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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
Rainy Embankment (1929) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print

Rainy Embankment (1929) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print

Located in London, GB

Fair Fun (1938) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) August 1929: A man standing alone on a rain-drenched pavement on the River Thames Embankment, London...

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1920s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Raquel. Large format interior with woman portrait and still-life
Raquel. Large format interior with woman portrait and still-life

Raquel. Large format interior with woman portrait and still-life

By Alfredo Roldan

Located in Segovia, ES

"Raquel" is an interior scene of a young woman, stretched out comfortably on a sofa, surrounded by flowers and fruit. She gazes placidly at the artist, who is portraying her dressed in a nightgown and a colorful dressing gown. Oil on canvas. 2003 Measurements: 90 x 200 cm / 35,43 x 78,74" The rich range of colors used and the relaxed gesture of the model envelop the atmosphere of comfort that prevails in the works of this author because, according to his words: “When I use a model I want her to be very comfortable, rested, calm and relaxed. I am not interested in movement in my work, as it always ends up too artificial for my taste and would interfere with the ambiance I am trying to create”. The flattened perspectives, the fractured surfaces, and the graphic stylizations refer to the cubism of Picasso and Juan Gris. There are echoes of Modigliani in the treatment of his female models and we can detect an homage to Gauguin and Matisse, in his playful and sensual manipulation of color. In 2003 Ediciones Sammer publishes in a deluxe edition the book Alfredo Roldán written by the sculptor David Gamella where a large part of his work is reproduced. This painting, Raquel, is reproduced on the cover of the book and also inside on a double page (294-295). ABOUT THE ARTIST Alfredo Roldán (Madrid- Spain, 1965) is a self-taught artist who, at the age of 22, began selling his works at street markets. In 1994 he won the award granted by the City Council of Madrid with the painting “El Baño Azul”, which now hangs in The Museum of Modern Art of Madrid. That year he began to work with the renowned British dealer...

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Early 2000s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Large Mid-Century Modern, Cubist Art Deco Painting, "The Dancers"
A Large Mid-Century Modern, Cubist Art Deco Painting, "The Dancers"

A Large Mid-Century Modern, Cubist Art Deco Painting, "The Dancers"

By Charles Turzak

Located in Chicago, IL

A Large, Colorful, Modernist Art Deco Cubist Painting, "The Dancers" by Famed Chicago Painter and Printmaker, Charles Turzak (Am. 1899 - 1986). A large, vertical composition relating to the artist's notable 1930s woodcut of the same title. The painting is completed in a vividly textured Cubist style, with striking hues of rich greens and yellows, deep blues and rose pinks. The painting is oiI on canvas mounted to Masonite (artist's original mount), and offers a superb visual appeal. A perfect complement to any Mid-Century Modern home or collection. Artwork size: 38 x 24 inches (Framed size: 38 1/4 x 24 1/4 inches). Signed "Turzak" lower right. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Charles Turzak was one of Chicago’s greatest printmakers of the Art Deco-era. Son of a coal miner, Turzak was born in Streeter, IL in 1899. In 1920, Turzak won the first prize a cartoon contest sponsored by the Purina company and he used his prize money to enroll in the Art Institute of Chicago. Best known as a print maker, in the 1920s & 30s, he created woodcuts of many of Chicago’s most notable buildings, including the Merchandise Mart, Palmolive Building and the Old Water Tower, among others. In 1933, he was commissioned to create woodcuts of many of Chicago’s most iconic buildings to illustrate a guidebook called “All About Chicago” by John and Ruth Ashenhurst” that featured the upcoming Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago. During the 1933 World’s Fair...

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20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Masonite

"Muhammad Ali" by Terry Fincher

"Muhammad Ali" by Terry Fincher

By Terry Fincher

Located in London, GB

"Muhammad Ali" by Terry Fincher 16th August 1965: World heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali enjoys supper in a restaurant. Unframed Paper Size: 40" x 40'' (inches) Printed 202...

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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White

Gertrude Barrer Oil on Board
Gertrude Barrer Oil on Board

Gertrude Barrer Oil on Board

Located in San Francisco, CA

Gertrude Barrer: 1921-1992. Well listed American artist with auction records over $9500. She studied a the Arts Student League in the 1940s. More recently art historians have said s...

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20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

NOLA's French Quarter in Exuberant Impasto
NOLA's French Quarter in Exuberant Impasto

NOLA's French Quarter in Exuberant Impasto

Located in San Francisco, CA

The vibrant French Quarter is brilliantly depicted in "Bourbon Street in New Orleans" by California-based artist Pablo Cucaro in a rich palette of chestnut, Tiffany Blue and black. S...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

French 20th Century Modernist Painting Flowers In Clear Glass Vase Abstract
French 20th Century Modernist Painting Flowers In Clear Glass Vase Abstract

French 20th Century Modernist Painting Flowers In Clear Glass Vase Abstract

By Guy Nicod

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Flower Abstract by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) gouache on artist paper, unframed painting : 25 x 19.5 inches stamped verso provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good ...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

Time Zone 11 - Original Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Colorful Abstract Art
Time Zone 11 - Original Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Colorful Abstract Art

Time Zone 11 - Original Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Colorful 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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Untitled Minimal Pastel Tonal Abstract
Untitled Minimal Pastel Tonal Abstract

Untitled Minimal Pastel Tonal Abstract

By Kenneth Jewesson

Located in Houston, TX

Minimal pastel abstract by San Antonio artist Kenneth Jewesson. The piece is signed and dated by the artist. It is framed in a silver frame. Dimensions without Frame: H 14.5 in x W 1...

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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Pencil, Color Pencil

Au Revoir Les Enfants Vintage Black and White Photograph, 1987

Au Revoir Les Enfants Vintage Black and White Photograph, 1987

Located in Roma, IT

A Scene of the Film Au revoir les Enfants is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1987. Good conditions.

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1980s Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Hungry Elephant" by Fox Photos

"Hungry Elephant" by Fox Photos

Located in London, GB

"Hungry Elephant" by Fox Photos An elephant named Mae West accepts an apple from a passing tram driver while taking her morning exercise along Gray's ...

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1930s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White

Marc Chagall "The Angel" lithograph
Marc Chagall "The Angel" lithograph

Marc Chagall "The Angel" lithograph

By Marc Chagall

Located in Boston, MA

Artist: Chagall, Marc Title: The Angel Date: 1960 Medium: Lithograph Unframed Dimensions: 12.5" x 9.5" Signature: Unsigned Edition: Book Edition Literature: Mourlot 288 Publi...

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1960s Modern Art

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Lithograph

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

Ancient Greek Kings  - Lithograph - 1862

Ancient Greek Kings - Lithograph - 1862

Located in Roma, IT

Lithograph on paper realized in 1862. Hand colored. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of the government, of the laws, o...

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1860s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled (Still Life in Landscape)
Untitled (Still Life in Landscape)

Untitled (Still Life in Landscape)

By Keith Crown

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Untitled (Still Life in Landscape), third quarter 20th Century, watercolor on paper, signed lower right, 31 x 22 1/2 inches, presented in an older (perhaps original) frame, the work...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Season in the Sun, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Season in the Sun, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Season in the Sun, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Christel Haag

Located in Yardley, PA

"Season in the Sun" is a colorful and positive painting on canvas. The painting is painted with cheerful bright colors. This spreads a positive mood. It is inspired by nature, by sum...

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2010s Modern Art

Materials

Acrylic

Robot on a blue background, Signed Original Lithograph
Robot on a blue background, Signed Original Lithograph

Robot on a blue background, Signed Original Lithograph

Located in Paris, IDF

Jean-Pierre VIELFAURE (1930–2015) Robot on a Blue Background, 1974 Original lithograph Signed and dated in pencil Marked E.A. (Artist’s Proof) Numbered /9 copies On vellum, 60 x 44....

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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Bright Vineyard Landscape Study of 1960's British Modernist Drawing
Bright Vineyard Landscape Study of 1960's British Modernist Drawing

Bright Vineyard Landscape Study of 1960's British Modernist Drawing

By Irina Hale

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

1960's British Modernist Drawing by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) oil crayon drawing on light brown artist paper stuck on A4 artist paper, unframed overall size: 12.5 x 8.5 inches ...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil Crayon

Les Petit Rats, Ballerinas
Les Petit Rats, Ballerinas

Les Petit Rats, Ballerinas

By Graciela Rodo Boulanger

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Les Petit Rats, Ballerinas" c.1980 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by noted Bolivian artist Graciela Rodo Boulanger, b.1935. It is hand signed and numbered XLII/C in pencil by the artist. The image size is 22.5 x 18 inches, framed size is 36 x 30.75 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold leaf frame, with off white matting and gold color spacer. It is in excellent condition. About the artist:   Born in La Paz, Bolivia in 1935, Graciela Rodo Boulanger was raised in an artistic environment. Her mother, a concert pianist, and her father, a businessman and art connoisseur, nurtured her talents. She studied the piano and at age 11 enrolled in the School of Fine Arts. At 17 she went to Vienna to study both art and music, and at 22 shetravelled to Argentina for the stimulating artistic environment of Buenos Aires. Continuing to study both piano and painting...

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Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Double Vision 68 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Vibrant Red Abstract Artwork
Double Vision 68 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Vibrant Red Abstract Artwork

Double Vision 68 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Vibrant Red Abstract 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

Yesteryear's Wire Walker (Unidentified) – original circus photograph, 1950s

Yesteryear's Wire Walker (Unidentified) – original circus photograph, 1950s

Located in Middletown, NY

Gelatin silver print mounted on board, 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (190 x 241 mm) from the Roland Butler Collection, Press Agent, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1930s-1960s) Roland...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc'
Slim Aarons 'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc'

Slim Aarons 'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc'

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. Slim Aarons Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, 1976 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and hand numbered editi...

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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lambda

Hommage à San Lazzaro, Lithograph, Modern, 1975, Excellent
Hommage à San Lazzaro, Lithograph, Modern, 1975, Excellent

Hommage à San Lazzaro, Lithograph, Modern, 1975, Excellent

By Max Bill

Located in OPOLE, PL

Max Bill (1908-1994) - Hommage à San Lazzaro Lithograph from 1975. Dimensions of work: 35.5 x 26.5 cm. Each copy of this lithograph includes the original attached page, preserved ...

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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Chouette (A.R.604)
Chouette (A.R.604)

Chouette (A.R.604)

By Pablo Picasso

Located in PARIS, FR

• Picasso began working with ceramics in 1946 at the Madoura workshop in Vallauris, marking the beginning of an important and highly productive chapter in his career. What initially ...

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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Ceramic

Hilary Hennes, Cat Sleeping (c.1940), painting Modern British Art Hilary Miller

Hilary Hennes, Cat Sleeping (c.1940), painting Modern British Art Hilary Miller

By Hilary Hennes

Located in London, GB

To see our other Modern British Art, including others by Hennes, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you want. Hilary Hennes (née Hilary Miller) (1919-1993) 'Cat Sleeping...

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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Ink, Gouache

"Post Queue" by  Fox Photos

"Post Queue" by Fox Photos

Located in London, GB

"Post Queue" by Fox Photos December 1926: Schoolchildren posting letters in the playground of the Red Lion Street School. Unframed Paper Size: 20" x 24'' (...

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1920s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White

The Road Up

The Road Up

By Marina Stern

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This work is part of our exhibition Marina Stern Luminary, the first retrospective of the artist since 2007. Previously exhibited 1) Marina Stern Nocturnes, Forum Gallery, New York, NY, September 9 to 24, 1993, no. 17 (label verso); and 2) Perception and the Cultural Environment – The Paintings of Marina...

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1990s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Make Fast, Plate 2.
Make Fast, Plate 2.

Make Fast, Plate 2.

By Arthur John Trevor Briscoe

Located in Plano, TX

Make Fast, plate 2. 1929. Etching. Laver catalog number 146; Hurst catalog number 258. Plate: 14 3/8 x 9 13/16 (sheet 17 5/8 x 11 3/4). Trial proof 2, before the edition or 75. Ill...

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1920s Modern Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Woman Under Blue and Yellow Umbrella
Woman Under Blue and Yellow Umbrella

Woman Under Blue and Yellow Umbrella

Located in Zofingen, AG

Acrylic painting on paper One of a kind artwork Size: 37,5 × 55 × 0,1 cm It is original painting on 160gsm acid-free paper The artwork is titled and signed on the front and also co...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Portrait of  Woman - Original Drawing by Véronique Veron - 1950s
Portrait of  Woman - Original Drawing by Véronique Veron - 1950s

Portrait of Woman - Original Drawing by Véronique Veron - 1950s

Located in Roma, IT

Portrait of Woman is an original artwork realized by Véronique Veron in about 1950. Pencil Drawing. Hand signed in pencil on the lower right margin. Passpartout cm 65x50. Good Conditions. Véronique Veron (1927) was born in Budapest on May 10, 1927. As a painter, she belongs to the Ecole Lyonnaise. She attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Member of the Salon d'Automne and the Independents and the drawing and watercolor painting fair, she participated in the young Mediterranean painting...

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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Pencil

Milwaukee Handicraft Project WPA
Milwaukee Handicraft Project WPA

Milwaukee Handicraft Project WPA

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Milwaukee Handicraft Project, Applied Design Blockprinted Textiles Volume VI Supplement, c. 1935 - 1942, twelve block printed designs on linen, images are various sizes, each is mounted in its original folder which measures 24 x 19 inches, all bear the Milwaukee Handicraft Project label, various designers, including Barbara Warren (1915 - 2005) ("Checkered Flower" and perhaps others), includes original portfolio binder The Milwaukee Handicraft Project (MHP) was the most prolific and successful of the decorative arts projects of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). It served as a model for many other similar projects across the United States and attracted the attention of thought leaders as diverse as Frank Lloyd Wright and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Designed with the dual goals of providing work for underprivileged women and the creation of well-designed household objects, the MHP began in 1935 under the direction of Elsa Ulbricht...

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1930s Modern Art

Materials

Textile, Linen, Linocut, Woodcut

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