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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
Pierre Soulages, Plate No. 5, from Painters of Today, 1962 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Pierre Soulages (1919–2022), titled Planche No. 5 (Plate No. 5), from the folio Pierre Soulages, Peintres d'aujourd'hui (Pierre Soulages, Painters o...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Huge French Modernist Oil Kissing Couple Abstract Figures, signed painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed and dated Title: Kissing Couple, beautfiful Modernist work with green, beige, brown, yellow, golden colors. Med...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

A Fine 1930s Modern, Art Deco Female Drawing, Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in Chicago, IL
A Finely Drawn, 1930s Art Deco Modern Female Figure Study, Portrait of a Young Woman by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exquisite studio portrait study, ch...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Antique American Pennsylvania Impressionist Framed Landscape Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare antique oil painting by Charles W. Patterson (1870 - 1938) . Oil on canvas, signed lower right. Measuring 29 x 33 inches overall, 22 x...
Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Paradise, Canto 32 - Preparation for Final Prayer
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Paradise, Canto 32 - Preparation for Final Prayer Original woodcut from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

"Cheetah Who Shops" by B C Parade
Located in London, GB
"Cheetah Who Shops" by B C Parade American silent film actress Phyllis Gordon (1889 - 1964) window-shopping in Earls Court, London with her four-yea...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White

Arco. Espiral, series. Male Nude. Limited Edition Photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Vignette of a dancer creating shapes and folds in the sunlight. Rocket's favorite lighting source. The harsh lights and shadows in the warm Florida weather led Ricky Rocket to explo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

A Colorful, 1930s Summer Harbor Scene of Saugatuck, Michigan by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A colorful , blustery painting of a summer harbor in Saugatuck, Michigan by famed Chicago Modern artist, Francis Chapin. Dating circa 1935, oil on Masonite, the painting depicts a v...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Interior with Cats
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist Statement "I’m a Canadian painter living on an island off the northwest coast of Canada. My current paintings revolve around floral still lives. The flowers are the original...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Vintage Signed American Modernist New England Framed Coastal Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 19 by 23 inches overall, and 17 by 21 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. H...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Henri Matisse - Nadia Au Menton Pointu - 1995
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sku: R176 Artist: Henri Matisse Title: Nadia Au Menton Pointu Year: 1995 Signed: No Medium: Offset Lithograph Paper Size: 23.5 x 17.5 inches ( 59.69 x 44.45 cm ) Image Size: 16 x 12....
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Offset

The Sundews - Lithograph by Vincenzo Tenore - 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph hand watercolored. Plate from "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration of notable p...
Category

19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Asleep Model - Original oil on canvas - Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Claude Gaveau Asleep Model, 1975 Original oil on canvas Signed in the lower right corner Signed again on the back On canvas 60 x 73 cm (c. 24 x 29 in) Very good condition
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Cafe Terrace In Nice Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Cafe Terrace In Nice 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Holidaymakers on a cafe terrace in Nice on the French Riviera, 1957. unfra...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Creole Dancer Lithograph by Matisse, Modern Style, 1984, Unframed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a lithographic reproduction of la Danseuse Creole that Matisse originally painted in 1950. The same image was also used in a promotion of La Cote D'Azur published by the Fren...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Brigitte Bardot" by Michael Ochs Archives
Located in London, GB
"Brigitte Bardot" by Michael Ochs Archives Brigitte Bardot. Unframed Paper Size: 30" x 40'' (inches) Printed 2022 Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White

Fauvist Still Life with Fruits and Flowers - Original Oil on Canvas, SIGNED
Located in Paris, IDF
Albert ZAVARO (1925-) Fauvist Still Life with Fruits and Flowers, 1967 Oil on canvas Signed lower right corner On canvas 60 x 73 cm (c. 24 x 29 in) PROVENANCE: Galerie Framond, Par...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Nude Portrait' Oversize Archival pigment print
Located in London, GB
'Nude Portrait' by Boyan Dimitrov beautiful 30x20" inches / 76 x 51 cm giclée print warm sepia toned. Nude female, reclining. Certificate of authenticity provided. EDGE PRINTS...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Marlboro Out the Window (These Boots are made for walking)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A color photograph showing a young woman in boots with a pack of Marlboro
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

LA PARADE
Located in Santa Monica, CA
GEORGES ROUAULT (1871 – 1958) La PARADE 1932 (CR.203, W.211) color etching and aquatint 1932. Edition 270. Frontispiece from “Cirque”. Signed in plate as i...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

LA PARADE
LA PARADE
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Autumn Trees in French Villa Garden Modernist Watercolour Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Autumn Trees in French Villa Garden Modernist Watercolour Landscape Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 19.75 x 12.75 inches (height x widt...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

Eden-Roc Pool, 1976
Located in New York, NY
Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. Eden-Roc Pool 1976 C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate ...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lambda

Caress, 1951 - Original lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Françoise GILOT (1921) Caress, 1951 Original lithograph On Marais vellum 28 x 22.5 cm (c. 11 x 9 inches) REFERENCES : Catalog raisonne "Stone Echoes, Original Prints by Francoise G...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Original 'United Behind the Service Star' antique World War One vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original poster: United Behind The Service Star ; Great vibrant colors. Linen backed. All the various support organizations that backed up the soldiers and war relief during World War One. A-, B+ condition. Paper tear from the bottom about 10" professionally laid down. No paper loss. A large blue star appears over the flags, and below the image reads "United Behind the Service Star". The poster features American soldiers carrying the flags of seven major service organizations: the YMCA, the National Catholic War Council, the Jewish Welfare Board, the Salvation Army, War Camp Community Service, the American Library Association, and the YWCA. These organizations were instrumental in providing various forms of support, such as food, medical care, and morale-boosting services, both to soldiers and civilians. If you have ever looked to have a 'supreme' version of this great war poster...
Category

1910s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Francis Bacon 'Portrait of Michel Leiris', 2017, Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a reproduction of a Francis Bacon's painting Portrait of Michel Leiris, originally created in 1976. This work is a notable example of Bacon's ability to capture the psycholog...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Offset

May 1953 Lithograph Print, Modern Style, Signed, Edition 30/150
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This limited edition print, titled Composition, May 1953, is a striking work on thick paper, showcasing the artist's distinctive style. The print is hand-numbered 30 out of a limited...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Four Original Lithographs, A Los Toros Series, Modern, 1961, Framed Set
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Four original lithographs - A Los Toros series Lithograph from 1961. Dimensions of each work: 31 x 25 cm. Reference: Bloch 1014-1017; Cramer 113. Print...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Soulages 'Ohne Titel - Untitled- Sans Titre (1955)' 2015- Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This limited edition print, created in 1955, is produced on thick, high-quality paper and is hand-numbered 32 out of 150 in pencil. It features a facsimile signature of the artist. T...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage American Modernist Surreal Figural Nude Portrait Large Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist nude portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a modern molding. Excellent condition, ready to ...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Early 20th Century Summer Landscape, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
George Gustav Adomeit (American, 1879-1967) Summer Landscape Oil on canvas board Signed lower right 13 x 14.25 inches 18.25 x 19.5 inches, framed A major painter of American scene s...
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

GIRLS WITH LOTS OF QUAILS
Located in Santa Monica, CA
SADAO WATANABE (Japanese 1913-1996) GIRLS WITH LOTS OF QUAILS, 1965 鶉と少女 Hand colored stencil print on momigami textured paper. Signed and numbered in white. Edition 50, Image 17 x 2...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Stencil

Still Life of Peaches, Mid Century Mondern
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
American, 20th Century Signed: Klug '67 (Right, Center) " Still Life of Peaches ", 1967 Oil on Masonite 24" x 30" House in a 3 1/2" Frame with a 1" Linen Liner Overall Size:...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Vase with 3 Openings (Handmade, Pastel, Warm Tones, Smooth, Curvy)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Melanie Sherman Vase with 3 Openings Porcelain, Glaze, Cone 6 Firing 2025 Size: 7.5 x 4.5 x 7 inches (19.05 x 11.43 x 17.78 cm) Signed by hand COA provided *One Opening slightly cr...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Porcelain, Glaze

A Compelling 1951 Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Man by Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Compelling, 1951 Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Man by Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Artwork size: 12 x 9 1/2 inches. Artwork is unframed, matted/...
Category

Mid-19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Tempête à Nice - PhotoLithograph after Henri Matisse - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Tempête à Nice is a photolithograph realized in 1993 after Henri Matisse. Signed on the plate On Milano handmade paper. Very good conditions.
Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Landscape - Oil Painting by Armando Cermignani - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on plywood realized by Armando Cermignani (1888-1957) in 1930s. Hand signed and dated. Excellent condition. Armando Cermignani was an Italian painter, engraver, ceramist and p...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

"Metropolitan Abstraction" Signed Mid Century Cubist Architectural Abstraction
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract cubist street scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 31 by 42 inches overall, and 25 by 36 painting alone. In excellent original con...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Amish Farmscape #2 Study
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amish Farmscape #2, 1982, gouache, 9 x 12 inches, signed and dated lower right, label verso: “Artist-E. Lewandowski, Title- Amish Farmscape #2 STUDY, Date- 1982, Size- 9”x 12”, Medium- Gouache”, Provenance: Franklin Riehlman, Riverdale, New York, to Herman Zerweck, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1996; Provenance: Richard Hartman, Gallery of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Edmund Lewandowski was among the best of the second-generation Precisionists. He is credited with extending Precisionism to the Midwest and successfully evolving the style into the 1980s and 1990s with his Neo Immaculate works. Lewandowski was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and studied at the Layton School of Art with Garrett Sinclair...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

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

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Grapes and Pears Still Life Fruit Bowl British Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fruit Bowl Still Life by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) oil painting on canvas paper, unframed size: 6.25 x 8.5 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condition: very good...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Located in Paris, IDF
David HOCKNEY Pool Diver, 1972 Original lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x 26 inch) Made for the Olympic Games in Munich, 1972 REFERENCES : Bri...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Picasso, Composition (Cramer 88), Dans l'Atelier de Picasso (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches à la forme savoir paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Dans l'Atelier de Picasso, 1957. Published by Fernan...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Nude
Located in Cologne, DE
Silvergelatinprint
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Nude
Nude
$667 Sale Price
30% Off
Francis Bacon 'Personnage Couche' 1966 vintage lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Personnage couché" is a second edition lithograph poster by renowned artist Francis Bacon, originally published by Galerie Maeght in Paris in 1966. This striking artwork represents ...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

A Stylish Vintage 1940s Fashion Study, Designs for Women's Active Wear
Located in Chicago, IL
A stylish, vintage, 1940s fashion study featuring elegant designs for women's active wear by Hattie Carnegie. Inscription reads: Left - White jersey slack suit Red gaberdine jacke...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Native Mexican Woman (Cuban Miami artist pastel)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Alex (Cuban, b.1949). Indigenous Mexican Woman, 1982. Pastel and charcoal on wove paper, sheet measures 23 x 33 inches. 31 x 40.5 inches on backing board...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Pastel

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes
Located in London, GB
Leisure In Antibes A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969. 60 x 40" inche...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

A Beautiful Modern Figure Painting, Two Bathers in a Boathouse by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking Modern figure painting of two bathers in a boathouse by noted Chicago Modern artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Painted at the OxBow School of Saugatuck, Michigan (t...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

A Fine 1946 Modern Figure Study of a Handsome Young Male Model Wearing a Suit
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1940s, Mid-Century Modern Academic Figure Study Portrait of a Handsome, Seated Male Model Wearing a Suit by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed early 1940s charcoal...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Cecil Beaton, Audrey Hepburn, from Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Sir Cecil Beaton (1904–1980), titled Audrey Hepburn, from the folio Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981, originates from the 1981 edition...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Pool at Lake Tahoe - Sierra Nevada Pine Trees American Landscape Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Pool at Lake Tahoe - Sierra Nevada Pine Trees American Landscape Photography by Slim Aarons 16" x 16" print on 16" x 20" paper. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150....
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Lithographie Originale II
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró Lithographie Originale II Color Lithograph Year: 1981 Size: 12.5 × 9.6 inches Catalogue Raisonné: Cramer 177, Der Lithograph IV, 1969-1972 Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris,...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

At the Sea, Beach Scene - Original Ceramic MADOURA - Edition of 450 (Ramié #391)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo Picasso At the Sea, Beach Scene : Bathers, 1956 Original ceramic of Pablo Picasso, white faience earth, black covered bath and enamel Annotated on the Back : Empreinte origina...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Ceramic

Ninth Avenue El (New York City), Mid 20th Century Cityscape Oil painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
John Opper (American, 1908-1994) Ninth Avenue El (New York City), c. 1935 Oil on canvas Signed lower left and verso 30.125 x 24 inches The Ninth Avenue El was the first elevated rai...
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1930s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Mid Century Sgraffito, Saltimbanque and the Card Player, Circle of Picasso.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century sgraffito work on plaster by Jean Pierre de Cayeux. The work is signed and dated on the skirt of the card player, bottom right, and on the stretcher of the chair, bo...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Enamel

Hiver - Etching by Félix Bracquemond - 1865 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on laid paper Sheet size: approx. 65 × 50 cm Signed in plate lower left: F. Bracquemond Published by Cadart & Luquet, Éditeurs, 79 Rue Richelieu, Paris With the blinds...
Category

1860s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Landscape by Pierre Eugène Vibert - Oil on canvas 60x73 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas without frame Painter, illustrator born in 1875 in Geneva - Died in 1937
Category

Early 1900s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Theatrical Costumes - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1950s. Hand signed in pencil lower right. Some minor folds, otherwise ver good condition.
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Ink

Rainbow Curves, Painter's Palette Translucent Shapes, Large Diptych on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is a modernist-inspired painting, drawing influence from the bold creativity of 1950s, 60s, and 70s art. The composition features overlapping painter’s palette silhouettes, crea...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Paper

Follower of Roderic O'Connor, Female nude in an interior, large oil painting
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very striking and stylishly painted oil of a shapely nude reclining on a draped sofa, dating from the early to mid 20th century . This large scale oil is presented in an attractive...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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