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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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Style: Modern
NATURE -  Flight of birds - Facsimile, Ltd /450
NATURE -  Flight of birds - Facsimile, Ltd /450

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 ...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Color

The Window 348 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Brown & Yellow Dual Tone Artwork
The Window 348 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Brown & Yellow Dual Tone Artwork

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Hidden Portraits III
Hidden Portraits III

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 ...

Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Double Vision 75 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Yellow White Dual Tone Artwork
Double Vision 75 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Yellow White Dual Tone Artwork

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Nude Man Posed On Stall In Red Interior French Modernist Oil Painting
Nude Man Posed On Stall In Red Interior French Modernist Oil Painting

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...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Femme assise au chignon

Femme assise au chignon

By Pablo Picasso

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...

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20th Century Modern Art

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Linocut

48x36  "Webb Deep Field" Telescope Space Photography NASA  Print
48x36  "Webb Deep Field" Telescope Space Photography NASA  Print

48x36 "Webb Deep Field" Telescope Space Photography NASA Print

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Original museum grade exhibition prints on acid-free archival luster paper. These are the highest quality NASA prints ever produced. Edition of 250. *This print can be hung vertic...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Light Pastel Colour Abstract 20th Century Watercolour Painting
Light Pastel Colour Abstract 20th Century Watercolour Painting

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...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

50x40  " Marilyn Monroe" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Photograph
50x40  " Marilyn Monroe" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Photograph

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

1960's British Modernist Painting Crayon Sketch Two Long Horned Cattle
1960's British Modernist Painting Crayon Sketch Two Long Horned Cattle

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...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil Crayon

Verve No. 2; Spring 1938 – Kandinsky & Masson lithographs & many images
Verve No. 2; Spring 1938 – Kandinsky & Masson lithographs & many images

Verve No. 2; Spring 1938 – Kandinsky & Masson lithographs & many images

By Georges Braque

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...

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20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Photogravure, Lithograph

A Stylish Vintage 1940s Fashion Study, Designs for Women's Active Wear
A Stylish Vintage 1940s Fashion Study, Designs for Women's Active Wear

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...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

50x40  " Marilyn Monroe" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Photograph
50x40  " Marilyn Monroe" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Photograph

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Air Jordan" 50x60 Nike Michael Jordan, Sneakers, Photography Fine Art Signed
"Air Jordan" 50x60 Nike Michael Jordan, Sneakers, Photography Fine Art Signed

"Air Jordan" 50x60 Nike Michael Jordan, Sneakers, Photography Fine Art Signed

By Destro

Located in Los Angeles, CA

"Air Jordan" is an acrylic photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundre...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction 30x50 Photography Cassette Tape Pop Art
Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction 30x50 Photography Cassette Tape Pop Art

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Jacqueline
Jacqueline

Jacqueline

By Pablo Picasso

Located in OPOLE, PL

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Jacqueline Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Window 354 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Purple & Yellow Two Tone Artwork
The Window 354 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Purple & Yellow Two Tone Artwork

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Wacky Valley Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
Wacky Valley Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch

Wacky Valley 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...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Pastel

"BUTTERFLY HEART" 48x36 Pop Art Archival Print Butterflies Signed Limited Editon
"BUTTERFLY HEART" 48x36 Pop Art Archival Print Butterflies Signed Limited Editon

"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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Don Quichote
Don Quichote

Don Quichote

By Pablo Picasso

Located in OPOLE, PL

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Don Quichote Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle ...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Marilyn Candid Moment - Marilyn Monroe at Ambassador Hotel in New York City

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...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

A History of Sex - Head
A History of Sex - Head

A History of Sex - Head

By Andres Serrano

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...

Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Plexiglass, Archival Pigment

India Bangladesh Indistinctly signed in Bengal 1979 Watercolour Fisherman Dacca
India Bangladesh Indistinctly signed in Bengal 1979 Watercolour Fisherman Dacca

India Bangladesh Indistinctly signed in Bengal 1979 Watercolour Fisherman Dacca

Located in Norfolk, GB

Indistinctly signed in Bengali, dated ‘79 Bangladesh/Indian Indistinctly signed in Bengali and dated ‘79 Untitled - Fishermen 1979 Watercolour on paper Paper size: 34 x 53 cm Frame Size: 46 x 62.5 cm Provenance: From a private UK family A fabulously evocative watercolour painting showing fisherman, struggling against the elements. This is Bangladesh, 1979, not long after Independence, when the focus was on the working classes, the everyday struggle to make a living and when the artists depicting these times were concurrently exploring and establishing a new aesthetic. The painting combines naturalism with the wash method of watercolour painting and a reduced palette which allows for a rich harmony of shadow and light. Although appearing to simply utilize monotone colours, closer inspection reveals splashes of quite vivid colours; the yellow on the horizon, a deep crimson on the trousers of one of the figures, blue in the nets etc. The colour is subtle but adds a richness to the overall composition implying that this artist has received an academic training; knowing how to get the most from the materials. Add to this the beautiful watery effect from the wash on the paper and we can immediately see references to Bengal school art techniques. It is not surprising that the artist employs this medium. Neuroarthistory points to the rich heritage of Bengal school painters and the fascination with wash technique emanating from their connection to the water which provides the backbone for the region. From supplying food; fish and seafood, to transportation, agriculture and festivities. Bengal and Bangladesh live and die with the water. Some of the leading protagonists of the mid 20th century Bengal school of painters were equally captivated by the same subject and ideology. D P Roy Choudhury was a leading figure in the academic art institutions in the first half of the 20th century. He was also a great experimenter of style. In the image shown,, we can see Choudhury’s treatment of the same subject and how he to chose the monotone palette. It is through observing the similarities and differences that we begin to learn more about the times these artists were painting in and in the case of the Bangladeshi artists how they were approaching the political traumas of the time. The label to the back of the frame tells its own story;. Saju Arts & Crafts, Dacca-12. “Saju was born in 1944 in Ramu, Cox's Bazar. At one point, he became friends with Shamsul Islam Nizami, one of the veteran painters of Bangladesh. At that time, Nizami was a teacher of the Institute of Fine Arts (now Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka). Nizami introduced Saju to all the notable painters in the contemporary art scenario -- from master painters like Zainul Abedin, Quamrul Hassan...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from Recipes for a Friend, 1964
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from Recipes for a Friend, 1964

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...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Japanese Print, Herons - Signed Woodcut
Japanese Print, Herons - Signed Woodcut

Japanese Print, Herons - Signed Woodcut

Located in Paris, IDF

Mokuchu URUSHIBARA Herons, c. 1930 Woodcut after on an ink drawing Signed with the artist's stamp On paper 32.5 x 22 cm (c. 12.59 x 8.66 in) INFORMATION : Engraving published by Mo...

Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

A Stylish, Vintage 1940s Fashion Design, Women's Dresses, Marshall Field & Co.
A Stylish, Vintage 1940s Fashion Design, Women's Dresses, Marshall Field & Co.

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...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil

The Window 338 - Modern Resin Minimalist Blue Two Tone Color Field Abstract Art
The Window 338 - Modern Resin Minimalist Blue Two Tone Color Field Abstract Art

The Window 338 - Modern Resin Minimalist Blue Two Tone Color Field Abstract Art

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Jacqueline
Jacqueline

Jacqueline

By Pablo Picasso

Located in OPOLE, PL

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Jacqueline Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 27 x 37.9 cm Dimensions in frame: 43.2 x 53.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'...

Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Window 342 - Modern Resin Minimalist Blue Two Tone Color Field Abstract Art
The Window 342 - Modern Resin Minimalist Blue Two Tone Color Field Abstract Art

The Window 342 - Modern Resin Minimalist Blue Two Tone Color Field Abstract Art

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

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