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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
Bunch of Flowers - Original Lithograph
Bunch of Flowers - Original Lithograph

Bunch of Flowers - Original Lithograph

By Raoul Dufy

Located in Paris, IDF

Raoul DUFY Bunch of Flowers, 1953 Original Lithograph with stencil watercolor With printed signature in the plate On Arches vellum 28 x 37.5 cm (c. 11 x 14.8 inch) Very good condition

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Sailing Boats in South of France Harbor Vintage French Oil Painting 20th Century
Sailing Boats in South of France Harbor Vintage French Oil Painting 20th Century

Sailing Boats in South of France Harbor Vintage French Oil Painting 20th Century

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Sailing Boats French School, 20th century oil on board, framed inscribed verso framed: 20 x 24.5 inches board: 17 x 21 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very g...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Acrylic

'Downtown, New York' — 1920s Modernism
'Downtown, New York' — 1920s Modernism

'Downtown, New York' — 1920s Modernism

By John Taylor Arms

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

John Taylor Arms, 'Downtown, New York', etching with aquatint, 1921, edition 75, Fletcher 108. Signed, dated, and numbered 14/75 in pencil. A superb, finely nuanced impression, in d...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Blue Stripes and Citrus Dreams
Blue Stripes and Citrus Dreams

Blue Stripes and Citrus Dreams

Located in Zofingen, AG

Oil pastel still life of wine and coffee on striped outdoor table Oil pastel drawing on paper One of a kind artwork Size: 50 × 70 × 0,1 cm It is original hand drawing on 250 gsm acid-free paper The artwork is titled and signed on the front and also comes with a certificate of authenticity. Artworks are shipped rolled in a secure tube. This is a safe and reliable packaging method that ensures your artwork arrives in perfect condition while keeping shipping costs affordable. Bring the warmth of the French Riviera into your space with this vibrant oil pastel still life inspired by Mediterranean summer living. This artwork captures a joyful outdoor table scene featuring coffee, wine, lemons, and palm leaves arranged across bold blue and white stripes. Created in the expressive style reminiscent of Raoul Dufy, this pastel drawing celebrates color, movement, and relaxed coastal elegance. A close-up perspective from above shows hands holding glasses of red and white wine alongside heart-shaped plates filled with fresh orange slices and a dark green olive oil bottle...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel

Japanese Print, White-billed Pie - Signed Woodcut
Japanese Print, White-billed Pie - Signed Woodcut

Japanese Print, White-billed Pie - Signed Woodcut

By Mokuchu URUSHIBARA

Located in Paris, IDF

Mokuchu URUSHIBARA White-billed Pie, c. 1930 Woodcut after on an ink drawing Signed with the artist's stamp On paper 32 x 26.5 cm (c. 12.59 x 10.23 in) INFORMATION : Engraving pub...

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1930s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

Japanese Print, Horse Bowing - Signed Woodcut
Japanese Print, Horse Bowing - Signed Woodcut

Japanese Print, Horse Bowing - Signed Woodcut

By Mokuchu URUSHIBARA

Located in Paris, IDF

Mokuchu URUSHIBARA Horse bowing, c. 1930 Woodcut after on an ink drawing Signed with the artist's stamp On paper 26 x 35 cm (c. 10.2 x 13.7 in) INFORMATION : Engraving published by...

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1930s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

The Dacha. Contemporary Painting

The Dacha. Contemporary Painting

By Carola Richards

Located in Brecon, Powys

Early work was impressionistic and hard abstract. Carola later developed a more mature way of working in a colourful exploration of the subject. Colour was her main interest and she...

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1990s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Gouache

Cathedral, Modern Lithograph by Andre Masson
Cathedral, Modern Lithograph by Andre Masson

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...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Signed Antique American Modernist Watermelon Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Signed Antique American Modernist Watermelon Still Life Framed Oil Painting

Signed Antique American Modernist Watermelon Still Life Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American school modernist watermelon still life pastel painting. Pastel on paper. Signed. Framed. Measuring 18 by 22 inches overall and 16 by 20 painting alone.

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Louis Falco in "Timewright" 1969
Louis Falco in "Timewright" 1969

Louis Falco in "Timewright" 1969

By Jack Mitchell

Located in Glenford, NY

Jack Mitchell vintage mid-20th Century photograph of modern dancer Louis Falco in his classic work "Timewright". Copyright stamped and dated 1969 and personally signed by Jack Mitche...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Hidden Portraits XXII, Acrylic on Board, Modern, Framed, 1980s
Hidden Portraits XXII, Acrylic on Board, Modern, Framed, 1980s

Hidden Portraits XXII, Acrylic on Board, Modern, Framed, 1980s

Located in London, GB

'Hidden Portraits XXII', acrylic on artist's board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing art prof...

Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Cyclist - Original Etching by Giuseppe Viviani - 1955

Cyclist - Original Etching by Giuseppe Viviani - 1955

By Giuseppe Viviani

Located in Roma, IT

Original title: Il Ciclista Cyclist is an original etching realized by Giuseppe Viviani in 1955. Hand signed and dated in pencil on lower right margin "G. Viviani 955", edition of 200 prints. It represents a cyclist who is riding along a tree-lined road. Very good conditions except for foxings and faded paper. - Published on “Giuseppe Viviani Catalogo Generale” cured by Silvio Guarasci Pisa, Editore Saletta d’Arte Viviani s.a.s. Pisa, p.216. Giuseppe Viviani (1898-1965) is a popular Italian artist and engraver. His figures are characterized by stylized silhouettes, big and sad eyes...

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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Alberto Giacometti with his wife Anette in his studio in Paris 1963

Alberto Giacometti with his wife Anette in his studio in Paris 1963

Located in Cologne, DE

The photographer Wolfgang Kühn photographed Alberto Giacometti in November 1963 in his studio in Paris in the 14th arrondissement at the address rue Hippolyte-Maindron. The appointment was arranged by the gallery owner Aimé Maeght. 17 photographs were made. In 1990 copies of them were deposited in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 2010, the Center of International Sculpture of the Wilhelm...

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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White

Subway Construction
Subway Construction

Subway Construction

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This painting is part of our exhibition American Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s Subway Construction, c. 1928, oil on board, 19 x 15 ¾ inches, signed upper left, artist and title verso; exhibited: 1) 12th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists, The Waldorf Astoria, New York NY, from March 9 to April 1, 1928, no. 864 (original price $250) (see Death Prevailing Theme of Artists in Weird Exhibits, The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), March 8, 1928); 2) Boston Tercentenary Exhibition Fine Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Horticultural Hall, Boston MA, July, 1930, no. 108 (honorable mention - noted verso); 3) 38th Annual Exhibition of American Art, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH, June, 1931 (see Alexander, Mary, The Week in Art Circles, The Cincinnati Enquirer, June 7, 1931); and 4) National Art Week Exhibition [Group Show], Montross Gallery, New York, New York, December, 1940 (see Devree, Howard, Brief Comment on Some Recently Opened Exhibitions in the Galleries, The New York Times, December 1, 1940) About the Painting Ernest Stock’s Subway Construction depicts the excavation of New York’s 8th Avenue line, which was the first completed section of the city-operated Independent Subway System (IND). The groundbreaking ceremony was in 1925, but the line did not open until 1932, placing Stock’s painting in the middle of the construction effort. The 8th Avenue line was primarily constructed using the “cut and cover” method in which the streets above the line were dug up, infrastructure was built from the surface level down, the resulting holes were filled, and the streets reconstructed. While many artists of the 1920s were fascinated with the upward thrust of New York’s exploding skyline as architects and developers sought to erect ever higher buildings, Stock turned his attention to the engineering marvels which were taking place below ground. In Subway Construction, Stock depicts workers removing the earth beneath the street and building scaffolding and other support structures to allow concrete to be poured. Light and shadow fall across the x-shaped grid pattern formed by the wooden beams and planks. It is no surprise that critics reviewing the painting commented on Stock’s use of an “interesting pattern” to form a painting that is “clever and well designed.” About the Artist Ernest Richard Stock was an award-winning painter, print maker, muralist, and commercial artist. He was born in Bristol, England and was educated at the prestigious Bristol Grammar School. During World War I, Stock joined the British Royal Air Flying Corps in Canada and served in France as a pilot where he was wounded. After the war, he immigrated to the United States and joined the firm of Mack, Jenny, and Tyler, where he further honed his architectural and decorative painting skills. During the 1920s, Stock often traveled back and forth between the US and Europe. He was twice married, including to the American author, Katherine Anne Porter. Starting in the mid-1920s, Stock began to exhibit his artwork professionally, including at London’s Beaux Arts Gallery, the Society of Independent Artists, the Salons of America, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Whitney Studio and various locations in the Northeast. Critics often praised the strong design sensibility in Stock’s paintings. Stock was a commercial illustrator for a handful of published books and during World War II, he worked in the Stratford Connecticut...

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1920s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Vintage American School Coastal Seascape Trompe L'Oeil Modernist Oil Painting
Vintage American School Coastal Seascape Trompe L'Oeil Modernist Oil Painting

Vintage American School Coastal Seascape Trompe L'Oeil Modernist Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Indulge in a journey to the vibrant and nostalgic era of the 1970s with our vintage original oil painting—a mesmerizing modernist beach interior scene, capturing the essence of sandy...

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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Léger, Composition, Mon ami Léger (after)
Léger, Composition, Mon ami Léger (after)

Léger, Composition, Mon ami Léger (after)

By Fernand Léger

Located in Southampton, NY

Lithograph and stencil on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the album, Mon ami Léger par ...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

RECLINGING WOMAN
RECLINGING WOMAN

RECLINGING WOMAN

By Antoniucci Volti

Located in Los Angeles, CA

ANTONIUCCI VOLTI "RECLINGING WOMAN" BRONZE, SIGNED, NUMBERED 2/6 VALSUANI FOUNDRY ITALiAN, WORKED IN PARIS, C.1960 6.5 X 18.5 X 10.5 INCHES Antoniucci Volti 1915-1989 Sculptor, painter, and printmaker Antoniucci Volti was born in Albano, Italy, in 1915. His family lived in Italy until 1920 when the family moved to France. Volti studied at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Nice from 1928 to 1920. By 1932 the young artist had won a gold medal for two polychrome bas-reliefs before going to Paris, where he entered the studio of Jean Boucher at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris at the age of only fifteen. After serving in the Second World War, when he was interned as a prisoner of war in Bavaria, he returned in poor health to Paris, only to find his studio destroyed. From 1947 he showed work at various Paris Salons and, in 1954 and 1955 at the Brussels and Antwerp Biennales. In 1957 a retrospective of his work was organized at the Museum Rodin in Paris. He died in Paris in 1989 Works by Volti are in leading museums such as the Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris. Antoniucci Volti is one of the most important Late Modern...

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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Bronze

Israeli Surrealist Abstract Lithograph Naftali Bezem
Israeli Surrealist Abstract Lithograph Naftali Bezem

Israeli Surrealist Abstract Lithograph Naftali Bezem

By Naftali Bezem

Located in Surfside, FL

Naftali Bezem (Hebrew: נפתלי בזם‎‎; born November 27, 1924) is an Israeli painter, muralist, and sculptor. Bezem was born in Essen, Germany, in 1924. His early adolescence was spent...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Signed Modernist Kitchen Still Life Mid Century Heydenryk Framed Oil Painting
Signed Modernist Kitchen Still Life Mid Century Heydenryk Framed Oil Painting

Signed Modernist Kitchen Still Life Mid Century Heydenryk Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American modernist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 27 by 31 inches overall, and 19 by 22.5 painting alone. Excellent condition, ready to h...

Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Two Rabbits" Colorful Mid Century Modern Painting
"Two Rabbits" Colorful Mid Century Modern Painting

"Two Rabbits" Colorful Mid Century Modern Painting

Located in Soquel, CA

"Two Rabbits" Colorful Mid Century Modern Painting Lively piece by Californian artist Ella Wharton Alluisi (b. 1912 d. 1996.) Two rabbits sit on top of a pile of leaves. The rabbits...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board, Canvas

Bright Vineyard Landscape Study of 1960's British Modernist Drawing
Bright Vineyard Landscape Study of 1960's British Modernist Drawing

Bright Vineyard Landscape Study of 1960's British Modernist Drawing

By Irina Hale

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

1960's British Modernist Drawing by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) oil crayon drawing on light brown artist paper stuck on A4 artist paper, unframed overall size: 12.5 x 8.5 inches ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil Crayon

American Modernist Nicely Framed Woman Portrait Signed Original Oil Painting
American Modernist Nicely Framed Woman Portrait Signed Original Oil Painting

American Modernist Nicely Framed Woman Portrait Signed Original Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American modernist portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 19 by 17 inches overall, and 13 by 11 painting alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang ...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hidden Portraits XVII, Acrylic on Canvas, Modern, Framed, Circa 1980s
Hidden Portraits XVII, Acrylic on Canvas, Modern, Framed, Circa 1980s

Hidden Portraits XVII, Acrylic on Canvas, Modern, Framed, Circa 1980s

Located in London, GB

'Hidden Portraits XVII', acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing...

Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Board

The Circus, Modern Giclee after Marc Chagall

The Circus, Modern Giclee after Marc Chagall

By Marc Chagall

Located in Long Island City, NY

Marc Chagall, After, Russian (1887 - 1985) - The Circus, Medium: Giclee, fascimille signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 375, Image Size: 18 x 14 inches, Size: 24 x 16 in. (60...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Giclée

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