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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
Tall Sunspot 50 - Modern Resin Minimalist Purple Tone Striped Abstract Artwork
Tall Sunspot 50 - Modern Resin Minimalist Purple Tone Striped Abstract Artwork

Tall Sunspot 50 - Modern Resin Minimalist Purple Tone Striped 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

Johannes Itten 'Horizontal-Vertical' 1999- Vintage

Johannes Itten 'Horizontal-Vertical' 1999- Vintage

By Johannes Itten

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This rare exhibition poster was published by Achenbach Art Editions for the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf, Germany, as part of their Collection of European Masters ...

Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Offset

Icarus in the Stars - Screen Print
Icarus in the Stars - Screen Print

Icarus in the Stars - Screen Print

By Henri Matisse

Located in Paris, IDF

Henri Matisse (1869-1954) (after) Icarus Screen print Not signed On heavy paper 99 x 70 cm (c. 40 x 28 in) Excellent condition

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Screen

Felice Casorati "The Embrace" Signed Lithograph
Felice Casorati "The Embrace" Signed Lithograph

Felice Casorati "The Embrace" Signed Lithograph

By Felice Casorati

Located in New York, NY

Felice Casorati (Italian, 1883-1963) The Embrace, 1946 Lithograph Sight: 15 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. Framed: 23 1/3 x 18 2/3 x 1 in. Signed lower left, numbered lower right Felice Casorati (December 4, 1883 – March 1, 1963) was an Italian painter, sculptor, and printmaker. The paintings for which he is most noted include figure compositions, portraits and still lifes, which are often distinguished by unusual perspective effects. Casorati was born in Novara. He showed an early passion for music, but abandoned his study of piano after a serious illness, and became interested in art. To please his mother he studied law at the University of Padua until 1906, but his ambition to be a painter was confirmed in 1907 when a painting of his was shown in the Venice Biennale*. The works he produced in the early years of his career were naturalistic in style, but after 1910 the influence of the symbolists* and particularly of Gustav Klimt turned him toward a more visionary approach. In 1915 he had a solo exhibition at the Rome Secession III, where he showed several paintings and the first of his sculptures in varnished terracotta*. His military service in World War I began that year and lasted until his discharge from the army after the death of his father in 1917. In 1918, "intrigued by the decadent atmosphere of Turin with its sinister views", he settled there with his mother and two sisters. His works of the next decade typify, in their emphasis on geometry and formal clarity, the "return to order" then prevalent in the arts as a reaction to the war. Although many critics found his work cold, cerebral, and academic, Casorati achieved international recognition as a leading figure in this movement. Casorati himself wrote, in 1931: "In taking up, against me, the old polemic of classicism and romanticism, people rail against intellectualized and scholastic order, accuse my art of being insincere, and wilfully academic—in a word, of being neoclassical. ... since my art is born, so to speak, from within, and never has its source in changing "impressions", it is quite natural that ... static forms, and not the fluid images of passion, should be reflected in my works". Briefly arrested in 1923 for his involvement with an anti-Fascist group, Casorati subsequently avoided antagonizing the regime. Beginning in 1923, he opened his studio to the young art students of Turin, and to emerging Italian artists such as Quinto Martini and painters of the Gruppo dei Sei (Group of Six). In 1925, one of his students was Daphne Mabel Maugham, later his wife. One of his later students was the Italian painter Enrico Accatino...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co.
Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co.

Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co.

Located in Soquel, CA

Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co. Stately portrait of Franklin Atwood Park by Arthur Trevethin Nowell (British, 1862-1940). Park is sitting for a classical portrait, wearing a suit with a blue bowtie against a dark background. Of particular note are his glasses and moustache, both rendered with expert detail. Park was the VP and Chairman of the Board for Singer Manufacturing Company and Manager of the Singer Division in Scotland when the portrait was commissioned. We show a digital image of a photographic portrait of Franklin. Signed and dated "A T Nowell. 1922" Includes paper with biographical information on the sitter. Frame size: 37.5"H x 32.5"W Canvas size: 30"H x 25"W Arthur Nowell (British, 1862-1940) was born at Garndiffath, near Pontypool, and was the youngest of six children born to the Rev. John Nowell and his wife Mary...

Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Portrait of a Man in Love, 1951 - Original lithograph
Portrait of a Man in Love, 1951 - Original lithograph

Portrait of a Man in Love, 1951 - Original lithograph

By Françoise Gilot

Located in Paris, IDF

Françoise GILOT (1921) Portrait of a Man in Love, 1951 Original lithograph On Marais vellum 28 x 22.5 cm (c. 11 x 9 inches) REFERENCES : Catalog raisonne "Stone Echoes, Original Prints by Francoise Gilot, A catalog Raisonne", Mel Yoakum, #8 From the poetry portfolio "Pages d'Amour" by André VERDET, editions Raison d'être, 1951, printed by Mourlot in 366 copies. Françoise GILOT is a famous french painter...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Mathew 2 Archival Pigment Print, Signed, Limited Edition, Contemporary
Mathew 2 Archival Pigment Print, Signed, Limited Edition, Contemporary

Mathew 2 Archival Pigment Print, Signed, Limited Edition, Contemporary

By Ian Sanderson

Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona

An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Mathew 2 ‘ who was captured on film in...

Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...

Vintage Cortendorf Orange Black and Aqua Green Ceramic Vase, West Germany
Vintage Cortendorf Orange Black and Aqua Green Ceramic Vase, West Germany

Vintage Cortendorf Orange Black and Aqua Green Ceramic Vase, West Germany

Located in East Quogue, NY

Bright, boldly colored orange, black, and aqua green mid-century vase by Cortendorf. A beautiful, bold example of West German Art Pottery from the 1950s. It has its original maker's ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Ceramic

"Gypsy" by R. Luzio - Oil on Canvas - 72x96 cm
"Gypsy" by R. Luzio - Oil on Canvas - 72x96 cm

"Gypsy" by R. Luzio - Oil on Canvas - 72x96 cm

Located in Geneva, CH

Artwork sold with original but damaged frame (95 x 119 x 5 cm) No information about the artist

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Two Masts, Modern Screenprint by Biagio Civale
Two Masts, Modern Screenprint by Biagio Civale

Two Masts, Modern Screenprint by Biagio Civale

By Biagio Civale

Located in Long Island City, NY

Biagio Civale, Italian/American (1936 - ) - Two Masts, Year: 1984, Medium: Screenprint, Signed and Numbered in Pencil, Edition: 121/250, Size: 20 x 26 in. (50.8 x 66.04 cm)

Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Screen

Les Oiseaux de Nuit
Les Oiseaux de Nuit

Les Oiseaux de Nuit

By (after) Georges Braque

Located in Kansas City, MO

Georges Braque Les Oiseaux de Nuit 1964 Original Reproduction of a Gouache on Velin d'Arches Size: 10x7.375in Edition: 2,000 Annotated verso Unsigned as issued Publisher: Mourlot, Pa...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

"Helpful Dog" by General Photographic Agency

"Helpful Dog" by General Photographic Agency

Located in London, GB

"Helpful Dog" by General Photographic Agency Teddy the Dog holds onto child actor Jackie Lucas (1919 - 1983) by the tail of his golfing jacket as he tries to play a ball, which is floating in a river. A publicity still for the unreleased Mack Sennett comedy short, 'Rough and Ready', directed by William Campbell...

Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White

"HORSE TAMER" BRONZE SCULPTURE

"HORSE TAMER" BRONZE SCULPTURE

By John Bennett 1

Located in San Antonio, TX

John Bennett (Born 1952) Fredericksburg, Texas Artist Image Size: 22 x 39 across x 11 Medium: Bronze "Horse Tamer" John Bennett (Born 1952) John Bennett was designated Texas State Ar...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Bronze

"Elephant Family" Large original serigraph.
"Elephant Family" Large original serigraph.

"Elephant Family" Large original serigraph.

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Elephant Family" 1983 is an original large color serigraph on paper by noted American artist Leroy Neiman, 1921-2012. It is hand signed and numbered 63/300 in pe...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Screen

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Interior Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Interior Still Life Framed Oil Painting

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Interior Still Life Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed verso. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 25 by 31 inches overall. Handsomely framed. Ex...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Chamouni in der Schweiz - Original Lithograph - Mid-19th Century

Chamouni in der Schweiz - Original Lithograph - Mid-19th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Chamouni in der Schweiz is an original modern artwork realized in the Mid-19th Century. Original B/W Lithograph on Ivory Paper. Inscripted on the lower central margin in Capital L...

Category

Mid-19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Final Judgement" Large original colors lithograph.
"Final Judgement" Large original colors lithograph.

"Final Judgement" Large original colors lithograph.

By Guy Buffet

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "The Final Judgement" c.1990, is an original colors lithograph on paper by noted French artist Guy Buffet, 1943-2023. It is hand signed and numbered 188/350 in pe...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

“Abstract #3”
“Abstract #3”

“Abstract #3”

By Martin Rosenthal

Located in Southampton, NY

Original oil paint on heavy archival paper abstract by the American artist, Martin Rosenthal. Bold, vibrant colors. Signed lower left by the artist and dated 1964. Condition is very...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Archival Paper

Large Modernist French Landscape with Figures Sunbathing by the River Signed Oil
Large Modernist French Landscape with Figures Sunbathing by the River Signed Oil

Large Modernist French Landscape with Figures Sunbathing by the River Signed Oil

By Huguette Ginet-Lasnier

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

On the River Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020) signed and inscribed verso in a wooden frame oil painting on canvas framed: 29 x 37 inches All the paintings we have for sale b...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary 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

Modern art for sale on 1stDibs.

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