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
Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank ‘Brandy’ Brandstetter
in a swimming pool at Acapulco.
Slim Aarons ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons Official Estate Edition - Liz Pringle Refreshments in Jamaica
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Fashion model Liz Pringle drinking from a coconut at the Round Hill resort, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 1953.
photo by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
Printed...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Brunch At Brennans
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Brunch At Brennans
Sunday brunch at Brennan’s restaurant, New Orleans. A Wonderful Time – Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed 2024
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Pr...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
'Soft Helmets' V&A Portfolio Limited Edition print
By John French
Located in London, GB
'Soft Helmets' V&A Portfolio Limited Edition print
Pattie Boyd and Celia Hammond modelling feathered capsule hats, John French (1907-66), London, 1960s
© Victoria and Albert M...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Scottsdale Home' Arizona (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Scottsdale Home' by Slim Aarons
Guests by the pool at the home of Wayne Beal in Scottsdale, Arizona, January 1973.
You cannot almost feel the heat!
Guests relax around the beautif...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Dance Study 1623: Dancers in the Museum
Located in Lawrence, NY
#1 of 8, signed, numbered, dated
Howard Schatz gave up a career as a retinal surgeon and a clinical professor to follow his passion for photography. Schatz first established a follo...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank ‘Brandy’ Brandstetter
in a swimming pool at Acapulco.
Slim Aarons ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons - Lounging In Verbier Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Verbier' by Slim Aarons
Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964.
This photograph epitomises the Travel, Lifestyle and Glamou...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Swimmer And Sunbather' 1959 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Swimmer And Sunbather' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
An underwater swimmer and a sunbather at the Cal Neva Lodge on the shore of Lake Tahoe, 1959. The Cal Neva reso...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, C Print
Slim Aarons Conca dei Marini Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Conca dei Marini' 1984 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
A bay in Conca dei Marini, on the Amalfi coast in Italy, August 1984.
Paper size 40 x 30 inches / 101 x 76 cm
Pri...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - New England Skiing - Oversize C Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in Cranmore Mountain, New Hampshire, circa 1955.
Photo by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons C Type photograph
Paper size 40 x 4...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Historical Photo - BenKhedda - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo-BenKhedda is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical album including historical mom...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
William S. Burroughs (Stamped) (~30% OFF LIST PRICE, LIMITED TIME)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Robert Mapplethorpe
William S. Burroughs
Photograph, Silver Gelatin Print
Year: 1982
Size: 9.8 × 7.8 inches
Stamped verso
Accompanied by Radar, Basel, Edition C.L.A.G., 1982; Text in German
Gallery COA provided
Robert Mapplethorpe was born November 4, 1946, in Floral Park...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mother and Child - Vintage Photograph - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Mother and Child is a black and white photograph of a painting realized by A. Von Mayden in the 1930s.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Included a Passepartout:46 x 35 cm
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Tennis In San Diego' California (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Tennis In San Diego' California (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
A man and a woman playing tennis on a court surrounded by palm trees, San Diego, California, October 1956.
The elegant pair dressed in tennis whites, save for the striped shirt of the young lady, enjoy a game of tennis, in the heat of the Californian sunshine...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Black Liberation Army Protest in Central Park - Civil Rights - Black Panthers
Located in Miami, FL
A bold Black Liberation Army banner is featured among drummers and hippies in a 1971 Central Park protest. We see a rudimentary Super 8 video camera recording it all in the lower le...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Counsel (outdoor scene, people talking, quiet moment, motion blur, waterfront, )
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
Counsel
Medium: Digital Photography
Year: 2021
Size: 16x16 in
Edition: 25
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-938
Subdued yet color...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Man On the Horse - Vintage Photograph - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Man On the Horse is a black and white photograph of a painting realized by G.V Loune in the 1930s.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Included a Passepartout:35 x 46 cm
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph is a Vintage Photograph in the early 20th Century.
Ostia, The House was built in the time of Emperor Trajan. 1847-1833.
Good condition and aged ma...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Penthouse Pool Official Limited Estate Edition Supersize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Penthouse Pool' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Young women by the Canellopoulos penthouse pool, Athens, July 1961.
Chromogenic C print
Printed this year
Slim Aarons Est...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
The Lady - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Lady is a Photograph, Hand-dedicated on paper realized in 1910.
Good conditions.
With a Passepartout.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Giddy (rodeo, rider, motion blur, colorful, iconic)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
Giddy
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag
Year: 2021
Size: 10x8 inches
Edition: 50
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Huston & Brando On Set' (Silver Gelatin Print)
Located in London, GB
'Huston & Brando On Set' 1967
Director John Huston and actor Marlon Brando on the set of 'Reflections In A Golden Eye,' 1967.
The two iconic movie stars on the set of the film in w...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Promenade BNW (black and white, hot air balloon, surreal landscape, motion blur)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
Promenade BNW
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag
Year: 2021
Size: 14.2x20 inches
Edition: 25
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Re...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi - Photograph by C. Bernieri - Late 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi is a precious Silver Salt print on paper, realized by Cesare Bernieri in 1861-1864.
Hand-signed and stamped on the lower.
Exposed in 1867 at the Pari...
Category
1860s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Paper, Silver Gelatin
View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph is a Vintage Photograph in the early 20th Century.
Four photographs, two on the front and two on the rear: Temple of Juno, Wall of Romulus, and Wal...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Children and Madonna - Photograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Children and Madonna is a Photograph silver salt print, realized in 1862.
Hand-dedication on the lower.
Good conditions.
Category
1860s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Paper, Silver Gelatin
Wide Awake (rodeo, horse, barrel race, colorful, motion blur)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
Wide Awake
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag
Year: 2021
Size: 12x12 inches
Edition: 50
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Ref.: 9...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lyre - Vintage Photograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Lyre is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862.
The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of the government, of the laws, of th...
Category
1860s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph is a Vintage Photograph in the early 20th Century.
Four photographs, two on the front and two on the rear: Sculptures of the first century, tombs.
...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Lady - Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Lady is a Vintage Photograph in the early 20th Century by Debenham Gould in Glen View Studio.
With a Greenish Passepartout and Cover wrote: Debenham Gould, Glen View Stu...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Lyre - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lyre is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862.
The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of the government, of the laws, of th...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Farmers - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Silver slat photograph of a painting, hand dedicated to Carlo Ferrari by Simonetta Alfoso realized by G.B. Berra in the early 20th Century.
Four photographs, two on the front and tw...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph is a Vintage Photograph in the early 20th Century.
Four photographs, two on the front and two on the rear: Temple of Juno, Wall of Romulus, and Wal...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Lounging In Verbier' ( Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Verbier' by Slim Aarons
Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964.
This photograph epitomises the Travel, Lifestyle and Glamou...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Portrait of Mrs Gilles - Photograph by Renzo Cinti - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mrs Gilles is a Photograph realized by Renzo Cinti in the 1940s.
Good condition included a cream-colored carboard passpartout (32x23 cm).
Hand-signed by the artist on t...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Mrs Gilles - Photograph by Renzo Cinti - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mrs Gilles is a Photograph realized by Renzo Cinti in the 1940s.
Good condition included a cream-colored carboard passpartout (32x23 cm).
Hand-signed by the artist on t...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pigs - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pigs - Vintage Photograph is a Silver salt print realized in the Early 20th Century.
Applied on a Passepartout
Good condition and aged margins.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph realized in the Early 20th Century.
Applied on a Passepartout
Good conditions.
From Vintage Historical Albumen print.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Novita Landscape - Vintage Photograph - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Novita Landscape - Vintage Photograph is a Silver salt print realized in the late 19th Century.
Eight photographs, four on the front and four on the rear applied on a greenish Passe...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons - Lounging In Verbier Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Verbier' by Slim Aarons
Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964.
This photograph epitomises the Travel, Lifestyle and Glamou...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Capote At Home' Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Capote At Home' 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Author Truman Capote (1924 – 1984) relaxes with a book and a cigarette in his cluttered apartment, Brooklyn Heights, New York...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Old days Photo - Donkeys - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Donkeys is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including hi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Fall - Vintage Photograph - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Fall- Vintage Photograph is a Silver salt print realized in the late 19th Century.
Applied on a Passepartout
Good conditions with folding on the lower and aged margins.
...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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 waterskier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Rivi...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Stieglitz, O'Keeffe Hands w/Thimble, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial Portfolio (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lithograph
Figurative photograph nude fine art print, Contemporary black white - Sandrine
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Sandrine ‘ who was captured on film in...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Old days Photo - The Tree - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - The Tree is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Stieglitz, Venetian Boy, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial Portfolio (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lithograph
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Brunch At Brennans - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Brunch At Brennans
Sunday brunch at Brennan’s restaurant, New Orleans. A Wonderful Time – Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed 2024
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Pr...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Old days Photo - On the Boat - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - On the Boat is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album includ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial Portfolio (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lithograph
Old days Photo - Seascape - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Seascape is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old days Photo - Mother and Daughter - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Mother and Daughter is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic albu...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old days Photo - Satelite Dish - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Satelite Dish is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including histori...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old days Photo - Seascape - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo -Seascape is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Statue - Vintage Photograph - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Statue - Vintage Photograph is a Photograph applied on a Passepartout realized in the late 19th Century
Good conditions, aged with a cutting on cardboard support on the lower, , Han...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old days Photo - Landscape - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Landscape is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album includin...
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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