Heinrich Zille
1930s Modern More Art
Photogravure, Paper
Early 1900s Modern Prints and Multiples
Paper
1920s Modern More Art
Photogravure, Paper
1890s Modern Black and White Photography
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
1890s Modern Black and White Photography
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
1890s Modern Black and White Photography
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
1890s Modern Black and White Photography
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
1890s Modern Black and White Photography
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
1890s Modern Black and White Photography
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
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2010s Contemporary Nude Photography
Archival Pigment, Rag Paper
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Rag Paper, Black and White
1950s Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1980s Modern Nude Photography
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Archival Paper
2010s Contemporary Nude Photography
Archival Pigment, Rag Paper
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Other
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Watercolor
1930s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century French Paintings
Other
1910s Expressionist Portrait Prints
Engraving, Woodcut
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Rag Paper, Black and White
1980s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
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1920s Figurative Prints
Lithograph
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Side Tables
Steel
1910s Realist Figurative Prints
Drypoint, Etching
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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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