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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The French Revolutionary Wars - Oil Paint by François-Étienne Hersent - 1868
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas, framed with a coeval gilded wooden frame. Hand signed and dated lower right. This monumental history painting, signed and dated "F. Hersent 1868", represents an ambi...
Oil
Colourful Large Cubist Nude, Nue Allongée
Located in Cotignac, FR
Colourful, large, modern Cubist oil on canvas nude by Isabelle Pardoe. The painting is not signed but came directly from the atelier of the artist. Isabell Pardoe trained at the Sl...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Marc Chagall 'La Chevauchee (The Ride)' 1979 Vintage, Poster
By Marc Chagall
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This limited edition print by Marc Chagall, titled "La Chevauchée" (The Horse Ride), was created for an exhibition held at Pace Columbus in 1979. The print is signed in the plate, me...
Lithograph
Picador, Original Lithograph by Pablo Picasso, 1964, Edition 6/245
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Picador Original lithograph from 1964. The edition of 6/245 on Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 35 x 26 cm. Dimensions of frame: 52 x 42 cm. Publishe...
Lithograph
$426Sale Price|20% Off
Soft Green Valley French Landscape Blue Sky Impressionist Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Soft Green French Landscape by Jacqueline Boisselot (French, late 20th century) oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 6 x 7 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: very goo...
Oil
New York Skyline
By Louis H. Ruyl
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with drypoint on cream wove paper with deckle edges, 4 3/8 x 12 3/4 inches (233 x 323 mm); sheet 9 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches (240 x 338 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 4/75 ...
Handmade Paper, Etching, Drypoint
TWO SIAMESE CATS
Located in Santa Monica, CA
JUN'ICHIRO SEKINO (1914-1988) TWO SIAMESE CATS Japanese Woodblock Print, c. 1960, 1st edition, pencil signed, titled and numbered 90/200 with red Sekino pub...
Woodcut
The Visit of the Three Kings to the...-Woodcut by Irma Stern-mid-20th Century
By Irma Stern
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print on paper realized by Irma Stern in the mid-20th Century. Hand watercolored. Hand signed and numbered in pencil lower right. Edition of 23/40. Good condition.
Woodcut
Bella, Modern Print after Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marc Chagall, After, Russian (1887 - 1985) - Bella, Medium: Giclee on paper, facsimilie signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: P/P, Image Size: 17 x 13 inches, Size: 24 x 17 in....
Giclée
Caress, 1951 - Original lithograph (Mel Yoakum, #8)
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...
Lithograph
The Window 369 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Red and Yellow Dual Tone 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...
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
'Dinner Jazz' 1949 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Dinner Jazz' 1949: American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1898 – 1971) enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome. 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Co...
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
$2,850
Modernist Portrait of St. Francis, Original Oil on Canvas, Signed Tarmo Pasto
By Tarmo Pasto
Located in Soquel, CA
Modernist Portrait of St. Francis, Oil on Canvas, Signed Compelling modernist oil on canvas portrait of St. Francis by Dr. Tarmo Pasto (American, 1906-1986). Presented in a taupe pa...
Canvas, Oil
Cathedral, Modern Lithograph by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987) - Cathedral, Medium: Lithograph and Chine Colle, signed, numbered and dedicated in pencil, Edition: 7/25 HC, Image Size: 13 x 4 inches, Size: 1...
Lithograph
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...
Canvas, Oil
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.
Oil, Canvas
A Colorful, 1950s Modern Painting, Sailing Off the Coast of Martha's Vineyard
Located in Chicago, IL
A colorful, blustery painting of sailing off the coast of Martha's Vineyard by famed Chicago Modern artist, Francis Chapin. Painted in the early 1950s, the painting depicts a vibran...
Masonite, Oil
$464Sale Price|20% Off
Madame est Servie (Surrealist, Symbolic, Female, Figurative)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Paul Wunderlich Madame est Servie 1968 Color Lithograph on B.K. Rives Edition: E.A of 75 Image Size: 21.75 × 29.75 inches (55.25 × 75.57 cm) Mat Size: 26 × 32 inches (66.04 × 81.28 c...
Lithograph
$1,686
' Police Patrol ' 1978 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Police Patrol' 1978 by Alain Le Garsmeur Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print A 28th Precinct policeman reads notes in his police patrol car in Harlem, New York City, USA, Apr...
Archival Pigment
Jardin des Plantes - Paint by Henri Hamm - mid-20th Century
By Henri Hamm
Located in Roma, IT
Jardin des Plantes is a modern artwork realized by Henri Hamm in the mid-20th Century. Oil on wooden panel. Good conditions.
Oil, Panel
Cattle grazing in an extensive landscape
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Tom Coates (1941-2023) Cattle grazing in an extensive landscape Oil on canvas Signed with initials lower left Canvas Size - 20 x 24 in Framed Size - 29 x 33 in Tom Coates (1941–2023...
Oil
Au Repos
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...
Lithograph
$8,590
Mystere, Abstract 3D Art Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Modern Art
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Year: 2024 Style: Contemporary Art, Subject: Mystere, Size: 29" x 47" x 4'' inch, 74x...
Metal
$1,830Sale Price|40% Off
Early 20th Century 1920s Spring Floral Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant floral still life of a beautiful spring bouquet in an antique ivory soup tureen by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Forbes (Dallam) (American, 1875-1933). Exhibition placard on verso signed "Elizabeth Forbes...
Linen, Oil
WRESTLERS 1936 Olympics Porcelain Gay Mid-Century Art Deco Modernist LGBT
By Herend
Located in New York, NY
WRESTLERS 1936 Olympics Porcelain Gay Mid-Century Art Deco Modernist LGBT Herend "Wrestlers" Porcelain, 1936 Stamped P. Farkus on top of base. Stamped Herend on bottom of base. 16...
Porcelain
$1,375
Sunspot 134 - Modern Resin Minimalist Red and White Dual Tone Abstract 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...
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Vivian Stanshall, British, pastel, signed, figurative, 20th Century, signed
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Vivian Stanshall (British, 1943–1995) Vivian in an Embrace Pastel on card Signed 'Vivian' (on the reverse) 9 x 12½ in. (22.8 x 31.6 cm.) frame measurements Provenance: From the artis...
Pastel
'Floating Bento', Hawaii, Art Center, Los Angeles, Reclining Woman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed in graphite, lower right, 'Pegge Hopper' (American, born 1936) with number and limitation, lower left, '235/300' and created circa 1985. Sheet dimensions: 47 H x 35.5 W inches...
Silk, Laid Paper, Screen
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Abstract Seascape Oil Painting - Where Light Rests
Located in Bristol, GB
WHERE LIGHT SETTLES Size: 59.5 x 48 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A minimalist and elegant mid-century abstracted composition that distils the essence of a tranquil seascape in...
Canvas, Oil
Colorado School of Mine - Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Colorado School of Mine - American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the Mid-20th Century in a series...
Photographic Paper
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Cecil Beaton, Audrey Hepburn, from Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981 (after)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Cecil Beaton (1904–1980) (after) Title: Audrey Hepburn Year: 1981 Medium: Heliogravure on velin paper Paper Size: 15.75 x 11.75 inches (40.01 x 29.84 cm) Condition: Well pres...
Offset
$377Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th Century French Post-Impressionist Signed Oil Dotty Tree Town Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 9 x 11 inches inscribed verso provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound condition
Oil
Rare 18 Karat Gold Leaf Embossed Etching After Georges Braque L'Oiseau d'Or
Located in Surfside, FL
Embossed print after Braque, based on his sculpture by the same name. Embossed in the print paper is "'Cephale', Hommage aux bijoux de braque, or fin 23 carat, sculpt heger de Lowen...
Gold Leaf
Bacchanal: Musicians and the Bull - Linocut (Arnera studio)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO (1881–1973) (after) Bacchanal: Musicians and the Bull, 1962 Linocut (Arnera studio) On vellum 32 x 37 cm ( c. 12.6 x 14.6 in) Published by the Cercle d’Art in 1962 und...
Linocut
A mare and foal shading under the trees
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Arthur Spooner (1873-1962) A mare and foal shading under the trees Signed lower right Oil on canvas board Painting size - 14 1/8 x 18 1/2 in Framed size - Arthur Spooner (1873–1962...
Oil
Paris : le Moulin Rouge - Lithograph poster
Located in Paris, IDF
Michel DELACROIX Paris : Moulin Rouge Lithograph Printed signature in the plate On wove paper 63 x 74 cm Lithographic poster for the artist personal exhibition at Lublin Gallery. Th...
Lithograph
Arctic, Abstract Art, Modern Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Glass Sculpture, Art for Modern Interior, Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Year: 2022 Style: Contemporary Art, Subjec...
Metal
$751
The Two Clowns (Les Deux Clowns) by Antonio Gonzalez Collado
Located in Stockholm, SE
Artist: Antonio Gonzalez Collado The Two Clowns (Les Deux Clowns) mixed media on paper signed artist studio stamp on the back dimensions (motif) 15...
Paper, Mixed Media
Market Square, Rothenburg, Germany
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching and drypoint on cream wove paper, 10 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches (270 x 190 mm), full margins. Signed, inscribed and titled in pencil, lower margin. In good condition with minor mat t...
Handmade Paper, Drypoint, Etching
Running - Etching by Henry Alken - 1822
By Henry Alken
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Henry Alken in 1822. Table from "The Sporting Repository", first edition. Very good condition. Henry Alken (1765-1851) was en english painter and e...
Etching
the Radiant Prince Genji - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Kunisada - 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
Radiant Prince Genji is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Kunisada in 1850s. Woodcut print Oban yokoe format. From the series "Sono sugata yukari no utsushie" (Faithfu...
Woodcut
Lunch at La Pigna, 1980 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Color C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Lunch at La Pigna, 1980 by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. Lunch at Pigna, August 1980 by Slim Aarons is a Limited ...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Onofre Prohens “Dos Tinajas” Spanish Floral Garden Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Onofre Prohens “Dos Tinajas” oil painting on canvas, a vibrant floral garden scene by the Mallorcan artist. The work depicts a lush garden filled with dense vegetation and colorful ...
Oil
Still Life with Red Flowers - Oil Painting by Claude Decamps - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Still life with red flowers is an artwork realized by Claude Decamps, mid-20th Century. Oil on canvas. 25 x 20 cm. Hand signed in red in lower margin. Good conditions!
Wood, Oil
George Lazenby in "James Bond 007 - On Her Majesty’s Secret Service", UK 1969
By Larry Ellis
Located in Cologne, DE
Guy Hamilton´s movie "James Bond 007 - Live and let die", UK 1973. Actors: Roger Moore and Jane Saymour, George Lazenby Keywords: James Bond, 007, act...
Color
Constelaciones A (1/30)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rocca Luis César Constelaciones A, 2023 Serigraph in seven colors 21.70 x 27.60 in Edition of 30 This serigraph (silkscreen or screen print) is part ...
Screen
$1,155Sale Price|30% Off
Mid Century Fingerpainted Landscape in Acrylic, in Diamond-Shaped Frame
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Fingerpainted Landscape in Acrylic, in Diamond-Shaped Frame Unique landscape by Hollywood, California artist Genevieve"Gen" Matucha (American, 1903-1989). The scene dep...
Acrylic, Board
$120Sale Price|20% Off
Mele Moments Billboard Offset Print, Modern Style, 2016, Unframed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 50.25 x 35 inches ( 127.635 x 88.9 cm ) Image Size: 50.25 x 35 inches ( 127.635 x 88.9 cm ) Framed: No Condition: B: Very Good Condition, with signs of handling or age...
Offset
Couple - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1975 ca.
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Pastel drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1975 ca. Hand signed in pencil lower right. Very good condition.
Ink
Nelda By The Pool, 1970, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo (left) talking to Nelda Linsk, wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. Slim Aaro...
C Print
"Paphos, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
This textured, Modern Abstract Expressionist painting Stanley Bate features a neutral palette with both warm and cool undertones. Muted blues and reds seem to be incorporated into a ...
Canvas, Oil
Colorful Still Life by Jewish Female Artist Fran Dinhofer
Located in New York, NY
Fran Dinhofer Untitled, 20th century Oil on canvas board Sight: 19 1//2 x 15 1/2 in. Framed: 25 x 21 1/4 x 1 in. Signed lower right This painting was created by artist Fran Dinhofer...
Canvas, Oil, Board
Figure - Original Lithograph by Jean Lurçat - Mid 20th Century
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original artwork realized by the french artist Jean Lurçat (1892 Bruyeres - 1966 St.-Paul-de-Vence). Lithograph print, mid-20th century. Very good conditions. Not sig...
Lithograph
$3,850
'Still Life', Paris, Académie Julian, Salon des Indépendants, Salon d'Automne
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Still Life' by Albert Bertalan, 1929. Paris, Académie Julian, Salon des Indépendants, Salon d'Automne ---- Signed lower right, 'Bertalan' for Albert Bertalan (Hungarian, 1899-1956)...
Canvas, Oil
The Bride - Original Liithograph, Hand Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Fréderic MENGUY - The Bride, 1975 Original Lithograph Signed in pencil Numbered / 119 copies in Roman numbers On Japan paper 56 x 42 cm (c. 22 x 16.5 inch) Excellent condition
Lithograph
View of Riva degli Schiavoni - Oil Painting - Late 18th century
By Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto)
Located in Roma, IT
View of Riva degli Schiavoni is an original old master artwork realized in the late 18th century by a follower of the School of the italian painter Canaletto. Oil on canvas. An imp...
Oil, Canvas
DAMIEN HIRST - EMPRESSES: SUIKO Limited Modern Butterflies glitter red
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Damien Hirst - THE EMPRESSES - SUIKO H10-4 Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Laminated giclée print on aluminium composite and screen printed with glitter. Edition number: 1191/3310 (1....
Glitter, Panel, Giclée, Screen
$2,325
Wiggle Room 41 - Abstract Modern Resin Minimalist Earth Tone Mixed Media 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...
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
New York City Skyline and Ferry, 1960s
By Erich Andres
Located in Cologne, DE
This black-and-white photograph captures the dramatic skyline of New York City, with towering skyscrapers rising above the water. In the foreground, a ferry glides across the river, ...
Black and White
Decorative Motifs - Arab Styles- Chromolithograph by Andrea Alessio
Located in Roma, IT
Decorative Motifs - Arab Styles is a print on ivory-colored paper realized by Andrea Alessio in the early 20th Century. Signed on the plate on the lower. Vintage Chromolithograph. ...
Lithograph