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.
Find a collection of modern paintings, sculptures, prints and other fine art on 1stDibs.
Hidden Portraits XXXVI
Located in London, GB
'Hidden Portraits XXXVI', 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...
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
$650
Henri Matisse - Plum Blossoms 1948, 1971, rare poster published in Switzerland
Located in New York, NY
After Henri Matisse Plum Blossoms, 1948, 1971 Offet lithograph poster Offset lithograph poster Published in Zurich Switzerland on the occasion of the exhibition "Twenty Important Pai...
Lithograph, Offset
Between Sky and Water - Signed Facsimile, Ltd /450
By M.C. Escher
Located in Paris, IDF
M.C. ESCHER (1898-1972) Between Sky and Water, 2008 Facsimile after the original woodcut from 1938 Signed in the plate Numbered / 450 copies (the number you can see can be different...
Color
Orange Cat with Colorful Fish
Located in Zofingen, AG
Acrylic Painting on canvas One of a kind artwork Size: 40 × 50 × 3,8 cm (unframed) The artwork is titled and signed on the front and also comes with a certificate of authenticity. ...
Acrylic, Canvas
Il San Pietro di Positano - Limited Edition C-Type, Slim Aarons Summer Series
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Il San Pietro di Positano, 1984 is a Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print by 20th Century American Photographer Slim Aarons. 16" x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate S...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Sunspot 143 - Contemporary Resin Minimalist Blue 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
Sunday Afternoon - Abstract Contemporary Resin Minimalist 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
Do Nothing, Darling
Located in Zofingen, AG
Do Nothing, Darling From the Becoming series Do Nothing, Darling explores a quiet moment in which becoming no longer requires effort. The female figure appears absorbed in her own ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$6,400
Visioning (Colorful Still Life Pastel Drawing of Flowers on Vintage Book Pages)
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative, still life pastel drawing of colorful flowers on a background of vintage book pages 'The Visioning' by Louise Laplante in 2026 pastel on collaged vintage book pages 32.75...
Paper, Chalk, Pastel
Luis Giner Bueno Spanish Forest Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas, 1973
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Luis Giner Bueno landscape oil painting on canvas depicting a dense forest interior, dated 1973. Oil on canvas. Signed by the artist and dated 1973. Artwork: 65 × 100 cm (25.6 × 39....
Canvas, Oil
Love Letters 20 - Abstract Contemporary Resin Minimalist 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
Orange and Blue Striped Vase
Located in Zofingen, AG
Acrylic Painting One of a kind artwork Size: 40 × 30 × 2 cm The artwork is titled and signed on the front and also comes with a certificate of authenticity. Artwork arrives in perf...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,350Sale Price|38% Off
Giselle (Gestural Abstract, Vibrant, Warm, Atmospheric, 38% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Giselle Oil on Canvas 2021 Size: 28 x 22 x 1.25 inches (71.1 × 55.9 × 3.2 cm) Signed in front on lower right Signed, dated and titled verso COA provided *On Stretcher Frame, Galler...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil
Lluvia de Toros - Etching by Francisco Goya, Modern Style, 1877
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint on laid paper. Additional plate from the Series "Los Proverbios", realized in 1815 and printed by François Liénard in the posthumous paris Edition of 1877. Pub...
Etching
Pastel Dance, Organic Modern, Mid-Century Shapes Diptych in Pastel Tones, Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
Details: Title: Pastel Dance Medium: Acrylic Painting on Watercolor Paper Size: 100x140 cm in total (100x70 cm, each panel), 40x55.2 inches in total (40x28 inches, each panel) Year...
Paper, Oil
$2,625
Sunday Afternoon 2 - Abstract Contemporary Resin Minimalist 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
Detail of the Entrance Vault (bronze green), Engraving
Located in Paris, IDF
Henry CLEWS (1876–1937) Detail of the Entrance Vault, 1959 Engraving (transferred to copper by Bacons-Duplessis and André Collot) Unsigned Authenticated by Henry Clews’s studio stam...
Etching
Hidden Portraits XXXII, Modern Acrylic on Canvas, Framed, Circa 1980s
Located in London, GB
'Hidden Portraits XXXII', 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...
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
"Ali" Muhammad Ali Portrait 36x48 Photomosaic Photography Pop Art Signed
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Ali" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller im...
Archival Pigment
Gloria Vanderbilt Apartment in Manhattan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him. The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
Paper, Watercolor, Ink
$1,400Sale Price|36% Off
Beach (Gestural Abstract, Warm, Soft, Summer, Spring, Vibrant, ~36% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Katherine Bello Beach Oil on Canvas 2021 Size: 28 x 22 x 1.25 inches (71.1 × 55.9 × 3.2 cm) Signed, dated and titled by hand COA provided *On Stretcher Frame, Gallery-wrapped - read...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil
Rapallo Port Genoa Italy 1954 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Rapallo Italy by Toni Frissell The port of Rapallo in Italy 1954. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing available - please enquire) ...
Archival Pigment
$1,375
Sunspot 144 - Modern Resin Minimalist Blue 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
The Lighthouse II - Original Lithograph Signed
By Yves Ganne
Located in Paris, IDF
Yves GANNE (1931–2019) The Lighthouse II Original lithograph Signed in pencil Marked EA (Artist’s Proof) On Japanese paper, 76 x 53 cm (29.92 x 20.86 in) INFORMATION: Yves Ganne wa...
Lithograph
Three Tahitians Women - Original signed Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Gabriel DOMERGUE (1889-1962) Three Tahitians Women, 1936 Lithograph and stencil (Jacomet studio) Signed on the plate On Lafuma vellum, 21 x 17 cm (c. 8.3 x 6.7 in) Excellent c...
Lithograph
Two Towers, Blue Tones Abstract Geometric Diptych, Unique Cyanotype, Paper
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
Details: + Title: Two Towers + Year: 2026 + Stamped and Certificate of Authenticity provided + Measurements : 100x140 cm (40x 55.3 in.), each panel measures 100x70cm (40x28 in.) a st...
Paper, Monotype
$1,136Sale Price|20% Off
Intimate reclining woman in blue, modern European figurative interior Oil Canvas
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Intimate reclining woman in blue, modern European figurative interior Artist: Josep Lloveras i Feliu (Spanish, 1922–2014) Title: Reclining woman in blue Medium: Oil on canvas Dimens...
Oil
$828
Ramón Llovet “Atravesant Espais” Symbolic Figurative Oil Painting, 1978
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
**Ramón Llovet “Atravesant Espais” Symbolic Figurative Oil Painting, 1978** Oil on canvas. Signed, dated and titled. Original oil on canvas by Catalan artist Ramón Llovet Miserol, ...
Canvas, Oil
THE INTRUDER - Arts and Crafts Woodcut
Located in Santa Monica, CA
JESSIE ARMS BOTKE (1883 – 1971) THE INTRUDER c. 1930 Color woodcut, signed, titled and inscribed “Botke prints” Image 9 ¾ x 11”, sheet 11 7/8 x 14 3/4". On cream laid paper. Califor...
Color
Greg Carter Signed Vintage American Modernist Framed Porch Scene Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist cafe scene oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Gallery label verso. Thick impasto and wonderful color palette. Measuring: 25.75 by 21.75 inches overall,...
Oil
At Home
Located in Zofingen, AG
At Home From the Red Horse series "At Home" explores the feeling of belonging to oneself. Home becomes more than a physical place. It is an inner space where a woman can exist witho...
Canvas, Acrylic
Tall Sunspot 65 - Modern Resin Minimalist Colorful Striped 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
60x40 "Webb Deep Field" Telescope Space Photography NASA Archival Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original museum grade exhibition prints on acid-free archival luster paper. These are the highest quality NASA prints ever produced. Edition of 150. *This print can be hung vertic...
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Snorkelling In Antigua' Unframed Limited Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Snorkelling In Antigua by Slim Aarons A woman wearing a scuba diving mask carries a pair of flippers and a harpoon gun, Antigua, West Indies, 1960. (Photo...
Archival Pigment
The Divers
Located in London, GB
'The Divers', oil on board affixed to stretcher, by Berthommé Saint-André (circa 1930s). A dynamic composition capturing swimmers in mid-dive at a countryside swimming pool, rendered...
Oil, Board
A Large, Cheerful 1950s American Scene Mid-Century Modern Painting, "The Picnic"
Located in Chicago, IL
A large, cheerful 1950s American Scene, Mid-Century Modern oil painting, "The Picnic" by notable Chicago artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990). A vibrant, painterly depiction of...
Canvas, Oil
Majorelle Garden, Marrakesh, Morocco - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Majorelle Garden, Marrakesh is a Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print by 20th Century American Photographer Slim Aarons. 16" x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamp...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
$6,100
Slim Aarons Dining Al Fresco Supersize Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dining Al Fresco Capri 1980 by Slim Aarons Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umberto Terrelli dinin...
C Print
It Takes Two to Tango 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Couple, Love
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Signed on the front side About Artist Samson Olatubosun is a visual artist...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
French Modernist Seated Female Figure Pencil Life Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title French Modernist Seated Female Figure Pencil Life Drawing Artist Jacqueline Boisselot French late 20th century Medium Graphite pencil on artist paper unframed Size 25.5 x 19.75...
Pencil, Graphite
Original Vintage New York Travel Poster — R. Meyer Central Park Print on linen
Located in Spokane, WA
New York — The City That Never Sleeps Experience the vibrant energy and timeless beauty of New York City through this authentic 1970s travel poster by R. Meyer. This masterpiece cap...
Offset
$956
Reclining Female Nude Red Purple Interior Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title Reclining Female Nude Red Purple Interior Modernist Oil Painting Artist Jacqueline Boisselot French late 20th century Medium Oil on artist paper unframed Size 19.75 x 25.75 Hei...
Oil
Decorative Canopy (bronze green), Engraving
Located in Paris, IDF
Henry CLEWS (1876–1937) Decorative Canopy, 1959 Engraving (transferred to copper by Bacons-Duplessis and André Collot) Unsigned Authenticated by Henry Clews’s studio stamp on the re...
Etching
'Psycho' 1960 Original Vintage Lobby Card Unframed
Located in London, GB
Psycho 1960 Unframed Original Vintage Cinema Lobby Card Extra Large 10x14" inches / 25x36 cm paper size Unframed (framing options available - please enquire) Condition: Excellent ...
C Print
$820
Pastel Fifties Shapes, Organic Mid Century, Vivid Tones Googie Shapes on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
Details: Title: Pastel Fifties Shapes Medium: Acrylic Paint on Watercolor Paper Size: 100x70 cm , (40x28 inches) Year: 2026 * Frame is for illustrative purposes only. Artwork shipp...
Acrylic, Archival Paper
It Takes Two to Tango 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Couple, Love
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Samson Olatubos...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
$1,046Sale Price|20% Off
Hidden Portraits XIX, Acrylic on Canvas, Modern, Framed, 1980s
Located in London, GB
'Hidden Portraits XIX', acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing ...
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
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 ...
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
R2D2 60x45 Star Wars, Photography Jedi, Photograph Toys, Movie Empire Pop Art
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
R2D2 from the original Kenner release of the Star Wars toys in May of 1977 This is pre release is the first release in the much anticipated series "The Toys" These iconic figures hav...
Archival Pigment
Edgartown, Massachusetts, Harbor Scene
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Francis Chapin (American, 1899-1965) Signed: Francis Chapin (lower, right) " Edgartown ", circa 1950s (titled on paper verso) Watercolor on paper Image Size: 15" x 22" Housed in...
Paper, Watercolor
Carlos Aquilino “En Casa del Moro” Large Figurative Oil Painting, 1991
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Carlos Aquilino, “En Casa del Moro,” 1991. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated on the front and reverse. Artwork: 162 × 130 cm (63.8 × 51.2 in.). Framed: 163 × 131 cm (64.2 × 51.6 in.). ...
Canvas, Oil
The Window 368 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Earthy Cool 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
"Buste de Femme" 1942-43 by Henri Matisse Signed Lithograph /25 French Modernist
Located in Yardley, PA
About this work: Created in 1942-43, this work belongs to one of the most fertile periods of Matisse’s career as a printmaker and draftsman. By this time, Matisse had long since mast...
Lithograph, Chine Colle
$2,200
"Flow Meter" Wall Sculpture mid century modern, brown, orange, aubergine, mcm
By Scott Troxel
Located in Marmora, NJ
"Flow Meter" (Small Pops Series) is a modernist, solid wood wall sculpture that brings bold statement to wherever it is placed. The piece has uses a Satin lacquer finish (on 2" thic...
Wood, Paint
YOSEMITE - Stunning California Landscape By a Master of the Aquatint
Located in Santa Monica, CA
HAROLD L. DOOLITTLE (1883 - 1974) YOSEMITE 1924 Aquatint signed and titled in pencil and dated in the plate lower left 1924. Image 9 ¾ x 13 ¾, sheet 12 x 16 ¾. Doolittle excelled i...
Aquatint
Untitled Abstraction
By E. Oscar Thalinger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Untitled Abstraction, 1958, oil on board, signed and dated lower left, 24 x 35 inches, presented in a newer frame Oscar Edmund Thalinger was an American painter, draftsman, printmaker, and muralist best known for his evocative depictions of the American Midwest, his 1950s and 60s abstractions, and his contributions to Missouri art...
Masonite, Oil
The Little Prince and the Bird of Peace - Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Antoine DE SAINT-EXUPERY (1900–1944) (after) The Little Prince and the Bird of Peace, 2022 Colored photolithograph based on the work of Saint-Exupéry On laid paper 20 x 30 cm (c. 7....
Photo-lithograph
The Small Path in Provence - Original Lithograph, HANDSIGNED & Ltd /150
By Victor Zarou
Located in Paris, IDF
Victor ZAROU (1930-2013) Small Path in Provence, 1982 Original Lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 150 (the number you can see can be different) On Vellum 74 x 55 cm (c. 29 x...
Lithograph
'Montego Bay Fisherman' Unframed Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Montego Bay Fisherman by Toni Frissell Local fisherman bring in their nets on the beach in Montego Bay, 1948. (Toni Frissell) Limited signature stamped edition print 40 x 40" inche...
Archival Pigment
Maternity, 1951 - Original Mourlot lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Françoise GILOT (1921) Maternity, 1951 Original lithograph On Marais vellum 28 x 22.5 cm (c. 11 x 9 inches) REFERENCES : Catalog raisonne "Stone Echoes, Original Prints by Francois...
Lithograph
Beneath the inky blackness, the painter’s irrepressible energy electrifies this pair of intaglio prints.
The New York Botanical Garden, in the Bronx, has mounted a multifaceted show honoring the polymath modernist's legacy, including new work by contemporary landscape maker Raymond Jungles.
Dealers Peter Osborne and Gordon Samuel have helped revive the popularity of postwar works by such artists as Lynn Chadwick, Kenneth Armitage and Keith Vaughan.
Koloman Moser smashed the conservative conventions of art and design in fin-de-siècle Vienna. On the 100th anniversary of his death, the Austrian designer is being celebrated for his radically modern creations.
The Louisiana-born and -bred architect talks to 1stdibs about the art of making timeless places that matter.