Modern Black and White Photography
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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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Modern
Madonna by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Madonna
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists and movie sta...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Party’s Over by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
High Roller
by Arthur Steel
The Party’s Over -Kevin Keegan hangs up his football boots and retires after his last ever game playing for Newcastle United. 1984
Arthur recalls: “Be...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stonehenge by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Stonehenge
STONEHENGE SALISBURY WILTSHIRE 1977
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 24 x 19" / 61 x 48 cm
signed a...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sinead O’Connor by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Sinead O’Connor
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists and ...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Star Wars, Sience Fiction Filmstill, 1977
Located in Cologne, DE
The original Star Wars trilogy, formerly marketed as the Star Wars Trilogy (and colloquially referred to as the 'original trilogy'), is the first set of three films produced in the S...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Catfight V by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Catfight V
by Arthur Steel
Catfight – Female Bikini Mud Wrestlers, Hollywood Tropicana, Los Angeles 1985 – Set of 6 prints.
Arthur recalls:
“I was in Los Angeles with the British c...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Robert Smith by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Robert Smith
1993
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists a...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bowie On Stage by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Bowie on stage
David Bowie on stage,
1990s
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-c...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jackie Kennedy, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960s
Located in Cologne, DE
Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American socialite, writer, and photographer who became First Lady of the United States as the wife of P...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Björn Borg by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Björn Borg
by Arthur Steel
Björn Borg, the rock star of tennis – Wimbledon Tennis Championships, London, 1973 (photo Arthur Steel)
Borg-Mania Plea to Girls – Lovesick fans of Swedi...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Big Bang by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Big Bang
by Arthur Steel
QUEEN ELIZABETH TOWER | LONDON 1968 (photo Arthur Steel) A workman in the process of demolishing the old St.Thomas’s Hospital. Camera & Film: Leicaflex SL2,...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Baby Bugatti Tourer by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Baby Bugatti Tourer
by Arthur Steel
Baby Bugatti Tourer – Vintage car auction, Alexandra Palace, 1975
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced on...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
George Best by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
George Best
by Arthur Steel
George Best – Just released from Ford Prison, 1985 (photo Arthur Steel) Arthur recalls: “I photographed George Best having his first bath following his...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
High Roller by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
High Roller
by Arthur Steel
ALEXANDRA PALACE 1966. Mr Arthur Bird tries to get a return on his investment at the Casino.
All prints are hand signed lim...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Ring by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
The Ring
by Arthur Steel
British heavyweight boxers Don Cockell, Jack Peterson, Jo Erskine, Henry Cooper, Jack Gardner, Len Harvey & Tommy Farr honour American heavyweight boxer R...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Uproar by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Uproar
by Arthur Steel
Landseer Lion Trafalgar Square London, 1970
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 24 x 19" / ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bone Idle by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Bone Idle
by Arthur Steel
Bone Idle – Gracious the bloodhound, Sussex, 1986
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 16 ...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Ant Chelsea by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
The Ant Chelsea
Anthony Paul Fawcett is a British writer, art critic, and a former personal assistant to John Lennon and Yoko Ono from 1968 until 1970.
‘If you’re a millionaire po...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Super Mac by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Super Mac
Super Mac – John McEnroe, Wimbledon Tennis Championships 1984
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 24 x 1...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The QE II by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
The QE II
by Arthur Steel
The Queen Elizabeth ship – Clydebank, Scotland, 1967
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced on...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Blur by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Blur
London
1995
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists an...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Emma Shapplin by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Emma Shapplin
2002
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists a...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Backstage At The Muppet Show by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Backstage At The Muppet Show
by Arthur Steel
Backstage At The Muppet Show – Elstree Studios, England 1978
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produc...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Drum Major Kirk by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Drum Major Kirk
by Arthur Steel
Drum Major Kirk, Senior Drum Major of The Coldstream Guards.1970
The Voice That Keeps No.10 On Its Toes [Published 15/05/1970] There’s not much d...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Luigia "Gina" Lollobrigida at nightclub
Located in Cologne, DE
Luigia "Gina" Lollobrigida (4 July 1927 – 16 January 2023) was an Italian actress, model, photojournalist, artist and politician. She was one of the highest-profile European actresse...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Marilyn Monroe Throws the First Pitch - Giant Oversize Limited Edition Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
Monroe Throws the First Pitch 1958
Frank Worth
Marilyn Monroe with Ralph Edwards on a baseball diamond, throwing the first pitch to start a game in 1958.
Marilyn Monroe was an Am...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Anne Princess Royal by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Anne Princess Royal
by Arthur Steel
Anne, Princess Royal – Clarence House, London, 1966
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
pape...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Picture Frame Westminster Bridge by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Picture Frame Westminster Bridge
by Arthur Steel
WESTMINSTER BRIDGE | LONDON 1969
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
What Do You Think Of It So Far by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
What Do You Think Of It So Far
by Arthur Steel
Eric Morcombe at home, England, 1981
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper ...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Iris By Justin Pumfrey
Located in London, GB
Iris
By Justin Pumfrey
Archival pigment print
Paper size: 20x24" / 51 x 61 cm
edition of 20
unframed
note other print sizes and framing options are available,
please enquire f...
Category
2010s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ice Skating Priests by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Ice Skating Priests
by Arthur Steel
COUNTY DURHAM 1966
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 44 x 33.5 " / 112 x 85...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Apeeling To The People by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Apeeling To The People
by Arthur Steel
Apeeling To The People – Margaret Thatcher, Chelsea, 1974
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once so...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Catfight III by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Catfight III
by Arthur Steel
Catfight – Female Bikini Mud Wrestlers, Hollywood Tropicana, Los Angeles 1985 – Set of 6 prints.
Arthur recalls:
“I was in Los Angeles with the British...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Family Planning by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Family Planning
by Arthur Steel
Family Planning – Shaftsbury Ave, London, 1975
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Italian Priest by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Italian Priest
by Arthur Steel
St. Peter’s Basiica, Rome, 1971
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 44 x 33.5 " / ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Baby Love Bug by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Baby Love Bug
by Arthur Steel
Baby Love Bug – Volkswagen Owner’s Meet, Great Britain 1980
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
pa...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Where Art Thou II by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Where Art Thou II
The Tate Gallery London, 1970 (photo Arthur Steel)
School boys study the famous ‘Blue spot’ painting by artist Bernard Cohen.
Arthur re...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Where Art Thou by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Where Art Thou
The Tate Gallery London, 1970 (photo Arthur Steel)
School boys study the famous ‘Blue spot’ painting by artist Bernard Cohen.
Arthur reca...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Luigia "Gina" Lollobrigida with a Nikon
Located in Cologne, DE
Luigia "Gina" Lollobrigida (4 July 1927 – 16 January 2023) was an Italian actress, model, photojournalist, artist and politician. She was one of the highest-profile European actresse...
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Parking Wars by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Parking Wars
by Arthur Steel
LONDON 1978
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 44 x 33.5 " / 112 x 85 cm
signed an...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
John And Cynthia Lennon by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
John And Cynthia Lennon
by Arthur Steel
St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1965
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced on...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bono by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Bono
2005
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists and movie ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Henry Rollins by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins in deep water,
Tokyo,
1997
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying im...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ian McCulloch, Echo and the Bunnymen by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Ian McCulloch, Echo and the Bunnymen
1998
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-cl...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Crash Call by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Crash Call
by Arthur Steel
WIMBLEDON, LONDON 1975
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 54 x 41 " / 137 x 104 cm
s...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Chauffeurs Feast by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Chauffeurs Feast
by Arthur Steel
Chauffeurs Feast – Twickenham rugby ground, London, 1976
Published Text (1967):
The Car Park at Twickenham Rugby Ground
The chauffeurs who bring ...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Super Jimmy by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Super Jimmy
Super – Jimmy Connors, Wimbledon Tennis Championships, 1975
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 24 x 19...
Category
1970s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Visitor At No. 10 Downing Street by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Visitor At No. 10 Downing Street
Arthur recalls:
“I had been on a late shift for the Newspaper and clocked off at around 1a.m. in the morning. As I drove home, I took the route down Whitehall. To my astonishment, as I drove past Downing Street there were three policeman rolling a enormous snowball. Needless to say, I quickly pulled my car over and grabbed my camera. I trudged through the snow and managed to get a shot of the three officers rolling the giant ball...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Thinkers by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
The Thinkers
by Arthur Steel
The Thinkers – The National Gallery London circa 1968. A female art lover admires’The Thinker’, a famous bronze by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin.
...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vincent Cassel by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Vincent Cassel
2000
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Chimney Pots by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Chimney Pots
by Arthur Steel
London, 1967
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 54 x 41 " / 137 x 104 cm
signed and...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Short Back And Sidespin by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Short Back And Sidespin
by Arthur Steel
London 1983
Punk Martin Gale is so potty about Snooker he’s let it go to his head.
All prints are hand signed ...
Category
1980s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Depeche Mode by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Depeche Mode
1990
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists an...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Robert Plant by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Robert Plant
1993
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists a...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Limestone Walls by Arthur Steel
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
Limestone Walls
by Arthur Steel
Insheer, the Arran Islands, 1966
All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold.
paper size - 44 x 33.5 " ...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Leonard Bernstein, ca. 1960
Located in Cologne, DE
Leonard Bernstein, August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990 was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most importa...
Category
1960s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Dido by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Dido
2004
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists and movie ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Erykah Badu by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Erykah Badu
by Kevin Westenberg
Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists and movie...
Category
1990s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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