Algarve Hotel Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 20 × 16 inches - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the f...
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Antigua Beach Club Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 20 x 20" - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the front ...
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Al Fresco Tea Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Al Fresco Tea 1961 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Colonel Dimitris Levidis enjoying a meal in the fresh air at Harvati with his wife and son, July 1961 unframe...
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Beverly Hills Hotel Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The sign on the side of the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957 unframed c typ...
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Aerial Miami Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 16×20 inches - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the fro...
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Arturo Pani’s Villa Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Arturo Pani’s Villa 1968 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The swimming pool at Arturo Pani’s villa, Acapulco, Mexico, January 1968 unframed c type print printed ...
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Conca dei Marini Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Conca dei Marini 1984 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A bay in Conca dei Marini, on the Amalfi coast in Italy, August 1984 unframed c type print printed 2023 24...
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Staying At The Carlton Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 16×16 inches - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the fro...
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Snow Round The Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Snow Round The Pool 1964 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Bathers having a winter dip in a pool at Vail, Colorado, March 1964 unframed c type print printed 2023...
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Cap Juluca Hotel Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 20 × 16 inches - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the f...
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Cannes Cannes Girls Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 20 x 20" - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the front ...
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Conca dei Marini Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 24 x 20" - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the front ...
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Civilised Snooze Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 16×16 inches - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the fro...
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Californian Party Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 16×16 inches - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the fro...
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Costa Smeralda, Sardinia Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 16×20 inches - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the fro...
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Cafe In Monte Carlo Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cafe In Monte Carlo 1975 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Diners on a cafe terrace in Monte Carlo, Monaco, August 1975 unframed c type print printed 2023 20 x 24...
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Casa De Camp Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Casa De Camp 1985 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Part of Yvette Bluhdorn’s house in Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic, February 1985 unframed c type print prin...
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Conca dei Marini Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 24 x 20" - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the front ...
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Cortina d’Ampezzo Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 16×20 inches - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the fro...
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Curling At St. Moritz Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Moritz 1963 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Curlers on a rink, or curling sheet, in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963 unframed c type print printed 2023 20 × 1...
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Connelly And Guest Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 16×16 inches - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the fro...
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Nassau Beach Hotel Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 16×16 inches - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the fro...
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Sailing Dinghy Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 16×16 inches - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the fro...
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Peter Viertel Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 16×16 inches - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the fro...
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On The Beach In Bermuda Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 20 x 24" - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the front ...
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Saint-Tropez Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 20 x 24" - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the front ...
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Scotti’s Yacht Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 20 × 16 inches - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the f...
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Palm Spring Riders Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 20 × 16 inches - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the f...
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Conca dei Marini Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Conca dei Marini 1984 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A busy bay in Conca dei Marini, on the Amalfi coast in Italy, August 1984 unframed c type print printed 20...
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Pool at Bouldereign Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 20 x 24" - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the front ...
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Pool At Lake Tahoe Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 20 x 20" - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the front ...
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On The Slopes Of Sugarbush Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 16×20 inches - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the fro...
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Roca Lisa Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 20 x 24" - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the front ...
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Portofino, Italy Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Portofino, Italy 1985 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests relax on the terrace at the villa of Umberto and Pucci Nordio, Portofino, 1985 unframed c type prin...
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Saint-Tropez Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 20 × 16 inches - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the f...
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Relaxing At The Club Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 24 x 20" - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the front ...
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Saint Kitts and Nevis Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 20 x 24" - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the front ...
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Beverly Hills Hotel Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 20 x 20" - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the front ...
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Poolside Bar Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Bar 1980 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests seen from a poolside bar at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1980 unframed c type ...
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Pool By The Sea Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 16×20 inches - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the fro...
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Porto Ercole Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 20 × 16 inches - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the f...
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Porto Ercole Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 16×20 inches - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the fro...
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Portofino Villa Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Portofino Villa 1977 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests by the pool at Klaus Pudel’s villa, the Casa Montefino, overlooking Portofino harbour, Portofino, Ita...
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Pellicano Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 16×20 inches - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the fro...
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Pellicano Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pellicano Beach 1969 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Boats at a jetty by the beach at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1969 unframed c ty...
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Nassau Speed Week Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 20 x 24" - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the front ...
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Monte Carlo Swimwear Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 24 x 20" - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the front ...
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On The Coast Of Brazil Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 20 x 24" - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the front ...
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Palm Beach Pastels Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 20 x 20" - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature number and inked on the front...
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New England Skiing Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 20 x 20" - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the front ...
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Monte Carlo Beach Club Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Monte Carlo Beach Club 1970 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests around the pool at the Monte Carlo Beach Club, Monaco, August 1970 unframed c type print prin...
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Cortina d'Ampezzo Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type printed 2023 20 x 20" - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the front certif...
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Lake Tahoe Ladies Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 16×16 inches - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the fro...
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Two-Tone Dress Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 16×16 inches - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the fro...
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Truman Capote Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 16 x 20" - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the front c...
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Adolfo De Velasco Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Adolfo De Velasco 1988 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Adolfo de Velasco relaxes on a verandah in Marrakech, April 1988 unframed c type print printed 2023 16 x ...
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Pool In Palm Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
unframed c type print printed 2023 16 x 20" - paper size Limited to 150 prints only – regardless of paper size blind embossed Slim Aarons signature numbered in ink on the front c...
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Guests At Villa Nirvana Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Guests At Villa Nirvana 1978 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1978 unframed...
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Von Oswald House Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Von Oswald House 1986 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A group of people relax in the garden at the house of Johanna Von Oswald, 1986 unframed c type print print...
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Swimming In Bermuda Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Swimming In Bermuda 1977 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests on Sidney Gould’s ‘Sea Quest’ boat take a dip in the ocean, Bermuda, September 1977 unframed c t...
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American photographer Slim Aarons captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty, Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Monaco, Saint-Tropez and Palm Beach, as well as other luxurious settings around the globe.
Committed to eschewing makeup and artificial lighting, Aarons created images that are at once candid and polished, combining the relaxed posture of his subjects, who trusted him to document their lives, with the visual sharpness of a seasoned art director. Having gotten his start taking pictures for the U.S. military magazine Yank during World War II, he contributed over the course of his career to Life, Town and Country and Holiday magazines and published several books.
Aarons was born in Manhattan in 1916. He joined the army at 18, shooting military maneuvers at West Point before serving as a combat photographer, for which he was awarded a Purple Heart. After the war, he moved to California and began snapping socialites and movie stars.
In the 1950s, Aarons opened a bureau for Life magazine in Rome, where he took pictures capturing the postwar scene. He was always able to win the trust of his elite subjects, who saw him as close to a peer, rather than a paparazzo.
In a 2002 interview with The Independent, Aarons remarked, ''I knew everyone. They would invite me to one of their parties because they knew I wouldn't hurt them. I was one of them.'' This access allowed him to document the rich and famous with their guard down, reading newspapers and magazines, talking on the phone, relaxing by the pool, and chatting with friends. The 1957 photograph The Kings of Hollywood, for example, which won him wide acclaim, shows Clark Gable, Van Heflin, Gary Cooper and Jimmy Stewart laughing together as they celebrate New Year’s Eve.
Many of Aarons’s best-known images involve games and sports. In the 1972 Poolside Backgammon, two young women play the board game of the title against the backdrop of a majestic Acapulco estate. In 1958’s Cannes Watersports, a couple attempts to glide across the Golfe de la Napoule on Jet Skis, one expertly and one hanging on for dear life. And in Penthouse Pool, shot in Athens in 1961, a young woman wearing a yellow bathing cap smiles coyly at the camera, surrounded by friends and brightly colored seat cushions, with the Acropolis faintly visible in the background.
Among Aarons’s books are 1974’s A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life, and its 2003 sequel, Once Upon a Time. His final book, A Place in the Sun, was published in 2005, one year before his death.
Find a collection of vintage Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.
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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Color photography evokes emotion that can bring a viewer into the scene. It can transport one to faraway places or back into the past.
The first color photograph, taken in 1861, was more of an exercise in science than art. Photographer Thomas Sutton and physicist James Clerk Maxwell used three separate exposures of a tartan ribbon — filtered through red, green and blue — and composited them into a single image, resulting in the first multicolor representation of an object.
Before this innovation, photographs were often tinted by hand. By the 1890s, color photography processes were introduced based on that 1860s experiment. In the early 20th century, autochromes brought color photography to a commercial audience.
Now color photography is widely available, with these historic photographs documenting moments and scenes that are still vivid generations later. Photographers in the 20th and 21st centuries have offered new perspectives in the evolving field of modern color photography with gripping portraiture, snow-capped landscapes, stunning architecture and lots more.
In the voluminous collection of photography on 1stDibs, find vibrant full-color images by Slim Aarons, Helen Levitt, Gordon Parks, Stefanie Schneider, Steve McCurry and other artists. Bring visual interest to any corner of your home with color photography — introduce a salon-style gallery hang or another arrangement that best fits your space.