Antique Southwestern Louisiana Oil Painting
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
People Also Browsed
19th Century Academic Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Carbon Pencil
2010s Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Mahogany
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Antique 1890s German Beaux Arts Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
Paper
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Paint
Antique Late 19th Century French Paintings
Paint
Early 20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
1970s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Graphite, Conté
2010s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Drawings
Paper
Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Drawings
Paper
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
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1990s Modern Landscape Paintings
Watercolor
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
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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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