawing - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a drawing realized by an italian Artist in 1964.
Tempera on paper.
Hamd signed and dated on the lower margin
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Guests. Oil on cardboard 86x105 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Victor Karnauh, Guests. Oil on cardboard 86x105 cm
The painting presents a vibrant and lively scene, using bright colors to create an engaging and cheerful atmosphere. The compositi...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Dream. Oil on canvas 83x99.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Victor Karnauh, Dream. Oil on canvas 83x99.5 cm
This painting features a dynamic and abstract representation of figures and animals, utilizing a vibrant color palette and fluid form...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dove of Peace - Lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Pablo Picasso (after)
Dove of Peace
Lithograph
Signature printed in the plate
Dated 28-12-61 in the plate
On Arches vellum 38 x 56 cm (c. 14.9 x 22 inch)
Excellent condition
Infor...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Song. Cardboard, tempera 22.5x59 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Victor Karnauh, Song. Cardboard, tempera 22.5x59 cm
The painting appears to be an abstract representation of a musical landscape. The background features a series of undulating line...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Egg Tempera, Cardboard
Coney Island Fire Eaters American Scene Modernism WPA Social Realism Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
Coney Island Fire Eaters American Scene Modernism WPA Social Realism Mid-Century
Frederick "Fritz" Frey Rockwell (1917-1977)
Coney Island Fire Eaters
25 x 30 inches
Oil on Canvas
Si...
Category
1930s Modern Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ex-Libris Giorgio Balbi - Woodcut Print - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex-Libris is a Woodcut print by Giorgio Balbi in the mid-20th Century .
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Woodcut
Portrait of Benito Mussolini - Photo - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Benito Mussolini is a black and white vintage photo realized by Agence Trampus in the 1920s.
Good condition.
Category
1920s Modern Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Room - Drawing by Tony Johannot - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Room is a drawing realized by Tony Johannot in the early-20th Century.
Pencil and watercolor on paper.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Pencil
Ex-Libris Giorgio Balbi - Woodcut Print - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex-Libris Giorgio Balbi is an Etching realized in the mid-20th Century .
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Woodcut
Ex-Libris Giorgio Balbi - Woodcut Print - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex-Libris Giorgio Balbi is an Etching by Luigi Angelini in the mid-20th Century .
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Woodcut
La Rentrée des Bateaux des Pêcheurs - Etching by Lèon Gaucherel - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
La Rentrée des Bateaux des Pêcheurs is an artwork realized by Léon Gaucherel in the 19th Century .
Etching.
Signed on Plate.
Category
1860s Modern Art
Materials
Etching
1975 After Henry Moore '200 Years of American Growth' Modernism
By Henry Moore
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 28.5 x 21 inches ( 72.39 x 53.34 cm )
Image Size: 14.5 x 16.5 inches ( 36.83 x 41.91 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
This is an...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Family Group
By Henry Moore
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an exhibition poster titled "Family Group" by renowned artist Henry Moore, published in 1992 by Shorewood Press in Connecticut. It features Moore's iconic depiction of a fami...
Category
1990s Modern Art
Materials
Offset
Biet Mariam - Etching by Lino Bianchi Barriviera - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Biet Mariam is a modern artwork realized by Lino Bianchi Barriviera in the 1930s.
Black and white etching.
Signed on plate.
Plate n.60 (as reported on the higher margin).
The art...
Category
1930s Modern Art
Materials
Etching
The Monolithic Churches of Lalibelà and... by Lino Bianchi Barriviera - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
The monolithic churches of Lalibelà and others in Ethiopia is a modern artwork realized by Lino Bianchi Barriviera in the 1930s.
Black and white etching.
The artwork is from the se...
Category
1930s Modern Art
Materials
Etching
Scorpio - Screen Print by Sergio Barletta - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Scorpio is a screen print on grey paper realized by Sergio Barletta in the 1970s.
Good conditions except for some some signs of the time on the margins.
Sergio Barletta (1934) ...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Screen
Solid Bronze Wildlife Sculpture 'Dab Chick' by Richard Smith
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Dabchick' is a solid Bronze sculpture with a stunning patination. Richard Smith's ability to convey so much character with such simple lines is a testament to the knowledge and love the artist has of the animals he sculpts.
Richard J. Smith was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, UK in 1955. He studied illustration at Luton School of Art to a high standard and graduated with a diploma in Technical & Scientific Illustration. He was soon offered a job as a medical artist at the John Radcliffe teaching hospital in Oxford. In 1978 he was painting for galleries as a full time artist with his depictions of wildlife. He has gained an international reputation for his work and is best known for his superb paintings of fish and water. He has exhibited at prestigious galleries such as the Tryon Gallery and W. H. Patersons in London, The Sportsman's Edge Gallery in New York, The Call of Africa in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and the Everard Reed Gallery in Johannesburg, South Africa. Richard has exhibited his paintings at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum in the USA and the Natural History Museum and Tring Museum in Britain. He has sold at all the major auctions houses in London, such as Christie's, Sotheby's, Bonhams and Phillips. In the latter part of 2007, Richard was commissioned to produce several fish paintings, for the Sultan of Oman. Callaghan Fine Paintings has commissioned a series of life size bronze birds. His works include British birds such as the elusive Snipe sitting atop a fence post and the beautiful Little Blue penguin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art
Materials
Bronze
Athens Temple of Bacchus - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - Ancient Ruins is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862.
The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of the go...
Category
1860s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
The Vortex - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Vortex is a pencil and watercolor drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Mino Maccari (Siena, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Are you Lonesome Tonight
Located in Hinsdale, IL
this piece has been in the same collection for almost 20 yrs and has been very well taken care of
Category
Early 2000s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Self Portrait by American Modernist, Signed and Dated, 1925
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Self Portrait" by Philadelphia born modernist painter Leon Kelly, is a moody and atmospheric self portrait of the artist in younger years at age 24. The 18" x 16" oil on board, fram...
Category
1920s Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Board
The Lazy Frog - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
Located in Roma, IT
The Lazy Frog is an original lithograph by J.J. Grandville from "Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 1852. Published by Manesq & Harvard, Paris.
Good Conditions but ag...
Category
1850s Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Engraving
60x45 Jean Michel Basquiat PHOTOMOSAIC Street Pop Art Photography
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Basquiat"is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons".
Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smalle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Fort Greene Park
Located in Chicago, IL
In 1981, Fort Greene Park was somewhat neglected and bared the same existential, graffitied, stamp mark that covered most of NYC in the 80's. Fort Greene Park became part of my hist...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Resin, Oil, Wood Panel, Pigment
64x48" Elvis by Warhol" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"ELVIS BY ANDY WARHOL" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images.
Archival photographic paper
Framin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sunset, Abstract 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Modern Art
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan,
Work: Original Artwork,
Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture,
Year: 2024
Style: Contemporary Art,
Subject: Sunset,
Size: 36" x 58" x 4'' inch, (91...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Metal
Rowan. Oil on cardboard, 80x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Zita Sudnika, Rowan. 2002. Oil on canvas, 80x60 cm
The painting is a vibrant and dynamic expressionistic depiction of rowan branches and berries, with thick, textured brushstrokes a...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Art
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
DAVID SHRIGLEY - WITNESS MY JOY Modern Design Figurative British Artist Blue
Located in Madrid, Madrid
DAVID SHRIGLEY - WITNESS MY JOY
Date of creation: 2022
Medium: Screen print & varnish on Somerset paper
Edition: 125 + 12 AP
Size: 75 x 56 cm
Condition: Brand new, inside its custom ...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Varnish, Screen
Hotel Camino Real by Slim Aarons - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days.
Currency fluctuations may cause the price to change.
This is a contemporary pr...
Category
20th Century Modern Art
Materials
C Print, Lambda
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