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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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Metallica Homage - handpainted Cup w/ interior & Metallica record playing
Metallica Homage - handpainted Cup w/ interior & Metallica record playing

Metallica Homage - handpainted Cup w/ interior & Metallica record playing

By Melanie Sherman

Located in Kansas City, MO

Melanie Sherman Metallica Homage - hand-painted Cup with mid-century interior and Metallica record playing 2026 Porcelain, Glaze, Underglaze, Overglaze, Vintage Transfers, 23k German...

Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Luster, Porcelain, Paint, Glaze, Underglaze

Picasso Ceramic, Chouette (A.R. 543)
Picasso Ceramic, Chouette (A.R. 543)

Picasso Ceramic, Chouette (A.R. 543)

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Madrid, ES

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) "Chouette" (A.R. 543) stamped, marked and numbered "Madoura Plein Feu / Edition Picasso / Edition Picasso / 37/500 / Madoura" (underneath) white earthenware...

Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Midcentury Demitasse Coffee Set Hans Achtziger for Hutschenreuther Selb
Vintage Midcentury Demitasse Coffee Set Hans Achtziger for Hutschenreuther Selb

Vintage Midcentury Demitasse Coffee Set Hans Achtziger for Hutschenreuther Selb

Located in East Quogue, NY

Pristine decorative white porcelain 'Apart' coffee demitasse set from Hutschenreuther Selb, with 6 cups, 6 saucers, coffee pot, creamer/milk jug, sugar bowl (15 piece set). Germain porcelain maker Hutschenreuther (est.1814) commissioned sculptor Hans Achtziger...

Category

1950s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Ouvrir les Frontières pour Mr. Olingou
Ouvrir les Frontières pour Mr. Olingou

Ouvrir les Frontières pour Mr. Olingou

Located in Atlanta, GA

The universal theme of travel has always inspired Bruno Catalano. Since he started to knead clay, hundreds of “Travellers” went out of his feverish hand...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Robert Mapplethorpe, Calla Lily Porcelain Plate
Robert Mapplethorpe, Calla Lily Porcelain Plate

Robert Mapplethorpe, Calla Lily Porcelain Plate

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: after Robert Mapplethorpe, American (1946 - 1989) Title: Calla Lily Date: circa 2000 Medium: Porcelain Plate, printed signature verso Edition Size: 500 Diameter: 8.25 inches ...

Category

Early 2000s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Famille, Têtes Laurées : Quatre Personnages
Famille, Têtes Laurées : Quatre Personnages

Famille, Têtes Laurées : Quatre Personnages

By Pablo Picasso

Located in PARIS, FR

• A unique ceramic work by Pablo Picasso Famille, Têtes Laurées : Quatre Personnages is a unique ceramic composition by Pablo Picasso, dated August 8, 1956, with the date inscribed a...

Category

1950s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

FLIPPO - original realism wildlife sculpture 3d artwork - contemporary art
FLIPPO - original realism wildlife sculpture 3d artwork - contemporary art

FLIPPO - original realism wildlife sculpture 3d artwork - contemporary art

By Henk Jan Sanderman

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Canvas

Vintage Peacock II (Wall Piece/Dish) (MADE TO ORDER, ~50% OFF LIMITED TIME ONLY)
Vintage Peacock II (Wall Piece/Dish) (MADE TO ORDER, ~50% OFF LIMITED TIME ONLY)

Vintage Peacock II (Wall Piece/Dish) (MADE TO ORDER, ~50% OFF LIMITED TIME ONLY)

By Melanie Sherman

Located in Kansas City, MO

(MADE TO ORDER) (Hand-painted, hand-made, porcelain) *Lead Time may vary between 1-3 weeks Melanie Sherman Vintage Peacock II (Wall Piece/Dish (handpainted) Porcelain, Glaze, Overglaze, Chinapaints, 24k German Gold Luster, Brass Wire (for hanging, can be removed) Year: 2022 Size: 6x4.25x0.5in Signed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1331 ------------------------ My ceramics are handmade and painted with the finest overglazes from Europe. The gold luster used is 24k liquid Gold from Germany. Every piece is unique. My imagery is inspired by vintage Meissen dinnerware...

Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Vintage Life Size Zebra Model or Sculpture
Vintage Life Size Zebra Model or Sculpture

Vintage Life Size Zebra Model or Sculpture

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Rare and unusual life size sculpture of a zebra crafted in composition in a surprisingly realistic form and hand decorated with the iconic stripes now worn to perfection.

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Other Medium

El Torso Bronze Sculpture of Female, Modern, 2000-2009
El Torso Bronze Sculpture of Female, Modern, 2000-2009

El Torso Bronze Sculpture of Female, Modern, 2000-2009

By Alex Radionov

Located in Zofingen, AG

"El Torso" Bronze Sculpture. The sculpture is dedicated to female beauty and grace. The author portrayed a beautiful girl who is a little shy about her nakedness. Her body is stylize...

Category

Early 2000s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Metal, Bronze

Sofia
Sofia

Sofia

By Alex Radionov

Located in Zofingen, AG

"Sofia" - one of the series "Dreams about Sea". Unique cast bronze sculpture with patina. Representing a woman inspired by the sea. The elongated, stylized form emphasizes elegance...

Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Metal, Bronze

Morning Grirl. solid bronze sculpture, vintage
Morning Grirl. solid bronze sculpture, vintage

Morning Grirl. solid bronze sculpture, vintage

By Alex Radionov

Located in Zofingen, AG

"Morning girl". The author admires the beauty of the female body. Her movement - smooth, graceful and beautiful. The moment of awakening is very sensual. The girl stretches, reveali...

Category

1990s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Bronze

Monumental Pair of White Marble Sculptures of Classical Figures
Monumental Pair of White Marble Sculptures of Classical Figures

Monumental Pair of White Marble Sculptures of Classical Figures

Located in Rome, IT

Standing figure of Julius Caesar wearing a Tunic and holding a billowing drapery with a composition marble square-section pedestal. . The other figure is of Hannibal. Provenance fro...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Rabbit Hole (Brown) - original realism wildlife sculpture-painting-artwork-art
Rabbit Hole (Brown) - original realism wildlife sculpture-painting-artwork-art

Rabbit Hole (Brown) - original realism wildlife sculpture-painting-artwork-art

By Henk Jan Sanderman

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Canvas

Mixed-media Long Mixed Wood Cityscape Shelf or Mantel by Artist Ben Darby, 2020
Mixed-media Long Mixed Wood Cityscape Shelf or Mantel by Artist Ben Darby, 2020

Mixed-media Long Mixed Wood Cityscape Shelf or Mantel by Artist Ben Darby, 2020

By Ben Darby

Located in San Diego, CA

Artful one-of-a-kind long shelf or sculpture by artist Ben Darby. Made of various pieces of wood and accented with multi-color acrylic paint. We selected this piece soon after it was...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Worn White 01 - Mixed Media Abstracted Ocean Hung Sculpture

Worn White 01 - Mixed Media Abstracted Ocean Hung Sculpture

Located in Boston, MA

Worn White 01 46.13 x 46.13 x 3.38, 25.0 lbs Plaster Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "Made of plaster, gypsum, water, wood, sand, salt, and crushed gold glass, this ar...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Bouteille Gravée (A.R.249)
Bouteille Gravée (A.R.249)

Bouteille Gravée (A.R.249)

By Pablo Picasso

Located in PARIS, FR

• Picasso began working with ceramics in 1946 at the Madoura workshop in Vallauris, marking the beginning of an important and highly productive chapter in his career. What initially ...

Category

1950s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Pedro Friedeberg, "Hand Foot", unique sculpture
Pedro Friedeberg, "Hand Foot", unique sculpture

Pedro Friedeberg, "Hand Foot", unique sculpture

By Pedro Friedeberg

Located in Chatsworth, CA

Pedro Friedeberg Unique Hand Foot Sculpture Gilt finished wood Signed PEDRO FRIEDEBERG on bottom of the foot 12 inches tall, 6 inches wide (base of hand), 3 inches wide (base of foot...

Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Antique, 19th C. Peugeot Frères Brevetés French Coffee Grinder Table Sculpture
Antique, 19th C. Peugeot Frères Brevetés French Coffee Grinder Table Sculpture

Antique, 19th C. Peugeot Frères Brevetés French Coffee Grinder Table Sculpture

Located in Surfside, FL

This is being sold as a piece of (functional?) decorator table sculpture for a kitchen or restaurant. I do not know if or how it works. the wheel and gears turn. It might be missing a cover on the handle. It is a lovely antique piece. Made in France. A halfcentury before they produced their first car, the Peugeot brothers were making coffee grinders, continuing to do so for over 100years. In 1840 the Peugeots produced their first moulin a cafe out of a combination of metal and wood. The beans were inserted into the metal hopper up top; metal gears were turned by a woodenknob-capped metal...

Category

Late 19th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Brass

Bronze Sculpture Figure with Beast American Modernist Leonard Baskin Museum Art
Bronze Sculpture Figure with Beast American Modernist Leonard Baskin Museum Art

Bronze Sculpture Figure with Beast American Modernist Leonard Baskin Museum Art

By Leonard Baskin

Located in Surfside, FL

Leonard Baskin, American 1922-2000 Homage to the Un-American Activities Committee Bronze relief sculpture plaque This is not editioned, nor signed or numbered, on the piece but according to the catalog there was 12 or less. A number of these are in museum and university art collections and one of them was exhibited at MoMA NY. This was done to commemorate the communist witch hunts of the Mccarthy era. An important, historic piece. Leonard Baskin (August 15, 1922 – June 3, 2000) was an American sculptor, illustrator, wood-engraver, printmaker, graphic artist, writer and teacher. Baskin was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. While he was a student at Yale University, he founded Gehenna Press, a small private press specializing in fine, small edition, book production. From 1953 until 1974, he taught printmaking and sculpture at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Subsequently Baskin also taught at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. He lived most of his life in the U.S., but spent nine years in Devon at Lurley Manor, Lurley, near Tiverton, close to his friend Ted Hughes, for whom he illustrated Crow. Sylvia Plath dedicated Sculpto to Leonard Baskin in her famous work, The Colossus and Other Poems (1960). The Funeral Cortege (1997) bronze, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C. His public commissions include a bas relief for the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial and a bronze statue of a seated figure, erected in 1994 for the Holocaust Memorial in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His works are owned by many major museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Boca Raton Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art and the Vatican Museums. The archive of his signed work at the Gehenna Press was acquired by the Bodleian Library at Oxford, England, in 2009. The McMaster Museum of Art in Hamilton, Ontario owns over 200 of his works (some religious and biblical), most of which were donated by his brother Rabbi Bernard Baskin. Contemporary Religious Imagery in American Art. Catalog for an exhibition held at the Ringling Museum of Art, March 1-31, 1974. Artists represented: David Aronson, Leonard Baskin, Max Beckmann, Hyman Bloom, Fernando Botero, Paul Cadmus, Marvin Cherney, Arthur G. Dove, Philip Evergood, Adolph Gottlieb, Jonah Kinigstein, Arman, Rico Lebrun, Jack Levine, Louise Nevelson, Barnett Newman, Abraham Rattner, Ben Shahn, Mark Tobey, Max Weber, William Zorach and others.In 1955, he was one of eleven New York artists featured in the opening exhibition at the Terrain Gallery, they showed many great artists, Chaim Koppelman, for many years, headed the gallery's Print Division; printmakers such as Will Barnet, Leonard Baskin, Robert Conover...

Category

1950s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Omaggio To Picasso Murano Glass Sculpture
Omaggio To Picasso Murano Glass Sculpture

Omaggio To Picasso Murano Glass Sculpture

By Walter Furlan

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

Omaggio To Picasso Woman in Hat Murano Glass Sculpture Artist signed and titled. Walter Furlan was born (1931-2018) in Chioggia, a small town near Venice. He started to work in a f...

Category

Early 2000s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

Picasso Ceramic, Visage (A.R. 288)
Picasso Ceramic, Visage (A.R. 288)

Picasso Ceramic, Visage (A.R. 288)

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Madrid, ES

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) "Visage" (A.R. 288) stamped and marked 'Edition Picasso / Madoura Plein Feu / Edition Picasso / Madoura' (underneath) white earthenware ceramic pitcher with...

Category

1950s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Bronze sculpture of 'Rapunzel' from German fairytale by Carl Payne
Bronze sculpture of 'Rapunzel' from German fairytale by Carl Payne

Bronze sculpture of 'Rapunzel' from German fairytale by Carl Payne

By Carl Payne

Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

A stunning Nude Bronze Sculpture 'Rapunzel' with inspiration taken from the German fairytale. Continuing a successful career in England and Ireland, Carl joined Callaghan Fine Paintings and Works of Art at the beginning of 2004 in order to dedicate his time to create and develop stunning individual contemporary sculpture. Carl is a Staffordshire based sculptor for whom art has played a large part in his academic work taking him through the Burslem School of Art, the Henry Doulton School of Sculpture and then to Stafford College. After qualifying in Figurative Sculpture he launched his career with commission after commission, which has now secured his reputation for fine quality workmanship both in life-size format and smaller decorative pieces. The list of his completed commissioned work is extensive, including many ‘house-hold’ names from the sporting world, commerce and the past. The following are just some of the private and publicly commissioned completed works that form Carl’s prestigious portfolio:- King George 5th and Queen Mary – life size portrait buste commissioned by Cunards Cruise Ships and located in the ballroom of the Queen Mary 2 (QM2) cruise ship. Randolph Turpin – life size and a quarter - commissioned by Warwick and Leamington Spa Council located in Warwick Town Centre, Sir Stanley Matthews – life size and a half - commissioned by the Sir Stanley Matthews Foundation located at The Britannia Stadium. The Stadium of Light - life size group of figures – commissioned by Sunderland Football Club...

Category

20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Coffee Pot
Coffee Pot

Tom BingerCoffee Pot, 2018

$1,250Sale Price|34% Off

Coffee Pot

By Tom Binger

Located in Kansas City, MO

Tom Binger "Coffee Pot" Medium: Mixed Media Year: 2018, Signed Size: 18.25 x 11.25 x 2 inches Tom Binger finds it interesting that during a time in which th...

Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Eagle, Modern Hand-Carved Wooden Sculpture
Eagle, Modern Hand-Carved Wooden Sculpture

Eagle, Modern Hand-Carved Wooden Sculpture

Located in Long Island City, NY

Unknown Artist - Eagle, Medium: Hand carved wooden sculpture, Size: 13.5 x 7.5 x 5.5 in. (34.29 x 19.05 x 13.97 cm)

Category

1970s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Wood

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