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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
Vintage 20th Century Painting of Lush Green Ireland Village by Irish Artist
Vintage 20th Century Painting of Lush Green Ireland Village by Irish Artist

Vintage 20th Century Painting of Lush Green Ireland Village by Irish Artist

Located in Preston, GB

Vintage 20th Century Painting of Lush Green Ireland Village by Irish Artist, Liam Reilly Art measures 24 x 18 inches Frame measures 28 x 22 inches This stunning painting captures t...

Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Sailing in the Bahamas - Bahamas Resort Caribbean Landscape Photograph
Sailing in the Bahamas - Bahamas Resort Caribbean Landscape Photograph

Sailing in the Bahamas - Bahamas Resort Caribbean Landscape Photograph

By Slim Aarons

Located in Brighton, GB

Sailing in the Bahamas - Bahamas Resort Caribbean Landscape Photograph by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Sailing ...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

"Young Competitors" by MacGregor

"Young Competitors" by MacGregor

Located in London, GB

"Young Competitors" by MacGregor 11th August 1925: Three young competitors arriving at the courts for the Open Junior Lawn Tennis Tournament at Brockenhurst, Hampshire.. Unframed P...

Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White

Figure - Etching on Paper by Mino Maccari - 1950

Figure - Etching on Paper by Mino Maccari - 1950

By Mino Maccari

Located in Roma, IT

Figure is an original modern artwork realized the half of the XX Century by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989). Original Etching on paper. Hand-signed in p...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Cityscape
Cityscape

Cityscape

By Jean Carzou

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork "Cityscape" 1964 is a original colors lithograph on Arches paper by noted French artist Jean Carzou, 1907-2000. It is hand signed, dated and numbered 143/150 in pencil b...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

A Stylish Vintage 1940s Fashion Study, Design for Women's Lounge Wear
A Stylish Vintage 1940s Fashion Study, Design for Women's Lounge Wear

A Stylish Vintage 1940s Fashion Study, Design for Women's Lounge Wear

Located in Chicago, IL

A stylish, vintage, 1940s fashion study featuring elegant designs for women's lounge wear. Artwork size: 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Archivally matted to 16 x 12 inches. Provenance: Corn...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Palace of Fine Arts, Mid-Century San Francisco Landscape
Palace of Fine Arts, Mid-Century San Francisco Landscape

Palace of Fine Arts, Mid-Century San Francisco Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

Palace of Fine Arts, Mid-Century San Francisco Landscape Lively watercolor piece by Garrett Price (American, 1896-1979). A geometric, multi-colored background forms the foundation f...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Cuban Art Abstract Oil Painting Latin American Ramon Carulla Surrealist Folk Art
Cuban Art Abstract Oil Painting Latin American Ramon Carulla Surrealist Folk Art

Cuban Art Abstract Oil Painting Latin American Ramon Carulla Surrealist Folk Art

By Ramon Carulla

Located in Surfside, FL

Ramon Antonio Carulla (Cuban, born 1936). Oil paintings on paper. Titled "When Dreams Become Reality" Artist signature lower right. Title on verso. Retains original Joy Moos Gallery label. Sheet measures measures approximately 14 in. x 22 in. (paper). Framed 20.5 X 28.5 This painting is a mixed media with oil paint, on paper It is hand signed recto and signed and titled verso. An abstract naive, folk art, work depicting depicts colorful imaginative Surrealist figures. . Ramon Carulla, born in Havana, Cuba in 1936 moved to the United States in 1967. He has exhibited widely throughout the United States, Latin America and Europe. He has participated in personal and group exhibitions in Canada, Venezuela, Mexico and Spain and throughout the USA. Select Gallery Exhibitions: Lowe Art Museum (Coral Gables, Florida), The Museum of Fine Arts (Montreal, Canada), The International Monetary Fund (Washington, D.C.) The Art Expo (New York City). Select Awards: First Prize at the VI Graphic Biennial of Latin America (1983; San Juan, Puerto Rico), the Silvia Daro Dawidowicz Award for Painting (1980; Metropolitan Museum) the Samuel Golan Award (1982, Fine Art Auction Exhibition; CH 2, Miami, Florida). the Cintas Fellowship (Institute of International Education; United Nations, New York) SELECTED INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS 2005 Sonnet Gallery (Sarasota, Florida) 2000 Ramon Carulla: People and Places - Corbino Galleries, 1998 The Dreamers - Cuban Collection Fine Art (Coral Gables, Florida) 1997 The Immigrant Series – Metro-Dade Cultural Resource Center (Miami, Florida) 1996-96 Ramon Carulla: Works on Paper – PJorn (Hamburg, Germany) 1994 Ramon Carulla: New Paintings, Plates & Boxes – The Barbara Scott Gallery Rostros para recordar – Galería Traz (Mexico City, Mexico) 1993 Ramon Carulla, Exhibición Personal – Contemporary Art Museum (Panama) 1992 Ramon Carulla: Recent Work - The Barbara Scott Gallery (Bay Harbor, Florida) 1991 Cabinet Room – The Capitol (Tallahassee, Florida) 1988 Sofa & Hostage Series – Jay Moos Gallery 1987 20 Years After – Bacardi Art Gallery (Miami, Florida) 1985 Malcom Brown Gallery – (Cleveland, Ohio) Mask Series...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Oil

Backstage At La Scala (1948) Limited Estate Stamped

Backstage At La Scala (1948) Limited Estate Stamped

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Backstage At La Scala (1948) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) A chorus girl reads a movie magazine in a dressing room at La Scala opera house, Milan, November 1948....

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

The Umbrellas (Yellow) (FRAMED - BLACK OR WHITE - YOU CHOOSE - FREE US SHIPPING)
The Umbrellas (Yellow) (FRAMED - BLACK OR WHITE - YOU CHOOSE - FREE US SHIPPING)

The Umbrellas (Yellow) (FRAMED - BLACK OR WHITE - YOU CHOOSE - FREE US SHIPPING)

By Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Located in Kansas City, MO

Christo The Umbrellas (Yellow) (FRAMED - either black or white frame - you choose) Lithoserigraph Year: 1991 Size: 14.6 × 16.4 on 19.1 × 19.9 inches Framed: 20.5 x 20.5 x 2.5 inches ...

Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

"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

'Manhattan Old and New' — Vintage New York Cityscape
'Manhattan Old and New' — Vintage New York Cityscape

'Manhattan Old and New' — Vintage New York Cityscape

By Samuel Chamberlain

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Samuel Chamberlain, 'Manhattan Old and New', drypoint, 1929, edition 100, Chamberlain and Kingsland 81. Signed, titled, and numbered '81/100' in pencil. Titled and annotated '30.00' in pencil, in the artist's hand, bottom margin. Matted to museum standards, unframed. A superb, finely-detailed impression, with selectively wiped plate tone, on heavy Rives cream wove paper; full margins (1 1/2 to 2 1/4 inches), in excellent condition. The subject of the print is the lower Manhattan cityscape just before the Depression. Image size 8 3/4 x 6 13/16 inches (222 x 173 mm); sheet size 12 3/4 x 10 inches (324 x 254 mm). Impressions of this work are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Art and the Zimmerli Art Museum. ABOUT THE ARTIST 'There is something about the atmospheric vibrancy of an etching which imparts a peculiar and irresistible life to architectural drawing...A copper plate offers receptive ground to the meticulously detailed drawing which so often appeals to the architect'. —Samuel Chamberlain, from the Catalogue Raisonné of his prints. Samuel V. Chamberlain (1896 - 1975), printmaker, photographer, author, and teacher, was born in Iowa. His family moved to Aberdeen, Washington in 1901, and in 1913, Chamberlain enrolled in the University of Washington in Seattle, where he studied architecture under Carl Gould. By 1915, he was enrolled in the School of Architecture of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. With the United States' involvement in the First World War, Chamberlain sailed to France, where he volunteered in the American Field Service. In 1918, he was transferred to the United States Army to complete his tour of duty. After the war, he returned to Boston and resumed his architectural studies, which he eventually discontinued, working for a few years as a commercial artist. Chamberlain received the American Field Service Scholarship in 1923, which he used to travel to Spain, North Africa, and Italy. In 1924 he was living in Paris, where he studied lithography with Gaston Dorfinant and etching and drypoint with Edouard Léon, publishing his first etching the following year. In 1927, he studied drypoint with Malcolm Osborne...

Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Drypoint

'Bird Abstraction' — Mid-Century Modernism
'Bird Abstraction' — Mid-Century Modernism

'Bird Abstraction' — Mid-Century Modernism

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Stephen Harty, Untitled (Bird Abstraction), gouache, 1953. Signed and dated lower left. A fine, meticulously rendered, mid-century, modernist gouache painting, with fresh colors on 1...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

"Lunch Time" by Bert Hardy

"Lunch Time" by Bert Hardy

By Bert Hardy

Located in London, GB

"Lunch Time" by Bert Hardy Five British models eating lunch in their swimwear on a yacht on the Cote d'Azur. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7850 - Th...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White

36x48 "Goodfellas" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art Photograph Fine Art Signed
36x48 "Goodfellas" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art Photograph Fine Art Signed

36x48 "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

French Symbolist School (circa 1890–1910), Landscape with Meditative Figures
French Symbolist School (circa 1890–1910), Landscape with Meditative Figures

French Symbolist School (circa 1890–1910), Landscape with Meditative Figures

Located in Paris, Île-de-France

French Symbolist School (circa 1890–1910) Landscape with Meditative Figures Charcoal on paper (watermark “France” and “Ingres d’Arches,” circa 1890) 57 x 31 cm Provenance: Private ...

Category

1890s Modern Art

Materials

Chalk, Laid Paper

The Lonely Road by William Charles Palmer
The Lonely Road by William Charles Palmer

The Lonely Road by William Charles Palmer

Located in Hudson, NY

The Lonely Road (1940) Tempera on panel 12" x 16" 19 1/2" x 23 1/2" x 1 1/2" framed Hand-signed "Palmer '40" lower center. Provenance: Midtown Galleries, New York, NY (labels verso...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Tempera, Panel

Sculptures: Dark Interior
Sculptures: Dark Interior

Sculptures: Dark Interior

By Henry Moore

Located in London, GB

Lithograph on paper. Hand-signed and numbered by the artist.
 Paper size: 43 x 52 cm Framed 48.3 x 57.4 cm Edition of 75 Henry Moore’s prints are a vital aspect of his artistic lega...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Summer
Summer

Summer

By Edmund Blampied

Located in Plano, TX

Summer. 1914. Drypoint. Appleby 46. 6 7/8 x 4 7/8 (sheet 11 5/8 x 9 3/16). Edition 77. A fine impression printed on cream wove paper on the full sheet with deckle edges. Signed in pe...

Category

1910s Modern Art

Materials

Drypoint

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Floral by Blue
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Floral by Blue

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Floral by Blue

Located in Bristol, GB

FLORAL BY BLUE Size: 67 x 60.5 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A vibrant mid century modernist still life composition, painted in oil onto canvas. In this composition we see a l...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tete Flame, Modern Screenprint by Jacques Soisson
Tete Flame, Modern Screenprint by Jacques Soisson

Tete Flame, Modern Screenprint by Jacques Soisson

Located in Long Island City, NY

Jacques Soisson, French (1928 - 2012) - Tete Flame, Year: 1981, Medium: Screenprint on glossy stock paper, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: EA I/XX, Size: 30 x 22.2...

Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Screen

Three Lovely Kozo Inoue Pastel Prints, 1980s
Three Lovely Kozo Inoue Pastel Prints, 1980s

Three Lovely Kozo Inoue Pastel Prints, 1980s

By Kozo Inoue

Located in New York, NY

Kozo Inoue (Japanese, 1937-2017) Untitled, 1980 Lithograph Sight: 22 x 31 in. (Each) Framed: 34 x 42 1/2 x 1 in. (Each) Signed and dated 1980 lower right Inscribed lower left Kozo Inoue was a contemporary Japanese printmaker. Born in Osaka, he graduated from the Department of Art History at Keio University in 1960. During life, he worked during the winter months in the Izu Peninsula and Dordogne or Paris in the summer. He is known for his surrealistic silkscreen prints. His prints can be found in the Museum of Modern Art, Paris, Royal Library of Belgium, Modern Museum of Art Osaka and the Spencer Museum of Art, to name just a few. (Bio sourced from Ronin Gallery)

Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Harmonic Sounds" by Jules Courvoisier - Oil on Canvas - 95x71 cm
"Harmonic Sounds" by Jules Courvoisier - Oil on Canvas - 95x71 cm

"Harmonic Sounds" by Jules Courvoisier - Oil on Canvas - 95x71 cm

Located in Geneva, CH

Artwork sold with frame (114 x 93 x 6 cm) Jules-Ami Courvoisier was a prominent Swiss painter, illustrator, and poster artist, born in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1884. He studied under Ch...

Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

Target with Four Faces

Target with Four Faces

By Jasper Johns

Located in New York, NY

Created by the artist in 1979, the iconic Target with Four Faces is an intaglio print in colors on Rives paper. Hand-signed in pencil, dated, and numbered from the edition of 88, the...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Intaglio

Modern Nude Study of Red Haired Woman Seated in Chair
Modern Nude Study of Red Haired Woman Seated in Chair

Modern Nude Study of Red Haired Woman Seated in Chair

By Patricia Gren Hayes

Located in Soquel, CA

Modern nude study of woman seated in chair by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932). Red haired women with side view of same woman with asymmetrical composition circa 1970. Unsigned. Provenance: Purchased as part of larger collection of artist's work Unframed. Canvas size: 29"H x 29"W Patricia Gren Hayes (American, b. 1932) is a Bay Area Figurative & Feminist Art Movement artist who studied at Winnipeg Public Art School in 1950. She received early recognition in Museum and Gallery competitions and exhibitions and was awarded a Special Education in Art recognition by the Winnipeg Museum of Fine Art, and was awarded a scholarship to the Banff College of Fine Art. Further studies were at The University of Manitoba. She was a Member of Winnipeg Free Press Sketch Club and was a Cartoonist and paste-up for a French-English bi-weekly, in Eastern Canada; She studied outdoor impressionism in New York in 1960; in 1962, attended The California College of Arts and Crafts, and in 1976 B.A., U.C. Berkeley where she studied under Elmer Bischoff, David Simpson, Joan Brown, Felix Ruvolo, Yolanda Lopez and Vincent Perez. She started a freelance commercial art business in 1963; copyrighted a National Cartoon, 1976, and served as Exhibition Director for San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976-1978. She was a workshop instructor at the San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery, 1977-1985; and was Manager/Owner Stanton Art Gallery, Alameda, CA, 1976-1982. Solo Exhibitions: Berkeley Marina, 1974; Oakland Center for The Visual Arts, "Images of Women", 1979 Group Exhibitions: Oakland's Dept of Education, 1963, Studio One; Alameda County Fair, 1975, 1976, 1978; San Francisco Art Festival, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976, 1977, 1978; San Francisco Women Artists Gallery Exhibition, award winner - 1970, 1977, 1978; Hayward Bay Fair Art Festival, award winner - 1971; Capricorn Assunder Gallery, 1973; Oakland Art Festival, 1973, 1974; Alameda Art Association, 1978; El Cerrito...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Piriac-sur-Mer, Bretagne" by Claude Sauthier - Oil on Wood - 92x65 cm
"Piriac-sur-Mer, Bretagne" by Claude Sauthier - Oil on Wood - 92x65 cm

"Piriac-sur-Mer, Bretagne" by Claude Sauthier - Oil on Wood - 92x65 cm

Located in Geneva, CH

Claude Sauthier was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1929 and passed away in the same city in 2016. He studied at the Geneva School of Decorative Arts and initially worked as a graphi...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Wood, Oil

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