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
Vota - Vintage Photo Detail by Osvaldo Bohm - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vota is an original photograph taken in Italy, realized by Osvaldo Böhm. With the artist's stamp and production on the rear.
Very Good conditions.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
'Pool At Bouldereign' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pool At Bouldereign' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Guests round the pool at Bouldereign, Carl Hovgard's home in Carefree, Arizona, January 1973. (Photo by Slim Aar...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color
Historical Photo - Portrait of Aurelio Mistruzzi - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Portrait of Aurelio Mistruzzi is a vintage photo, realized in the Early - 20th Century .
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
$135 Sale Price
25% Off
Manifestation- Historical Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Manifestation- Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical events and poli...
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1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$72 Sale Price
25% Off
The Old Days - A Belgian Woman of the Peasant Class - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - A Belgian Woman of the Peasant Class is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical mome...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Old Days Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and political...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
$63 Sale Price
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Portraitt of Leonard Bernstein while Conducting - Color Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Bernstein conducting, '80's. cm 19.6 x 25.1.
In back a blue ink stamp of the photographer Galliano Passerini.
Good conditions except some discoloration in left margin.
Photo of o...
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1980s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
$144 Sale Price
25% Off
'Pop And Society' 1968 Slim Aarons Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pop And Society'
1968: From left to right; singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger (of the Rolling Stones) sit on a sofa under a large gilt framed painting...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Palm Springs Life' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Palm Springs Life' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with guests by the...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color
Door of the Cathedral - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Door of the Cathedral - 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
Man with Turban - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Man with Turban-Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Community - Photo by Lisbeth Hedeland - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Community is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s, by Lisbeth Hedeland.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$108 Sale Price
25% Off
The Government of The U. S. - Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Government of The U. S. - American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the Mid-20th Century in a series of American life in the 20...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$180 Sale Price
25% Off
'Local Produce' 1981 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Local Produce'
by Alain Le Garsmeur
Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Local produce ready to buy on a fruit and vegetable market stall in Managua, Nicaragua, Central America...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Walter Matthau and Roberto Benigni - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Walter Matthau and Roberto Benigni - Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
St Peter's Square - Vintage Photo - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
St Peter's Square is a black and white vintage photo, realized in Second Half 20th Century.
A beautiful view of the Bernini square.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a hist...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$126 Sale Price
25% Off
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
Domenico Modugno - Vintage Autographed Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Domenico Modugno - Vintage Autographed Photograph is a vintage photo, realized in the 1960s.
Signature and dedication by the singer Domenico Modugno: "Ai lettori di "Letizia" il lor...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$225 Sale Price
25% Off
Tiber - Historical Rome- Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Tiber - Historical Rome in black and white vintage photo of a painting, realized in the early 20th century. It belongs to historical album including photo of historical events and pl...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$180 Sale Price
25% Off
Akio Morita - Vintage b/w Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Akio Morita - Vintage b/w Photo realized in the 1970s.
With the handwriting on the rear.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$162 Sale Price
25% Off
Byzantine Relief - Vintage Photo Detail by Osvaldo Bohm - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Byzantine Relief is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard.
The artwork represents a detail of a byzantine relief.
The stamp Osvaldo Bohm on the rear...
Category
Early 20th Century 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
$54 Sale Price
25% Off
Historical Places Photo-Roman Bath - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Places Photo-Roman Bath is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century. It belongs to historical album including masterpieces of historical places ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$144 Sale Price
25% Off
Vintage Photo of Painting by Filippo De Pisis - Still Life - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Painting - Still Life is a vintage photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
The photo belongs to Albumen of historical painting, photographs, meticulously ca...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Venezia, Acqua Alta - Photo by Cindi Emond - 2017
Located in Roma, IT
Printed on photographic paper, matt pearl finish.
Excellent condition.
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$675 Sale Price
25% Off
Architecture and Art Photo - Abraham Visited by Angels - Venice - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - By Tiepolo, Venice is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulously captur...
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1920s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$72 Sale Price
25% Off
Palazzo dei Cesari - Vintage Photo by Ludovico Tuminello - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Palazzo dei Cesari is a vintage print in salt silver realized by Ludovico Tuminello in the early 20th Century.
Titled on the lower.
Good conditions except for some foxing.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Science in Progress - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical photograph, Science in progress is an original black and white photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer in the 1960s.
With the handwriting on the rear.
Stamp of C...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$126 Sale Price
25% Off
Vintage Photograph of a Painting by Beppe Guzzi - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Photograph of a Painting by Beppe Guzzi is a black and white vintage photo realized by an anonymous artist in the mid-20th Century.
Good conditions except for some minor fixings.
T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$162 Sale Price
25% Off
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
Mussolini Passes in Zapatiè - Vintage Photograph - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
Mussolini Passes in Zapatiè is a black and white vintage photo realized in 1937.
Good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$270 Sale Price
25% Off
Alitalia - Historical Photos - Rome Branch of San Paolo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Alitalia - Historical Photos - Rome Branch of San Paolo is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s.
This photo belongs to a precious testament album of Italian airline.
Good co...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$162 Sale Price
25% Off
Palazzo dei Cesari - Vintage Photo by Ludovico Tuminello - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Palazzo dei Cesari is a vintage print in salt silver realized by Ludovico Tuminello in the early 20th Century.
Titled on the lower.
Good conditions except for some foxing.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bookbinder - Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bookbinder - American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the Mid-20th Century in a series on American life in the 20th Century.
With...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$135 Sale Price
25% Off
Telephone System - American Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Telephone System - American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the mid-20th Century in a series on American life in the 20th Century....
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$180 Sale Price
25% Off
Old Days - Cows - Vintage Photograph - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Cows is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and politica...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$72 Sale Price
25% Off
Cesare Marchi - Photo - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Cesare Marchi is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$72 Sale Price
25% Off
Shuffleboard - American Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Shuffleboard - American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the mid-20th Century in a series of American life in the 20th Century.
Wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$144 Sale Price
25% Off
Miniature Railroad Models - Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Miniature Railroad Models- American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the Mid-20th century in a se...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$144 Sale Price
25% Off
Female Gym Exercises during Fascism in Italy - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo from the Fascist period in Italy.
Photo by Studio Gherlone, Torino.
Two joined photos.
Good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$270 Sale Price
25% Off
Authorization for the Fiera of S. Giustino in Chieti - 1789
Located in Roma, IT
Authorization for the Fiera of S. Giustino in Chieti realized in 1789.
Written in the Italian language.
Good conditions.
Category
1780s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Paper
Photo of Martine Brochard - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Photo of Martine Brochard is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$135 Sale Price
25% Off
Women Movement and Rights - Historical Photo -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation fo...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$72 Sale Price
25% Off
Slim Aarons 'Hotel Du Cap' Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Du Cap'
Holidaymakers at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes on the French Riviera, 1969.
Paper size 30 x 20 inches / 76 x 51 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Quiet Afternoon' 1980 Slim Aarons Estate Print- Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Quiet Afternoon' 1980
Slim Aarons Estate Print- Oversize
Brigitte Lapp Fonda reclines amidst the foliage in Marbella, circa 1980.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
C Print
Produced from...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
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
International Airport - Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
International Airport - American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the Mid-20th Century in a series of American life in the 20th Cen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
$180 Sale Price
25% Off
Facsimile Machines - Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Facsimile Machines - American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the Mid-20th Century in a series on American life in the 20th Centur...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
$180 Sale Price
25% Off
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 ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
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
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Photographic Paper
Old days Photo - Mother and Child - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Mother and Child 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 i...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - San Zaccaria Church - Venice - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - San Zaccaria Church is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulously captu...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$54 Sale Price
25% Off
U. S. Information Agency - Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
U. S. Information Agency- Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the Mid-20th Century in a series on American life in the 20th Century.
...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
$126 Sale Price
25% Off
Portrait of Miranda Martino - Golden Age of Italian Cinema - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Miranda Martino - Vintage Photo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 20th Century.
Fair conditions with oxidation.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Women Movement and Rights - Historical Photo -1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s in Italy, it belong to albumen of women rights, protests, manifestation for ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Women Movement and Rights - Historical Photo -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation fo...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$72 Sale Price
25% Off
American Automobile Plants - Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
American Automobile Plants- American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the Mid-20th Century in a series of American life in the 20th...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$180 Sale Price
25% Off
Vintage Skiline View of New York - Photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Skiline view of New York is a black and white vintage photo, realized in mid 20th Century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including histor...
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Mid-20th Century 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...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Meeting between Bettino Craxi and Felipe Gonzalez-- Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Meeting between Bettino Craxi and Felipe Gonzalez- is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
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20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
$135 Sale Price
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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.