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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
Large Gilt Bronze Sculptures of Cheetahs
Large Gilt Bronze Sculptures of Cheetahs

Large Gilt Bronze Sculptures of Cheetahs

Located in Rome, IT

Fantastic pair of gilt bronze Cheetahs sculptures . The item will be well-suited to either an indoor or outdoor setting.

Category

Early 2000s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

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

Large Metal Elephant Wall Sculpture
Large Metal Elephant Wall Sculpture

Large Metal Elephant Wall Sculpture

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Bold one of a kind elephant wall sculpture hand crafted in metals with a stylized assemblage form decorated with paint in eccentric colorful floral designs.

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Metal

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

Mini-monde, père et fils
Mini-monde, père et fils

Mini-monde, père et fils

Located in LE HAVRE, FR

Ceramics and resin figurines. Unique piece Height: 9,5 cm, 3,54 in Length: 10 cm, 3,94 in Signed on the base. Work sold with invoice and certificate o...

Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Synthetic Resin

Aspiration
Aspiration

Aspiration

By Tolla Inbar

Located in Atlanta, GA

Tolla Inbar is an international sculpture artist. Born in Germany in 1958, Tolla attended the Merz school in Stuttgart until 1971. There she specializing in the art of ceramics and s...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Tendresse", Penguins Resin with Gesso Sculpture by Thierry Amar
"Tendresse", Penguins Resin with Gesso Sculpture by Thierry Amar

"Tendresse", Penguins Resin with Gesso Sculpture by Thierry Amar

Located in Atlanta, GA

In the quiet presence of the material, a gesture older than language takes shape. Two beings lean toward one another—not to possess, but to recognize. The larger form opens like a re...

Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Resin

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

Vestige

Vestige

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Iron

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

'Cross Reference' Weathered Bronze Ceramic Sculpture
'Cross Reference' Weathered Bronze Ceramic Sculpture

'Cross Reference' Weathered Bronze Ceramic Sculpture

By Judy Engel

Located in Hudson, NY

Judy Engel Cross Reference 2019 Glazed Ceramic Greatly influenced by the modernism of the middle of the 20th century, Judy's first introduction to this style was the Empire Stat...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

Rève (assise)
Rève (assise)

Raymond MichèleRève (assise), 2023

$6,999Sale Price|20% Off

Rève (assise)

Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT

Numbered and limited to 12 copies ( 8 + 4 P.A) Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the gallery Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, metal,...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Harmony, 20th century bronze & green marble base, nude man and woman with lyre
Harmony, 20th century bronze & green marble base, nude man and woman with lyre

Harmony, 20th century bronze & green marble base, nude man and woman with lyre

By Max Kalish

Located in Beachwood, OH

Max Kalish (American, 1891-1945) Harmony, c. 1930 Bronze with green marble base Incised signature on right upper side of base 14 x 9 x 5 inches, excluding base 17 x 10 x 8 inches, including base 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...

Category

1930s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Contortionniste au Masque Minnie

Contortionniste au Masque Minnie

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Large Gilt Bronze Sculptures of Cheetahs
Large Gilt Bronze Sculptures of Cheetahs

Large Gilt Bronze Sculptures of Cheetahs

Located in Rome, IT

Fantastic pair of gilt bronze Cheetahs sculptures . The item will be well-suited to either an indoor or outdoor setting.

Category

Early 2000s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Sculpture
Sculpture

Sculpture

By Albert Thiry 1

Located in PARIS, FR

A polychrome terracotta figure depicting a woman with raised arms resting on her head. The rounded body is decorated with red-orange star motifs, and the base rests on a small rectan...

Category

20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Mort de fatigue

Mort de fatigue

By Samuel SALCEDO

Located in Atlanta, GA

In the work of the sculptor and painter Samuel Salcedo, it is possible to raise a deep and at the same time fun reflection on the human condition. He st...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Wood

Nude Couple Embracing
Nude Couple Embracing

Nude Couple Embracing

Located in Milford, NH

A fine modernist solid wooden sculpture of a nude couple embracing in the manner of Rodin by South African artist Herman Wald (1906-1970). Wald was born...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint

Pleasure. Cast bronze sculpture. figurative
Pleasure. Cast bronze sculpture. figurative

Pleasure. Cast bronze sculpture. figurative

By Alex Radionov

Located in Zofingen, AG

bronze sculpture, femaile body, cast bronze, unique "Pleasure". Very sensual and creative sculpture. The author admires the beauty of the female body. Her movement - smooth, gracefu...

Category

1990s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Flowers For Mother
Flowers For Mother

Flowers For Mother

By Albert Wein

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A terracotta figural group titled " Flowers For Mother" The marble version which won the Gold Medal at the National Academy of Design in New York in 1979 is featured in the Wein book...

Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

"Ziggurat" Wood Wall Sculpture by Scott Troxel
"Ziggurat" Wood Wall Sculpture by Scott Troxel

"Ziggurat" Wood Wall Sculpture by Scott Troxel

By Scott Troxel

Located in Marmora, NJ

"Ziggurat"- From the Small Pops Collection "Ziggurat" is a minimalist and modernist solid wood wall sculpture that brings bold statement to wherever it is placed. The piece was insp...

Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint

Modern sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Modern sculptures 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 sculptures created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Scott Troxel, Pablo Picasso, Richard Orlinski, and Stefan Traloc. Frequently made by artists working with Metal, and Bronze 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 sculptures, so small editions measuring 0.4 inches across are also available. Prices for sculptures 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 $65 and tops out at $580,000, while the average work sells for $3,733.