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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
Luigi Broggini Catalogued Italian Bronze Sculpture
Luigi Broggini Catalogued Italian Bronze Sculpture

Luigi Broggini Catalogued Italian Bronze Sculpture

By Luigi Broggini

Located in Roma, IT

Important bronze sculpture by Luigi Broggini “Dancer” Datable to the from the early 1940s. It is part of the series of Dancers created by the sculptor Broggini in the 1930s. The wo...

Category

1940s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bilancia

Bilancia

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Iron

Reclined Girl - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Reclined Girl - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Reclined Girl - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Located in Roma, IT

Painted Terracotta sculture realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Good condition. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his child...

Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Sculpture
Sculpture

Sculpture

Located in PARIS, FR

A vertical ceramic figure, rendered in a refined and monolithic style.

Category

20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

The Bride
The Bride

The Bride

By Janet Scudder

Located in PARIS, FR

The Bride by Janet Scudder (1869-1940) Bronze with dark brown patina signed "Janet Scudder" on the base cast by Alexis Rudier, fondeur Paris (foundry mark) France early 20th century height 28 cm Biography : Janet Scudder (1869-1940) was an American sculptor. Born Netta Deweze Frazee, but called Janet, her childhood was difficult. Her mother died at age 38 in 1874. Despite limited financial means, her father sent her to study drawing at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. She also studied sculpture with Louis Rebisso. She taught in 1888 women wood...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

The Acrobats, 2010

The Acrobats, 2010

Located in Atlanta, GA

Jean-Louis Corby was born in 1951 and was predominantly influenced creatively by the 1970s. The 1970s were a period of consolidation and growth in the arts, most often characterised ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Portrait - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Portrait - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Portrait - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Located in Roma, IT

Painted Terracotta sculpture realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Good condition. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his chil...

Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Bird in Flight

Bird in Flight

Located in Washington, DC

German Romanian artist, Otto Scherer, pays homage to one of the most important artists of the 20th century, Brancusi, in his ceramic "Bird in Flight".

Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Platinum

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

Lumina Phoenix
Lumina Phoenix

Lumina Phoenix

Located in London, GB

MM (Double M) is a contemporary British artist known for his outstanding paintings, sculptures, and art prints. MM often uses a mixture of sinister and beautiful images, for example,...

Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Resin

Cat Dish (hand-painted) (Gold, Luster, Vibrant, Colorful, Smooth, Metallic)
Cat Dish (hand-painted) (Gold, Luster, Vibrant, Colorful, Smooth, Metallic)

Cat Dish (hand-painted) (Gold, Luster, Vibrant, Colorful, Smooth, Metallic)

By Melanie Sherman

Located in Kansas City, MO

Melanie Sherman Cat Dish (hand-painted) Porcelain, Glaze, Underglaze, Overglaze, Vintage Transfers, 23k German Gold Luster and other metallic Lusters Hand built, hand painted Fired t...

Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Luster, Porcelain, Paint, Glaze, Underglaze

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

Extreme Effort - Powerful Bronze Sculpture by Alfredo Pina (1883-1966)
Extreme Effort - Powerful Bronze Sculpture by Alfredo Pina (1883-1966)

Extreme Effort - Powerful Bronze Sculpture by Alfredo Pina (1883-1966)

Located in Gent, VOV

Alfredo Pina’s Extreme Effort (Le Suprême Effort) is a striking bronze sculpture that embodies the raw struggle of human perseverance. This expressive work portrays a muscular male f...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ludwig Van Beethoven

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Located in Atlanta, GA

With each feather, Alan Derrick has moved his art form into new expressions. He continues to experiment with each stage of the process, producing surprisi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Sled" Wall Sculpture by Scott Troxel
"Sled" Wall Sculpture by Scott Troxel

"Sled" Wall Sculpture by Scott Troxel

By Scott Troxel

Located in Marmora, NJ

"Sled" is a modern rustic wall sculpture. It was made in a similar fashion to an abstract expressionist painting, where the process of creating the piece is not predetermined, but is...

Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint

L'Echauffeuse Hot Lips

L'Echauffeuse Hot Lips

Located in Atlanta, GA

Louis Durot was born in Paris on April 22, 1939. He was something of an enfant terrible, and managed to be expelled from various schools for bad conduct. His ambition, as stated to his parents, was to earn money without having to work, and for a time, he was an “escort-boy” for a Parisian Grande Dame. He did, however, manage to get a good education in spite of himself, and received his Baccalaureate degree from Lycee Louis Pasteur in 1956. In 1960, he enrolled in the Facultie de Sciences, where he studied mathematics. He terminated his math studies in 1963, and turned his attention to engineering, working for Equipel, where he was responsible for calculating and measuring resistance for prototype nuclear generators. Equipel became a research facility, and offered Durot the opportunity to study organic chemistry. Durot directed numerous research projects for Equipel between 1966 and 1972. During this time, in fact, starting in 1964, he made many friends in the art world, gathering together artists from a variety of disciplines to form an artists commune — the Freelane Studio. Among the members were jazz journalist Gilles Brinnon, and a young painter, Jean Ihallero — a friend of the painter Maxime Defert. Through them, he met the artist Francois Arnal, who was interested in Durots’ engineering expertise for his sculptures. They got on well, and worked together for two years. Also in this circle were the actress Micheline Presle and the actor Daniel Gelin. In 1968, Arnal and Presle created Le Festival de Theatre de Chateauvallon, and through this, Durot became friends with the noted film director Ulysse Reynaud. In 1966, Francois Arnal introduced Durot to the artist Cesar, with the idea that Durot’s talents as a chemical engineer would be useful. Durot spent a year helping Cesar to master the techniques of working with polyurethane foam, with Durot searching for ways to make this fragile and ephemeral substance more stable and permanent, and more amenable to control. Cesars’ first works in this medium were flat, due to the difficulty of controlling the foam, but he went on to create his famous “expansions”. In 1968, Durot conceived a project to create more three-dimensional sculptures following a simple and precise design. It was during this time that Durot made his first polyurethane sculptures — the Champignons and Plantes Carnivores. Also in 1968, he He opened his first technical studio at 35, rue Leon. In order to support this new endeavor,( he needed more space, equipment, time and money), he created La Societe Durgalith. 1971 saw the Durat’s first works exhibited at the Salon Batimat in Paris. With this exhibition, Durot was hoping to attract the attention of architects with whom he could collaborate. Between 1971 and 1974, Durot created sixty sculptures inspired by fantastical “alien” life, mushrooms, and carnivorous plants. In 1974, Durot”s Societie Durgalith ran into problems with the Italian firm that owned Batimat. Credit Lyonnaise seized his studio and many of his sculptures, and quite a number of them were destroyed. This same year, Durot worked with the architects Sloan and Lecouter on an inflatable structure for the Pavillion Franaise in Osaka. Unfortunately, the project was never realized. Durot continued to pursue his research on polyurethanes, and gained world-wide recognition for his developments in this field. In 1977, a “student prank” had un-expectedly bad consequences. Durot was employed as an engineer at L’Usine Francaise de la Monnaie (the French mint) in Pessac. He took three kilos of “blanks”, and used them for playing slot-machines. For this, he spent seven weeks in jail, which was ended by an amnesty granted by Mitterand in 1981. During Durot’s time in prison, he took up weight-lifting, and also designed his next generation of sculptures. The spirals, feet, lips, and a series of erotic chairs...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

PICASSO Signed Limited Madoura Pottery Chouetton Owl Vase
PICASSO Signed Limited Madoura Pottery Chouetton Owl Vase

PICASSO Signed Limited Madoura Pottery Chouetton Owl Vase

By Pablo Picasso

Located in tel aviv, IL

Pablo Picasso is one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, known for his experiments in painting and sculpture. His mid-century ceramics combine traditional pottery craftsmans...

Category

1950s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Charcoal, Glaze

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

Your Lipstick Left a Bruise and Growing Out of My Ribcage.. Porcelain cup
Your Lipstick Left a Bruise and Growing Out of My Ribcage.. Porcelain cup

Your Lipstick Left a Bruise and Growing Out of My Ribcage.. Porcelain cup

Located in Miami Beach, FL

“Your lipstick left a bruise..” Your lipstick left a bruise on my wrist. I tried to wipe it away, but my pulse was still thumping. The honey on your tongue left me sticky. Sweating s...

Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Paint

Ballerina - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Ballerina - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Ballerina - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Located in Roma, IT

Painted Terracotta sculture realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Good condition. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his child...

Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Portrait - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Portrait - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Portrait - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Located in Roma, IT

Painted Terracotta sculpture realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Good condition. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his chil...

Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Portrait - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Portrait - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Portrait - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Located in Roma, IT

Painted Terracotta sculpture realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Good condition. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his chil...

Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Satyr - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Satyr - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Satyr - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Located in Roma, IT

Painted Terracotta sculpture realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Good condition. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his chil...

Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Working Woman - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Working Woman - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Working Woman - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Located in Roma, IT

Painted Terracotta sculpture realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Good condition. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his chil...

Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Symposium - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Symposium - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Symposium - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Located in Roma, IT

Painted Terracotta sculpture realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Good condition. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his chil...

Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

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

Pleasure. Cast bronze sculpture. figurative

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

"Perché", Eucalyptus and Resin Sculpture by Thierry Amar
"Perché", Eucalyptus and Resin Sculpture by Thierry Amar

"Perché", Eucalyptus and Resin Sculpture by Thierry Amar

Located in Atlanta, GA

At the summit of this sculpted tree trunk, a solitary fisherman appears to cast his line into an invisible lake made of silence and thought. With no hook and no bait, his rod draws a...

Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Wood

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

Portrait - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Portrait - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Portrait - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Located in Roma, IT

Painted Terracotta sculture realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Good condition. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his child...

Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Angel - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Angel - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Angel - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Located in Roma, IT

Painted Terracotta sculture realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Good condition. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his child...

Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Hunting Dog - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Hunting Dog - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Hunting Dog - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Located in Roma, IT

Painted Terracotta sculture realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Good condition. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his child...

Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Bison Baby - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Bison Baby - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Bison Baby - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s

Located in Roma, IT

Painted Ceramic sculpture realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Good condition. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his childho...

Category

1960s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Brutalist Relief Wall Sculpture
Brutalist Relief Wall Sculpture

Brutalist Relief Wall Sculpture

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

Brutalist Relief Wall Sculpture
Brutalist Relief Wall Sculpture

Brutalist Relief Wall Sculpture

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

Eté

Eté

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Obsession de Gustave
Obsession de Gustave

Obsession de Gustave

Located in Atlanta, GA

Jean-Louis Corby was born in 1951 and was predominantly influenced creatively by the 1970s. The 1970s were a period of consolidation and growth in the arts, most often characterised ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

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