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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
French Mid Century Still Life Bright Colourful Flowers in Blue Vase Oil Painting
French Mid Century Still Life Bright Colourful Flowers in Blue Vase Oil Painting

French Mid Century Still Life Bright Colourful Flowers in Blue Vase Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Flowers In Blue Vase French School, mid 20th century oil on board, unframed Board: 10 x 13.75 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: good overall condition, some su...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Autumn Sunflower, Intimate Modernist Still Life
Autumn Sunflower, Intimate Modernist Still Life

Autumn Sunflower, Intimate Modernist Still Life

Located in Genève, GE

Signed "Paul Buyssens" on the reverse of the painting. A poetic still life depicting a bouquet of sunflowers arranged in a simple ceramic vase. Painted in a warm and restrained pale...

Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

A Charming, Modern Maine Harbor Scene Painting, Lobster Traps & Fishing Boats
A Charming, Modern Maine Harbor Scene Painting, Lobster Traps & Fishing Boats

A Charming, Modern Maine Harbor Scene Painting, Lobster Traps & Fishing Boats

By Charles Turzak

Located in Chicago, IL

A Colorful, Modern Maine Coastal Scene Painting, "White Boat in Harbor" by Famed Chicago Artist and Printmaker, Charles Turzak (Am. 1899 - 1986). The painting depicts a vibrant, sunlit autumn landscape painting most likely painted near the quiet rural harbor town of Penobscot, Maine. The painting is acrylic on canvas, dates from the 1950s and has a great visual appeal- a perfect complement to any New England coastal home or summer cottage in Maine. Artwork size: 20 x 36 inches, accompanied with the artist's original, hand-painted frame (Framed size: 21 3/4 x 36 1/2 inches). Signed "Turzak", lower left; titled on artist's label on reverse. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Charles Turzak was one of Chicago’s greatest printmakers of the Art Deco-era. Son of a coal miner, Turzak was born in Streeter, IL in 1899. In 1920, Turzak won the first prize a cartoon contest sponsored by the Purina company and he used his prize money to enroll in the Art Institute of Chicago. Best known as a print maker, in the 1920s & 30s, he created woodcuts of many of Chicago’s most notable buildings, including the Merchandise Mart, Palmolive Building and the Old Water Tower, among others. In 1933, he was commissioned to create woodcuts of many of Chicago’s most iconic buildings to illustrate a guidebook called “All About Chicago” by John and Ruth Ashenhurst” that featured the upcoming Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago. During the 1933 World’s Fair...

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20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Fonte Nuova, Siena
Fonte Nuova, Siena

Fonte Nuova, Siena

By Joseph Pennell

Located in Middletown, NY

Etching with drypoint on lightweight Japon paper, 9 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches ( 247 x 250 mm); sheet 14 x 12 3/4 inches (355 x 324 mm), full margins. Signed in pencil in the lower margin. I...

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Late 19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Huge 20th Century British Naive Welsh Oil Painting Village Life in Winter Snow
Huge 20th Century British Naive Welsh Oil Painting Village Life in Winter Snow

Huge 20th Century British Naive Welsh Oil Painting Village Life in Winter Snow

By Ben Powell

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Winter in the Village by Ben George Powell, British contemporary artist signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 32 x 40 inches provenance: private collection of this artists work, UK ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sailing Boats in South of France Harbor Vintage French Oil Painting 20th Century
Sailing Boats in South of France Harbor Vintage French Oil Painting 20th Century

Sailing Boats in South of France Harbor Vintage French Oil Painting 20th Century

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Sailing Boats French School, 20th century oil on board, framed inscribed verso framed: 20 x 24.5 inches board: 17 x 21 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very g...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Acrylic

A Stylish, Vintage 1940s Fashion Design, Women's Dresses, Marshall Field & Co.
A Stylish, Vintage 1940s Fashion Design, Women's Dresses, Marshall Field & Co.

A Stylish, Vintage 1940s Fashion Design, Women's Dresses, Marshall Field & Co.

Located in Chicago, IL

A stylish, vintage, 1940s fashion study featuring an elegant design for women's dresses (day & evening wear). Most likely a design study for a print advertisement for the famed Chicago department store, Marshall Field & Co. Inscription reads: "Above- Irene Castle inspired this dinner gown...

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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil

Original Philips Infra-Rouge vintage poster  linen-backed
Original Philips Infra-Rouge vintage poster  linen-backed

Original Philips Infra-Rouge vintage poster linen-backed

Located in Spokane, WA

Original Philips Infra-Rouge vintage poster. Size: 23" x 31". Archival linen-backed French antique poster. It is archival linen backed and ready to frame. This fun kitchen poster...

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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Swan In A Car (1936) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print

Swan In A Car (1936) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print

Located in London, GB

Swan In A Car (1936) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) 6th April 1936: A tame swan named Leila is given a lift in the back of a car. Additional Info...

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1930s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

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...

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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Edgartown, Massachusetts, Harbor Scene
Edgartown, Massachusetts, Harbor Scene

Edgartown, Massachusetts, Harbor Scene

By Francis Chapin

Located in Grand Rapids, MI

Francis Chapin (American, 1899-1965) Signed: Francis Chapin (lower, right) " Edgartown ", circa 1950s (titled on paper verso) Watercolor on paper Image Size: 15" x 22" Housed in...

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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Original The French Riviera (Cote d'Azur) French Railways vintage travel poster
Original The French Riviera (Cote d'Azur) French Railways vintage travel poster

Original The French Riviera (Cote d'Azur) French Railways vintage travel poster

By Jules Cavailles

Located in Spokane, WA

Original vintage travel advertising poster for the FRENCH RIVIERA FRENCH NATIONAL RAILROADS SNCF (French National Railways) - the French Riviera. (Cote D'Azur, known as the French Riviera) The image features people looking out towards a marina full of sailing boats. Colorful artwork by the French painter Jules Cavailles (1901-1977). Printed by Perceval, Paris in 1953. Mid-Century Modern. Grade A- This is the English version of the poster compared to the design created for Cote d'Azur. The English version is much rarer (both are rare today). The poster gives the impression of a naive painting at this Mediterranean beach and seaport. Step into a world of timeless elegance and sunlit dreams with this exquisite French Riviera Vintage...

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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Mid Century Modern Jazz Ensemble -- The Band Box Quartet, Signed
Mid Century Modern Jazz Ensemble -- The Band Box Quartet, Signed

Mid Century Modern Jazz Ensemble -- The Band Box Quartet, Signed

Located in Soquel, CA

Mid Century Modern Jazz Quartet Figurative -- "The Band Box" Signed A vivid, mid-century modernist interpretation of a jazz ensemble by Louis M. Centofanti (American, 1921-2018). "B...

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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

De Piero a Picasso
De Piero a Picasso

De Piero a Picasso

By Alvar Sunol Munoz-Ramos

Located in Atlanta, GA

This original oil on canvas is in excellent condition and and has only been shown in a gallery setting. The size dimensions do not include the frame. This item is signed by the arti...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Village Track In The Colourful Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
Village Track In The Colourful Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch

Village Track In The Colourful Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch

By Irina Hale

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condit...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Pastel, Pencil

Were the Light Stays
Were the Light Stays

Were the Light Stays

By Olena Kishkurno

Located in Zofingen, AG

shipped in roll “Where the Light Stays” captures the warmth of late summer — that moment when the sun grows softer, yet its radiance continues to live in everything it touches. The s...

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2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Original "Wonderful Copenhagen" vintage travel poster
Original "Wonderful Copenhagen" vintage travel poster

Original "Wonderful Copenhagen" vintage travel poster

Located in Spokane, WA

Original vintage poster: WONDERFUL COPENHAGEN created by the artist Viggo Vagnby. This antique poster is archival linen-backed, in excellent condition, and ready to frame. No da...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Lovers with a Bouquet of Flowers - Original lithograph SIGNED (Mourlot #1037)
Lovers with a Bouquet of Flowers - Original lithograph SIGNED (Mourlot #1037)

Lovers with a Bouquet of Flowers - Original lithograph SIGNED (Mourlot #1037)

By Marc Chagall

Located in Paris, IDF

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Lovers with a Bouquet, 1984 Original color lithograph Signed with the artist's stamp Justified EA (artist proof) On Arches vellum, 56 x 43 cm (c. 22 x 17 in) Authenticated by the artist's studio dry stamp REFERENCES: Sorlier / Mourlot catalogue raisonné...

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1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Figures Stood In Hay bail Corn Field British Modernist Pastel and Pencil Sketch
Figures Stood In Hay bail Corn Field British Modernist Pastel and Pencil Sketch

Figures Stood In Hay bail Corn Field British Modernist Pastel and Pencil Sketch

By Irina Hale

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel and pencil sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotsw...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Pastel, Pencil

Colourful French Interior View, The Artist's Atelier, Chez Marie Astoin
Colourful French Interior View, The Artist's Atelier, Chez Marie Astoin

Colourful French Interior View, The Artist's Atelier, Chez Marie Astoin

Located in Cotignac, FR

French gouache on card, an interior view of an artist's atelier by Claude Gemy. The painting is signed bottom right and is annotated, signed and dated to the back of the card. Prove...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

The King - Lithograph, 1997
The King - Lithograph, 1997

The King - Lithograph, 1997

By Jean-Michel Basquiat

Located in Paris, IDF

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) The King, 1997 Lithograph Printed signature in the plate On paper 76 x 56 cm (c. 29.9 x 22 in) Published by Galerie Enrico Navarra Authenticated b...

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1990s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

'Psycho' 1960 Original Vintage Lobby Card Unframed

'Psycho' 1960 Original Vintage Lobby Card Unframed

Located in London, GB

Psycho 1960 Unframed Original Vintage Cinema Lobby Card Extra Large 10x14" inches / 25x36 cm paper size Unframed (framing options available - please enquire) Condition: Excellent ...

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1960s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

The Window 379 - Contemporary Shiny Resin Minimalist Brown Yellow Tone Artwork
The Window 379 - Contemporary Shiny Resin Minimalist Brown Yellow Tone Artwork

The Window 379 - Contemporary Shiny Resin Minimalist Brown Yellow Tone Artwork

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

A Striking Post-War Modern Studio Figure Study, African-American Male Nude Model
A Striking Post-War Modern Studio Figure Study, African-American Male Nude Model

A Striking Post-War Modern Studio Figure Study, African-American Male Nude Model

By Walter Burt Adams

Located in Chicago, IL

A Large, Striking, Post-War Studio Figure Study of a Seated African-American Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990). A well executed, in...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Pastel

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