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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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Style: Modern
Monumental Italian Rationalist Marble Sculptures of Young Athletes
Monumental Italian Rationalist Marble Sculptures of Young Athletes

Monumental Italian Rationalist Marble Sculptures of Young Athletes

Located in Rome, IT

This monumental pair of sculptures in "Bardiglio" marble represent Greek Athletes figure , on a cylindrical base . Exaltation of the male strength and beauty, inspired by the trend i...

Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Scène de Tauromachie
Scène de Tauromachie

Scène de Tauromachie

By Pablo Picasso

Located in PARIS, FR

An authenticated work Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Paloma Ruiz-Picasso and Diana Widmaier-Ruiz-Picasso, dated October 9, 2025. A signed, dated and stamped ...

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1950s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Piccola Kore

Piccola Kore

By Wladimiro POLITANO

Located in Atlanta, GA

Wladimiro Politano (February 19, 1940 Lago (Cosenza), Italy) is an Italian sculptor, painter and drawer. Politano's work has been exhibited in the ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Large Abstract Landscape Pastel Drawing Painting San Francisco Artist, Megan #6
Large Abstract Landscape Pastel Drawing Painting San Francisco Artist, Megan #6

Large Abstract Landscape Pastel Drawing Painting San Francisco Artist, Megan #6

By Dennis Leon

Located in Surfside, FL

It has a variegated texture to it. It is signed and titled. Large format drawing or painting in pastel or crayon. Dennis Leon, was a San Francisco Bay Area sculptor and art instruct...

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20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

Untitled, 2017
Untitled, 2017

Untitled, 2017

Located in Atlanta, GA

Dario Tironi is the artist that evades the classic canons of Besharat Gallery's sculptures. But we could not remain indifferent to his fantastic, incredi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects

The Eye, Abstract Copper and Wood Sculpture
The Eye, Abstract Copper and Wood Sculpture

The Eye, Abstract Copper and Wood Sculpture

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Unknown Medium: Hand-Hammered and Welded Copper and Wood Construction Size: 89 in. x 19 in. x 2 in. (226.06 cm x 48.26 cm x 5.08 cm)

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20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Copper

Large Panel of 9 Original Modernist Relief Sculptures by Ron Hitchins
Large Panel of 9 Original Modernist Relief Sculptures by Ron Hitchins

Large Panel of 9 Original Modernist Relief Sculptures by Ron Hitchins

By Ron Hitchins

Located in London, GB

Stunning original panel made of 9 handmade fibreglass relief sculptures from the artist's own home. Each sculpture is unique, with beautiful rust and copper tones, and several are signed by the artist. This very large, striking piece has a great Brutalist and Modernist feel. It is particularly notable as an example of Hitchin’s mastery of finishing techniques in simulating aged metal. The relief sculptures were visible outside of Ron’s house and became a Hackney landmark. They were carefully removed by the artist's estate after Ron passed away. Year: unknown (Ron was active from the mid 1960s to the early 2000s) Colour: Rust and copper tones Signature: 5 of the relief sculptures bear the artist's trademark initials “RH” Framing: The sculptures have been carefully mounted on a cotton covered board with a walnut wood trim and a hidden subrame on the reverse for ease of hanging. Authenticity: This piece was purchased directly from the Artist's Estate and comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by the sole executor of the Ron Hitchins...

Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Fiberglass, Paint, Board

Looking Into the Past
Looking Into the Past

Looking Into the Past

Located in Atlanta, GA

For sculptor/ painter/ photographer Roberto Santo, art became a way of life when, at age16, he embarked upon an apprenticeship with Bob Peak, the celebra...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Le saut de mouton

Le saut de mouton

By Mauro Corda

Located in Atlanta, GA

Mauro Corda’s figurative sculptures maintain a reverence for classical and modernist traditions, while also expressing the artist’s voice. Though born in France, the artist hails fro...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Iron, Bronze

Check with L, 2006
Check with L, 2006

Check with L, 2006

Located in Atlanta, GA

For sculptor/ painter/ photographer Roberto Santo, art became a way of life when, at age16, he embarked upon an apprenticeship with Bob Peak, the celebra...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Owl, Modern Aluminum Sculpture by Antonovici 1958
Owl, Modern Aluminum Sculpture by Antonovici 1958

Owl, Modern Aluminum Sculpture by Antonovici 1958

By Constantin Antonovici

Located in Long Island City, NY

An original bronze sculpture by Constantin Antonovici from his Owl Series. Referenced in "Constantin Antonovici: Sculptor of Owls", pg 50. Antonovici was born in Neamt, Romania on February 18, 1911, and graduated from the Fine Arts Academy in Iasi, Romania, in 1939. In 1940, Antonovici studied in Zagreb with the famous Croatian sculptor Ivan Mestrovici, until his arrest by Italian fascists. Antonovici himself survived imprisonment in Germany for his refusal to fight on the side of the Nazis. After the war, he continued his studies in Vienna, under the tutelage of Professor Fritz Behn...

Category

1950s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Modern Texas Mixed Media Sculpture of a Mummified Portrait Bust in a Box / Crate
Modern Texas Mixed Media Sculpture of a Mummified Portrait Bust in a Box / Crate

Modern Texas Mixed Media Sculpture of a Mummified Portrait Bust in a Box / Crate

By Roy Fridge

Located in Houston, TX

Modern mixed media sculpture by Texas artist Roy Fridge. The work features a mummified portrait bust encased in a red, white, and blue flag placed in a wooden box or crate. Artist Biography: A native of Beeville, Fridge was an only child who made his own toys. After serving in the U.S. Navy, he graduated from Baylor University in Waco with a degree in filmmaking. In the 1960s, he and his best friends, sculptors Jim Love and Dave McManaway, became known as the "unholy trio" of Texas contemporary art. In 1963, Fridge left a career in television advertising and "ran away to the beach." He settled in the sleepy town of Port Aransas...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Profil de Taureau
Profil de Taureau

Profil de Taureau

By Pablo Picasso

Located in PARIS, FR

An authenticated work Dated February 23, 1956, this unique painted ceramic with relief decoration is authenticated by Claude Ruiz Picasso (certificate dated February 1, 2021). A dis...

Category

1950s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Modernist Figural Limited Edition Bronze Sculpture, Set of 3, Signed & Numbered
Modernist Figural Limited Edition Bronze Sculpture, Set of 3, Signed & Numbered

Modernist Figural Limited Edition Bronze Sculpture, Set of 3, Signed & Numbered

Located in Plainview, NY

Modernist Figural Limited Edition Bronze Sculpture, Set of 3, Signed & Numbered: A refined set of three limited-edition bronze sculptures depicting elongated seated female figures,...

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20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Abstract Sculpture Mid 20th Century Modern Non Objective Biomorphic Plaster WPA
Abstract Sculpture Mid 20th Century Modern Non Objective Biomorphic Plaster WPA

Abstract Sculpture Mid 20th Century Modern Non Objective Biomorphic Plaster WPA

By George L.K. Morris

Located in New York, NY

Modern artist George L.K. Morris created this abstract biomorphic nonobjective plaster sculpture during the WPA era of the 1930s / 40s. Monogrammed. Though George Lovett Kingsland Morris studied with realist painters John Sloan and Kenneth Hayes Miller at the Art Students League, the influence of their points of view was replaced by that of abstractionists Amedee Ozenfant and Fernand Leger. The paintings of Morris were two-dimensional, hard-edged and brightly colored. Born in New York City in 1905, Morris became a full-fledged abstractionist and a founder in 1936 of the American Abstract Artists. He edited "The World of Abstract Art, the group's publication, and was their president from 1948-1950. Morris had graduated from Yale in 1928 and studied at the League until 1930, when he went to Paris to attend the Academie Moderne. A sculptor, writer, art critic and teacher in addition to abstract painter Morris himself later taught at the Art Students League from 1943-1944, as well as St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, 1960-1961. Morris' intrinsic abstract bent was made even clearer by his positive feeling for Hans Arp's sculpture. He and Arp edited the French art magazine, "Plastique." Morris also edited the "Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art" and "Partisan Review." He died in 1975 in New York City. George LK...

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1930s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Le Roitelet
Le Roitelet

Le Roitelet

By François-Xavier Lalanne

Located in PARIS, FR

EDITION Monogrammed : FXL Dated : 2003 Numbered EA 2/4B Stamped with foundry mark : bocquel fd. PROVENANCE Marie Lalanne former collection, daughter of the artist. LITERATURE W....

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Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pablo Picasso, "Man's Head with Long Hair", ceramic
Pablo Picasso, "Man's Head with Long Hair", ceramic

Pablo Picasso, "Man's Head with Long Hair", ceramic

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Chatsworth, CA

This piece is an O.P. square plaque by Pablo Picasso, done from December 1968 to January 1969. It is made with red earthenware clay, engobe ground and engraving enhanced with oxides...

Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

"A Secret" bronze sculpture of a rounded figure whispering to another
"A Secret" bronze sculpture of a rounded figure whispering to another

"A Secret" bronze sculpture of a rounded figure whispering to another

By Monica Wyatt

Located in Edgartown, MA

I first realized my love for visual storytelling when I began producing and directing television shows. Starting with the writer’s script, my palette was everything seen through the ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

La Fontaine

La Fontaine

Located in Atlanta, GA

Born in Melun in 1957, Jager is a French sculptor and painter. Passionate about equitation, he is famous for making representations of horses in plaster and bronze in all their forms. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Dijon and is currently living in France. Rather than just being an artist, he describes himself as a dreamer: unpredictable and passionate. For Frédéric JAGER, beauty is a must. His style, classic, figurative, is stunning in this world of contemporary art. Bringing bronze to life, his works always capture the energy and beauty of the horse “Because unlike men, a horse is always beautiful, always strong, always sad.” Several large companies, such as HERMES, NINA RICCI, goldsmith MELLERIO, CHEVIGNON, SOCIETE GENERALE, HORSE WOOD, watches PEQUIGNET, SWEATERIE, have called upon him for sculptures, decorative objects, advertising works, or trophies for the races. He has had numerous solo exhibitions, and has also participated in a myraid of art fairs such as the ‘Salon International de Saumur’, the Animal Sculpture Biennale of Rambouillet, the Derby Horse in Art...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Brutalist Relief Wall Sculpture
Brutalist Relief Wall Sculpture

Brutalist Relief Wall Sculpture

By Ron Hitchins

Located in London, GB

Original handmade fibreglass relief sculpture from Ron Hitchins' own home. Uniquely handmade and signed by the artist. Part of a series of 3 (see our other listings for the other two...

Category

1970s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Fiberglass, Wood

Angeli

Angeli

By Hugo Rivas

Located in Atlanta, GA

“Making sculpture is a very complex matter. A word added to a form, ultimately helping to better define it. And ultimately helping to understand the whole.” Ugo Riva is probably the most eminent and affirmed artist represented by the Frilli Gallery...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Iron

Colombe sur lit de paille (Dove on Straw Bed)
Colombe sur lit de paille (Dove on Straw Bed)

Colombe sur lit de paille (Dove on Straw Bed)

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Palo Alto, CA

Pablo Picasso Colombe sur lit de paille (Dove on Straw Bed), 1949 depicts an exquisite dove that rests atop a bed of straw. The dove, a universal symbol for peace, is a recurring sub...

Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Abstract Fish Sculpture
Abstract Fish Sculpture

Abstract Fish Sculpture

Located in Rochester, NY

A striking metal sculpture of a fish. Iron with gold gilt decoration. Probably Asian.

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Black Marble Sculpture, Biomorphic design, Signed, 1980s
Black Marble Sculpture, Biomorphic design, Signed, 1980s

Black Marble Sculpture, Biomorphic design, Signed, 1980s

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

Black Marble Sculpture, Biomorphic design, Signed, 1980s Please contact for shipping cost. Eleanor Lefkowitz was on American artist born in 1936 - 2022 She was known for her stone an...

Category

1980s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Two Figures

Two Figures

By Robert Chester Thomas

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This sculpture is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s. Two Figures, 1949, ebony wood, 24 x 7 x 5 inches, unsigned, but comes from Thomas' daughters and includes a copy of a 1949 photo of this work listing the artist's name, title of work and date Robert Chester Thomas was a California sculptor. A native of Wichita, Kansas, Thomas moved with his family to Southern California as a child. During World War II, he joined the army and served for a time in the European theater. When he returned to California, he studied sculpture with David Green in Pasadena in 1946 and 1947, before taking advantage of the GI Bill in 1948 to study with Ossip Zadkine in Paris. He first exhibited at Galerie St. Placide as part of an exhibition of American artists working in late 1940s Paris...

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1940s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Ebony

Show of Interest

Show of Interest

By Brad Rude

Located in Bozeman, MT

Artist Brad Rude was born in Montana and has lived in Walla Walla, Washington most of his life. His journeys through his grandfather's folk art studio left...

Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Speckled Black Face, 1948
Speckled Black Face, 1948

Speckled Black Face, 1948

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Palo Alto, CA

Pablo Picasso, Speckled Black Face, 1948 A.R. 49, is a beautiful and early example from Picasso’s groundbreaking ceramic collaboration with the renowned Madoura Pottery in Vallauris,...

Category

1940s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Ceramic

Barge Toiler -Mid 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Plaster Depression-Era Sculpture
Barge Toiler -Mid 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Plaster Depression-Era Sculpture

Barge Toiler -Mid 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Plaster Depression-Era Sculpture

By Max Kalish

Located in New York, NY

"Barge Toiler" by Max Kalish is a Mid 20th Century modern Depression-Era sculpture from his Labor series. The WPA era work is made of plaster. Max Kalish (1891 – 1945) Barge Toiler 12 x 8”x 4 inches Patinated plaster Signed and monogramed BIO Born in Poland March 1, 1891, figurative sculptor Max Kalish came to the United States in 1894, his family settling in Ohio. A talented youth, Kalish enrolled at the Cleveland Institute of Art as a fifteen-year-old, receiving a first-place award for modeling the figure during studies with Herman Matzen. Kalish went to New York City following graduation, studying with Isidore Konti and Herbert Adams...

Category

1930s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Finding Your Way
Finding Your Way

Finding Your Way

By Tim Cherry

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Original Bronze inscribed with the Artist's name and edition number. 11/18

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Sora, Clay Abstract Sculpture, 2019

Sora, Clay Abstract Sculpture, 2019

By Beverly Morrison

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Black stoneware; cone 5/6 oxidation firing; Slips and Oxides Keywords: abstract, textured, ceramic, expressive Artist Biography: Beverly Morrison (Los Angeles...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Clay

Female Figure-Bronze Sculpture Ed. 1/6
Female Figure-Bronze Sculpture Ed. 1/6

Female Figure-Bronze Sculpture Ed. 1/6

By Hermann Rastorfer

Located in Zug, CH

Hermann Rastorfer was a draftsman, painter, sculptor, illustrator, ceramist, designer, poster artist, developer of advertising concepts and communication campaigns, inventor, and architect. He began as a typesetter in Salzburg. In the mid-1950s, he moved to Germany, where he soon founded his own studio for graphic design and advertising. His goal was always to give each product a distinctive, highly recognizable appearance. He designed his own design line for the German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim, artistic cover images for numerous paperbacks from renowned publishers, and packaging for well-known products such as Ferrero Küsschen, Mon Chéri, Martell cognac...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Renegade

Renegade

By Brad Rude

Located in Bozeman, MT

Ed. 3/6 Artist Brad Rude was born in Montana and has lived in Walla Walla, Washington most of his life. His journeys through his grandfather's folk art st...

Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Hubert Long Constructivist Twig Sculpture
Hubert Long Constructivist Twig Sculpture

Hubert Long Constructivist Twig Sculpture

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Accomplished artist Hubert Long created this striking display of found wood in 1977. He enjoyed some success with exhibitions at a gallery on Long Island in the 1960s and 1970s...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Modern sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.

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