Modern Art
MODERN STYLE
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.
Find a collection of modern paintings, sculptures, prints and other fine art on 1stDibs.
2,952
to
1,992
30,742
18,542
2,109
19,051
15,964
12,305
2,063
18,754
5,408
3,289
2,025
1,263
Overall Height
to
Overall Width
to
37,690
30,742
22,292
7,166
3,473
3,090
2,732
2,376
1,651
1,065
673
580
406
147
20,037
9,726
7,655
6,397
5,207
4,272
2,762
2,378
2,290
2,130
1,965
1,782
1,718
1,663
1,536
1,253
1,102
1,059
1,008
979
1,193
5,081
22,142
2,325
156
351
614
1,369
1,041
2,813
3,097
2,890
1,413
507
1,096
2,927
1,090
547
425
257
6,228
5,358
4,746
3,692
3,317
Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Modern
Figures - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Monkeys - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Monkeys is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Landscape - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft exp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Feet - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Feet is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Crocodile - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Crocodile is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft exp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Hyena - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Hyena is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft express...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Portrait - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Trunk - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Trunk is a drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil ivory-colored paper.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Nudes - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nudes is a drawing realized by Joseph Alexandre Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Charcoal on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Portrait - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century by Joseph Alexandre Colin.
Charcoal ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Riders - Drawing by Paul Emile Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
it is a drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century by Paul Emile Colin.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expres...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Pencil
The River - Etching by Paul Emile Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The River is an etching realized by Paul Emile Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed.
Numbered.Edition, 3/30.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized thr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Etching
Portrait - Drawing by Alfred Moitroux - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized by Alfred Moitroux (1886-1938) in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized throu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Figure - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is a drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century by Joseph Alexandre Colin.
Charcoal ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
The Church - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Church is a drawing realized by Joseph Alexandre Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
China ink ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized throu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Bears - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bears is a drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Charcoal ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Parrot - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Parrot is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expres...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Nude - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Horse - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Horse is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft express...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Mid-Century Modern Shapes in White and Blue, Handmade Cyanotype, Unique Monotype
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Emulsion, Printer's Ink, Watercolor, Photographic Pap...
Vintage Mid-Century Expressionist Figurative Oil Painting - Across the Bridge
Located in Bristol, GB
ACROSS THE BRIDGE
Size: 46 x 54 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A lively and expressive figurative landscape composition, executed in oil onto canvas by Swedish artist Uno Vallm...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
FLORAL
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Painting made 100% by hand, with many details and corners to explore, like a true garden full of wealth and different essences.
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on board
...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Acrylic
FLORAL
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Painting made 100% by hand, with many details and corners to explore, like a true garden full of wealth and different essences.
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on board
...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Interior Still Life Oil Painting - The Wooden Chest
Located in Bristol, GB
THE WOODEN CHEST
Size: 56 x 66 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A brilliantly executed mid-century composition of a well-decorated interior scene, executed in oil onto canvas.
Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1955 Vintage Mid-Century Modernist Landscape Oil Painting - Houses by the Port
Located in Bristol, GB
HOUSES BY THE PORT
Size: 47.5 x 56 cm (including frame)
Oil on Board
A captivating composition with a view of a port with an expressive and dynamic energy, executed in oil on board ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Geneva countryside
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard
Golden wooden frame
43.5 x 36 x 3 cm
Category
Early 1900s Modern Art
Materials
Oil
CONRAD MARCA-RELLI Limited ed. Etching & Aquatint American Modern, Contemporary
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Conrad Marca Relli - Composition V
Date of creation: 1977
Medium: Etching and aquatint on Gvarro paper
Edition: 75 + AP + HC
Size: 56 x 76 cm
Condition: In very good conditions and n...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
CONRAD MARCA-RELLI Limited ed. Etching & Aquatint American Modern, Contemporary
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Composition XII
Date of creation: 1977
Medium: Etching and aquatint on Gvarro paper
Edition number: 46/75
Size: 56 x 76 cm
Observations: Etching and aquatint on Gvarro paper hand sig...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Albert Rafols Casamada - ESTRUCTURES 2 Spanish Abstraction Contemporary Art
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Albert Rafols Casamada - ESTRUCTURES 2
Date of creation: 2006
Medium: Lithograph on paper
Edition: 75
Size: 41 x 31 cm
Observations:
Condition: In very good conditions and never fram...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Wartime Still Life Watercolor by Important British Ceramic Pottery Sculptor
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
James Tower.
English ( b.1919 - d.1988 ).
Still Life of Flowers in a Jug and a Plate of Fruit.
Watercolor & ink.
Image size 15.4 inches x 13 inches ( 39cm x 33cm ).
Frame size 22.2 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Portrait of a Lady - Oil Paint - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a lady is a modern artwork realized by Artist of 19th century.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
On the reverse: Pencil inscription partially covered on the upper m...
Category
19th Century Modern Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Don Quichotte - Original etching (Field #65-7D)
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador DALI (1904-1989)
Cinq portraits espagnols, Don Quichotte, 1966
Original etching
Printed signature in the plate
On Arches vellum 35.5 x 28 cm (c. 14 x 11 in)
REFERENCES :
-...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Etching
Spring : Goat playing Violin and Woman with Bouquet - Lithograph (Mourlot 1938)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, FR
Marc CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Spring : Goat playing Violin and Woman with Bouquet 1938
Lithograph (Mourlot workshop)
Engraved by Sorlier under Marc Chagall supervision
Other lithograph...
Category
1930s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Giuseppe Ferrari (Rome 1843 - Rieti 1905) Portrait of a Woman
Located in Pistoia, IT
"The Woman with Red Hair," oil on canvas, bears an inscription on the frame " Painted by Giuseppe Ferrari - Rome."
Giuseppe Ferrari (Rome, December 21, 1843 - Rieti, August 4, 1905...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Art
Materials
Oil
Umberto Mascagni for Harrods London Mobile Bar Showcase 1950s
Located in Pistoia, IT
Bar cabinet designed by Umberto Mascagni-Bologna in the 1950s. The main structure is made of European solid wood, clad in red vinyl with anodized aluminum and decorated domed glass. ...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
ABSTRACT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
3 paintings included, 21x29,7cm each painting
Painting made 100% by hand
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on watercolor paper
Shipped from Italy
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Acrylic
Victor Hugo - Etching by Louis Marvy - mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nudes is an etching realized by Louis Marvy in the Late-19th Century.
hand-signed.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
Category
Mid-19th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Etching
Ships - Etching by Charles-François Lacroix de Marseille - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ships is an etching realized by Charles-François Lacroix de Marseille in the 18th Century.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
Category
18th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Etching
Portrait - Lithpgraph by Louis Buisseret - 1936
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an Lithograph realized by Louis Buisseret in 1936.
Signed in Plate
Good conditions.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
Category
1930s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Nudes - Etching by Paul Emile Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nudes is an etching realized by Paul Emile Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
hand-signed.
Numbered.Edition, 1/30.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Etching
Flowers - Lithograph by Renzo Vespignani - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Flowers is a modern artwork realized by Renzo Vespignani in 1980.
Mixed colored lithograph.
Hand signed and dated on the lower margin.
Numbered on the lower left.
Artist's proof....
Category
1980s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Portrait - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century by Joseph Alexandre Colin.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Landscape - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Early-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a drawing realized by Joseph Alexandre Colinin the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil ivory-colored paper.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Woman - Drawing by François Guiget - Early-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is a drawing realized by François Guiget in the Early-20th Century.
Charcoal white lead and watercolor.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Portrait of Bernadette - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Early-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Bernardette Carpeaux is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Early-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Hand-signed.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
T...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Rider - Drawing by Gustave Flasschoen - Early-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Rider is a drawing realized by Gustave Flasschoen in the Early-20th Century.
Charcoal and watercolor.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expr...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Watercolor, Charcoal
Blue Landscape - Oil Paint by Antonio Mellone - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Blue landscape is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Mellone in the mid-20th century.
Mixed colored oil painting.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Includes frame.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Oil
ABSTRACT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
2 paintings included, 21x29,7cm each painting
Painting made 100% by hand
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on watercolor paper
Shipped from Italy
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Acrylic
ABSTRACT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
4 paintings included, 20x20cm each painting
Painting made 100% by hand
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on watercolor paper
Shipped from Italy
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Acrylic
ABSTRACT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
4 paintings included, 20x20cm each painting
Painting made 100% by hand
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on watercolor paper
Shipped from Italy
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Acrylic
ABSTRACT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
2 paintings included, 21x29,7cm each painting
Painting made 100% by hand
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on watercolor paper
Shipped from Italy
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Acrylic
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Gold Crane Over Grey Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021),
Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Oil
Arab Man - Lithograph - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Arab Man is a Lithograph realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed.
Numbered. Edition, 106/120.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
ABSTRACT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
3 paintings included, 20x20cm each painting
Painting made 100% by hand
Original unique piece hand painted
acrylics on watercolor paper
Shipped from Italy
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Acrylic
Soldier - Drawing - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Soldier is a drawing realized in the Late 19th Century.
Pencil ivory-colored paper.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Nudes - Lithograph by Edoard Garcia Benito - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nudes is a Lithograph realized by Edoard Garcia Benito in the Mid-20th Century.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Portrait - Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Black marker pen.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Gentleman - Drawing by Louis Emile Adan - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Gentleman is a drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil ivory-colored paper.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Modern art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Modern art 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 art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Kevin Westenberg, Stuart Möller, Destro, and Christel Haag. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Paper 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 art, so small editions measuring 0.4 inches across are also available. Prices for art 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 $33 and tops out at $390,000, while the average work sells for $1,912.