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.
'The Start of the Race' — 1899 America's Cup, 1930s Color Woodcut
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Jacques La Grange, 'The Start of the Race, 1899', color woodcut, edition 500, 1934. Signed and numbered '21/500' in pencil. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on cream wove paper,...
Woodcut
$12,490
ROBY DWI ANTONO - BIAS II. Limited ed. Sculpture Contemporary Modern Design
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Roby Dwi Antono - BIAS II Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Glazed ceramic sculpture Edition: 75 + AP Size: 24.5 x 29 x 26 cm Condition: In perfect conditions BIAS II is a limited-edit...
Ceramic, Glaze
Hidden Portraits XXI
Located in London, GB
'Hidden Portraits XXI', 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
Toni Frissell 'Capri Club' Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Capri Club by Toni Frissell Beachgoers relax on the Capri coast, 1959. (Toni Frissell) Limited edition estate stamped print 24 x 20" inches / 60 x 50 cm paper size Unframed (framin...
Archival Pigment
40x60 TOP GUN Soundtrack Cassette Tape Photography Pop Art Photograph Signed
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of the "Top Gun" soundtrack. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro These iconic tapes have become mor...
Archival Pigment
Mountain Landscape Oil on Canvas, Modern Style, Late 20th Century
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th Century oil on canvas view of a rugged mountain landscape by Franco British artist Isabell Pardoe. The painting is not signed but came directly from the artist's atelier. ...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Horses in a paddock
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Robert John Munro Dupont (1920-1977) Horses in a paddock Oil on canvas Signed lower right Canvas Size 20 x 24 in Framed Size 25 x 29 in Robert John Munro Dupont was a British sporti...
Oil
The Window 373 - Contemporary Shiny Resin Minimalist Red 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
The Window 375 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Brown Beige 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
Seventh Season Offset Print by Will Barnet, Framed, 1970s, 16.5x11.5
By Will Barnet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This elegant composition by Will Barnet, titled Seventh Season, reflects the artist’s mature and highly recognizable style—quietly introspective, balanced, and refined. Barnet, a lea...
Offset
A Stylish, Vintage 1940s Woman's Fashion Design Study, Marshall Field & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
A stylish, vintage, 1940s fashion study featuring elegant designs for women's winter hat and coat, Likely an illustration study for a print advertisement for the famed Chicago depa...
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil, Color Pencil
Dove of Peace - Offset print - Printed signature, 2004
Located in Paris, IDF
Alekos FASSIANOS Dove of Peace, 2004 Offset Print Printed signature in the plate On vellum 18 x 14 cm (c. 7.1 x 5.5 inch) INFORMATION: Created for the Olympic Games of 2004 in Ath...
Offset
Braque, Pélias et Nélée, Œdipe roi de Sophocle (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on grand vélin d'Arches pur chiffon spécialement fabriqués paper. Inscription: signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, Œdipe ...
Lithograph
Elegant Man in a Bicycle - Offset print - Printed signature, 2004
Located in Paris, IDF
Alekos FASSIANOS Elegant Man in a Bicycle, 2004 Offset Print Printed signature in the plate On vellum 18 x 14 cm (c. 7.1 x 5.5 inch) INFORMATION: Created for the Olympic Games of ...
Offset
A Stylish, Vintage 1940s Woman's Fashion Design Study, Marshall Field & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
A stylish, vintage, 1940s fashion study featuring elegant designs for women's evening wear by Lilly Daché, Likely an illustration study for a print advertisement for the famed Chic...
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
French Modernist Oil Painting Figures in Parisian Park Pony & Cart
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Parisian Park by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 18 x 24 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist ha...
Oil
Jar - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Painted Terracotta sculture realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Very Good condition. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his ...
Terracotta
40x60 TOP GUN Soundtrack Cassette Tape Photography Pop Art Photograph Unsigned
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of the "Top Gun" soundtrack. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro These iconic tapes have become mor...
Archival Pigment
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
$840
Sacks of Stones, Blue Tones Abstract Geometric Diptych, Unique Cyanotype, Paper
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This unique monotype cyanotype explores rhythm and transparency through layered organic forms set against deep ultramarine fields. Soft, overlapping shapes create a fluid geometric s...
Paper, Monotype
$1,914
Huge 1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Oil Painting Christ after the Crucifixion
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Deposition of Christ French School, mid 20th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 28.5 x 42 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good condition For more any...
Oil
Hidden Portraits XII
Located in London, GB
'Hidden Portraits XII', acrylic on board, by L. Piccini, of the Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an age...
Acrylic, Board
Yesteryear's Wire Walker (Unidentified) – original circus photograph, 1950s
Located in Middletown, NY
Gelatin silver print mounted on board, 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (190 x 241 mm) from the Roland Butler Collection, Press Agent, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1930s-1960s) Roland...
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
A Stylish Vintage 1940s Fashion Study, Design for Women's Red Evening Gown
Located in Chicago, IL
A stylish, vintage, 1940s fashion study featuring an elegant design for a woman's red gown, evening wear. Artwork size: 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Archivally matted to 16 x 12 inches. P...
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
A Charming Mid-Century Modern WC of Pirate's Alley, New Orleans, Vieux Carre
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming 1940s Mid-Century Modern Watercolor of Pirate's Alley, New Orleans by Arlene S. Ezickson (Am. 1927-2003). Titled "Vieux Carre, New Orleans" the artwork is watercolor and ...
Board, Watercolor, Ink, Paper
$542
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
Manayunk Fountain & Silverwood Sts
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Manayunk Fountain & Silverwood Sts, 1938, oil on canvas board, signed and dated lower right, titled and dated verso, 20 x 16 inches Although Florence Prince Ewing’s paintings ex...
Oil, Canvas, Board
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #92 Skate Set Modern Photography
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Cindy Sherman - UNTITLED #92 Date of creation: 2024 Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood Edition: Open Size: 80 x 20 cm (each skate) Condition: In mint conditions and never d...
Wood, Maple, Screen
“Daguerreotype Dandies, c. 1937” Tressa Benson Regionalist American Maine Oil
Located in Yardley, PA
About this work: “Daguerreotype Dandies, c. 1937” by Tressa Benson (American, 1896-1987). Painted with the charm of a rediscovered family photo, this wonderfully eccentric work by B...
Canvas, Oil
Marc Chagall 'Paris Opera Ceiling' Mid Century Vintage
By Marc Chagall
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This five-color offset lithograph, featuring a facsimile signature of Marc Chagall, masterfully captures a vibrant detail from his iconic Paris Opera ceiling. Printed on high-quality...
Offset
"Ali" Muhammad Ali Portrait 36x48 Photomosaic Photography Pop Art Unsigned
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
$14,000
"Madeleine" Pablo Picasso, Les Saltimbanques, Female Portrait, Muse, Etching
Located in New York, NY
Pablo Picasso Madeleine, 1905 (Sheet 2 of the episode "Les Saltimbanques") Etching on copper in black on cream wove paper 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches Sheet size is 8 x 6 3/4 inches From th...
Paper, Etching
Vintage American Modernist Flower Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist flower still life oil painting . Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 10 by 6 inches overall, and 9.75 by 5.75 painting alone.Excellent condition, ready to han...
Canvas, Oil
$416
Paradise 6 - The Heaven of Mercury (Rhinoceros) - woodcut - 1963 (Field p 189)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Paradadise 6 - The Heaven of Mercury From the Divine Comedy (Dante) Woodcut in color Signature printed in the plate 1960/63 On BFK Rives vellum 32,8 x 26,4...
Woodcut
Hidden Portraits III
Located in London, GB
'Hidden Portraits III', 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
Vintage Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Dog Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Vintage Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Dog Portrait Oil Painting Artist: Dorothy Johnson Medium: Oil on canvas laid to boar...
Oil
A Colorful, Modern Maine Harbor Scene Painting, Pumpkin Island Lighthouse
Located in Chicago, IL
A Colorful, Modern Maine Coastal Scene Painting, "The Island Light House" by Famed Chicago Artist and Printmaker, Charles Turzak (Am. 1899 - 1986). The painting depicts a vibrant, s...
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
The Window 348 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Brown & 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
Toni Frissell 'Hamptons Lilos' 1956 Unframed Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Hamptons Lilo’s 1956 by Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition Friends enjoy surfing the waves in Capri on Lilo’s, 1956. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size Archiva...
Archival Pigment
$1,011Sale Price|27% Off
Mediterranean Forest Landscape Oil Painting Post Impressionist Spanish Woodland
By Ramon Perez Barril
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Artist: Ramón Pérez Barril (Barcelona, 1950) Title: Mediterranean Forest Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 65 × 50 cm (25.6 × 19.7 in) Signature: Signed lower right Period: Contempor...
Oil
The Window 376 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Burgundy Beige 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
$2,058
Flowers in Blue Vase, Signed Oil on Canvas, Framed, Mid-20th Century French
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Interior Scene with Flowers in Blue Vase French, mid 20th century signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 36 x 31 inches canvas: 29 x 24 inches Provenance: private collection, France Co...
Oil
$651
Expressive Portrait of a Male in Blue Tone In a Blue Tone Interior Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Male Portrait oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 9 x 6.25 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: very good condition Description: A striking and atmospheric male portr...
Oil
Prophet. By Alexander Kishchenko. 1986. Oil on canvas. 80/60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Alexander Mikhailovich Kishchenko (1933–1997) was an outstanding Belarusian monumentalist artist whose work significantly influenced the development of visual arts in Belarus during ...
Canvas, Oil
Verve No. 2; Spring 1938 – Kandinsky & Masson lithographs & many images
Located in Middletown, NY
Teriade, E. (director) Texts by Georges Braque, Paul Valéry, André Gide, André Malraux, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, et. al. Verve, Volume One No. 2; Verve for For Spring 1938 (Mar...
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Photogravure, Lithograph
$617
Still Life Jugs and Vases Abstract 20th Modernist Century Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life Sketch by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century size: 19.75 x 25.5 inches pastel drawing on thin paper, unframed condition: very good and ready to enjoy provenan...
Pastel
Toni Frissell 'The Hamptons' 1955 Unframed Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
The Hamptons by Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition A beach scene in The Hamptons USA 1955. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size Archival pigment print Unframed ...
Archival Pigment
French Mid Century Still Life Bright Colourful Flowers in Blue Vase Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Flowers In Blue Vase French School, mid 20th century oil on board, unframed Board: 10 x 13.75 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: good overall condition, some su...
Oil
$38,500
Louise Nevelson - early horse drawing, signed and inscribed to Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Louise Nevelson - early horse ink on paper drawing, signed and inscribed to Robert Indiana in 1970, then signed and inscribed on the verso by Robert Indiana to his caretaker, 1928 Si...
Ink
Wacky Valley Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 3.75 x 4.5 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condition: ve...
Pastel
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Dining Al Fresco On Capri
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Dining Al Fresco On Capri Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umbe...
Archival Pigment
$2,100
The Hamptons 1955 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
The Hamptons 1955 by Toni Frissell Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition A beach scene in The Hamptons USA 1955. 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size Archival pigment pr...
Archival Pigment
Tide Pools 43 - Contemporary Shiny Resin Minimalist Abstract Artwork on Wood
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
$5,196Sale Price|20% Off
L'aquarium sur la caisse, Une Aventure méthodique, Georges Braque
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Une Aventure méthodique, 1950; published by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, a...
Lithograph
Coral, Abstract 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Modern art
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Glass Sculpture, modern interior Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Year: 2024 Style: Contemporary Art, Title: Coral, Size: ...
Metal
Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne
Located in London, GB
Francis Bacon Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne, 1966 Lithograph on paper 47.4 x 42.1 cm (framed) unsigned publsihed in Derriere Le Miroir, No. 162,...
Lithograph
Midnight Street Scene with Terraced Houses British Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Midnight Street signed initials by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) oil painting on artist card, unframed size: 6.5 x 5 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condition: ver...
Oil
The Window 342 - Modern Resin Minimalist Blue Two Tone Color Field Abstract 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...
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Red and Orange Cottages In Woodland Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 3.75 x 4.5 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condition: ve...
Pastel
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.