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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
Umbrella Man
Umbrella Man

Umbrella Man

By Peter Max

Located in Missouri, MO

Umbrella Man Peter Max (German, b. 1937) Signed Upper Right 19.75 x 20 inches 36 x 36 inches with frame Peter Max, born Peter Max Finkelstein, is a multi-dimensional artist focused...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Acrylic, Lithograph

Original Chile - Chilean travel poster
Original Chile - Chilean travel poster

Original Chile - Chilean travel poster

Located in Spokane, WA

Vintage 1960s Chile Travel Poster – Mid-Century Modern Wall Art Print Showcasing Historic Architecture and a Fountain Scene. Archival linen backed and in Grade A condition, ready to frame. Transport yourself to the scenic beauty of Chile with this authentic 1960s travel poster...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Offset

Antique American Modernist New York City Skyline Framed Cityscape Oil Painting
Antique American Modernist New York City Skyline Framed Cityscape Oil Painting

Antique American Modernist New York City Skyline Framed Cityscape Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 29 by 25 inches overall, and 20 by 24 painting alone. In excellent original condition. ...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Memories of an Old Man
Memories of an Old Man

Memories of an Old Man

By Paul Sample

Located in Los Angeles, CA

An Acrylic on canvas titled " Memories of an Old Man" C. 1960's, signed lower right. Provenance: Milch Galleries NY, label affixed. Canvas measures 28 x 36 inches. Framed size is app...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Acrylic

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

Vibrant Pastoral Landscape with Lush Greens and Pathway Through Fields
Vibrant Pastoral Landscape with Lush Greens and Pathway Through Fields

Vibrant Pastoral Landscape with Lush Greens and Pathway Through Fields

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: Jill Jackson (British, contemporary) Title: Vibrant Pastoral Landscape Medium: oil on un stretched canvas, unframed Painting : 26 x 18 inches Provenance: all th...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Storefront
Storefront

Brett WestonStorefront, 1960

$2,000Sale Price|20% Off

Storefront

By Brett Weston

Located in Pacific Grove, CA

This vintage silver gelatin print is signed and dated in pencil mount recto, and again mount verso. Printed in 1961 for inclusion in "Fifteen Photographs" (edition of 50). Mounted to...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Man in the Top Hat, American, Art Deco
The Man in the Top Hat, American, Art Deco

The Man in the Top Hat, American, Art Deco

Located in Wiscasset, ME

Eugene Savage was born in Covington, Indiana. He began his art education at the Art Institute of Chicago, where he won a Prix de Rome scholarship to study at the American Academy in ...

Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Nativity Scene By Leo Salazar Hand Carved Cedar Wood 1960s
Nativity Scene By Leo Salazar Hand Carved Cedar Wood 1960s

Nativity Scene By Leo Salazar Hand Carved Cedar Wood 1960s

By Leo Salazar

Located in Detroit, MI

Nativity Scene with Blessed Mary, Kneeling Joseph, Angel, One Shepherd, One King, Manger, Baby Jesus, and Two Animals. The figures range in height from 18.5" to 12"; animals are 3" ...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Cedar

Hurricane in the Afternoon original Oil
Hurricane in the Afternoon original Oil

Hurricane in the Afternoon original Oil

Located in Soquel, CA

Hurricane in the Afternoon original Oil Modernist look at a Hurricane coming by Pennsylvania artist John R. Fell (American/English, 1917-2009) Image 18"H x 48"W Frame 19"H x 49"L x ...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Nude Studies - Edition griffelkunst
Nude Studies - Edition griffelkunst

Nude Studies - Edition griffelkunst

By Heinrich Zille

Located in Cologne, DE

With a socially critical eye and Berlin humor, the prints by Heinrich Zille (1858 - 1929) capture the milieu of the "little people" around 1900. The fact that the famous artist was a...

Category

1890s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Punk - Figurative photo, Signed limited edition nude print, Black white, Sensual
Punk - Figurative photo, Signed limited edition nude print, Black white, Sensual

Punk - Figurative photo, Signed limited edition nude print, Black white, Sensual

By Ian Sanderson

Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona

An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Punk ‘ Signed by Ian Sanderson lower...

Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Eduardo Chillida, Homage to Georges Braque, from Derriere le Miroir, 1964
Eduardo Chillida, Homage to Georges Braque, from Derriere le Miroir, 1964

Eduardo Chillida, Homage to Georges Braque, from Derriere le Miroir, 1964

By Eduardo Chillida

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph by Eduardo Chillida (1924–2002), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 folio Derriere le Miroir, Nos. 144–145–146, L’Hommage a Georges Braque (Tribute to Georges Braque). Published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, under the direction of Aime Maeght, and printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, this composition exemplifies Chillida’s mastery of spatial balance and sculptural abstraction. In Sans titre, Chillida translates his distinctive exploration of mass and void into two dimensions, creating an interplay of dense form and open space that mirrors the structural poetry of his sculpture and a heartfelt tribute to Braque, “Learning to fly down here — to Braque, master, friend, inventor of birds.” The composition conveys a sense of weight and stillness, embodying the meditative precision for which Chillida is renowned. Executed on velin paper, this lithograph measures 15 x 22 inches (38.1 x 55.9 cm), with centerfold, as issued. Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. The edition captures Chillida’s unique sensitivity to form and rhythm within a printed medium, reflecting the same architectural strength that defines his sculptural practice. Artwork Details: Artist: Eduardo Chillida (1924–2002) Title: Sans titre (Untitled), from Derriere le Miroir, Nos. 144–145–146, L’Hommage a Georges Braque (Tribute to Georges Braque), 1964 Medium: Lithograph on velin paper Dimensions: 15 x 22 inches (38.1 x 55.9 cm), with centerfold, as issued Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Date: 1964 Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris Printer: Mourlot Freres, Paris Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Provenance: From the 1964 folio Derriere le Miroir, Nos. 144–145–146, published by Maeght Editeur, Paris Notes: Excerpted from the folio (translated from French): Taken from this special issue of “Behind the Mirror,” CCCL examples on velin de Rives were numbered, constituting the original edition of L’Hommage a Georges Braque. These deluxe examples also included an etching based on Trois oiseaux sur fond violet. The lithographs for this issue were printed in the ateliers of Maeght Editeur, Levallois. The text was printed by Fequet et Baudier, typographers. Finished printing May 13, 1964. About the Publication: Derriere le Miroir (translated as "Behind the Mirror") was an iconic French art periodical published from 1946 to 1982 by Maeght Editeur, one of the most influential art publishers of the 20th century. Founded by Aime Maeght in Paris, the publication was conceived as a visual and literary collaboration between leading modern artists, poets, and critics. Each issue functioned as both an exhibition catalogue and a work of art in itself—featuring original lithographs printed directly from the artists' stones or plates, alongside essays, poems, and critical commentary. Over the course of 36 years, Derriere le Miroir produced more than 250 issues and showcased an extraordinary roster of artists including Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, Joan Miro, Georges Braque, Alexander Calder, Fernand Leger, Pierre Bonnard, Alberto Giacometti, Eduardo Chillida, Ellsworth Kelly, Francis Bacon, Paul Rebeyrolle, Claude Garache, Antoni Tapies, Bram van Velde, Pierre Alechinsky, Pol Bury, Shusaku Arakawa, and Gerard Titus-Carmel. Printed in the ateliers of Mourlot, Arte, and Imprimerie Moderne du Lion, the periodical set new standards for quality in color lithography, combining fine art printing with elegant typography and poetic text. Beyond its visual brilliance, Derriere le Miroir also became a cultural chronicle of postwar European modernism. Each issue coincided with exhibitions held at Galerie Maeght, providing a collectible and widely accessible record of groundbreaking shows. Its integration of image, text, and philosophy created a dialogue between art and literature that elevated the modern art book to new aesthetic heights. Today, Derriere le Miroir remains one of the most sought-after and historically significant art publications, prized by collectors and scholars alike for its craftsmanship, influence, and its role in defining the visual language of 20th-century modernism. The Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul-de-Vence continues to honor this legacy through exhibitions and archival preservation of the series, affirming Derriere le Miroir's enduring place in the history of modern art and fine art publishing. About the Artist: Eduardo Chillida (1924–2002) was a Spanish Basque sculptor and printmaker internationally celebrated for his monumental abstract works that explore the interplay between form, space, and material. Renowned for his mastery of iron, steel, stone, and concrete, Chillida created sculptural compositions that evoke both architectural strength and poetic balance, reflecting his lifelong dialogue between the physical and the spiritual. Emerging in postwar Europe, his art stands alongside that of the great modern masters—Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Georges Braque, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray—whose revolutionary approaches to form and perception shaped 20th-century art. Chillida’s work embodies a profound sense of harmony, rooted in the landscapes and philosophies of his native Basque Country, while maintaining a universal resonance. Exhibited internationally and collected by major institutions including MoMA, the Guggenheim, the Tate, and the Centre Pompidou, his sculptures and works on paper continue to command global acclaim. The highest price ever paid for an Eduardo Chillida artwork is approximately $4.1 million USD, achieved in 2022 at Christie’s Paris for Buscando la Luz IV (2001). Eduardo Chillida Sans titre, Chillida Derriere le Miroir, Chillida Maeght...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Mid-Century Modern Geometric Abstract Oil Painting - Mountain Monastery
Mid-Century Modern Geometric Abstract Oil Painting - Mountain Monastery

Mid-Century Modern Geometric Abstract Oil Painting - Mountain Monastery

Located in Bristol, GB

MOUNTAIN MONASTERY Size: 74 x 52.5 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A large and captivating mid-century modernist geometric abstract painting, executed in oil onto canvas. The co...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Chaim Soutine, Landscape at Cagnes, from Soutine, I, 1966 (after)
Chaim Soutine, Landscape at Cagnes, from Soutine, I, 1966 (after)

Chaim Soutine, Landscape at Cagnes, from Soutine, I, 1966 (after)

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph after Chaim Soutine (1893–1943), titled Paysage a Cagnes (Landscape at Cagnes), from the folio Soutine, I, Collection Pierre Levy, 1966, originates from the edition published by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, and printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, on October 20, 1966. The work conveys the sweeping emotional vigor and expressive distortions that define Soutines landscape vision, capturing in lithographic form the turbulent rhythm, chromatic intensity, and psychological tension characteristic of his mature periods in Cagnes. Executed as a lithograph on velin d'Arches paper, this work measures 26 x 20 inches. Unsigned and unnumbered as issued. The edition exemplifies the technical mastery of the Mourlot atelier. Artwork Details: Artist: After Chaim Soutine (1893–1943) Title: Paysage a Cagnes (Landscape at Cagnes), from the folio Soutine, I, Collection Pierre Levy Medium: Lithograph on velin d'Arches paper Dimensions: 26 x 20 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered as issued Date: 1966 Publisher: Fernand Mourlot, Paris Printer: Mourlot Freres, Paris Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Provenance: From the folio Soutine, I, Collection Pierre Levy, 1966 Notes: Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), This album, the first of a series dedicated to Mr. Pierre Levys collection, was printed in DL examples on Arches velin. Printing was finished on October 20, 1966 by Mourlot for lithographs of the canvases of Soutine, and by Fequet and Baudier for Waldemar Georges unpublished text. Fernand Mourlot, Paris 1966. About the Publication: Soutine, I, Collection Pierre Levy, published in 1966 by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, is the first album in the important series devoted to the Pierre Levy collection, one of the most significant private collections of twentieth century French painting. Conceived as a scholarly and visual record, the album was designed to present key works by Chaim Soutine in lithographic form at a moment of renewed international interest in his oeuvre. Created in collaboration with Mourlot Freres, the foremost lithographic atelier in France, the publication reflects the printers commitment to translating Soutines canvases into richly tonal lithographs that preserve the emotional intensity and structural dynamism of the originals. Issued in a single edition on Arches velin, the album stands as an essential document of postwar art publishing, illuminating the historical partnership between artist, collector, and master printer, and contributing to the larger historiography of modern French Expressionism and museum quality print albums of the mid twentieth century. About the Artist: Chaim Soutine (1893–1943) was a Belarus born French Expressionist painter whose explosive brushwork, emotionally charged distortions, and uncompromising commitment to depicting the psychological intensity of human experience have secured his place as one of the most vital and transformative figures in twentieth century art, creating his legacy within the same revolutionary modernist environment defined by Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray; after leaving his impoverished childhood in Smilavichy and arriving in Paris in 1913, Soutine immersed himself in the School of Paris circle at La Ruche—an incubator of international avant garde talent—where he developed formative friendships with Amedeo Modigliani, Marc Chagall, Jules Pascin, and other pioneering artists whose daring approaches inspired him to push color, gesture, and form into new emotional territories. His portraits of cooks, choirboys, servants, and village residents; his tempestuous landscapes of Cagnes, Chartres, and Ceret; and his deeply visceral still lifes—most famously his monumental depictions of slaughtered carcasses—reveal a singular ability to transform ordinary subjects into raw, pulsing, almost metaphysical dramas, building on the influence of Rembrandt, Goya, Velazquez, and El Greco while departing radically from academic restraint. His paintings vibrate with psychological tension, their twisted perspectives, molten colors, and trembling outlines capturing an inner world marked by anxiety, longing, resilience, and profound empathy. Soutines originality profoundly shaped the evolution of modern painting: Francis Bacon cited him as one of his greatest influences, Willem de Kooning and the Abstract Expressionists admired his gestural ferocity, and later artists—including Frank Auerbach, Leon Kossoff, Lucian Freud, Jenny Saville, and Adrian Ghenie...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Abstract Interior with Womens Shoes Colourful French Modernist Gouache Painting
Abstract Interior with Womens Shoes Colourful French Modernist Gouache Painting

Abstract Interior with Womens Shoes Colourful French Modernist Gouache Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Abstract Interior with Womens Shoes Colourful French Modernist Gouache Painting Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 19.5 x 24 inches (heigh...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

View from Main Reading Room, New York

View from Main Reading Room, New York

Located in Los Angeles, CA

View from Main Reading Room, New York, 1959-60, oil on canvas, signed and dated in pencil verso, 20 x 20 inches, exhibited: Cincinnati Art Galleries, Cincinnati, OH, March 4 to 28, 2...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Maestro

Maestro

By Ron Blumberg

Located in West Hollywood, CA

American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League. "Maestro", is a rare pen...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Pen

Vintage European Modernist Signed 1969 Landscape Coastal Signed Framed Painting
Vintage European Modernist Signed 1969 Landscape Coastal Signed Framed Painting

Vintage European Modernist Signed 1969 Landscape Coastal Signed Framed Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist coastal seascape painting. Mixed media on board. Framed. Measuring: 17 by 20 inches overall. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Board

"War Is Over" by Frank Barrett

"War Is Over" by Frank Barrett

Located in London, GB

"War Is Over" by Frank Barrett John Lennon (1940 - 1980) and Yoko Ono pose on the steps of the Apple building in London, holding one of the posters that t...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White

"Italian Party" by Bert Hardy

"Italian Party" by Bert Hardy

By Bert Hardy

Located in London, GB

"Italian Party" by Bert Hardy September 1949: A party given by the mayor of Positano for Mercy Haystead (right), an 18-year old London student, on holiday ...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White

vagabonds oil on board painting modernism art
vagabonds oil on board painting modernism art

vagabonds oil on board painting modernism art

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Oil measures 70x50 cm. Frame measures 83x63 cm. Painter of landscapes and figures, in whose characterization he deepens psychologically capturing the character, Albert Roca has won...

Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Board, Oil

Mid Century Wood Cut -- Wild Penguins 13/33
Mid Century Wood Cut -- Wild Penguins 13/33

Mid Century Wood Cut -- Wild Penguins 13/33

By Hannah Yakin

Located in Soquel, CA

Wonderful mid century modern wood cut of wild Penguins by Israeli artist Hannah Yakin Hiyze (Dutch/Israeli, b. 1933), 1967. 13/33. Signed, number, dated and titled lower left edge. Condition: some waviness to paper. Presented under glass with vintage painted wood frame. Image size: 14"H x 37"W. Born Hannah van Hulst in Amsterdam, during World War II, Hannah developed her artistic talents, experiencing "happy times in which necessity bore creativity." After the war she went to high school and studied art at Academia Artibus, Utrecht, the Netherlands and in Paris with famous poster designer and graphic artist Paul Colin. In 1956 she emigrated to Israel where she met and married the artist Abraham Yakin...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Woodcut

New York City Plaza
New York City Plaza

New York City Plaza

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Naples, Florida

Etching on paper Created during Dalí’s American period, New York City Plaza captures the energy and psychological intensity of mid-20th-century New York. Rendered in loose, ge...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Etching

Contemporary British Acrylic Painting 2 Owls on old Wooden Fence
Contemporary British Acrylic Painting 2 Owls on old Wooden Fence

Contemporary British Acrylic Painting 2 Owls on old Wooden Fence

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

2 Owls by Ben George Powell, British contemporary artist signed acrylic on canvas, unframed canvas: 16 x 20 inches provenance: private collection of this artists work, UK The paintin...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Acrylic

1960's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Fusion of Colors & Shapes
1960's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Fusion of Colors & Shapes

1960's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Fusion of Colors & Shapes

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

"L 'arbre Mort" French School, circa 1960's signed lower corner, titled verso oil painting on canvas, framed canvas: 23.5 x 29 inches framed: 26 x 31 Wonderful fusion of colors blur...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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.