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
Frida with Picasso Earrings by Nickolas Muray, 1939, Carbon Pigment Print
Located in Denton, TX
Frida with Picasso Earrings is a color portrait of Frida Kahlo. She is dressed in magenta clothes with matching magenta flowers in her hair. She is wearing dangly earrings in the sha...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment
Milton Greene, "Cover Shot" from The Black Sitting, original photograph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
An original photograph printed from the original negative, shot by Milton Greene in 1956, and printed at a later date. It was created for Greene's series entitled "The Black Sitting...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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 10" x 10" (for 11" x 17" 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
Laszlo Willinger, "Sonja Henie", original photograph from original negative
Located in Chatsworth, CA
An original vintage photograph from the original negative, shot by Laszlo Willinger in 1943. It depicts Norwegian figure skater and film star, Sonja Henie...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Lilla Silvi - Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Lilla Silvi is a vintage photo, realized in the 1950s.
Hand signed and dedicated.
The artwork is a well-balanced compostion.
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Eduard Shevardnadze and George Shultz - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo is a vintage photo, realized in the 1980s.
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Portrait of Sculptor Aurelio Mistruzzi - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
of Sculptor Aurelio Mistruzzi is a vintage photo, realized in the Mid-20th Century ..
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sculptor Aurelio Mistruzzi Playing Bowls - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sculptor Aurelio Mistruzzi Playing Bowls is a vintage photo, realized in the Mid-20th Century .
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pope Pius XII - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Pope Pius XII is a vintage photo, realized in the 1950s .
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Early Portrait of Sculptor Aurelio Mistruzzi - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Early Portrait of Sculptor Aurelio Mistruzzi is a vintage photo, realized in the Late 19h Century .
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Early Portrait of Sculptor Aurelio Mistruzzi - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Early Portrait of Sculptor Aurelio Mistruzzi is a vintage photo, realized in the Early 20th Century .
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Early Portrait of Sculptor Aurelio Mistruzzi - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Early Portrait of Sculptor Aurelio Mistruzzi is a vintage photo, realized in the Late 19th Century.
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Early Portrait of Sculptor Aurelio Mistruzzi - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Early Portrait of Sculptor Aurelio Mistruzzi is a vintage photo, realized in the Early 20th Century .
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Commander Brunetti - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Commander Brunetti is a vintage photo, realized in the Mid-20th Century .
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days - Dogs - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Days - Dogs is a vintage photo, realized in the Mid-20th Century .
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Italian Fascism Era - The Conference - Vintage Photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Italian Fascism Era - The Conference is a vintage photo, realized in the 1930s .
Photo by Agence Trampus.
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Roman festivals for the Anniversary of Fascism - Vintage Photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
the Roman festivals for the Anniversary of Fascism is a vintage photo, realized in the 1930s .
Photo by Agence Trampus.
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Italian Fascism Era - Meeting Mussolini and Raymond Poincaré - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Italian Fascism Era - Meeting Mussolini and Raymond Poincaré is a vintage photo, realized in the 1930s .
Photo by Agence Trampus.
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Crocodile Hunters in Africa - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Crocodile Hunters in Africa is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
The scene is meticulously captured.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Louis Malle and Claudia Cardinale - Vintage Photo - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Louis Malle and Claudia Cardinale is a vintage photo, realized in the 1990s.
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Revolution in Teheran - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Revolution in Teheran is a vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Eduard Shevardnadze - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Eduard Shevardnadze is a vintage photo, realized in the 1980s.
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Eduard Shevardnadze - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Eduard Shevardnadze is a vintage photo, realized in the 1980s.
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
George Shultz - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
George Shultz is a vintage photo, realized in the 1980s.
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Eduard Shevardnadze and George Shultz - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Eduard Shevardnadze and George Shultz is a vintage photo, realized in the 1980s.
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Portrait of Algernon... - Vintage Photo - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Portrait of Algernon Charles Swinburne is a vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century by Studio Elliott & Fry .
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
19th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Portrait of Victor de Persig - Vintage Photo - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Portrait of Victor de Persig is a vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century .
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
19th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Portrait - Vintage Photo - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Portrait is a vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century .
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
19th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Portrait of Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston is a vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century .
The artwork is a well-b...
Category
19th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Portrait - Vintage Photo - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Portrait is a vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century .
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
19th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Louis Malle at 46* Cannes Film Festival - Vintage Photo - 1993
Located in Roma, IT
Louis Malle at 46* Cannes Film Festival is a vintage photo, realized in 1993.
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Portrait of Ernest Picaro - Vintage Photo - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Portrait of Ernest Picaro is a vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century by Cavilla & Bruzon Studio.
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
19th Century Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Giovanni Spadolini and Dacia Maraini - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Giovanni Spadolini and Dacia Maraini is vintage photo, realized in the 1980s.
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Eduard Shevardnadze and George Shultz - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Eduard Shevardnadze and George Shultz is a vintage photo, realized in the 1980s.
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Elio Vittorini - Vintage photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Elio Vittorini is a vintage photo, realized in the 1960s.
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Natalina Ginzburg - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Natalina Ginzburg is a vintage photo, realized in the 1980s.
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Alberto Moravia and Dacia Maraini - Vintage photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Alberto Moravia and Dacia Maraini is a vintage photo, realized in the 1980s.
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman at Academy Awards - Vintage photo - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman at Academy Awards is a vintage photo, realized in the 1989.
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo of Prison - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo of Prison is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Burt Lancaster - Vintage photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mao Zedong - Vintage photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Mao Zedong is a vintage photo, realized in the 1960s.
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Lilia Silvi - Vintage photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Lilia Silvi is a vintage photo, realized in the 1950s.
The artwork is a well-balanced compostion.
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Norman Parkinson 'Beauty Basics'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson
Beauty Basics
1950
Silver gelatin print
60 x 40 inches
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso
British ballerina Mary Drage, member of the Royal Ballet,...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Historical Photo - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo is a vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
The artwork is a well-balanced compostion.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Dacia Maraini's Thearte - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Dacia Maraini's Thearte is a vintage photo, realized in 1973.
The artwork is a well-balanced compostion.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Dacia Maraini - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Dacia Maraini is a vintage photo, realized in the 1970s.
The artwork is a well-balanced compostion.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Portrait of Keshub Chunde - Vintage photo - 1870 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Portrait of Keshub Chunder Sen is a vintage photo, realized around 1870. .
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Portrait - Vintage photo - late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Portrait is a vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century by the Studio Negretti & Zambra.
The artwork is a well-balanced composition.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Monocled Miss (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Renata Boeck enjoying breakfast in bed at the Regency Hotel in New York, 1964.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
S...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Midnight at New Workers School - Black and White Photograph, Woman Artist, Frida
Located in Denton, TX
Midnight at New Workers School, New York City, NY by woman artist Lucienne Bloch is a black and white photograph of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and Mexican muralist Diego Rivera sit...
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Culture and Lifestyle in Italy in 1960s - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Culture and Lifestyle in Italy in 1960s is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the cultural and artistic event...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Culture and Art in Italy in 1960s - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Culture and Art in Italy in 1960s is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the cultural and artistic events in It...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Culture and Lifestyle in Italy in 1960s - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Culture and Lifestyle in Italy in 1960s is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the cultural and artistic event...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Exhibition - Life in Italy in 1960s - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition - Life in Italy in 1960s is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the cultural and artistic events in ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Iva Zanicchi - Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Photo of Iva Zanicchi is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Life in Italy in 1960s - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Life in Italy in the 1960s is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the cultural and artistic events in Italy in t...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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.