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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
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

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

Anza-Borrego Desert California Modernist Large Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Anza-Borrego Desert California Modernist Large Landscape Framed Oil Painting

Anza-Borrego Desert California Modernist Large Landscape Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American modernist landscape signed oil painting of the Anza-Borrego desert. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 36 by 44 inches overall. In excellent original condit...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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...

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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Winter in Provence
Winter in Provence

Winter in Provence

By Raymond Debieve

Located in London, GB

'Winter in Provence', gouache on art paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1970s). There is both beauty and melancholy in this delightfully charming artwork. The artist's naive style is at odds with the refinement, poise and sophistication of the painting. Perhaps the artist was making a statement as well with the broken wall...

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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

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...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Patas A Bandeau Noir - Etching by Jacques Mesnil - 1771

Patas A Bandeau Noir - Etching by Jacques Mesnil - 1771

Located in Roma, IT

Patas A Bandeau Noir is an etching realized in 1771 by Jacques Mesnil. Signed in plate. The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la descr...

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1770s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Figure
Figure

Pablo PicassoFigure, 1957

$1,427Sale Price|20% Off

Figure

By Pablo Picasso

Located in OPOLE, PL

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Figure Lithograph from 1957. The edition no. 211/275. With Arches watermark. Dimensions of work: 44.5 x 33.5 cm. Publisher: Fernand Mourlot Éditeur, ...

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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Still Life With Coffee Cup And Carafe
Still Life With Coffee Cup And Carafe

Still Life With Coffee Cup And Carafe

By Giorgio Morandi

Located in Roma, IT

Original etching by Giorgio Morandi. Hand signed lower right and hand numbered lower left. Edition of 40 prints. The artwork is also signed and dated on plate. Image dimensions: 24 x...

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1920s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

'Little Girl' — American Modernism
'Little Girl' — American Modernism

'Little Girl' — American Modernism

By Milton Avery

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Milton Avery, 'Little Girl', drypoint, 1936, edition 60, Lunn 11. Signed, dated, and numbered '22/60' in pencil. A superb impression, in warm black ink with delicate overall plate tone, on off-white wove paper, with wide margins (2 5/8 to 4 1/8 inches); hinge stains on the top sheet edge, verso, otherwise in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 8 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (222 x 121 mm); sheet size 14 7/8 x 13 1/8 inches (378 x 333 mm). Collections: Cantor Arts Center, National Gallery of Art. ABOUT THE ARTIST "I never have any rules to follow; I follow myself." "I paint not by sight but by faith. Faith gives you sight." —Milton Avery 'His is the poetry of sheer loveliness.' —Mark Rothko in his 1965 eulogy to Avery. Milton Avery (1885-1965) is recognized as one of America's foremost modernist artists, renowned for his uniquely expressive style, evocative use of color, and captivating compositions. Growing up in a working-class family in Altmar, New York, Avery's early life was marked by the struggles and realities of rural New York. Despite lacking formal artistic training, he displayed an innate talent for drawing from an early age. In 1905, his family relocated to Hartford, Connecticut, where he worked various odd jobs while developing his artistic skills through self-study and experimentation. In 1915, he enrolled at the Connecticut League of Art Students, where he received formal instruction and began to refine his distinctive style. In 1918, Avery transferred to the School of the Art Society of Hartford and worked in the evenings so that he could paint during the day. He became a member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts in 1924. That summer in Gloucester, Massachusetts, he met the artist Sally Michael...

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1930s Modern Art

Materials

Drypoint

Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series III
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series III

Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series III

Located in London, GB

"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series III", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an inte...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Signed Sunset In Columbia Modernist Street Scene Framed WPA Rare Oil Painting
Signed Sunset In Columbia Modernist Street Scene Framed WPA Rare Oil Painting

Signed Sunset In Columbia Modernist Street Scene Framed WPA Rare Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 26 by 32 inches overall and 24 by 30 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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...

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20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Waves - Tempera and China Ink Drawing on Paper - Early 20th Century
Waves - Tempera and China Ink Drawing on Paper - Early 20th Century

Waves - Tempera and China Ink Drawing on Paper - Early 20th Century

By Marguerite Callet-Carcano

Located in Roma, IT

Waves is an original tempera and Cina ink drawing on paper, realized by Marguerite Callet-Carcano With pencil signature on lower right margin. In very good condition, except for a little missing of paper on lower left margin. Marguerite Callet-Carcano (Milan, 1878) Marguerite Callet-Carcano was an Italian-Belgian graphic artist, illustrated books like Drame and Savonarole. Drame by Iwan Gilkin (1926), Les Chimères by Georges Rency (1928), René by François-René Chateaubriand and a reprint by Adolphe by Benjamin Constant. In addition to the xilograph technique, she also used the linoleum one. She engraved the portrait of Charles De Coster...

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Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Ink, Tempera

Case Study House 22, Playboy, 1960

Case Study House 22, Playboy, 1960

By Julius Shulman

Located in New York, NY

Julius Shulman Case Study House #22. Playboy 1960 C print Paper size: 20.5″ x 41.5″ (52.07 cm. x 104.14 cm.) Print size: 19″ x 40″ (48.26 cm. x 101.6 cm.) Shulman's studio stamp and...

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1960s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

Portrait of Working Class Man
Portrait of Working Class Man

Portrait of Working Class Man

By Samuel Brecher

Located in Surfside, FL

American artist Samuel Brecher (active NY, 1897-1982) Oil on Canvas, Signed lower right ‘S. Brecher’ Brecher was a very accomplished painter who won over forty prestigious prizes an...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Shaken not Stirred, 1968 - 007 James Bond Roger Moore Portrait Tuxedo Martini

Shaken not Stirred, 1968 - 007 James Bond Roger Moore Portrait Tuxedo Martini

Located in Brighton, GB

Shaken not Stirred, 1968 - 007 James Bond Roger Moore Portrait Tuxedo Martini Roger Moore casts a glance away from the camera as he sips the quintessential James Bond drink: the ic...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Vase en Cristal Aux Fleurs Blanches
Vase en Cristal Aux Fleurs Blanches

Vase en Cristal Aux Fleurs Blanches

By Guy Bardone

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A beautiful modernist still life floated in a wooden frame. The work is signed lower center right and again verso. It's titled, signed and dated 2001 on the verso. The canvas measure...

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Early 2000s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Horses in a paddock
Horses in a paddock

Horses in a paddock

By Donald Grant

Located in Stoke, Hampshire

Donald Grant (1924-2001) Horses in a paddock Signed lower left Oil on canvas Canvas size - 24 x 36 in Donald Currie Grant was born in 1930 in North Shiel...

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20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Eden-Roc Pool, 1976
Eden-Roc Pool, 1976

Eden-Roc Pool, 1976

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. Eden-Roc Pool 1976 C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate ...

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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lambda

Street Games - 1950s English Street Photography Children Playing Games Portrait

Street Games - 1950s English Street Photography Children Playing Games Portrait

By Thurston Hopkins

Located in Brighton, GB

A young boy wearing a feathered Indian-style headdress peers out of a coal hole and aims his pistol at the photographer. Nearby a young friend is dallying on the edge of the paveme...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Fuego 8 - Modern Resin Blue Striped Minimalist Artwork
Fuego 8 - Modern Resin Blue Striped Minimalist Artwork

Fuego 8 - Modern Resin Blue Striped Minimalist 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

Indian Dancer - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor
Indian Dancer - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor

Indian Dancer - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor

By Irene Pattinson

Located in Soquel, CA

Indian Dancer - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor A stoic, dark-haired woman in elaborate dress is sitting cross-legged in this illustration by Irene Pattinson (American, 1909-1999). Pattinson uses fine ink line detail and a vibrant pink watercolor for a splash of color. Signed at the bottom, "Irene Pattinson." Provenance: The Artist, Estate of Irene Pattinson: David Carlson; Estate of Larry Miller Fine Art, Robert Azensky Fine Art. Presented in a new white mat with foam core backing. Mat size: 16"H x 12"W Paper size: 11.75"H x 8.5"W Image size: 7.5"H x 6.5"W Irene Pattinson (American, 1909-1999) studied at the California School of Fine Art (now The San Francisco Art Institute), San Francisco State College and The Marion Hartwell School of Design. She was President of the San Francisco Woman Artists Association 1955-56. Provenance: The Artist, Estate of Irene Pattinson: David Carlson; Estate of Larry Miller Fine Art, Robert Azensky Fine Art. Solo Exhibitions: Lucien Labaudt Gallery 1955; San Francisco Museum of Art, 1961 (39 works). Selected Group Exhibitions: San Francisco Art Association Annual 1948, 54, 55; San Francisco Woman Artists, 1957-1960; Oakland Art Museum Annual, 1951, 58; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1960; Richmond Art Center, 1955, 56, 57, 58; San Francisco Art Institute 1959, 60. The Art Bank of the San Francisco Art Association, 1958, 59, 60, 62, 63; Winter Invitational, California Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1960; Fourth Winter Invitational, California Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1963. Awards: First Place, San Francisco Woman Artists Assoc., 1957, 1959; San Francisco Art Festival 1957;Literature: San Francisco Art Institute - A catalog of the Art Ban 1962/63; San Francisco and the Second Wave: The Blair Collection Exhibitions: 1963 The Art Bank of the San Francisco Art Association, San Francisco, CA 1963 California Palace of The Legion of Honor: Forth Winter Invitational, San Francisco, CA 1962 The Art Bank of the San Francisco Art Association, San Francisco, CA 1961 San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA 1960 California...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, India Ink, Watercolor, Pen

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.