Modern Art
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
Period: 1940s
Family at the Beach WPA Modernism American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Family at the Beach WPA Modernism American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century
William Gropper (1898 - 1977)
"Family at the Beach"
27 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches
Mixed media on paper, c. ...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Gouache, Watercolor, Ink, Paper
Gromaire, Composition, Gromaire (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Gromaire, 1949. Publis...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Cézanne, Bathers under a Bridge, Cézanne: Ten Water Colors (after)
By Paul Cézanne
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Cézanne: Ten Water Colors, 1947. Published by Pantheon B...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Stieglitz, Hands, Dorothy Norman, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial Portfolio (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
French Polished Brass Frame for Painting, Drawing or Mirror, 1940s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This lovely 1940s French polished brass frame is perfect for paintings, drawings, lithographs, mirrors, or any creative decoration. The frame has a large proportion and can be hung i...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Brass
Cézanne, Leaves in a Vase, Cézanne: Ten Water Colors (after)
By Paul Cézanne
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Cézanne: Ten Water Colors, 1947. Published by Pantheon B...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Cézanne, Trees, Cézanne: Ten Water Colors (after)
By Paul Cézanne
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Cézanne: Ten Water Colors, 1947. Published by Pantheon B...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Cézanne, The Annecy Lake, Cézanne: Ten Water Colors (after)
By Paul Cézanne
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Cézanne: Ten Water Colors, 1947. Published by Pantheon B...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Cézanne, House in Provence, Cézanne: Ten Water Colors (after)
By Paul Cézanne
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Cézanne: Ten Water Colors, 1947. Published by Pantheon B...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Marchand, Composition, pierre ã feu provence noire (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, pierre ã fe...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Marchand, Composition, pierre ã feu provence noire (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, pierre ã fe...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Marchand, Composition, pierre ã feu provence noire (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, pierre ã fe...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Marchand, Composition, pierre ã feu provence noire (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, pierre ã fe...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Marchand, Composition, pierre ã feu provence noire (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, pierre ã fe...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Marchand, Composition, pierre ã feu provence noire (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, pierre ã fe...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Marchand, Composition, pierre ã feu provence noire (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, pierre ã fe...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Marchand, Composition, pierre ã feu provence noire (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, pierre ã fe...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Raoul Dufy School Prints Colorful Modernist Drawing Lithograph Marching Band
Located in Surfside, FL
Bright vibrant blue, yellow lithograph in color. This is signed in the plate and dated. Dufy's abstract drawing lithograph was drawn by the artist direct on to plastic plates newly d...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Cézanne, View of Gardanne, Cézanne: Ten Water Colors (after)
By Paul Cézanne
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Cézanne: Ten Water Colors, 1947. Published by Pantheon B...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Cézanne, The Gate, Chantilly, Cézanne: Ten Water Colors (after)
By Paul Cézanne
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Cézanne: Ten Water Colors, 1947. Published by Pantheon B...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Artist's Studio - Drawing - 1941
Located in Roma, IT
Artist's Studio is a modern artwork realized by an unknown artist in 1941.
Watercolor on paper.
Dated and Hand-signed, illegible.
Good conditions.
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled (Farm in Winter)
By Julius M. Delbos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This work is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s
Untitled (Farm in Winter), 1940s, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 26 x 30 inches, presented in a...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gromaire, Composition, Gromaire (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Gromaire, 1949. Publis...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Henry Moore 1949 School Prints Red Sculpture Lithograph "sculptural Objects"
By Henry Moore
Located in Surfside, FL
Henry Moore (British, 1898 - 1986)
"Sculptural Objects" - 1949
Lithograph, signed in the plate.
Mounted to backing sheet support
Image Size: 19.5 x 30 in.
Sheet Size: 22 x 32.5 i...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Stieglitz, Mountains and Sky, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial Portfolio (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Portrait of Mrs Gilles - Photograph by Renzo Cinti - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mrs Gilles is a Photograph realized by Renzo Cinti in the 1940s.
Good condition included a cream-colored carboard passpartout (32x23 cm).
Hand-signed by the artist on t...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Mrs Gilles - Photograph by Renzo Cinti - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mrs Gilles is a Photograph realized by Renzo Cinti in the 1940s.
Good condition included a cream-colored carboard passpartout (32x23 cm).
Hand-signed by the artist on t...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Gromaire, Composition, Gromaire (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Gromaire, 1949. Publis...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Self Portrait
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Self Portrait, c. 1940s, oil on canvas, 14 ¼ x 12 1/4 inches, signed lower left, presented in a newer frame
This work is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of th...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Stieglitz, The Terminal, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial Portfolio (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial Portfolio (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
H. M. Bateman Don’t be Fuel-ish original vintage poster World War 2 Home Front
Located in London, GB
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1940s Modern Art
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Lithograph
Save Fuel for Battle original vintage poster by HM Bateman WW2 Home Front
Located in London, GB
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1940s Modern Art
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Lithograph
Stieglitz, New York Series, Spring, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial Portfolio (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Stieglitz, The Steerage, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial Portfolio (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Two Figures
By Robert Chester Thomas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This sculpture is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s.
Two Figures, 1949, ebony wood, 24 x 7 x 5 inches, unsigned, but comes from Thomas' daughters ...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Wood, Ebony
Stieglitz, Poplars, Lake George, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial Portfolio (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Don't be Fuel-ish original vintage poster by HM Bateman WW2 Home Front
Located in London, GB
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1940s Modern Art
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Lithograph
Stieglitz, O'Keeffe Hands w/Thimble, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial Portfolio (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Gromaire, Composition, Gromaire (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Gromaire, 1949. Publis...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
My Only Working Tool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
My Only Working Tool, 1949, oil on panel, signed and dated lower right, 16 x 12 inches, remnant of exhibition label verso, exhibited at the Art News Second Annual National Amateur Co...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Untitled (Biomorphic Composition)
By Dave Fox
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s.
Untitled (Biomorphic Composition), 1948, oil on textured paper mounted on board, signed and da...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Stieglitz, Spring Showers, New York, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial Portfolio (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Gracie Mansion
By Isabella Banks Markell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s.
Gracie Mansion, c. 1944, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 25 x 30 inches, presented in a ne...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Stieglitz, Venetian Boy, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial Portfolio (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Sea Shells – Blue & Gold
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sea Shells – Blue & Gold, c. 1940s, watercolor on paper, signed upper left, 15 x 19 ¼ inches (image); title and artist’s name and address inscribed verso, presented in a newer glazed...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Stieglitz, Sky, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial Portfolio (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Don’t leave it all to your fuel watcher Original Vintage Poster WW2 Home Front
Located in London, GB
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1940s Modern Art
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Lithograph
Gromaire, Composition, Gromaire (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Gromaire, 1949. Publis...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Gromaire, Composition, Gromaire (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Gromaire, 1949. Publis...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Stieglitz, Sunlight and Shadows, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial Portfolio (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Stieglitz, Equivalent, Series 107, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial Portfolio (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Stieglitz, Equivalent 27C, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial Portfolio (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Halftone photographic print on gloss photographic paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Alfred Stieglitz Memorial ...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (Industrial Street)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This work is part of our exhibition - America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s
Untitled (Industrial Street), c. 1940s, watercolor on paper mounted on illustration board, estate...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Watercolor, Board
Untitled (Cars)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s.
Untitled (Cars), 1940, watercolor on paper, signed and dated lower right, 15 x 18 1/2 inches, ...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Gromaire, Composition, Gromaire (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Gromaire, 1949. Publis...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Gromaire, Composition, Gromaire (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Gromaire, 1949. Publis...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Gromaire, Composition, Gromaire (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Gromaire, 1949. Publis...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
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