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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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Period: 1990s
Style: Modern
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Quiet Landscape in Twilight, Signed and Dated Oil on Canvas
Quiet Landscape in Twilight, Signed and Dated Oil on Canvas

Quiet Landscape in Twilight, Signed and Dated Oil on Canvas

Located in Stockholm, Stockholm

A quiet landscape in subdued shades of grey, blue, green and brown by artist Ulf Wahlberg (1938–2014), oil on canvas, signed and dated 1994. The motif is from at Vassbacken in Väster...

Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Johannes Itten 'Horizontal-Vertical' 1999- Vintage

Johannes Itten 'Horizontal-Vertical' 1999- Vintage

By Johannes Itten

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This rare exhibition poster was published by Achenbach Art Editions for the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf, Germany, as part of their Collection of European Masters ...

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1990s Modern Art

Materials

Offset

The King - Lithograph, 1997
The King - Lithograph, 1997

The King - Lithograph, 1997

By Jean-Michel Basquiat

Located in Paris, IDF

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) The King, 1997 Lithograph Printed signature in the plate On paper 76 x 56 cm (c. 29.9 x 22 in) Published by Galerie Enrico Navarra Authenticated b...

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1990s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Rock Covers Paper #9, Big Sur
Rock Covers Paper #9, Big Sur

Rock Covers Paper #9, Big Sur

By Bob Kolbrener

Located in Pacific Grove, CA

Hand-crafted by world-renowned large format film photographer Bob Kolbrener. This image is available in the following sizes: 10x20 ($2,500) - 15x30 ($3,200) - 20x40 ($6,500). Please ...

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1990s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Oasis 1995 - signed limited edition
Oasis 1995 - signed limited edition

Oasis 1995 - signed limited edition

By Jill Furmanovsky

Located in London, GB

Catalogue No: OA056JF Artists: Oasis, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher Location: Slane Castle, Ireland Date: 22nd July 1995 Era: The 1990's Edition: hand signed Limited Edition 17/50 Print type: Giclée Print Paper type: Archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag printed this year Oasis performing at Slane Castle in 1995 as the support for REM. Fourteen years later they would headline the festival. paper size 61 x41 cm / 24 x 16 inches © Jill Furmanovsky Slane Castle, Ireland. 22 July 1995 Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity 'I feel blessed to have photographed so many extraordinary musicians over my 50-year career. Their music formed a soundtrack to my life and has inspired my work. This exhibition at Proud is homage to their magical gifts. ‘No Music No Life’ says it all.' Jill Furmanovsky Her legacy is profound.' Gail Buckland (guest curator and author of 'Who Shot Rock & Roll - Brooklyn Museum) 'She reveals you to yourself.' Nile Rodgers (Chic) 'Through the honesty of Jill’s work, we are brought closer to the frailty and humanity of celebrity.' (Neville Brody, designer of The Face Magazine) 'Jill is one of my favourite photographers of all time.' Jools Holland Jill Furmanovsky body of work exudes at its heart her love of music and unique ability to capture its vibrancy and spirit throughout her career. Her intimate and candid shots of Oasis reflect her close relationship with the band during their zenith. Rockarchive founder, Jill Furmanovsky, was born and brought up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Her parents moved to London in 1965 when she was eleven. As a teenager, she became a Beatles fan and often stood outside Abbey Road Studio hoping to catch sight of them. Her first rock shot was of Paul McCartney and two school friends taken on a Kodak Instamatic outside of his home in St. John’s Wood. Jill studied textile and then graphic design at the Central School of Art and Design in London. In January 1972, whilst on a two-week block course in photography, she had a lucky break when she was offered a job as in-house photographer for premier rock venue, The Rainbow Theatre. From then on, she took live shots and features for the music press of the day of the 1970’s and 80’s, including NME, Melody Maker, Sounds, Smash Hits and The Face. In the 1990s Jill became the main photographer for Oasis. Jill has won many awards for her music photography including The Jane Bown...

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1990s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Duke Of Beaufort Hunt Gloucestershire - oversized signed limited edition print

Duke Of Beaufort Hunt Gloucestershire - oversized signed limited edition print

By Homer Sykes

Located in London, GB

Duke Of Beaufort Hunt Gloucestershire England 1985 by Homer Sykes oversize 60 x 40 inches / 151 x 101 cm paper size signed limited edition print edition of 5 only this size printed 2022 Certificate of authenticity provided Note Other sizes available Fox hunting, the Duke of Beaufort hunt. In his black silk top hat, and wearing the traditional distinctive Blue and Buff, the colours of the Duke of Beaufort Hunt, a subscribers walks his horse back across the Badminton Park. Huntsmen and Whippers-In wear green. Badminton, Gloucestershire, England circa December 1985. Homer Sykes Sykes's father, Homer Warwick Sykes, was a Canadian-born American of English extraction who worked for the China National Aviation Corporation in Shanghai; his mother, Helen Grimmitt, was Canadian-born and raised in Hong Kong. The couple were married in August 1947, but in June 1948, in an early stage of his wife's pregnancy, Homer was killed in an accident at Lunghua airfield. Helen returned to her family home in Vancouver, and the son was born three weeks later, in 1949.[1][2] When the boy's mother remarried in 1954, the family moved to England.[3] Homer was a keen photographer as a teenager, with a darkroom both at home and at boarding school. In 1968 he started a three-year course at the London College of Printing (LCP),[1][3] while sharing a house in St John's Wood.[4] In the summer vacation during his first year, he went to New York, and was impressed by the work of current photographers – Cartier-Bresson, Davidson, Friedlander, Frank, Uzzle and Winogrand – that he saw at the Museum of Modern Art.[3] Solo exhibitions "Traditional British Calendar Customs", Arnolfini Gallery (Bristol), 1977;[14] Side Gallery (Newcastle), 31 August – 25 September 1977.[15] "Shanghai Odyssey", Open Eye Gallery (Liverpool), 24 May – 20 June 2003.[14][16] Festival of Photography and Contemporary Art (Biella), 2005.[14] "On the Road Again", Hereford Town Hall (Hereford Photography Festival), 2002.[17] "Green Man and Friends, photographs from the 1970s", WPS (Hastings), 2009.[18] "England 1970–1980", Maison de la photographie Robert Doisneau (Gentilly, Paris), 27 June – 12 October 2014.[10][11][19][20] "My Britain 1970–1980", Les Douches la Galerie, Paris. 5 September – 31 October 2015.[21][22][23] "Once a Year – Homer Sykes", Lucy Bell Gallery, St Leonards-on-Sea, May–June 2021[24] Other exhibitions "Personal Views 1850–1970", British Council touring exhibition, 1970.[3] "Traditional Country Customs" (with work by Benjamin Stone), ICA (London), 1971.[3][14] "Young British Photographers", Museum of Modern Art (Oxford), 1971.[14] Exhibition of photographs by Stone and Sykes of festivals, customs and pageants, Southampton and Birmingham, 1973.[7] "Reportage Fotografen", Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts (Vienna), 1978.[14] "Il Regno Unito si diverte". British Council, Milan, 1981. With Chris Steele-Perkins and Patrick Ward.[25] "The Other Britain", National Theatre (London), and touring in Britain, 1982.[26] "A British Eye on the World", Museum of Modern Art (Rio de Janeiro), 1986.[14] "Viva, une agence photographique", Jeu de Paume (Paris), 2007.[27][28] "How We Are: Photographing Britain." Tate Britain (London), 2007.[29][30] "No Such Thing as Society: Photography in Britain 1968–1987", Aberystwyth Arts Centre; Tullie House (Carlisle); Ujazdów Castle (Warsaw).[31] "Unpopular culture." De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill), 2008.[32] "The Other Britain Revisited: Photographs from New Society", Victoria and Albert Museum, 2010.[26] "Goodbye London: Radical art and politics in the seventies", Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (Berlin), 26 June – 15 August 2010. With Stuart Brisley, Victor Burgin, David Hall, Margaret Harrison, Derek Jarman...

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1990s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Flower Arrangement
Flower Arrangement

Flower Arrangement

By Menelaw Sete

Located in Long Island City, NY

A contemporary cubist still life painting of vases and flowers in bright oranges and yellows by Brazilian Menelaw Sete from 1999. Framed in cherry wood frame. Artist: Menelaw Sete, Brazilian (1964 - ) Title: Flower Arrangement...

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1990s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Reservoir Dogs 1992 Quentin Tarantino Original Vintage Movie Film Poster
Reservoir Dogs 1992 Quentin Tarantino Original Vintage Movie Film Poster

Reservoir Dogs 1992 Quentin Tarantino Original Vintage Movie Film Poster

Located in London, GB

Reservoir Dogs 1992 Original Vintage Poster Condition excellent Original UK vintage poster release UNFRAMED (framing options available see examples) Featuring the famous cast of the iconic Quentin...

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1990s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Color

Lotto #1

Lotto #1

By Marina Stern

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This work is part of our exhibition Marina Stern Luminary, the first retrospective of the artist since 2007. Marina Stern was a multifaceted New York-based artist whose works ranged...

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1990s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Waiting to Exhale, Accumulation Cigar Sculpture by Arman
Waiting to Exhale, Accumulation Cigar Sculpture by Arman

Waiting to Exhale, Accumulation Cigar Sculpture by Arman

By Fernandez Arman

Located in Long Island City, NY

A unique sculpture by the French artist, Arman. This collection of world-class cigars encased in clear resin is a quintessential piece from Arman's 'Accumulations' period in which he...

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1990s Modern Art

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Mixed Media, Found Objects

Apple
Apple

Apple

By Robert Kulicke

Located in North Clarendon, VT

Apple, watercolor on paper by Robert Kulicke. 4.875" x 4.875" sight, 13.125" x 13.125" framed, signed center bottom. A fantastic example of Kulicke's trademark ability to capture the...

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1990s Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

"Ride the Champion" Vintage American Carnival Ride Horse Portrait Oil Painting
"Ride the Champion" Vintage American Carnival Ride Horse Portrait Oil Painting

"Ride the Champion" Vintage American Carnival Ride Horse Portrait Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist horse ride portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 20 by 24 inches image alone. Hands...

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1990s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Mother and Child Ibiza Beach Mediterranean art Oil Painting Ignacio Gil Spain
Mother and Child Ibiza Beach Mediterranean art Oil Painting Ignacio Gil Spain

Mother and Child Ibiza Beach Mediterranean art Oil Painting Ignacio Gil Spain

By Ignacio Gil Sala

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Artist Ignacio Gil Sala (1913–2003) Title Motherhood on the Beach of Ibiza Date c.1990 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 38 × 46 cm (14.97 × 18.12 in) Signature Signed “I. Gil Sala” in the lower right corner. Framing Unframed Condition Good condition. Canvas firm and well stretched with stable paint surface. Description Luminous Mediterranean scene by Spanish painter Ignacio Gil Sala depicting a mother holding her daughter on the rocky shore of Ibiza. The composition combines figure painting and coastal landscape through a vibrant, expressive brushstroke typical of late 20th-century Spanish post-Impressionism. The intense blues of the sea contrast with the warm tones of the rocks and figures, creating a bright and atmospheric Mediterranean setting. Works depicting Ibiza and family scenes by the sea are especially appreciated by collectors of Spanish figurative painting and Mediterranean coastal art. Biography Ignacio Gil Sala (1913–2003) was a Spanish painter known for his Mediterranean landscapes and figurative scenes. Trained at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, he developed a post-Impressionist style characterized by vibrant color, dynamic brushwork and a strong sensitivity to Mediterranean light. Throughout his career he exhibited widely in Spain and abroad, dedicating much of his production to coastal landscapes, Mediterranean villages and scenes inspired by Ibiza. Ibiza Mediterranean painting Mother and child Spanish figurative painting Beach scene Mediterranean coast Spanish oil painting Post Impressionist Ibiza art...

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1990s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Road Up

The Road Up

By Marina Stern

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This work is part of our exhibition Marina Stern Luminary, the first retrospective of the artist since 2007. Previously exhibited 1) Marina Stern Nocturnes, Forum Gallery, New York, NY, September 9 to 24, 1993, no. 17 (label verso); and 2) Perception and the Cultural Environment – The Paintings of Marina...

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1990s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Fashion Able II', Parsons School of Design, Haute Couture, Costume
'Fashion Able II', Parsons School of Design, Haute Couture, Costume

'Fashion Able II', Parsons School of Design, Haute Couture, Costume

By Isaac Mizrahi

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Signed verso lower left, 'Isaac Mizrahi'. A fashion designer and creator of costume, Isaac Mizrahi attended the Parsons School of Design before becoming immersed in haute couture in...

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1990s Modern Art

Materials

Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Synthetic Paper, Graphite

Cameo Pink Seaform with Black Lip Wrap (94.678.s1)
Cameo Pink Seaform with Black Lip Wrap (94.678.s1)

Cameo Pink Seaform with Black Lip Wrap (94.678.s1)

By Dale Chihuly

Located in Missouri, MO

Cameo Pink Seaform with Black Lip Wrap (94.678.s1), 1994 Dale Chihuly (American, b. 1941) 14 x 32 x 18 inches Born in Tacoma, Washington, Dale Chihuly became the most famous ornate ...

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1990s Modern Art

Materials

Glass, Blown Glass

American MCM Abstract Geometric Original Large Modernist Oil Painting
American MCM Abstract Geometric Original Large Modernist Oil Painting

American MCM Abstract Geometric Original Large Modernist Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Measuring: 22 by 30 inches overall. Unsigned. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.

Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Bouquet de Tulipes Rouge, Original Lithograph, Signed and Numbered

Bouquet de Tulipes Rouge, Original Lithograph, Signed and Numbered

By Roger Mühl

Located in New York, NY

This magnificent bouquet of Red Tulips is an original lithograph by famous French artist Roger Muhl. The elegant lines and joyful colors are typical of the artist's love for nature and its flora. Roger Muhl lived in the town of Mougins in the South of France and he was strongly inspired by the bright and warm light found in the Mediterranean. This original lithograph is from a signed and numbered edition in pencil by artist of 175 plus 10 artist proofs. Printed and published by Edition E.F. Mourlot in 1990 Certificate of Provenance: Each individual work of art carefully curated by Mourlot Editions...

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1990s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Slim Aarons 'Karen Davis in St. Moritz'
Slim Aarons 'Karen Davis in St. Moritz'

Slim Aarons 'Karen Davis in St. Moritz'

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Slim Aarons Karen Davis 1978 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. American opera singer Karen Davis arrives at the Palace Hotel in an antique sleigh...

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1990s Modern Art

Materials

Lambda

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