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MODERN STYLE

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
Marc Chagall, The Blue Beast, from Color of Love, 1958 (after)
Marc Chagall, The Blue Beast, from Color of Love, 1958 (after)

Marc Chagall, The Blue Beast, from Color of Love, 1958 (after)

By Marc Chagall

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled La Bete Bleu (The Blue Beast), from the folio Couleur amour, 13 Aquarelles, Gouaches, Lavis (Color of Lov...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Abricot chevalier (Apricot Knight)
Abricot chevalier (Apricot Knight)

Abricot chevalier (Apricot Knight)

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in OPOLE, PL

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Holed Fruit from Flordali suite Lithograph with drypoint etching from 1969. The edition 16/35 on Rives paper. Dimensions of work: 74.5 x 54.5 cm. Hand...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Edgar Yeager Figurative Interior Scene
Edgar Yeager Figurative Interior Scene

Edgar Yeager Figurative Interior Scene

By Edgar Yaeger

Located in Detroit, MI

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY Yaeger was an American Modernist painter from Detroit, Michigan, who is credited with being one of the first painters in this style. The portrait “Untitled” easil...

Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

An Irish Rogue
An Irish Rogue

An Irish Rogue

Located in London, GB

Oil on board, signed and dated '44 lower right Image size: 15 x 19 inches (38 x 48.25 cm) Contemporary style hand made frame This portrait of an unknown man certainly captures the personality of the chosen sitter. With hat tilted to the side, eyebrow lifted and a half smile of the man's face, one gets the impression that he is finding the whole process of having his portrait painted rather amusing. Still in Ireland at this time, the sitter is likely to have been a friend of the artist, from Belfast. In 1944 there was a group exhibition in Belfast held at the textile business of William Ewart & Sons on Bedford Street. Here Smith showed his works alongside the artists Colin Middleton...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Original 1942 Pour L'An II COMPAGNONS  Rooster vintage French poster
Original 1942 Pour L'An II COMPAGNONS  Rooster vintage French poster

Original 1942 Pour L'An II COMPAGNONS Rooster vintage French poster

Located in Spokane, WA

Professionally archival linen-backed vintage French poster: pour L'An II COMPAGONS Tous Unis Celebrons, Notre Pain, Notre Sang, Notre Terre. This full lithograph antique poster fe...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

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

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floral Still Life Oil Painting - Floral & Figurine
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floral Still Life Oil Painting - Floral & Figurine

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floral Still Life Oil Painting - Floral & Figurine

Located in Bristol, GB

FLORAL & FIGURINE Size: 50 x 71 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas An elegant and serene mid-century still life interior scene, executed in oil on board. The composition presents a...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Snow in the Valley - Winter Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Snow in the Valley - Winter Landscape in Oil on Canvas

Snow in the Valley - Winter Landscape in Oil on Canvas

Located in Soquel, CA

Snow in the Valley - Winter Landscape in Oil on Canvas Serene winter landscape by A. V. Gagliardi (20th Century). A valley is covered with snow, with a small house and river in thew...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

"Winter" American Modernism WPA Regionalism Landscape  Mid-Century Magic Realism
"Winter" American Modernism WPA Regionalism Landscape  Mid-Century Magic Realism

"Winter" American Modernism WPA Regionalism Landscape Mid-Century Magic Realism

By Dale Nichols

Located in New York, NY

"Winter" American Modernism WPA Regionalism Landscape Mid-Century Magic Realism. 30 x 40 inches. Oil on canvas, c. 1960s, Signed lower right. As we list the painting now, the work is currently being cleaned, restored and a hand carved frame is being built. Additional photos will be uploaded as soon as possible. Our gallery, Helicline Fine Art, just launched our new digital exhibition: American Art: The WPA and Beyond. Three dozen paintings, works on paper and sculptures which are available here on 1stDibs. In person viewings can be arranged by appointment at our midtown Manhattan gallery. Provenance: "Winter" was originally purchased by Stanley Byer. Mr. Byer owned homes in Key West, New York City, and Washington, D.C. He purchased the painting from Dunning Auction in 1984 in Elgin, Illinois. Mr. Byer was related to Abraham Weiss from Florida. Saul Babbin, now deceased was a cousin of Mr. Weiss. I purchased the painting from Joy Babbin, Mr. Babbin's wife, now living in from New Mexico. Dale Nichols (1905 – 1995) Artist, printmaker, illustrator, watercolorist, designer, writer and lecturer, Nichols did paintings that reflected his rural background of Nebraska where he was born in David City, a small town. Although he did much sketching outdoors, most of his paintings were completed in his studio and often included "numerology, magic squares...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Braque, Les martinets, Derrière le miroir (after)
Braque, Les martinets, Derrière le miroir (after)

Braque, Les martinets, Derrière le miroir (after)

By Georges Braque

Located in Southampton, NY

Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 115, 1959. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; pr...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Figures - Lithograph by Emanuele Pandolfini - 1970s

Figures - Lithograph by Emanuele Pandolfini - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Figures is a contemporary artwork realized by Emanuele Pandolfini in 1970s. Lithograph on paper. Hand signed and numbered on the lower margin. Edition of XXIII/XXV Includes frame

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Venus, Modern Abstract Figurative Sculpture #37
Venus, Modern Abstract Figurative Sculpture #37

Venus, Modern Abstract Figurative Sculpture #37

By Doris Warner

Located in Soquel, CA

Wonderful small scale abstract figurative stone Venus sculpture by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010), 1975. A highly abstracted female form is expressed through the organic, fl...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Sandstone

Composition in Blue
Composition in Blue

Composition in Blue

By Mihail Chemiakin

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Composition in Blue" c.1990, is an original colors lithograph on paper by renown Russian artist Mihail Chemiakin, b.1943. It is hand signed and numbered 21/99 in...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Large 1970's British Oil Painting Portrait of Seated Lady Black Dress Pearl Neck
Large 1970's British Oil Painting Portrait of Seated Lady Black Dress Pearl Neck

Large 1970's British Oil Painting Portrait of Seated Lady Black Dress Pearl Neck

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Portrait of a Lady, Black Dress and Pearl Necklace circa 1970's oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 36 x 24 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: good and sound condi...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Pacific Diver (1950) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print

Pacific Diver (1950) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print

Located in London, GB

Pacific Diver (1950) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images) circa 1950: Swimmer diving into rough water lashing against rocky cliffs at Acapulco, the Riviera of Mexico. Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size: 40x40'' Printed 2020 Silver Gelatin Fibre Print NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE 10 x 10'' 12 x 12'' 16 x 16'' 20 x 20'' 30 x 30'' 40 x 40'' FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST Fashion, Retro, Vintage, Car, High Society, Legends, Acting, Diving, Ocean...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Inglewood
Inglewood

Inglewood

By Jessica Brilli

Located in New York, NY

ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Jessica Brilli (Sayville, NY 1977) has been drawing and painting since her childhood. Working in a style that encompasses American realism and 20th century graphic...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Bizerba Electronic 5000 - Vintage B/W photo - Early 1980s

Bizerba Electronic 5000 - Vintage B/W photo - Early 1980s

Located in Roma, IT

Bizerba electronic 5000 is an original photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer. The brand's name and model is on objects in the photo. Good conditions.

Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Emil Ganso, (Reclining Nude)
Emil Ganso, (Reclining Nude)

Emil Ganso, (Reclining Nude)

By Emil Ganso

Located in New York, NY

A classic Emil Ganso nude. Quite large, the sheet is 14 1/8 x 21 inches and the image goes all the way across the sheet from left to right. Very delicately drawn - especially for Ganso.

Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Pencil

Picasso Ceramic, “Chouette” (A.R. 543)
Picasso Ceramic, “Chouette” (A.R. 543)

Picasso Ceramic, “Chouette” (A.R. 543)

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Madrid, ES

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) CHOUETTE (A.R. 543) stamped, marked and numbered 'Madoura Plein Feu / Edition Picasso / Edition Picasso / 37/500 / Madoura' (underneath) white earthenware c...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Ceramic

“Abstract Sailboats”
“Abstract Sailboats”

“Abstract Sailboats”

By William Katz

Located in Southampton, NY

Fabulous original mid century modern oil on canvas painting by the well known New York artist, William Katz. The painting is done in a colorful abstraction of sailboats and is signed by the artist lower left. The artist has mixed sand into the oil paint to give the painting a highly textured look. Condition is excellent. Circa 1955. The frame is original with a studded gold edge detailing and with natural wood sides. Frame is in fine original condition. Overall framed measurements are 17 by 29.25 inches. Provenance: A Saint Petersburg, Florida collector. William P. Katz (1926-2003) American William Katz was born in New York, studied at The Art Students League and with Sebastiano Mineo of New York City. For five years he worked and lived in the home that was once occupied by the great American sculptor Gutson Borglum. His works are in many private collections in the United States, Norway, England, Canada and Greece. Best known for sculptures, he also created paintings and designed textiles and jewelry. Alexander Kirkland called him an abstract "figurist-fantasist." He has had one-man exhibits at many galleries including: 1964, Miami Museum of Modern Art, Miami, FL; 1965, Fordham University...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Lake House - Original Handsigned Lithograph
The Lake House - Original Handsigned Lithograph

The Lake House - Original Handsigned Lithograph

Located in Paris, IDF

José MANISCALCO (XXe) The Lake House Original lithograph Signed in pencil Numbered / 295 copies On BFK Rives vellum 44 x 61.5 cm (c. 17.3 x 24 in) Excellent condition

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Wind Flowers in a Tzu Chow Vase

Wind Flowers in a Tzu Chow Vase

By Ethelyn Cosby Stewart

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Wind Flowers in a Tzu Chow Vase, 1933, oil on canvas board, signed and dated lower right, 20 x 16 inches, label verso with title and original price ($185.00), exhibited 44th Annual E...

Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Memoire Fanee 18

Memoire Fanee 18

Located in Atlanta, GA

Carl Linstrum's "Other Side" series of paintings speak to disappearing ecosystems in a time of increasing climate crises, while celebrating the sheer beauty of nature through richly ...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Girl at the Docks
Girl at the Docks

Girl at the Docks

By Nicola Simbari

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Girl at the Docks" c.1980, is an original colors serigraph by noted Italian artist Nicola Simbari, 1927-2012. It is hand signed and numbered 76/150 in pencil by ...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Screen

Chaim Soutine, The Rooster, from Soutine, I, 1966 (after)
Chaim Soutine, The Rooster, from Soutine, I, 1966 (after)

Chaim Soutine, The Rooster, from Soutine, I, 1966 (after)

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph after Chaim Soutine (1893–1943), titled Le Coq (The Rooster), 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 heightened emotional tension and expressive force characteristic of Soutines painterly vision, capturing in lithographic form the dynamic structure and psychological immediacy that define his mature still lifes. 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: Le Coq (The Rooster), 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 time when renewed international interest in the artist was expanding. 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 drama 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

Dune 1984 David Lynch Original Vintage Movie Poster One Sheet

Dune 1984 David Lynch Original Vintage Movie Poster One Sheet

Located in London, GB

Dune 1984 Original Vintage Movie Film Poster One sheet Measures 27 in x 41 inches / 69 cm x 104 cm This is an original, rolled, one sheet movie poster from 1984 for Dune starring Ky...

Category

Early 2000s Modern Art

Materials

Paper

Gaspe: St. Lawrence Village

Gaspe: St. Lawrence Village

By William Grauer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right Provenance: Estate of the Artist With the artist's original presentation (Frame and matting) Two similar titles were exhibited in The ...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

Always by My Side
Always by My Side

Always by My Side

Located in Zofingen, AG

This emotionally rich painting portrays the quiet presence of a beloved dog beside a woman, capturing a moment of stillness, trust, and unspoken connection. The work reflects the dee...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Huge Contemporary Oil Painting Nude Lady against Red Background signed
Huge Contemporary Oil Painting Nude Lady against Red Background signed

Huge Contemporary Oil Painting Nude Lady against Red Background signed

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Nude Model European School, contemporary signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 39 x 39 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound condition

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Urban Skyline (Dusk, Reflective Waterfront, Cool Blue, ~26% OFF)

Urban Skyline (Dusk, Reflective Waterfront, Cool Blue, ~26% OFF)

Located in Kansas City, MO

Samir Farah Urban Skyline Acrylic on Stretched Canvas Year: 2025 Size: 14.96 x 11.81 x 0.78 inches (38 x 30 x 2 cm) Signed lower left COA provided *Comes on stretcher frame. Listing...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Red and blue paint tubes. Mixed Media
Red and blue paint tubes. Mixed Media

Red and blue paint tubes. Mixed Media

By Arman

Located in Paris, FR

Untitled Acrylic and paint tubes on resine ​ Provenance : - Galerie Bernart, Antwerp - former collection of the Dutch Cobra artist Corneille (Cornelius van ...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Dufy (tariff free*), Sans titre, Les Côtes Normandes (after)
Dufy (tariff free*), Sans titre, Les Côtes Normandes (after)

Dufy (tariff free*), Sans titre, Les Côtes Normandes (after)

By Raoul Dufy

Located in Southampton, NY

Lithograph on grand vélin d'Arches spécial paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Les Côtes Normandes 1961. Publ...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

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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.