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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
Plaza Del Rey, Barcelona
Plaza Del Rey, Barcelona

Plaza Del Rey, Barcelona

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Large scale modernist painting by Spanish painter Jose Lapayese Del Rio, 1968. Titled "Plaza Del Rey, Barrio Gotico (Barcelona)" . Oil on canvas. Signed lower right and again verso a...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Bloom I - Floral Flower Abstract Mixed Media Oversized Artwork
Bloom I - Floral Flower Abstract Mixed Media Oversized Artwork

Bloom I - Floral Flower Abstract Mixed Media Oversized Artwork

By Sally K

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Gazing at Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s floral artworks is consuming and empowering. Inspired by the endless variety of beautiful flowers, she creates pop-realistic paintings t...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Oil Pastel

„Sleeping Beauty“ Title (Lobby Card) of Walt Disney’s Movie, USA 1959.

„Sleeping Beauty“ Title (Lobby Card) of Walt Disney’s Movie, USA 1959.

Located in Cologne, DE

Original American Title (Lobby Card) of Walt Disney’s Movie „Sleeping Beauty“, USA 1959. The Prince and the Sleeping Beauty in a forest together with some animals and in the backgrou...

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1950s Modern Art

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Color

Figure, Lithograph, Modern, 1957, Framed, Excellent
Figure, Lithograph, Modern, 1957, Framed, Excellent

Figure, Lithograph, Modern, 1957, Framed, Excellent

By Pablo Picasso

Located in OPOLE, PL

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Figure Lithograph from 1957. The edition no. 211/275. With Arches watermark. Dimensions of work: 44.5 x 33.5 cm. Publisher: Fernand Mourlot Éditeur, ...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Hidden Portraits XXIII, Acrylic on Board, Modern, Unsigned, Framed
Hidden Portraits XXIII, Acrylic on Board, Modern, Unsigned, Framed

Hidden Portraits XXIII, Acrylic on Board, Modern, Unsigned, Framed

Located in London, GB

'Hidden Portraits XXIII', acrylic on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing art professor fr...

Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Signed Vintage European Modernist Abstract Landscape GiltFramed Oil Painting
Signed Vintage European Modernist Abstract Landscape GiltFramed Oil Painting

Signed Vintage European Modernist Abstract Landscape GiltFramed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Handsomely framed in giltwood molding. Excellent condition, r...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Vintage Trompe L'Oeil Kitchen Cabinet Framed Still Life Original Oil Painting
Vintage Trompe L'Oeil Kitchen Cabinet Framed Still Life Original Oil Painting

Vintage Trompe L'Oeil Kitchen Cabinet Framed Still Life Original Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage realist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 18 by 41 inches overall, and 16 by 39 painting alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.

Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Still Life Signed Oil Painting
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Still Life Signed Oil Painting

Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Still Life Signed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American modernist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Measuring: 16 by 22 inches overall. In excellent original condition. Excellent condition, ready to hang a...

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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Black and White Photography, 1970s, 18, 1 x 22, 8 cm
John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Black and White Photography, 1970s, 18, 1 x 22, 8 cm

John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Black and White Photography, 1970s, 18, 1 x 22, 8 cm

Located in Cologne, DE

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as the mo...

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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Rock & Roll, Guitar)
B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Rock & Roll, Guitar)

B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Rock & Roll, Guitar)

By Kerry Smith

Located in Kansas City, MO

Kerry Smith Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2022 Size: 21x20in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1640 *Black frame with a mirror-glos...

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2010s Modern Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board

Antique view of Rome with an aqueduct spanning the Tiber
Antique view of Rome with an aqueduct spanning the Tiber

Antique view of Rome with an aqueduct spanning the Tiber

By Richard Earlom

Located in Middletown, NY

London: Boydell, 1810. Aquatint with engraving printed in sepia on cream wove paper with a partial 1805 watermark, 6 x 9 1/2 (153 x 242 mm); sheet 10 3/8 x 14 1/8 inches (264 x 360 ...

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Early 19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Japanese Print, Koi Carp - Signed Woodcut
Japanese Print, Koi Carp - Signed Woodcut

Japanese Print, Koi Carp - Signed Woodcut

By Mokuchu URUSHIBARA

Located in Paris, IDF

Mokuchu URUSHIBARA Koi Carp, c. 1930 Woodcut after on an ink drawing Signed with the artist's stamp On paper 30 x 24 cm (c. 11.81 x 9.44 in) INFORMATION : Engraving published by Mo...

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1930s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

"Final Judgement" Large original colors lithograph.
"Final Judgement" Large original colors lithograph.

"Final Judgement" Large original colors lithograph.

By Guy Buffet

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "The Final Judgement" c.1990, is an original colors lithograph on paper by noted French artist Guy Buffet, 1943-2023. It is hand signed and numbered 188/350 in pe...

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Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Mid Century Modern Original Abstract Figurative Oil Painting -Presence in Shadow
Mid Century Modern Original Abstract Figurative Oil Painting -Presence in Shadow

Mid Century Modern Original Abstract Figurative Oil Painting -Presence in Shadow

Located in Bristol, GB

PRESENCE IN SHADOW Size: 60.5 x 52.5 cm (including frame) Oil on board A compelling and emotive mid-century abstract figurative composition that presents a solitary seated figure r...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Colourful Flowers in Green Round Glass Vase British Modernist Oil Painting
Colourful Flowers in Green Round Glass Vase British Modernist Oil Painting

Colourful Flowers in Green Round Glass Vase British Modernist Oil Painting

By Irina Hale

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Bright Flowers in Vase by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) signed initials gouache painting on board unframed size: 6.5 x 6 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condition:...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

1950's Modernist Painting  -  French Landscape
1950's Modernist Painting  -  French Landscape

1950's Modernist Painting - French Landscape

By Bernard Labbe

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), stamped verso original watercolour/gouache painting on paper overall size: 13 x 19.75 inches condition: very good and re...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Old City Jaffa
Old City Jaffa

Old City Jaffa

Located in Surfside, FL

Pencil signed artists proof lithograph or serigraph. Shmuel Katz (Hebrew: שמואל כ"ץ‎) (August 18, 1926 – March 26, 2010) was an Israeli artist, illustrator, and cartoonist. A Holocau...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

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...

Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

Large Antique American Bahamian Young Woman Portrait Signed Rare Oil Painting
Large Antique American Bahamian Young Woman Portrait Signed Rare Oil Painting

Large Antique American Bahamian Young Woman Portrait Signed Rare Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Really rare and well painted portrait by Christine Walters Martin (1895-1982). Oil on canvas. Framed in a nice modernist molding. Signed. Artist Bio: Christine Walters Martin (1895-1982) Born and raised in Brooklyn, Christine Martin majored in art at Columbia University/Teachers College. She spent summers painting at the Woodstock Art Colony under the tutelage of artists there and continued her art studies at the Art Student's League in New York City. Over the years, her teachers included John Sloan, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Alexander Brook and John McFee. She also studied with Eugene Speicher, who recommended her for Portraits Inc, through which some of his own commissions came. Much later in life, in her 80s, Christine studied watercolor with Zoltan Szabo. Before marrying attorney George Martin in 1923, she taught art in the New York public schools for several years. During summers in the late 1920s, after having two daughters (Cynthia, 1924-2008, and Joan, 1927-2000), she went to Woodstock with her girls in tow, staying at the Hasbrook farm. In 1930, she and her husband purchased a stone house on Ohayo Mountain Road and lived there seasonally for 25 years. Among her closest artist friends in Woodstock were Emil Ganso, Florence Hardiman, Albert Heckman, Peggy Dodds, Joe Rollo, Henry Mattson, Mary Ellen Early, and Maud and Miska Petersham, along with Juliana Force (Whitney Museum). During many summers in Woodstock, Christine's daughters Cynthia and Joan kept up their serious piano studies under the tutelage of Vladimir Padwa and Inez Carroll. Known for portraits and landscapes, she was a member of the National Association of Women Artists and the National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, NY. Her work showed at the National Arts Club, Weyhe and Preston Galleries and the National Academy of Design in New York; the Pennsylvania Academy in Philadelphia; the Woodstock Art Association and Rudolf Galleries in Woodstock, Vermont's Dawson Grist Mill Gallery, and South Hampton College, among others. Her portraits, landscapes and still lives hang in hundreds of homes around the world. Information provided by Bunny McBride...

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1920s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Alongside
Alongside

Alongside

By Tod Lindenmuth

Located in Missouri, MO

Alongside, 1941 Tod Lindenmuth (American, 1885-1976) Color Woodblock Print 9 x 7 inches 19.75 x 14.5 inches with frame Signed Lower Right Titled and Dated Lower Left A founder of the Provincetown Art Association and one of the original Provincetown Printers, Tod Lindenmuth was a semi-abstract painter and graphic artist who did much to promote modernist styles. Although he was much influenced by Abstract Expressionism, his subject matter was realistic enough to be recognizable. He did linoleum cuts and was one of the first to work with that medium, and towards the end of his life, he experimented with collage. In the 1930s, he had commissions for the Public Works of Art Project and the Works Progress Administration. Lindenmuth was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He studied with Robert Henri at the New York School of Art in Manhattan, and in Provincetown with E. Ambrose Webster and George Elmer Browne. He first exhibited in Provincetown in 1915, and between 1917 and 1928 served on the jury for the Provincetown Art Association's 'First Modernistic Exhibition". He exhibited regularly with the Society of Independent Artists in New York. He married artist and illustrator Elizabeth Boardman Warren...

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1940s Modern Art

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Color

Flowers Polka Dot Background
Flowers Polka Dot Background

Flowers Polka Dot Background

Located in Zofingen, AG

Acrylic painting on canvas Size: 70 × 92 × 2 cm (unframed) This modern abstract acrylic painting features bold black flowers in minimalist vases set against a vibrant polka dot back...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Tide Pools 41 - Contemporary Shiny Resin Minimalist Abstract Artwork on Wood
Tide Pools 41 - Contemporary Shiny Resin Minimalist Abstract Artwork on Wood

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

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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.