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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
Portrait of a Woman Reclining in a Purple Chair
Portrait of a Woman Reclining in a Purple Chair

Portrait of a Woman Reclining in a Purple Chair

Located in San Francisco, CA

At first glance, we focus on the chiseled features of the woman reclining languorously in an enveloping purple wing chair. There are refinements here. A silken fringed shawl. Delicat...

Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Nude
Nude

Nude, 1975

$654Sale Price|30% Off

Nude

Located in Cologne, DE

Silvergelatinprint

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Aventure d'une libertine XV. From The Secret Album Series
Aventure d'une libertine XV. From The Secret Album Series

Aventure d'une libertine XV. From The Secret Album Series

By Uwe Ommer

Located in Miami Beach, FL

This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the series was born, with a more erotic style than the others. The diversity of German photographer Uwe Ommer, who frequently works with aesthetic nudes, makes his art a perfect gift for all nude devotees. In Ommer's series you can find adventure, vintage erotica, acrobats, models interacting with Icelandic landscapes and many other fascinating shots. From The secret Album...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Marino Marini, Untitled, from XXe Siecle, 1955
Marino Marini, Untitled, from XXe Siecle, 1955

Marino Marini, Untitled, from XXe Siecle, 1955

By Marino Marini

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph by Marino Marini (1901–1980), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album XXe Siecle, Nouvelle serie, No. 5 (double), Juin 1955, originates from the 1955 e...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

1980's French Modernist Painting Amusing Multi-color Abstract Figure with Violin
1980's French Modernist Painting Amusing Multi-color Abstract Figure with Violin

1980's French Modernist Painting Amusing Multi-color Abstract Figure with Violin

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed & dated 1983 original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuf...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

Our Sons and Men Play
Our Sons and Men Play

Our Sons and Men Play

By Robert Hallowell

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Our Sons and Men Play Watercolor on paper, 1926 Initialed and dated lower right (see photo) Illustrated: Marbella Gallery Inc,: Robert Hallowell: An Artist Rediscovered, n.d., No. 83...

Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

Huge 1950's French Modernist Oil Mythological Pink Nudes on Rocky Coastline
Huge 1950's French Modernist Oil Mythological Pink Nudes on Rocky Coastline

Huge 1950's French Modernist Oil Mythological Pink Nudes on Rocky Coastline

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

"Naiades" French Modernist artist, circa 1950's The work is faintly monogrammed to the lower corner though hard to tell. There is a name verso but illegible - possibly the artist or ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Nicolas de Stael, Sky at Honfleur, from Painters of Today, 1960 (after)
Nicolas de Stael, Sky at Honfleur, from Painters of Today, 1960 (after)

Nicolas de Stael, Sky at Honfleur, from Painters of Today, 1960 (after)

By Nicolas de Staël

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite heliogravure after Nicolas de Stael (1914–1955), titled Ciel a Honfleur (Sky at Honfleur), from the folio Nicolas de Stael, Peintres d'aujourd'hui (Nicolas de Stael, P...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Arco. Espiral, series. Male Nude. Limited Edition Photograph
Arco. Espiral, series. Male Nude. Limited Edition Photograph

Arco. Espiral, series. Male Nude. Limited Edition Photograph

By Ricky Cohete

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

Dasha & Mari -  English Tea

Dasha & Mari - English Tea

By Dasha & Mari

Located in London, GB

Dasha & Mari - English Tea 40x30" inches paper size oversize C print - numbered and stamped limited to 100 only. Sumptuous, sensual with erotic undertones, this is a beautiful fine art image from the twin artists duo from Kiev. Steeped in fashion iconography and with more than a dash of Helmut Newton - these works are fast becoming collectable. About the artists : DASHA & MARI are award-winning photographers, twin sisters from Kiev, Ukraine. Specialise in Fashion, Art Nude and Psychological Portrait. They have an extensive experience in fashion industry in London, Paris, Milan and Berlin. Art photography they create has a cinematic feel, it is original and storytelling. HEARST Magazines UK have selected them for the Master's Photography program in Cambridge, UK. Artists have received a Masters Degree from Kingston University, London, UK in 2018. HONORS & AWARDS PARIS PHOTO 2018, Fashion Nude Expo. Collective exhibition. Paris, France MA Art + Design Exhibition The Brick Lane Gallery, London UK 2018 13th Annual Black & White Spider Awards 2018 - Nominee in Fine Art The Game 12th Annual Black & White Spider Awards 2017, Beverly Hills, CA - Winner in Fashion category 11th Annual International Color Awards , Beverly Hills, CA 2017 - Nominee in Fashion category HOME GALLERY, Personal Photography Exhibition 'FUTURO EROICO'. Salerno, Italy 2017 10th Annual INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS 2017, Beverly Hills, CA - Winner, Honorable Mention in Fashion category FASHION 2ND PLACE WINNER (PROFESSIONAL), FAPA 2016 FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS PHIFEST Exhibition of Photography, Milan, Italy 2016 Photography Exhibition at SALONE DEL MOBILE 2016 - Milan, Italy Photography Exhibition at 55th annual week of Design in Milan in co-operation with SM Samuele Mazza Outdoor Collection and Ipe Cavalli. Exhibition at The ART BOWL GALLERY, Amsterdam 2016 10th Annual Black & White Spider Awards 2015, Beverly Hills, CA - Nominee in Fashion MONOCHROME AWARDS 2015 - Honorable Mention (Professional) in Fashion / Beauty Finalists of the HASSELBLAD MASTERS AWARDS 2014 8th Annual INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS, Beverly Hills, CA - Nominee in Fashion category International Color Awards 2014 Sony World Photography Awards - Shortlisted in the Fashion category 2012, London, United Kingdom. Solo Exhibition in Russia 2011 Art Nude Photography Exhibition 'SECRET GARDEN', Ryazan city, Russia. PUBLICATIONS & PROJECTS NORMAL magazine (France), OPENEYE magazine (France), ELLE Magazine UK, THE COMMISSION LONDON (UK), THE HUFFINGTON POST (US), PH Magazine (Canada), INSIDE BRACKETS (Paris), IDOLL Magazine (USA), Professional Photographer (UK), CHIC LIFESTYLE Magazine (Mexico), BOREALIS (Canada), PORTFOLIOS Magazine (Spain), The View Magazine (Netherlands), ZEPHYR Magazine (US), NOCTIS Magazine (UK), VOGUE ITALIA (Italy), HOLISTIC FASHIONISTA (LA, US), TARTARUS Magazine (US), IT-MAGAZINE (Switzerland), AFTER NYNE Magazine (UK), ARCHIDESART Magazine (UK), NIF Magazine, WHY NOT Magazine, POLISART Magazine (Portugal), PLAYBOY Photo Awards (Ukraine), BIZZARE Magazine (UK), Sensual Photography (France), All About Models (Paris, France), BLUR Magazine (Croatia), IDOLE Magazine (France), ART HOUSE (Monaco), etc. SAMUELE MAZZA - Luxury Interiors and Furniture (Italy), GIOFFRE (Italy), VERTIGE (Italy), VICTOR WILDE - BOHEMIAN SOCIETY (USA), DAFT (Italy), GREEN HANDS Cosmetics (USA), SOFT CANDY Cosmetics (USA), LARA QUINT (Ukraine), ZEMSKOVA & VOROZHBYT (Ukraine), OMAR HARFOUCH & YULIA LOBOVA (France), RUSSIAN DAY (France), ‘Designing Legends' - Architectural Book of VASILY KLYUKIN (Monaco). cat sunglasses...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

Bangladesh India Nitun Kundu Signed Watercolour 1960's Buriganga Quayside Dacca
Bangladesh India Nitun Kundu Signed Watercolour 1960's Buriganga Quayside Dacca

Bangladesh India Nitun Kundu Signed Watercolour 1960's Buriganga Quayside Dacca

Located in Norfolk, GB

Nitun Kundu (Bangladeshi 1935 - 2006) Untitled - Buriganga Quayside c. 1960’s Watercolour and charcoal pastel on paper Image size: 24 x 38cm Mount Size: 31 x 46 cm Signed verso Prov...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

'Taos Placita' — American Southwest Regionalist Masterwork
'Taos Placita' — American Southwest Regionalist Masterwork

'Taos Placita' — American Southwest Regionalist Masterwork

By Gustave Baumann

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Gustave Baumann, 'Taos Placita', color woodcut, 1947, edition 125. Baumann 132. Signed, titled, and numbered '20-125' in pencil; with the artist’s Hand-in-Heart chop. A superb, richly-inked impression, with fresh colors, on fibrous oatmeal wove paper; the full sheet with margins (2 to 3 1/8 inches); slight rippling at the left sheet edge, in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 9 5/8 x 11 1/4 inches (244 x 286 mm); sheet size 13 1/4 x 17 inches (337 x 432 mm). Collections: Harwood Museum of Art, New Mexico Museum of Art, Phoenix Art Museum, Scottsdale Art Museum, Wichita Art Museum. ABOUT THE ARTIST Gustave Baumann (1881-1971) was a renowned printmaker and a leading figure of the American color woodcut revival whose exquisite craftsmanship and vibrant imagery captured the essence of the Southwest. "A brilliant printmaker, Baumann brought to the medium a full mastery of the craft of woodworking that he acquired from his father, a German cabinetmaker. This craftsmanship was coupled with a strong artistic training that resulted in the handsome objects we see in the exhibition today. After discovering New Mexico in 1918, Baumann began to explore in his woodblock prints of this period the light. color, and architectural forms of that landscape. His prints of this period are among the most beautiful and poetic images of the American West." —Lewis I. Sharp, Director, Denver Art Museum Baumann, the son of a craftsman, immigrated to the United States from Germany with his family when he was ten, settling in Chicago. From 1897 to 1904, he studied in the evenings at the Art Institute of Chicago, working in a commercial printmaking shop during the day. In 1905, he returned to Germany to attend the Kunstwerbe Schule in Munich, where he decided on a career in printmaking. He returned to Chicago in 1906 and worked for a few years as a graphic designer of labels. Baumann made his first prints in 1909 and exhibited them at the Art Institute of Chicago the following year. In 1910, he moved to the artists’ colony in Nashville, Indiana, where he explored the creative and commercial possibilities of a career as a printmaker. In 1915, he exhibited his color woodcuts at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, winning the gold medal. Among Baumann’s ongoing commercial activities was his work for the Packard Motor Car Company from 1914 to 1920 where he produced designs, illustrations, and color woodcuts until 1923. In 1919, Baumann’s printmaking work dominated the important exhibition of American color woodcuts at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Twenty-six of his prints were included, far more than the works of any other artist. A set of his blocks, a preparatory drawing, and seven progressive proofs complemented the exhibition. That same year, Baumann worked in New York and, over the summer, in Provincetown, Massachusetts. His airy images of Cape Cod employed soft, pastel colors and occasionally showed the influence of the white-line woodcut technique. Many of his Chicago artist friends had traveled to the southwest, and Baumann became intrigued by their paintings, souvenirs, and stories of an exotic place named Taos, New Mexico. In the summer of 1918, he spent the summer in Taos sketching and painting before visiting Santa Fe. Paul Walter, the director of the Museum of New Mexico, offered him a studio in the museum's basement. Inspired by the rugged beauty of the Southwest—the vibrant colors and dramatic landscapes of the region became a central theme in his work, influencing his artistic style and subject matter for the remainder of his career. Later in the decade, he traveled to the West Coast and made prints of California landscape. Baumann's prints became synonymous with the Southwest, capturing the spirit of its place in America's identity with a unique sense of authenticity and reverence. His iconic images of desert vistas, pueblo villages, and indigenous cultures served as visual tributes to the region's rich cultural heritage, earning him a dedicated following among collectors and curators alike. A true craftsman and artist, Baumann completed every step of the printmaking process himself, cutting each block, mixing the inks, and printing every impression on the handmade paper he selected. His dedication to true craftsmanship and his commitment to preserving the integrity of his artistic vision earned him widespread acclaim and recognition within the art world. About the vibrant colors he produced, Baumann stated, “A knowledge of color needs to be acquired since they don’t all behave the same way when ground or mixed...careful chemistry goes into the making of colors, with meticulous testing for permanence. While complicated formulae evolve new colors, those derived from Earth and metal bases are still the most reliable.” In the 1930s, Baumann became interested in puppet theater. He designed and carved his own marionettes and established a little traveling company. From 1943 to 1945, the artist carved an altarpiece for the Episcopal Church of the Holy Faith in Santa Fe. In 1952, a retrospective exhibition of his prints was mounted at the New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts. Throughout his prolific career, Baumann executed nearly four hundred color woodcuts. Baumann’s woodcuts...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

1950's Modernist Painting  -  Portrait Of Figure On Gold
1950's Modernist Painting  -  Portrait Of Figure On Gold

1950's Modernist Painting - Portrait Of Figure On Gold

By Bernard Labbe

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Gold Man by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), stamped verso original watercolour/gouache painting on paper overall size: 111.75 x 8.5 inches condition: very good and ready to...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Alas Dos, Acto Uno, Series. Male Nude Limited Edition Black and White Photograph
Alas Dos, Acto Uno, Series. Male Nude Limited Edition Black and White Photograph

Alas Dos, Acto Uno, Series. Male Nude Limited Edition Black and White Photograph

By Ricky Cohete

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Cohete's ritual with movement and the male dancer formations, inhabits his black and white theater-like habitat. Like light; always in motion. The harsh lights and shadows in the wa...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Portrait of Jorge Luis Borges - Vintage Photograph - 1960s

Portrait of Jorge Luis Borges - Vintage Photograph - 1960s

Located in Roma, IT

Jorge Luis Borges, Vintage Photograph is a black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions. Jorge Luis Borges, the renowned Argentine writer, poet, and essayist. ...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Nude
Nude

Nude, 1975

$490Sale Price|30% Off

Nude

Located in Cologne, DE

Silvergelatinprint

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

'Woman in Blue', Danish Royal Academy, Brooklyn Museum, Kolding
'Woman in Blue', Danish Royal Academy, Brooklyn Museum, Kolding

'Woman in Blue', Danish Royal Academy, Brooklyn Museum, Kolding

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Initialed lower left, 'A.S.' for Anton Schroder (Danish, 1893-1965) and dated 1953. A substantial, modernist oil painting of a young woman, shown seated and gazing to her left with ...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jean Cocteau, The Mourning Tie, from Bulls, 1965 (after)
Jean Cocteau, The Mourning Tie, from Bulls, 1965 (after)

Jean Cocteau, The Mourning Tie, from Bulls, 1965 (after)

By Jean Cocteau

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph after Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled La cravate de deuil (The Mourning Tie), from the folio Taureaux, Lithographies de Jean Cocteau (Bulls, Lithographs by...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Paired Studies of Lions in Profile 1960's British Modernist Drawing
Paired Studies of Lions in Profile 1960's British Modernist Drawing

Paired Studies of Lions in Profile 1960's British Modernist Drawing

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Paired Studies of Lions in Profile 1960's British Modernist Drawing by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) oil crayon drawings on brown artist paper stuck on A4 artist paper, unframed ove...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil Crayon

The Umbrellas (BOTH FRAMED - BLACK OR WHITE ... YOU CHOOSE + FREE U.S. SHIPPING)
The Umbrellas (BOTH FRAMED - BLACK OR WHITE ... YOU CHOOSE + FREE U.S. SHIPPING)

The Umbrellas (BOTH FRAMED - BLACK OR WHITE ... YOU CHOOSE + FREE U.S. SHIPPING)

By Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Located in Kansas City, MO

COULD ALSO BE FRAMED IN A BLACK FRAME - SAME SIZE & MODEL Christo The Umbrellas (Yellow & Blue) Lithoserigraphs Year: 1991 Size: 14.6 × 16.4 on 19.1 × 19.9 inches (EACH) Framed: 20....

Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

La Comédie Humaine
La Comédie Humaine

La Comédie Humaine

By Pablo Picasso

Located in OPOLE, PL

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - La Comédie Humaine Lithograph from 1954. Dimensions of work: 35.5 x 26.5 cm Publisher: Tériade, Paris. The work is in Excellent condition. Fast and s...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

L.S. Lowry, Street Scene, 1965
L.S. Lowry, Street Scene, 1965

L.S. Lowry, Street Scene, 1965

Located in Manchester, GB

L.S. Lowry, Street Scene, 1965 Oil on canvas 50.8 x 60.9 cm (20 x 24 in) Hand-signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY 1965' (lower right) and titled 'STREET SCENE' (on the canvas overlap) E...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Lunch Time" by Bert Hardy

"Lunch Time" by Bert Hardy

By Bert Hardy

Located in London, GB

"Lunch Time" by Bert Hardy Five British models eating lunch in their swimwear on a yacht on the Cote d'Azur. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7850 - Th...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White

New York, Skyline of Manhattan, USA 1960s

New York, Skyline of Manhattan, USA 1960s

By Erich Andres

Located in Cologne, DE

Black and white Print by Erich Andres, ca 1960. The image captures an iconic view of the New York City skyline in the 1960s, presented in black and white, taken from an elevated road...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White

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.