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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
Hungarian Israeli Large  Landscape Painting of Judean Hills, Jerusalem, Israel
Hungarian Israeli Large  Landscape Painting of Judean Hills, Jerusalem, Israel

Hungarian Israeli Large Landscape Painting of Judean Hills, Jerusalem, Israel

By Zvi Adler

Located in Surfside, FL

In this painting the artist depicts the verdant hillsides outside Jerusalem, the use of complementary colors next to each other makes them appear more vibrant and and allows for the ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Gouache

Antique view of Rome with an aqueduct spanning the Tiber
Antique view of Rome with an aqueduct spanning the Tiber

Antique view of Rome with an aqueduct spanning the Tiber

By Richard Earlom

Located in Middletown, NY

London: Boydell, 1810. Aquatint with engraving printed in sepia on cream wove paper with a partial 1805 watermark, 6 x 9 1/2 (153 x 242 mm); sheet 10 3/8 x 14 1/8 inches (264 x 360 ...

Category

Early 19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Lovers with Bouquet of Flowers - Original lithograph - 1965
Lovers with Bouquet of Flowers - Original lithograph - 1965

Lovers with Bouquet of Flowers - Original lithograph - 1965

By Marc Chagall

Located in Paris, IDF

Marc CHAGALL Colorful Bouquet of Flowers Stone lithograph in colors (Mourlot workshop) Engraved by Sorlier under the supervision of Marc Chagall Printed signature in the plate On Arches vellum 38 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 in) INFORMATION : Edited for the portfolio Les Peintres mes amis (Les Heures Claires...

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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Classic Tall Sailing Ship in Choppy Waters off Coastline, signed oil painting
Classic Tall Sailing Ship in Choppy Waters off Coastline, signed oil painting

Classic Tall Sailing Ship in Choppy Waters off Coastline, signed oil painting

By James Hardy

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

James Hardy (British contemporary, 21st century) signed oil painting on board, framed board: 8 x 10 inches provenance: private collection condition: overall very good, a few markings...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Goofy (Walt Disney Productions Cartoon Animator)
Goofy (Walt Disney Productions Cartoon Animator)

Goofy (Walt Disney Productions Cartoon Animator)

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Dick Ruhl (American, 1926-1991) Original Gouache Painting of Goofy, one of three images created specifically for Disney Interview portfolio, Los Angeles 1943. (see reference in bio below). Image measuring 12 x 18 inches. Signed & dated 1943 lower right. Framed measurement: 19 x 25 inches. Dick Ruhl was the grandson of German immigrants who settled in Nebraska as farmers brought to the US by the federal government to raise food for a growing population after the Civil War. On his mother’s side, his family dates back to Nathan Hale. Her father was in the Union Army and given a small farm by the government near Guthrie, Oklahoma. Dick’s parents, John and Lucille, were married in Chandler in 1902, and his dad got a job with the Frisco Railroad. Since the main yard and a hub were in Sapulpa, they moved here, initially settling at Elm and Lee street, but later they bought five acres at 1300 Cleveland and built a simple home with a water well, outdoor toilet, and coal oil lamps. Dick is a Sapulpa native who left his hometown at 16 to become an animator during the “golden age” of Disney Studios. Photo courtesy of Sapulpa Historical Society. Dick finally came along in 1926 and was born in the Sapulpa City Hospital at Division and Cleveland Streets. According to Dick, his doctor, William Polk Longmire—a famous Sapulpan in his own right—named Dick after himself on his birth certificate, listing Dick’s name as “Polk Knox Ruhl.” It wasn’t until 1937 that it was discovered and changed to James Richard Ruhl. Dick was doing farm chores at 5 years old, mostly feeding the animals and milking the cow. Every evening, he delivered milk to his last customer, a cousin named “Nellie,” whom Dick says was a bootlegger. Dick recalls one evening as he put Nellie’s milk in her icebox, a handsome gentleman named Charlie took him up on his lap. “He was wearing a gun, which impressed me,” Dick said, adding that Charlie gave him a shiny half dollar as a gift. “Each evening I rushed to Nellie’s, hoping to meet Charlie again, until one evening, she told me he would never be back.” Nellie showed Dick the evening Sapulpa Herald announcing that Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd had been killed. Dick started school at 5 years old and said his teacher “loved and whipped me through first grade.” It must have done some good because he was able to skip the 2nd grade. In 3rd grade, his teacher, Miss Giles, had her students draw a house. “I don’t know why, but I drew my house in perfect perspective,” Dick said. “She bragged about my talent and it was then I decided to become a great artist.” Dick turned a small chicken house at his parents’ farm into his first studio and gallery. “My clients were ducks, chickens, and an occasional pig,” he said. As the country fell into the Great Depression, Dick said “it didn’t mean anything to me. We raised our food and Dad eked out a small wage on the railroad. Mom made our clothes from feed sacks purchased at Lee Nevin’s Feed Store, and we had credit at Bodkin’s Grocery, House’s Grocery, and Katz Department Store.” It was in High School that Dick began to really pursue his creative talents again. “The WPA sponsored an art class at the library in the basement,” he said. “My algebra teacher let me attend the art class instead of algebra.” Dick said his art teacher was Henry Simpson—a retired Western artist from Ft. Worth— and another teacher named Mrs. Casteel, whom Dick said “gave me the greatest advice I have ever learned: ‘Don’t think you’re all that good! You’ll meet artists who are better than you, but don’t get discouraged, keep doing your thing.’” Disney comes calling Dick was working at the Criterion Theatre in Sapulpa when Disney released “Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs...

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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Chalk, Gouache

Detail of the Entrance Vault (bronze green), Engraving
Detail of the Entrance Vault (bronze green), Engraving

Detail of the Entrance Vault (bronze green), Engraving

Located in Paris, IDF

Henry CLEWS (1876–1937) Detail of the Entrance Vault, 1959 Engraving (transferred to copper by Bacons-Duplessis and André Collot) Unsigned Authenticated by Henry Clews’s studio stam...

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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Set of 2 Bright Landscape Studies of 1960's British Modernist Drawings
Set of 2 Bright Landscape Studies of 1960's British Modernist Drawings

Set of 2 Bright Landscape Studies of 1960's British Modernist Drawings

By Irina Hale

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Set of Two Paired Studies 1960's British Modernist Drawing by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) oil crayon drawings on light brown artist paper stuck on A4 artist paper, unframed overal...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil Crayon

"Sleepy Hollow" Marin California Overlooking San Francisco Bay Davis F Schwartz
"Sleepy Hollow" Marin California Overlooking San Francisco Bay Davis F Schwartz

"Sleepy Hollow" Marin California Overlooking San Francisco Bay Davis F Schwartz

Located in Soquel, CA

"Sleepy Hollow" Marin California Overlooking San Francisco Bay Davis F Schwartz Rare and significant work; beautifully rendered landscape of Sleepy Hollow near San Rafael, Marin County, California by Davis Francis Schwartz...

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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Board

1950's Modernist Signed Painting  - Interior Abstract Scene
1950's Modernist Signed Painting  - Interior Abstract Scene

1950's Modernist Signed Painting - Interior Abstract Scene

By Bernard Labbe

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Interior Abstract by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), signed, stamped verso original gouache painting on paper overall size: 16 x 12 inches condition: very good and ready to...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

'Diptych' —  Modernist Abstraction, Atelier 17
'Diptych' —  Modernist Abstraction, Atelier 17

'Diptych' — Modernist Abstraction, Atelier 17

By Stanley William Hayter

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Stanley William Hayter, 'Diptych', color engraving and scorper, 1967, edition 50, Black & Moorhead 314. Signed, titled, dated, and numbered '10/50' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, with fresh, vibrant colors on antique-white wove BFK Rives paper; the full sheet with margins (2 1/2 to 3 1/4 inches). Minor skinning and tape residue on the top and bottom sheet edges, verso, otherwise in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 13 7/8 x 19 1/2 inches (146 x 108 mm); sheet size 19 7/8 x 25 3/8 inches (394 x 292 mm). Hayter created this work using engraving and scorper on 2 plates, printed side by side. He used alkali blue, printed intaglio, and a phthalo green with a hard roller on the surface. The proofing was in three states, the first with engraving (a single proof); the second adding further engraving and scorper (a single proof); the third added further engraving and editioned: color trial proofs, 5 artist's proofs, edition of 50. The edition was completed in three printings: 8 in 1967; then Hector Saunier printed numbers 9 through 18 in 1968, and numbers 19 through 50 in 1969. This impression is from the Saunier 1968 printing. Note: the online image cannot accurately convey the vibrancy of the printed alkali blue/phthalo green. An impression of this work is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art. ABOUT THE ARTIST Stanley William Hayter (1901-1988) was a British painter and printmaker associated in the 1930s with Surrealism and from 1940 onward with Abstract Expressionism. Regarded as one of the most significant printmakers of the 20th century, Hayter founded the legendary Atelier 17 studio in Paris, now known as Atelier Contrepoint. Among the artists he is credited with influencing are Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, and Marc Chagall. The hallmark of the workshop was its egalitarian structure, breaking sharply with the traditional French engraving studios by insisting on a cooperative approach to labor and technical discoveries. In 1929 Hayter was introduced to Surrealism by Yves Tanguy and André Masson, who, with other Surrealists, worked with Hayter at Atelier 17. The often violent imagery of Hayter’s Surrealist period was stimulated in part by his passionate response to the Spanish Civil War and the rise of Fascism. He organized portfolios of graphic works to raise funds for the Spanish cause, including Solidarité (Paris, 1938), a portfolio of seven prints, one of them by Picasso. Hayter frequently exhibited with the Surrealists during the 1930s but left the movement when Paul Eluard was expelled. Eluard’s poem Facile Proie (1939) was written in response to a set of Hayter’s engravings. Other writers with whom Hayter collaborated in this way included Samuel Beckett and Georges Hugnet. Hayter joined the exile of the Parisian avant-garde in 1939, moving with his second wife, the American sculptor Helen...

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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Engraving

Parisian Park from the Paris In Color Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius

Parisian Park from the Paris In Color Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius

By Peter Cornelius

Located in London, GB

Parisian Park from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius Giant oversize 60 x 40 inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Printed 2022 Archival pigment print Framing and size options available - Please enquire About: Peter Cornelius (1913–1970) was a German photographer and photojournalist. The goal he set himself was to capture: “the right colours at the right moment”. He was never concerned with a pure, apparently “right” picture of “reality”. After World War II, he began his career with reportage, landscape and sailing photography in his hometown Kiel. From the mid fifties, he specialised in colour photography as one of the first color photographers in Germany. In 1960 he became known to a larger public through the special exhibition Magie der Farbe (Magic of Colour) during the Photokina in Cologne. His best known work is a 1961 collection of colour photographs of Paris...

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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

"Sharing A Chair" by Thurston Hopkins

"Sharing A Chair" by Thurston Hopkins

By Thurston Hopkins

Located in London, GB

"Sharing A Chair" by Thurston Hopkins 12th February 1955: A young couple getting to know each other at the Manchester University Student Union Fresher's Ball. Unframed Paper Size: ...

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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White

MJ: SUPER POP III - (Limited Edition Print)
MJ: SUPER POP III - (Limited Edition Print)

MJ: SUPER POP III - (Limited Edition Print)

By Mauro Oliveira

Located in LOS ANGELES, CA

Celebrating the King of Pop Michael Jackson by Mauro Oliveira. The colorful pinstripes represent the music and the happiness the King of Pop brought to the world. Limited edition of...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Giclée, Paper

Quarry Workers

Quarry Workers

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s Quarry Workers, c. 1930s, mixed media on board, unsigned, 24 x 24 inches, possibly exhibited at...

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1930s Modern Art

Materials

Mixed Media

“Contemplating Woman”
“Contemplating Woman”

“Contemplating Woman”

By Helene Sardeau

Located in Southampton, NY

Original and rare bronze sculpture of a young woman in contemplation by the well known American sculptor Helene Sardeau. Signed on the lower back “h. Sardeau” and dated 1928. Valsu...

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1920s Modern Art

Materials

Bronze

Hotel du Cap Pool, Eden Roc - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Print
Hotel du Cap Pool, Eden Roc - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Print

Hotel du Cap Pool, Eden Roc - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Print

By Slim Aarons

Located in Brighton, GB

Hotel du Cap Pool, Eden Roc by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Pool at the Hotel du Cap, Eden Roc" is a Limited Ed...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Contemporary British Naïve Style Animal Oil Painting - Golden Leopard
Contemporary British Naïve Style Animal Oil Painting - Golden Leopard

Contemporary British Naïve Style Animal Oil Painting - Golden Leopard

Located in Bristol, GB

GOLDEN LEOPARD Size: 38 x 48 cm (including frame) Oil on board A charming contemporary naïve style painting, executed in oil onto panel by British artist Matt Rix. The composition ...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Farmhouse in Autumn, Early 20th Century Landscape by Florence Helena McGillivray
Farmhouse in Autumn, Early 20th Century Landscape by Florence Helena McGillivray

Farmhouse in Autumn, Early 20th Century Landscape by Florence Helena McGillivray

Located in Soquel, CA

Farmhouse in Autumn, Early 20th Century Landscape by Florence Helena McGillivray A vibrant and colorful late 1920's landscape by Florence Helena McGillivray (Canadian, 1864-1938). This beautiful 1929 landscape depicts a quaint farmhouse in autumn, surrounded by a landscape full of fall foliage in goldenrod yellow, bright orange, and deep red, with soft purple hills receding into the distance. Signed "F. McGillivray" lower left. Displayed in a new Arts & Crafts style giltwood frame. Board size: 16"H x 20"W. Framed size: 19.25"H x 23.25"W x 1"D. McGillivray (1864–1938) garnered admiration for her modern landscape paintings, as well as for her mentorship of young artists, including Tom Thomson. She has been credited in some instances as an influence for what would later be known as the Group of Seven. A prolific sketcher and painter, Florence McGillivray...

Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Illustration Board

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