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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
Original Mardi Gras New Orleans 1978 festival serigraph poster
Original Mardi Gras New Orleans 1978 festival serigraph poster

Original Mardi Gras New Orleans 1978 festival serigraph poster

Located in Spokane, WA

Original Mardi Gras, New Orleans, 1978 linen-backed poster. Dressed up in what would be an American Indian costume with full headgear, he is holding a shield with a horse on it. Indian decoration on the footwear. Signed and numbered. I believe this has to deal with Big Chief leading his Congo Nation Mardi Gras Indian group. Zulu Parade. Many of the original Mardi Gras jazz posters...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Screen

"Artist at Work" - Portrait of the Artist in Oil on Canvas
"Artist at Work" - Portrait of the Artist in Oil on Canvas

"Artist at Work" - Portrait of the Artist in Oil on Canvas

By Christine Chatwell

Located in Soquel, CA

"Artist at Work" - Portrait of the Artist in Oil on Canvas Figurative painting of an artist at work by Christine Chatwell (American, 20th Century). Presented in a blue wooden frame....

Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Memory of Flowering Ages
Memory of Flowering Ages

Memory of Flowering Ages

Located in Zofingen, AG

‘Memory of Flowering Ages’ is a painting that explores the idea of fragility and continuity of cultural layers through the image of a flower. Its petals, filled with a depth of hues ...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Spectre HQ - James Bond Thunderball Hollywood Movie Film Ken Adam Set Design

Spectre HQ - James Bond Thunderball Hollywood Movie Film Ken Adam Set Design

Located in Brighton, GB

A view of the vast and extensive film set of the James Bond film 'You Only Live Twice' (1966). The set was designed by Ken Adam and structured to represent the inside secret base o...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Penwortham Church - Etching by Joseph Banks - 1837

Penwortham Church - Etching by Joseph Banks - 1837

Located in Roma, IT

Penwortham Church is an artwork, realized by the artist Joseph Banks in 1837. Colored etching, titled and signed in the plate. Beautiful engraving with contemporary colouring. Edit...

Category

1830s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Jonah
Jonah

Sadao WatanabeJonah, 1959

$1,200Sale Price|20% Off

Jonah

By Sadao Watanabe

Located in Santa Monica, CA

SADAO WATANABE (Japanese 1913-1996) JONAH, 1959 Color stencil, signed, numbered and dated in white ink. Sheet, 25 5/8 x 22 5/8 inches. Edition: 44/50. Good color and generally good ...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut, Stencil

El Torso Bronze Sculpture of Female, Modern, 2000-2009
El Torso Bronze Sculpture of Female, Modern, 2000-2009

El Torso Bronze Sculpture of Female, Modern, 2000-2009

Located in Zofingen, AG

"El Torso" Bronze Sculpture. The sculpture is dedicated to female beauty and grace. The author portrayed a beautiful girl who is a little shy about her nakedness. Her body is stylize...

Category

Early 2000s Modern Art

Materials

Marble, Metal, Bronze

Returning to the Stable.
Returning to the Stable.

Returning to the Stable.

By Edmund Blampied

Located in Plano, TX

Returning to the Stable. 1920. Drypoint. Appleby 64. 8 3/4 x 12 1/4 (sheet 11 7/16 x 16 1/8). Edition 100. A rich impression printed on cream laid paper wi...

Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Picasso Ceramic, Visage (A.R. 288)
Picasso Ceramic, Visage (A.R. 288)

Picasso Ceramic, Visage (A.R. 288)

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Madrid, ES

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Visage (A.R. 288) stamped and marked 'Edition Picasso / Madoura Plein Feu / Edition Picasso / Madoura' (underneath) white earthenware ceramic pitcher with c...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Ceramic

Make Fast, Plate 2.
Make Fast, Plate 2.

Make Fast, Plate 2.

By Arthur John Trevor Briscoe

Located in Plano, TX

Make Fast, plate 2. 1929. Etching. Laver catalog number 146; Hurst catalog number 258. Plate: 14 3/8 x 9 13/16 (sheet 17 5/8 x 11 3/4). Trial proof 2, before the edition or 75. Ill...

Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

'Avalon South' —— Mid-Century Modernism
'Avalon South' —— Mid-Century Modernism

'Avalon South' —— Mid-Century Modernism

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Morris Blackburn, 'Avalon South', wood engraving, 1951, edition 30. Signed, titled, and numbered '12/30' in pencil. A fine black impression on cream wove Japan paper, with wide margins (1 3/8 to 2 1/4 inches), in excellent condition. Archivally sleeved, unmatted. Image size 5 x 7 inches (127 x 178 mm); sheet size 8 5/8 x 10 7/8 inches (219 x 276 mm). ABOUT THE ARTIST Morris Blackburn was a prominent painter, printmaker, and graphic artist, as well as a respected teacher at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Born in Philadelphia, where he spent most of his career, Blackburn was a descendant of the notable colonial portrait artist Joseph J. Blackburn (c. 1700–1780). He developed an interest in art early on and studied architectural drawing at the Philadelphia Trade School. In 1922, he took classes at the Graphic Sketch Club and later attended the School of Industrial Art. While working for the well-known Philadelphia furniture designer Oscar Mertz, he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1925 to 1929. During his studies, he learned painting from Henry Bainbridge McCarter...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

Wild Horses
Wild Horses

Wild Horses

Located in Atlanta, GA

A passion for horses, equestrian pursuits, and painting define Brooke Major's life and career. A native of Atlanta, GA, Brooke Major has been living and working as a professional art...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Barge Toiler -Mid 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Plaster Depression-Era Sculpture
Barge Toiler -Mid 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Plaster Depression-Era Sculpture

Barge Toiler -Mid 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Plaster Depression-Era Sculpture

By Max Kalish

Located in New York, NY

"Barge Toiler" by Max Kalish is a Mid 20th Century modern Depression-Era sculpture from his Labor series. The WPA era work is made of plaster. Max Kalish (1891 – 1945) Barge Toiler 12 x 8”x 4 inches Patinated plaster Signed and monogramed BIO Born in Poland March 1, 1891, figurative sculptor Max Kalish came to the United States in 1894, his family settling in Ohio. A talented youth, Kalish enrolled at the Cleveland Institute of Art as a fifteen-year-old, receiving a first-place award for modeling the figure during studies with Herman Matzen. Kalish went to New York City following graduation, studying with Isidore Konti and Herbert Adams...

Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Plaster

Omaggio To Picasso Murano Glass Sculpture
Omaggio To Picasso Murano Glass Sculpture

Omaggio To Picasso Murano Glass Sculpture

By Walter Furlan

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

Omaggio To Picasso Murano Glass Sculpture Artist signed and titled 16"h15.5wx15d Walter Furlan was born (1931-2018) in Chioggia, a small town near Venice. He started to work in a f...

Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Blown Glass

L'Axis Male - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771

L'Axis Male - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771

Located in Roma, IT

L'Axis Male is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771. The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du R...

Category

1770s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Beyon The Pale I, Jewish, Native American Symbolist Painting
Beyon The Pale I, Jewish, Native American Symbolist Painting

Beyon The Pale I, Jewish, Native American Symbolist Painting

By Susan Miller Simon

Located in Surfside, FL

Genre: Modern Subject: Abstract Medium: Mixed Media Surface: Paper Dimensions: 19 1/2" x 19 1/2" Dimensions w/Frame: 29 1/4" x 29 1/4" Simon, an award-winning mixed media artist ...

Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Cubist Landscape And Architectural Scene With Figures And Arches
Cubist Landscape And Architectural Scene With Figures And Arches

Cubist Landscape And Architectural Scene With Figures And Arches

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Cubist Landscape And Architectural Scene With Figures And Arches Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 14.5 x 21.5 inches (height x width) Pr...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

Israeli Surrealist Judaica Abstract Lithograph Naftali Bezem
Israeli Surrealist Judaica Abstract Lithograph Naftali Bezem

Israeli Surrealist Judaica Abstract Lithograph Naftali Bezem

By Naftali Bezem

Located in Surfside, FL

Naftali Bezem (Hebrew: נפתלי בזם‎‎; born November 27, 1924) is an Israeli painter, muralist, and sculptor. Bezem was born in Essen, Germany, in 1924. His early adolescence was spent...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Paul Klee, Winter Journey, from 12 Watercolors, 1964 (after)
Paul Klee, Winter Journey, from 12 Watercolors, 1964 (after)

Paul Klee, Winter Journey, from 12 Watercolors, 1964 (after)

By Paul Klee

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Paul Klee (1879–1940), titled Winterreise (Winter Journey), from the folio Paul Klee, 12 aquarelles (Paul Klee, Twelve Watercolors), origi...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

'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

1970 Tokio Mayashita-Rainy Street Woodblock Mid Century Modern
1970 Tokio Mayashita-Rainy Street Woodblock Mid Century Modern

1970 Tokio Mayashita-Rainy Street Woodblock Mid Century Modern

By Tokio Mayashita

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Limited edition woodblock print in colors seated in a black metal frame behind glass with a front profile of 1/4 inch and a side profile of 1 1/4 inch. Hand signed and numbered out o...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

In the Poppy Field - Original Lithograph Signed
In the Poppy Field - Original Lithograph Signed

In the Poppy Field - Original Lithograph Signed

By Yves Ganne

Located in Paris, IDF

Yves GANNE (1931-2019) In the Poppy Field Original Lithograph Signed on pencil Justified EA (artist's proof) Numbered out of 35 copies On vellum Arches 76 x 54 cm (c. 29.92 x 21.25 ...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Modern art for sale on 1stDibs.

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