Modern Portrait 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
Audrey Hepburn in Grey Turtleneck Sweater, Glances Right , 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, c23_14 -- Audrey Hepburn was photographed for LIFE magazine in 1953. The photo essay shows images from a regular day on the set. "…Not because there is anything so re...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Silver Gelatin
Audrey Hepburn Portrait on Set of Sabrina, Street at Night, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey, r34_2 -- Audrey Hepburn in the studio village for Paramount's Sabrina Fair. Photographed for the December 7, 1953 issue of Life. Image size is 22" x 22" (for 24" x 36" paper ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn White Shirt Portrait, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn White Shirt Portrait, r24_3 -- Informal portrait of Audrey Hepburn. Out take from the cover shoot for the April 19, 1954 international issue of Life. Image size is 22"...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
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 Portrait 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 Portrait 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 Portrait 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 Portrait 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 Portrait 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 Portrait 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 Portrait 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Shakedown, Ramsey Unit, Texas 1967-69 by Danny Lyon, Gelatin Silver Print
By Danny Lyon
Located in Dallas, TX
Shakedown, Ramsey Unit, Texas 1967-69 by Danny Lyon is a black and white gelatin silver print, depicting a nude black man standing in front of a Texas Ranger. The man stands with his...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Harsha and Sneha, Protraits. From The Third Gender of India Series
By Jill Peters
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Harsha and Sneha, 2013 by Jill Peters
From the series The Third Gender of India
Archival pigment print
Overall size: 60 in H x 80 in W
Individual size: 60 in H x 40 in W
Edition of 3...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Muskan and Sangita, Protraits. From The Third Gender of India Series
By Jill Peters
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Muskan and Sangita, 2013 by Jill Peters
From The Third Gender of India series
Archival pigment print
Overall size: 24 in H x 32.4 in W
Individual size: 24 in H x 16.2 in W
Edition o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
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 Portrait 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Black Hippie Red Sombrero n' Flute Central Park Music Festival 60's Celebration
Located in Miami, FL
A black hippie enthroned in a majestic red sombrero is captured playing a flute at a Central Park music festival in 1969. This was the same year the youth "counterculture" celebrat...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Jinx in goggles, Florence, Italy by Ruth Orkin, 1951, Silver Gelatin Print
By Ruth Orkin
Located in Dallas, TX
Jinx in Goggles, Florence, Italy by Ruth Orkin is a black and white portrait of a woman, wearing goggles with a white cap underneath. This photograph is part of Orkin's series, Ameri...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vijay and Julie, Protrait. From The Series The Third Gender of India
By Jill Peters
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Vijay and Julie, 2013 by Jill Peters
From the series The Third Gender of India
Archival pigment print
Overall size: 60 in H x 80 in W
Individual size: 60 in H x 40 in W
Edition of 3
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Debo and Banu, Protrait. From The Series The Third Gender of India
By Jill Peters
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Debo and Banu, 2013 by Jill Peters
From the series The Third Gender of India
Archival pigment print
Overall size: 24 in H x 32.4 in W
Individual size: 24 in H x 16.2 in W
Edition of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Ursula Pacelli in Venice'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Ursula Pacelli
1957 (printed later)
Chromogenic print
Signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate.
Ursula Pac...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Peggy Guggenheim in Venice'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Peggy Guggenheim in Venice
1978
C-Print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate
Septemb...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Terry O'Neill 'Audrey Hepburn in the Pool' (signed)
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn in the Pool
1966 (printed later)
C-print
16 x 20 inches
signed and numbered edition of 50
Actress Audrey Hepburn, swimming in the South of France during the filming ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Terry O'Neill 'Brigitte Bardot, Les Petroleuses' (signed)
Located in New York, NY
Brigitte Bardot, Les Petroleuses
1971
Silver gelatin print
edition of 50
24 x 20 inches
Signed and numbered edition of 50
rare
Brigitte Bardot on the set of the film ‘Les Petroleu...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin 1970 signed limited edition
Located in London, GB
Led Zeppelin
photographer Jorgen Angel
Artist(s): Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
Location: Copenhagen
Date: 28th February 1970
Era: The 1970's
printed this year
Edition: hand signed Li...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Casablanca - Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart Original 1942 Print
Located in London, GB
Casablanca - Original 1942 photograph
Vintage 1942 Casablanca Lobby Card:
A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether o...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Her Royal Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II In Lilac - signed limited edition
Located in London, GB
HRM Queen Elizabeth II visits a new maternity ward at the Lister Hospital in 2012 in Stevenage.
The Queen was on a two day tour of the East Midlands as part of her Diamond Jubilee to...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
New Orleans, LA, 1995
By Bill Phelps
Located in Hudson, NY
Through light and shadow, a gaze, a mindset, Bill Phelps fourth solo show at the Robin Rice Gallery VISITOR inspires the imagination. About life, about being, eye and heart his great...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Oberon's Lunch - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Oberon's Lunch
Film star Merle Oberon and lunch guests at her villa, La Consentida, Acapulco. The star is second from the right facing the camera. Circa 1966.
Photo by Slim Aarons
...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons, Apres Ski, Gstaad (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Apres Ski, 1963
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
A group of women reclining on the snow in Gstaad with rugs covering their knees, 1963.
Estate stamped and hand number...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Terry O'Neill 'Brigitte Bardot Hands On Hips' (signed)
Located in New York, NY
Brigitte Bardot, Hands on Hips, 1971
Silver gelatin print
edition of 50
24 x 20 inches
Signed and numbered edition of 50
rare
cosigned also available in 24 x 34 inches for $30,000
...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
We Know Our Place (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
We Know Our Place (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
A Dalmatian dog lies at the feet of Mr and Mrs John M Seabrook as they pose...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Florence One, Italy, 2023
By Bill Phelps
Located in Hudson, NY
The Robin Rice Gallery announces the new exhibition VISITOR by photographer Bill Phelps.
Through light and shadow, a gaze, a mindset, Bill Phelps fourth solo show at the Robin Rice ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Brooklyn Two, NY, 2010
By Bill Phelps
Located in Hudson, NY
Through light and shadow, a gaze, a mindset, Bill Phelps fourth solo show at the Robin Rice Gallery VISITOR inspires the imagination. About life, about being, eye and heart his great...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jean Shrimpton and Terence Stamp Hand Signed Framed Print
Located in London, GB
Jean Shrimpton and Terence Stamp
photo by Terry O’Neill
1963
A close cropped portrait of British actor Terence Stamp and model Jean ‘The Shrimp’ Shrimpton, London 1963.
The couple ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Norman Parkinson 'Wenda and Ostriches'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Wenda and Ostriches
1951 (printed later)
C print
20 x 16 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
with certificate of authenticity from the Norman ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Florence Three, Italy, 2023
By Bill Phelps
Located in Hudson, NY
The Robin Rice Gallery announces the new exhibition VISITOR by photographer Bill Phelps.
Through light and shadow, a gaze, a mindset, Bill Phelps fourth solo show at the Robin Rice ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hepburn With Dove Hand Signed Framed Print
Located in London, GB
Hepburn With Dove
1966
by Terry O’Neill
Lifetime hand signed Limited Print
Paper size 12 x 16″ inches / 31 x 41 cm
Gelatin Silver Print
signed and numbered by artist
40/50
With...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Norman Parkinson 'Wenda and Ostriches'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Wenda and Ostriches
1951 (printed later)
C print
40 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
Wenda Parkinson wearing knee-buttoned jeans and ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Norman Parkinson 'Wenda and Ostriches'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Wenda and Ostriches
1951 (printed later)
C print
24 x 20 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
with certificate of authenticity from the Norman ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Poolside Interruption by Slim Aarons (Portrait Photography, Figurative)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
For a limited time only these Slim Aarons prints are available to purchase at 15% discount. Please contact the gallery for any queries.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produ...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Boca Raton by Slim Aarons (Landscape Photography, Color Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
For a limited time only these Slim Aarons prints are available to purchase at 15% discount. Please contact the gallery for any queries.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produ...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Kennedy, Jackie in Pink Dress, John at Podium
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Jackie in Pink Dress nb_119 -- A Portrait of Jackie. Image size is 22" x 22" (for 24" x 36" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle phot...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Terry O'Neill - Backyard Beatles - hand signed limited edition Oversize
Located in London, GB
The Beatles 1963 Abbey Road Studios London England.
The first major group portrait of the Beatles was taken by Terry O’Neill during the recording of their first hit single and album...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Il Pellicano Pool by Silm Aarons (Landscape Photography, Figurative, Nude)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
For a limited time only these Slim Aarons prints are available to purchase at 15% discount. Please contact the gallery for any queries.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produ...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Sea Drive by Slim Aarons
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
For a limited time only these Slim Aarons prints are available to purchase at 15% discount. Please contact the gallery for any queries.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produ...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Lambda, C Print
Rod Stewart – Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, 1976 Limited Estate Print
By David Steen
Located in London, GB
Rod Stewart – Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
1976
by Dvid Steen
Born in London in 1945, rock musician Rod Stewart always dreamt of being a professional football player, until he began ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Captain Oates (1910-13)
Located in London, GB
Captain Oates (1910-13)
(photo by Herbert Ponting)
Scott’s Last Expedition, the ‘Terra Nova’ at the Icefoot Ross Island
British Antarctic Expedition South Pole
Herbert George Pon...
Category
1910s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Hilton Hotel Pool by Slim Aarons (Landscape Photography, Color Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
For a limited time only these Slim Aarons prints are available to purchase at 15% discount. Please contact the gallery for any queries.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produ...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Audrey Hepburn at Home, Heron Day Bed, Looks Down, 1954
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn, r18_4 -- Audrey Hepburn at home. This image is an out take from the photo shoot for the cover of the April 19, 1954 international issue of Life magazine. Image size i...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Villa Nirvana by Slim Aarons (Landscape Photography, Portrait Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
For a limited time only these Slim Aarons prints are available to purchase at 15% discount. Please contact the gallery for any queries.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produ...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Kennedy, Jackie and Caroline, Book Cover, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Jackie and Caroline, Book Cover -- Jackie and Caroline on the beach in Hyannis Port, 1959. This photo was used as the cover of Mark Shaw's famous book, the John F. Kennedys, which wa...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Terry O'Neill 'Faye Dunaway by the Pool'
Located in New York, NY
Faye Dunaway at the Beverly Hills Hotel, 1977, Printed Later
Silver gelatin print
30 x 30”
estate signature stamped and numbered edition of 50
with certificate of authenticity
Terry...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pantz Pool, 1985 by Slim Aarons (Portrait Photography, Nude Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
For a limited time only these Slim Aarons prints are available to purchase at 15% discount. Please contact the gallery for any queries.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produ...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Laura Hawk at Paestum by Slim Aarons (Portrait Photography, Landscape)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
For a limited time only these Slim Aarons prints are available to purchase at 15% discount. Please contact the gallery for any queries.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produ...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Edie Sedgewick 'Superstar'
Located in New York, NY
Edie Sedgewick 'Superstar'
1966 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
Signed and numbered by the artist
11 x 14 in - 25 + 5 AP - $ 8,000
16 x 20 in - 30...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Kate Moss At 16
By Jake Chessum
Located in London, GB
An Unknown Kate Moss At 16
by Jake Chessum 1990
limited edition
edition size 20 only this size
printed 2024
Archival pigment print
numbered and ...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Modern portrait photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Modern portrait 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 portrait 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, red, purple, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mark Shaw, Slim Aarons, Terry O'Neill, and Kevin Westenberg. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Photographic 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 portrait photography, so small editions measuring 0.63 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait 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 $152,896, while the average work sells for $1,806.
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