Chapin Francis
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor, Ink
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Masonite, Oil
1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Masonite, Oil
1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Masonite, Oil
1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Board, Oil
1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Oil, Board
1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Masonite, Oil
1950s American Modern Landscape Prints
Color, Lithograph
1950s American Modern Landscape Prints
Lithograph, Pastel
1960s American Modern More Prints
Lithograph
1950s American Modern More Prints
Lithograph
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1930s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Paper, Watercolor
1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1950s American Modern Landscape Prints
Lithograph
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Mixed Media
People Also Browsed
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph, Archival Pigment
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph, Archival Pigment
19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Ceramic
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Panel, Oil
2010s Indian Post-Modern Indian Rugs
Wool, Silk
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Canvas, Wood
1970s Abstract Expressionist Animal Prints
Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Ceramic
2010s Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Encaustic, Board, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings
Canvas
20th Century German Table Lamps
Ceramic
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Oil
Antique 18th Century British Paintings
Canvas, Wood
Recent Sales
Early 20th Century American Prints
1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Paper, Watercolor
1930s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Crayon, Paper, Watercolor
1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
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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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