Abram Lerner
1990s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil
1870s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings
Paint
Antique 1880s Spanish Rococo Paintings
Canvas, Giltwood
20th Century Greek Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
Late 20th Century American Classical Animal Sculptures
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Unknown Paintings
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Travertine, Bronze
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Marble, Bronze
Late 20th Century British Colonial Animal Sculptures
Bronze
Late 20th Century American Classical Animal Sculptures
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century European Animal Sculptures
Onyx, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal
Antique 19th Century French Paintings
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Linen, Paint
Late 20th Century Unknown Islamic Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
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20th Century American Modern Paintings
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1970s Modern Still-life Prints
Offset, Lithograph
A Close Look at modern Art
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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