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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Ladies Tea Party 1980
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland Ladies Tea Party Ladies Tea Party – Debbie Harry of Blondie, Viv Albertine of The Slits, Siouxsie Sioux, Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders...
Silver Gelatin
Toni Frissell 'Capri Club' Unframed Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Capri Club by Toni Frissell Beachgoers relax on the Capri coast, 1959. (Toni Frissell) Limited signature stamped edition print 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Unframed (fr...
Archival Pigment
Marc Bolan T Rex Timeless - Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Marc Bolan of T Rex at Le Chateux recording studio France 1972 Large Oversize limited edition (ed size 20 only this size) and signed silver gelatin print....
Silver Gelatin
Cortina D’Ampezzo (1962) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cortina D’Ampezzo (1962) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo by Slim Aarons) Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D’Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy, 1962. Additional Informati...
Color, Archival Pigment
Dudley Moore & Peter Cook – London, 1972 Limited Edition
By David Steen
Located in London, GB
Dudley Moore & Peter Cook – London, 1972 Limited Edition Limited Edition David Steen Estate Print Limited Edition: All prints are limited editions, no further prints are produc...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Arts Festival 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Arts Festival 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The Palm Beach Arts Festival Procession, Florida, 1964 12 x 12" inches / 30 x 30 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition t...
Archival Pigment
"Race Order" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Race Order" by Bert Hardy Maserati racing cars in the pit during a road race at at St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, May 1947. Original publication: Pict...
Black and White
$3,550
Slim Aarons Marbella House Party Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Marbella House Party by Slim Aarons Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain, August 1967. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Limited edition estate stamped print...
Archival Pigment
Leisure And Fashion (1961) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Leisure And Fashion (1961) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) A woman watching a poolside fashion show at the Colony Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida, 1961. Additional In...
Color, Archival Pigment
Mercury And May - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
Bowie And Sax - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Bowie And Sax - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print David Bowie during the ‘Saxophone’ Session in London 1973. (photo Mick Rock). All prints are numbered by the Estate. Edition...
Archival Pigment
$2,950
Reed Bowie Jagger Hug - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
Reed Bowie Jagger Hug - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print Lou Reed, Mick Jagger and David Bowie share a hug, Café Royal, London, 1973 (photo Mick Rock). All prints are number...
Archival Pigment
Marbella House Party Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Marbella House Party 1967 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain, 1967. unframed c type print pr...
Archival Pigment
$3,840
Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Speed Week' Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bahamas Speed Week by Slim Aarons The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Limited edition estate stamped print 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 50 cm paper size Unfram...
Archival Pigment
$3,830
Slim Aarons 'Pool At Carvoeiro' Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pool At Carvoeiro by Slim Aarons Holidaymakers round a pool, Carvoeiro, Portugal, July 1970. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Limited edition estate stamped print 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 50 c...
Archival Pigment
Coral Blue #1. Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Zoltan Gerliczki took advantage of global circumstances to emerge as an artist who crosses borders. Gerliczki's images are a continuation of the artist's journey from the unknown to ...
Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment
English Blue #1. Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Zoltan Gerliczki took advantage of global circumstances to emerge as an artist who crosses borders. Gerliczki's images are a continuation of the artist's journey from the unknown to ...
Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Drinks at Gstaad - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Print, 16" x 20"
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Drinks at Gstaad by Slim Aarons 16" x 20" Digital C-Type Print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Drinks at Gstaad" is a Limited Edition Estate ...
C Print, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color
'Princess Caroline Of Monaco' Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Princess Caroline Of Monaco by Slim Aarons Princess Caroline of Monaco in the winter-garden room of her house on the palace grounds, Monte Carlo, Monaco, August 1981. (Photo by Slim...
Archival Pigment
Broken Celebrity #5. Color Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
As an artist, He is fascinated by the opulence and richness of still life of the golden age of Dutch painting in the 17th c. These works, of course, symbolize mortality and the tempo...
Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment
"I Love Lucy", Lobby Card, USA 1951
Located in Cologne, DE
Original black-and-white lobby card for the TV show "I Love Lucy" (1951) featuring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures a charming domestic sce...
Color
"Fan's Fashion" by William Vanderson
Located in London, GB
"Fan's Fashion" by William Vanderson 5th January 1957: Two young Fulham football fans Freda and Frank Hearn dressed in their club's colours of black and white, wait to board an 'Ipswich Special' at Addison Road station, London. Fulham are playing Ipswich in an FA Cup...
Black and White
David Bowie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print
By Mick Rock
Located in London, GB
David Bowie - Limited Edition Mick Rock Estate Print David Bowie backstage, 1973 (photo Mick Rock). All prints are numbered by the Estate. Edition size varies according to print s...
Archival Pigment
Eternal Recurrence #15. Large limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Zupan combines images from old masters, alchemical prints, contemporary artists, and bits from magazines and newspapers to create overlapping, intersecting worlds of transparencies a...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Caleta Beach' Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Caleta Beach by Slim Aarons A high angle view of Caleta Beach (aka Morning Beach) in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1961. The Hotel Boca Chica can be seen to the right. (Photo by Slim Aa...
Archival Pigment
Seaplane At Palm Beach (1955) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Seaplane At Palm Beach (1955) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) leaning against a seaplane belonging to the Everglades Flying Serv...
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Toni Frissell 'Vogue Sunshine' 1946 Unframed Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Vogue Sunshine by Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition A model poses for a Vogue photoshoot, 1946. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Archival pigment print Unfr...
Archival Pigment
Eddie Vedder - Oversize Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
Eddie Vedder - Signed Limited Edition Print. Eddie Veder, lead singer of American band Pearl Jam. Seattle, Washington. Melody Maker Magazine. July 19...
Black and White, Archival Pigment
$1,500
Lilies & Plantains: Sepia Toned Still Life Photograph of Flowers and Fruit
Located in Hudson, NY
Formalist sepia toned still life photograph of white lily flowers and brown plantains on a tabletop Lilies and Plantains, by David Halliday, printed in 2003 Sepia toned silver gelati...
Silver Gelatin
Walter Rudolph, Istanbul 1980, Limited ΣYMO Edition, Copy 1 of 50
Located in Cologne, DE
Walter Rudolph His photographs are reminiscent of the jet-set photographer Slim Aarons. Walter Rudolph discovered the world as a photographer on the idea, travel...
Color
Portrait - The Old Days, Black and White Silver Salt Print, 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait- The Old Days is a black and white vintage photo, silver salt print, realized in the early 20th century. It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal ...
Photographic Paper
Coming Ashore - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Coming Ashore A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Italy. Augu...
Archival Pigment
Ice World - signed limited edition - fine art abstract landscape
By Tim Graham
Located in London, GB
Huge and exquisite, intensely vivid Archival Pigment print - signed and numbered by photographer on front - this paper size - edition of 5 only this size. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 10...
Archival Pigment
Arnold Schwarzenegger Flexing - Oversize Limited Print
By Arthur Gordon
Located in London, GB
Arnold Schwarzenegger Flexing by Arthur Gordon A Vintage 1976 image depicting a young Arnold Schwarzenegger, the champion bodybuilder who was Mr. Olympia a staggering seven times. ...
Archival Pigment
Algarve Hotel Pool 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Algarve Hotel Pool 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests in the pool at the Algarve Hotel, the Algarve, Portugal, July 1970. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estate S...
Archival Pigment
Blackpool Railings - Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
July 14, 1951. Two women chatting on the railings in Blackpool. The picture was taken by Bert Hardy using a single-focus box camera. The women are former Tiller Girls Pat Wilson...
Silver Gelatin
$440Sale Price|20% Off
ROCKY 36x48 Sylvester Stallone Photomosaic Photography Pop Art Print
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Rocky" is an acrylic photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of...
Archival Pigment
Agaves Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Agave by Justin Creedy Smith 2005 Agaves in Tangiers, Morocco. Photo, July 2005. Exquisite large oversize 20 x 20 inches / 51 x 51 cm silver gelatin print signed and numbered...
Silver Gelatin
The Marlboroughs 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The Marlboroughs 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped John Albert Edward Spencer Churchill, the 10th Duke of Marlborough (1897 – 1972) and his wife Mary relax on a bench in the grounds...
Archival Pigment
Stamford Bridge (1920) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Stamford Bridge (1920) Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Alfred Hind Robinson/Getty Images Archive) Stamford Bridge, Chelsea Football...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Madonna - signed Limited Edition print (2005)
Located in London, GB
Madonna - signed Limited Edition print Press Commission July 2, 2005 London Hyde Park (photo Kevin Westenberg) NB All prints are signed and numbered by the artist. Unframed...
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Backgammon'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1972. Slim Aarons Poolside Backgammon 1972 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of...
Lambda
Jake Chessum 'Amy Winehouse Kentish Town Cafe' Signed Limited Edition Print
By Jake Chessum
Located in London, GB
Kate Moss Amy Winehouse Kentish Town Cafe by Jake Chessum Amy Winehouse captured in a Primrose Hill cafe during a photo shoot with Jake Chessum in February 2004. Jake recalls, “At ...
C Print, Color
L'encants and Ready to Wear. Portrait Photograph, Limited Edition
By Lèa Bon
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From space, error is projected onto the focal point, error for man. From within, we modify the language of the elements to compose a reuse of the ordinary and bring it into play in a...
Color, Archival Pigment
False Route III and Two phases. Portrait Photograph, Limited Edition
By Lèa Bon
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From space, error is projected onto the focal point, error for man. From within, we modify the language of the elements to compose a reuse of the ordinary and bring it into play in a...
Color, Archival Pigment
Venezuela, Fisherman, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 24.4 x 24 cm
By Hanna Seidel
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...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Rudolf Nureyev – Applying His Make-Up for the Filming of ‘Valentino’, London
By David Steen
Located in London, GB
Twiggy & Patrick Macnee – Major John Steed / The Avengers, London 1968 Limited Edition David Steen Estate Print Limited Edition: All prints are limited editions, no further pri...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons, 'Playboy Party' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner, December 1961. Slim Aarons Playboy Party 1961 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of aut...
C Print
Autographed Portrait of Dieter Borsche - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Autographed portrait of Dieter Borsche is a beautiful b/w postcard reproducing the photographic portrait of the smoking German actor with big pier...
Paper, Photographic Paper
Having A Topping Time (1959) Limited Estate Stamped- Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Having A Topping Time (1959) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Socialite Alice Topping relaxing at a poolside in Palm Beach. 1959 Additional Information: Unframed P...
Color, Archival Pigment
$420Sale Price|20% Off
AC DC BACK IN BLACK 30x50 Photography Photograph Cassette Tape Fine Art 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
David Bowie 1976
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland David Bowie David Bowie in concert on The Thin White Duke Tour, Wembley, London 1976 David Bowie was a visionary British singer, songwriter, and actor known for ...
Silver Gelatin
$495
Big Ben From The South Bank (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Big Ben From The South Bank (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Nat Norman/Frederic Lewis/Archive Photos/Getty Images) A woman looking across the Thames towards the Palac...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
'Lounging In Verbier' (Estate Stamped Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Verbier' by Slim Aarons Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964. This photograph epitomises the Travel, Lifestyle and Glamou...
C Print
Bahamas Speed Week 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bahamas Speed Week 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Gordon Butler’s Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray at the Bahamas Speed Week at the Oakes Course, Nassau, December 1963 20 x 24" inch...
Archival Pigment
Michael Ochs 'Brigitte Bardot' Archival Photograph by Getty, 12 x 16
By Michael Ochs
Located in San Rafael, CA
Brigitte Bardot with cigarette in hand by photographer Michael Ochs, originally taken in 1962. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) As an authorized Getty Images Gallery...
Photographic Paper
Poolside Poodle Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Poodle 1970 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Josep...
Archival Pigment
Saint Tropez Boucherie, August 1971 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Saint Tropez Boucherie, August 1971 by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Saint Tropez Boucherie, August 1971' by Sli...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Monte Carlo, 1952 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Color Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Monte Carlo, 1952 by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Monte Carlo, 1952' by Slim Aarons is a beautiful Limited Edit...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital