Evita Tezeno
21st Century and Contemporary Modern More Art
Mixed Media
People Also Browsed
1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Lithograph
1970s Contemporary Interior Prints
Lithograph
Mid-20th Century American Quilts
Cotton
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Watercolor
1980s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Monoprint, Monotype
1970s Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1980s American Modern Figurative Prints
Linocut
1970s Figurative Prints
Screen
Antique Mid-19th Century American Quilts and Blankets
Wool, Cotton
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Screen, Woodcut
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Linocut
1960s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Linocut
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Wood
1990s Modern Animal Paintings
Oil
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Charcoal
Early 20th Century American North and South American Rugs
Wool, Cotton
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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