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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.

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Style: Modern
The Old City of Jerusalem
The Old City of Jerusalem

The Old City of Jerusalem

Located in Surfside, FL

Pencil signed artists proof lithograph or serigraph. Shmuel Katz (Hebrew: שמואל כ"ץ‎) (August 18, 1926 – March 26, 2010) was an Israeli artist, illustrator, and cartoonist. A Holocau...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Nino Con Pajaros (Variant)
Nino Con Pajaros (Variant)

Nino Con Pajaros (Variant)

By Rufino Tamayo

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Nino Con Pajaros" Variant, 1976, is a color etching on Guarro paper by renown Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo, 1899-1991. It is hand signed and numbered 40/75 in black crayon by the artist. Published by Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona, Spain. The artwork (sheet) size is 29.5 x 22 inches, framed size is 41.25 x 33.75 inches. Referenced and pictured in the artist's catalogue raisonne by Pereda, plate #199 page 169. Custom framed in a wooden black frame, with light beige fabric matting. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: A native of Oaxaca in Southern Mexico, Rufino Tamayo's father was a shoemaker, and his mother a seamstress. Some accounts state that he was descended from Zapotec Indians, but he was actually 'mestizo' - of mixed indigenous/European ancestry. (Santa Barbara Museum of Art). He began painting at age 11. Orphaned at the age of 12, Tamayo moved to Mexico City, where he was raised by his maternal aunt who owned a wholesale fruit business. In 1917, he entered the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts, but left soon after to pursue independent study. Four years later, Tamayo was appointed the head designer of the department of ethnographic drawings at the National Museum of Archaeology in Mexico City. There he was surrounded by pre-Colombian objects, an aesthetic inspiration that would play a pivotal role in his life. In his own work, Tamayo integrated the forms and tones of pre-Columbian ceramics...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Vintage Mid Century Swedish Original Abstract Oil Painting - Windowlight Mosaic
Vintage Mid Century Swedish Original Abstract Oil Painting - Windowlight Mosaic

Vintage Mid Century Swedish Original Abstract Oil Painting - Windowlight Mosaic

Located in Bristol, GB

WINDOWLIGHT MOSAIC Size: 38 x 44 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A radiant mid-century composition that balances abstraction with suggestion, executed in oil onto canvas. This p...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bella, Modern Print after Marc Chagall
Bella, Modern Print after Marc Chagall

Bella, Modern Print after Marc Chagall

By Marc Chagall

Located in Long Island City, NY

Marc Chagall, After, Russian (1887 - 1985) - Bella, Medium: Giclee on paper, facsimilie signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: P/P, Image Size: 17 x 13 inches, Size: 24 x 17 in....

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Giclée

Jack Mitchell Nude Male 1970's
Jack Mitchell Nude Male 1970's

Jack Mitchell Nude Male 1970's

By Jack Mitchell

Located in Glenford, NY

Jack Mitchell mid-20th Century beautiful male nude photograph taken in the 1970s. Highly collectible vintage original silver gelatin print, stamped verso by the photographer "Photogr...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Portrait of Woman - Drawing - Early 20th century

Portrait of Woman - Drawing - Early 20th century

Located in Roma, IT

Portrait of Woman is a drawing realized in the early 20th century by an Anonymous French artist. Pencil on paper. The state of preservation is good. The artwork is represented thr...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Pool Patterns, Nautical Abstract Seascape Triptych, Blue Cyanotype Print
Pool Patterns, Nautical Abstract Seascape Triptych, Blue Cyanotype Print

Pool Patterns, Nautical Abstract Seascape Triptych, Blue Cyanotype Print

By Kind of Cyan

Located in Barcelona, ES

This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition of a cyanotype. This beautiful triptych is called "Fresh California Pool patterns", which shows the semi-abstract movements of light reflecting in a California swimming pool. Details: + Edition Size: only 20 + Medium: Cyanotype Print on Watercolor Paper + Stamped and Certificate of Authenticity provided. + Measurements : 100x210 cm (40 x 84 in.) Each paper measures 100cm x 70cm (about 40 in. x 28 in.) each. , a standard frame size. + All cyanotype prints...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Heartfelt Love Letter - Modern Resin Minimalist Abstract Playful Word Artwork
Heartfelt Love Letter - Modern Resin Minimalist Abstract Playful Word Artwork

Heartfelt Love Letter - Modern Resin Minimalist Abstract Playful Word 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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Still Life of Peaches, Mid Century Mondern
Still Life of Peaches, Mid Century Mondern

Still Life of Peaches, Mid Century Mondern

Located in Grand Rapids, MI

American, 20th Century Signed: Klug '67 (Right, Center) " Still Life of Peaches ", 1967 Oil on Masonite 24" x 30" House in a 3 1/2" Frame with a 1" Linen Liner Overall Size:...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

"Artist Model’s”
"Artist Model’s”

"Artist Model’s”

By Julio de Diego

Located in Southampton, NY

Original artwork of artist model’s by Julio De Diego using underdrawing of graphite with a watercolor wash. Signed lower left in pencil. Very good original condition. Nicely framed...

Category

1870s Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite

Vintage American Modernist Gallery Exhibited Hawaiian Farm Landscape Painting
Vintage American Modernist Gallery Exhibited Hawaiian Farm Landscape Painting

Vintage American Modernist Gallery Exhibited Hawaiian Farm Landscape Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Framed. Provenance from a gallery collection. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent conditio...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Still Life with Fruits" by Marie Lefèvre - Oil on Canvas - 45x53.5 cm
"Still Life with Fruits" by Marie Lefèvre - Oil on Canvas - 45x53.5 cm

"Still Life with Fruits" by Marie Lefèvre - Oil on Canvas - 45x53.5 cm

By Marie Lefevre

Located in Geneva, CH

Artwork sold with frame (62.5x53.5 cm) Marie Lefevre (born in 1840) was a French painter renowned for her poetic genre scenes and tranquil landscapes, particularly those capturing t...

Category

Late 19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Zermatt Skiing, 1968
Zermatt Skiing, 1968

Zermatt Skiing, 1968

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Skiers in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968. Slim Aarons Zermatt Skiing 1968 C print (Printed later) Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of au...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

Jean Cocteau, Harmony, from Bulls, 1965 (after)
Jean Cocteau, Harmony, from Bulls, 1965 (after)

Jean Cocteau, Harmony, from Bulls, 1965 (after)

By Jean Cocteau

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph after Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Concordance (Harmony), from the folio Taureaux, Lithographies de Jean Cocteau (Bulls, Lithographs by Jean Cocteau), o...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Composition (Cramer 105), Femmes, Joan Miró
Composition (Cramer 105), Femmes, Joan Miró

Composition (Cramer 105), Femmes, Joan Miró

By Joan Miró

Located in Southampton, NY

Héliogravure on vélin d’Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Joan Miró, Femmes, 1965. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris; printed ...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Golden Fields in Provence French Post-Impressionist Signed Oil
Golden Fields in Provence French Post-Impressionist Signed Oil

Golden Fields in Provence French Post-Impressionist Signed Oil

By Huguette Ginet-Lasnier

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020), signed lower front Ginet-Lasnier, the wife of the painter Jean Lasnier, was born in the Seine-Maritime region of France an...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Andre Minaux, Sandra, from L'Atelier Mourlot, 1965
Andre Minaux, Sandra, from L'Atelier Mourlot, 1965

Andre Minaux, Sandra, from L'Atelier Mourlot, 1965

By Andre Minaux

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph by Andre Minaux (1923–1986), titled Sandra (Sandra), from the album Les Lithographies de L'Atelier Mourlot, Paris (The Lithographs of the Mourlot Workshop, ...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Running - Etching by Henry Alken - 1822

Running - Etching by Henry Alken - 1822

By Henry Alken

Located in Roma, IT

Etching and aquatint realized by Henry Alken in 1822. Table from "The Sporting Repository", first edition. Very good condition. Henry Alken (1765-1851) was en english painter and e...

Category

Mid-19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from Recipes for a Friend, 1964
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from Recipes for a Friend, 1964

Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from Recipes for a Friend, 1964

By Jean Cocteau

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Window 352 - Contemporary Shiny Resin Minimalist Brown Dual Tone Artwork
The Window 352 - Contemporary Shiny Resin Minimalist Brown Dual Tone Artwork

The Window 352 - Contemporary Shiny Resin Minimalist Brown Dual Tone 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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Dining - Pencil Drawing by Paul Emile Colin - 1924

Dining - Pencil Drawing by Paul Emile Colin - 1924

Located in Roma, IT

Dining is a drawing realized by Paul Emile Colin in 1924. Carbon Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expressive ...

Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Pencil

'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition

'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

'Keep Your Cool' Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank 'Brandy' Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco, 1978. Fashionable Alvarez wearing a white bikini and 'Brandy' sporting a sun hat are seated in the swimming pool playing backgammon in the heat of the Mexican sun. Typically 'Slim Poolside...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from Recipes for a Friend, 1964
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from Recipes for a Friend, 1964

Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from Recipes for a Friend, 1964

By Jean Cocteau

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Takis, Magnetic Field, from Derriere le Miroir, 1982
Takis, Magnetic Field, from Derriere le Miroir, 1982

Takis, Magnetic Field, from Derriere le Miroir, 1982

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph by Panayiotis Vassilakis Takis (1925–2019), titled Champ magnetique (Magnetic Field), originates from the historic 1982 folio Derriere le Miroir, No. 250, H...

Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Figural Composition Oil Painting
Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Figural Composition Oil Painting

Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Figural Composition Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist abstract figural oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 25 by 19inches overall. Handsomely framed in...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

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...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Bronze

Faune à la Diaule
Faune à la Diaule

Faune à la Diaule

By Pablo Picasso

Located in PARIS, FR

• An authenticated work This work is authenticated by Claude Ruiz Picasso, who issued a certificate of authenticity on January 17, 2019. • A signed and dated work Dated July 11, 195...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Ceramic

Untitled I (Jörg Remé, Jörg Krichbaum, ~34% OFF)
Untitled I (Jörg Remé, Jörg Krichbaum, ~34% OFF)

Untitled I (Jörg Remé, Jörg Krichbaum, ~34% OFF)

Located in Kansas City, MO

Joerg Reme Untitled I (Jörg Remé, Jörg Krichbaum) from "von den Stunden" Folio Color Lithograph on handmade paper with deckled edges 1972 Size: 11.75 x 8.325 inches (29.8 × 21.1 cm) ...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage American Modernist Still Life Oil Painting
Vintage American Modernist Still Life Oil Painting

Vintage American Modernist Still Life Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American still life painting. Oil on canvas. Framed in a period wood frame. Measuring: 23 by 17 inches overall and 19 by 13 inches painting alone. Excellent condition, ready...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

1965 Vintage Mid Century Modern Swedish Landscape Oil Painting - Coastal Fields
1965 Vintage Mid Century Modern Swedish Landscape Oil Painting - Coastal Fields

1965 Vintage Mid Century Modern Swedish Landscape Oil Painting - Coastal Fields

Located in Bristol, GB

COASTAL FIELDS Size: 30 x 57 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A soothing mid-century modernist landscape that distils the essence of a coastal countryside into a harmonious arrang...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Japanese Print, Horse Turning Around - Signed Woodcut
Japanese Print, Horse Turning Around - Signed Woodcut

Japanese Print, Horse Turning Around - Signed Woodcut

Located in Paris, IDF

Mokuchu URUSHIBARA Horse Turning Around, c. 1930 Woodcut after on an ink drawing Signed with the artist's stamp On paper 37 x 27 cm (c. 14,5 x 10,6 in) INFORMATION : Engraving publ...

Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

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