Modern Figurative 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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Style: Modern
The Old Days - Cows in the Maremma - Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Cows in the Maremma is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal familie...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sophia Loren – Antigua, February, 1979 Limited Estate Print
By David Steen
Located in London, GB
Sophia Loren – Antigua, February,
1979
In 1979, I was asked if I would go to Antigua to photograph Sophia Loren, well, this was magic, what a privilege. She had seen my work and ha...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes 1969
A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskiier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riv...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, C Print
The Old Days - Smoking - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Smoking Elderly is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, a...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Old Days - Men in Field - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Men in Field is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and po...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Snorkeling Holiday (Turks and Caicos)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A snorkeling holiday in the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean, circa 1975.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
The Old Days - Woman with Donkey - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Woman with Donkey is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families,...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Alex ‘Hurricane’ Higgins – Windmill Street Soho London 1972Limited Estate Print
By David Steen
Located in London, GB
Alex ‘hurricane’ Higgins – Windmill Street Soho London
1972
David Steen recalls: “When I was about 13 or 14 I used to go to a snooker hall in the basement of the boxing gym owned b...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Italian Actress Enrica Bonaccorti - Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian actress, television and radio presenter Enrica Bonaccorti in "OK Bimbi".
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Oliver Reed – Broome Hall, England, 1975 Limited Estate Print
By David Steen
Located in London, GB
Oliver Reed – Broome Hall, England,
1975
The legendary British actor and hell-raiser began his film career in the late 1950s. In 1968 he played the role of Bill Sikes in the aware...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Twiggy In Pink Tights On Swing 1967 Limited Estate Print
By David Steen
Located in London, GB
Twiggy – at David Steen’s Home, Surrey
Lesley Lawson (born 19 September 1949) is an English model, actress, and singer widely known by the nickname Twiggy. She was a British cultura...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, C Print
Silvana Mangano - Photo - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Silvana Mangano is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Beatles 1964 Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
The Beatles perform “I Want To Hold Your Hand”, 1964.
Photo by Globe Archives
Paper size 40 x 40" / 101 x 101cm
Unframed
Archival Pigment Print
Certificate of authenticity provided...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Italian Actress and Singer Loretta Goggi - Photo- 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian singer and actress Loretta Goggi with Antonio Fattorini
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portraits of the Jurors in the Ruby Trial - Historical Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits of the Jurors in the Ruby Trial is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical event...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall is a photograph realized in 1980s.
Very good condition.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
National Danish Gymnastics Team: Earth #4
Located in London, GB
Toned silver gelatin print (printed 2003), signed, dated and numbered (verso), edition '20/25', 33cm x 26cm (image size), (49cm x 41cm framed). (N.B. although this is an edition of 2...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Italian Actress Enrica Bonaccorti and Heather Parisi - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress, television and radio presenter Enrica Bonaccorti with the American television presenter and dancer Heather Parisi.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rod Stewart – Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, 1976 Limited Estate Print
By David Steen
Located in London, GB
Rod Stewart – Beverly Hills, Los Angeles,
1976
Born in London in 1945, rock musician Rod Stewart always dreamt of being a professional football player, until he began touring with ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
The Italian Actress Enrica Bonaccorti with Heather Parisi - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress, television and radio presenter Enrica Bonaccorti with the American television presenter and dancer Heather Parisi.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Antonella Lualdi - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Antonella Lualdi in Rome (Via Frattina).
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
National Danish Gymnastics Team: Sky #19
Located in London, GB
Silver gelatin print (printed 2004), signed, dated and numbered (verso), edition '19/25', 27cm x 23cm (image size), (46cm x 41cm framed). (N.B. although this is an edition of 25, onl...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Italian Actress and Singer Loretta Goggi - Photo- 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian singer and actress Loretta Goggi with Antonio Fattorini
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Antonella Lualdi - Historical Photo -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Antonella Lualdi on the set of a movie.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Antonella Lualdi - Photo- 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Antonella Lualdi.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress and Singer Loretta Goggi - Photo- 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian actress and singer Loretta Goggi with Daniele Formica.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Old Days Photo - Herds - Photo- Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days Photo - Herds is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Enrica Bonaccorti - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian actress, television and radio presenter Enrica Bonaccorti in "Pronto, chi gioca?", 1986.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Antonella Lualdi- Historical Photo -1965
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Antonella Lualdi with Paolo Ferrari. 14/2/1965.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Leonard Bernstein and Italian President Sandro Pertini- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Leonard Bernstein and President Sandro Pertini is a photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Charles Aznavour - Photo- 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Charles Aznavour is a photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress and Singer Loretta Goggi - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian actress and singer Loretta Goggi in a scene from "Canzonissime" by Gianni Brezza.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Celebrity Cruise (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Celebrity Cruise, 1965
Chromogenic Lambda print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
British comedian Peter Sellers (19...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Leonard Bernstein - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Leonard Bernstein is a photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Cliff Richard – Signing Autographs, on Tour, April, 1964 Limited Estate Print
By David Steen
Located in London, GB
Cliff Richard – Signing Autographs, on Tour, April,
1964
Born in India in 1940, Cliff Richard is the only singer in history to have UK Number One hits in five decades (from 1950s-...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Harry Belafonte - Photo- 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Harry Belafonte is a photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions except for a fold in the center.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Leonard Bernstein - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Leonard Bernstein is a photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Leonard Bernstein - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Leonard Bernstein is a photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Antonella Lualdi - Photo- 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Antonella Lualdi.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Halldór Laxness - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Halldór Laxness is a photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Leonard Bernstein - Photo- 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Leonard Bernstein is a photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Leonard Bernstein - Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Leonard Bernstein is a photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Silvana Mangano - Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Silvana Mangano is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Antonella Lualdi - Photo- 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Antonella Lualdi on the set of a film.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Enrica Bonaccorti - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Enrica Bonaccorti is a photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Enrica Bonaccorti - Photo- 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian actress, television and radio presenter Enrica Bonaccorti in a stage costume.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Enrica Bonaccorti - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Enrica Bonaccorti with: Daniel Hallydey, Daniela e Simona D'Angelo, Massimo Franchi, Gianfranco Ingrassia, Massimo Lauzi, Carolina Rosi, Cristiano...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Old Days Photo - Woman and Dog - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days Photo - Woman and Dog is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1912.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and political e...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
National Danish Gymnastics Team: Sky #17
Located in London, GB
Silver gelatin print (printed 2003), signed, dated and numbered (verso), edition '13/25', 23cm x 34cm (image size), (39cm x 49cm framed). (N.B. although this is an edition of 25, onl...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Old Days - Shepherd - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Shepherd is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and poli...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actress Lea Massari - Photo- 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Lea Massari on the set of a movie.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rod Stewart – Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, 1976 Limited Estate Print
By David Steen
Located in London, GB
Rod Stewart – Beverly Hills, Los Angeles,
1976
David Steen recalls: “Filming for Roger’s first Bond movie, Live and Let Die began in New Orleans and moved on to Ocho Rios, Jamaica....
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - On The Slopes Of Sugarbush
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - On The Slopes Of Sugarbush - Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
Three skiers inspecting their skis on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in Warren, Vermont, USA, circa 1960. The Sugarbush resort is one of the largest ski resorts in New England (Photo by Slim Aarons).
This photograph epitomises the travel style and glamour of the period's wealthy and famous, beautifully documented by Aarons. In his words, he loved to photograph 'attractive people in attractive places, doing attractive things'.
A beautiful and classic Slim Aarons C-Type photograph (unframed).
Limited edition to 150 only
numbered and stamped
by The Slim Aarons Estate on verso.
Supplied with certificate of authenticity.
Gorgeous print measuring 20 x 30" inches / ca 50.8 x 76.2 cm’s paper size.
Stamped by the Estate on right and numbered in ink on left - limited edition to 150 only.
Produced utilising the original transparency held at archive source.
FRAMING:
Please note that this piece is unframed – however, we offer a full framing service.
If you would like this piece framed, please contact us for a quote.
We ship regularly using Fedex Express services and shipping to all international locations.
Keywords
skiing in the 60s 1960 skiing in USA winter in Vermont sunny day in the slopes dark blue light blue white snow skiing clothes blue and white woo;;en hats blue trousers white jumpers...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
The Old Days - Historical Photo - The Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in Early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ex Libris - Giorgio Balbi - Woodcut - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - Giorgio Balbi is an Artwork in Mid 20th Century.
Woodcut.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Woodcut
The Old Days - Historical Photo - The Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families,...
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos -1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their r...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
At the Horse Race - The Old Days - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
At the Horse Race - The Old Days is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Modern figurative photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Modern figurative photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Mark Shaw, Alain Le Garsmeur, and Terry O'Neill. Frequently made by artists working with Digital Print, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern figurative photography, so small editions measuring 0.79 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $22 and tops out at $115,000, while the average work sells for $1,800.
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