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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
Leonor Fini, Untitled, from Parallelement, 1969
Leonor Fini, Untitled, from Parallelement, 1969

Leonor Fini, Untitled, from Parallelement, 1969

By Leonor Fini

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph, titled Sans titre (Untitled), by Leonor Fini, from the folio Parallelement (Parallel), Illustre de lithographies originales de Leonor Fini (Illustrated wit...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Italian Renaissance - Lithograph - 19th Century

Italian Renaissance - Lithograph - 19th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Italian Renaissance is an artwork realized in 19th century. Lithograph on paper. The artwork represents decorative bronze patterns of Italian  Renaissance Architecture. The artwork...

Category

19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Peacock I, Blue Green Painting, Mixed Media Textured on Canvas 60 H X 40" W
Peacock I, Blue Green Painting, Mixed Media Textured on Canvas 60 H X 40" W

Peacock I, Blue Green Painting, Mixed Media Textured on Canvas 60 H X 40" W

By Irena Orlov

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Peacock I Blue Green Painting, Mixed Media Textured on Canvas 60 H X 40" W inches, Mixed Media: Digital, Watercolor, Acrylic, Gel Medium One-of-a-kind 2017 in Los Angeles SPECIFICA...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Digital

Nap under the Apple Trees - Original Lithograph Signed
Nap under the Apple Trees - Original Lithograph Signed

Nap under the Apple Trees - Original Lithograph Signed

By Yves Ganne

Located in Paris, IDF

Yves GANNE (1931-2019) Nap under the Apple Trees Original Lithograph Signed on pencil Justified EA (artist's proof) Numbered out of 30 copies On vellum Arches 76 x 54 cm (c. 29.92 x...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

"HORSE TAMER" BRONZE SCULPTURE

"HORSE TAMER" BRONZE SCULPTURE

Located in San Antonio, TX

John Bennett (Born 1952) Fredericksburg, Texas Artist Image Size: 22 x 39 across x 11 Medium: Bronze "Horse Tamer" John Bennett (Born 1952) John Bennett was designated Texas State Ar...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Bronze

"Monte San Salvatore Lugano" signed E. Bernasconi - Oil on canvas 30x37 cm
"Monte San Salvatore Lugano" signed E. Bernasconi - Oil on canvas 30x37 cm

"Monte San Salvatore Lugano" signed E. Bernasconi - Oil on canvas 30x37 cm

Located in Geneva, CH

Oil on canvas sold with frame Total size with frame 38x46 cm Signed E. Bernasconi, artist unknown from the gallery

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

The Italian Actors Marcello Mastroianni and Laura Morante - B/w Photo - 1980s

The Italian Actors Marcello Mastroianni and Laura Morante - B/w Photo - 1980s

Located in Roma, IT

Vintage Photo. The Italian Actor Marcello Mastroianni and the Italian Actress Laura Morante in a scene from the movie "Le due vite di Mattia Pascal" by Mario Monicelli.

Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Wolfman
Wolfman

Wolfman

By Donald Saff

Located in Middletown, NY

Etching with aquatint on white wove paper with a deckle edge, 23 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches (598 x 317 mm); sheet 30 x 22 1/2 inches (762 x 571 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 4/10 i...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Jean Cocteau, Veronica, from Bulls, 1965 (after)
Jean Cocteau, Veronica, from Bulls, 1965 (after)

Jean Cocteau, Veronica, from Bulls, 1965 (after)

By Jean Cocteau

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph after Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Veronica (Veronica), from the folio Taureaux, Lithographies de Jean Cocteau (Bulls, Lithographs by Jean Cocteau), ori...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Conjuring Spirits (Jungle Drums)
Conjuring Spirits (Jungle Drums)

Conjuring Spirits (Jungle Drums)

By Thomas Hart Benton

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Dynamic jungle drummer scene by unknown NYC American artist. Oil on canvas measuring 20 x 26 inches. Signed "T 42" in ink on verso. Anco stretchers and Grumbacher NYC store stamp con...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

'Gloucester' — Mid-Century Modernist Watercolor

'Gloucester' — Mid-Century Modernist Watercolor

By Nathaniel Dirk

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Nathaniel Dirk, Untitled (Gloucester), watercolor, with fresh colors, on watercolor paper; in fine, original condition, with the artist's tack holes (barely visible) at the sheet edg...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

Dreamline
Dreamline

Dreamline

Located in Zofingen, AG

shipped in roll “Dreamline” captures the moment a woman steps into a journey driven not by directions, but by desire. She’s not following a map — she’s drawing her own invisible lin...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mid Century Iris and Daffodils Still Life
Mid Century Iris and Daffodils Still Life

Mid Century Iris and Daffodils Still Life

By Helen Enoch Gleiforst

Located in Soquel, CA

Beautiful still life of a vase of bearded irises, begonias, and daffodils by Helen Gleiforst (American, 1903-1997). Signed "Gleiforst" lower right. Unframed. Image size: 14"H x 10"W. Helen Gleiforst was born in Crete, Nebraska and soon moved to Oregon where she studied at the University of Oregon. Gleiforst then settled in Beverly Hills where she began to paint. Her teachers included Nicolai Fechin, George Melcher, and John Hubbard Rich...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Swiss Mountains by A. Zosso - Oil on canvas 46x55 cm
Swiss Mountains by A. Zosso - Oil on canvas 46x55 cm

Swiss Mountains by A. Zosso - Oil on canvas 46x55 cm

Located in Geneva, CH

Oil on canvas sold with frame Total size with frame 58x67 cm Signed A. Zosso (artist unknown from the gallery) Dated 1951

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Is That So (Abstract, Expressionism, Warm, Lively, Green, Teal, Yellow, 20% OFF)
Is That So (Abstract, Expressionism, Warm, Lively, Green, Teal, Yellow, 20% OFF)

Is That So (Abstract, Expressionism, Warm, Lively, Green, Teal, Yellow, 20% OFF)

By Katherine Bello

Located in Kansas City, MO

Katherine Bello Is That So Mixed media on canvas 2023 Size: 40x30x1.5in Signed, dated and titled by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1881 *on stretcher frame - ready to hang ** additi...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

The Medieval Army - Facsimile, Ltd /450
The Medieval Army - Facsimile, Ltd /450

The Medieval Army - Facsimile, Ltd /450

By M.C. Escher

Located in Paris, IDF

M.C. ESCHER (1898-1972) The Medieval Army, 2008 Facsimile after the original woodcut from 1938 Unsigned Numbered / 450 copies (the number you can see can be different) On vellum 45 ...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Color

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By Terry Leftrook

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork "Untitled" 1987 is an original offset lithograph, with pastel addition on wove paper, by Canadian artist Terry Leftrook, born 1948. It is unsigned. The size is 24.85 x ...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Abstract Blue Floral Still Life with Vases and Purple Tulips Modernist Gouache
Abstract Blue Floral Still Life with Vases and Purple Tulips Modernist Gouache

Abstract Blue Floral Still Life with Vases and Purple Tulips Modernist Gouache

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Abstract Blue Floral Still Life with Vases and Purple Tulips Modernist Gouache Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 19.75 x 14.75 inches (he...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

Lavender Fields in Provence - Signed Original Lithograph
Lavender Fields in Provence - Signed Original Lithograph

Lavender Fields in Provence - Signed Original Lithograph

By Urbain Huchet

Located in Paris, IDF

Urbain HUCHET Lavender Fields in Provence Original lithograph Signed in pencil Numbered on /300 On vellum 37.5 x 47.8 cm (c. 14.5 x 18.5 inch) Excellent condition, small defects a...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Mid Century Idaho Pack River Landscape
Mid Century Idaho Pack River Landscape

Mid Century Idaho Pack River Landscape

By Laura Lindberg

Located in Soquel, CA

Beautiful American realist view of Pack River in Sandpoint, Idaho by Laura Lindberg (American, 1904-1976). Signed lower right corner "64 L Lindberg". 26 Pack River Laura Lindberg and...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

'Petrouchka's Predicament' — Mid-century American Surrealism
'Petrouchka's Predicament' — Mid-century American Surrealism

'Petrouchka's Predicament' — Mid-century American Surrealism

By Robert Vale Faro

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Robert Vale Faro, 'Petrouchka's Predicament', color lithograph, 1946, edition 20. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '115' and '14/20' in pen. A fine, richly-inked impression, with fresh colors, on heavy, off-white wove paper; full margins (1 1/4 to 2 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Image size 21 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches; sheet size 24 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches. Scarce. Matted to museum standards, unframed. 'Petrouchka', a ballet with music by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky and choreography by Michel Fokine, is based on the legend of Russian folklore. 'Petrouchka', a puppet made of straw with a bag of sawdust as his body, comes to life and has the capacity to love, a story conceptually resembling that of Pinocchio. ABOUT THE ARTIST Robert Vale Faro (1902-1988) was a well-known modernist architect and artist associated with the Chicago Bauhaus. He received his degree in architecture and design from the Armour Institute in Chicago and worked at L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, from 1924-27, where he was influenced by Harry Kurt Bieg and Le Corbusier. Upon his return to Chicago, Faro worked with the important modernist Chicago architects George and William Keck under Louis Sullivan. Faro founded the avant-garde printmaking group Vanguard in 1945. The group counted Atelier 17 artists Stanley William Hayter, Sue Fuller...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Underwater — Mid-century Modern
Underwater — Mid-century Modern

Underwater — Mid-century Modern

By Charles Quest

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Charles Quest, 'Underwater', 1948, chiaroscuro wood engraving, edition 12. Signed, titled, dated and numbered '3/12' in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, in dark brown and warm black, on off-white wove paper, with full margins (5/8 to 1 1/2 inch), in excellent condition. Scarce. ABOUT THE ARTIST Charles Quest, painter, printmaker, and fine art instructor, worked in various mediums, including mosaic, stained glass, mural painting, and sculpture. Quest grew up in St. Louis, his talent evident as a teenager when he began copying the works of masters such as Michelangelo on his bedroom walls. He studied at the Washington University School of Fine Arts, where he later taught from 1944 to 1971. He traveled to Europe after his graduation in 1929 and studied at La Grande Chaumière and Academie Colarossi, Paris, continuing to draw inspiration from the works of the Old Masters. After returning to St. Louis, Quest received several commissions to paint murals in public buildings, schools, and churches, including one from Joseph Cardinal Ritter, to paint a replica of Velasquez's Crucifixion over the main altar of the Old Cathedral in St. Louis. Quest soon became interested in the woodcut medium, which he learned through his study of J. J. Lankes' A Woodcut Manual (1932) and Paul Landacre's articles in American Artist magazine ‘since no artists in St. Louis were working in wood’ at that time. Quest also revealed that for him, wood cutting and engraving were ‘more enjoyable than any other means of expression.’ In the late 1940s, his graphic works began attracting critical attention—several of his woodcuts won prizes and were acquired by major American and European museums. His wood engraving entitled ‘Lovers’ was included in the American Federation of Art's traveling print exhibition in 1947. Two years later, Quest's two prize-winning prints, ‘Still Life with Grindstone’ and ‘Break Forth into Singing’, were exhibited in major American museums in a traveling show organized by the Philadelphia Print Club. His work was included in the Chicago Art Institute's exhibition, ‘Woodcut Through Six Centuries’, and the print ‘Still Life with Vise’ was purchased by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1951 he was invited by artist-Curator Jacob Kainen to exhibit thirty wood engravings and color woodcuts in a one-person show at the Smithsonian's National Museum (now known as the American History Museum). Kainen's press release praised the ‘technical refinement’ of Quest's work: ‘He obtains a great variety of textural effects through the use of the graver, and these dense or transparent grays are set off against whites or blacks to achieve sparkling results. His work has the handsome qualities characteristic of the craftsman and designer.’ At the time of the Smithsonian exhibition, Quest's work was represented by three New York galleries in addition to one in his home town. He had won 38 prizes, and his prints were in the collections of the Library of Congress, the Chicago Art Institute, the Metropolitan Museum, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In cooperation with the Art in Embassies program, his color woodcuts were displayed at the American Embassy in Paris in 1951. Recognition at home came in 1955 with his first solo exhibition in St. Louis. Press coverage of the show heralded the ‘growth of graphic arts toward rivaling painting and sculpture as a major independent medium’. An exhibition of his prints at the Bethesda Art Gallery in 1983 attracted Curator Emeritus Joseph A. Haller, S.J., who began purchasing his work for Georgetown University's collection. In 1990 Georgetown University Library's Special Collections Division was the recipient of a large body of Quest's work, including prints, drawings, paintings, sculpture, stained glass, and his archive of correspondence and professional memorabilia. These extensive holdings, including some 260 of his fine prints, provide a rich opportunity for further study and appreciation of this versatile and not-to-be-forgotten mid-Western American artist...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

Cuban landscape
Cuban landscape

Cuban landscape

Located in New York, NY

A rare and well painted Cuban landscape by wonderful artist Domingo Enriquez. Domingo Ramos Enriquez's oeuvre encompasses a wide array of Cuban landscape...

Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Burlap, Oil

On the Greek Island - Original Handsigned Lithograph
On the Greek Island - Original Handsigned Lithograph

On the Greek Island - Original Handsigned Lithograph

By Janick Lederle

Located in Paris, IDF

Janick LEDERLE On the Greek Island Original lithograph (Mourlot) Handsigned in pencil Numbered on /275 copies On vellum 54 x 69 cm (c. 21.2 x 27.1 in) Excellent condition

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Vibrant Abstract Expressionist Colour Field French Modernist Gouache
Vibrant Abstract Expressionist Colour Field French Modernist Gouache

Vibrant Abstract Expressionist Colour Field French Modernist Gouache

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Vibrant Abstract Expressionist Colour Field French Modernist Gouache Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 19.75 x 24.25 inches (height x wid...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

Large Jerusalem Hills Landscape Modernist Israeli Oil Painting
Large Jerusalem Hills Landscape Modernist Israeli Oil Painting

Large Jerusalem Hills Landscape Modernist Israeli Oil Painting

By Oded Feingersh

Located in Surfside, FL

Oded Feingersh. painter and chemical engineer. Born in Jerusalem. Graduate of Bezalel Art Academy, studied art in Paris. Education 1960–63 Bezalel Academy of Art & Design,, Jerusalem 1979-83 Avshalom Institute, Tel-Aviv Geography of Israel 1965–68 Paris, Brussels and Madrid Feingersh's work ranges between social realism, naturalism, pop-art and surrealism. As a vagabond-artist, he draw endless influences from all around the world, his world is abundant with personal and collective mythology, classic and modern influences, from the medieval art to Hieronymus Bosch and Thomas Huffman. Selected one person exhibition: 1964 Chermernisky Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv 1966 Tournesol Galerie, Paris 1966 Montjoie Gallerie, Brussels 1967 Campo Gallerie, Antwerp 1968 Sala Amadis, Madrid 1969 Views of Fear, Engel Gallery, Jerusalem 1970 Psychic Drawings, Dugit Gallery, Tel-Aviv A secret Agent's Battles Against International Communism, Engel Gallery 1975 Tel Aviv Museum 1977 Arta Gallery, Jerusalem 1978 Ella Gallery, Jerusalem 1979 Fontana Gallery, Stockholm 1982 Art...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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.