Israel Convoy
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Illustration Board
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media
20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media
Vintage 1960s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble
People Also Browsed
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel, Glass
1910s Still-life Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Israeli Decorative Art
Brass
1920s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1920s Tonalist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Paint, Oil
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Lithograph, Offset
1940s Modern Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Wood, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Panel
Antique Mid-19th Century Native American Figurative Sculptures
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Etching, Drypoint
1970s Modern Landscape Prints
Lithograph, Screen
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Ink, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Illustration Board
20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Ink, Watercolor
Antique Mid-18th Century Maps
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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