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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
Cathedral, Modern Lithograph by Andre Masson
Cathedral, Modern Lithograph by Andre Masson

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...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

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Lithograph

Roots, Foster Gardens, Honolulu
Roots, Foster Gardens, Honolulu

Roots, Foster Gardens, Honolulu

By Ansel Adams

Located in Pacific Grove, CA

This vintage silver gelatin print is signed in pencil on the mount beneath the image. Printed in 1948 in an edition of 75 numbered copies. This print is from presentation set #33. Po...

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1940s Modern Art

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Silver Gelatin

NATURE - Flock of Birds - Facsimile, Ltd /450
NATURE - Flock of Birds - Facsimile, Ltd /450

NATURE - Flock of Birds - Facsimile, Ltd /450

By M.C. Escher

Located in Paris, IDF

M.C. ESCHER (1898-1972) Flock of Birds, 2008 Facsimile after the original woodcut from 1938 Unsigned Numbered / 450 copies (the number you can see can be different) On vellum 45 x 3...

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20th Century Modern Art

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Color

Breton fisherman with pipe
Breton fisherman with pipe

Breton fisherman with pipe

Located in Genève, GE

Work on canvas Beige wooden frame 90 x 70 x 4.6 cm Breton fisherman with pipe This captivating portrait shows a fisherman with a bushy beard, deep in thought and smoking his pipe. T...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

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Oil

"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...

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1940s Modern Art

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Oil, Board

Oasis 1995 - signed limited edition
Oasis 1995 - signed limited edition

Oasis 1995 - signed limited edition

By Jill Furmanovsky

Located in London, GB

Catalogue No: OA056JF Artists: Oasis, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher Location: Slane Castle, Ireland Date: 22nd July 1995 Era: The 1990's Edition: hand signed Limited Edition 17/50 Print type: Giclée Print Paper type: Archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag printed this year Oasis performing at Slane Castle in 1995 as the support for REM. Fourteen years later they would headline the festival. paper size 61 x41 cm / 24 x 16 inches © Jill Furmanovsky Slane Castle, Ireland. 22 July 1995 Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity 'I feel blessed to have photographed so many extraordinary musicians over my 50-year career. Their music formed a soundtrack to my life and has inspired my work. This exhibition at Proud is homage to their magical gifts. ‘No Music No Life’ says it all.' Jill Furmanovsky Her legacy is profound.' Gail Buckland (guest curator and author of 'Who Shot Rock & Roll - Brooklyn Museum) 'She reveals you to yourself.' Nile Rodgers (Chic) 'Through the honesty of Jill’s work, we are brought closer to the frailty and humanity of celebrity.' (Neville Brody, designer of The Face Magazine) 'Jill is one of my favourite photographers of all time.' Jools Holland Jill Furmanovsky body of work exudes at its heart her love of music and unique ability to capture its vibrancy and spirit throughout her career. Her intimate and candid shots of Oasis reflect her close relationship with the band during their zenith. Rockarchive founder, Jill Furmanovsky, was born and brought up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Her parents moved to London in 1965 when she was eleven. As a teenager, she became a Beatles fan and often stood outside Abbey Road Studio hoping to catch sight of them. Her first rock shot was of Paul McCartney and two school friends taken on a Kodak Instamatic outside of his home in St. John’s Wood. Jill studied textile and then graphic design at the Central School of Art and Design in London. In January 1972, whilst on a two-week block course in photography, she had a lucky break when she was offered a job as in-house photographer for premier rock venue, The Rainbow Theatre. From then on, she took live shots and features for the music press of the day of the 1970’s and 80’s, including NME, Melody Maker, Sounds, Smash Hits and The Face. In the 1990s Jill became the main photographer for Oasis. Jill has won many awards for her music photography including The Jane Bown...

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1990s Modern Art

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Archival Pigment

1957 Mid-Century Expressive Swedish Figurative Oil Painting - A Moment Alone
1957 Mid-Century Expressive Swedish Figurative Oil Painting - A Moment Alone

1957 Mid-Century Expressive Swedish Figurative Oil Painting - A Moment Alone

Located in Bristol, GB

A MOMENT ALONE Oil on canvas Size: 37 x 31 cm (including frame) An evocative mid-century figurative painting depicting a solitary figure seated in an armchair, executed in oil onto ...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

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Canvas, Oil

Mid-Century Modernist Still Life with Flowers in White Vase, Oil Painting
Mid-Century Modernist Still Life with Flowers in White Vase, Oil Painting

Mid-Century Modernist Still Life with Flowers in White Vase, Oil Painting

By René Guinand

Located in Genève, GE

Dimensions with frame: 53,8 x 44,6 x 3,5 cm. Signed "Guinand" in the lower left corner. This charming mid-20th-century still life depicts a generous bouquet of flowers arranged in an elegant white vase. Painted with a free and expressive touch, the composition combines delicate whites, vivid reds and pinks with deep greens, all set against a warm, muted background. The artist approaches the subject with a distinctly Modernist sensibility, simplifying the forms and allowing color and brushwork to shape the composition. The flowers are loosely and spontaneously rendered, while the sculptural white vase, with its curving silhouette, provides a strong and luminous focal point. The restrained palette of the surrounding interior further enhances the freshness and vibrancy of the bouquet. Both intimate and decorative, the painting reflects the enduring influence of Post-Impressionism on mid-20th-century European still-life painting. Its expressive character and harmonious colors make it an appealing work for both classical and contemporary interiors. rené guinand...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

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Oil, Cardboard

That Which Passes

That Which Passes

Located in Los Angeles, CA

That Which Passes, c. 1950, oil on board, signed lower right, 24 x 34 inches Roman Maraz was an American painter, designer, and educator whose work reflected modernist trends in th...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

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Masonite, Oil

Gasthof Post Pool, 1979 - Estate Stamped Limited Edition C-Type Color Print
Gasthof Post Pool, 1979 - Estate Stamped Limited Edition C-Type Color Print

Gasthof Post Pool, 1979 - Estate Stamped Limited Edition C-Type Color Print

By Slim Aarons

Located in Brighton, GB

Gasthof Post Pool, 1979 by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Gasthof Post Pool, 1979' is a Limited Edition Estate S...

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20th Century Modern Art

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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

"Coast July No. 2" - Multi Layer Landscape Screenprint (9 of 23)
"Coast July No. 2" - Multi Layer Landscape Screenprint (9 of 23)

"Coast July No. 2" - Multi Layer Landscape Screenprint (9 of 23)

By Dorr Bothwell

Located in Soquel, CA

Titled in lower left corner ("Coast July No. 2") Numbered lower center ("9/23") Signed and dated twice in lower right, once inside the artwork, once below ("Bothwell '63" and "Dorr Bothwell '63") Presented in a cream colored mat with foamcore backing. Mat size: 24"H x 28"W Paper size: 20"H x 26"W Dorris Hodgson Bothwell (American, 1902–2000), known as Dorr, was born in San Francisco, California, on May 3, 1902. The Bothwell family moved to San Diego in 1911, where they became friends and neighbors with the artists Anna and Albert Valentien. Dorr began her art studies with Anna in 1916 at the age of 14. In the early 1920s, Dorr returned to San Francisco to study at the California School of Fine Arts, then studied at the University of Oregon, in Eugene, and the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design, which was founded in San Francisco, 1926. After receiving a modest inheritance, Dorr traveled to American Samoa in 1928, where she remained for two years and produced many works of art in a wide variety of mediums. Some of these were successfully shown at the Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego and the Beaux Gallery in San Francisco, allowing her to spend time in England, France, and Germany. Returning to San Diego in 1931, Dorr became involved, once more, with the San Diego art community and exhibited with the San Diego Moderns...

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1960s Modern Art

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Paper, Ink, Screen

Dogmania - Linocut by Mino Maccari - 1951

Dogmania - Linocut by Mino Maccari - 1951

By Mino Maccari

Located in Roma, IT

Dogmania is an Original Linocut Print realized by Mino Maccari in 1951. Very good condition, not signed. Mino Maccari (1898-1989) was an Italian writer, painter, engraver and journ...

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1950s Modern Art

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Linocut

Downtown New York

Downtown New York

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Downtown New York, c. 1930s, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 10 x 12 inches; label verso reads: "Harry Dix / Title Downtown New York / Medium Oil" Harry Dix was a 20th-century p...

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1930s Modern Art

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Canvas, Oil

Alexander Calder Mid Century Derrière le Miroir Lithograph
Alexander Calder Mid Century Derrière le Miroir Lithograph

Alexander Calder Mid Century Derrière le Miroir Lithograph

By Alexander Calder

Located in Soquel, CA

Vintage 1960s Alexander Calder Lithograph double page part of portfolio "Derriere le Miroir". Published by: Galerie Maeght, Paris, 1966. No. 156. Text on verso. Unsigned, from an unknown edition. Presented in black mat with red core. Mat size: 20"H x 24"W. Image size: 15"H x 22"W. American artist Alexander Calder changed the course of modern art by developing an innovative method of sculpting, bending, and twisting wire to create three-dimensional “drawings in space.” Resonating with the Futurists and Constructivists, as well as the language of early nonobjective painting, Calder’s mobiles (a term coined by Marcel Duchamp in 1931 to describe his work) consist of abstract shapes made of industrial materials––often poetic and gracefully formed and at times boldly colored––that hang in an uncanny, perfect balance. His complex assemblage Cirque Calder (1926–31), which allowed for the artist’s manipulation of its various characters presented before an audience, predated Performance Art by some 40 years. Later in his career, Calder devoted himself to making outdoor monumental sculptures...

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1960s Modern Art

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Paper, Ink

Un Vase de Fleurs II (Flowers in a Vase)
Un Vase de Fleurs II (Flowers in a Vase)

Un Vase de Fleurs II (Flowers in a Vase)

By Frederic Menguy

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork "Un Vase de Fleurs II (Flowers in a Vase)" c.1980, is an original colors lithograph on watermarked Arches paper by noted French artist Frederic Menguy, 1927-2007. It is ...

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Late 20th Century Modern Art

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Lithograph

Hidden Portraits XXVII, Acrylic on Canvas, Modern, Framed, Circa 1980s
Hidden Portraits XXVII, Acrylic on Canvas, Modern, Framed, Circa 1980s

Hidden Portraits XXVII, Acrylic on Canvas, Modern, Framed, Circa 1980s

Located in London, GB

'Hidden Portraits XXVII', acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an agein...

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1980s Modern Art

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Canvas, Acrylic, Board

Lions Club, Modern Art Lithograph by Jean Cocteau
Lions Club, Modern Art Lithograph by Jean Cocteau

Lions Club, Modern Art Lithograph by Jean Cocteau

By Jean Cocteau

Located in Long Island City, NY

A colorful signed lithograph by French Modern artist Jean Cocteau. This print features a stylized dancing lion with the title “Lions Club” in the upper left corner and a signature an...

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1950s Modern Art

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Lithograph

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