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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
Mulford Lane, Amagansett -Second Edition 1/10

Mulford Lane, Amagansett -Second Edition 1/10

By Gerard Giliberti

Located in East Hampton, NY

Second Edition 1/10 Printed to Order Also available in 20"x30" . Photo taken in Amagansett NY *Photography: U Wash Truck, Death Valley and Mulford Lane, Amagansett 2012 have been...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Xie Kitchin as Dane - Vintage b/w Photograph by Lewis Carroll - 1873
Xie Kitchin as Dane - Vintage b/w Photograph by Lewis Carroll - 1873

Xie Kitchin as Dane - Vintage b/w Photograph by Lewis Carroll - 1873

By Lewis Carroll

Located in Roma, IT

Xie Kitchin as Dane is an original vintage photograph realized in 1873 by Lewis Carroll (Daresbury, January 27, 1832 - Guildford, January 14, 1898). Original albumen print on postcard; dimensions: 14 x 10 cm. N° 2132 "The Dane manuscript" was written by the author in pencil on the back. Provenance: Jeffrey Stern Bookseller York UK. Certificate of Athenticity: provided by the Original Gallery. Framed in a coeval frame. Mint conditions. Lewis Carroll (Daresbury, January 27, 1832 - Guildford, January 14, 1898) in 1873. This work depicts the figure of Xie (Alexandra) Kitchin as "Dane", a standing children with an elegant dress and headgear. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer of children's fiction, notably Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass. He was noted for his facility with word play, logic, and fantasy. The poems "Jabberwocky" and The Hunting of the Snark are classified in the genre of literary nonsense. He was also a mathematician, photographer, inventor, and Anglican deacon. Carroll came from a family of high-church Anglicans, and developed a long relationship with Christ Church, Oxford, where he lived for most of his life as a scholar and teacher. Alice Liddell, daughter of the Dean of Christ Church, Henry Liddell, is widely identified as the original for Alice in Wonderland, though Carroll always denied this. Scholars are divided about whether his relationship with children included an erotic component. In 1982, a memorial stone...

Category

1870s Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Antique American Modernist SunFlower Still Life Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Antique American Modernist SunFlower Still Life Framed Landscape Oil Painting

Antique American Modernist SunFlower Still Life Framed Landscape Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American school modernist still life painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a gold giltwood molding. Excellent c...

Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Mid Century Modern Swedish Expressive Landscape Oil Painting - Hillside Path
Mid Century Modern Swedish Expressive Landscape Oil Painting - Hillside Path

Mid Century Modern Swedish Expressive Landscape Oil Painting - Hillside Path

Located in Bristol, GB

HILLSIDE PATH Size: 54 x 70 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A soothing mid-century painting that presents a bold and simplified view of a vast landscape scene, executed in oil on...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Sunset
Sunset

Sunset

By John Marin

Located in London, GB

Maine became an important muse for Marin during his summer vacations, which is exampled in the present work ‘Sunset’. Marin first visited Maine in 1914, meaning ‘Sunset’ was one of h...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from Alternation, 1946
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from Alternation, 1946

Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from Alternation, 1946

By Jean Cocteau

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite etching by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Alternance (Alternation), originates from the 1946 edition published by Le Gerbier, P...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Engraving

Till It All Withers 3 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Men
Till It All Withers 3 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Men

Till It All Withers 3 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Men

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...

Category

19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Photographic Paper

Coffee Pot
Coffee Pot

Tom BingerCoffee Pot, 2018

$1,250Sale Price|34% Off

Coffee Pot

By Tom Binger

Located in Kansas City, MO

Tom Binger "Coffee Pot" Medium: Mixed Media Year: 2018, Signed Size: 18.25 x 11.25 x 2 inches Tom Binger finds it interesting that during a time in which th...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Metal

Jack the Ripper - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s

Jack the Ripper - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s

By Mino Maccari

Located in Roma, IT

Watercolor on paper. A striking and emblematic drawing by Mino Maccari, executed in fluid watercolour with brush, dominated by a vivid monochrome palette of red-pink tones. The comp...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

“The Crow”
“The Crow”

“The Crow”

Located in Southampton, NY

Original gouache and watercolor on brown archival paper of a standing crow in profile. Signed and dated lower right. Condition is good to very good. Colors of the bird are strong a...

Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Gouache, Archival Paper, Graphite

The Solar Woman, 1951 - Original lithograph
The Solar Woman, 1951 - Original lithograph

The Solar Woman, 1951 - Original lithograph

By Françoise Gilot

Located in Paris, IDF

Françoise GILOT (1921) The Solar Woman, 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

Masters of the Poster 1896-1900 Book, Lithograph, Modern, 1977 Edition

Masters of the Poster 1896-1900 Book, Lithograph, Modern, 1977 Edition

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This is a hardcover book titled "Masters of the Poster 1896-1900", published in 1977 by Images Graphiques, New York. The book serves as a tribute to the iconic series Les Maîtres de ...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Figural Composition Oil Painting
Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Figural Composition Oil Painting

Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Figural Composition Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist abstract figural oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 25 by 19inches overall. Handsomely framed in...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

'Little Girl' — American Modernism
'Little Girl' — American Modernism

'Little Girl' — American Modernism

By Milton Avery

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Milton Avery, 'Little Girl', drypoint, 1936, edition 60, Lunn 11. Signed, dated, and numbered '22/60' in pencil. A superb impression, in warm black ink with delicate overall plate tone, on off-white wove paper, with wide margins (2 5/8 to 4 1/8 inches); hinge stains on the top sheet edge, verso, otherwise in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 8 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (222 x 121 mm); sheet size 14 7/8 x 13 1/8 inches (378 x 333 mm). Collections: Cantor Arts Center, National Gallery of Art. ABOUT THE ARTIST "I never have any rules to follow; I follow myself." "I paint not by sight but by faith. Faith gives you sight." —Milton Avery 'His is the poetry of sheer loveliness.' —Mark Rothko in his 1965 eulogy to Avery. Milton Avery (1885-1965) is recognized as one of America's foremost modernist artists, renowned for his uniquely expressive style, evocative use of color, and captivating compositions. Growing up in a working-class family in Altmar, New York, Avery's early life was marked by the struggles and realities of rural New York. Despite lacking formal artistic training, he displayed an innate talent for drawing from an early age. In 1905, his family relocated to Hartford, Connecticut, where he worked various odd jobs while developing his artistic skills through self-study and experimentation. In 1915, he enrolled at the Connecticut League of Art Students, where he received formal instruction and began to refine his distinctive style. In 1918, Avery transferred to the School of the Art Society of Hartford and worked in the evenings so that he could paint during the day. He became a member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts in 1924. That summer in Gloucester, Massachusetts, he met the artist Sally Michael...

Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Drypoint

40x60 "Goodfellas" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art Photograph Fine Art Signed
40x60 "Goodfellas" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art Photograph Fine Art Signed

40x60 "Goodfellas" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art Photograph Fine Art Signed

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

Indian Dancer - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor
Indian Dancer - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor

Indian Dancer - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor

By Irene Pattinson

Located in Soquel, CA

Indian Dancer - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor A stoic, dark-haired woman in elaborate dress is sitting cross-legged in this illustration by Irene Pattinson (American, 1909-1999). Pattinson uses fine ink line detail and a vibrant pink watercolor for a splash of color. Signed at the bottom, "Irene Pattinson." Provenance: The Artist, Estate of Irene Pattinson: David Carlson; Estate of Larry Miller Fine Art, Robert Azensky Fine Art. Presented in a new white mat with foam core backing. Mat size: 16"H x 12"W Paper size: 11.75"H x 8.5"W Image size: 7.5"H x 6.5"W Irene Pattinson (American, 1909-1999) studied at the California School of Fine Art (now The San Francisco Art Institute), San Francisco State College and The Marion Hartwell School of Design. She was President of the San Francisco Woman Artists Association 1955-56. Provenance: The Artist, Estate of Irene Pattinson: David Carlson; Estate of Larry Miller Fine Art, Robert Azensky Fine Art. Solo Exhibitions: Lucien Labaudt Gallery 1955; San Francisco Museum of Art, 1961 (39 works). Selected Group Exhibitions: San Francisco Art Association Annual 1948, 54, 55; San Francisco Woman Artists, 1957-1960; Oakland Art Museum Annual, 1951, 58; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1960; Richmond Art Center, 1955, 56, 57, 58; San Francisco Art Institute 1959, 60. The Art Bank of the San Francisco Art Association, 1958, 59, 60, 62, 63; Winter Invitational, California Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1960; Fourth Winter Invitational, California Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1963. Awards: First Place, San Francisco Woman Artists Assoc., 1957, 1959; San Francisco Art Festival 1957;Literature: San Francisco Art Institute - A catalog of the Art Ban 1962/63; San Francisco and the Second Wave: The Blair Collection Exhibitions: 1963 The Art Bank of the San Francisco Art Association, San Francisco, CA 1963 California Palace of The Legion of Honor: Forth Winter Invitational, San Francisco, CA 1962 The Art Bank of the San Francisco Art Association, San Francisco, CA 1961 San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA 1960 California...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, India Ink, Watercolor, Pen

Three Women
Three Women

Three Women

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork "Three Women" is an oil on canvas board by renown Turkish artist Ali Demir, 1931-2015. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

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

First Class Travel feat. The Beatles - The Beatles English Pop Music Photograph

First Class Travel feat. The Beatles - The Beatles English Pop Music Photograph

Located in Brighton, GB

First Class Travel feat. The Beatles - The Beatles English Pop Music Photograph Two of the four Beatles are seen in a train carriage, one of whom is obviously Paul McCartney. They a...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

James Dean - American Cultural Icon Hollywood Actor Silver Gelatin Photograph

James Dean - American Cultural Icon Hollywood Actor Silver Gelatin Photograph

Located in Brighton, GB

James Dean - American Cultural Icon Hollywood Actor Silver Gelatin Photograph The iconic American actor James Dean poses for a photograph at a dinner. He wears a tuxedo and has a so...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Chouette Visage de Femme (A.R.144)
Chouette Visage de Femme (A.R.144)

Chouette Visage de Femme (A.R.144)

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 ...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Ceramic

Surreal Abstract Composition with Central Eye and Geometric Forms French Gouache
Surreal Abstract Composition with Central Eye and Geometric Forms French Gouache

Surreal Abstract Composition with Central Eye and Geometric Forms French Gouache

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Surreal Abstract Composition with Central Eye and Geometric Forms French Gouache Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 23.75 x 19.75 inches (...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

Lou Jacobs Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Clown with Giraffe

Lou Jacobs Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Clown with Giraffe

Located in Middletown, NY

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

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Montroig I, 1974
Montroig I, 1974

Montroig I, 1974

By Joan Miró

Located in Palo Alto, CA

Joan Miró’s Montroig I, 1974, is a vibrant and poetic expression of the artist’s late-career mastery, where spontaneity and control exist in perfect harmony. Drawing inspiration from...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Light Pastel Colour Abstract 20th Century Watercolour Painting
Light Pastel Colour Abstract 20th Century Watercolour Painting

Light Pastel Colour Abstract 20th Century Watercolour Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Pastel Abstract signed by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century size: 14.75 x 20 inches watercolour on artist paper, mounted in card frame condition: very good and ready to...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

STILL LIFE - Reptiles - Signed Facsimile, Ltd /450
STILL LIFE - Reptiles - Signed Facsimile, Ltd /450

STILL LIFE - Reptiles - Signed Facsimile, Ltd /450

By M.C. Escher

Located in Paris, IDF

M.C. ESCHER (1898-1972) Still life with reptiles, 2008 Facsimile after the original woodcut from 1943 Signed in the plate Numbered / 450 copies (the number you can see can be differ...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Color

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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.