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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
The Medieval Army - Facsimile, Ltd /450
The Medieval Army - Facsimile, Ltd /450

The Medieval Army - Facsimile, Ltd /450

By M.C. Escher

Located in Paris, IDF

M.C. ESCHER (1898-1972) The Medieval Army, 2008 Facsimile after the original woodcut from 1938 Unsigned Numbered / 450 copies (the number you can see can be different) On vellum 45 ...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Color

Girl in Green

Girl in Green

By Donald S. Vogel

Located in Dallas, TX

Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure with his viewers. Vogel entreats us to "rejoice and celebrate each new day, knowing it...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Andre Masson, Caliban, from L'Atelier Mourlot, 1965
Andre Masson, Caliban, from L'Atelier Mourlot, 1965

Andre Masson, Caliban, from L'Atelier Mourlot, 1965

By André Masson

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph by Andre Masson (1896–1987), titled Caliban (Caliban), from the album Les Lithographies de L'Atelier Mourlot, Paris (The Lithographs of the Mourlot Workshop...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Large French Modernist Abstract Figurative Signed Oil Painting 1991
Large French Modernist Abstract Figurative Signed Oil Painting 1991

Large French Modernist Abstract Figurative Signed Oil Painting 1991

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Abstract Figure French School, signed and dated 1991 signed oil on canvas, unframed dated and signed verso canvas: 25.5 x 21 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: ...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Winter in Provence, Gouache on Paper, Modern Style, Signed, 1970s
Winter in Provence, Gouache on Paper, Modern Style, Signed, 1970s

Winter in Provence, Gouache on Paper, Modern Style, Signed, 1970s

By Raymond Debieve

Located in London, GB

'Winter in Provence', gouache on art paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1970s). There is both beauty and melancholy in this delightfully charming artwork. The artist's naive style is at odds with the refinement, poise and sophistication of the painting. Perhaps the artist was making a statement as well with the broken wall...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Gouache, Paper

Alex Katz 'Reflection 2'
Alex Katz 'Reflection 2'

Alex Katz 'Reflection 2'

By Alex Katz

Located in New York, NY

Alex Katz (born 1927) Reflection 2 2021 Archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper 47 x 39.5 inches (119 x 100.3 cm) Edition of 81/100 With flat plane...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Screen

Andre Minaux, Sandra, from L'Atelier Mourlot, 1965
Andre Minaux, Sandra, from L'Atelier Mourlot, 1965

Andre Minaux, Sandra, from L'Atelier Mourlot, 1965

By Andre Minaux

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph by Andre Minaux (1923–1986), titled Sandra (Sandra), from the album Les Lithographies de L'Atelier Mourlot, Paris (The Lithographs of the Mourlot Workshop, ...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Walk in a park - Watercolor on paper 18x20 cm
Walk in a park - Watercolor on paper 18x20 cm

Walk in a park - Watercolor on paper 18x20 cm

Located in Geneva, CH

Work on paper Unsigned work

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

Large Nude Male Torso Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base
Large Nude Male Torso Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base

Large Nude Male Torso Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

Nude Male Torso Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base Nicola Rivelli large bronze sculpture of a male torso mounted on a rectangular gray stone/marble base, artist signed on back lower ri...

Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Milan Cathedral (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant

Milan Cathedral (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Milan Cathedral (1960) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) The duomo or cathedral in the Piazza del Duomo, Milan, 1960. Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size:...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Portrait (Untitled)

Portrait (Untitled)

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Portrait (Untitled), c. mid 1930s, hammered copper, 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches Beryl McCarthy Wynnyk was a California-based painter, sculptor, and craftsperson. She studied at the Califo...

Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Copper

Large Vintage American School Modernist Nocturnal Cityscape NYC Painting
Large Vintage American School Modernist Nocturnal Cityscape NYC Painting

Large Vintage American School Modernist Nocturnal Cityscape NYC Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist New York Cityscape painting. Mixed media on board. Signed. Measuring: 25 by 32 inches overall. Signed. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

64x48" Elvis by Warhol" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography
64x48" Elvis by Warhol" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography

64x48" Elvis by Warhol" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography

By Destro

Located in Los Angeles, CA

"ELVIS BY ANDY WARHOL" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images. Archival photographic paper Framin...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

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

Posed Female Nude Pencil Detailed Sketch 20th Modernist Century Drawing
Posed Female Nude Pencil Detailed Sketch 20th Modernist Century Drawing

Posed Female Nude Pencil Detailed Sketch 20th Modernist Century Drawing

By Jacqueline Boisselot

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Nude Female Sketch by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century size: 19.75 x 11 inches pencil drawing on thin paper, unframed condition: very good and ready to enjoy provenance...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Pencil

A Serene 1940s, Modern Western Landscape Painting with Horses by Francis Chapin
A Serene 1940s, Modern Western Landscape Painting with Horses by Francis Chapin

A Serene 1940s, Modern Western Landscape Painting with Horses by Francis Chapin

By Francis Chapin

Located in Chicago, IL

A serene, 1940s Modern Western landscape painting with horses by famed Chicago artist, Francis Chapin. Accompanied with a handsome walnut brown stained wooden frame. Canvas size: 22 x 28 inches. Framed size: 25 x 31 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

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Palm Springs Party, 1970 - Kaufmann House Swimming Pool Palm Springs Villa
Palm Springs Party, 1970 - Kaufmann House Swimming Pool Palm Springs Villa

Palm Springs Party, 1970 - Kaufmann House Swimming Pool Palm Springs Villa

By Slim Aarons

Located in Brighton, GB

Palm Springs Party, 1970 - Kaufmann House Swimming Pool Palm Springs Villa by Slim Aarons This Portrait by Swimming Pool at Kaufmann House is a sister image to the now SOLD OUT edit...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

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

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

By Francis Chapin

Located in Chicago, IL

Perfect for your hockey enthusiast! A colorful, dynamic 1950s pastel on paper drawing of a hockey game by famed Chicago Modern artist, Francis Chapin. Image size: 9 x 12 inches. Matted size: 14 x 18. 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

Untitled Composition (Poligrafa, Redfern, Catalan, Landscape, 70% OFF - MUST GO)
Untitled Composition (Poligrafa, Redfern, Catalan, Landscape, 70% OFF - MUST GO)

Untitled Composition (Poligrafa, Redfern, Catalan, Landscape, 70% OFF - MUST GO)

By Joan Hernandez Pijuan

Located in Kansas City, MO

Joan Hernandez Pijuan Untitled Composition from "Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona at Redfern Gallery, London" Original Color Lithograph Year: 1979 Edition: 1000 Size: 10 x 7.325 inche...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

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.