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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
Morning Sunrise, Mid Century Laguna Hills Figurative Landscape
Morning Sunrise, Mid Century Laguna Hills Figurative Landscape

Morning Sunrise, Mid Century Laguna Hills Figurative Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

Beautiful mid century plein air figural landscape of Laguna Niguel, California by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). The morning sun glistens on the mountain tops and surrou...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Sunlit French Village Street with Red Roofs and Figures Post Impressionist Style
Sunlit French Village Street with Red Roofs and Figures Post Impressionist Style

Sunlit French Village Street with Red Roofs and Figures Post Impressionist Style

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Sunlit French Village Street with Red Roofs and Figures Post Impressionist Style Oil Painting French School, early 20th century signed lower right (indistinct) oil on board, unframed...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

A Vintage 1950s Pastel & Charcoal Drawing of a Hockey Game by Francis Chapin
A Vintage 1950s Pastel & Charcoal Drawing of a Hockey Game by Francis Chapin

A Vintage 1950s Pastel & Charcoal Drawing of a Hockey Game by Francis Chapin

By Francis Chapin

Located in Chicago, IL

Perfect for any hockey enthusiast! A dynamic 1950s pastel and charcoal on paper drawing of a hockey game by artist Francis Chapin. Artwork size: 9 x 12 inches; Matted size: 14 x 18 inches. Estate stamped on reverse. Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington and Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Pastel

Man with Necktie

Man with Necktie

By David Segel

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Man With Necktie, third quarter 20th century, oil on canvas signed lower right, 29 x 23 3/4 inches, titled verso, presented in a new frame David Segel was an American painter, scul...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pool Patterns, Nautical Abstract Seascape Triptych, Blue Cyanotype Print
Pool Patterns, Nautical Abstract Seascape Triptych, Blue Cyanotype Print

Pool Patterns, Nautical Abstract Seascape Triptych, Blue Cyanotype Print

By Kind of Cyan

Located in Barcelona, ES

This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition of a cyanotype. This beautiful triptych is called "Fresh California Pool patterns", which shows the semi-abstract movements of light reflecting in a California swimming pool. Details: + Edition Size: only 20 + Medium: Cyanotype Print on Watercolor Paper + Stamped and Certificate of Authenticity provided. + Measurements : 100x210 cm (40 x 84 in.) Each paper measures 100cm x 70cm (about 40 in. x 28 in.) each. , a standard frame size. + All cyanotype prints...

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2010s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

French Modernist 1970's Oil Painting Two Nude Females Beautiful Original Work
French Modernist 1970's Oil Painting Two Nude Females Beautiful Original Work

French Modernist 1970's Oil Painting Two Nude Females Beautiful Original Work

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title French Modernist Double Nude Study Figures Oil Painting 1970s Key Details Artist: French School, circa 1970s Medium: Oil on board Size: 25.5 x 16 inches Provenance: Private Fr...

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Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

1974 Vintage Mid-Century Interior Scene Cat Oil Painting - The Curious Encounter
1974 Vintage Mid-Century Interior Scene Cat Oil Painting - The Curious Encounter

1974 Vintage Mid-Century Interior Scene Cat Oil Painting - The Curious Encounter

Located in Bristol, GB

THE CURIOUS ENCOUNTER Size: 53.5 x 67 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A striking and lively composition, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1974. The canvas bursts with energ...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lancaster Castle - Original Lithograph - Mid-19th Cent

Lancaster Castle - Original Lithograph - Mid-19th Cent

Located in Roma, IT

Lancaster Castle 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 Letters:...

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Mid-19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

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

Celui qui dit les choses sans rien dire, Planche I

By Marc Chagall

Located in OPOLE, PL

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

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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

'Lolita' 1962 Original Vintage Lobby Card Unframed

'Lolita' 1962 Original Vintage Lobby Card Unframed

Located in London, GB

Lolita 1962 Unframed Original Vintage Cinema Lobby Card Extra Large 10x14" inches / 25x36 cm paper size Unframed (framing options available - please enquire) About the film: Lolit...

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1960s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

Mission Wall, San Ildefonso, NM
Mission Wall, San Ildefonso, NM

Mission Wall, San Ildefonso, NM

By Morley Baer

Located in Pacific Grove, CA

This print is signed in pencil on the front of the mount and stamped on the back of the mount. Despite Morley Baer’s adherence to the West Coast landscape tradition, his interests i...

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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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

"French Economy" by Bert Hardy

"French Economy" by Bert Hardy

By Bert Hardy

Located in London, GB

"French Economy" by Bert Hardy 14th June 1952: A young French girl holding a large loaf of bread while reading a sign about a possible decrease in bakery prices in the home town of ...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White

THE THAW
THE THAW

THE THAW

By William Seltzer Rice

Located in Santa Monica, CA

WILLIAM SELTZER RICE (1873 - 1963) THE THAW c 1915-20 Color woodcut, signed and titled in pencil. Image 8 7/8 x 12 inches, sheet 10 3/4 x 14 3/8 inches. On textured fibrous paper. V...

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1910s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Woodcut

"Phase 3" Wall Sculpture by Scott Troxel
"Phase 3" Wall Sculpture by Scott Troxel

"Phase 3" Wall Sculpture by Scott Troxel

By Scott Troxel

Located in Marmora, NJ

“Phase 3” by Scott Troxel is a minimalist wood wall sculpture that explores rhythm, balance, and repetition through a refined geometric language. Arranged in a vertical composition, ...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

A Large, Striking 1940s Modern Portrait of a Seated Young Woman in Green Blouse
A Large, Striking 1940s Modern Portrait of a Seated Young Woman in Green Blouse

A Large, Striking 1940s Modern Portrait of a Seated Young Woman in Green Blouse

By Walter Burt Adams

Located in Chicago, IL

A Striking 1940s Modern Portrait of a Young Woman by Notable Chicago Artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990). A large, well executed, figurative work by the artist, depicting a young woman fashionably dressed in a green blouse anddpatterned scarf seated in profile in a muted studio interior. Titled "Portrait of Ms. Anderson, Student at Northwestern U." the painting exemplifies the artist's adept and practiced skill at portraiture, and was completed at the painting class of the artist's friend and instructor, Arnold Turtle, in Evanston, Illinois Artwork size: 30 x 23 inches, oil on canvas, accompanied with the original Modernist frame (Framed size: 33 1/2 x 26 1/2 inches). Signed "Walter Burt Adams" and dated "46" lower right. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Walter Burt Adams was a dedicated painter of the American Scene and a singular personality among his peers in the Chicago Modern Art community. His no-nonsense manner, devotion to his craft and sardonic sense of humor characterize a man whose paintings capture life in and around Chicago between the early 1920s and the late 1970s. Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin just after the turn of the last century, Walter Burt Adams spent his childhood in Fargo, North Dakota and began his artistic education there through a correspondence cartooning class as a boy. After finishing high school in Fargo, Adams moved to Chicago in 1922 in order to enroll at the school of the Art Institute of Chicago. Adams’ instruction at the school with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pair of Battle Scenes - Oil Painting - 18th Century
Pair of Battle Scenes - Oil Painting - 18th Century

Pair of Battle Scenes - Oil Painting - 18th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Pair of Battle Scenes is an oil painting realized by an italian artist in 18th century. 110x85 cm each. Framed. Good conditions.

Category

18th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Japanese Print, Herons - Signed Woodcut
Japanese Print, Herons - Signed Woodcut

Japanese Print, Herons - Signed Woodcut

By Mokuchu URUSHIBARA

Located in Paris, IDF

Mokuchu URUSHIBARA Herons, c. 1930 Woodcut after on an ink drawing Signed with the artist's stamp On paper 32.5 x 22 cm (c. 12.59 x 8.66 in) INFORMATION : Engraving published by Mo...

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1930s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

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.