Modern Mixed Media
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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Early 2000s Modern Mixed Media
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Carbon Pencil, Paper, Ink
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Silk, Screen
Early 2000s Modern Mixed Media
Canvas, Acrylic
1960s Modern Mixed Media
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Mixed Media
Paint, Woodcut, Stencil
Late 20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Birch, Archival Ink, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Panel
1960s Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Mixed Media
19th Century Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Photographic Paper, Acrylic, Oil, Canvas
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Plaster, Wood, Walnut, Paint
20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Ceramic, Mosaic
Early 2000s Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Mixed Media
Late 20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Glass, Oak, Archival Paper
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Oil Pastel, Birch, Archival Ink, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Panel
1960s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Mixed Media
Steel
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Pastel, Gouache
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Board, Magazine Paper
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Magazine Paper, Canvas
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Board, Magazine Paper
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Board, Magazine Paper
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Board, Magazine Paper
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Magazine Paper, Board
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Board, Magazine Paper
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Board, Magazine Paper
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Board, Magazine Paper
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Board, Magazine Paper
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Mixed Media
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Board, Magazine Paper
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Magazine Paper, Board
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Mixed Media, Magazine Paper
1950s Modern Mixed Media
Paper, India Ink, Pen
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Canvas
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Board, Magazine Paper
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Paper
1980s Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Gouache, Ink
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Board, Magazine Paper
20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media
1950s Modern Mixed Media
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor, Pen
1950s Modern Mixed Media
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor, Pen
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Luster, Paint, Glaze, Underglaze, Porcelain
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Acrylic, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Gouache
1970s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media
1930s Modern Mixed Media
Glass
Late 20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Glass, Oak, Archival Paper