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.
Find a collection of modern paintings, sculptures, prints and other fine art on 1stDibs.
$2,152
Les Métamorphoses du Jour - Rare Book Illustrated by J. J. Grandville - 1869
Located in Roma, IT
Les Métamorphoses du Jour is an original modern rare book written by Various Authors and illustrated by Jean Jacques Grandville (Nancy, 1803 – ...
Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph
Paul Klee - Vintage Exhibition Poster - Offset Print after Paul Klee - 1979
By Paul Klee
Located in Roma, IT
Paul Klee - Vintage Exhibition Poster is an offset print realized in 1979. Good conditions except for some foldings. The poster is realized for an exhibition in Rome in Palazzo Pal...
Offset
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
Grace Martin Taylor (Frame), (Town View), 1930, pastel, signed
Located in New York, NY
West Virginia native Grace Martin Taylor, artist for the brightly colored pastel (TownView), attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Art S...
Pastel
Cuban signed limited edition original art print silkscreen 17x23 in.
Located in Miami, FL
Oscar Carballo Pérez (Cuba, 1951) 'Untitled (from Porfolio Grabados Cubanos)', 1978 silkscreen on paper Canson 320 g. 17.6 x 23.6 in. (44.6 x 59.8 cm.) Edition of 200 ID: CAO-302 Han...
Paper, Screen
Oriental Scene - Oil Paint by Giulio Rosati - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oriental scene is an orientalist artwork realized by Giulio Rosati (1857 – 1917) . The artwork depicts an oriental palace with lady and horse rider in l...
Oil
$98Sale Price|75% Off
La Seine a Paris (75% OFF LIST PRICE FOR A LIMITED TIME, FRAMING OPTIONS AVAIL)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Richard Florsheim La Seine a Paris 1964 Original Color Lithograph on Velin d'Arches Size: 10x7.375in Edition: 2,000 Annotated verso Unsigned as issued Publisher: Mourlot, Paris Print...
Vellum, Lithograph
Portrait of Boy - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1927ca
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Charcoal, watercolor and pencil with wash on paper. An accomplished and sensitive study by Mino Maccari, presenting multiple views and details of a young boy’s head, rendered with a...
Paper, Ink
Abstract Landscape 1954 American Modernist from Paul Rosenberg Gallery
By Raymond Mintz
Located in Surfside, FL
Label verso from Paul Rosenberg Gallery. (this was 600$ in 1954!) 18 X 26 without frame. 19 X 27.75 with frame Raymond was born in Clifton, New Jersey, in 1925, of German descent. ...
Oil, Board
'Dockside' — Mid-Century Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Alex Minewski, 'Dockside', gouache on paper, 1953. Signed in the image, lower left. Annotated 'April 1953, Minewski, ‘Dock Side’, verso. A fine, modernist re...
Gouache
$716Sale Price|44% Off
Wassily Kandinsky, Lightness, from Derriere le miroir, 1965 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), titled Leichtes (Lightness), from the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 118, originates from the 1960 edition published by ...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Wifredo Lam, Figure, from XXe siecle, 1974
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Wifredo Lam (1902–1982), titled Personnage (Figure), from the album XXe siecle, Nouvelle serie, XXXVIe Annee, No. 42, originat...
Lithograph
$1,256Sale Price|20% Off
Butterfly by Paul Delapoterie - Oil on wood 49x63 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Paul Delapoterie, born in 1930, is a painter from Geneva, Switzerland. His work spans various styles, including abstract landscapes, figurative portraits, and surrealist pieces. Know...
Wood, Oil
Constelaciones A (1/30)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rocca Luis César Constelaciones A, 2023 Serigraph in seven colors 21.70 x 27.60 in Edition of 30 This serigraph (silkscreen or screen print) is part ...
Screen
$1,656Sale Price|20% Off
Busy Beach Summer with Figures on Sand Contemporary French Modernist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Summer on the Beach Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020) signed oil painting on canvas 20 x 24 inches. All the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come from the artis...
Canvas, Oil
Happy Marilyn (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Happy Marilyn (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images) American film star Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) outside her home at Englefield Green. A...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
$1,295
Original Pablo Picasso, Claude Portrait Lithograph Print, 1950, Limited Edition
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Claude Medium: Lithograph Date: 1950 Edition: 2000 Frame Size: 20 3/4" x 18" Sheet Size: 12 3/4" x 9 3/4" Reference: Cramer 60
Lithograph
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Autumn Streetwalk
Located in Bristol, GB
AUTUMN STREETWALK Oil on board Size: 55 x 49 cm (including frame) A vibrant mid-century modernist street scene composition, executed in oil onto board. The artwork portrays a pathw...
Oil, Board
Vintage American Modernist "Shoe, Brush, Donut" Framed Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Oil, Canvas
$620Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Impressionist Framed Winter Signed Snowy Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Circa 1930 American school winter impressionist landscape painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed verso. Image size, 16 by 20 inches.
Canvas, Oil
Tide Pools 41 - Contemporary Shiny Resin Minimalist Abstract Artwork on Wood
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...
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
French Modernist Still Life with African Masks and Sculptural Forms
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Modernist Still Life with African Masks and Sculptural Forms Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 19.5 x 24 inches (height x width) P...
Gouache
$850
Impressionist City Scene Painting in the Manner of Fernando Botero
Located in Plainview, NY
A lovely small oil on canvas painting in the style of the legendary artist Fernando Botero ( Columbian, 1932) showing people in large figures, "Boterismo...
Canvas, Oil
"Woodstock Landscape" Albert Heckman, American Modernist, Atmospheric Valley
Located in New York, NY
Albert Heckman Woodstock Landscape Oil on board 10 x 8 inches Albert Heckman was born in Meadville, Western Pennsylvania, 1893. He went to New York City to try his hand at the art ...
Oil, Board
$956Sale Price|20% Off
Gerald Cooper, Striped Lily, S.P.12., from School Prints Ltd., 1946 (after)
By Gerald Cooper
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Gerald Cooper (1898–1975), titled Striped Lily, S.P.12., originates from the School Prints Ltd. series, published by School Prints Ltd., London, under...
Lithograph
Tree Woodland In Circular Meadow British Modernist Pastel and Pencil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel and pencil sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 3.75 x 4.5 inches provenance: private collection, Cotsw...
Pastel, Pencil
Landscape - Etching by Paulette Humbert - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on paper realized by Paulette Humbert in the mid-20th Century. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. One of 10 Artist's Proofs. Very good condition.
Etching
MB 806 (Figurative Charcoal Drawing on Paper of Two Muscular Male Nudes)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative nude drawing made with graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper 30 x 19 inches unframed This unique life study drawing of two male nude models was made by Mark...
Archival Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
Polish Jewish Art, The Rabbi, Judaica Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Konstanty Swewczenko (1910-1991), signed oil Judaica Oil Painting, Polish. Konstantin Shevchenko studied at the Institute of Fine Arts in Warsaw in the years 1927 - 1928. Then, in 19...
Canvas, Oil
$1,600
A Captivating, Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Standing Female Nude Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Captivating, Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Standing Female Nude Model. A painting of wonderful color and patterned forms. Painted in the 1960s, this wonderful "Mod" studio sce...
Canvas, Oil
Interior of a House - Drawing by Suzanne Soutra - 1931
Located in Roma, IT
Pencil and watercolor drawing realized by Suzanne Soutra in the mid-20th Century. Not signed. Good condition.
Pencil, Watercolor
Kabuki Scene - Woodblock Print by Utagawa Kunisada - Mid-19th Century
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Roma, IT
Kabuki Scene is an original Woodcut print realized in mid 19th century after Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). Good condition and Beautiful colored woodblock print. This wonderful mo...
Woodcut
$1,769Sale Price|20% Off
Mediterranean Coastal Landscape Oil Painting, Costa Brava Begur Seascape Spain
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Original oil on canvas by Jordi Rosich Rojas representing Cala Aiguafreda in Begur, Costa Brava. A luminous Mediterranean coastal landscape with turquoise water, rocky shoreline and ...
Oil
Nude - Watercolor by Jean Delpech - Mid 20th century
By Jean Delpech
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in watercolor, realized in the Mid-20th Century by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). Good conditions. Jean-Raymond Delpech (1988-1916) is a French painter, eng...
Watercolor
$311Sale Price|20% Off
Untitled Composition (Catalan, Surrealism, Spanish Modern Art)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Ponc Untitled Composition from "Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona at Redfern Gallery, London" Original Color Lithograph Year: 1979 Edition: 100 Size: 10 x 7.325 inches (25.4 × 18....
Archival Paper, Lithograph
$235
A Finely Drawn 1930s Modern Art Deco Figure Study, Standing Male Nude Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Finely Drawn, 1930s Art Deco Modern Figure Study of a Standing Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An early charcoal drawing by Haydon demon...
Paper, Charcoal
Woman with a rose - Original lithograph, Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Pierre GARCIA-FONS Woman with a rose Original lithograph Signed in pencil Justified Ep. d'Artiste (artist proof) On vellum 76 x 53 cm (c. 29.9 x 20.8 inch) Very good condition, lit...
Lithograph
$1,760Sale Price|20% Off
“Lithograph 3”
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Original colored lithograph, hand signed by the artist Narc Chagall lower right middle. Sight size is 13.75 by 10 inches. This was the cover for Lithograph 3 published by Mourlot in...
Archival Paper, Lithograph
Haitian Market
By Maurice Guerre
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Haitian Market" c.1990, is an oil painting on canvas by Haitian artist Maurice Guerre, b.1947. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size is ...
Oil
Soldier - Lithograph by Alphonse de Neuville - 1883
Located in Roma, IT
Soldier is an lithograph realized by Alphonse de Neuville in 1883. Signed on Plate. Good conditions. The Artwork is depicted through soft strokes.
Lithograph
$4,000
American modernist mixed media painting by Charles Shepard Chapman
By Charles Shepard Chapman
Located in Colfax, CA
Exceptional American modernist painting by Charles Shepard Chapman. Charles Shepard Chapman, (1879-1962), was a supremely talented American artist. Born in New York, Chapman studied...
Mixed Media, Paper
$5,700
Tennis In The Bahamas Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tennis In The Bahamas 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957. Behind the ...
Archival Pigment
Cicada, Mid-century Figural Surrealist Cleveland School Painting, 1960s
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Medieval Heads, 1966 Acrylic on scintilla Signed and dated upper right 23.5 x 30 inches Condition: crease...
Watercolor
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
Soulages 'Ohne Titel - Untitled- Sans Titre (1955)' 2015- Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This limited edition print, created in 1955, is produced on thick, high-quality paper and is hand-numbered 32 out of 150 in pencil. It features a facsimile signature of the artist. T...
Lithograph
$4,900Sale Price|67% Off
Untitled (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn) (~67% OFF - LIMITED TIME ONLY)
By Irving Penn
Located in Kansas City, MO
Irving Penn Title: Untitled (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn) Medium: Glossy, fibre based paper Date: New York, circa 1949 Dimensions: 11 x 14 inches Stamped ...
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Blind Man's White Collage painting
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Surfside, FL
Mixed Media Collage Painting . signed and dated. Blindman's White Adja Yunkers b. 1900, Riga, Russia; d. 1983, New York Adja Yunkers was born Adolf Junkers on July 15, 1900, in Ri...
Mixed Media
$1,656Sale Price|20% Off
Bright & Cheerful French Modernist Signed Oil Still Life Flowers in Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Flowers in Vase Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020) signed inscribed verso oil painting on canvas 18 x 13 inches. All the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come fr...
Canvas, Oil
Peaceable Kingdom Jaguar with Two Rabbits Mid Century Modern Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Peaceable Kingdom Jaguar and Rabbits Mid Century Modern Painting Lively piece by Californian artist Ella Wharton Alluisi (b. 1912 d. 1996.) A Jaguar lays down with two rabbits that ...
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Erwin Blumenfeld, Solarized Hands, Electa Editrice, 1981 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Erwin Blumenfeld (1897–1969), titled Solarized Hands, originates from the 1981 folio Erwin Blumenfeld, Electa Editrice Portfolios. Published by Grup...
Offset
The Fishing - Original China Ink Drawing by E. Berman - 1938
Located in Roma, IT
The fishing is an original China ink and watercolor drawing on paper, realized in 1938 by the Surrealist artist Eugène Berman. Monogrammed and dated "E. B." in China ink on the lowe...
Ink, Watercolor
Figures Gathered In Village Woodland British Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figures Gathered In Woodland signed initials by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) oil painting on card stuck on paper, unframed overall size: 6.25 x 5.25 inches painting: 5 x 4 inches p...
Oil
The Bedside - Lithograph by Pierre Chaput - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Bedside is an original Original Lithograph by Jean-Pierre Chaput in the Mid 20th Century. Good condition. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes in a well-balanced comp...
Lithograph
The Flute Player, Lithograph by Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marc Chagall, Russian (1887 - 1985) - The Flute Player, Portfolio: Jacques Lassaigne "Marc Chagall", Year: 1957, Medium: Lithograph, Edition: 6000, Size: 9 x 15.25 in. (22.86 x 38.7...
Lithograph
Venice, Pair of Large Mid 20th Century Gouaches on Paper, The Piazzas
Located in Cotignac, FR
Pair of Mid Century colourful views of Venetian piazzas, watercolour and gouache on craft paper mounted on paper by Pierre Pruvost. The paintings are signed bottom right/left and tit...
Watercolor, Gouache, Paper
$975Sale Price|32% Off
Mid-Century Jon Blanchette California Farm Landscape Oil Painting, 1955
Located in Denver, CO
This mid-20th-century oil painting by acclaimed California artist Jon Blanchette beautifully captures a serene farmstead near Cabrillo, California, circa 1955. In this evocative land...
Oil
'Wild Pilgrimage' (Contemplation) — 'Story Without Words' Graphic Modernism
By Lynd Ward
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lynd Ward, 'Wild Pilgrimage', No. 26, wood engraving, 1932, edition not stated but very small. Signed in pencil. A fine, black impression, with full margins (1 1/16 to 3 3/16 inches), on tissue-thin cream Japan paper, in very good condition. A scarce, artist-printed, hand-signed proof impression before the published edition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Created by Lynd Ward for his narrative book of illustrations without words, 'Wild Pilgrimage', published by Harrison Smith...
Woodcut
Signs of the Zodiac - Drawing by Jacques Villon - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
Signs of the Zodiac, Taurus and Gemini is a modern artwork realized by Jacques Villon in 1937. China ink drawing on paper. Hand signed and dated on the lower margin. Vintage frame included in this rare artwork...
Ink, Paper
Boys In Paris from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius
Located in London, GB
Boys In Paris from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius 30 x 40 inches/ 76 x 101 cm paper size Printed 2022 Archival pigment print Framing and size options avail...
Color, Archival Pigment
$1,359
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Figurative Oil Painting - Afternoon Lesson
Located in Bristol, GB
AFTERNOON LESSON Oil on canvas Size: 82 x 70 cm (including frame) A outstanding mid-century modernist abstract figurative composition in oil, painted onto canvas by Swedish painter ...
Canvas, Oil
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel Du Cap Eden Roc - Supersize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel Du Cap Eden Roc Size 72x48" inches / 183 x 122 cm Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. (Photo by Slim Aa...
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace) and Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, Janu...
C Print