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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It Takes Two to Tango 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Couple, Love
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Samson Olatubos...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
'Haute Route Repose' Unframed Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Haute Route Repose by Toni Frissell A skier admires the view from the top of a piste on the infamous “Haute Route”, Switzerland, 1961. (Toni Frissell) Limited signature stamped edi...
Archival Pigment
Miro a l'Encre II, Surrealist Lithograph by Joan Miro
By Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro, Spanish (1893 - 1983) - Miro a l'Encre II, Year: 1972, Medium: Lithograph, Image Size: 13.75 x 9.75 inches, Size: 14 x 10 in. (35.56 x 25.4 cm), Frame Size: 21 x 17 inch...
Lithograph
'Washing Clothes, Corsica' — 1st Edition, Modernist Signed Wood Engraving
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Clare Leighton, 'Washing Clothes, Corsica, 1934, wood engraving, edition 60, Boston Public Library 258. Signed, titled, and numbered '20/60' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impress...
Woodcut
It Takes Two to Tango 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Couple, Love
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Signed on the front side About Artist Samson Olatubosun is a visual artist...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Pink Cat
Located in Zofingen, AG
Whimsical giant pink cat with kitten Acrylic Painting on canvas One of a kind artwork Size: 80 × 120 × 3 cm (unframed) The artwork is titled and signed on the front and also comes ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Pablo Picasso - Le Ballet (The Ballet Dancer) - lithograph, Framed
Located in London, GB
Pablo Picasso The Ballet Dancer, 1954 Lithograph on paper 32 x 24 cm - sheet 52.5 x 39 cm - Framed with 92% UV resistant non-reflective artglass unknown edition size Printed signatur...
Lithograph
$1,136
Architectural Concrete Head Sculpture with Chestnut Wood and Blue Gray Layers
By Jose Perozo
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Architectural concrete head sculpture combining hand-tinted cement, blue-gray chromatic layers and an inserted band of natural chestnut wood. Proxecto XVIII is a unique work by Spani...
Concrete
$2,200
Cadeau
By Man Ray
Located in New York, NY
An iconic and historic work of art, Man Ray's Le Cadeau ("The Gift"), is an early ready-made created by the artist in 1921 during his Dada period. Typical of the perverse, subversive...
Iron
Dynamic 1950s Mid-Century Modern, Machine Age Industrial Scene, Blast Furnace
Located in Chicago, IL
Blast Furnace: Dynamic Machine Age industrial View of a Steel Mill by Notable New York Illustrator and Cartoonist Herb Field Jr. (Am. 1909-1999). Artwork size: 23 x 26 inches; oil...
Canvas, Oil
French Countryside - Drawing by Annette Cretu - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on paper. Not signed. Very good condition.
Watercolor
Sunset in the Red Room Large Format Photo 24X20 Color Photograph Beach House RI
Located in Surfside, FL
Sunset in the Red Room, The Tappen House, Little Compton, RI (Rhode Island) Moody photos of a summer vacation house at the beach. Peter C. Jones is a fine art photographer, docum...
C Print
$98Sale Price|34% Off
Untitled XXI (Gabriele Wohmann, Collaborative Printmaking, British Art, 34% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Anthony Canham Untitled XXI From Folio "Endlich allein - endlich zu zwein" Color Lithograph 1976 Edition: 150 Not individually signed or numbered Size: 11.8 x 8.25 inches (30.0 × 21....
Lithograph
Marc Chagall "Spirit of the Circus" lithograph from Derriere le Miroir
By Marc Chagall
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Chagall (After), Marc Title: Spirit of the Circus (L’Ame du Cirque) Series: Derriere le Miroir (Issue No. 246, published in May 1981) Date: 1981 Medium: Lithograph Unfr...
Lithograph
Signed Monumental American Geometric Abstract Cityscape Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American modernist geometric abstract city landscape. Signed oil painting, framed. Overall dimensions: 50 x 49 inches. Artwork alone: 48 x 48 inches.
Oil, Canvas
Emerald Stripes Red Blooms
Located in Zofingen, AG
Acrylic on canvas Size: 40 x 30 x 2 cm Signed by the artist with certificate of authenticity Artwork arrives in perfect condition while keeping shipping costs affordable. This stun...
Canvas, Acrylic
$820
Pastel Fifties Shapes, Organic Mid Century, Vivid Tones Googie Shapes on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
Details: Title: Pastel Fifties Shapes Medium: Acrylic Paint on Watercolor Paper Size: 100x70 cm , (40x28 inches) Year: 2026 * Frame is for illustrative purposes only. Artwork shipp...
Acrylic, Archival Paper
$3,900
Slim Aarons Porto Ercole 1973 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Porto Ercole by Slim Aarons A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty ...
Archival Pigment
Orange Cat with Colorful Fish
Located in Zofingen, AG
Acrylic Painting on canvas One of a kind artwork Size: 40 × 50 × 3,8 cm (unframed) The artwork is titled and signed on the front and also comes with a certificate of authenticity. ...
Acrylic, Canvas
Maternity, 1951 - Original Mourlot lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Françoise GILOT (1921) Maternity, 1951 Original lithograph On Marais vellum 28 x 22.5 cm (c. 11 x 9 inches) REFERENCES : Catalog raisonne "Stone Echoes, Original Prints by Francois...
Lithograph
Luis Giner Bueno Spanish Forest Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas, 1973
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Luis Giner Bueno landscape oil painting on canvas depicting a dense forest interior, dated 1973. Oil on canvas. Signed by the artist and dated 1973. Artwork: 65 × 100 cm (25.6 × 39....
Canvas, Oil
$6,100
Slim Aarons Dining Al Fresco Supersize Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dining Al Fresco Capri 1980 by Slim Aarons Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umberto Terrelli dinin...
C Print
$29,500
“Tête d'Homme (for Samuel Kootz)” 1967 by Pablo Picasso Original Drawing Signed
Located in Yardley, PA
About this work: Executed in January 1967 on the title page of the monumental 1966-67 Paris retrospective "Hommage à Pablo Picasso," this intimate drawing unites three particularly a...
Paper, Other Medium
The Window 380 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Teal and White 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...
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
$795
Ramón Llovet “Atravesant Espais” Symbolic Figurative Oil Painting, 1978
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
**Ramón Llovet “Atravesant Espais” Symbolic Figurative Oil Painting, 1978** Oil on canvas. Signed, dated and titled. Original oil on canvas by Catalan artist Ramón Llovet Miserol, ...
Canvas, Oil
Jacqueline, Lithograph, Modern, 1961, Framed, Excellent
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Jacqueline Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'...
Lithograph
The Small Path in Provence - Original Lithograph, HANDSIGNED & Ltd /150
By Victor Zarou
Located in Paris, IDF
Victor ZAROU (1930-2013) Small Path in Provence, 1982 Original Lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 150 (the number you can see can be different) On Vellum 74 x 55 cm (c. 29 x...
Lithograph
Portrait of Roby - Etching, Black printed edition (Bloch #680)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO (after) Portrait of Roby, c. 1950 Restrike etching Printed signature in the plate On Japan paper 33 x 25 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) REFERENCE : Catalog raisonne Bloch #680 Fr...
Etching
Lluvia de Toros - Etching by Francisco Goya, Modern Style, 1877
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint on laid paper. Additional plate from the Series "Los Proverbios", realized in 1815 and printed by François Liénard in the posthumous paris Edition of 1877. Pub...
Etching
Monochrome Memory 12
Located in Atlanta, GA
Carl Linstrum's "Other Side" series of paintings speak to disappearing ecosystems in a time of increasing climate crises, while celebrating the sheer beauty of nature through richly ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Old Village, Modern Lithograph by Millard Sheets
Located in Long Island City, NY
Old Village by Millard Owen Sheets, American (1907–1989) Circa 1977 Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 250, AP Image Size: 19.5 x 21.5 inches Size: 23.5 x...
Lithograph
$1,087
John Speirs (1942-2022) Erotic Japanese Oil Painting 2012 Pillow Book Exhibition
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist: John Speirs (1942-2022) South African / British Title: "Sour Cherries Add Wings To Them Red Dragonfly" Medium: oil on canvas Size: 97cm x 78cm inclusive of frame Condition...
Oil
French Modernist Oil Painting Figures in Parisian Park Pony & Cart
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Parisian Park by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 18 x 24 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist ha...
Oil
Welcoming Jeers - Lithograph, 1997
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) Welcoming Jeers, 1997 Lithograph Printed signature in the plate On paper 76 x 56 cm (c. 29.9 x 22 in) Published by Galerie Enrico Navarra Authenti...
Lithograph
$1,950
A Large 1960s Social Realist Tenement & City Street Scene, "Central Ward, NJ"
By Walter Nowatka
Located in Chicago, IL
A large, compelling Social Realist tenement and city street scene, "Central Ward, NJ" by notable American Modern artist, Walter Nowatka (Am. born 1945). Artwork size: 36 x 24 inche...
Oil
$1,514Sale Price|20% Off
Huge 1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Oil Painting Christ after the Crucifixion
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Deposition of Christ French School, mid 20th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 28.5 x 42 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good condition For more any...
Oil
Don Quichote, Lithograph, Modern, 1961, Framed, Excellent
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Don Quichote Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Refrence: Cramer 112; Orozc...
Lithograph
New York City Skyscrapers, July 1931, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography Framed
By Press Agency Keystone View Company
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Press Agency Keystone View Company. New York City skyscrapers view, taken on July 7th, 1931, with the Empire State Building ...
Silver Gelatin
A Bigger Time Zone - Abstract Contemporary Colorful Geometric Resin 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
$2,389
Original The Great Escape, 1963 Original Frank McCarthy Linen-backed Poster
Located in Spokane, WA
The Great Escape – 1963 Frank McCarthy Original Lithograph This 1963 Frank McCarthy lithograph captures the raw tension of one of cinema's great...
Offset
A Large, Striking Post-War Modern Studio Figure Study of a Young Male Nude Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Large, Striking, Post-War Studio Figure Study of a Reclining Young Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990). A well executed, intimate f...
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Bavaria, American Modernist, Henry G. Keller, Exhibited at Art Inst. of Chicago
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Henry Keller (1869-1949) Afternoon, the Foot of the Wetterstein, from Mittenwald watercolor on paper, 1928 Signed by the artist and with his monogram lower right (see photo) Condit...
Watercolor
$3,864Sale Price|20% Off
Femmes Lithograph by Pablo Picasso, 1957, Excellent
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Femmes Lithograph from 1957. Edition 275 impressions. With Arches watermark. Dimensions of work: 44.5 x 33.5 cm. Publisher: Fernand Mourlot Éditeur,...
Lithograph
$25,000
"Les Pauvres" Pablo Picasso, Modernist, Early Period, Family, Black and White
Located in New York, NY
Pablo Picasso Les Pauvres, 1905 Etching and drypoint 9 1/4 x 7 1/8 inches 11 1/4 x 8 5/8 inches full sheet Edition of 250 Pablo Picasso was one of the most influential and celebrat...
Paper, Drypoint, Etching
The Thinker - Original Gouache on paper
By Marcel Mouly
Located in Paris, IDF
Marcel MOULY The Thinker Original gouache drawing Signed with the artist’s dry stamp Authenticated by the Mouly Committee On paper 32.5 x 25 cm (c. 12.59 x 9.84 in) INFORMATION : P...
Gouache
$1,087Sale Price|20% Off
Hidden Portraits XXIV, Acrylic on Board, Framed, Circa 1980s
Located in London, GB
'Hidden Portraits XXIV', acrylic on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing art professor fro...
Acrylic, Board
'2001: A Space Odyssey' 1968 Vintage Original Lobby Card Unframed
Located in London, GB
2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 Unframed Original Vintage Cinema Lobby Card 8x10" inches / 20x25 cm paper size Unframed (framing options available - please enquire) Condition: Excellent...
C Print
The Window 342 - Modern Resin Minimalist Blue Two Tone Color Field Abstract Art
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
Outside the Synagogue Russian Judaica Oil Painting
By Emmanuel Snitkovsky
Located in Surfside, FL
This piece came from the collection of the Bezalel Art Gallery on the Lower East Side of New York City. Emmanuil Snitkovsky is an internationally known artist, sculpture and poet. ...
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
$119Sale Price|20% Off
Horse In The River Valley Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
By Irina Hale
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 3.75 x 4.5 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condit...
Pastel
$107Sale Price|20% Off
White Houses In Bright Blue Sky Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
By Irina Hale
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condit...
Pastel, Pencil
$11,935
ROBY DWI ANTONO - BIAS II. Limited ed. Sculpture Contemporary Modern Design
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Roby Dwi Antono - BIAS II Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Glazed ceramic sculpture Edition: 75 + AP Size: 24.5 x 29 x 26 cm Condition: In perfect conditions BIAS II is a limited-edit...
Ceramic, Glaze
A Dynamic 1940s WPA Era, American Modern, Machine Age Industrial Factory Scene
Located in Chicago, IL
A dynamic ca. 1940s American Machine Age Modern industrial scene, depicting a suspended gantry crane and factory workers. Possibly completed as an illustration study for a print adv...
Masonite, Oil
La Bastille, Original Lithograph, Modern, 1954, Signed
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - La Bastille Lithograph from 1954. A rare artist’s proof (épreuve d’artiste) on Arches paper, produced outside the limited numbered edition of only 75 imp...
Lithograph
Man with Balloons - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - 1907ca
Located in Roma, IT
Pencil drawing and white lead on paper. Not signed. Very good condition.
Paper, Pencil
$119Sale Price|20% Off
Bell Tower and Buildings In Blue Sky Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
By Irina Hale
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condit...
Pastel, Pencil
High Meadows
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "High Meadows" 1984, is an original reduction woodcut on paper by noted American artist Gordon Louis Mortensen, b.1938. It is hand signed, dated, titled and numbered 24/130 in pencil by the artist. The artwork (image) size is 20 x 33.75 inches, framed size is 27.75 x 41 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with off-white fabric matting and dark green fillet. It is in excellent condition, the frame have some very small minor restorations, practically invisible. Please note: the shadows lines at the upper right of the artwork is not a part of it, it is the reflection of the lighting. About the artist: Born near Arnegard, North Dakota on April 27, 1938, Gordon Mortensen...
Woodblock
Flower Blossom Lady Original Acrylic Painting, American Modern, 20th Century
By Peter Max
Located in San Francisco, CA
Peter Max was born in 1937 and unfortunately just passed away in September 2026He is a very well listed and well collected American artist. He has been very prolific in his career, but nevertheless, he is highly sought after and collected, especially recently. This wonderful original acrylic on canvas was most likely painted in the late 1990s or early 2000. It is a favorite subject matter of his the blossoming lady or lady with blossoms. This painting is so vibrant exploding with colors. It measures 10 1/2 inches wide by 10 1/2 inches high. The frame measures 18“ x 18“. He has had Auction results over $70,000 but sells for much more privately and in galleries Once again, this is an original Peter Max acrylic on canvas...
Acrylic
Vintage Stitch Walt Disney fiberglass sculpture by Chris Sanders
By Walt Disney
Located in Valladolid, ES
Amazing Vintage Stitch Walt Disney fiberglass sculpture by Chris Sanders. A beautiful figure of Stitch, the alien dog from the famous American animated film. Stitch's origins began i...
Fiberglass
$98Sale Price|34% Off
Untitled Composition (Poligrafa, Redfern, Serbian, Modern, ~34% OFF - MUST GO)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Vladimir Veličković Untitled Composition from "Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona at Redfern Gallery, London" Original Color Lithograph Year: 1979 Edition: 1000 Size: 10 x 7.325 inches ...
Lithograph