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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
Au Repos
Au Repos

Au Repos

By Graciela Rodo Boulanger

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Au Repos (At Rest)" 1983 is an original color lithograph on paper by noted Bolivian artist Graciela Rodo Boulanger, b.1935. It is hand signed and numbered 157/20...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

North African Orientalist Scene Man on Horseback with Dogs outside City Building
North African Orientalist Scene Man on Horseback with Dogs outside City Building

North African Orientalist Scene Man on Horseback with Dogs outside City Building

By European Artist

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Orientalist Scene European artist, late 20th century possibly a copy of an earlier work judging from the style oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 24 x 20 inches provenance: private col...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

AC DC BACK IN BLACK 30x50 Photography Photograph Cassette Tape Unsigned Print
AC DC BACK IN BLACK 30x50 Photography Photograph Cassette Tape Unsigned Print

AC DC BACK IN BLACK 30x50 Photography Photograph Cassette Tape Unsigned Print

By Destro

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A contemporary photograph of an AC/DC - Back In Black cassette tape. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro "They encapsulate an...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Johannes Itten 'Horizontal-Vertical' 1999- Vintage

Johannes Itten 'Horizontal-Vertical' 1999- Vintage

By Johannes Itten

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This rare exhibition poster was published by Achenbach Art Editions for the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf, Germany, as part of their Collection of European Masters ...

Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Offset

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

By Irina Hale

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

"Metropolitan Abstraction" Signed Mid Century Cubist Architectural Abstraction
"Metropolitan Abstraction" Signed Mid Century Cubist Architectural Abstraction

"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

Fauvist Israeli Landscape, Going to Synagogue Judaica Oil Painting
Fauvist Israeli Landscape, Going to Synagogue Judaica Oil Painting

Fauvist Israeli Landscape, Going to Synagogue Judaica Oil Painting

By Melitta Schiffer

Located in Surfside, FL

Melitta Schiffer, painter. b. Trieste, Italy. In her youth, moved to Weimar, Germany with her parents. Studied at Art Academy, Weimar, Germany; Advanced studies with artist Mildan; 1...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Joan Miro, Figure and Stars, from The Painters My Friends, 1965
Joan Miro, Figure and Stars, from The Painters My Friends, 1965

Joan Miro, Figure and Stars, from The Painters My Friends, 1965

By Joan Miró

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Personnage et Etoiles (Figure and Stars), from the folio Les Peintres mes amis (The Painters My Friends), originates from t...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Antique European Fauvist Nocturnal Street Scene Signed Framed Oil Painting
Antique European Fauvist Nocturnal Street Scene Signed Framed Oil Painting

Antique European Fauvist Nocturnal Street Scene Signed Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique European fauvist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 30 by 37 inches overall, and 24 by 29.5 painting alone. Excellent condition, ready to han...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

Braque, Composition, Du cubisme (after)
Braque, Composition, Du cubisme (after)

Braque, Composition, Du cubisme (after)

By Georges Braque

Located in Southampton, NY

Aquatint, Etching on vélin du Lana Papiers Spéciaux pure rag paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Du Cubisme, 1947. Published by Compagni...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Moses Smiting the Rock of Meribah, Exodus
Moses Smiting the Rock of Meribah, Exodus

Moses Smiting the Rock of Meribah, Exodus

By Sadao Watanabe

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork, "Moses Smiting the Rock of Meribah, Exodus" 1972 is an original color stencil on hand crumpled momigami paper. It is hand signed, dated and numbered 47/70 in White ink by the artist. The artwork size is 27.5 x 24.75 inches, framed size is 39 x 36 inches. It is custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with matting and black color spacer. It is in excellent condition, Please NOTE, the dark area at the lower left corner of the frame is only the shadow, the frame is in perfect condition. About the artist: Sadao Watanabe born and raised in Tokyo, was a Japanese printmaker in the 20th Century. He was famous for his Biblical prints rendered in the mingei (folk art) tradition of Japan. As a student of the master textile dye artist Serizawa Keisuke...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Stencil

Vintage American Modernist Interior Architectural Framed Original Oil Painting
Vintage American Modernist Interior Architectural Framed Original Oil Painting

Vintage American Modernist Interior Architectural Framed Original Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring: 14 by 11 inches overall, and 12 by 8.75 painting alone. Unsigned. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Abstract Expressionist Figurative Homage to Willem de Kooning
Abstract Expressionist Figurative Homage to Willem de Kooning

Abstract Expressionist Figurative Homage to Willem de Kooning

By Michael Pauker

Located in Soquel, CA

Abstract Expressionist Figurative Homage to Willem de Kooning's "Women Singing" Colorful and dynamic abstract expressionist figurative mixed media painting contemporary piece, featu...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Magazine Paper, Stretcher Bars

'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

50x40 Pillars of Creation James Webb Telescope Space Photography  NASA Photo Art
50x40 Pillars of Creation James Webb Telescope Space Photography  NASA Photo Art

50x40 Pillars of Creation James Webb Telescope Space Photography NASA Photo Art

Located in Los Angeles, CA

The WEBB imagery is of the most important imagery every taken. The finest museum quality WEBB images available. Printed on archival paper using archival inks. 50x40 Edition of 150 ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Sculptures (M. 950), Framed Modern Lithograph by Joan Miro
Sculptures (M. 950), Framed Modern Lithograph by Joan Miro

Sculptures (M. 950), Framed Modern Lithograph by Joan Miro

By Joan Miró

Located in Long Island City, NY

An original Joan Miro lithograph on BFK Rives with signature in the plate (printing). Printed and published by Arte Adrien Maeght, Paris. Nicely framed. Artist: Joan Miro, Spanish...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Window 357 - Original Contemporary Shiny Resin Minimalist Yellow Layered Art
The Window 357 - Original Contemporary Shiny Resin Minimalist Yellow Layered Art

The Window 357 - Original Contemporary Shiny Resin Minimalist Yellow Layered Art

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

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