Ivan Albright
1940s American Modern Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Graphite, Paper
1970s American Modern Abstract Prints
Screen
1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
1970s American Modern Abstract Prints
Screen
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Charcoal
William S. SchwartzChicago Modernist Line Drawing Reclining Nude WPA Artist. Exhibited Work, c. 1930
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Gouache
Mid-20th Century Cubist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Watercolor, Board
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Oil
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Oil
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Oil
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Oil
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Oil
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Oil
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Oil
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Oil
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Oil
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Oil
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Oil
1950s Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Oil
1950s Figurative Paintings
Oil, Board
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Oil
Francis ChapinA Charming, 1950s Expressionist Portrait of a Young Girl by Francis Chapin, Circa 1950
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Oil
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Oil
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Oil
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Oil
1950s Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Oil
1950s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1940s American Modern Nude Paintings
Oil, Masonite
Mid-20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Oil
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Masonite, Oil
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Oil, Board
Mid-20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Masonite, Oil
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Oil
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Masonite, Oil
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Charcoal
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Masonite, Oil
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
1920s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Charcoal
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
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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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