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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Vintage Mid Century Modern Swedish Landscape Oil Painting - Abstract Horizon
Located in Bristol, GB
ABSTRACT HORIZON Size: 72 x 91.5 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A mid-century modernist abstract landscape painting that captures a rugged, windswept terrain through expressive ...
Canvas, Oil
$561Sale Price|20% Off
Nude Woman Posted In Purple Interior 20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Posed Nude Interior by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century 14 x 10.75 inches oil on canvas, unframed condition: very good and ready to enjoy provenance: from a private co...
Oil
North Sea
Located in Dallas, TX
from the Padoli Monotypes III
Monotype
Disparate Volante - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1864
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint on paper, table 5 from the Series "Los Proverbios". Watermark "J.G.O." Outstanding proof from the first edition of this famous series, in excellent condition e...
Etching
American Flag Impressionist Signed Horse Track Framed School Equestrian Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist equestrian landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Signed illegibly and dated. Framed. Measuring: 18 x 16 inches overall, and 12.5 x 10.5 painting alone. Ex...
Oil
Pablo Picasso, "Grand Tête" original linocut in colors, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Grand Tête, Portrait of Jacqueline with sleek hair Color linocut printed in beige, yellow, red, blue, and black on cream wove paper with Arches watermark Numbered 14/50 from the edit...
Linocut
$200Sale Price|20% Off
Composition IV Offset Print, Modern Style, Limited Edition, 1990
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Composition IV" is a remarkable piece, capturing the bold and innovative style of Wassily Kandinsky's abstract art. The fact that it's part of a limited edition by Achenbach Art Edi...
Offset
Mary Cassatt at the Louvre Museum - Original etching (Delteil #29)
By Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar Degas Mary Cassatt at the Louvre Original etching, softground, aquatint and drypoint Probably an impression from the cancelled plate edited by Ambroise Vollard c. 1880 Unsign...
Etching, Aquatint
Still Life Oil Painting Betsy Podlach American Post Feminist Modernist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Betsy Podlach (American, born 1964.) Still life with Tin Cup, 1996 17.5 X 16.5 inches. Framed it measures 18.25 X 17.25 Betsy Podlach graduated from Harvard, cum laude, (she studied...
Canvas, Oil
Jardin des Plantes - Paint by Henri Hamm - mid-20th Century
By Henri Hamm
Located in Roma, IT
Jardin des Plantes is a modern artwork realized by Henri Hamm in the mid-20th Century. Oil on wooden panel. Good conditions.
Oil, Panel
American School Signed Black Male Pensive Signed and Framed Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 26 by 22 inches overall, and 20 by 16 painting alone. Excellent condition, ready to h...
Oil, Canvas
$1,200Sale Price|25% Off
"Untitled"
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas painting by the Italian artist, Jean Calogero. Circa 1950. Signed lower left Overall in museum quality gold leaf frame 17.5 by 15.75 inches. Condition: Good. Provenan...
Canvas, Oil
$435Sale Price|20% Off
French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Nude Figure Dressing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed and dated verso Title: Nude getting dressed Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 10.5 x 8.75 inche...
Oil
$4,650
Original Los Angeles (California) 1964 vintage travel poster Mid Century Modern
Located in Spokane, WA
Original 1964 Los Angeles, California vintage travel poster. Professionally archivally linen-backed in mint condition. This is one of four ...
Offset
$1,510Sale Price|20% Off
American flag collage with a 19th century engraving of an eagle
Located in Woodbury, CT
Claude Howard Stuart is an artist working in Europe and America. Watercolor, ink ,acrylic and and even cold wax and oil are the many different mediums that Claude uses on his varied and exciting works. His influences come from all the different places and experiences he has had throughout his life, as well as the varied different art styles he’s studied. Having lived in many different places around the world the styles of art, architecture, traditions and religions have all played into the art he makes.. He studies a period of art and then works with antique, vintage and original pieces to build his collage pictures making each one a unique study of a period, city or style. Claude works on his pieces to bring together a feeling of the period and art movement that is inspiring him. Sometimes Matisse and Picasso and other times old master drawings and abstracts. These set of collage...
Mixed Media
Early Abstract Expressionist Gouache Painting WPA Jewish Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Louis Wolchonok was a social realist painter and member of the Woodstock Art Association. His work was exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the National Academy of Design...
Paper, Gouache
$700Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American School Modernist Bold Flower Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted American modernist flower still life oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed lower right. Image size, 12H by 17L.
Canvas, Oil
Quietly Transform - Abstract Figurative Surrealist Watercolor Portrait Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amanda Immurs, an artist hailing from Hamilton, Canada, creates enchanting watercolor artworks that bring whimsical scenes of children, animals, and flora to life. Immurs' art is gro...
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
$3,500
“Mascara (Mask)" 2000 by Justino Alves Portuguese Contemporary Abstract Portrait
By Justino Alves
Located in Yardley, PA
About this work: “Mascara (Mask)" 2000 by Justino Alves (Portuguese, 1940-2015). A magnetic work by one of Portugal’s most distinguished postwar painters. This painting has all of t...
Canvas, Oil
$1,721
' Police Patrol ' 1978 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Police Patrol' 1978 by Alain Le Garsmeur Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print A 28th Precinct policeman reads notes in his police patrol car in Harlem, New York City, USA, Apr...
Archival Pigment
$5,400
THREE MUSICIANS Large Oil Painting French Israeli Modernist Artist Nissan Engel
By Nissan Engel
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Music Medium: Oil Surface: Board Country: France Dimensions: 36.5" x 23.5" Dimensions w/Frame: 43.5" x 31" Hand signed lower right NISSAN ENGEL Israel, b. 19...
Oil, Board
Cathedral, Modern Lithograph by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987) - Cathedral, Medium: Lithograph and Chine Colle, signed, numbered and dedicated in pencil, Edition: 7/25 HC, Image Size: 13 x 4 inches, Size: 1...
Lithograph
Fan Mail, 1950 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Limited Edition C-Type Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Fan Mail, 1950 by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. Please note that as part of the Estate's Premium Collection, the ...
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
$1,675
Wiggle Room 38 - Abstract Modern Resin Minimalist Colorful Mixed Media Artwork
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
$1,882Sale Price|24% Off
Form with Two Cylinders (Ceramic Art, Handbuilt Ceramics, Organic Forms)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Yoshiro Ikeda Form with Two Cylinders (Ceramic Art, Handbuilt Ceramics, Organic Forms) Ceramic, Glaze Year: Unknown 11.25 x 10 x 4 inches Signed; bottom ...
Ceramic, Glaze
2 Lovely Robert Kipniss Lithographs titled "Leaning" & "Interiors"
Located in New York, NY
Robert Kipniss (American, b. 1931) Left: Leaning, c. 1988 Lithograph Sight: 5 1/4 x 4 in. Framed: 11 x 9 3/4 x 3/4 in. Numbered lower left: 53/175 Signed lower right: Kipniss Right...
Lithograph
Bazooka Betty head profile of woman in red necklace blowing chewing gum
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on linen mounted on wood signed and dated on reverse. Part of a series of 12 painted in 2024 Stephen Basso's highly origional pastels and oil paintings are romantic yet thought p...
Linen, Wood, Oil
La Vida es Sueño Etching Portfolio, Modern, Signed, 1975, 18 Prints
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - La Vida es Sueño Portfolio of 18 etchings from 1975. Th edition of 256/265. Dimensions of work: 38 x 28 cm. Plate signed. Publisher: Graphik Europa A...
Etching
Portrait Charles Henri Ford by Cecil Beaton (circa 1937) - Original Vintage
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Cologne, DE
Portrait: Charles Henri Ford by Cecil Beaton (ca. 1937) - Vintage In this striking black-and-white portrait, Charles Henri Ford stands poised against a backdrop of blooming elderflow...
Silver Gelatin
George Lazenby in "James Bond 007 - On Her Majesty’s Secret Service", UK 1969
By Larry Ellis
Located in Cologne, DE
Guy Hamilton´s movie "James Bond 007 - Live and let die", UK 1973. Actors: Roger Moore and Jane Saymour, George Lazenby Keywords: James Bond, 007, act...
Color
$400Sale Price|20% Off
Stormtrooper 24x30 Star Wars, 70's toys, Photography Art Pop Toys Photograph
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a pop art photo print of the original Stormtrooper toy from Kenner. "The Toys" by LA based Pop Artists DESTRO. This is the first release in the much anticipated series "The ...
Ink, Color, Archival Pigment
'Racing in a Storm' — 1885 America's Cup, 1930s Color Woodcut
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Jacques La Grange, 'Racing in a Storm, 1885', color woodcut, edition 500, 1934. Signed and numbered '25/500' in pencil. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on cream wove paper, wit...
Woodcut
Faraglioni Rocks in Capri, 1974 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Faraglioni Rocks in Capri, 1974 by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. Faraglioni Rocks in Capri, 1974 is a Limited E...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Interesting Tropical Modernist Palm Tree Abstract Vintage Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed abstract tropical oil painting. Oil on board. Framed.
Canvas, Oil
$1,625
Tall Sunspot 69 - Modern Resin Minimalist Yellow Tone Striped Abstract Artwork
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
$109Sale Price|20% Off
Red and Orange Cottages In Woodland Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
By Irina Hale
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 3.75 x 4.5 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condition: ve...
Pastel
Kiki Smith Collage/Lithograph Various Flying Creatures "bat" Signed Dated
By Kiki Smith
Located in Detroit, MI
A collage lithograph from her series Various Flying Creatures by Kiki Smith titled: "bat." Smith has used one of her animal/insect iconic figures fo...
Paper, Lithograph
$878Sale Price|20% Off
Flowers in Vase French Modernist Signed & Framed Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Flowers Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020) signed and inscribed verso framed oil painting on canvas framed: 20 x 17 inches canvas: 16 x 13 inches. All the painti...
Canvas, Oil
A Unique 1935 American Modern Figure Study, Standing African-American Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking 1930s American Modern Pastel Figure Study of a Standing African American Nude Male Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990). A wonderful, early...
Paper, Pastel
Composition - Lithograph by Mino Trafeli - 1980s
By Mino Trafeli
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a Lithograph realized by Mino Trafeli in 1980s. Edition 16/50. Hand signed. Good conditions. Mino Trafeli (Volterra, December 29, 1922 - Volterra, August 9, 20...
Paper, Lithograph
The Cat - Original Etching by Giselle Halff - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Cat is an Original etching print on paper realized by Giselle Halff in 1950 ca. Good conditions with some foxing. .
Etching
"Cowboy Serenade", A Cheerful Southwestern Modern New Mexico Landscape Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
"Cowboy Serenade", A Large, Cheerful Southwestern, New Mexico Landscape Painting by Notable Chicago Artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1...
Canvas, Oil
$380Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American School New York City Modernist Central Park View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist central park, new york city oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvasboard . Image size, 18H by 24L.
Canvas, Oil
Hommage à San Lazzaro, Lithograph, Modern, 1975, Excellent
Located in OPOLE, PL
Serge Poliakoff (1900-1969) - Hommage à San Lazzaro Lithograph from 1975. Dimensions of work: 35.5 x 26.5 cm. Each copy of this lithograph includes the original attached page, pre...
Lithograph
Untitled
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Constantly moving between the two- and three-dimensional worlds, Canova's painting reveals a profound preoccupation with space and time, themes that remain central to his work despit...
Canvas, Acrylic
$396Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Modernist Abstract Flower Still Life Outsider Art Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1950. Housed in a vintage frame. Image size, 16L x 11H. Signed.
Canvas, Oil
A Striking, Post-War Modern Studio Portrait of a Seated Young Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking, Colorful Post-War Studio Portrait of a Seated Young Male Model by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990). The painting a is well executed, inti...
Canvas, Oil
$850
A Colorful, 1930s American Scene Painting- Victorian House with Gable
Located in Chicago, IL
A vibrant 1930s American Scene painting of a sunlit Victorian house and rooftops by noted American Modern painter Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Very reminiscent of Edward Hopper's...
Oil, Board
Robert Mapplethorpe, Pair of Porcelain Plates
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of limited edition ceramic plates incorporating Robert Mapplethorpe’s Cala Lily and Poppy Flower photographic images. This set is new, ...
Porcelain
$6,141
Esta usted…pues ..eh!como digo…cuidado from Los Caprichos by Francisco Goya-1799
Located in Roma, IT
Esta usted… pues.. eh!como digo… cuidado from Los Caprichos is an original artwork realized by the artist Francisco Goya and published for the first time in 1799. Etching and aquati...
Etching, Aquatint
$5,197Sale Price|20% Off
Solomon's Prayer Etching by Marc Chagall, Modern, Signed, 1958
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Solomon's Prayer Etching from 1958. Edition 7 of 100 Enhanced with watercolour by the artist. Dimensions of work: 52 x 37 cm. Hand signed. Publisher:...
Etching
$1,495
Large Vintage American Modernist Abstract Dove Portrait Signed Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring 48 by 48 inches overall and 40 by 40 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Hands...
Oil, Board
'The Yankee' — 1934 America's Cup, 1930s Color Woodcut
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Jacques La Grange, 'The Yankee', color woodcut, edition 500, 1934. Signed and numbered '25/500' in pencil. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on cream wove paper, with margins (1 ...
Woodcut
A Mid-Century Modern Painting, "Refreshment" by Lucille Leighton, ca. 1958
Located in Chicago, IL
A dynamic ca. 1958 Mid-Century Modern painting titled "Refreshment" by Woman Artist, Lucille Leighton. Oil on canvas, in original frame. Artwork size: 22" x 18". Framed size: 27 1...
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Mythological Motifs - Oil Painting - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life with Mythological Motivs is an original artowork realized by European Master in the Late 19th Century. Mixed colored oil on Canvas Includes a coeval wooden frame.
Oil
Cypriano (A Basque Boy)
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream wove paper. 6 5/16 x 3 3/4 inches (159 x 94 mm), full margin. Signed in pencil lower center margin, from the edition of 111. A well inked impression with a minor cre...
Handmade Paper, Etching
Antenna
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antenna, 1980, acrylic on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 32 x 48 inches, “Alfred P. Maurice, 2725 A South Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60616, ‘Antenna’” inscribed verso, exhibit...
Canvas, Acrylic
Original U. S. Marines World War 1 antique recruiting poster, linen backed
Located in Spokane, WA
Original U. S. Marines enlistment antique poster. World War I recruitment poster by *Sidney H. Riesenberg* ranks among the most potent visual achievements of U.S. wartime art. Arch...
Lithograph
The Scribe, Rabbi Writing A Torah, Judaica Artists Proof
Located in Surfside, FL
EMANUEL SCHARY Israel, b. 1924, d. 1994 A lively affection for humanity characterizes the work of the Israeli-American artist Emanuel Schary (1924-1994). Working in a range of media,...
Lithograph
Antique Modernist Coastal Seascape Framed Fauvist Large Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique modernist landscape painting by Jan Matulka (1890 - 1972). Watercolor on paper. Signed. Framed. Measuring 24 by 28 inches overall and 15.5 by 19.5 painting alone.
Canvas, Oil