Doug Snow
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art
Oil
Early 2000s Modern Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
Late 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Books
Paper
1940s Naturalistic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Paper
People Also Browsed
Artist Comments
Grandview Farm's barn is over 100 years old, and one of Stowe's best known landmarks. This rendering captures the late summer colors of the rolling hills, the ...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Interior Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Aluminum
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Paper, Pastel
Late 20th Century American Classical Paintings
Canvas, Paint
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Linen, Oil
1990s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Copper
1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Wood
20th Century North American Paintings
Acrylic
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Board
Artist Comments
"The source of inspiration for this painting came as I was walking in Manhattan in the rain," says artist Onelio Marrero. "This street is based on 8th Avenue ...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Recent Sales
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Upholstery, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Upholstery, Maple
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Aluminum
Late 20th Century American Modern Wall Mirrors
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases
Bronze
Late 20th Century American Modern Stools
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Serving Pieces
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Stools
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chairs
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Stools
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Gueridon
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Gueridon
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Carrara Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Lounge Chairs
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
Late 20th Century American Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Mirrors
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chairs
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Mirrors
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Lounge Chairs
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Candlesticks
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Candlesticks
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wingback Chairs
Resin, Leather
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chairs
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chairs
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Candlesticks
Bronze
1990s American Modern Chairs
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern End Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chairs
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Mirrors
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Candlesticks
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern End Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Floor Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wingback Chairs
Leather, Resin
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wingback Chairs
Leather, Resin
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Lamps
Bronze
2010s American Minimalist Paintings
Wood, Canvas, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art
Oil
1940s Naturalistic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chairs
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wingback Chairs
Leather, Resin
A Close Look at modern Furniture
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.