Madras Sofa
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofas
Fabric
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Paper, Mixed Media, Charcoal, Pastel, Board
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Mixed Media, Board
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Paper, Mixed Media
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Paper, Pastel
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Paper, Pastel
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Paper, Charcoal
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Etching, Paper
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Pen
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Paper, Charcoal
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Paper, Pastel
2010s Modern Nude Paintings
Paper, Ink
2010s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel, Mixed Media
Early 2000s Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Pastel, Mixed Media, Ink
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Pastel, Mixed Media
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Pastel, Mixed Media, Paper
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Paper, Pastel, Mixed Media
2010s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Pen, Permanent Marker, Paper
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Pastel, Mixed Media, Charcoal
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Paper, Pastel, Ink
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Ink, Paper, Pastel
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Pen
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Paper, Pastel, Ink
2010s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Pen
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Ink, Paper
2010s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Pen, Ink, Paper
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Mixed Media, Paper, Pastel
Early 2000s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Terracotta
Early 2000s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Terracotta
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Brass
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Pastel, Ink, Paper, Mixed Media
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Canapes
Fabric, Wood
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Furniture
Bone
2010s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Postcard, Ink
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel, Ink
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Paper, Ink
2010s Modern Animal Paintings
Pastel, Paper, Ink
Early 2000s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
Early 2000s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
Early 2000s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Permanent Marker
Early 2000s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
Early 2000s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Permanent Marker, Paper, Ink
2010s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Pastel
Jogen ChowdhuryFlower Vase : Still life drawing in Ink by Modern Indian artist Jogen Chowdhury, 2011
Early 2000s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Furniture
Bone
Early 2000s Modern Still-life Paintings
Paper, Pastel, Ink
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Paper, Charcoal
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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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When we look at paintings, particularly those that originated in the past, we learn about history, other cultures and countries of the world. Like every other work of art, paintings — whether they are contemporary creations or works that were made during the 19th century — can often help us clearly see and understand the world around us in a meaningful and interesting way.
Cave walls were the canvases for what were arguably the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict natural scenery through art. Portrait paintings and drawings, which, along with sculpture, were how someone’s appearance was recorded prior to the advent of photography, are at least as old as Ancient Egypt. In the Netherlands, landscapes were a major theme for painters as early as the 1500s. Later, artists in Greece, Rome and elsewhere created vast wall paintings to decorate stately homes, churches and tombs. Today, creating a wall of art is a wonderful way to enhance your space, showcase beautiful pieces and tie an interior design together.
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