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
Bernstein with his First Violin - Original b/w Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing Vintage b/w Photo of the famous American Conductor, Leonard Bernstein in concert with his First Violin. Early 1980s. cm 23.8 x 18.
In Very Good conditions.
In back a blue i...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
John Huston and Tony Huston - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Film Director John Huston with his son Tony Huston in the 1960s
Vintage Photo.
Good condition.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
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Photographic Paper
Man and Woman
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print
Signed in pencil, verso
12.25 x 10 inches, sheet
6.25 x 6.25 inches, image
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Throughout his care...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Claudio Baglioni - Original B/W Photograph - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful photograph depicting the Italian singer-songwriter Claudio Baglioni, in the year (1981) in which the single "Strada facendo" was launched, with which he won the Best Singer...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Actor Marcello Mastroianni - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Marcello Mastroianni on the set of "Todo Modo" directed by Elio Petri in 1976.
Good condition.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Hound of the Baskervilles - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Peter Cushing in a scene from "The Hound of the Baskervilles", a 1959 British gotich horror and mistery film, directed by Terence Fisher.
Vi...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Female Sport Exercises during Fascism - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo from the Fascist period. Photo by Studio Gherlone, Torino.
Two joined photos.
Very goo condition.
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Eleonora Giorgi - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Eleonora Giorgi and Maurizio Bonuglia in "Il Bacio", a movie by Mario Lanfranchi.
Vintage b/w photo.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg - Vintage b/w Photograph - Early 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
The Italian Actor Marcello Mastroianni with the Swedish-Italian Actress Anita Ekberg.
Vintage b/w Photo.
Good condition.
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Male Sports During Fascist Period in Italy - Vintage b/w Photo - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo from the Fascist period. Photo by Gherlone, Torino.
Photo dimensions 17 x 23 cm. Includes passepartout.
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Film Director Marco Bellocchio- Vintage b/w Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Italian Film Director Marco Bellocchio.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Italian Actor Marcello Mastroianni - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1965
Located in Roma, IT
After his visit to the United States, where Marcello Mastroianni received the Gold Globe, the actor bought a new sports car at Zagato car store.
Vintage b/w photo, 1965.
Good cond...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Actors Amedeo Nazzari and Marcella Pobbe - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Naples, 11/04/1973.
The Italian Actor Amedeo Nazzari with Marcella Pobbe at the Teatro San Carlo, for "La Cena delle Beffe".
Blurry, otherwise good condition.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Young Girls during Fascism - Vintage b/w Photo - 1930 c.a.
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo from the Fascist period. Photo by Riccardo Moncalvo, Torino.
Photo dimensions 16 x 24 cm. Includes passepartout.
Good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Fascism Period in Italy - Women Posing on a Boat - Vintage b/w Photo - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo from the Fascist period. Photo by Studio Gherlone, Torino.
Photo dimensions 17 x 23 cm. Includes passepartout.
Good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Swedish Actor Jarl Kulle - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
The Swedish Actor Jarl Kulle in "All these women" by Ingmar Bergman (1964).
Torn in the lower side.
Good condition.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Estate Stamped - O'Brians Catch 1961
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
O'Brians Catch 1961 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
American actor Hugh O’Brian returns to the beach with a fish after a snorkelling expedition, Antigua in the West Indies, 1961.
Prod...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Anna Magnani - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
Associated Press Photo, Anna Magnani fa acquisti natalizi, 19/12/1962.
Image Dimension: cm 15.9 x 12.1. Paper dim: cm 18.1 x 13.
Portrait of the famous Italian actress during the recording of "Mamma Roma" by Pier Paolo Pasolini...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ancient View from Tokyo - Original Albumen Print - 1880s/90s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient from Tokyo is an original vintage albumen print on single cardboard: 26 x 34 cm.
Realized between the 1880s and the early 1890s.
The image on the front 20.5 x 26 cm. Captio...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Autographed Portrait of Lonny Kellner - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Lonny Kellner's Memorabilia is a b/w photographic portrait of the beautiful and talented German actress and singer, Lonny Kellner (Reimscheid, 8 March 1930 – Hamburg, 22 January 2003...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Autographed Portrait of Eva Probst - Original b/w Postcard - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Eva Probst is a beautiful b/w photographic portrait of the German actress, with the added value of a blue ink autograph on the lower margin at the center.
Po...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Coronation Procession - b/Photograph by J. Daziaro - 1896
Located in Roma, IT
Coronation Procession is an original photograph realized by Joseph Daziaro (1896).
The photo represent the coronation procession of Zar Nicola II in 1896,...
Category
1890s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Autographed Portrait of Agnes Fink - Original b/w Postcard Portrait - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Agnes Fink's Memorabilia is a b/w photographic portrait of the German actress, with the additional value of her black ink autograph on the lower margin.
Around the 1950s.
Excellent condition, collect this item only for lovers of the German cinema!
Agnes Fink (Frankfurt am Main, 1919 - Munich, 1994)
The German naturalized Swiss actress, Agnes Fink was active in the theater, film and - above all - television. In her forty-year career, she participated in about fifty productions, including cinema and television. Her leading roles include, among others, those in the TV films Maria Stuart...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Marilyn Candid Moment
By Ed Feingersh
Located in London, GB
Actress Marilyn Monroe reads the book ‘To the Actor: On the Technique of Acting’ by Michael Chekhov in a quiet moment at the Ambassador Hotel in March 1955 in New York City, New York...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Autographed Portrait of Liselotte Pulver - Original b/w Postcard - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed portrait of Liselotte Pulver is a b/w photographic portrait of the German-Swiss actress, with the added value of the blue ink autograph on the lower margin at the center....
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Autographed Portrait of Oskar Sima - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1956
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Oskar Sima a is a b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the Austrian actor during the filming of "Rosemarie kommt aus Wildwest" (1956).
With ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Autograph Portrait of Gus Backus - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Gus Backus is a b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the American singer and actor, Donald Edgar "Gus" Backus (Long Island, NY, 1937 – Germer...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Autographed Portrait of Paul Westermeier - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Paul Westermeier is a b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the German film actor, Paul Westermeier (Berlin, 1892 – 1972).Around the 1960's.
...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Autographed Portrait of Maria Denis - Original b/w Postcard - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Maria Denis is a b/w photographic portrait of the Argentine-born Italian actress, with the added value of the black ink autograph on the lower margin: "Cordia...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Autographed Portrait of Luise Ullrich - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Luise Ullrich is a beautiful b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the Austrian actress with her parrot.
Photo: Senckpiehl, Munchen 27. Around the 1960's.
With the additional value of a blue ink autograph on the left margin.
Autographed postcard in perfect condition, absolutely to collect for the cinema lovers!
Luise Ullrich, born Aloisia Elisabeth Ullrich (Vienna, 1910 - Munich, 1985)
The Austrian actress, Luise Ullrich, appeared in nearly 50 films between 1932 and 1981, was awarded in 1941 with the Coppa Volpi as best actress for the film Annelie at the Venice Film Festival.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Autograph Portrait of Margit Nünke - Original b/w Postcard - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph Portrait of Margit Nünke is a beautiful b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of Margit Nünke (Stettin,1930– Munich 2015), the German beauty pageant winner (19...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Autographed Portrait of Siw Malmkvist - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed portrait of Siw Malmkvist is a b/w photographic portrait of the Swedish artist, with the additional value of a blue ink autograph. Aro...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Autographed portrait of Eva Schreiber - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Eva Schreiber is a b/w photographic portrait of the German actress, with the additional value of a red ink autograph on the lower margin.
Postcard represent...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Autographed Portrait of Martin Benrath - Vintage b/w Postcard -1959
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Martin Benrath is a b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the German actor Martin Benrath (Berlin, 1926 – Bavaria, 2000), during the filming o...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Autographed Portrait of Margit Saad - Original b/w Postcard - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed portrait of Margit Saad is a b/w photographic portrait of the German actress, with the additional value of a blue ink autograph on the lower margin at the center.
Margit...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Autographed Portrait of Gerhard Frickhöffer - Vintage b/w Postcard - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed Portrait of Gerhard Frickhöffer is a b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the German film and television actor, Gerhard Frickhöffer (1913 – 1980), best-k...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
David Gilmour by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
David Gilmour
by Kevin Westenberg- Signed Limited Edition
Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists and mo...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sottovuoto (Vacuum-Packed) - b/w Photograph by Plinio Martelli - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Sottovuoto is a b/w photographic print realized by Plinio Martelli in the 1990s.
Very good conditions.
Hand signed and titled by the artist on the back of the photograph.
Plinio Martelli (1945-2016) After scientific studies he graduated from the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin with masters such as Enrico Paolucci and Mario Calandri...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock - Vintage b/w Photo - 1957
Located in Roma, IT
Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock is a vintage photographic print on single-coated paper.
Photograph is an official picture from the set of 1957 MGM's fi...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Gene Pitney and Caterina Caselli - Vintage Photographic Print - 1966
Located in Roma, IT
Gene Pitney and Caterina Caselli in 1966 is a vintage photographic print on single-coated paper.
Photograph shooted during XVI° Festival Della Canzon...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Eddie Calvert by Pietro Pascuttini - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Eddie Calvert by Pietro Pascuttini is a vintage photographic print on single coated paper.
Photograph by famous portraitist Pietro Pascuttini.
Photographer's ink stamp and pencil ...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Claude François by Gianni Piccione - Vintage Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Claude François by Gianni Piccione is a a vintage photographic print on Baryta paper.
Photograph by famous portraitist Gianni Piccione.
Photographer ink stamp on the back.
Excelle...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Picasso Standing with Painting", Photograph by Richard Ham 1945
By Richard Ham
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Ham, American (1920 - )
Title: Picasso in Paris Studio - Picasso Standing with Painting
Year: 1945, Printed in 2009
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print, signed and numbered ...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of the Paint Carlo Ferrari - Vintage Photo - 1870
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original silver salt photo on yellowish paper realized in 1870 by an Anonymous Artist of the XIX century.
It depicts the painter Carlo Ferrari friend of most of the ...
Category
19th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons - Family Snapper 1959- Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Family Snapper 1959, Slim Aarons
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Babe Paley (Mrs William Paley) by the pool. Her husband, William Paley is snapping the photographer at their cottage, Round Hill...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Natalia Ginzburg Recives the XVII Strega Prize - Vintage photograph - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Natalia Ginzburg Recives the XVII Strega Prize is a vintage photographic print on single-coated paper.
Photograph shooted in Rome, 5 / 7 / 1963 for K...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Harsha and Sneha, Protraits. From The Third Gender of India Series
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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Marilyn In New York Taxi Cab
By Ed Feingersh
Located in London, GB
Actress Marilyn Monroe rides in the back of a car with Dick Shepherd on March 30, 1955 in New York City, New York.
(Photo by Ed Feingersh)
A beautiful Limited Edition (ed size...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Pool At Las Brisas 1972
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pool At Las Brisas
Guests in the pool at the Las Brisas Hotel, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972.
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produce...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Portrait of Ted Kennedy - Press Photo by Ron Galella - 1960s
By Ron Galella
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Ted Kennedy is a black and white press photograph by Ron Galella dating back to the 1960s.
Print on Baryta paper with a stamp of the photograp...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Norman Parkinson 'Audrey Hepburn with Flowers'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Audrey Hepburn with Flowers
1955
60 x 40 inches
Estate stamped and numbered on verso
Norman Parkinson, born in 1913 and passing in 1990, was an icon in the realm o...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
'Hugh Hefner' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Hugh Hefner' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
American publisher Hugh Hefner, founder of 'Playboy' magazine, surrounded by erotica at the Playboy Club in Chicago, 19...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color
Slim Aarons - Ursula Andress - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Ursula Andress - Estate Stamped
Swiss actress Ursula Andress poses in a hammock in Rome, Italy, circa 1955. (
Gorgeous print measuring a large 40 x 40" inches / ca 10...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jerry Hall & Antonio Lopez at The Jamaica Inn
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Jerry Hall & Antonio Lopez at The Jamaica Inn
1975
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
Caption: Antonio Lopez is photographed filming Jerry H...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Britney The Forest 2004 Markus Klinko Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
Britney The Forest
Photo by Markus Klinko
Limited Estate Edition
C Print
Produced from the original transparency
Certificate of authenticity supplied
Paper size 20×24 inches/ 51...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Reg Lancaster 'Francoise Hardy' Limited Edition Photographic Print, 20x16
Located in San Rafael, CA
1969: French singer, Francoise Hardy sitting on a motorbike. (Photo by Reg Lancaster/Express/Getty Images)
As an authorized Getty Images Gallery partn...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
'Head of David Bowie' Limited Edition Photographic Print by Getty, 20x30
Located in San Rafael, CA
British pop singer David Bowie in concert at Earl's Court, London during his 1978 world tour. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)
As an authorized Getty Images Gallery partner,...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Pool On Amalfi Coast 1984 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pool On Amalfi Coast
A view of the seaside pool at the Hotel St. Caterina, Amalfi, Italy, September 1984.
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition...
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
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.