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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
Tyre Repairs by Arthur Steel
Tyre Repairs by Arthur Steel

Tyre Repairs by Arthur Steel

By Arthur Steel

Located in London, GB

Tyre Repairs by Arthur Steel SURREY 1975 All prints are hand signed limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold. paper size - 24 x 19" / 61 x 48 cm signed and nu...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Swimming In Bermuda Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Swimming In Bermuda Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition

Swimming In Bermuda Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Swimming In Bermuda Guests on Sidney Gould’s ‘Sea Quest’ boat take a dip in the ocean, Bermuda, September 1977. 30x40 inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection ...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Myself as a Big Boss in New York - Large Modern British Portrait Oil Painting
Myself as a Big Boss in New York - Large Modern British Portrait Oil Painting

Myself as a Big Boss in New York - Large Modern British Portrait Oil Painting

Located in Sevenoaks, GB

A beautiful large scale mid 20th century Modern British oil on canvas self portrait of the artist as a "Big Boss in New York". Inscribed twice with title on the reverse. Excellent ...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modern Pair of Oriental Numbered and Signed Etching
Modern Pair of Oriental Numbered and Signed Etching

Modern Pair of Oriental Numbered and Signed Etching

Located in Roma, IT

1970s Pair of black and white important numbered and signed etching. Japan 1973. Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by S...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

1968 Carzou French Modernist Color Lithograph Louvre Museum Paris
1968 Carzou French Modernist Color Lithograph Louvre Museum Paris

1968 Carzou French Modernist Color Lithograph Louvre Museum Paris

By Jean Carzou

Located in Surfside, FL

This is a hand signed in pencil, vintage, limited edition lithograph modern art print, printed in Switzerland on Rives French art paper in 1968. in shades of blue, green, yellow. Jean Carzou (Armenian: Ժան Գառզու, 1 January 1907 – 12 August 2000) was a French–Armenian artist, painter, and illustrator, whose work illustrated the novels of Ernest Hemingway and Albert Camus. Carzou was born Karnik Zouloumian (Armenian: Գառնիկ Զուլումեան) in Aleppo, Syria to an Armenian family. Carzou later created his name from the first syllables of his name and surname, and added a Parisian nickname, "Jean". He was educated in Cairo, Egypt before moving to Paris in 1924 to study architecture. Carzou belonged to the art movement called "La Jeune Peinture" ("Young Picture") of the School of Paris, with painters like Bernard Buffet, Yves Brayer, Jansem, Jean Carzou, Louis Vuillermoz, Pierre-Henry, Daniel du Janerand, Gaston Sébire, Paul Collomb, Jean Monneret, Jean Joyet and Gaëtan de Rosnay. He started working as a theater set decorator but quickly realized he preferred drawing and painting. In 1938, more than a hundred exhibitions of his works were organized in Paris, in the French provinces and abroad. In 1949, he received the coveted Hallmark prize. Carzou, like his contemporaries Salvador Dali, and Pablo Picasso was part of a generation that witnessed many wars and was deeply affected by it. Carzou made his first lithograph in 1951 and was prolific in both the lithographic and etching medium. He had solo exhibitions throughout the world and was elected to the French Academy of Fine Arts in 1977. In 1952, he created costumes and sceneries for Les Indes Galantes of Rameau at the Opéra de Paris. He continued with Le Loup (1953) for "Les Ballets" of Roland Petit, Giselle (1954) and Athalie (1955) at the Opéra and "La Comédie française". Carzou mastered a number of mediums, though his line drawing and engraving would become well known as illustrations for some of the 20th century's most revered writers, including Hemingway, Albert Camus, Ionesco and Rimbaud. Carzou produced stunning work of painted glass and porcelain, in pencils, gauche and pastels as well as oil painting, often choosing to work on textured or irregular fabrics and papers rather than traditional canvas. Carzou was elected a member of the Institut de France, Académie des beaux-arts, succeeding in the seat left vacant by the death of painter Jean Bouchaud in 1977. He was also awarded the National Order of Merit of France. Among his closest friends were the painters Daniel du Janerand, Gabriel Deschamps, Louis Vuillermoz, Pierre-Henry, André Vignoles, Pierre Gaillardot, Rodolphe Caillaux...

Category

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

Florentine Expressions: Portrait Series XII, Oil on Canvas, 1980s
Florentine Expressions: Portrait Series XII, Oil on Canvas, 1980s

Florentine Expressions: Portrait Series XII, Oil on Canvas, 1980s

Located in London, GB

"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XII", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing art professor from the Istituto di Arte di Porta Romana, Florence, Italy. The professor released works of artists whom he mentored over the years. We are unsure who painted the series we acquired as several are just signed, 'Giacomo', or, left completely unsigned, yet many are clearly by the same artist. This one is in good overall condition and has been newly framed with a French-style linen slip. The canvas is textural like one of the vintage maps...

Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Exhibited Vintage American Dog Portrait Interior Scene Signed Oil Painting
Large Exhibited Vintage American Dog Portrait Interior Scene Signed Oil Painting

Large Exhibited Vintage American Dog Portrait Interior Scene Signed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Large Vintage American modernist interior scene dog portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 49 by 40 inches overall, and 40 by 32 painting alone. Excellent...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Grand Armee - Officer of Hussars
Grand Armee - Officer of Hussars

Grand Armee - Officer of Hussars

Located in Stoke, Hampshire

John Leslie Berry (1920–2009) Grand Armee - Officer of Hussars Oil on canvas Signed lower right Canvas size - 14 x 10 in Framed size - 18 1/2 x 14 1/2 in ohn Leslie Berry was a Bri...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Winter Trip - Lithograph and Stencil
Winter Trip - Lithograph and Stencil

Winter Trip - Lithograph and Stencil

By (after) Paul Klee

Located in Paris, IDF

Paul KLEE (after) The Man With Pear Tree Lithograph and stencil (Jacomet process), on canson paper Signed in the board 50 x 38.2 cm (19.6 x 14.9 in) INFORMATION : This lithograph w...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

"Antica Roma" - Mid-Century Abstract Collage with Figures
"Antica Roma" - Mid-Century Abstract Collage with Figures

"Antica Roma" - Mid-Century Abstract Collage with Figures

By James Coughlin

Located in Soquel, CA

"Antica Roma" - Mid-Century Abstract Collage with Figures Stunning mid-century mixed media collage of Roman travel items and photos by James A. Couglin, a Berkeley Abstract Expressi...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Magazine Paper, Permanent Marker

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 ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil Crayon

Ricard Opisso, Large 1940s Figurative Oil Painting, Catalan Modernist Narrative
Ricard Opisso, Large 1940s Figurative Oil Painting, Catalan Modernist Narrative

Ricard Opisso, Large 1940s Figurative Oil Painting, Catalan Modernist Narrative

By Ricard Opisso Sala

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Ricard Opisso i Sala – “Soldiers Flirting in the Park” – Oil on Canvas, 75 × 101 cm (29.5 × 39.7 in) Artist: Ricard Opisso i Sala (1880–1966) Title: Soldiers Flirting in the Park Te...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Large Mediterranean Fruit Still Life Oil Painting Classic Spanish Kitchen Dining
Large Mediterranean Fruit Still Life Oil Painting Classic Spanish Kitchen Dining

Large Mediterranean Fruit Still Life Oil Painting Classic Spanish Kitchen Dining

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Vintage Spanish Fruit Still Life Oil Painting Large Kitchen Wall Art Mediterranean Tabletop Interior Decor Canvas Painting Artist: Antonio Tarraso (Spanish, born 1946) Title: Bodegón de frutas Date: circa 1990 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions (image): Height: 65 cm (25.6 in); Width: 81 cm (31.89 in) Dimensions (framed): Height: 77 cm (30.31 in); Width: 93 cm (36.61 in) Signature: Signed lower right Condition: Good overall condition with minor age-related surface marks visible Frame: Frame included Origin: Spain Style: Traditional Mediterranean still life painting Period: 1990–1999 Subject: Fruit still life composition with melon grapes apples ceramic bowl Elegant Mediterranean still life composition featuring grapes, melon and apples arranged around a traditional ceramic bowl and tableware elements. The painting combines classical studio arrangement with warm tonal harmony typical of late 20th century Spanish still life painting, creating a strong decorative presence suitable for dining room, kitchen or hospitality interiors. Its large horizontal format and original frame make the piece immediately display-ready and particularly effective as a focal wall artwork. Traditional fruit still life paintings remain among the most versatile interior artworks for collectors seeking warm European atmosphere pieces. This composition follows the long European still life tradition shaped by Spanish masters such as Luis Meléndez and later Mediterranean studio painters working with structured tabletop arrangements and luminous fruit surfaces. The balanced grouping of ceramics and fruit echoes the decorative realism widely developed in Spanish studio painting during the late 20th century. Antonio Tarraso is a Spanish painter known for traditional Mediterranean still life compositions and decorative interior-oriented oil paintings. His work reflects the continuity of the classical fruit still life genre within modern Spanish studio painting. fruit still life painting kitchen wall art painting dining room wall art painting large still life painting spanish still life painting mediterranean still life painting vintage fruit painting...

Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Paddock at Deauville Lithograph, Modern Style, 1960, Unframed
Paddock at Deauville Lithograph, Modern Style, 1960, Unframed

Paddock at Deauville Lithograph, Modern Style, 1960, Unframed

By Raoul Dufy

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This original lithograph titled Paddock at Deauville by renowned French artist Raoul Dufy captures the lively atmosphere of the famous horse racing scene at Deauville. Dufy, who init...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

'Gloucester' — Mid-Century Modernist Watercolor

'Gloucester' — Mid-Century Modernist Watercolor

By Nathaniel Dirk

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Nathaniel Dirk, Untitled (Gloucester), watercolor, with fresh colors, on watercolor paper; in fine, original condition, with the artist's tack holes (barely visible) at the sheet edg...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

Celui qui dit les choses sans rien dire, Planche XXV
Celui qui dit les choses sans rien dire, Planche XXV

Celui qui dit les choses sans rien dire, Planche XXV

By Marc Chagall

Located in OPOLE, PL

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Celui qui dit les choses sans rien dire, Planche XXV Etching and aquatint from 1976. The edition of 225. Dimensions of sheet: 47 x 35 cm Dimensions in ...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Sumo Tournament - Woodblock Print by Utagawa Kunisada - Mid-19th Century

Sumo Tournament - Woodblock Print by Utagawa Kunisada - Mid-19th Century

By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

Located in Roma, IT

Sumo Tournament is an original Woodcut print realized in mid 19TH century by Utagawa Kunisada. Good condition and Beautiful colored woodblock print. This wonderful modern artwork represents Japanese Sumo...

Category

Mid-19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

36x48 "Star Wars" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art by Destro Unsigned
36x48 "Star Wars" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art by Destro Unsigned

36x48 "Star Wars" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art by Destro Unsigned

By Destro

Located in Los Angeles, CA

"The VHS" by pop Artist Destro. We all remember those iconic nights at the video store. Pop artist DESTRO once again encapsulates one of our favorite past times in a fine art con...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Bloom I - Floral Flower Abstract Mixed Media Oversized Artwork
Bloom I - Floral Flower Abstract Mixed Media Oversized Artwork

Bloom I - Floral Flower Abstract Mixed Media Oversized Artwork

By Sally K

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Gazing at Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s floral artworks is consuming and empowering. Inspired by the endless variety of beautiful flowers, she creates pop-realistic paintings t...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Oil Pastel

Landscape
Landscape

Landscape

By Marcel Emile Cailliet

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Landscape, 1940, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches, signed, dated and titled verso: “Marcel Cailliet ’40 – S.C.” and “Marcel Cailliet Landscape”; likely exhibited at the annual juried st...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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.