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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
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

Till It All Withers 1 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media Women
Till It All Withers 1 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media Women

Till It All Withers 1 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media Women

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Samson Olatubos...

Category

19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Photographic Paper

Sanft bis zur letzten Rasur (I. Fassung - B/W)

Sanft bis zur letzten Rasur (I. Fassung - B/W)

Located in Kansas City, MO

Bele Bachem Sanft bis zur letzten Rasur (I. Fassung - B/W) Lithograph on Velum Year: 1968 Size: 30x25.1 inches Signed, dated and inscribed by hand Dry Stam...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Cappiello's Contratto Canelli Vermouth - later printing
Cappiello's Contratto Canelli Vermouth - later printing

Cappiello's Contratto Canelli Vermouth - later printing

By Leonetto Cappiello

Located in Spokane, WA

Original Contratto Canelli Vermouth vintage Italian liquor poster. Archival linen backed and ready to frame. Very good condition. This is the later c.1950 lithograph printing of the poster. Beautiful advertising vintage affiche printed in offset lithography (second edition). There is no second printing date besides the original date inside the poster by Cappiello's signature. (Note that the earlier printing sells for about $9500.) Most standard size original Italian posters are 39" x 55" in size; or 27.5" x 39 half sheets. This is currently the lowest and best price for this Cappiello Contratto poster on 1st Dibs. The woman in this Cappiello poster rests on a large green maple leaf while holding a bottle of Vermouth Victor and a bottle of Vermouth Bianco...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Offset

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

Summer Vibes
Summer Vibes

Summer Vibes

Located in Zofingen, AG

These two have no plans for the future. They only have now. And honestly — that’s more than enough. Somewhere along the way, adults lose that magic: when a day is just a day. No goa...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

1978 Modernist Expressive Figurative Portrait Oil Painting - Seated in Thought
1978 Modernist Expressive Figurative Portrait Oil Painting - Seated in Thought

1978 Modernist Expressive Figurative Portrait Oil Painting - Seated in Thought

Located in Bristol, GB

SEATED IN THOUGHT Size: 72 x 53 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas An expressive modernist style figurative oil painting that presents a contemplative and poised seated figure, rendered with bold, confident brushwork, and executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1978. The subject, dressed in a muted green top...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

White bloom in water - black and white floral photography, limited edition of 20

White bloom in water - black and white floral photography, limited edition of 20

By Ugne Pouwell

Located in London, GB

White Bloom in Water captures the serene elegance of a single flower floating on the water’s surface, its sharp, intricate details contrasted by the soft, abstract shadow beneath. Th...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Entr' Acte, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
"Entr' Acte, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting

"Entr' Acte, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting

By Stanley Bate

Located in Westport, CT

This Modern abstract figurative painting by Stanley Bate features abstracted figures in motion, placed in front of a geometric background with white, maroon, and blue squares tiled n...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Wifredo Lam, Figures in the Night, from XXe Siecle, 1963
Wifredo Lam, Figures in the Night, from XXe Siecle, 1963

Wifredo Lam, Figures in the Night, from XXe Siecle, 1963

By Wifredo Lam

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph by Wifredo Lam (1902–1982), titled Personnages dans la nuit (Figures in the Night), from the album XXe Siecle, Nouvelle serie, XXVe Annee N°22, Noel 1963, o...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

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

Un Vase de Fleurs (Flowers in a Vase)
Un Vase de Fleurs (Flowers in a Vase)

Un Vase de Fleurs (Flowers in a Vase)

By Frederic Menguy

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork "Un Vase de Fleurs (Flowers in a Vase)" c.1980, is an original colors lithograph on watermarked Arches paper by noted French artist Frederic Menguy, 1927-2007. It is han...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

A view of the New York Public Library, looking uptown along 5th Avenue.
A view of the New York Public Library, looking uptown along 5th Avenue.

A view of the New York Public Library, looking uptown along 5th Avenue.

Located in Middletown, NY

New York: c 1920. Etching with aquatint printed in brownish black ink on cream wove paper, 8 3/4 x 12 inches (220 x 304 mm), full margins. Signed and titled in pencil in the lower ma...

Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Etching, Aquatint

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

Che Guevara
Che Guevara

Che Guevara

Located in Cologne, DE

Osvaldo Salas, widely recognized as one of the world’s great press photographers, was born in Havana, Cuba in 1914. At the age of fourteen, he left Havan...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Japanese Print, Crows on a Branch - Signed Woodcut
Japanese Print, Crows on a Branch - Signed Woodcut

Japanese Print, Crows on a Branch - Signed Woodcut

Located in Paris, IDF

Mokuchu URUSHIBARA Crows on a branch, c. 1930 Woodcut after on an ink drawing Signed with the artist's stamp On paper 38.5 x 28 cm (c. 15,15 x 11.02 in) INFORMATION : Engraving pu...

Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

The Old Days - Historical Photo - Early 20th Century

The Old Days - Historical Photo - Early 20th Century

Located in Roma, IT

The Old Days - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1912.  It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and political even...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co.
Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co.

Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co.

Located in Soquel, CA

Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co. Stately portrait of Franklin Atwood Park by Arthur Trevethin Nowell (British, 1862-1940). Park is sitting for a classical portrait, wearing a suit with a blue bowtie against a dark background. Of particular note are his glasses and moustache, both rendered with expert detail. Park was the VP and Chairman of the Board for Singer Manufacturing Company and Manager of the Singer Division in Scotland when the portrait was commissioned. We show a digital image of a photographic portrait of Franklin. Signed and dated "A T Nowell. 1922" Includes paper with biographical information on the sitter. Frame size: 37.5"H x 32.5"W Canvas size: 30"H x 25"W Arthur Nowell (British, 1862-1940) was born at Garndiffath, near Pontypool, and was the youngest of six children born to the Rev. John Nowell and his wife Mary...

Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Untitled

Untitled

By Fred Nagler

Located in Dallas, TX

Fred Nagler was born in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he first studied wood carving. From 1914 to 1917, he studied at The Art Students League of New York, where his prof...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Graphite, Paper, Watercolor

Double Vision 68 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Vibrant Red Abstract Artwork
Double Vision 68 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Vibrant Red Abstract Artwork

Double Vision 68 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Vibrant Red Abstract 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

Barbara Mullen

Barbara Mullen

By Norman Parkinson

Located in New York, NY

Norman Parkinson Barbara Mullen, 1960 C print 40 x 30 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso Irish-American fashion model Barbara Mullen photographed with dogs b...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

Respite
Respite

Respite

Located in London, GB

Pencil on paper Signed and dated (lower right) 29cm × 21cm (48cm × 39cm framed) A truly original artist, Lear spent most of his 70 year career exploring beautifully proportioned mal...

Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil

1943 Short "Sunderland" UK patrol bomber plane identification poster WW2

1943 Short "Sunderland" UK patrol bomber plane identification poster WW2

Located in London, GB

To see our other original vintage warbird aeroplane posters, photographs and paintings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller". 1943...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Umbrian Street; An Assisi Street
Umbrian Street; An Assisi Street

Umbrian Street; An Assisi Street

By John Taylor Arms

Located in Middletown, NY

Etching on cream laid watermarked FJ Head paper with a deckle edge, 10 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches (262 x 137 mm); sheet 18 1/8 x 10 1/4 inches (457 x 260 mm), full margins. Signed, titled, d...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Etching, Laid Paper

Wheelbarrow Race
Wheelbarrow Race

Wheelbarrow Race

By Edmund Blampied

Located in Plano, TX

1925-26. Drypoint. Appleby 114. 8 9/16 x 12 (sheet 12 x 17). Edition 100, #10. An excellent impression with burr, printed with plate tone on the full sheet of 'VGI' laid paper with ...

Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Laxmi, Figurative, Mythology by Raja Ravi Verma "In Stock"

Laxmi, Figurative, Mythology by Raja Ravi Verma "In Stock"

Located in Kolkata, West Bengal

Raja Ravi Varma - Laxmi, 19 x 14 inches Oleograph with embellishments, Circa (Unframed & Delivered) Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter and artist...

Category

1890s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Contemporary British Acrylic Painting Long Horned Highland Cattle Scotland
Contemporary British Acrylic Painting Long Horned Highland Cattle Scotland

Contemporary British Acrylic Painting Long Horned Highland Cattle Scotland

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Highland Cattle by Ben George Powell, British contemporary artist signed acrylic on canvas, unframed canvas: 19.5 x 30 inches provenance: private collection of this artists work, UK ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Acrylic

Landscape with Artist.  Mid-Century Chicago Modernist Oil Painting.
Landscape with Artist.  Mid-Century Chicago Modernist Oil Painting.

Landscape with Artist. Mid-Century Chicago Modernist Oil Painting.

Located in Marco Island, FL

Chicago Modernist, William Schwartz, painted this dynamic landscape of an artist painting en plein air. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago shortly after emigrating to the Un...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Board, Oil, Canvas

Rock Covers Paper #9, Big Sur
Rock Covers Paper #9, Big Sur

Rock Covers Paper #9, Big Sur

By Bob Kolbrener

Located in Pacific Grove, CA

Hand-crafted by world-renowned large format film photographer Bob Kolbrener. This image is available in the following sizes: 10x20 ($2,500) - 15x30 ($3,200) - 20x40 ($6,500). Please ...

Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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.