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
Old Days Photo - Sister - Photograph - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Sister 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 his...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Indien - Nepal, Cattani Camp - Vintage Photograph - 1893
Located in Roma, IT
Indien - Nepal, Cattani Camp 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 t...
Category
1890s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'New England Skiing Essentials' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'New England Skiing Essentials' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
A couple prepare for a day’s skiing in New Hampshire, 1955.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Silver Gelatin Pr...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Make Up Mirror Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Thurston Hopkins – Signed Lifetime Print
Limited Edition 33/50
Fibre Print
Date printed: 2011
Signed & Editioned by Photographer, ink recto (front)
Paper size 20 x 24 inches / 51 x...
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1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Cortina d’Ampezzo Limited Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cortina d’Ampezzo
Isa Genolini and Maria Antonia in the main street of Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, March 1982.
30x20” / 76 x 51 cm - paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pool at Lake Tahoe (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Bathers by a pool on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aarons (191...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Concorde- Limited edition contemporary art print, City, Black white, Mouvement
By Sam Thomas
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Concorde - Limited edition pigment print - Limited Editions of 5
Paris under the snow, France, 2005
Signed + numbered by artist with certificate of authenticity.
Free delivery
...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Pigment, Archival P...
The Radio Telescope in Arcetri - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The Radio Telescope in Arcetri is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and politic...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Anusha, Protrait. From The Series The Third Gender of India
By Jill Peters
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The term "hijra" applies to a very diverse group of people in India who identify as third gender. They can range from a natural born hermaphrodite to a male cross dresser. Dating bac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
NEW Slim Aarons 'Pulitzer Pool Party' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests relax by the swimming pool at Lilly Pulitzer's pool party, Palm Beach, Florida, April 1961. Lilly Pulitzer is seen at centre (wearing headscarf) on the lap of her husband, Pet...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jayne Mansfield at the Roulette Wheel - Oversize Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
Jayne Mansfield at the Roulette Wheel
by Frank Worth
Beautifully captured by Frank Worth, this black and white portrait features actress and sex symbol Jayne Mansfield in Las Vegas...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
External view of the FOS fibre optic plant - Vintage B/W photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
External view of the FOS fibre optic plant is " Sud S.P.A. di Battipaglia" an original photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer.
Typed notes on th...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Portrait of Mussolini before his rise to the power - Vintage Photo - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
The Portrait of Mussolini before his rise to the power is an original b/w photo realized in August 1934 by Agence Trampus (Paris). On the back there is the original hallmark of the A...
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1930s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
New York City Skyscrapers, July 1931, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography Framed
By Press Agency Keystone View Company
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Press Agency Keystone View Company. New York City skyscrapers, July 7th, 1931.
Features:
Original Silver Gelatin Print Photog...
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1930s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Japan - Der Gipfel des Fugjiama - Vintage Photograph - 1893
Located in Roma, IT
Japan - Der Gipfel des Fugjiama 13 August 1893 is a vintage black and white photograph.
It is part of a journey to Asia performed by prince Franz Ferdinand von Osterreich Este (1863...
Category
1890s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons 'Amalfi Coast' (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Amalfi Coast
1984
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
A young woman, wearing a bi...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Historical Photo - Giovanni Leone - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Giovanni Leone is a black and white vintage photo depicting the former italian President of the Republic in 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including his...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Doctor Adanuty, graduated from the University of Magic- Photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Doctor Adanuty, graduated from the University of Magic is a black and white vintage photo, realized in Mid 20th Century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and n...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ancient Views of Singapore - Original Albumen Prints - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient views of Singapore is a set of 8 original vintage Albumen prints on single cardboard: 26 x 34 cm.
They were realized in the 1890s.
Four images on the front and four on the ...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
National Museum of Rome-Faun with Bacchus-Vintage Photograph-Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
National Museum of Rome-Faun with Bacchus is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, roy...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Parisian Balcony — Mid-Century Photogravure
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Rémy Duval, 'Parisian Balcony', photogravure, 1946. A fine, richly-inked impression in warm black ink, on cream wove B.F.K. Rives paper; the sheet with deck...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photogravure
O’Brian’s Catch Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
O’Brian’s Catch (1961) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
American actor Hugh O’Brian returns to the beach with a fish after a snorkelling expedition, Antigua in the ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, C Print
Vintage View on the city of Taiyuan-Fu - Vintage Photograph - 1938
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage View on the city of Taiyuan-Fu is a b/w photographic print on polished paper, taken very likely in 1938 by Press Photo, Berlin.
Stereotype in German on the back. In very good...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Harsha, Protrait. From The Series The Third Gender of India
By Jill Peters
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The term "hijra" applies to a very diverse group of people in India who identify as third gender. They can range from a natural born hermaphrodite to a male cross dresser. Dating bac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Historical Photo - Praia Zone in Macao China - Photograph - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Animals is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Tugboat, River Seine, Paris — Mid-Century Photogravure
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Rémy Duval, 'Tugboat, River Seine, Paris', photogravure, 1946. A fine, richly-inked impression in warm black ink, on cream wove B.F.K. Rives paper; the shee...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photogravure
George Michael by Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
George Michael
George Michael of Wham! In a Chinese Government Limo, at the Forbidden City, Beijing during a tour of Hong Kong & China 1985
Photo by Martyn Goddard
Printed 2024.
...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Japan, Fugjiama von Gotemba - Vintage Photograph - 1893
Located in Roma, IT
Japan, Fugjiama von Gotemba 13 August 1893 is a vintage black and white photograph.
It is part of a journey to Asia performed by prince Franz Ferdinand von Osterreich Este (1863-191...
Category
1890s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Manifestation - Vintage Photograph - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Manifestation is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Street Scene, L'Ile Saint Louis, Paris — Mid-Century Photogravure
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Rémy Duval, 'Street Scene, L'ile Saint Louis, Paris', photogravure, 1946. A fine, richly-inked impression in warm black ink, on cream wove B.F.K. Rives pape...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Sangita, Protrait. From The Series The Third Gender of India
By Jill Peters
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The term "hijra" applies to a very diverse group of people in India who identify as third gender. They can range from a natural born hermaphrodite to a male cross dresser. Dating bac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
China Canton "Five Storry Pagode" - Vintage Photograph - 1893
Located in Roma, IT
China Canton "Five Storry Pagode" 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...
Category
1890s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Anniversary of Liberation, Giulio Andreotti - Photograph - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Anniversary of Liberation - Giulio Andreotti is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, ro...
Category
Mid-20th Century 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
Princess Ann and Baby Andrew - Photograph - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Princess Ann and Baby Andrew 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 includi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Poolside Chat, 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
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Historical Photo - Queen Elizabeth in 1950s - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Queen Elizabeth in 1950s is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1950s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - China - Vintage Photograph - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - China is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and po...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Blondie In The Bar - signed limited edition print
Located in London, GB
Blondie In The Bar 1978
by Martyn Goddard
Debbie Harry of Blondie in the cocktail bar of the Gramercy Park Hotel New York 1978 (Photo by Martyn Goddard)
Archival c type photograph, limited edition of 25 in this size,
20 x 24 inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size,
signed and numbered on the front under the image area by Martyn Goddard
original image 1978
printed 2022
unframed
ships securely from London
Other sizes available 11x14 / 20x16 / 40x30 inches paper size
About MARTYN GODDARD
Martyn made album cover photographs for The Jam, Blondie, The Cure and others over the course of a 20 year career.
After a period assisting acclaimed photographer Gered Mankowitz, Martyn Goddard became a regular face on the New Wave music scene of the seventies and early eighties. This was an era of LP picture discs with serious budgets requiring creative photography. Photographing acts such as Blondie, The Jam, The Cure, Sham 69, Ian Dury...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
New Look (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Kurt Hutton
Located in London, GB
New Look (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Kurt Hutton/Getty Images)
A model wearing a black cocktail dress and a black velvet wide-brimmed hat, designed by Ronald Paterson...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Tour De France End - Getty Archive, 20th Century Photography, Sports
Located in Brighton, GB
Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
The 17th-century Ishak Pasha Palace, Province, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey 1988
Located in Cologne, DE
The photo showcases the historic Ishak Pasha Palace (İshak Paşa Sarayı), built in the 17th century near Doğubeyazıt in the province of Ağrı, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. The image, like...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color
Marisa Berenson - 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
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Slim Aarons 'New England Skiing' 1955 Official Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons 'New England Skiing'
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in Cranmore Mountain, New Hampshire, circa 1955 (Photo by Slim Aarons, printed later)
This photograph epitom...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Hotel Sports - Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Sports
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 150 only).
1958: Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes.
France
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
6...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
The Italian Actress Ornella Muti - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Ornella Muti with Dino Risi and Patrick Dewaere on the set of the movie "La stanza del vescovo".
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Yacht Holiday' SLIM AARONS ESTATE EDITION
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Yacht Holiday' by Slim Aarons
Limited Edition Estate Print
limited to 150 only
numbered in ink & emboss stamped.
SUPERSIZE 72 x 48 " inches paper si...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Historical Photo - Vintage Photograph - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Leonore Ander: Fishing boat on the beach of Nazaré in Portugal, 1981
Located in Cologne, DE
The photo shows a brightly painted fishing boat on the beach of Nazaré, a coastal town in the Centro region of Portugal. It appears to have been taken around 1981. The boat's bow, pa...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color
The Actor Cary Grant - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The American Actor Cary Grant is an original black and white photograph realized in the 1950s.
Portrait of the American actor with his third wife Betsy Drake.
Slightly blurry.
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Stan Laurel - Vintage Autographed Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Stan Laurel - Vintage Autographed Photograph is a vintage photo, realized in the 1940s.
Hand-signed by the actor Stan Laurel and his friend and colleague Oliver Hardy the most famo...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marolf’s (Americana, Midwest, Classic, Shop Front, 22% OFF - LIMITED TIME)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Bryan Atkinson
Marolf’s
Archival Pigment Print
Year: 2024
Visible Size: 7.5 x 9.5 inches
Framed: 13 x 17 inches
Signed: On Label
COA provided
*White frame with standard plex
Bryan ...
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2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Newport Tennis - New Archive Discovery
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Newport Tennis 1953
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
A brand new and exciting Archive discovery from the Slim Aarons Collection held by the Getty Archive in London England
American ten...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Legs - Contemporary Limited edition print, Sensual photography, Panties & tights
By Sam Thomas
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Legs - Limited edition pigment print , 2003 - Limited Editions of 15
Profile legs of a woman with panther tights
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemüh...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Di...
Tennis In The Bahamas Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tennis In The Bahamas
1957
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957. Behind the ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
November (These boots are made for walking)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A black and white photograph of a young woman in boots.
Brinley Ribando is a painter, printmaker, and photographer based in New Orleans, Louisiana. He...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Paris. Black and White Limited Edition Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Paris, 2023 by Ricky Cohete
Archival pigment print
Image size: 30 in H x 20 in W.
Edition of 13
Unframed
_________________________
Ricky Cohete was born in a coastal city in Ecuado...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Blondie Poses by Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Blondie Poses
By Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition
Debbie Harry ( Blondie) New York photo session 1978.
All prints are signed and numbered by the artist.
Paper size 16x20 in...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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.