Oppo Chair
Mid-20th Century Modern More Art
Paper, Ink
People Also Browsed
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Lithograph
Vintage 1980s Dutch Organic Modern Contemporary Art
Plexiglass, Plaster, Wood
1990s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Archival Paper, Crayon, Pastel
1970s Figurative Prints
Offset
1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Vellum, Lithograph
1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Lithograph
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Plaster
1980s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Color, Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil, Panel
1960s Modern Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1970s Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1920s Modern Still-life Prints
Etching
2010s Brazilian Organic Modern Vases
Paper
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Etching
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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