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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
Autograph Custom Identification - 1960s
Autograph Custom Identification - 1960s

Autograph Custom Identification - 1960s

Located in Roma, IT

Autograph Custom Identification is hand-signed by Clark Gable realized in the 1960s. The form is written in Italian and belongs to Netherland Airlines Good conditions.

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Paper

Dripping Orange Flower Clouds
Dripping Orange Flower Clouds

Dripping Orange Flower Clouds

Located in Zofingen, AG

Minimalist Acrylic Painting Inspired by Everyday Romance Escape the noise of modern life with this minimalist acrylic painting.” Inspired by the slow-living philosophy and the poeti...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Visage
Visage

Visage

By Pablo Picasso

Located in PARIS, FR

An authenticated work Authenticated by Claude Ruiz Picasso on February 1, 2021, the piece comes directly from the Marina Picasso Collection. A prestigious provenance A provenance fr...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Ceramic

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

"Le Cirque Russe" Large serigraph
"Le Cirque Russe" Large serigraph

"Le Cirque Russe" Large serigraph

By Mihail Chemiakin

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Le Cirque Russe" c.1987, is an original colors serigraph on wove paper by renown Russian artist Mihail Chemiakin, b.1943. It is hand signed and numbered 25/195 i...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Screen

Smart Girl
Smart Girl

Smart Girl

Located in Zofingen, AG

Pink flower power acrylic painting with heart and childlike face Acrylic Painting on canvas One of a kind artwork Size: 90 × 100 × 3 cm (unframe...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Neighbors

Neighbors

By Norman Barr

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Neighbors, 1939, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 22 x 26 inches Norman Barr was an American Scene painter and muralist known for his poignant depictions of working-clas...

Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Selected Tales of Guy de Maupassant, the complete portfolio
Selected Tales of Guy de Maupassant, the complete portfolio

Selected Tales of Guy de Maupassant, the complete portfolio

By Adolf Dehn

Located in Middletown, NY

Twenty hand-signed, numbered, and titled images based on the selected work of Maupsassant. Portfolio containing 20 lithographs based on selected tales by de Maupassant, printed on h...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Lithograph

Rider and Dancer - Original Etching
Rider and Dancer - Original Etching

Rider and Dancer - Original Etching

By Marie Laurencin

Located in Paris, IDF

Marie LAURENCIN Rider and dancer, 1949 Color etching Printed signature in the plate On Arches vellum 38 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11in) INFORMATION : Created by Laurencin and engraved by Lo...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Original Chicago to Europe vintage poster  Scandinavian Airlines System
Original Chicago to Europe vintage poster  Scandinavian Airlines System

Original Chicago to Europe vintage poster Scandinavian Airlines System

Located in Spokane, WA

Original vintage poster: Chicago to Europe Fly SAS. Book your trip - NOW! Scandinavian Airlines System. Original linen-backed, excellent condition. This early SAS poster features the Eiffel Tower; the Roman Colosseum, the Arch of Triumph...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Offset

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Landscape Framed Original Oil Painting
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Landscape Framed Original Oil Painting

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Landscape Framed Original Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 14 by 17 inches overall, and 10 by 14 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handsomely...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Vintage American Modernist Minimal Still Life Interior Scene Framed Oil Painting
Vintage American Modernist Minimal Still Life Interior Scene Framed Oil Painting

Vintage American Modernist Minimal Still Life Interior Scene Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 21 by 29 inches overall. Handsomely framed in whi...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Grand Canal, Venice
The Grand Canal, Venice

The Grand Canal, Venice

By Elias S. Mandel Grossman

Located in Middletown, NY

1926. Etching in sepia ink on Japon paper, 9 5/8 x 11 1/2 inches (245 x 292 mm), full margins with the lower margin slightly notched. Signed, titled and dated in pencil in the lower ...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Etching

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

By Alex Radionov

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

Abstract Architectural Still Life French Modernist Gouache by Guy Nicod
Abstract Architectural Still Life French Modernist Gouache by Guy Nicod

Abstract Architectural Still Life French Modernist Gouache by Guy Nicod

By Guy Nicod

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Abstract Architectural Still Life French Modernist Gouache by Guy Nicod Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 15.75 x 19.25 inches (height x ...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

"Air Jordan" 40x50 Nike, Michael Jordan,  Pop Art  1stDibs Exclusive
"Air Jordan" 40x50 Nike, Michael Jordan,  Pop Art  1stDibs Exclusive

"Air Jordan" 40x50 Nike, Michael Jordan, Pop Art 1stDibs Exclusive

By Destro

Located in Los Angeles, CA

"Air Jordan" is an acrylic photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundre...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Teseo
Teseo

Teseo

By Giorgio De Chirico

Located in New York, NY

Color etching and aquatint, 1970. Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right. Numbered 2/50 in pencil, lower left. Titled in pencil, lower central. With the artist's blind stamp, l...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

John Northcote Nash, Modern British art, A Window in Bucks
John Northcote Nash, Modern British art, A Window in Bucks

John Northcote Nash, Modern British art, A Window in Bucks

By John Nash

Located in Harkstead, GB

A wonderful image depicting a rural idyll by one of the great cornerstones of Modern British painting. John Northcote Nash (1893-1977) A window in Bucks Signed within print Print in...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Color

Model Getting Up - Original signed charcoals drawing
Model Getting Up - Original signed charcoals drawing

Model Getting Up - Original signed charcoals drawing

By Gaston Coppens

Located in Paris, IDF

Gaston COPPENS (1909 - 2002) Model Getting Up Original charcoal drawing Signed in the bottom right On drawing paper 52 x 43 cm (c 21 x 17 inch) Excellent condition Gaston Coppens ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Charcoal

Celui qui dit les choses sans rien dire, Planche XIX
Celui qui dit les choses sans rien dire, Planche XIX

Celui qui dit les choses sans rien dire, Planche XIX

By Marc Chagall

Located in OPOLE, PL

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Celui qui dit les choses sans rien dire, Planche XIX Etching and aquatint from 1976. The edition of 225. Dimensions of sheet: 47 x 35 cm Dimensions in ...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Patchwork Abstracted Landscape
Patchwork Abstracted Landscape

Patchwork Abstracted Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

Abstracted landscape by an unknown artist (20th Century). The landscape is made up of patches of color, reminiscent of viewing agricultural land f...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Ink, Watercolor, Newsprint, Tissue Paper

The Sparrow Hawk, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.342)
The Sparrow Hawk, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.342)

The Sparrow Hawk, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.342)

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Greenwich, CT

The Sparrow Hawk is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.5 x 8 inches, unsigned as issued, and framed in a contemporary silver and gray moulding. One of about 36 prints that exist with Picasso's remarqued title in French, from the edition of 262 (there were 226 portfolios, some with additional sets on varying papers). Catalogue - Cramer #37 The exceptional etchings from Picasso’s Histoire Naturelle – Textes de Buffon are a masterful combination of sugar-lift aquatint and drypoint, showcasing a full range of gray tonalities. The etchings of animals, birds and insects are considered some of the most beautiful and most unusual examples of Picasso’s graphic work. Roger Lacourière, Picasso’s master printer, pulled the prints for each etching between 1939-1942. It was Lacourière who taught Picasso the sugar-lift aquatint technique which allowed him to mimic the effect of brushstrokes in these etched images. Picasso first explored the technique in his plates for the Vollard Suite, but it was in the creation of the Buffon images that he fully realized its stunning, painterly potential. For the edition, 226 portfolios were produced with the first thirty-six counting as deluxe compilations. These rare deluxe sets were on diverse papers (chine, japon or vergé ancien) and each included a complete additional suite showing Picasso’s title remarques along the bottom. As such, the remarqued versions of the prints are quite rare with just thirty-six of each produced for the edition (with the exception of The Wolf which is never remarqued – the image always fills the entire etching plate). These prints are based on the writings of French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, who extensively documented the natural world in his monumental work Histoire Naturelle. Picasso’s association with the project to illustrate parts of the Buffon came during a tumultuous time in European history – the prelude to, and early years of, World War II. As the continent was ravaged, Picasso lived through the disaster in Paris, which the Germans occupied in 1940. These prints could be seen as a political statement – Picasso channeling his artistic expression into a form of resistance art...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Drypoint, Aquatint

Shiga City - Original Woodcut Print - Early 20th Century
Shiga City - Original Woodcut Print - Early 20th Century

Shiga City - Original Woodcut Print - Early 20th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Shiga City is an original artwork realized by Unknown Artist, in the early 20th Century. Beautiful woodcut print on cardboard. This artwork represents three different representatio...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Villa Giardino, 20th Century Charcoal Italian Landscape Drawing
Villa Giardino, 20th Century Charcoal Italian Landscape Drawing

Villa Giardino, 20th Century Charcoal Italian Landscape Drawing

By Clara Deike

Located in Beachwood, OH

Clara Deike (American, 1881-1964) Villa Giardino Charcoal on paper Signed and titled verso 17.75 x 12.5 inches A graduate of the Cleveland School of Art in 1912, Clara Deike was pa...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Charcoal

Kiva, San Ildefonse
Kiva, San Ildefonse

Kiva, San Ildefonse

By Morley Baer

Located in Pacific Grove, CA

This silver gelatin print is signed and editioned "21/100" in pencil on the front of the mount with Baer's stamp on the back of the mount. This print is accompanied by its original b...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Reset I Color Portrait Photograph, Limited Edition
Reset I Color Portrait Photograph, Limited Edition

Reset I Color Portrait Photograph, Limited Edition

By Lèa Bon

Located in Miami Beach, FL

From space, error is projected onto the focal point, error for man. From within, we modify the language of the elements to compose a reuse of the ordinary and bring it into play in a...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

French Surrealist Oil Winged Cherubs Flying through Clouds
French Surrealist Oil Winged Cherubs Flying through Clouds

French Surrealist Oil Winged Cherubs Flying through Clouds

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Winged Cherubs French School, contemporary oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 8 x 8 inches provenance: private collection, Paris condition: very good and sound condition

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Rythm and Dance - Lithograph (Artcurial edition)
Rythm and Dance - Lithograph (Artcurial edition)

Rythm and Dance - Lithograph (Artcurial edition)

By Sonia Delaunay

Located in Paris, IDF

Sonia DELAUNAY Rythm and Dance Lithograph after a painting Printed signature in the plate Numbered /600 On vellum paper 40 x 30 cm (c. 15.7 x 11.8 in) ArtCurial edition, 1994 Exce...

Category

Late 20th Century 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.