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
Slim Aarons 'Nice Pool' - Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Nice Pool' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
1955. American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs. F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 – 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudley...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
C Print
Ice, Abstract 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan,
Work: Original Artwork,
Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture,
Year: 2024
Style: Contemporary Art,
Subject: Ice,
Size: 21" x 26" x 2.5'' inch, (53x66x7 ...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Metal
Dichro, Abstract 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan,
Work: Original Artwork,
Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture,
Year: 2024
Style: Contemporary Art,
Subject: Dichro,
Size: 21" x 26" x 2.5'' inch, (53x66...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Metal
Water, Abstract 3D Original Glass Wall Sculpture, Modern Design
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan,
Work: Original Artwork,
Medium: Glass Wall Sculpture,
Year: 2024
Style: Contemporary Art,
Subject: Water,
Size: 37.5" x 77.5" x 1'' inch, (95x197x3 c...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Metal
Love, Abstract 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan,
Work: Original Artwork,
Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture,
Year: 2024
Style: Contemporary Art,
Subject: Love,
Size: 48.5" x 55" x 5.5'' inch, (123x1...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Metal
Geodesic, Abstract 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan,
Work: Original Artwork,
Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture,
Year: 2024
Style: Contemporary Art,
Subject: Geodesic,
Size: 50" x 30" x 4'' inch, (76x12...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Metal
Original Fred Mcdarrah Press Photograph 1960's Woodstock Music Festival Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
People walking alongside puddle at Woodstock in Bethel NY - 1969
Photographer is Fred McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s ...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Original Fred Mcdarrah Press Photograph 1960's Woodstock Music Festival Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
People walking alongside puddle at Woodstock in Bethel NY 1969
Photographer is Fred McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s po...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Peter Orlovsky, Herbert Huncke Beatnik Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Peter Orlovsky and Herbert Huncke - March 7 1960
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-Broadway ...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Si Mon Soleil (Plate 6 From Poems), Woodcut and Collage by Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marc Chagall, Russian (1887 - 1985) - Si Mon Soleil (Plate 6 From Poems), Year: 1968, Medium: Woodcut and Collage on Rives, Edition: 238, Image Size: 12.75 x 9.75 inches, Size: 14.5...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Woodcut
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Brunch At Brennans - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Brunch At Brennans
Sunday brunch at Brennan’s restaurant, New Orleans. A Wonderful Time – Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
P...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
C Print, Color
Vintage Silver Gelatin Print Photo Mets Baseball Sports Photograph Americana
Located in Surfside, FL
Youth at mets Game waiting for Autograph on August 20th, 1970
Photographer is Fred McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s pos...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sketch - Drawing by André Meaux de Saint Marc - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch is a drawing realized by André Meaux de Saint Marc in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized throug...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Sketch - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expres...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Figures - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Creature - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Creature is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Market - Etching by Paul Emile Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Market is a Woodcut realized by Paul Emile Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
hand-signed.
Numbered.Edition, 35/50.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized throug...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Etching
Landscape - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft exp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Portrait - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Child - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Child is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft express...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Figures - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Monkeys - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Monkeys is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Landscape - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft exp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Feet - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Feet is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Hyena - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Hyena is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft express...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Portrait - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Trunk - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Trunk is a drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil ivory-colored paper.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Nudes - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nudes is a drawing realized by Joseph Alexandre Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Charcoal on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Portrait - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century by Joseph Alexandre Colin.
Charcoal ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
The River - Etching by Paul Emile Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The River is an etching realized by Paul Emile Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed.
Numbered.Edition, 3/30.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized thr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Etching
Figure - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is a drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century by Joseph Alexandre Colin.
Charcoal ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
The Church - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Church is a drawing realized by Joseph Alexandre Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
China ink ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized throu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Bears - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bears is a drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Charcoal ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Raiders Of The Lost Ark - Original 1981 Lobby Card #1
Located in London, GB
Raiders Of The Lost Ark - Original 1981 Lobby Card #1
Vintage 1981 Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark lobby card showing Harrison ford swapping the Golden Idol with a sack.
Fram...
Category
1980s Modern Art
Materials
Cardboard, Paper
Parrot - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Parrot is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expres...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Nude - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Darth Ziggy - Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
"Darth Ziggy"
Signed Limited Edition
Darth Ziggy by BATIK
Archival pigment pop art print signed & limited edition.
BATIK is a London based fine artist and image maker.
20 x 16 i...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Crocodile - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Crocodile is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft exp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Gallo
Located in Miami, FL
Mariano Rodriguez
Gallo, 1984
Serigraph
Ed. VII of XXV
29 x 22 in
Category
1980s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Horse - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Horse is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft express...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Riders - Drawing by Paul Emile Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
it is a drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century by Paul Emile Colin.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expres...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Pencil
Precarious, Nude dark colors female nude figure on top of tilting pillows
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An early work by the artist depicting a Nude posing atop a totem of pillows that cannot sustain her weight. The work is signed and dated bottom left hand corner
Category
1980s Modern Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Dining In The Bahamas (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dining In The Bahamas (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
A waiter carrying a tray of food walks past a woman walking away from a swimming pool which is ...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Hawaiian Chickens - Animal Painting - American Modern By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Three Roosters from the beautiful island of Kauai, being as goofy as the naturally can in this contemporary tropical jungle painting .
Hawaiian Chickens - Animal paintings - America...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Oil
'Lounging In Verbier' (Estate Stamped Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Verbier' by Slim Aarons
Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964.
This photograph epitomises the Travel, Lifestyle and Glamou...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
C Print
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Lawrence Lipton Photo Beatnik Beat Writer
Located in Surfside, FL
Lawrence Lipton May 17 1965
photographer Fred McDarrah
Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-B...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Digging For Clams - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Digging For Clams
Mrs Hans Estin watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay, circa 1960.
Slim Aarons archival pigment print
Printed Later...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Walking Up Cortina D'Ampezzo - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Walking Up Cortina D'Ampezzo
Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D’Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy, 1962.
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Later 2024
Slim Aarons ...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
C Print, Color
Arab Man - Lithograph - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Arab Man is a Lithograph realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed.
Numbered. Edition, 106/120.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Léger, Composition, mes voyages (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin bouffant des Papeteries de Hauteville paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger mes voyages avec un poème d'...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction 40x60 Pop Art Photography Cassette Tape
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of Guns N' Roses iconic "Appetite for Destruction" cassette tape.
This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Dest...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Miami Vice Soundtrack Cassette Photograph 30x40 Pop Art by Destro Photography
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of 2Pacs iconic "Miami Vice" soundtrack cassette tape.
This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro
These ic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Interior Still Life Oil Painting - The Wooden Chest
Located in Bristol, GB
THE WOODEN CHEST
Size: 56 x 66 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A brilliantly executed mid-century composition of a well-decorated interior scene, executed in oil onto canvas.
Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
50x40 Jean Michel Basquiat PHOTOMOSAIC Street Pop Art Archival Photography Print
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
1955 Vintage Mid-Century Modernist Landscape Oil Painting - Houses by the Port
Located in Bristol, GB
HOUSES BY THE PORT
Size: 47.5 x 56 cm (including frame)
Oil on Board
A captivating composition with a view of a port with an expressive and dynamic energy, executed in oil on board ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Goldust, Abstract 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan,
Work: Original Artwork,
Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture,
Year: 2024
Style: Contemporary Art,
Subject: Goldust,
Size: 35" x 66" x 4'' inch, (88x167...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Metal
Goldust, Abstract 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan,
Work: Original Artwork,
Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture,
Year: 2024
Style: Contemporary Art,
Subject: Goldust,
Size: 66" x 35" x 4'' inch, (167x88...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Metal
Arctic Vert, Abstract 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan,
Work: Original Artwork,
Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture,
Year: 2024
Style: Contemporary Art,
Subject: Arctic Vert,
Size: 66" x 35" x 4'' inch, (16...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Metal
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