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
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
Digital
'Pop And Society' 1968 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pop And Society' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
1968: From left to right; singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger (of the Rolling ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bob Marley 1975
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
Bob Marley
Bob Marley at the Island Records office, London, July 1975.
Bob Marley was a legendary Jamaican singer, songwriter, and global icon known for populari...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Green Door by Morgan Silk - Landscape Photography, Figurative Photography
By Morgan Silk
Located in Brighton, GB
'Green Door, San Francisco' is a dynamic and stylish Archival Inkjet Print by photographer Morgan Silk.
It is available in this size of 17" x 23" in an edition of 20.
Morgan Silk ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
Medieval Relief - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Medieval Relief- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century.
Good conditions with foxing.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marbella House Party, 1967 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Digital
Rue Mouffetard, Paris. Black and White Photograph. Portrait.
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Rue Mouffetard
Size: 23.6 x 15.7 inches.
Edition 6 ex. 5AP
Unframed
Printed later
1964, Uwe Ommer, a young 20-year-old photographer who recently arriv...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Painting Still Life - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Painting Still Life- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Standing Man - Vintage Photo - Mid- 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Standing Man- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the mid- 20th century.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Meeting - Vintage Photo - Mid- 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Meeting- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the mid-20th century.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Walter Matthau - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Walter Matthau - Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Painting of House - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Painting of House- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pescheria by Morgan Silk - Portrait Photography, Landscape Photography
By Morgan Silk
Located in Brighton, GB
'Pescheria' is a tranquil Archival Inkjet Print by photographer Morgan Silk.
It is available in this size of 17" x 24" in an edition of 100.
Morgan Silk has been involved in creat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
Pan and Apollo, Gallery of Parma - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Pan and Apollo, Gallery of Parma - Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the early 20th century by Anderson.
Information is written on the lower in Italian.
Good condit...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Norman Parkinson 'Golfing at Le Toque'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Golfing at Le Toque
1939 printed later
Silver gelatin print
40 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and numbered on verso
A woman in a white suit hitting a golf ball in a sa...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Palmar. From the Viva series. Male Limited Edition Color Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Palmar, by Ricky Cohete
From the Viva series
Small size: 30 in H x 20 in W.
Edition of 13 + 1AP
Unframed
Exploring color in the darkness, inspired by the Italian and Dutch renaissan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment
New Mexico Old Boys - oversized signed limited edition print
Located in London, GB
New Mexico Old Boys
by Homer Sykes
Aztec, New Mexico, June 1971. Men playing dominoes in a bar with a pool table. 1970s USA
oversize 30 x 20 inches ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Black and White
Duomo of Saint Mary of the Assumption - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Duomo of Saint Mary of the Assumption- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the early 20th century.
Good conditions, aged with foxing.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Capitolium and Imperial Forums - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Capitolium and Imperial Forums - Vintage Photo is a colored photograph of the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bryan Ferry 1975 Limited Edition Estate Print
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
Bryan Ferry
Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music with the “Roxettes” London 1975
Bryan Ferry is a British singer-songwriter and frontman of the band Roxy Music, renowned fo...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Relief - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Relief - Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the early 20th century.
Good conditions, aged.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Solitary Running Horse Silhouetted against Blue Mountain
Located in Miami, FL
A solitary galloping horse is captured in silhouette against a blue mountainous landscape. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, numbered ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Tennis Guests later Jackie Kennedy Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tennis Guests 1953
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Michael Canfield and Jacqueline Bouvier (later Kennedy and then Onassis) at Newport Casino for Tennis Week, 1953. Original Publicati...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Certosa Museum Naples - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Certosa Museum Naples - Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the early 20th century realized by Alinari.
Good conditions, aged with foxing.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Brigitte Bardot' (Limited Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Brigitte Bardot' by Jim Gray
French actor Laurent Terzieff giving Brigitte Bardot a piggy-back ride on the windy beach at North Berwick, Scotland, in a...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Church of St. Chiara Naples - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Church of St. Chiara Naples - Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the early 20th century realized by Alinari.
Good conditions, aged with foxing.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marianne Faithfull and Mick Jagger 1969
Located in London, GB
Marianne Faithfull and Mick Jagger 1969
English singer, songwriter and actress Marianne Faithfull and English singer, songwriter, actor and film producer Mick Jagger leaving Marlbo...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Treasure - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Treasure- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the early 20th century.
Good conditions, aged with foxing.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Taking Chair - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Taking Chair- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the early 20th century.
Copyright on the rear.
Good conditions, aged with foxing.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Eternal Recurrence #54, Framed. Mixed-media collage on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Eternal Recurrence #54 by Natasha Zupan
Image size: 18 in. H x 13.5 in. W
Photo collage
One of a kind
Natasha Zupan’s work juxtaposes emotion, reflection, shadows, light, time, imag...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Ravello Cathedral - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Ravello Cathedral- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the early 20th century realized by Anderson.
Information is written on the lower in Italian.
Good conditions, ag...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ancient Views of Johor and Singapore - Original Albumen Print - 1880s/1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Views of Johor and Singapore photographs is a set of 12 original vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 25 x 34 cm.
Size of photos: Various sizes 12x8, 8.5 x11, 8.5x10...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ravello Campania Cathedral - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Ravello Campania Cathedral- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the early 20th century.
Information is written on the lower in Italian.
Good conditions, aged with foxing.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ravello Campania Cathedral - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Ravello Campania Cathedral- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the early 20th century by Alinari.
Information is written on the lower in Italian.
Good conditions, age...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Galla Placidia and children - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Galla Placidia and Children- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized by Alinari in Brescia in the early 20th century.
Good condition.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jean Cocteau - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Jean Cocteau - Vintage Photo is a black-and-white photograph that was realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Tightrope Walkers- Vintage b/w Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Tightrope Walkers- Vintage b/w Photo realized in the Late 1980s.
With the handwriting on the rear.
Good conditions.
The photograph is captured aesthetically, in an interesting mom...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Fancy Heel (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Fancy Heel (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Chaloner Woods)
15th November 1955: Stiletto heeled shoes with pointed toes.
The heels are d...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Villa Del Balbianello
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Villa Del Balbianello
Italian mountain climber and explorer Guido Monzino (1928-1988) and four people relaxing on th...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elephant Close Up at Sunset with Wide Angle Lens, Life Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
This elephant portrait was done on assignment for Life Magazine. It was for a story about a group of three elephants who stomped to death their trainer.
In an attempt to save the ele...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Inauguration of the Science Palace in Rome - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Inauguration of the Science Palace in Rome is a vintage photograph in black and white realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Inauguration of the Science Palace in Rome - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Inauguration of the Science Palace in Rome is a vintage photograph in black and white realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Ray Bradbury - Vintage Photograph - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Ray Bradbury - Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the 1990s.
Good conditions.
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Garden Party Huge Oversize Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Garden Party. An elegant garden party in Miami, Florida, 1970.
Huge oversize 60 x 60" inches / 152 x 152 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aaro...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
High Wire Motorcycle (1960) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
High Wire Motorcycle (1960) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
(Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy)
A high-wire act with a man standing on his head on a motorcycle with man a...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Donna Summer 1979
Located in London, GB
Donna Summer performing, USA 19 November 1979
Donna Summer was a legendary American singer-songwriter known as the "Queen of Disco," celebrated for her powerful vocals and iconic hi...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
NEW Slim Aarons 'Three Sisters' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Shoppers on the pavement outside a Three Sisters boutique in Florida, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons
Three Sisters
1955
Fiber Print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 1...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Hunting Road - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Hunting Road- Vintage Photo was created in the early 20th century.
Stamped on the rear "Avanti"
Information is written on the rear in Italian.
Good conditions, aged with fox...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Relief - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Relief- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century.
Good conditions with foxing.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Yellow Flowers (Gold, Saffron, Nature, Warm, Close-up, ~30% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Laura Lloyd
Yellow Flowers
Archival Pigment Print
Year: 2024
Visible Size: 17 x 11 inches
Framed: 21.4 x 15.4 x 1.5 inches
Signed: On Label
COA provided
*Black frame with standard p...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Arches - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Arches - Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the early 20th century.
Information on the rear in Italian
Good conditions, aged with foxing.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons, Tennis in the Bahamas ( Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Tennis in the Bahamas, 1957
Chromogenic lambda print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Two women stand talking t...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
St. Giovanni Church - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
St. Giovanni Church- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the early 20th century realized by Anderson.
Information is written on the lower in Italian.
Good conditions, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons 'Neo-Classical Pool' 1984 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Neo-Classical Pool' 1985 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Mrs T. Dennie Boardman and her children Samuel Jay and Sarah climbing the steps from the pool at the home of Board...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Palazzo Rufolo, Ravello - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Palazzo Rufolo, Ravello- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the early 20th century realized by Alinari.
Good conditions, aged with foxing.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Baptism Antique Gallery of Florence - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Baptism Antique Gallery of Florence - Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the early 20th century
Good conditions, aged with foxing.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
S. Francesco Church - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
S. Francesco Church- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized by Zuecca Uno in the early 20th century.
Stamped on the rear.
Good conditions, aged with foxing.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Antique Gallery of Florence - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Antique Gallery of Florence - Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the early 20th century.
With Information on the lower in Italian.
Good conditions, aged with foxing.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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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.