A Striking, 1920s American Modern Studio Figure Study, Young Male Nude Model
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ work is also notable, in part, for the frequent absence of figures in his paintings - a fact which can lend a sense of isolation to his work similar in effect to the empty roo...
Paper, Charcoal
A Striking, 1920s American Modern Studio Figure Study, Young Male Nude Model
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ work is also notable, in part, for the frequent absence of figures in his paintings - a fact which can lend a sense of isolation to his work similar in effect to the empty roo...
Paper, Charcoal
A Striking, 1920s American Modern Studio Figure Study, Young Male Nude Model
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ work is also notable, in part, for the frequent absence of figures in his paintings - a fact which can lend a sense of isolation to his work similar in effect to the empty roo...
Paper, Charcoal
A Striking, 1920s American Modern Studio Figure Study, Young Male Nude Model
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ work is also notable, in part, for the frequent absence of figures in his paintings - a fact which can lend a sense of isolation to his work similar in effect to the empty roo...
Paper, Charcoal
A Striking Post-War Modern Studio Figure Study, African-American Male Nude Model
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ work is also notable, in part, for the frequent absence of figures in his paintings - a fact which can lend a sense of isolation to his work similar in effect to the empty roo...
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
A Striking Post-War Modern Studio Figure Study, African-American Male Nude Model
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ work is also notable, in part, for the frequent absence of figures in his paintings - a fact which can lend a sense of isolation to his work similar in effect to the empty roo...
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
A Striking Post-War Modern Studio Figure Study, African-American Male Nude Model
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ work is also notable, in part, for the frequent absence of figures in his paintings - a fact which can lend a sense of isolation to his work similar in effect to the empty roo...
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
A Striking, 1920s American Modern Studio Figure Study, Young Male Nude Model
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ work is also notable, in part, for the frequent absence of figures in his paintings - a fact which can lend a sense of isolation to his work similar in effect to the empty roo...
Paper, Pastel
A Large, Striking Post-War Modern Studio Figure Study, Young Male Nude Models
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ work is also notable, in part, for the frequent absence of figures in his paintings - a fact which can lend a sense of isolation to his work similar in effect to the empty roo...
Pastel, Paper
A Large, Striking Post-War Modern Studio Figure Study of a Young Male Nude Model
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ work is also notable, in part, for the frequent absence of figures in his paintings - a fact which can lend a sense of isolation to his work similar in effect to the empty roo...
Paper, Pastel, Charcoal
A Large, Striking Post-War Modern Studio Figure Study of a Young Male Nude Model
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ work is also notable, in part, for the frequent absence of figures in his paintings - a fact which can lend a sense of isolation to his work similar in effect to the empty roo...
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Robert K. White "Golden Passage" 3-Foot Oil Painting on Canvas
By Robert Kenneth White
Located in Miami, FL
His work blends traditional oil techniques with a contemporary sensibility, often drawing comparisons to artists such as John Singer Sargent, Edward Hopper, and Andrew Wyeth. His pa...
Canvas, Oil
A Large Gothic Themed 1930s American Modern Drawing, Human Skull- Momento Mori
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ work is also notable, in part, for the frequent absence of figures in his paintings - a fact which can lend a sense of isolation to his work similar in effect to the empty roo...
Paper, Charcoal
A Large Gothic Themed 1930s American Modern Drawing, Human Skull- Momento Mori
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ work is also notable, in part, for the frequent absence of figures in his paintings - a fact which can lend a sense of isolation to his work similar in effect to the empty roo...
Paper, Charcoal
A Gothic Inspired 1930s American Modern Drawing of a Human Skull, "Momento Mori"
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ work is also notable, in part, for the frequent absence of figures in his paintings - a fact which can lend a sense of isolation to his work similar in effect to the empty roo...
Paper, Charcoal
An Intriguing 1930s New Orleans Drawing, Woman Seated in Deep Concentration
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ work is also notable, in part, for the frequent absence of figures in his paintings - a fact which can lend a sense of isolation to his work similar in effect to the empty roo...
Charcoal, Paper
$850
A Colorful, 1930s American Scene Painting- Victorian House with Gable
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
Very reminiscent of Edward Hopper's artwork, the painting depicts a charming city neighborhood rooftop scene, showing a house with ornate architectural millwork and gable.
Oil, Board
A Striking Post-War Modern Studio Figure Study, Standing Young Male Nude Model
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ work is also notable, in part, for the frequent absence of figures in his paintings - a fact which can lend a sense of isolation to his work similar in effect to the empty roo...
Paper, Charcoal
A Striking Post-War Modern Studio Figure Study, Seated Young Male Nude Model
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ work is also notable, in part, for the frequent absence of figures in his paintings - a fact which can lend a sense of isolation to his work similar in effect to the empty roo...
Paper, Charcoal
A Striking Post-War Modern Studio Figure Study, Reclining Young Male Nude Model
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ work is also notable, in part, for the frequent absence of figures in his paintings - a fact which can lend a sense of isolation to his work similar in effect to the empty roo...
Paper, Charcoal
A Striking, 1970s Post-War Modern Studio Figure Study of a Young Male Nude Model
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ work is also notable, in part, for the frequent absence of figures in his paintings - a fact which can lend a sense of isolation to his work similar in effect to the empty roo...
Pastel, Charcoal, Paper
A Striking Post-War Modern Studio Figure Study, Seated Young Male Nude Model
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ work is also notable, in part, for the frequent absence of figures in his paintings - a fact which can lend a sense of isolation to his work similar in effect to the empty roo...
Paper, Charcoal
A Striking Post-War Modern Studio Figure Study, Seated Young Male Nude Model
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ work is also notable, in part, for the frequent absence of figures in his paintings - a fact which can lend a sense of isolation to his work similar in effect to the empty roo...
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
A Striking Post-War Modern Studio Figure Study, Seated Young Male Nude Model
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ work is also notable, in part, for the frequent absence of figures in his paintings - a fact which can lend a sense of isolation to his work similar in effect to the empty roo...
Paper, Charcoal
A Striking Post-War Modern Studio Figure Study, Reclining Young Male Nude Model
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ work is also notable, in part, for the frequent absence of figures in his paintings - a fact which can lend a sense of isolation to his work similar in effect to the empty roo...
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
$4,200Sale Price|40% Off
Robert K. White “The Caress” Signed Large-Scale Equine Oil Painting on Canvas
By Robert Kenneth White
Located in Miami, FL
His figurative sensibility also draws from the luminous observation of Andrew Wyeth and Jamie Wyeth, and the quiet narrative stillness of Edward Hopper and Norman Rockwell. White’s...
Canvas, Oil
$4,380Sale Price|40% Off
Robert K. White "Elephants at the Gate" Large 5-Foot Oil Painting on Canvas
By Robert Kenneth White
Located in Miami, FL
Often compared by collectors to artists such as Richard Estes, Rackstraw Downes, Andrew Wyeth, and Edward Hopper, White’s paintings occupy a distinct position within contemporary Ame...
Canvas, Oil
$823
Oxana (Stage of Consciousness) - part of the 29 Palms, CA project - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider’s work echoes the heart of American art, channeling the cinematic nostalgia of Ed Ruscha’s roadscapes, the stark sensuality of Georgia O’Keeffe’s deserts, and the ...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$6,400
Robert K. White "Rock Wall" Large-Scale Figurative Realist Oil on Canvas
By Robert Kenneth White
Located in Miami, FL
His figurative sensibility draws equally from the luminous observation of Andrew Wyeth and Jamie Wyeth and the quiet narrative stillness of Edward Hopper and Norman Rockwell. White’...
Canvas, Oil
Robert Kenneth White "The Lady Vanishes" Signed Large Realist Oil on Canvas
By Robert Kenneth White
Located in Miami, FL
His figurative sensibility also draws from the luminous observation of Andrew Wyeth and Jamie Wyeth, and the quiet narrative stillness of Edward Hopper and Norman Rockwell. White’s...
Canvas, Oil
$9,600Sale Price|20% Off
"Montmartre Street Scene, Paris, France" Thomas Pradzynski, Architecture
By Thomas Pradzynski
Located in New York, NY
In both mood and method Pradzynski bears close relation to the great American artist Edward Hopper. Where Hopper's painting embrace unique interplay of light to isolate his subject,...
Canvas, Oil
"Misty January"
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Lambertville, NJ
His skillful handling of shadows and light give the later works (1935-60) a striking resemblance to those of Edward Hopper. Many of these paintings depict the landscape surrounding h...
Canvas, Oil
"Early Evening Stroll"
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Lambertville, NJ
His skillful handling of shadows and light give the later works (1935-60) a striking resemblance to those of Edward Hopper. Many of these paintings depict the landscape surrounding h...
Canvas, Oil
"The Horse Show"
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Lambertville, NJ
His skillful handling of shadows and light give the later works (1935-60) a striking resemblance to those of Edward Hopper. Many of these paintings depict the landscape surrounding h...
Oil, Board
"The Log Team"
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Lambertville, NJ
His skillful handling of shadows and light give the later works (1935-60) a striking resemblance to those of Edward Hopper. Many of these paintings depict the landscape surrounding h...
Oil, Board
"Path of the East Wind"
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Lambertville, NJ
His skillful handling of shadows and light give the later works (1935-60) a striking resemblance to those of Edward Hopper. Many of these paintings depict the landscape surrounding h...
Oil, Board
Planes III
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider: A German view of the American West Stefanie Schneider’s work echoes the heart of American art, channeling the cinematic nostalgia of Ed Ruscha’s roadscapes, the ...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Red Lip Day (Stranger than Paradise)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider’s work echoes the heart of American art, channeling the cinematic nostalgia of Ed Ruscha’s roadscapes, the stark sensuality of Georgia O’Keeffe’s deserts, and the ...
Metal
"Concrete Construction"
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Lambertville, NJ
His skillful handling of shadows and light give the later works (1935-60) a striking resemblance to those of Edward Hopper. Many of these paintings depict the landscape surrounding h...
Oil, Board
Untitled (Olancha) - Stranger than Paradise - analog C-Print based on a Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
A German view of the American West The works of Stefanie Schneider evoke Ed Ruscha's obsession with the American experience, the richness of Georgia O'Keefe's deserts and the loneli...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Tropics Motor Motel II (Memories of Green)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Tropics Motor Motel II (Memories of Green) – 1999 Edition 1/10 58x56 cm Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on the Polaroid Artist invento...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Unbound (Wastelands) Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Portrait, Photograph
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The works of Stefanie Schneider evoke Ed Ruscha's obsession with the American experience, the richness of Georgia O'Keefe's deserts and the loneliness of Edward Hopper's haunting pai...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Enchanted (Dream Scene on Salt Lake), triptych
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
A German view of the American West The works of Stefanie Schneider evoke Ed Ruscha's obsession with the American experience, the richness of Georgia O'Keefe's deserts and the loneli...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Unbound (Wastelands) Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Portrait, Photograph
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The works of Stefanie Schneider evoke Ed Ruscha's obsession with the American experience, the richness of Georgia O'Keefe's deserts and the loneliness of Edward Hopper's haunting pai...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Palm Springs Palm Trees (Californication) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The works of Stefanie Schneider evoke Ed Ruscha's obsession with the American experience, the richness of Georgia O'Keefe's deserts and the loneliness of Edward Hopper's haunting pai...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Sunday Afternoon (Malibu)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider: A German view of the American West The works of Stefanie Schneider evoke Ed Ruscha's obsession with the American experience, the richness of Georgia O'Keefe's de...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Lovers (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider: A German view of the American West The works of Stefanie Schneider evoke Ed Ruscha's obsession with the American experience, the richness of Georgia O'Keefe's de...
Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$1,800
Narween (Saigon) - vintage, Contemporary, Polaroid, Analog, Photograph
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider: A German View of the American West The works of Stefanie Schneider evoke Ed Ruscha's obsession with the American experience, the richness of Georgia O'Keefe's de...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Palm Springs Palm Trees (Californication) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The works of Stefanie Schneider evoke Ed Ruscha's obsession with the American experience, the richness of Georgia O'Keefe's deserts and the loneliness of Edward Hopper's haunting pai...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Renée's Dream (Days of Heaven)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Exhibition: Instantdreams, Instantdreams Gallery, Berlin (S), 2016 (see attached installation shots) Published in 'Stranger than Paradise' (Hatje Cantz), 2005 A German view of the ...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Magic Mountain (Memories of Green)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider: A German view of the American West The works of Stefanie Schneider evoke Ed Ruscha's obsession with the American experience, the richness of Georgia O'Keefe's des...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Palm Springs Palm Trees (Californication) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The works of Stefanie Schneider evoke Ed Ruscha's obsession with the American experience, the richness of Georgia O'Keefe's deserts and the loneliness of Edward Hopper's haunting pai...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Palm Springs Palm Trees (Californication) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The works of Stefanie Schneider evoke Ed Ruscha's obsession with the American experience, the richness of Georgia O'Keefe's deserts and the loneliness of Edward Hopper's haunting pai...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Palm Springs Palm Trees (Californication) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The works of Stefanie Schneider evoke Ed Ruscha's obsession with the American experience, the richness of Georgia O'Keefe's deserts and the loneliness of Edward Hopper's haunting pai...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Palm Springs Palm Trees (Californication) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The works of Stefanie Schneider evoke Ed Ruscha's obsession with the American experience, the richness of Georgia O'Keefe's deserts and the loneliness of Edward Hopper's haunting pai...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Palm Springs Palm Trees (Californication) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The works of Stefanie Schneider evoke Ed Ruscha's obsession with the American experience, the richness of Georgia O'Keefe's deserts and the loneliness of Edward Hopper's haunting pai...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Palm Springs Palm Trees (Californication) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The works of Stefanie Schneider evoke Ed Ruscha's obsession with the American experience, the richness of Georgia O'Keefe's deserts and the loneliness of Edward Hopper's haunting pai...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Palm Springs Palm Trees (Californication) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The works of Stefanie Schneider evoke Ed Ruscha's obsession with the American experience, the richness of Georgia O'Keefe's deserts and the loneliness of Edward Hopper's haunting pai...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Palm Springs Palm Trees (Californication) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The works of Stefanie Schneider evoke Ed Ruscha's obsession with the American experience, the richness of Georgia O'Keefe's deserts and the loneliness of Edward Hopper's haunting pai...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Palm Springs Palm Trees (Californication) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The works of Stefanie Schneider evoke Ed Ruscha's obsession with the American experience, the richness of Georgia O'Keefe's deserts and the loneliness of Edward Hopper's haunting pai...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of photography on 1stDibs today.
The first permanent image created by a camera — which materialized during the 1820s — is attributed to Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. The French inventor was on to something for sure. Kodak introduced roll film in the 1880s, allowing photography to become more democratic, although cameras wouldn’t be universally accessible until several decades later.
Digital photographic techniques, software, smartphone cameras and social-networking platforms such as Instagram have made it even easier in the modern era for budding photographers to capture the world around them as well as disseminate their images far and wide.
What might leading figures of visual art such as Andy Warhol have done with these tools at their disposal?
Today, when we aren’t looking at the digital photos that inundate us on our phones, we look to the past to celebrate the photographers who have broken rules as well as records — provocative and prolific artists like Horst P. Horst, Lillian Bassman and Helmut Newton, who altered the face of fashion and portrait photography; visionary documentary photographers such as Gordon Parks, whose best-known work was guided by social justice; and pioneers of street photography such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, who shot for revolutionary travel magazines like Holiday with the likes of globetrotting society lensman Slim Aarons.
Find photographers you may not know in Introspective and The Study — where you’ll read about Berenice Abbott, who positioned herself atop skyscrapers for the perfect shot, or “conceptual artist-adventurer” Charles Lindsay, whose work combines scientific rigor with artistic expression, or Massimo Listri, known for his epic interiors of opulent Old World libraries. Photographer Jeannette Montgomery Barron was given a Kodak camera as a child. Later, she shot on Polaroid film before buying her first 35mm camera in her teens. Barron's stunning portraits of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Warhol and other artists chronicle a crucial chapter of New York’s cultural history.
Throughout the past two centuries, photographers have used their medium to create expressive work that has resonated for generations. Shop a voluminous collection of this powerful fine photography on 1stDibs. Search by photographer to find the perfect piece for your living room wall, or spend some time with the work organized under various categories, such as landscape photography, nude photography and more.