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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
Spiral with pumpkin
Spiral with pumpkin

Spiral with pumpkin

By Alexander Calder

Located in OPOLE, PL

Alexander Calder (1898-1976) - Spiral with pumpkin Lithograph from 1972. Edition of 75 on Arches paper, numbered 31/75; total edition includes 20 hors-commerce and 7 artist’s proof...

Category

1970s Modern More Art

Materials

Lithograph

FLIPPO - original realism wildlife sculpture 3d artwork - contemporary art
FLIPPO - original realism wildlife sculpture 3d artwork - contemporary art

FLIPPO - original realism wildlife sculpture 3d artwork - contemporary art

By Henk Jan Sanderman

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern More Art

Materials

Porcelain, Canvas

Montblanc Meisterstück Classique Fountain Pen
Montblanc Meisterstück Classique Fountain Pen

Montblanc Meisterstück Classique Fountain Pen

Located in Columbia, MO

Montblanc Meisterstück Classique Fountain Pen c. mid 20th century Resin, metal; Nib: 14K solid gold

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20th Century Modern More Art

Materials

Gold, Metal

Autograph Letter Signed By Ottone Rosai to Mino Maccari - 1943
Autograph Letter Signed By Ottone Rosai to Mino Maccari - 1943

Autograph Letter Signed By Ottone Rosai to Mino Maccari - 1943

Located in Roma, IT

A Autograph Letter Signed By Ottone Rosai accompanied by a b/w portrait (cm 11 x 12) in a beautiful composition, in perfect condition, mounted under passepartout, plexiglass, and gil...

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Mid-20th Century Modern More Art

Materials

Paper

Modulor
Modulor

Modulor

By Le Corbusier

Located in New York, NY

Color lithograph on cream wove paper, 1956. Edition of 200. Printed by Mourlout, Paris.

Category

1950s Modern More Art

Materials

Lithograph, Color

Le Diable Boiteux - Rare Book Illustrated by Tony Johannot - 1840
Le Diable Boiteux - Rare Book Illustrated by Tony Johannot - 1840

Le Diable Boiteux - Rare Book Illustrated by Tony Johannot - 1840

By Tony Johannot

Located in Roma, IT

Le Diable Boiteux is an original modern rare book written by René Le Sage (Sarzeau, 1668 – Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1747) and illustrated by Tony Johannot (9 November 1803 – 4 August 1852) in 1840. Original First Edition. Published by Bourdin éditeur, Paris. Format: large 8°. The book includes 380 pages with several in text and full page illustrations. Mint conditions. Tony Johannot (9 November 1803 – 4 August 1852). Johannot was a French engraver, illustrator and painter. His historical paintings were exhibited at the Paris Salon for the first time in 1831. He became an illustrator much prized for his elegance, his diversity, and the lively character of his drawings, which were converted to engravings either by himself or by such artists as Jacques Adrien Lavieille, Émile Montigneul, and Alfred Revel. He was praised by Théophile Gautier.

Category

1840s Modern More Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Vintage Jerusalem Sculpture Wall Plaque 1930's  Palestine Israeli Bezalel School
Vintage Jerusalem Sculpture Wall Plaque 1930's  Palestine Israeli Bezalel School

Vintage Jerusalem Sculpture Wall Plaque 1930's Palestine Israeli Bezalel School

Located in Surfside, FL

Repousse sculptural plaque from the original Bezalel Art School in Jerusalem. This is marked "Made in Palestine" as it is from the British Mandate period. It is in an Orientalist des...

Category

20th Century Modern More Art

Materials

Metal

Antique, 19th C. Peugeot Frères Brevetés French Coffee Grinder Table Sculpture
Antique, 19th C. Peugeot Frères Brevetés French Coffee Grinder Table Sculpture

Antique, 19th C. Peugeot Frères Brevetés French Coffee Grinder Table Sculpture

Located in Surfside, FL

This is being sold as a piece of (functional?) decorator table sculpture for a kitchen or restaurant. I do not know if or how it works. the wheel and gears turn. It might be missing a cover on the handle. It is a lovely antique piece. Made in France. A halfcentury before they produced their first car, the Peugeot brothers were making coffee grinders, continuing to do so for over 100years. In 1840 the Peugeots produced their first moulin a cafe out of a combination of metal and wood. The beans were inserted into the metal hopper up top; metal gears were turned by a woodenknob-capped metal...

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Late 19th Century Modern More Art

Materials

Metal, Brass

Saraswati, Figurative, Mythology by Raja Ravi Verma "In Stock"

Saraswati, Figurative, Mythology by Raja Ravi Verma "In Stock"

Located in Kolkata, West Bengal

Raja Ravi Varma - Laxmi, 19 x 14 inches Oleograph with embellishments, Circa (Unframed & Delivered) Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter and artist...

Category

1890s Modern More Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Teseo
Teseo

Teseo

By Giorgio De Chirico

Located in New York, NY

Color etching and aquatint, 1970. Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right. Numbered 2/50 in pencil, lower left. Titled in pencil, lower central. With the artist's blind stamp, l...

Category

1970s Modern More Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

King of Pop I (Limited Edition Print)
King of Pop I (Limited Edition Print)

King of Pop I (Limited Edition Print)

By Mauro Oliveira

Located in LOS ANGELES, CA

Celebrating the King of Pop Michael Jackson by Mauro Oliveira. The colorful pinstripes represent the music and the happiness the King of Pop brought to the world. Limited edition of...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern More Art

Materials

Paper, Giclée

Le Cocu Magnifique -- complete with 12 original etchings
Le Cocu Magnifique -- complete with 12 original etchings

Le Cocu Magnifique -- complete with 12 original etchings

By Pablo Picasso

Located in New York, NY

About In-folio Oblong Dimensions : 29x39 cm. Paris Atelier Crommelynck 1968 Edition #41 of 200 copies including 12 original out-of-text etchings (7 etchings, 4 etchings and aquatint...

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Mid-20th Century Modern More Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Textile Art Quilt Dye Painting Tapestry Mixed Media Gayle Fraas & Duncan Slade
Textile Art Quilt Dye Painting Tapestry Mixed Media Gayle Fraas & Duncan Slade

Textile Art Quilt Dye Painting Tapestry Mixed Media Gayle Fraas & Duncan Slade

Located in Surfside, FL

Gayle Fraas and Duncan Slade (American, 20th Century) Mixed Technique Textile Art Dye painted and printed on cotton fabric, machine and hand stitched, fused metal foil (gold leaf). 2002 'North Woods Suite' This listing is for one piece. i am showing a picture of all 4 so you can see them. I currently have the 4 available. Dimensions: 36.25 X 36.25 frame. Quilt is 28 X 28 inches Float mounted behind acrylic in wood frames bearing Fraas / Slade studio labels verso Collaborating artists Gayle Fraas and Duncan Slade's work has always explored the relationship of ornamental surface and portrayal of landscape in quest of a sense beyond place. Recognized for developing techniques for screen printing and painting with dye on fabric, other mediums include paint and ink on paper, metal, and wood. Their work sits at the junction of fine and applied arts with an influence of naive and folk art. Their collaborative dialogue has been continuous since the mid 1970’s. Fraas-Slade’s work has been selected for some of the defining exhibitions that have influenced the field of Art Quilts: “The New American Quilt”; originating at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York City in 1976, (along with Helen Bitar, Katherine Westphal, Radka Donnell, Anne Raymo) “The Art Quilt” at the Los Angeles Municipal Museum in 1986 (including Nancy Crow, Jean Hewes, Terrie Mangat, Jan Myers-Newbury, Theresa May, Pamela Studstill and Pauline Burbidge) and “Six Continents of Quilts: the Permanent Collection of the Museum of Art and Design,” NYC, touring internationally from 2002-2005. (the show included Jenny Hearn, Anne Marie Kenny, Gayle Fraas and Duncan Slade, Susan Denton, Sanae Hattori, Joan Schultze, Jenny Hearn and Mary Baxter). Books where work is featured include : Paintings of Maine by Carl Little, American Quilts: the Democratic Art 1780-2007 by Robert Shaw, The Art Quilt by Robert Shaw, Quilts Today by Robert Shaw, The Art Quilt by Penny McMorris and Michael Kile and Art to Wear by Julie Schafler Dale. Fraas and Slade continue to teach and lecture on their work. Workshops have been taught at conferences, art centers and colleges including: Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, ME, Arrowmont School of Crafts, TN and the School of Visual Arts, NYC. In 1989 and 2003, the artist team received Maine Visual Artist Fellowships and in 1995 a National Endowment for the Arts/ New England Foundation Visual Artist Fellowship. Collections include the Philadelphia Museum, Baltimore Museum, MD, Peabody Essex Museum, Museum of Art and Design, NYC., the International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska and the corporate collections of Fidelity Investments, Nuveen, IL., Hilton Corporation and Elmira College. Public collections in Maine include Portland Public Library, Department of Transportation, Department of Marine Resources and the University of Maine/Orono. In 1989 and 2003 the artist team received Maine Visual Artist Fellowships and in 1995 a National Endowment for the Arts/ New England Foundation Visual Artist Fellowship. There has been a huge surge of interest in textile and tapestry art led by Anni Albers, Sheila Hicks, El Anatsui, Judith Scott, Nick Cave, Tanya Aguiñiga, Faith Ringgold and Olga de Amaral. More museums are showing and collecting this work. Selected Solo Exhibitions 2018 - Silo Gallery, Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts 2011 - Silo Gallery, Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts 2010 - New Work, Silo Gallery, Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, 2009 - Island Images, Silo Gallery, Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, Nantucket, MA. 2007 - Watermarks, James Patrick Gallery, Wiscasset, ME; Frankie Weems Gallery, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC. Along the Coast, Maine Fiberarts Gallery, Topsham, ME Varieties of Disturbance. Susan Maasch Fine Art, Portland, ME 2005 - Nauticals, Gleason Gallery, Boothbay Harbor, ME 2003 - New Work, Winfisky Gallery, Salem State College, Salem, MA 2001 - New Work, Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Selected Group Exhibitions 2020 - Maine Quilts: 250 Years of Community, Maine State Museum 2016 - Museum Collection: New Arrivals, Baltimore Museum of Art, Berman Gallery 2015 - Shared Sensibilities: The Piano Roll Project, Bates Mill Complex, Lewiston, ME 2014 - Masters: Contemporary Fiber Art, Maine Fiberarts Gallery, “Masters: Contemporary Fiber Art,” May - June 2013 - Layers: The John Walsh II Collection, Arnot Museum, Elmira College 2012 - Man-Made Quilts, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT Tribute to Ardis, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, International Quilt Study Center/Museum 2011 - Instruct, The Studios at Key West Artpark 1974-1984, University of Buffalo Center for the Arts, 2009 - Reservoir, the John M. Walsh Collection, San Jose Museum of Quilts, San Jose, CA 2008 - Visual Systems, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Howard Gallery 2005 - Rooted in Tradition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO 2004 - Envision 20/20, Colby College Museum of Art Another Layer, Portland Museum of Art 2002 - The Portland Show, Greenhut Galleries Six Continents of Quilts, Museum of Art and Design, NYC, traveling to: National Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan Selected Collections Elmira College, Cowles Hall, commissioned by John Walsh III 2017 Philadelphia Museum, Philadelphia, PA Museum of Art and Design, NYC Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA. Bowdoin College, Walker Art Museum, Brunswick, ME John Nuveen Inc. Chicago, Ill., commissions 1985, 1994, 2000, 2001 University of Nebraska, Lincoln International Quilt Study Center, The James Collection Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO Mass Mutual, Boston MA Waban, Inc. Boston, MA University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Selected Awards and Fellowships 2012- The Studios at Key West, artist residency 2008, 2007 - Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts. A.I.R. program 2007 - Robert M. MacNamara Foundation 2003, 1989 - Maine Visual Artist Fellowships 2004 - Maine Art Commission Good Idea Grant Selected Biography Art Quilts Unfolding: 50 Years of Innovation, Bavor, Ellis, Sielman, Sider – 10/2018 Artpark: 1974-1984, Sandra Firmin, University of Buffalo Art Galleries /Princeton Architectural 2010 Masters: Art Quilts Volume 2, Sterling Publications, 2011 American Quilts: The Democratic Art 1750-2007 by Robert Shaw- Sterling Press 2009 Paintings of Maine, by Carl Little and Arnold Skolnick, Downeast Press, 2006 Six Continents of Quilts, The Museum of Art and Design Collection, 2005 Contemporary Art Quilts...

Category

Early 2000s Modern More Art

Materials

Fabric, Thread, Paint, Mixed Media

Air Mexicain - Artist Book By Rufino Tamayo - 1952
Air Mexicain - Artist Book By Rufino Tamayo - 1952

Air Mexicain - Artist Book By Rufino Tamayo - 1952

By Rufino Tamayo

Located in Roma, IT

Edition of 274 copies copies including 4 original colour lithographs by Rufino Tamayo. Copy on B.F.K.Rives, in perfect conditions and uncut. Original editorial softcover. Peret's hom...

Category

1950s Modern More Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Untitled-43
Untitled-43

Untitled-43

Located in Kolkata, West Bengal

Untitled-43 2023 Fabric Stitching 48 x 37 in 121.9 x 93.9 cm This textile piece is conceived as a meditation on memory, where fabric becomes a vessel for remembrance. Layers of ...

Category

2010s Modern More Art

Materials

Fabric, Textile

Bowl with Interior Still Life (Mid-Century, Lounge Chair, Stereo Tower, 42% OFF)
Bowl with Interior Still Life (Mid-Century, Lounge Chair, Stereo Tower, 42% OFF)

Bowl with Interior Still Life (Mid-Century, Lounge Chair, Stereo Tower, 42% OFF)

By Melanie Sherman

Located in Kansas City, MO

Melanie Sherman Bowl with Interior Still Life (Handmade, Mid-Century, Lounge Chair, Stereo Tower, Speakers, Gold Luser) Earthenware, 24K German Gold Luster, Glaze, Underglaze, China ...

Category

1970s Modern More Art

Materials

Luster, Paint, Glaze, Earthenware

Mixed-media Long Mixed Wood Cityscape Shelf or Mantel by Artist Ben Darby, 2020
Mixed-media Long Mixed Wood Cityscape Shelf or Mantel by Artist Ben Darby, 2020

Mixed-media Long Mixed Wood Cityscape Shelf or Mantel by Artist Ben Darby, 2020

By Ben Darby

Located in San Diego, CA

Artful one-of-a-kind long shelf or sculpture by artist Ben Darby. Made of various pieces of wood and accented with multi-color acrylic paint. We selected this piece soon after it was...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern More Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Zephyr Green Macchia with Blue Lip Wrap
Zephyr Green Macchia with Blue Lip Wrap

Zephyr Green Macchia with Blue Lip Wrap

By Dale Chihuly

Located in Missouri, MO

Zephyr Green Macchia with Blue Lip Wrap, 1996 Dale Chihuly (American, b. 1941) 8 x 10 x 10 inches Signed and Dated on Bottom Born in Tacoma, Washington, Dale Chihuly became the most...

Category

1990s Modern More Art

Materials

Glass, Blown Glass

Modern Hiroshi Yasukawa Abstract Painting
Modern Hiroshi Yasukawa Abstract Painting

Modern Hiroshi Yasukawa Abstract Painting

By Hiroshi Yasukawa

Located in Roma, IT

Hiroshi Yasukawa was born in Nagano Prefecture in Japan in 1931. After studying art in Osaka, he began a career as a painter and art teacher. At that time, Yasukawa mainly created ...

Category

1970s Modern More Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

Cameo Pink Seaform with Black Lip Wrap (94.678.s1)
Cameo Pink Seaform with Black Lip Wrap (94.678.s1)

Cameo Pink Seaform with Black Lip Wrap (94.678.s1)

By Dale Chihuly

Located in Missouri, MO

Cameo Pink Seaform with Black Lip Wrap (94.678.s1), 1994 Dale Chihuly (American, b. 1941) 14 x 32 x 18 inches Born in Tacoma, Washington, Dale Chihuly became the most famous ornate ...

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1990s Modern More Art

Materials

Glass, Blown Glass

Bull, Bronze Sculpture by Modern Indian Artist B. Vithal "In Stock"
Bull, Bronze Sculpture by Modern Indian Artist B. Vithal "In Stock"

Bull, Bronze Sculpture by Modern Indian Artist B. Vithal "In Stock"

By B. Vithal

Located in Kolkata, West Bengal

B. Vithal – Horse – H 13 x W 14 x D 5 inches Bronze Born : 1935 Vardha Maharashtra Died : 1992 Education : Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai Exhibitions : Selected Posthumous Exhibitions 2013 'The Naked and the Nude: The Body in Indian Modern Art', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi 2011 'Agape', Hacienda Art...

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Early 2000s Modern More Art

Materials

Bronze

Modernist Brass Ashtray with Cigarillo/blunt Cutter
Modernist Brass Ashtray with Cigarillo/blunt Cutter

Modernist Brass Ashtray with Cigarillo/blunt Cutter

Located in Riga, LV

VINTAGE cigar cutter with ashtray made of brass . Rare collector's item ‘DBGM’ Solingen, Germany. "Deutsches Bundes-Gebrauchsmuster" Art Deco. Bronze with black patina. Gilding. This...

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1950s Modern More Art

Materials

Brass

Mutilantes y Mutilados por Zapata
Mutilantes y Mutilados por Zapata

Mutilantes y Mutilados por Zapata

By Julio Herrero Zapata

Located in Roma, IT

Edition of 50 copies. Copy number 41, signed by the author. Collection of etchings, each of them numbered and hand signed by the artist. Includes introduction in french by Alain Jou...

Category

1970s Modern More Art

Materials

Paper, Etching

Portraits Imaginaires
Portraits Imaginaires

Portraits Imaginaires

By Pablo Picasso

Located in OPOLE, PL

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) (d'après) - Portraits Imaginaires Lithograph from 1969. Trial proof, outside the numbered edition, with visible markings. Dimensions of work: 76 x 55.5 c...

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1960s Modern More Art

Materials

Lithograph

Mid Century Modern Handmade Wool Belgian Art Aubusson Tapestry Mary Dambiermont
Mid Century Modern Handmade Wool Belgian Art Aubusson Tapestry Mary Dambiermont

Mid Century Modern Handmade Wool Belgian Art Aubusson Tapestry Mary Dambiermont

By Mary Dambiermont

Located in Surfside, FL

Mary Dambiermont (Belgian, 1932-1983) Rythme Solaire Hand woven wool tapestry Woven at Ateliers Chaudoir et marque de Bruxelles Mounted in a wood frame Mary Dambiermont (Belgian,...

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Late 20th Century Modern More Art

Materials

Tapestry

Vintage Gaetano Sciolari for Lightolier Round Chandelier Circa 1970s
Vintage Gaetano Sciolari for Lightolier Round Chandelier Circa 1970s

Vintage Gaetano Sciolari for Lightolier Round Chandelier Circa 1970s

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Original 1970s round chandelier designed by Gaetano Sciolari for Lightolier. A striking Mid-Century Modern statement piece featuring approximately 120 hand-blown glass rods cascading...

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Late 20th Century Modern More Art

Materials

Glass

Portraits Imaginaires
Portraits Imaginaires

Portraits Imaginaires

By Pablo Picasso

Located in OPOLE, PL

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) (d'après) - Portraits Imaginaires Lithograph from 1969. The edition: A 246/250. Dimensions of work: 65.5 x 50 cm. Plate signed. Publisher: Éditions Cer...

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1960s Modern More Art

Materials

Lithograph

Porcelain Wall Sculpture Installation, Set of Five Hand-Sculpted Ceramic Forms
Porcelain Wall Sculpture Installation, Set of Five Hand-Sculpted Ceramic Forms

Porcelain Wall Sculpture Installation, Set of Five Hand-Sculpted Ceramic Forms

By Element Clay Studio

Located in Savannah, GA

This sculptural wall installation is composed of five hand-sculpted porcelain wall sculptures exploring repetition, texture, and organic structure. Each circular form is individuall...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern More Art

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Autograph Custom Identification - 1960s
Autograph Custom Identification - 1960s

Autograph Custom Identification - 1960s

Located in Roma, IT

Autograph Custom Identification is hand-signed by Clark Gable realized in the 1960s. The form is written in Italian and belongs to Netherland Airlines Good conditions.

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1960s Modern More Art

Materials

Paper

Miroir

Miroir

Located in PARIS, FR

Sublime glazed ceramic mirror by French ceramist Mithé Espelt, 24.5 cm in diameter

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20th Century Modern More Art

Materials

Ceramic

Generation Gap
Generation Gap

Generation Gap

By Caroline Durieux

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Generation Gap" c1978 is an original Cliche Verre on paper by noted New Orleans artist Caroline Spellman Wogan Durieux, 1896-1989. It is hand signed, titled, dated and inscribed artist proof in pencil by the artist. The image size is 8.75 x 11.75 inches, sheet size is 10.75 x 13.65 inches. It is in excellent condition, two small pieces of hanging tape from previous framing remaining on the back. About the artist: As a Southern female satirist, Caroline Spellman Wogan Durieux was a rare phenomenon in the early twentieth century. Today, she is highly regarded for her stinging lithographs that touch on human foibles as well as some of the important issues of her day. Born to a family of Creole descent in New Orleans, young Caroline was precocious; she began drawing at age four and completed a portfolio of watercolors depicting her city by the time she was twelve. She took lessons from Mary Butler, a member of the art faculty at Sophie Newcomb College, and, beginning in 1912, matriculated at the school full-time, where her instructors included Ellsworth Woodward, chair of the art department. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in design in 1916 and one in education in 1917. Awarded a scholarship by the New Orleans Art Association, Durieux pursued further coursework at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1918 to 1920. Years later, she was encouraged to try lithography by Carl Zigrosser, an expert curator of prints at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, who became her mentor. With her husband Pierre Durieux—an importer of Latin American goods and later the chief representative of General Motors for South America—Caroline Durieux spent time in Cuba during the early 1920s. The couple moved in 1926 to Mexico City, where she met the great muralist Diego Rivera and became involved in the local art community. Following a short interval in New York City, Durieux went back to Mexico in 1931 and enrolled at the Academy of San Carlos (now the National University of Mexico) to study lithography. She returned to New Orleans seven years later and was hired to teach at her alma mater, Newcomb College, from 1938 to 1943. Starting in 1939, Durieux served as the director of Louisiana’s Works Progress Administration program, and her division was the only one in the state not to practice racial discrimination. This was a matter she felt strongly about, stating: “I had a feeling that an artist is an artist and it doesn’t make any difference what color he or she is.” From 1943 until her retirement in 1964, Durieux was a member of the faculty at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Durieux’s forte was lithography, a technique popular in the mid-nineteenth century and long associated with social commentary, and her prints proved no exception. Her work in the 1930s and 1940s coincided with a rise in art that dealt with poverty, racism, and totalitarianism. She often presented stereotyped social climbers...

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Late 20th Century Modern More Art

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Other Medium

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