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
Dalai Lama and Simon Wiesenthal - Vintage b/w Photograph - Early 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
This Vintage Photo shows the Dalai Lama and the Austrian Writer Simon Wiesenthal.
Vienna, 14-06-1993 (Ansa).
Good condition.
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Guatemala, Women, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960s, 17, 2 x 23, 1 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Tony Renis - Vintage Autographed Photograph - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Tony Renis - Vintage Autographed Photograph is a vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
Signature and dedication by the singer Tony Renis: "Al giornale Lancio caramente Tony Renis"
...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
The Beatles, Office, Black and White Photography, 25, 4 x 20, 7 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as the mo...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hong Kong, Woman, Street, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 24 x 24 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Guatemala, Men, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960s, 26, 4 x 24, 2 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
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...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Galyn Görg - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Galyn Görg is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1985.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Richard Ashcroft Of The Verve' Limited Edition
By Jamie Beeden
Located in London, GB
'Richard Ashcroft Of The Verve' at recording studios Limited Edition
originally shot for Q Magazine, London 2002.
Beautiful Large 20x24" inches C type pr...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Talitha and Paul Getty Jr.- Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Talitha and Paul Getty Jr. is a vintage photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Star Wars, Chewbacca, Sience Fiction Filmstill, 1977
Located in Cologne, DE
The original Star Wars trilogy, formerly marketed as the Star Wars Trilogy (and colloquially referred to as the 'original trilogy'), is the first set of three films produced in the S...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
George Harrison, Robin Ford, Black and White Photography, 20, 6 x 25, 4 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as the mo...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
The Italian Actress Ornella Muti with her son - Vintage Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Actress Ornella Muti with her son.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Lady's Painting - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lady's Painting is a vintage photo, realized in the early-20th Century
Good conditions and aged
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including historical moments, places...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Star Wars, Sience Fiction Filmstill, 1977
Located in Cologne, DE
The original Star Wars trilogy, formerly marketed as the Star Wars Trilogy (and colloquially referred to as the 'original trilogy'), is the first set of three films produced in the S...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Terry O'Neill 'Raquel Welch and Ringo Starr'
Located in New York, NY
Raquel Welch and Ringo Starr, 1969
silver gelatin print
40 x 30 inches
edition of 50
Estate signature stamped edition of 50
with certificate of authenticity
American actress Raquel...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Historical Photo of Prison Carinola - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison Carinola is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Panama, Airplane, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 17, 2 x 23, 2 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Masked dancers in the 1970s - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Masked dancers in the 1970s. is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historica...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Cityscape - Photograph after Painting - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Cityscape - Photograph after Painting is a vintage black and white photographof an artwork realized in the 1960s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the cultural and a...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jean-Paul Belmondo and Gina Lollobrigida in Mare Matto - Photo - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Jean-Paul Belmondo and Gina Lollobrigida in Mare Matto is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1963.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Photo of Painting by F. Gioli - Mother and Children - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Painting - Mother and Children is a vintage photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
The photo belongs to Album of historical paintings, meticulously captur...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Liberty Statue - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Liberty Statue - Photograph is a photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted in a well-balanced composition.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Style 'Inga Lindgren And Poodles'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Swedish model Inga Lindgren, wife of Argentinian finance minister Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen, wears designs by Vera Stewart with her standard poodles Ajax and Wacky on Park Avenue, New...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Alberto Giacometti in his studio in Paris 1963
Located in Cologne, DE
The photographer Wolfgang Kühn photographed Alberto Giacometti in November 1963 in his studio in Paris in the 14th arrondissement at the address rue Hippolyte-Maindron. The appointment was arranged by the gallery owner Aimé Maeght. 17 photographs were made. In 1990 copies of them were deposited in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
In 2010, the Center of International Sculpture of the Wilhelm...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Franco Battiato - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Franco Battiato is a photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Places Photo- Old Folkestone - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Places Photo- Folkestone is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century. It belongs to historical album including masterpieces of historical places...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe in "River of no Return", 1954 , 29, 8 x 19, 9 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Norma Jeane Mortenson or better known as Marilyn Monroe – iconic, beautiful and maybe the most known Hollywood Stars of the 20th century. Born and raised in Los Angeles, USA, she spent most of her childhood in foster homes and orphanage. She got married with only 16 years old and while working for a factory during WW II, she met a photographer from the First Motion Picture Unit and started a succesful modeling career. The rest of her life is history: In the 50s she was one of the most marketable actresses, had held leading roles in various movies and was known for her immense sex appeal. As a highly intelligent woman, she knew how to build a career, while, in her private life she struggled with addiction and mood disorder. At the age of 36 she died from an overdose of barbiturates at her Los Angeles home.
With her breathy voice and hourglass figure, she is until today one of Hollywood's most famous actresses.
Description: Robert Mitchum...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Guatemala, Mayan-Ruins, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960s, 23, 1 x 17, 1 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Guatemala, Market, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960s, 24, 2 x 24, 2 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Panama-Canal, Ship, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 24 x 25, 7 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
On the sofa with Agatha Christie
Located in Cologne, DE
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (born Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer. She is known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around her fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Guatemala, Cathedral, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960s 24 x 24, 2 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, and the USSR in the 1960s.In the invitation to an exhibition of her works in 2003, one reads:
"Hanna Seidel, observing the world through her camera lens, could capture everyday situtations in a unique manner."A touring exhibition containing 100 selected photographs entitled "From Rio Grande to Cape Horn" was organised by the Commerzbank and Lufthansa in 1965 and had its opening in the Cologne branch of the bank, Unter Sachsenhausen. At the time, the press described the works as being of "enchanting beauty and dignity."The exhibition of 1965 was curated by Hanna Seidel. Vintageprints offered for collectors come from this selection, each work is unique and exists only once, created as a unique print for the exhibition.
Title: Guatemala, Cathedral, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960s 24 x 24,2 cm
Keywords: Hanna Seidel, Landscape, church...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Ecuador, Woman, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 21, 4 x 17, 3 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Historical Photo - China - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - China is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political eve...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Places Photo- Old Folkestone - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Places Photo- Folkestone is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century. It belongs to historical album including masterpieces of historical places...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos -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 belong to album of women rights, protests, manifestation for th...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Hong Kong, Couple, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 29, 9 x 23, 8 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Venezuela, Woman, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 29x 23, 8 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Vintage Photo of Painting - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Painting is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ecuador, Indigenous, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 16, 5 x 23 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Vintage Photo of a Painting by Giuseppe Raggio - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of a Painting by Giuseppe Raggio is a vintage photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
The photo belongs to Albumen of historical painting, photographs, meticu...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Beatles, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 22, 2 x 25, 2 cm
By Michael Ochs
Located in Cologne, DE
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as the mo...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
George Harrison, Black and White Photography, 1970s, 20, 3 x 25, 9 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as the mo...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Hedy Lamarr - Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Hedy Lamarr is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Princess Alexandra of Kent - Historical Photo - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Princess Alexandra- Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to historical album including photo repo...
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1920s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Milton Greene, "Marilyn with Lute", cibachrome print from original transparency
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a cibachrome print from the original transparency, shot by Milton Greene in 1953. Marilyn Monroe collaborated with Milton Greene in September of 1953 for this photoshoot, shortly after she finished filming for her hit film, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". After Monroe saw the proofs from this shoot, she was blown away. She sent two dozen roses and a letter to Greene, stating that the images were the most beautiful she had ever seen. However, these rare photographs...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Paul McCartney, Partner, Black and White Photography 17, 7 x 20, 3 cm
By John Young
Located in Cologne, DE
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as the mo...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Tennis'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Il Pellicano Tennis
1955 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
An Aston Martin DB6 sports car dr...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Jackie Onassis, new girl in town; Black and White; Paris, 1970s, 29, 8 x 20, 1 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American socialite, writer, and photographer who became First Lady of the United States as the wife of President John F. Kennedy. Her popularity as First Lady was due to her devotion to historical preservation of the White House, her fashion sense, and her devotion to her children, which endeared her to the American public. During her lifetime, Jackie was regarded as an international fashion icon. Her ensemble of a pink Chanel suit and matching pillbox hat that she wore in Dallas, Texas, when the president was assassinated on November 22, 1963, has become a symbol of her husband's death.
(wikipedia)
Description: Jacky Onassis, new...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
The Beatles, Ringo Starr, Black and White Photography, 1970s, 20, 8 x 20, 3 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as the mo...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Marilyn Posing at Studio "Legs Up", ca. 1950, 15, 8 21, 5 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Norma Jeane Mortenson or better known as Marilyn Monroe – iconic, beautiful and maybe the most known Hollywood Stars of the 20th century. Born and raised in Los Angeles, USA, she spe...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
Ecuador, Indigenous, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 29 x 22, 4 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
Hanna Seidel (1925 to 2005) lived and worked in Argentina for many years. She was a world traveller, journeying to South America in the 1950s and to Central America, Japan, India, an...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Vintage Photo of a Painting by Antonio Peltrinelli- Photo - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of a Painting by Antonio Peltrinelli is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1940s.
Good conditions.
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1940s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - Miracoli Church - Venice - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - Miracoli Church is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulously captured....
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1920s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Sell your soul - Mephisto performing in Faust
Located in Cologne, DE
Sell your soul!
Exclusive set photography of the film version of Goethe's Faust, Gustaf Gründgens as Mephisto, 1960.
Gustaf Gründgens had already played Mephisto more than 600 time...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Alberto Giacometti with his wife Anette in his studio in Paris 1963
Located in Cologne, DE
The photographer Wolfgang Kühn photographed Alberto Giacometti in November 1963 in his studio in Paris in the 14th arrondissement at the address rue Hippolyte-Maindron. The appointment was arranged by the gallery owner Aimé Maeght. 17 photographs were made. In 1990 copies of them were deposited in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
In 2010, the Center of International Sculpture of the Wilhelm...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White
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.