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
Amalfi Cathedral - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Amalfi Cathedral - 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
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
Airline's Office - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Airline's office- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the early 20th century by Donald Chapman.
Stamped on the rear.
Good conditions, aged with foxing.
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Reliquary, Christian Museum - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Christian Museum - Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century by Alinari.
Consular diptych depicting Boethius and Lampadius. Ivory bas-relief ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Milan Cathedral - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Milan Cathedral- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized by Zuecca Uno in the early 20th century.
Good conditions, aged with foxing.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rider - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Rider - 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
Column - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Column - Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the early 20th century.
Information on the rear in Italian
Good conditions, aged.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
On the Slopes of Fujiyama - Vintage Photograph - 1893
Located in Roma, IT
On the Solpes of Fujiama is a vintage black and white photograph.
It is part of a journey to Asia performed by prince Franz Ferdinand von Osterreich Este (1863-1914) , heir to the t...
Category
1890s 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
Hard Work (Americana, Midwest, Horse, Field)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kevin Vivers
Hard Work
Archival Pigment Print
Year: 2024
Visible Size: 9 x 13 inches
Framed: 18 x 22 inches
Signed
COA provided
*Black frame with standard plex
Kevin Vivers has bee...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Roman Historical Arch - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Historical Arch. 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
Historical Arch - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Arch- 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
The Baptistery of Parma - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Baptistery of Parma - 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, aged...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ravello Cathedral, Rome - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Ravello Cathedral, Rome- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century.
Good conditions, aged with foxing.
Category
Early 20th Century 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
Nice Pool 1955 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Nice Pool 1955
American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 – 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudley Guest in front of their Grecian temple pool on the ocean...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Gianni Morandi and Claudio Villa - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Morandi and Claudio Villa - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old days Photo - Painting of Church Goers - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Painting of Church Goers is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Street Scene In Montmartre from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 Giant size
Located in London, GB
'Street Scene In Montmartre'
from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61
By Peter Cornelius
Crowds on the street, Rue Norvins, Montmartre, Paris. From the series Paris in Colour, 1956–...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
La Parabola de los Ciegos, Brueghel
By Lluis Barba
Located in Atlanta, GA
Lluis Barba’s epic, digitally manipulated images juxtapose iconic paintings from art history with photographs of modern tourists, celebrities, spectators of varied economic backgroun...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Photographic Paper
River Club Unveiling Event (Thomas Hart Benton Plate #31)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Michael Mardikes
River Club Unveiling Event (Thomas Hart Benton Plate #31)
Year: 1956, 2021
Pigment Ink on Archival Paper Photograph
Image Size: 13.5x19 in
Paper Size: 17x22 in
Editi...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Donatello, Siena Cathedral - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Donatello, Siena Cathedral- 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
Ahmedabad 151213-18 (India, Street Dancer, Movement, Rhythm, Vibes, 30% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Lord Fauntleroy
Ahmedabad 151213-18
High Gloss Metal Print
with Float Mount Hanger
Year: 2015
Size: 12 inches diameter
Signed: On Label
Edition: 7
COA provided
Lord Fauntleroy is a ...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
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
Christ Life - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Christ Life - Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century.
Good conditions with foxing.
Stamped on the rear, from the 893 series at the Cultu...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Positano Beach, 1979 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Photograph
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, Color, Digital
Slim Aarons Estate Print -Tennis Guests 1955
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Tennis Guests
1955: Michael Canfield and Jacqueline Bouvier enjoying ‘tennis week’ at the Newport Casino. Original Publication: From ‘A Wonderful Time’.
...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Maple Leaves (Gold, Yellow, Saffron, Nature. ~30% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Laura Lloyd
Maple Leaves
Archival Pigment Print
Year: 2024
Visible Size: 7.5 x 11.25 inches
Framed: 14 x 18 x 1 inches
Signed: On Label
COA provided
*Black frame with standard plex...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bedazzled at Little Theater (Geometric, Op-Art, Vibrant, ~30% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jacia Phillips
Bedazzled at Little Theater
High Gloss Metal Print
with Float Mount Hanger
Year: 2024
Size: 16 x 20 x 1 inches
Signed: On Label
COA provided
*Printed on metal with an...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Metal
Audrey Hepburn In Rome Limited Norman Parkinson Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Belgian-born British actress Audrey Hepburn photographed wearing a Givenchy afternoon cocktail dress
from the Spring/Summer 1955 collection.
Photographed at ‘La Vigna’, Hepburn’s v...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Saint Kitts and Nevis, 1984 - 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
Digital, Color, Photographic Paper, C Print
Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Beat Poet Peter Orlovsky Beatnik Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Peter Orlovsky reads poem disrobed at Judson Memorial Church. Behind him is Allen Ginsberg - December 6th, 1964. (by Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village, New York City.)
Phot...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ginko Leaves (Gold, Yellow, Saffron, Nature, ~30% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Laura Lloyd
Ginko Leaves
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 ple...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Sunbathing In Antibes 1976
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Sunbathing In Antibes
Dani Geneux (left) and Marie-Eugenie Gaudfrin sunbathing at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976.
Slim Aarons Ar...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Virna Lisi - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Virna Lisi is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
A French Young Model - Photo by Gunnar Larsen - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
A French young model is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s, by the photographer Gunnar Larsen.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic a...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Nash (Americana, Rusty, Classic Cruiser, Retro, Timeless, 30% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Lord Fauntleroy
Nash (Americana, Rusty, Classic Cruiser, Retro, Timeless)
2024
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag 315gsm
Size: 24 x 24 in...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
Yellow Gold (Americana, Midwest, Classic, Vintage, Corn, Farm, ~30% OFF)
By Kelly Ludwig
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kelly Ludwig
Yellow Gold
Archival Pigment Print
Year: 2024
Visible Size: 10.6 x 13.5 inches
Framed: 17.75 x 20.75 x 1.25 x inches
Signed: On Label
COA provided
*Black gallery frame...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Love scene by the wayside: horses in North Jutland, Denmark around 1985.
Located in Cologne, DE
The photo shows two horses facing each other over a wooden fence in a rural setting, seemingly captured around the late 20th century. The vibrant brown coats of the horses stand out ...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color
Chalet Costi, Zermatt, 1968 - 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, Color, Digital
Sacred Art of Italy - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Sacred Art of Italy- 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
Christian Museum - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Christian Museum - Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century by Alinari.
Consular diptych depicting Boethius and Lampadius. Ivory bas-relief ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Jorge Luis Borges - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Jorge Luis Borges, Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Jorge Luis Borges, the renowned Argentine writer, poet, and essayist. ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Silvana Mangano In Pose - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Silvana Mangano in Pose is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Mountain Valley - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Mountain Valley is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1960s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ferrara Cathedral - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Ferrara Cathedral- 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
Roman Arch - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Arch - Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century.
Good conditions.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Medieval Column - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Medieval Column- 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
Medieval Cathedral - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Medieval Cathedral - 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
Party Preparations, 1970 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
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
Digital, Color, Photographic Paper, C Print
Riders - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Riders -Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Transportation of Marble Blocks - Vintage Photo - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
Transportation of Marble Blocks is a Silver Salt print realized in the 1910s.
From Alinari archive.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Charles Trenet and Jean Cocteau - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Charles Trenet and 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
Elegant Daywear (1957) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Elegant Daywear (1957) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo By Popperfoto/Getty Images Archive)
A young woman modelling an outfit consisting of a three-qu...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Blondie On The Roof by Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Blondie On The Roof
Blondie on the roof of the Gramercy Park hotel New York 1978
Photo by Martyn Goddard
Printed 2024.
Signed limited edition photograph; edition of 25 in this siz...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Speed Week' (Mid-Century Modern Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963.
Chromogenic Lambda print
Printed Later
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
The ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Poolside Host, 1970 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
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
Digital, C Print, Color, Photographic Paper
S. Erecto Relief - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
S. Erecto Relief- Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph realized in the early 20th century.
Good conditions with aged margins.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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