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Modern Barn Art

Barns

Gerard GilibertiBarns, 2020

$550

H 14 in W 21 in

Barns

By Gerard Giliberti

Located in East Hampton, NY

Title: Barns Black & White Photography Edition of 10 Also available in 20"x30" Edition of 10

Category

2010s American Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

2 Barns

Marina Stern2 Barns, 2005

$9,000

H 28 in W 24 in D 1.5 in

2 Barns

By Marina Stern

Located in Los Angeles, CA

, Seven Minus Twenty-One Equals Seven, entered the permanent collection of New York’s Museum of Modern Art

Category

Early 2000s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Silverman's Barns

Marina SternSilverman's Barns

$4,500

H 10 in W 17 in D 1.5 in

Silverman's Barns

By Marina Stern

Located in Los Angeles, CA

of New York’s Museum of Modern Art in 1966. By 1969, Stern began to incorporate industrial images

Category

1990s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Snowy Barn #1

Marina SternSnowy Barn #1, 1971

$6,500

H 19 in W 23 in D 1 in

Snowy Barn #1

By Marina Stern

Located in Los Angeles, CA

, Seven Minus Twenty-One Equals Seven, entered the permanent collection of New York’s Museum of Modern Art

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Snowy Barn #2

Marina SternSnowy Barn #2, 1971

$6,500

H 18 in W 23 in D 1 in

Snowy Barn #2

By Marina Stern

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Twenty-One Equals Seven, entered the permanent collection of New York’s Museum of Modern Art in 1966. By

Category

1970s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Martha Burchfield American Modern Watercolor Painting Barn Fall Red Yellow Gray
Martha Burchfield American Modern Watercolor Painting Barn Fall Red Yellow Gray

Martha Burchfield American Modern Watercolor Painting Barn Fall Red Yellow Gray

By Martha Elizabeth Burchfield Richter

Located in Buffalo, NY

This evocative watercolor by Martha Burchfield presents a quiet rural homestead nestled among evergreens and autumn foliage, rendered with confident brushwork and a restrained, harmo...

Category

1970s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Barn 17 October 11:31 - Modern Expressive Landscape, Nature Painting
Barn 17 October 11:31 - Modern Expressive Landscape, Nature Painting

Barn 17 October 11:31 - Modern Expressive Landscape, Nature Painting

By Robert Motelski

Located in Salzburg, AT

Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Family of Farmers by the Barn
Family of Farmers by the Barn

Family of Farmers by the Barn

$450

H 19.25 in W 14.75 in

Family of Farmers by the Barn

Located in Surfside, FL

Barn in a serene landscape, oil painting.

Category

20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Barn in the Shade - Farm Landscape
Barn in the Shade - Farm Landscape

Barn in the Shade - Farm Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

Serene depiction of a barn at the end of a driveway by Claude Wolf (American, 19th/20th C). Several

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Alfred Stieglitz, Barn, Lake George, 1947 (after)
Alfred Stieglitz, Barn, Lake George, 1947 (after)

Alfred Stieglitz, Barn, Lake George, 1947 (after)

By Alfred Stieglitz

Located in Southampton, NY

a modern art form. The portfolio presents a high-fidelity photogravure process based on Stieglitzs

Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Offset

Red Barn, Original painting, portrait, Landscape, Horses
Red Barn, Original painting, portrait, Landscape, Horses

Red Barn, Original painting, portrait, Landscape, Horses

Located in Deddington, GB

artworks available at Wychwood Art online. Dan was born in Norfolk but now lives and works in London. His

Category

2010s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The Barn - American Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century

The Barn - American Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century, Mid 20th Century

$157Sale Price|35% Off

H 7.88 in W 9.85 in D 0.04 in

The Barn - American Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century

Located in Roma, IT

The Barn- American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Antique American Modernist Fauvist Barn Rural Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Antique American Modernist Fauvist Barn Rural Landscape Framed Oil Painting

Antique American Modernist Fauvist Barn Rural Landscape Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas board. Framed. Measuring: 21 by 27 inches overall, and 18 by 24 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. Ha...

Category

1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique American School Modernist Hay Barn Regionalist Farmer Oil Painting
Antique American School Modernist Hay Barn Regionalist Farmer Oil Painting

Antique American School Modernist Hay Barn Regionalist Farmer Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Impressive early American modernist farm landscape painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 25H by 30L.

Category

1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Farmyard Scene with Barn and Farmer French Modernist Rural Landscape Gouache
Farmyard Scene with Barn and Farmer French Modernist Rural Landscape Gouache

Farmyard Scene with Barn and Farmer French Modernist Rural Landscape Gouache

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

. Scenes of everyday labour, barns, haystacks, and farm machinery have long been celebrated in French art

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Pen

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Barn, Wisconsin
Barn, Wisconsin

Harry CallahanBarn, Wisconsin, 1949

Unavailable

H 4.5 in W 10 in

Barn, Wisconsin

By Harry Callahan

Located in Atlanta, GA

Harry Callahan is considered one of the great innovators of modern American photography. He was

Category

1940s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Monochrome Graphic Abstracted Barn 1953 Lithograph
Monochrome Graphic Abstracted Barn 1953 Lithograph

Monochrome Graphic Abstracted Barn 1953 Lithograph

By Michael L. Mason

Located in San Francisco, CA

This monochrome lithograph of a barn is by Chicago painter and printmaker Michael L. Mason (1896

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Edvard Munch: Det syke barn I (The Sick Child I)

Edvard Munch: Det syke barn I (The Sick Child I)

By Edvard Munch

Located in New York, NY

Lithograph printed in grey and yellow (stones A2 and C) on China paper Signed “E Munch” in the stone, lower right Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right margin Illegible pencil ...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled (Barn, California)
Untitled (Barn, California)

Untitled (Barn, California)

By Jon Blanchette

Located in Denver, CO

Landscape painting of a farm with a barn in California. Oil on artist board. Housed in a custom

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Barn, Richmond, VT
Barn, Richmond, VT

Barn, Richmond, VT

By Robert Cardinal

Located in Edgartown, MA

paintings in the Louvre. He attended La Grande Chaumiere School of Art during his two and a half year stay

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blue Barn, Green Field
Blue Barn, Green Field

Blue Barn, Green Field

By Charles Pachter

Located in Toronto, Ontario

The barn, along with Queen Elizabeth and the Moose, form a triad of icons that Charles Pachter has

Category

1980s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Old Barn in Winter

Old Barn in Winter

By Martha Elizabeth Burchfield Richter

Located in Buffalo, NY

An original watercolor on paper by American female artist Martha Burchfield created in 1968. Martha Burchfield Richter was one of Charles Burchfield's two daughters each who became ...

Category

1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Hilltop Barn
Hilltop Barn

Robert Elton TindallHilltop Barn, 1943

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H 20 in W 22 in D 0.5 in

Hilltop Barn

By Robert Elton Tindall

Located in Missouri, MO

Robert Elton Tindall (1913-1983) "Hilltop Barn" 1943 Gouache on Paper Signed and Dated Lower Left

Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

American Pattern-Barn.
American Pattern-Barn.

American Pattern-Barn.

By Benton Murdoch Spruance

Located in New York, NY

"American Pattern - Barn" is a two-color lithograph created in 1940. This piece is signed and

Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Family of Farmers by the Barn
Family of Farmers by the Barn

Family of Farmers by the Barn

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H 19.25 in W 14.75 in

Family of Farmers by the Barn

Located in Surfside, FL

Barn in a serene landscape, oil painting.

Category

20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Family of Farmers by the Barn
Family of Farmers by the Barn

Family of Farmers by the Barn

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H 19.25 in W 14.75 in

Family of Farmers by the Barn

Located in Surfside, FL

Barn in a serene landscape, oil painting.

Category

20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Pottery Barn Large Fork and Spoon Metal Cast Aluminum Wall Art Decor
Pottery Barn Large Fork and Spoon Metal Cast Aluminum Wall Art Decor

Pottery Barn Large Fork and Spoon Metal Cast Aluminum Wall Art Decor

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Pottery barn large fork and spoon metal cast aluminum 48" wall art decor. Item features large

Category

20th Century Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Aluminum

Barns

Gerard GilibertiBarns, 2020

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H 14 in W 21 in

Barns

By Gerard Giliberti

Located in East Hampton, NY

Title: Barns Black & White Photography Edition of 10 Also available in 20"x30" Edition of 10 $725

Category

2010s American Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Barns

Gerard GilibertiBarns, 2020

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H 14 in W 21 in

Barns

By Gerard Giliberti

Located in East Hampton, NY

Title: Barns Black & White Photography *Photography: U Wash Truck, Death Valley and Mulford Lane

Category

2010s American Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Barns

Gerard GilibertiBarns, 2020

Sold

H 14 in W 21 in

Barns

By Gerard Giliberti

Located in East Hampton, NY

Title: Barns Black & White Photography Edition of 10 Also available in 20"x30" Edition of 10

Category

2010s American Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Connecticut Barn
Connecticut Barn

Connecticut Barn

By André Smith

Located in New Orleans, LA

Smith's Connecticut Barn is an etching from early 20thC pencil signed by Jules Andre Smith and

Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Ponset Barns - Winter.
Ponset Barns - Winter.

Ponset Barns - Winter.

By Isaac Carpenter Clark

Located in Plano, TX

Ponset Barns - Winter. c. 1937. Etching and aquatint. 7 1/8 x 8 7/8 (sheet 10 1/8 x 12). Edition 72

Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Cute Ceramic Barn Owl Signed Muller Mid-Century Modern
Cute Ceramic Barn Owl Signed Muller Mid-Century Modern

Cute Ceramic Barn Owl Signed Muller Mid-Century Modern

Located in South Burlington, VT

arts has been dealing in authentic European, Chinese,Japanese, and antiquities and fine art, garden

Category

Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Ceramic

Luigi Lucioni, (New England Barn)
Luigi Lucioni, (New England Barn)

Luigi Lucioni, (New England Barn)

By Luigi Lucioni

Located in New York, NY

landscapes of Vermont and Italy. This 'New England Barn' is a particularly early subject and scarcer and most

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Early American Modernist Long Island Landscape Barn Oil Painting
Early American Modernist Long Island Landscape Barn Oil Painting

Early American Modernist Long Island Landscape Barn Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Really nicely painted American modernist landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Framed. Image size, 23L x 16H.

Category

1910s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Red Barn Mountain Landscape Fauvist Oil Painting
Antique American Modernist Red Barn Mountain Landscape Fauvist Oil Painting

Antique American Modernist Red Barn Mountain Landscape Fauvist Oil Painting

By Carl Arvid Bertil Hedstrom

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American modernist landscape painting by Carl Arvid Bertil Hedstrom (1892 - 1930). Oil on canvas, circa 1915. Signed. Displayed in a period impressionist frame. Image size, ...

Category

1910s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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By Ercole Home

Located in Brooklyn, NY

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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Art Glass, Cut Glass, Walnut

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H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in

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By Örsjö Industri AB

Located in Glendale, CA

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Category

21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Textile

Set of Four Eames for Herman Miller Black DKR Wire Chairs on Eiffel Bases
Set of Four Eames for Herman Miller Black DKR Wire Chairs on Eiffel Bases

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By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller

Located in Ferndale, MI

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Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Steel

Reeves Swivel Bar or Counter Stool W/ Ash stained Walnut legs & Brass Finish.
Reeves Swivel Bar or Counter Stool W/ Ash stained Walnut legs & Brass Finish.

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Located in Westport, CT

Swivel bar stool with Ash legs stained Walnut #2 and satin brass finish accents. Seat and back shown upholstered in green leather. Available in bar height (30" seat height), counter ...

Category

2010s Modern Chairs

Materials

Metal

Egyptian Alabaster Vase, Small
Egyptian Alabaster Vase, Small

Egyptian Alabaster Vase, Small

$945Sale Price|30% Off

H 13 in Dm 6 in

Egyptian Alabaster Vase, Small

Located in New York, NY

An alabaster vase, hand-crafted in Luxor, Egypt. Two pieces, with a bottom opening at the base. It allows the piece to be used as a lamp or screen for low-intensity lights (professio...

Category

2010s Egyptian Organic Modern Vases

Materials

Alabaster

Wooded Landscape Waterfall Van Ruisdael Paint Oil on canvas 17th Century Flemish
Wooded Landscape Waterfall Van Ruisdael Paint Oil on canvas 17th Century Flemish

Wooded Landscape Waterfall Van Ruisdael Paint Oil on canvas 17th Century Flemish

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Jacob van Ruisdael (Haarlem 1628-Amsterdam 1682) attributable Wooded Landscape with Waterfall Oil on canvas 74 x 94 cm. - framed 91 x 111 cm. A wooded view crossed by a tumultuous...

Category

17th Century Old Masters Paintings

Materials

Oil

Venini Re Vase in Milk-White Glass by Rodolfo Dordoni

Venini Re Vase in Milk-White Glass by Rodolfo Dordoni

By Rodolfo Dordoni, Venini

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Venini Re glass vase in milk-white by Rodolfo Dordoni. Blown handmade glass vases. Upper part, the crown, is covered by metal leaves. The lower part is glazed. Color: Milk-White ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases

Materials

Blown Glass

French Modern Bistro Table
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French Modern Bistro Table

$2,053 / item

H 30 in W 36 in D 36 in

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Located in Westwood, NJ

French Modern Bistro Table with a round pine flat top on a tapered column pedestal base. Dimensions: 36" W x 36" D x 30" H

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

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Pair 19th C English Rustic Painted Chapel Benches
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Pair 19th C English Rustic Painted Chapel Benches

$4,516 / set

H 37.01 in W 14.18 in D 14.18 in

Pair 19th C English Rustic Painted Chapel Benches

Located in Staffordshire, GB

Circa 1890 Pair 19th C English rustic painted chapel benches (signs of past repairs but stable) sku 937 Price is for the pair Measures: W 297 x D 36 x H 94 cm Seat he...

Category

Antique 1890s English Benches

Materials

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Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH Medium Rehbeintisch Coffee Table in Black Lacquer
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH Medium Rehbeintisch Coffee Table in Black Lacquer

Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH Medium Rehbeintisch Coffee Table in Black Lacquer

$2,575Sale Price / item|20% Off

H 29.1 in W 35.4 in D 35.4 in

Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH Medium Rehbeintisch Coffee Table in Black Lacquer

By Adolf Loos, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH

Located in Brooklyn, NY

A criss-cross design. The essential shape and volumes provide the distinctive trait of the Austrian manufacturer, giving Rehbeintisch an extremely contemporary look. A feeling of sol...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood

Landscape 148 by Jean Krille - Oil on Masonite 100x100 cm
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Jean KrilleLandscape 148 by Jean Krille - Oil on Masonite 100x100 cm, 1987

$3,150Sale Price|30% Off

H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 0.79 in

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By Jean Krille

Located in Geneva, CH

Artwork signed at the bottom left. Jean Krillé’s paintings are known for their expressive use of color and dynamic, abstract forms, blending realism with abstraction in his depictio...

Category

Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

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Vintage American School Modernist Abstract New York School Minimalist Painting
Vintage American School Modernist Abstract New York School Minimalist Painting

Vintage American School Modernist Abstract New York School Minimalist Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Step into the realm of American abstract art with a remarkable piece that embodies the essence of the New York School and Minimalist movements. This captivating artwork is a testam...

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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Rare Pair of Solid and Large Oak French Church Bench from the 1960s Pews
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Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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Vintage 1960s French Campaign Benches

Materials

Oak

Diane Arbus, A Young Brooklyn Family Going for a Sunday Outing, 1979 (after)
Diane Arbus, A Young Brooklyn Family Going for a Sunday Outing, 1979 (after)

Diane Arbus, A Young Brooklyn Family Going for a Sunday Outing, 1979 (after)

By Diane Arbus

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite heliogravure after Diane Arbus (1923–1971), titled A Young Brooklyn Family Going for a Sunday Outing, N.Y.C., originates from the 1979 folio Diane Arbus, Electa Editri...

Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

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Micro Mini Token I, Acrylic and Gouache on Canvas Painting, 2018
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Micro Mini Token I, Acrylic and Gouache on Canvas Painting, 2018

By Catherine Hart

Located in Jersey City, NJ

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Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache

Geometric Shapes
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$8,000

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By Ben Nicholson

Located in Jerusalem, IL

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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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