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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2010s Modern Mixed Media
Tape, Acrylic, Archival Paper
19th Century Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Etching
Mid-20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media
20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Archival Paper, Tape, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Mixed Media
Steel
Early 2000s Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Mixed Media
20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Mixed Media
Early 2000s Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Mixed Media
20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Mixed Media
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Mixed Media
Steel
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Acrylic, Mixed Media
Late 20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media
Early 20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Copper
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Oil
20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Oil
1990s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Acrylic, Archival Pigment
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Archival Paper, Tape, Acrylic
1960s Modern Mixed Media
Gouache, Graphite
1980s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media
Late 20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media
19th Century Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Etching
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Mixed Media, Conté, Charcoal
Late 20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Metal
20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Metal
1970s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Mixed Media
19th Century Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Mixed Media, Etching
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Mixed Media
Steel
1950s Modern Mixed Media
Ink, Tempera, Watercolor
20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media
Early 20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Copper
Late 20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media
Mid-20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Offset
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Mixed Media
Steel
1970s Modern Mixed Media
Acrylic, Mixed Media
20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Oil
Early 20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media
1960s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Acrylic
20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media
20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Iron
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Oil, Acrylic, Board, Mixed Media
Early 2000s Modern Mixed Media
Foil
Early 20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Wood, Watercolor, Pen, Pencil
1980s Modern Mixed Media
Charcoal, Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Mid-20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Spray Paint, Archival Paper
1990s Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Mixed Media, Board
1990s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Board, Paper
20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Paint, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media
20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Tapestry, Wool
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Acrylic
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Acrylic, Photographic Paper, Pen
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Acrylic