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.
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
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
Vintage Octopus Illustration Marker Drawing Blue Green Marine Artwork
By Guy Nicod
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Modernist Octopus in Blue and Green Marker Drawing By Guy Nicod (French, 1923–2021) Felt-tip pen and marker on artist's paper, unframed. 12.26 × 16.5 inches (height × width) P...
Pen, Felt Pen
In The Evening - 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
Giselle (Gestural Abstract, Vibrant, Warm, Atmospheric)
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
$827
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
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
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
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
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
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
$959
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
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
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, printma...
Masonite, Oil
$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
Beach (Gestural Abstract, Warm, Soft, Summer, Spring, Vibrant)
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
$1,049Sale 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
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
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
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
A Contemplative 1940s Modern Studio Portrait, Seated Young Female Ballet Dancer
Located in Chicago, IL
A Contemplative 1940s Modern Studio Portrait of a Seated Female Ballet Dancer by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990). The painting a is well executed, i...
Oil, Canvas
$1,400
A Post-War, Modern Southwestern Realist Landscape, Adobe House in New Mexico
Located in Chicago, IL
An Introspective, Post-War Modern Southwestern Landscape Painting of an Adobe House in New Mexico by Notable Chicago Artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990). A subtle tonal, archi...
Canvas, Oil
$1,134Sale 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
Red Flowers on Turquoise
Located in Zofingen, AG
Acrylic painting on canvas Size: 70 × 90 × 2 cm (unframed) This artwork is sold unstretched, but I can arrange for it to be stretched upon request. The artwork comes with the a Certificate of Authenticity. Artworks are shipped rolled in a secure tube. This is a safe and reliable packaging method that ensures your artwork arrives in perfect condition while keeping shipping costs affordable. This minimalist painting features vibrant red flowers in a white vase, set against a calming turquoise background. Inspired by the styles of David Hockney and Henri Matisse, the artwork combines abstract shapes with bold brush strokes, creating a modern, eye-catching piece for your home. Painted with acrylic on canvas, it brings a playful yet elegant touch to any room. Ideal for lovers of contemporary art, this piece is perfect for brightening up living spaces, bedrooms, or offices. Add a pop of color and sophistication to your wall with this striking floral painting Minimalist red flowers in white vase with turquoise background, abstract acrylic painting inspired by David Hockney and Henri Matisse red flowers painting, minimalist art, abstract floral, turquoise background, white vase artwork, Hockney inspired, Matisse style, modern wall art, acrylic flower painting...
Paper, Oil Pastel
Francis Bacon 'Portrait of Michel Leiris', 2017, Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a reproduction of a Francis Bacon's painting Portrait of Michel Leiris, originally created in 1976. This work is a notable example of Bacon's ability to capture the psycholog...
Offset
Vintage Modernist Oil Painting. - Still Life with African American Female Nude
Located in Baltimore, MD
A colorful modernist painting with heavy tones of Impressionism, this work recalls the late nineteenth century style of French artist Paul Gaugin. The vibrant color palette of the b...
Oil
$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
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
$1,925
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
Emerald Stripes Red Blooms
Located in Zofingen, AG
Acrylic on canvas Size: 40 x 30 x 2 cm Signed by the artist with certificate of authenticity Artwork arrives in perfect condition while keeping shipping costs affordable. This stun...
Canvas, Acrylic
The Window 380 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Teal and White 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
Dancing Figures (Untitled)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dancing Figures (Untitled), 1944, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 22 x 34 1/4 inches, presented in its original strip wood frame, from the estate of the artist Ernest Ro...
Canvas, 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
A Bigger Time Zone - Abstract Contemporary Colorful Geometric Resin 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
$109Sale Price|20% Off
White Houses In Bright Blue Sky Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
By Irina Hale
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condit...
Pastel, Pencil
Man at Machine
By Theodore Roszak
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Man at Machine, 1939, oil on canvas, unsigned, 9 ½ x 16 inches, label verso bears artist’s name and address, title, date, size and medium of the painting, exhibited Roszak Early Pain...
Canvas, Oil
$121Sale Price|20% Off
Horse In The River Valley Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
By Irina Hale
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 3.75 x 4.5 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condit...
Pastel
$138Sale Price|20% Off
Paired Studies of Lions in Profile 1960's British Modernist Drawing
By Irina Hale
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paired Studies of Lions in Profile 1960's British Modernist Drawing by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) oil crayon drawings on brown artist paper stuck on A4 artist paper, unframed ove...
Oil Crayon
$109Sale Price|20% Off
Nun Waking Through Tight Street Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
By Irina Hale
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condition: ve...
Pastel
Mid-Century Modern Swedish Abstract Landscape Oil Painting -Along the Blue Coast
Located in Bristol, GB
ALONG THE BLUE COAST Size: 45 x 72 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A charming mid-century modernist landscape that distils a coastal scene into a series of simplified shapes and ...
Oil, Canvas
$132Sale Price|20% Off
Tall Trees In Blue Mountain Valley Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
By Irina Hale
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
Wiggle Room 24 - Modern Resin Minimalist Red Tone Gradient 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
Unhurried
Located in Zofingen, AG
Unhurried from the series «Becoming» “Unhurried” is part of the series «Becoming», which explores the inner states of women, their journey toward themselves, and the moment when the ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$469Sale Price|20% Off
Young Girl Sitting with Her Doll Interior Scene Modernist Oil Painting
By Irina Hale
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Young Girl Interior Scene by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) oil painting on board, unframed size: 10.5 x 8.25 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condition: very good I...
Oil
Cozy Friends With Wine
Located in Zofingen, AG
Colorful acrylic painting of friends relaxing in lounge chairs with wine glasses Acrylic Painting on canvas One of a kind artwork Size: 80 × 80 × 3 cm (unframed) The artwork is tit...
Canvas, Acrylic
$605
The Window 357 - Original Contemporary Shiny Resin Minimalist Yellow Layered 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
A Charming, Modern Maine Harbor Scene Painting, Lobster Traps & Fishing Boats
Located in Chicago, IL
A Colorful, Modern Maine Coastal Scene Painting, "White Boat in Harbor" by Famed Chicago Artist and Printmaker, Charles Turzak (Am. 1899 - 1986). The painting depicts a vibrant, sunlit autumn landscape painting most likely painted near the quiet rural harbor town of Penobscot, Maine. The painting is acrylic on canvas, dates from the 1950s and has a great visual appeal- a perfect complement to any New England coastal home or summer cottage in Maine. Artwork size: 20 x 36 inches, accompanied with the artist's original, hand-painted frame (Framed size: 21 3/4 x 36 1/2 inches). Signed "Turzak", lower left; titled on artist's label on reverse. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Charles Turzak was one of Chicago’s greatest printmakers of the Art Deco-era. Son of a coal miner, Turzak was born in Streeter, IL in 1899. In 1920, Turzak won the first prize a cartoon contest sponsored by the Purina company and he used his prize money to enroll in the Art Institute of Chicago. Best known as a print maker, in the 1920s & 30s, he created woodcuts of many of Chicago’s most notable buildings, including the Merchandise Mart, Palmolive Building and the Old Water Tower, among others. In 1933, he was commissioned to create woodcuts of many of Chicago’s most iconic buildings to illustrate a guidebook called “All About Chicago” by John and Ruth Ashenhurst” that featured the upcoming Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago. During the 1933 World’s Fair...
Canvas, Acrylic
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
A Stylish, Vintage 1940s Woman's Fashion Study, Design for a Formal Evening Gown
Located in Chicago, IL
A stylish, vintage, 1940s fashion study featuring an elegant design for a woman's evening gown. Artwork size: 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Colored pencil and pencil on paper. Archivally ma...
Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
“Six Figures, c. 1965-70” by Sakti Burman (b. 1935) Indian Folklore Watercolor
By Sakti Burman
Located in Yardley, PA
“Six Figures, c. 1965-70” by Sakti Burman (b. 1935). A wonderful example of Burman’s distinctive fusion of Indian folkloric imagery with European surrealist and fantastical sensibil...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$303Sale Price|20% Off
Midnight Street Scene with Terraced Houses British Modernist Oil Painting
By Irina Hale
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
$430Sale Price|20% Off
French Modernist Oil Painting Green Tonal Landscape with Pink House
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Pink House French School, late 20th century oil on un-stretched canvas, unframed un-stretched canvas : 15.5 x 20 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very goo...
Oil
Fuego 8 - Modern Resin Blue Striped Minimalist 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
Post War Berkeley Hills Original Watercolor Painting of Victorian House, Signed
Located in Soquel, CA
Post War Berkeley Hills Victorian House Original Watercolor Painting, Signed Original 1947 watercolor painting of Berkeley home in the featuring an iconic Queen Anne Victorian house...
Paper, Watercolor
$1,242Sale Price|40% Off
Portrait of a Young Woman, Oil on Board, Modern, Circa 1960s, Framed
By Anna Costa
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Young Woman', oil on board, by Anna Costa (circa 1960s). This is a beautiful, expressive portrait of a young woman painted by the artist using her trademark vibrant c...
Oil, Board
$436Sale Price|20% Off
Wild Flowers In White Vase In Green Interior British Modernist Oil Painting
By Irina Hale
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wild Flowers by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) oil painting on thick artist paper, unframed size: 8.5 x 6.5 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condition: very good Iri...
Oil
A mare and foal shading under the trees
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Arthur Spooner (1873-1962) A mare and foal shading under the trees Signed lower right Oil on canvas board Painting size - 14 1/8 x 18 1/2 in Framed size - Arthur Spooner (1873–1962...
Oil