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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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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

'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

Street Games - 1950s English Street Photography Children Playing Games Portrait

Street Games - 1950s English Street Photography Children Playing Games Portrait

By Thurston Hopkins

Located in Brighton, GB

A young boy wearing a feathered Indian-style headdress peers out of a coal hole and aims his pistol at the photographer. Nearby a young friend is dallying on the edge of the paveme...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

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

Vintage Paris Street Scene Signed Framed Impressionist Original Oil Painting
Vintage Paris Street Scene Signed Framed Impressionist Original Oil Painting

Vintage Paris Street Scene Signed Framed Impressionist Original Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage French impressionist Paris street scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 20 by 24 inches painting alone. ...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Backstage At La Scala (1948) Limited Estate Stamped

Backstage At La Scala (1948) Limited Estate Stamped

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Backstage At La Scala (1948) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) A chorus girl reads a movie magazine in a dressing room at La Scala opera house, Milan, November 1948....

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Seated Woman in Blue oil on canvas painting
Seated Woman in Blue oil on canvas painting

Seated Woman in Blue oil on canvas painting

By Fernando Botero

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Artist: Sanz Title: Seated Woman in Blue Date: Late 20th Century Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 91 × 61 cm (35.8 × 24 in) Frame: Unframed Signature: Signed Sanz lower left Conditi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Oil

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

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

Heartfelt Love Letter - Modern Resin Minimalist Abstract Playful Word Artwork
Heartfelt Love Letter - Modern Resin Minimalist Abstract Playful Word Artwork

Heartfelt Love Letter - Modern Resin Minimalist Abstract Playful Word Artwork

By Ricky Hunt

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

"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

Fields and Foothills Landscape Painting, Signed, 1948
Fields and Foothills Landscape Painting, Signed, 1948

Fields and Foothills Landscape Painting, Signed, 1948

By Tarmo Pasto

Located in Soquel, CA

Fields and Foothills Landscape Painting, Signed, 1948 Lovely landscape by Tarmo Pasto (American, 1906-1986). The viewer stands at the top of a hill, looking down into a valley with ...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

Golden Fields in Provence French Post-Impressionist Signed Oil
Golden Fields in Provence French Post-Impressionist Signed Oil

Golden Fields in Provence French Post-Impressionist Signed Oil

By Huguette Ginet-Lasnier

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020), signed lower front Ginet-Lasnier, the wife of the painter Jean Lasnier, was born in the Seine-Maritime region of France an...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Cuerpos II. Cerros series. Male Nudes Black & White Limited Edition Photograph
Cuerpos II. Cerros series. Male Nudes Black & White Limited Edition Photograph

Cuerpos II. Cerros series. Male Nudes Black & White Limited Edition Photograph

By Ricky Cohete

Located in Miami Beach, FL

In this series the artist documents how in the roar of the hills, these two bodies intertwine and connect with each other, forming mountains of desire. The harsh lights and shadows ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

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

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

By Jean Cocteau

Located in Southampton, NY

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

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled, Nude drawing on paper
Untitled, Nude drawing on paper

Untitled, Nude drawing on paper

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Untitled, 1984 by Enrique Grau Graphite on paper Signed in the lower right corner. Great condition. Provenance: Private collection. Image size: 12 in H x ...

Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Graphite

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

Portrait of a Man
Portrait of a Man

Portrait of a Man

By Yvonne Guégan

Located in London, GB

'Portrait of a Man', oil on canvas, by Yvonne Guégan (circa 1970s). This is not a portrait of the reclusive billionaire, Howard Hughes. Regrettably, we d...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Large, Expansive 1950s Mid-Century Modern Landscape Painting, Sedona, Arizona
A Large, Expansive 1950s Mid-Century Modern Landscape Painting, Sedona, Arizona

A Large, Expansive 1950s Mid-Century Modern Landscape Painting, Sedona, Arizona

By Francis Chapin

Located in Chicago, IL

A large, expansive 1950s Mid-Century Modern Southwestern Painting of Sedona, Arizona by Francis Chapin, depicting Cathedral Rock, Red Rock State Park. Canvas size: 20 x 40 inches; ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Jean Cocteau, Scene XXXV, Bacchus, from Theatre, 1957
Jean Cocteau, Scene XXXV, Bacchus, from Theatre, 1957

Jean Cocteau, Scene XXXV, Bacchus, from Theatre, 1957

By Jean Cocteau

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Scene XXXV, Bacchus (Scene XXXV, Bacchus), originates from the 1957 album Jean Cocteau de l'Academie francaise, Theatre,...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Abstract Floral Still Life, 20th Century Cleveland School Artist
Abstract Floral Still Life, 20th Century Cleveland School Artist

Abstract Floral Still Life, 20th Century Cleveland School Artist

By August Biehle

Located in Beachwood, OH

August Frederick Biehle (American, 1885-1979) Abstract Floral Still Life Watercolor and pencil on paper Signed lower right 24 x 19 inches 29.5 x 24.5 inches, framed A versatile pain...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

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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.