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.
Find a collection of modern paintings, sculptures, prints and other fine art on 1stDibs.
Spectator Tennis (1938) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
Spectator Tennis (1938) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Alamy) 1st December 1938. Spectators watching a tennis match at a country club. Addi...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Rebecca, Tiffany Vase, Large Scale Sheila Metzner Photograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Sheila Metzner’s unique photographic style has positioned her as a contemporary master in the worlds of fine art, fashion, portraiture, still life and landscape photography. Looking ...
Photographic Paper, C Print
Women Movement and Rights - Historical Photo -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation fo...
Photographic Paper
Black and White: Mary Jane Russell, Le Pavillion
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print Signed in pencil, verso 11 x 14 inches, sheet size 9.75 x 12.5 inches, image size This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Lillian Bassm...
Silver Gelatin
"BUTTERFLY HEART" 36x24 Pop Art Archival Print Butterflies Unsigned Edition
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Archival pigment pop art print of butterflies creating a heart shape created by DESTRO DESTRO is an LA based pop artist. and image creator. Printed on museum grade poster paper....
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'The Lure Of Lamu' Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The Lure Of Lamu by Slim Aarons The resort of Kiwayu Mlango wa Chanu in the Lamu Archipelago of Kenya, February 1987. The resort is run by Governors’ Camp of the Masai Mara. (Photo ...
Archival Pigment
Skiing Holiday Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing Holiday 1967 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition American political novelist William F Buckley Jnr takes a break from skiing ...
Archival Pigment
"Edward Ray" by Kirby
Located in London, GB
"Edward Ray" by Kirby 26th June 1925: British golfer Edward Ray in action during the 1925 British Open at Prestwick. Prestwick golf course was founded ...
Black and White
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photogapher Nona Hatay
Located in Surfside, FL
Hatay is a visual artist, a healer and a former Rock and Roll photojournalist. Born in Scotland of a Hungarian physicist/inventor and an English art dealer, she grew up in an intern...
Silver Gelatin
Sun Beams Into Grand Central Station (1930) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Kate Moss At 16 - signed limited edition print
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 signed by the artist unframed ships securely from London England Framing options available Jake Chessum British-born, New York-based photographer Jake Chessum’s portfolio includes Amy Winehouse, Robbie Williams, David Bowie, Jay Z, Snoop Dogg, Coldplay, The Beastie Boys, Beck and beyond. Jake grew...
Archival Pigment
Jackie Onassis, Black and White Photography, ca. 1960
By Ron Galella
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 P...
Silver Gelatin
Kate Moss At 16 - signed limited edition print
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 signed by the artist unframed ...
Archival Pigment
"Tennis Leap" by Douglas Miller
Located in London, GB
"Tennis Leap" by Douglas Miller 22nd August 1932: Three young competitors leaping over the boundary between two tennis courts at the Essex Junior Champ...
Black and White
AC DC BACK IN BLACK 30x50 Photography Photograph Cassette Tape Unsigned Print
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of an AC/DC - Back In Black cassette tape. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro "They encapsulate an...
Archival Pigment
'Boy in Bermuda' Unframed Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Boy in Bermuda by Toni Frissell Fishy friends and underwater snorkelling on a beach in Bermuda, 1956. (Toni Frissell) Limited signature stamped edition print 30 x 40" inches / 76 x...
Archival Pigment
CZ’s House Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
CZ’s House 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1955: Mrs F C Winston Guest (1920 – 2003) (aka Cee Zee Guest) reclines on a garden chair in front of the Grecian ...
Archival Pigment
'Snorkelling In The Shallows' Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Snorkelling In The Shallows by Slim Aarons A group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta, 1959. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Limited edition estate stamped print 24 x 20" inche...
Archival Pigment
Horses - Photo- Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Horses is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the early 20th Century. Good conditions with come folding and missing parts.
Photographic Paper
C.Z. Guest 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
C.Z. Guest 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 – 2003) with a poodle and a Great Dane at her ocean-front estate, Vil...
Archival Pigment
Palm Beach Shoppers, 1968 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Color Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Palm Beach Shoppers, 1968 by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. Palm Beach Shoppers is a Limited Edition Estate Stampe...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Austrian Sound Space Architect Bernhard Leitner Photo Mechanical Print Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Bernhard Leitner, (Austrian, 1938) From a portfolio "Sound : Space" "Ton : Raum" Self published by artist in 1975/1976, Limited edition of 50 Hand signed in pencil by artist. Acc...
Screen
Mission Wall, San Ildefonso, NM
By Morley Baer
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This print is signed in pencil on the front of the mount and stamped on the back of the mount. Despite Morley Baer’s adherence to the West Coast landscape tradition, his interests i...
Silver Gelatin
Porto Ercole Beach - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped C-Type from Limited Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Porto Ercole Beach by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Porto Ercole Beach" is a Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digi...
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
North By North West (1959) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized
Located in London, GB
North By North West (1959) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized (Photo by Pictorial Press / Alamy Archives) 1959, Cary Grant in the film North...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
"Lunch Time" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Lunch Time" by Bert Hardy Five British models eating lunch in their swimwear on a yacht on the Cote d'Azur. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7850 - Th...
Black and White
"French Economy" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"French Economy" by Bert Hardy 14th June 1952: A young French girl holding a large loaf of bread while reading a sign about a possible decrease in bakery prices in the home town of ...
Black and White
Michael Jackson - Photo- 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Michael Jackson is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1990s. Good conditions.
Photographic Paper
Cecil Beaton, Audrey Hepburn, from Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981 (after)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Cecil Beaton (1904–1980) (after) Title: Audrey Hepburn Year: 1981 Medium: Heliogravure on velin paper Paper Size: 15.75 x 11.75 inches (40.01 x 29.84 cm) Condition: Well pres...
Offset
Prince Philip of Edinburgh - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Prince Philip of Edinburgh is a vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted in a well-balanced composition.
Photographic Paper
Pousada dos Buzios, 1975 - Limited Edition Slim Aarons Estate Stamped C-Type
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Pousada dos Buzios, 1975 by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Pousada dos Buzios' is a Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type print by 20th Century American photographer Slim Aarons. Friends and acquaintances lying by the swimming pool at Pousada dos Buzios in Brazil are photographed by Slim Aarons. The man pictured is Italian restaurateur Stefano Monti. Just east of Rio de Janiero city is Buzios, formerly a quiet little fishing village and since the 1960s a bustling, animated, and absolutely upscale seaside resort, littered with fine restaurants, boutiques, and posh pousadas. Pictured here is one such pousada. Also found in Portugal, pousadas offer a blend between luxury hotel and intimate family-run inn. Slim Aarons also photographed "Buzios" which is available in the gallery. Both "Pousada dos Buzios" and "Buzios" were taken in the same place, but spaced years apart. Both 'Buzios' and 'Pousada dos Buzios' were taken in this location. The similarities between 'Buzios' and 'Pousada dos Buzios' are most evident in the subjects: the female sunbather wearing a black and white swimsuit with the straw sunhat appears to be in both scenes, and the female sunbather with short hair wearing the leopard print bikini appears similarly in both scenes. This image from August 1975...
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Au Revoir Les Enfants Vintage Black and White Photograph, 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfants is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1987. Good conditions.
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons, Harbour Island (Midcentury Modern Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Harbour Island in the Bahamas, 1970 Harbour Island, 1970 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. ...
Lambda
'Mackinac To Chicago Sail' Unframed Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Mackinac To Chicago Sail by Toni Frissell Spectators gather on the jetty as they wait for the Mackinac to Chicago sailboat race to begin. The race covers 289 nautical miles and take...
Archival Pigment
$400Sale Price|20% Off
36x48 "Goodfellas" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art Photograph Fine Art Signed
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"The VHS" by pop Artist Destro. We all remember those iconic nights at the video store. Pop artist DESTRO once again encapsulates one of our favorite past times in a fine art con...
Archival Pigment
DARTH VADER 30x40 First 12 Release , Star Wars, Photography Pop Art, 70's Toys
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
DARTH VADER from the original Kenner release of the Star Wars toys in May of 1977 This is pre release is the first release in the much anticipated series "The Toys" "They encapsulat...
Archival Pigment
Weddingday Jackie and John F. Kennedy, Black and White Photography, 1953
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 P...
Silver Gelatin
Terry O'Neill 'Sean Connery on the Moon' (Signed)
Located in New York, NY
Re-creating astronaut Alan Shepard’s famed golfing on the moon picture, Connery as James Bond plays golf on a deserted film set in Pinewood Studios in London during the filming of ‘D...
Silver Gelatin
James Dean Behind the Wheel in his Porsche Racer - Oversize Limited Print
Located in London, GB
James Dean Behind the Wheel in his Porsche Racer by Globe Photo Archives FIlm star James Dean behind the wheel of his Porsche racer. James Dean ...
Archival Pigment
George Barris, "2J" from The Last Photos, original photograph, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This photograph of Marilyn Monroe was shot by photographer, George Barris, in 1962 on Santa Monica Beach in California. This photograph is from a collection entitled "The Last Photos...
Photographic Paper
Oscar Ennui - Faye Dunaway Reclining - Framed Hand Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Oscar Ennui - Faye Dunaway Reclining 1977 by Terry O;'Neill ( 1938 - 2019 ) Framed lifetime hand signed limited edition C print from terry O;'Neill's mo...
C Print, Color
Vintage Black and White Photo from Au Revoir Les Enfants, 1987
Located in Roma, IT
A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfants is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1987. Good conditions.
Photographic Paper
Poolside Bar 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Bar 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests seen from a poolside bar at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1980. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper ...
Archival Pigment
"Sade Adu" by Express Newspapers
Located in London, GB
"Sade Ade" by Express Newspapers Nigerian-born British singer and songwriter Sade (Helen Folasade). Unframed Paper Size: 24"x 20'' (inches) Printed 2022 Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Black and White
Happy Marilyn (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Happy Marilyn (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images) American film star Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) outside her home at Englefield Green. A...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Saint Tropez Beach - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Photography Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Saint Tropez Beach by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Saint Tropez Beach" is a b...
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
$2,300
Frida and Diego with Gas Mask - Mexican Artists, Couple, Painter, Kahlo, Rivera
Located in Denton, TX
Frida and Diego with Gas Mask is a limited edition black and white portrait of Mexican painters Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. The couple embraces each other while Frida holds a gas m...
Archival Pigment
'Palms Beach' Stuart Möller Signed Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
Palms Beach By Stuart Möller A morning shot of a costal beach front surrounded with Palm trees. 20 x 30" inches / 51 x 76 cm paper size Archival pigment print Unframed (framing av...
Archival Pigment
50x40 " Marilyn Monroe" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Photograph
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Marilyn" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images. Archival photographic paper Signed edition of 2...
Archival Pigment
Fern Forest III - Archival Inkjet Print, American Modern, 21st Century Print
By Morgan Silk
Located in Brighton, GB
'Fern Forest III' is an Archival Inkjet Print by photographer Morgan Silk. It is available in this size of 17" x 24" in a limited edition of 25. 'Fern Forest III' is the second pr...
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Color
Skiing Waiters, 1955
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Three skiing waiters on a ski slope, with the man in the foreground carrying a bird on a tray, the second man carring a wine in an ice bucket and the third carrying a menu, Stowe, Ve...
Lambda
Faye Dunaway The Morning After, 1977 Co-Signed Edition Print by Terry O'Neill
Located in London, GB
Faye Dunaway The Morning After, 1977 Co-Signed Edition Print by Terry O'Neill and Faye Dunaway Mint condition C print hand numbered 37 / 50 and hand signed by both photographer ...
C Print
"Model Boats" by Norman Smith
By Norman Smith
Located in London, GB
"Model Boats" by Norman Smith 20th June 1937: Three competitors for the 'Scrutton' Medals carrying their model sailing boats to the starting point...
Black and White
Bettie Page in Leopard - Oversize Limited Print
By Irving Klaw
Located in London, GB
Bettie Page in Leopard by Irving Law Photographed by the legendary and infamous Irving Klaw, this 'Master Print' has been meticulously restored and then colorized and presented for the first time ever. Bettie Page was an American model...
Archival Pigment
George Cameron (1959) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
George Cameron (1959) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Cameron sits on a tiger pelt in the trophy room of Laddie Sanford’s Palm Beach ...
Color, Archival Pigment
"Helpful Dog" by General Photographic Agency
Located in London, GB
"Helpful Dog" by General Photographic Agency Teddy the Dog holds onto child actor Jackie Lucas (1919 - 1983) by the tail of his golfing jacket as he tries to play a ball, which is floating in a river. A publicity still for the unreleased Mack Sennett comedy short, 'Rough and Ready', directed by William Campbell...
Black and White
$3,900
Slim Aarons 'Amalfi, Italy' 1984 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Amalfi, Italy by Slim Aarons A view along the Marina Grande Beach towards the Lattari Mountains (Monti Lattari) in Amalfi, Italy, 1984. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty...
Archival Pigment
Street Corner, L'Ile Saint Louis, Paris — Mid-Century Photogravure
By Rémy Duval
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Rémy Duval, 'Street Corner, L'ile Saint Louis, Paris', photogravure, 1946. A fine, richly-inked impression in warm black ink, on cream wove B.F.K. Rives pap...
Photogravure
Los Leones, St Barts - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Limited Edition C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Los Leones, St Barts by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Los Leones, St Barts" is a Limited Edition Estate Stamped...
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Drawing a Portrait - Photo- Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Drawing a Portrait is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 20th Century. Good conditions.
Photographic Paper