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.
Find a collection of modern paintings, sculptures, prints and other fine art on 1stDibs.
Figures in Small Boats Misty Harbour & Fortified Castle Town Large Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Misty Harbour Landscape with ancient Castle W. Farr ( British School) Dated 1986 signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 29 x 42 inches canvas: 24 x 36 inches Provenance: private collec...
Oil
The Window 348 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Brown & Yellow Dual Tone Artwork
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
NATURE - Flight of birds - Facsimile, Ltd /450
By M.C. Escher
Located in Paris, IDF
M.C. ESCHER (1898-1972) Flight of birds, 2008 Facsimile after the original woodcut from 1938 Unsigned Numbered / 450 copies (the number you can see can be different) On vellum 45 x ...
Color
Hidden Portraits III
Located in London, GB
'Hidden Portraits III', acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing ...
Canvas, Acrylic
L'Ecuyère et les Clowns
Located in New York, NY
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) L'Ecuyère et les Clowns (B. 844; M. 304) , 1961 Lithograph on Arches wove paper 22 1/10 × 30 1/10 in 56.1 × 76.5 cm Ed. of 50
Lithograph
$1,005
Double Vision 75 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Yellow White Dual Tone Artwork
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Nude Female Portrait Laying Down 20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Topless Woman by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century 22.5 x 22 inches oil on un stretched canvas, unframed condition: very good and ready to enjoy with small creases to th...
Oil
Nude Man Posed On Stall In Red Interior French Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Male Portrait by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century 19.75 x 25.5 inches oil on artist paper, unframed condition: very good and ready to enjoy provenance: from a pri...
Oil
Double Vision 76 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Red Orange Dual Tone Artwork
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Floating Frames - contemporary, abstract, three dimensional, wall art
By Lucy Maki
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract acrylic painting consists of green geometric shapes. An intuitive artist, Lucy Maki’s unique artwork is often both a painting and a sculptural piece. With...
Wood, Oil
Red and Orange Cottages In Woodland Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 3.75 x 4.5 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condition: ve...
Pastel
Coral, Abstract 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Modern art
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Glass Sculpture, modern interior Artist: Karo Martirosyan, Work: Original Artwork, Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture, Year: 2024 Style: Contemporary Art, Title: Coral, Size: ...
Metal
Femme assise au chignon
Located in New York, NY
ABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Femme assise au chignon, 1962 Linocut printed in four colors on vélin d’Arches paper 24 3⁄4 x 17 1⁄2 inches ; 62.8 x 44.4 cm Numbered ‘11/50’ and signed ‘Pic...
Linocut
$796Sale Price|20% Off
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from Recipes for a Friend, 1964
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...
Lithograph
$25,000
Chez la pythie-harpye. Homme au masque de minotaure et femme au masque de sculpt
Located in New York, NY
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Chez la pythie - harpye. Homme au masque de minotaure et femme au masque de sculpteur, 1934 Aqua[nt and etching on Montval laid paper 13 x 17 1⁄2 inches ; 3...
Etching, Aquatint
$164
Red Roof Cottage Surrounded By Greenery British Modernist Pastel Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 3.75 x 4.5 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condition: ve...
Pastel
Pichet a Glace
Located in New York, NY
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Pichet à glace, 1952 White earthenware clay, decora[on in oxides, knife engraved on white enamel 13 1⁄2 inches ; 33 cm Numbered ‘78/ 100' and annotated ’Edi...
Ceramic
Femme se coiffant
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Femme se coiffant Lithograph from 1975. Edition of 575. Dimensions of work: 35.5 x 26.5 cm. Plate signed. Each copy of this lithograph includes the o...
Lithograph
$171
Portrait of a Female Deep In Thought British Modernist Pencil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Female Portrait by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pencil sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 3.75 x 4.5 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condit...
Pencil
Peintre et sa toile
Located in New York, NY
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Peintre et sa toile, 1963 Linocut printed in two colors on vélin d’Arches paper 29 5⁄8 x 24 1⁄2 inches ; 75.2 x 62.2 cm Numbered ‘16/50’ and signed ‘Picasso...
Lithograph
Figures Stood In Hay bail Corn Field British Modernist Pastel and Pencil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel and pencil sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotsw...
Pastel, Pencil
$2,643
"Morris’s lover 2" Original nude oil painting on wood .Nudes across mediums
Located in Oslo, NO
This artwork presents a masterful blend of human form and intricate botanical patterns, creating a striking visual contrast. Dominating the piece, a reclining female nude is rendered...
Wood, Oil
Vase and Fruit In Abstract Light Interior Modernist 20th Century Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Interior Abstract signed initials by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century size: 18 x 15.5 inches oil on artist paper, mounted in card frame condition: very good and ready t...
Oil
$1,250
'The Relay Race" — Original Olympic Poster, Munich — Black American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Jacob Lawrence, 'The Relay Race' (Olympische Spiele München 1972), 12-color serigraph, signed in the matrix, lower right. From the 1972 limited edition silk screen edition of not mor...
Screen
White Houses In Bright Blue Sky Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condit...
Pastel, Pencil
1930s Mexican City Scene by Chicago Artist Francis Chapin, City Plaza, Guaymas
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming, vibrant, 1930s Modern Mexican city street scene by famed Chicago Modern artist Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Depicting a picturesque view of a quiet square in the hist...
Oil, Canvas
The Window 352 - Contemporary Shiny Resin Minimalist Brown Dual Tone Artwork
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
$796Sale Price|20% Off
50x40 " Marilyn Monroe" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Photograph
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Marilyn" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images. Archival photographic paper Signed edition of 2...
Archival Pigment
$848Sale Price|34% Off
Rencontres, Color Lithograph, Signed, Edition of 1500, 1964 (~34% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
David Hockney Rencontres 1964 Color Lithograph Size: 12.68 × 19.21 inches (32.2 x 48.8 cm) Signed in plate Edition: 1,500 Publisher: Galerie Krugier & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland Fr...
Lithograph
$2,600
'La Salle and Washington Street (Chicago, Illinois)' — WPA American Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Charles Turzak, 'La Salle and Washington Street (Chicago, Illinois)', woodcut, c. 1935, edition c. 25. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impre...
Woodcut
Horse In The River Valley Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 3.75 x 4.5 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condit...
Pastel
1960's British Modernist Painting Crayon Sketch Two Long Horned Cattle
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Long Horn Cattle by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) oil crayon drawing on brown artist paper stuck on A4 artist paper, unframed overall size: 8.5 x 12.5 inches drawing: 4 x 4.5 inches...
Oil Crayon
$5,596Sale Price|20% Off
L.S. Lowry, Punch and Judy, S.P.21., from School Prints Ltd., 1947 (after)
By Laurence Stephen Lowry
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887–1976), titled Punch and Judy, S.P.21., originates from the School Prints Ltd. series, published by School Prints Ltd., Lo...
Lithograph
Sunbathing in Venice, 1954 - Venetian Nude Sunbathing in Vintage Italian Fashion
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Sunbathing in Venice, 1954 - Venetian Sunbathing in Vintage Italian Fashion by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. A...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Nude Male Portrait Study 20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Male Nude Figure by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century 25.5 x 19.75 inches oil on artist paper, unframed condition: very good and ready to enjoy with a small tear top lef...
Oil
Tall Sunspot 48 - Modern Resin Minimalist Green & Beige Tone Abstract Artwork
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
$50,000
Femme
Located in New York, NY
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Femme, 1955 White earthenware clay, decoration in engobes and engraved by knife. Glaze inside Height: 11 7/8 in. ; 30.2 cm Stamped ‘Madoura Plein Feu/Editio...
Ceramic
$374Sale Price|50% Off
Sculptures I (Abstract, Modern, Surrealism, Colorful, Iconic, 50% OFF - MUST GO)
By Joan Miró
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró Sculptures I Color Lithograph Year: 1973 Size: 10.875 x 22.125 inches (27.62 x 56.19 cm) Catalogue Raisonné: Weber, Genf 949, p.86 Signed in stone, lower center/right mar...
Lithograph
The Window 354 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Purple & Yellow Two Tone Artwork
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
A Stylish Vintage 1940s Fashion Study, Design for Women's Clothing & Accessories
Located in Chicago, IL
A stylish, vintage, 1940s fashion study featuring elegant designs for women's clothing, shoes and accessories. Artwork size: 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Archivally matted to 16 x 12 inches...
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
A Stylish Vintage 1940s Fashion Study, Designs for Women's Active Wear
Located in Chicago, IL
A stylish, vintage, 1940s fashion study featuring elegant designs for women's active wear by Hattie Carnegie. Inscription reads: Left - White jersey slack suit Red gaberdine jacke...
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
$440Sale Price|20% Off
Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction 30x50 Photography Cassette Tape Pop Art
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of Guns N' Roses iconic "Appetite for Destruction" cassette tape. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Dest...
Archival Pigment
$400Sale Price|20% Off
50x40 " Marilyn Monroe" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Photograph
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Marilyn" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images. Archival photographic paper Unsigned Framing op...
Archival Pigment
Verve No. 2; Spring 1938 – Kandinsky & Masson lithographs & many images
Located in Middletown, NY
Teriade, E. (director) Texts by Georges Braque, Paul Valéry, André Gide, André Malraux, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, et. al. Verve, Volume One No. 2; Verve for For Spring 1938 (Mar...
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Photogravure, Lithograph
$3,600
Slim Aarons "Beverly Hills Hotel" Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Unframed (Premium Collection) Limited Edition Estat...
Archival Pigment
$799Sale Price|33% Off
"BUTTERFLY HEART" 48x36 Pop Art Archival Print Butterflies Signed Limited Editon
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Archival pigment pop art print of butterflies creating a heart shape created by DESTRO – signed & limited edition. Paper Size 36×48 inches edition of 150 Signed and number...
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Light Pastel Colour Abstract 20th Century Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Abstract signed by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century size: 14.75 x 20 inches watercolour on artist paper, mounted in card frame condition: very good and ready to...
Watercolor
Tall Sunspot 51 - Modern Resin Minimalist Cool Tone Striped Abstract Artwork
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
$188Sale Price|46% Off
Suite No. 8 - Rencontres (Swiss Sculptor, Abstract Metal Art, Contempoary Art)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Bernhard Luginbühl Suite No. 8 - Rencontres 1964 Color Lithograph Size: 12.68 × 19.21 inches (32.2 x 48.8 cm) Edition: 1,500 Publisher: Galerie Krugier & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland...
Lithograph
Marilyn Candid Moment - Marilyn Monroe at Ambassador Hotel in New York City
By Ed Feingersh
Located in Brighton, GB
American actress Marilyn Monroe relaxes on the sofa of her suite at the Ambassador Hotel in New York whilst reading 'To the Actor: On the Technique of Acting', the classic guide to a...
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin
A Stylish, Vintage 1940s Fashion Design, Women's Dresses, Marshall Field & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
A stylish, vintage, 1940s fashion study featuring an elegant design for women's dresses (day & evening wear). Most likely a design study for a print advertisement for the famed Chicago Department store, Marshall Field & Co. Inscribed: "Above- Irene Castle inspired this dinner gown...
Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
1930's Modernist Oil Painting Paris Rooftops Hazel Guggenheim Mckinley Fauvist
By Hazel Guggenheim McKinley
Located in Surfside, FL
Hazel Guggenheim King-Farlow McKinley (American, London, New Orleans, 1903-1995), "Paris Rooftops" c. 1930 Oil paint on wood panel Attributed, dated and titled verso (I am not sure ...
Oil, Panel
Diptych: Aventure d'une libertine XI and XII. From The Secret Album Series
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
Color, Archival Pigment
Diptych: Aventure d'une libertine IX and X. From The Secret Album Series
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
Color, Archival Pigment
A History of Sex - Head
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Andres Serrano portraits of The History of Sex, taken in 1996 in the Netherlands, the camera looks directly at the models, who respond in kind. Eyes first seems to be the guiding pri...
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Birds and Fishes - Facsimile Lithograph, Ltd /450
By M.C. Escher
Located in Paris, IDF
M.C. ESCHER (1898-1972) Birds and Fishes, 2008 Facsimile after the original woodcut from 1943 Unsigned Numbered / 450 copies (the number you can see can be different) On vellum 45 x...
Color
Diptych: Aventure d'une libertine XX and XXI. From The Secret Album Series
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
Color, Archival Pigment
New York City Skyline, Mid Century Oil on Canvas by Nobel Laureate
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid century French oil on canvas view of the New York City skyline by André Lwoff a noted Nobel prize winning chemist and later artist. The painting is signed bottom right and presen...
Canvas, Oil
Aventure d'une libertine, 16 Photographs. From The Secret Album series
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
Color, Archival Pigment
$235
A Finely Drawn 1930s Modern Figure Study, Standing Male Nude Model (Torso)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Finely Drawn 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model (Torso) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well exec...
Paper, Charcoal
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