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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
Kabukie - The Province of Rokuok - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunikazu - 1862

Kabukie - The Province of Rokuok - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunikazu - 1862

By Utagawa Kunikazu

Located in Roma, IT

Kabukie - The Province of Rokuoku is an original artwork realized in 1862 by Utagawa Kunikazu (1830 - 1919) Chuban. From the series "Dai Nippon rokuju of Rikuoku" (60 provinces of Glorious Japan), The Province of Rokuoku. Meeting of the two rivals in the forest at night, Tanigoro with sumo apron and fan with the national colours. Signed: Kunikazu. Good impression, backed, glued at corners, oxidation, centrefold, a little bit rubbed. Utagawa Kunikazu (1830 - 1919) was a printmaker from Osaka. He had a famous teacher, the ukiyo-e artist Kunisada Utagawa...

Category

1860s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

The Drugs Don’t Work - Giant Signed Limited Edition Pop Art Print

The Drugs Don’t Work - Giant Signed Limited Edition Pop Art Print

By BATIK

Located in London, GB

The Drugs Don’t Work by BATIK Archival pigment pop art print of the 1960s supermodel Twiggy signed & limited edition. Giant 60 x 40 inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size signed and n...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Post Queue" by  Fox Photos

"Post Queue" by Fox Photos

Located in London, GB

"Post Queue" by Fox Photos December 1926: Schoolchildren posting letters in the playground of the Red Lion Street School. Unframed Paper Size: 20" x 24'' (...

Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White

The Old Days  Photo - Early 20th Century

The Old Days Photo - Early 20th Century

Located in Roma, IT

The Old Days  Photo - Horse is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.  It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and ...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Customs of 17th Century - Lithograph - 1862

Customs of 17th Century - Lithograph - 1862

Located in Roma, IT

Lithograph on paper realized in 1862. Hand colored. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of the government, of the laws, o...

Category

1860s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled, Still Life of Shell
Untitled, Still Life of Shell

Untitled, Still Life of Shell

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Untitled, Still Life of Shell Graphite on paper, 1945-1951 Signed lower right in pencil "Bisttram" (see photo) Condition: Excellent Sheet size: 9.63 x 7 .5 inches EMIL BISTTRAM (189...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Graphite

"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

Amanda (Marguèrite), No. 1
Amanda (Marguèrite), No. 1

Amanda (Marguèrite), No. 1

By Gerald Leslie Brockhurst

Located in Plano, TX

Amanda No. 1 (Marguèrite). 1920. Etching. Fletcher 18. 3 1/2 x 2 3/8 (sheet 9 x 7 1/4). Edition 55. . A rich proof printed with plate tone on cream laid paper with full margins. Sign...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Slim Aarons - Beverly Hills Hotel - Oversize - Estate Edition
Slim Aarons - Beverly Hills Hotel - Oversize - Estate Edition

Slim Aarons - Beverly Hills Hotel - Oversize - Estate Edition

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

'Beverly Hills Hotel' by Slim Aarons Limited Edition Slim Aarons Estate Edition Print. Numbered in ink to 150 only on front and emboss stamped on front. Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957. Beautiful classic cars parked outside the iconic Hotel, surrounded by giant palm trees, bathed in s soft glow light, this is a true Slim Classic! Typically 'Slim' this photograph epitomises elegant travel and the vintage style and glamour of the period's wealthy and famous, beautifully documented by Aarons. In his words, he photographed 'beautiful people in beautiful places, doing beautiful things'. An exquisite LIMITED Edition Slim Aarons Archival Pigment Print. Gorgeous print measuring an Oversize 40 x 40 inches / ca 102 x 102 cm's. Produced utilising the original transparency held at archive source. Archival Pigment Print. Archive stamped & numbered EDGE PRINTS works in close partnership with the Getty Images Archive & Slim Aarons Estate and Collection, in London England. We ship regularly using crating firms (to ensure safe arrival of your artwork) together with Fedex Express and other international services. We ship regularly using Fedex Express services and shipping to all international locations is complimentary. 1950s 1950 cars classic palm trees luxury hotel sun sunshine holiday California Marilyn Monroe vintage...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Grim Orvieto
Grim Orvieto

Grim Orvieto

By John Taylor Arms

Located in Middletown, NY

Etching on watermarked FJ Head cream laid paper with a deckle edge, 11 1/8 x 8 3/4 inches (283 x 223 mm); sheet 14 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches (374 x 292 mm), full margins. Signed and dated ...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Etching, Laid Paper

Amalfi Cathedral - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century

Amalfi Cathedral - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century

Located in Roma, IT

Amalfi Cathedral - Vintage Photo is a black and white photograph of the early 20th century realized by Alinari. Good conditions, aged with foxing.

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Palm Beach Idyll, 1955 - Estate Stamped Limited Edition C-Type Print
Palm Beach Idyll, 1955 - Estate Stamped Limited Edition C-Type Print

Palm Beach Idyll, 1955 - Estate Stamped Limited Edition C-Type Print

By Slim Aarons

Located in Brighton, GB

Palm Beach Idyll, 1955 by Slim Aarons 16 x 16" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Palm Beach Idyll' is a Limited Edition Estate Stamped Di...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

Mixed-media Long Mixed Wood Cityscape Shelf or Mantel by Artist Ben Darby, 2020
Mixed-media Long Mixed Wood Cityscape Shelf or Mantel by Artist Ben Darby, 2020

Mixed-media Long Mixed Wood Cityscape Shelf or Mantel by Artist Ben Darby, 2020

By Ben Darby

Located in San Diego, CA

Artful one-of-a-kind long shelf or sculpture by artist Ben Darby. Made of various pieces of wood and accented with multi-color acrylic paint. We selected this piece soon after it was...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

The Profile - Etching - 17th Century

The Profile - Etching - 17th Century

Located in Roma, IT

The Profile is an etching on ivory-colored paper realized by anonymous Italian artist in 17th Century. Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft smoo...

Category

17th Century Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Signed Sunset In Columbia Modernist Street Scene Framed WPA Rare Oil Painting
Signed Sunset In Columbia Modernist Street Scene Framed WPA Rare Oil Painting

Signed Sunset In Columbia Modernist Street Scene Framed WPA Rare Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 26 by 32 inches overall and 24 by 30 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rare Large Modernist Hungarian Oil Painting Emod Aurel Naive Fauvist Orientalist
Rare Large Modernist Hungarian Oil Painting Emod Aurel Naive Fauvist Orientalist

Rare Large Modernist Hungarian Oil Painting Emod Aurel Naive Fauvist Orientalist

By Emod Aurel

Located in Surfside, FL

Hand signed lower right and bears old Hungarian Gallery label verso. Description of the painting An Orientalist genre scene set in a North African or Middle Eastern desert town at d...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tulips & Lemons in Sunny Window Mediterranean Sea Signed French Oil Painting
Tulips & Lemons in Sunny Window Mediterranean Sea Signed French Oil Painting

Tulips & Lemons in Sunny Window Mediterranean Sea Signed French Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Tulips French Modernist School, mid 20th century signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 21.5 x 26 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very good condition For mo...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Vintage 1970's Harbour Scene with Moored Boats & Figures by British Artist
Vintage 1970's Harbour Scene with Moored Boats & Figures by British Artist

Vintage 1970's Harbour Scene with Moored Boats & Figures by British Artist

Located in Preston, GB

Vintage 1970's Harbour Scene with Moored Boats & Figures by British Artist, William Stockman (1935-2021) Art measures 31 x 15 inches Frame measures 36 x 20 inches Professionally cleaned and re-framed in a high quality contemporary black moulding with a white insert 20th Century Vintage Original...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Board, Oil

"Portrait of Dr. Monroe Mufson"
"Portrait of Dr. Monroe Mufson"

"Portrait of Dr. Monroe Mufson"

By Joseph Biel

Located in Southampton, NY

Unsigned ; attributed to Joseph Biel Good friend of Dr. Mufson View is from New York University School of Medicine. Overall size with original frame 25.5 x 21 in.

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Blue Note
Blue Note

Blue Note

By Vaclav Vytlacil

Located in Missouri, MO

Framed Size: 50 1/4 x 38 inches Vaclav Vytlacil figurative abstraction, tempera on panel — "Blue Note" is a richly layered 1967 work that exemplifies the artist's signature synthesi...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Tempera, Panel

Aquarium, circa 1935, oil on panel
Aquarium, circa 1935, oil on panel

Aquarium, circa 1935, oil on panel

By Lydia Radda

Located in PARIS, FR

Lydia Radda (1891-1967) Aquarium, circa 1935 Oil on panel Signed “Radda” lower right 13 x 16 inch Painter born in Corbeil-Essonnes in 1891, Julie Florent was active in Paris at the ...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Paint, Oil

Suzanna and the Elders, American Watercolor, Signed, 1940s
Suzanna and the Elders, American Watercolor, Signed, 1940s

Suzanna and the Elders, American Watercolor, Signed, 1940s

By Ben Shahn

Located in Miami, FL

A modern interpretation of the biblical story Suzanna and the Elders. Signed lower right Ink and wash on paper The Downtown Gallery Felix Landau Gallery Ernest Brown & Phillips, Ltd...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Archival Paper

SAMARITAN WOMAN
SAMARITAN WOMAN

SAMARITAN WOMAN

By Viacheslav Kaidash

Located in Zofingen, AG

This painting, executed in rich shades, depicts a moment of profound spiritual illumination and connection with the divine. The central figure is a woman in a colorful clo...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Pink and Green Minimalist Landscape with Fence Posts and Curving Path
Pink and Green Minimalist Landscape with Fence Posts and Curving Path

Pink and Green Minimalist Landscape with Fence Posts and Curving Path

By Jill Jackson

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: Jill Jackson (British, contemporary), signed Title: Minimalist Landscape Medium: pastel on artist paper, unframed Painting : 18 x 15 inches Provenance: all the ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Pastel

Atomic Blonde Pink by BATIK
Atomic Blonde Pink by BATIK

Atomic Blonde Pink by BATIK

By BATIK

Located in London, GB

Atomic Blonde Pink by BATIK BATIK is an increasingly collectable pop artist currently living and working in London. The artist is purposely elusive with their true identity, sex ...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

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.