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

Lovers with a Bouquet of Flowers - Original lithograph HANDIGNED (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...

Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Origiinal Piedmont "Take Off and Paint the Town" vintage airlines travel poster
Origiinal Piedmont "Take Off and Paint the Town" vintage airlines travel poster

Origiinal Piedmont "Take Off and Paint the Town" vintage airlines travel poster

Located in Spokane, WA

Original Piedmont, Take Off and Paint the Town vintage airlines travel poster. Archival linen backing in very good condition, ready to frame. This is a serigraph, so it features rich...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Screen

Paul Jenkins - Composition - Original Lithograph
Paul Jenkins - Composition - Original Lithograph

Paul Jenkins - Composition - Original Lithograph

By Paul Jenkins

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Paul Jenkins - Composition - Original Lithograph 1964 Dimensions: 30 x 20 cm Edition of 200 (one of the 200 on Vélin de Rives) Mourlot Press, 1964 Paul Jenkins, American (1923 - 2012) Paul Jenkins, an artist originally associated with abstract expressionism, exhibits in his mature works a redefining of color, light and space on the canvas surface. Born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1923, Jenkins worked as a teenager in a ceramics factory, where he was first exposed to color intensity and the creation of form. From age 14 to 18, he studied drawing and painting at the city's Art Institute. Initially interested in drama, Jenkins received a fellowship to the Cleveland Playhouse, then continued his dramatic studies in Pittsburgh at the Drama School of the Carnegie Institute of Technology. Deciding to become an artist, Jenkins moved to New York City in 1948 and studied at the Art Students League. During Jenkins's three years at the League, Yasuo Kuniyoshi and Morris Kantor were his influential instructors. While Jenkins continued to live and paint in New York City, his personal explorations took a metaphysical turn, which would ultimately become dominant in his work. P.D. Ouspensky's The Search of the Miracu/ous changed the artist's thoughts on human growth and limitations, while the Chinese I Ching, through its thematic emphasis on constant change, heightened his interest in flowing paint on canvas. Painting for Jenkins became an intuitive, almost mystical process. He commented, "I paint what God is to me." In 1953, Jenkins traveled to Paris, where, a year later, he had his first one-man show. While working at the American Artists Center, he continued to experiment with flowing paints, pouring pigment in streams of various thicknesses, with white thin spills as linear overlays. Jenkins's intent was to deny stasis and create a literal and metaphysical sense of dynamism, while maintaining a sense of unity. Beginning in 1958, Jenkins titled each canvas Phenomena, with additional identifying words. He believed the work to be descriptive of the discovery process inherent in each painting. Paralleling his beliefs, the artist's paintings have undergone subtle but definite changes. Beginning in the early 1 960s, a shift of color saturation and exposure of the white areas gave Jenkins's canvases an enhanced feeling of illumination. If Jenkins's technique is unorthodox, he is in many other ways a traditional artist. He works in an acrylic medium on traditional linen canvas or fine rag paper. Often he uses an ivory knife...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Modernist Figurative Study With Seated Figures French Charcoal Drawing
Modernist Figurative Study With Seated Figures French Charcoal Drawing

Modernist Figurative Study With Seated Figures French Charcoal Drawing

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Modernist Figurative Study With Seated Figures French Charcoal Drawing Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Charcoal on artist paper, unframed Size: 25.5 x 19.75 inches (height x w...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Charcoal

Flowers in Vase French Modernist Signed & Framed Oil Painting on Canvas
Flowers in Vase French Modernist Signed & Framed Oil Painting on Canvas

Flowers in Vase French Modernist Signed & Framed Oil Painting on Canvas

By Huguette Ginet-Lasnier

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Still Life of Flowers Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020) signed and inscribed verso framed oil painting on canvas framed: 20 x 17 inches canvas: 16 x 13 inches. All the painti...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Calla Lily

Johan HagemeyerCalla Lily, 1925

$4,400Sale Price|20% Off

Calla Lily

By Johan Hagemeyer

Located in Pacific Grove, CA

This early silver gelatin contact print with margins bears the photographer's numerical exposure notes in pencil on the back of the print.

Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Composition Rose

Composition Rose

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Renée Demsey, an accomplished American painter, has left an indelible mark across art, fashion, and design for more than 75 years. Her dynamic artwork initially garnered attention at...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Acrylic

Il Canille, 1980 - Faraglioni Rocks Capri Horizon Landscape Photograph
Il Canille, 1980 - Faraglioni Rocks Capri Horizon Landscape Photograph

Il Canille, 1980 - Faraglioni Rocks Capri Horizon Landscape Photograph

By Slim Aarons

Located in Brighton, GB

Il Canille, 1980 - Faraglioni Rocks Capri Horizon Landscape Photograph by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Il Canil...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Marilyn Monroe, 4 Days in New York, 1955

Marilyn Monroe, 4 Days in New York, 1955

By Edward Feingersh

Located in Cologne, DE

This iconic black-and-white photograph features the legendary Marilyn Monroe seated in a cinema, captured in the 1950s. In the foreground, Monroe’s beauty and presence are captured a...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Portrait of a Female Nude
Portrait of a Female Nude

Portrait of a Female Nude

Located in Astoria, NY

Leo Feldman (American, XX), Portrait of a Female Nude Figure, Oil on Canvas, signed on top edge and verso, unframed. 30" H x 24" W. Provenance: From the Allen Tucker Memorial Colle...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Original French MCM Modernist Signed Abstract Lithograph Fernand Leger 1952
Original French MCM Modernist Signed Abstract Lithograph Fernand Leger 1952

Original French MCM Modernist Signed Abstract Lithograph Fernand Leger 1952

By Fernand Léger

Located in Portland, OR

Fernand Léger (1881-1955) Femme sur fond jaune (Woman Against Yellow Background), 1952 Created in 1952, this original color lithograph is hand signed in ink by Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955) in the lower right margin. Printed by Fernand Mourlot, Paris out of the total edition of 150 unnumbered proofs on Arches wove paper. We at Bloomsbury Fine Art & Antiques can...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Paper

Queen Elizabeth - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Queen Elizabeth - Vintage Photo - 1950s

Queen Elizabeth - Vintage Photo - 1950s

Located in Roma, IT

Queen Elizabeth - Vintage Photo realized in the 1950s. Good conditions and aged.

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

'Modern Music' — WPA Modernism, New York City El
'Modern Music' — WPA Modernism, New York City El

'Modern Music' — WPA Modernism, New York City El

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Albert Potter, 'Modern Music' also Twilight Melodies', linocut, c. 1935, from the posthumous edition of 20, printed in 1977, authorized by the artist’s widow. Estate authenticated in...

Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Linocut

1968 Mid Century Modern Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Fruits in Firelight
1968 Mid Century Modern Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Fruits in Firelight

1968 Mid Century Modern Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Fruits in Firelight

Located in Bristol, GB

FRUITS IN FIRELIGHT Size: 52 x 64 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A vivid and vibrant semi-abstract still life composition, painted in oil onto canvas and dated 1968. This vibra...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

River Landscape with Bystanders - Oil on canvas - 18th Century
River Landscape with Bystanders - Oil on canvas - 18th Century

River Landscape with Bystanders - Oil on canvas - 18th Century

Located in Roma, IT

River Landscape with Bystanders is an original old master artwork realized by Artist of 18th Century. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. The painting is approachable to traditio...

Category

18th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from Recipes for a Friend, 1964
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from Recipes for a Friend, 1964

Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from Recipes for a Friend, 1964

By Jean Cocteau

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood's Glamour Icon

Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood's Glamour Icon

Located in London, GB

Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood's Glamour Icon by Frank Worth / Globe Photos paper size 40 x 30 inches / 101 x 76 cm edition of 24 only in this size Archival pigment print unframed (fr...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Cartones, Modern Art Lithograph by Joan Miro

Cartones, Modern Art Lithograph by Joan Miro

By Joan Miró

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Joan Miro, Spanish (1893 - 1983) Title: untitled from Cartones Year: 1965 Medium: Lithograph on White Wove Paper Edition Size: 1200 Size: 12.5 in. x 17 in. (31.75 cm x 43.1...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Madison Square, N.Y.C.
Madison Square, N.Y.C.

Madison Square, N.Y.C.

Located in Middletown, NY

New York: 1947. Etching on white wove paper, 7 x 5 inches (752 x125 mm), full margins. Signed and titled in pencil, lower margin. In very good condition with some minor spots of ligh...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Vintage Painting of a Tropical Boat Dock
Vintage Painting of a Tropical Boat Dock

Vintage Painting of a Tropical Boat Dock

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Transporting oil painting on canvas of a tropical bayscape, possibly the Florida Keys, with boats, pelicans and figures executed in a bold modern style. Signed in the lower right S. ...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Peacock II (Wall Piece/Dish) (MADE TO ORDER, ~50% OFF LIMITED TIME ONLY)
Vintage Peacock II (Wall Piece/Dish) (MADE TO ORDER, ~50% OFF LIMITED TIME ONLY)

Vintage Peacock II (Wall Piece/Dish) (MADE TO ORDER, ~50% OFF LIMITED TIME ONLY)

By Melanie Sherman

Located in Kansas City, MO

(MADE TO ORDER) (Hand-painted, hand-made, porcelain) *Lead Time may vary between 1-3 weeks Melanie Sherman Vintage Peacock II (Wall Piece/Dish (handpainted) Porcelain, Glaze, Overglaze, Chinapaints, 24k German Gold Luster, Brass Wire (for hanging, can be removed) Year: 2022 Size: 6x4.25x0.5in Signed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1331 ------------------------ My ceramics are handmade and painted with the finest overglazes from Europe. The gold luster used is 24k liquid Gold from Germany. Every piece is unique. My imagery is inspired by vintage Meissen dinnerware...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Brass

A Ballynakill Woman.
A Ballynakill Woman.

A Ballynakill Woman.

By Gerald Leslie Brockhurst

Located in Plano, TX

A Ballynakill Woman. c. 1926. Oil on canvas. 30 x 25. Housed in an elegant gold leaf frame. Signed 'Brockhurst' in green paint, in the blanket, lower right. Provenance: Provenance...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

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...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

La Danseuse Creole, Nice, France-LITHOGRAPH Mourlot
La Danseuse Creole, Nice, France-LITHOGRAPH Mourlot

La Danseuse Creole, Nice, France-LITHOGRAPH Mourlot

By Henri Matisse

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This vibrant original poster by Henri Matisse was published by the French Tourism Office to promote tourism in the South of France. Printed by the renowned Atelier Mourlot, it captur...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Winter on Cruise
Winter on Cruise

Winter on Cruise

By Jim Dine

Located in New York, NY

A very good impression of this color woodcut and lithograph diptych. Signed and dated in pencil by Dine. From a limited edition of 12.

Category

Early 2000s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Lithograph, Woodcut

L'Oeuvre - Avant La Lettre - Lithograph by Hermann Paul - 1890s
L'Oeuvre - Avant La Lettre - Lithograph by Hermann Paul - 1890s

L'Oeuvre - Avant La Lettre - Lithograph by Hermann Paul - 1890s

Located in Roma, IT

Original lithograph, realized in the last years of 19th Century. Specimen "avant la lettre", before the text. A striking and highly graphic Belle Époque composition by the celebrat...

Category

1890s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Abstract Expressionist Figures Dynamic French Modernist Gouache Painting
Abstract Expressionist Figures Dynamic French Modernist Gouache Painting

Abstract Expressionist Figures Dynamic French Modernist Gouache Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Abstract Expressionist Figures Dynamic French Modernist Gouache Painting Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 24 x 18 inches (height x width...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

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