$716Sale Price|20% Off
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Jean Cocteau, Scene XXXI, The Eagle with Two Heads, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
About the Publication: Jean Cocteau de l'Academie francaise, Theatre, Edition ornee par l'auteur de dessins in texte et de quarante lithographies originales en couleurs, tome II (Jea...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.75 in W 6 in
Jean Cocteau, Scene XXX, The Eagle with Two Heads, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
About the Publication: Jean Cocteau de l'Academie francaise, Theatre, Edition ornee par l'auteur de dessins in texte et de quarante lithographies originales en couleurs, tome II (Jea...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.75 in W 6 in
Jean Cocteau, Scene XXI, The Knights of the Round Table, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.75 in W 6 in
Jean Cocteau, Scene XX, The Knights of the Round Table, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.75 in W 6 in
Jean Cocteau, Scene XVIII, The Knights of the Round Table, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.75 in W 6 in
Jean Cocteau, Scene XIX, The Knights of the Round Table, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.75 in W 6 in
Jean Cocteau, Scene XVII, The Knights of the Round Table, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.75 in W 6 in
Jean Cocteau, Scene XVI, The Knights of the Round Table, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
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Jean Cocteau, Scene IV, The Bridal Couple of the Eiffel Tower, Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.75 in W 6 in
Jean Cocteau, Scene III, The Bridal Couple of the Eiffel Tower, Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
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Jean Cocteau, Scene II, The Bridal Couple of the Eiffel Tower, Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.75 in W 6 in
Jean Cocteau, Scene I, The Bridal Couple of the Eiffel Tower, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.75 in W 6 in
Jean Cocteau, Scene XXIX, Renaud and Armide, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
About the Publication: Jean Cocteau de l'Academie francaise, Theatre, Edition ornee par l'auteur de dessins in texte et de quarante lithographies originales en couleurs, tome II (Jea...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.75 in W 6 in
Jean Cocteau, Scene XXVIII, Renaud and Armide, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
About the Publication: Jean Cocteau de l'Academie francaise, Theatre, Edition ornee par l'auteur de dessins in texte et de quarante lithographies originales en couleurs, tome II (Jea...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.75 in W 6 in
Jean Cocteau, Scene XXVII, Renaud and Armide, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
About the Publication: Jean Cocteau de l'Academie francaise, Theatre, Edition ornee par l'auteur de dessins in texte et de quarante lithographies originales en couleurs, tome II (Jea...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.75 in W 6 in
Jean Cocteau, Scene XXVI, Renaud and Armide, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
About the Publication: Jean Cocteau de l'Academie francaise, Theatre, Edition ornee par l'auteur de dessins in texte et de quarante lithographies originales en couleurs, tome II (Jea...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.75 in W 6 in
Jean Cocteau, Scene XXV, The Typewriter, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
About the Publication: Jean Cocteau de l'Academie francaise, Theatre, Edition ornee par l'auteur de dessins in texte et de quarante lithographies originales en couleurs, tome II (Jea...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.75 in W 6 in
Jean Cocteau, Scene XXIV, The Typewriter, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
About the Publication: Jean Cocteau de l'Academie francaise, Theatre, Edition ornee par l'auteur de dessins in texte et de quarante lithographies originales en couleurs, tome II (Jea...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.75 in W 6 in
Jean Cocteau, Scene XXIII, The Sacred Monsters, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
About the Publication: Jean Cocteau de l'Academie francaise, Theatre, Edition ornee par l'auteur de dessins in texte et de quarante lithographies originales en couleurs, tome II (Jea...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.75 in W 6 in
Jean Cocteau, Scene XXII, The Sacred Monsters, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.75 in W 6 in
Jean Cocteau, Scene XV, Oedipus Rex, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.75 in W 6 in
Jean Cocteau, Scene XIV, The Infernal Machine, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.75 in W 6 in
Jean Cocteau, Scene XIII, The Infernal Machine, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.75 in W 6 in
Jean Cocteau, Scene XII, The Infernal Machine, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.75 in W 6 in
Jean Cocteau, Scene XI, The Human Voice, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.75 in W 6 in
Jean Cocteau, Scene VIII, Romeo and Juliet, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.75 in W 6 in
Jean Cocteau, Scene VII, Romeo and Juliet, from Theatre, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$3,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.81 in W 9.06 in
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph, Stencil
$3,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.81 in W 9.06 in
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph, Stencil
$3,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.81 in W 9.06 in
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph, Stencil
$3,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.81 in W 9.06 in
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph, Stencil
$3,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.81 in W 9.06 in
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph, Stencil
$3,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.81 in W 9.06 in
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph, Stencil
$3,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.81 in W 9.06 in
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph, Stencil
$3,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.81 in W 9.06 in
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph, Stencil
$3,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.81 in W 9.06 in
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph, Stencil
$3,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.81 in W 9.06 in
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph, Stencil
$3,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.81 in W 9.06 in
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph, Stencil
$3,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.81 in W 9.06 in
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph, Stencil
$3,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.81 in W 9.06 in
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph, Stencil
$3,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.81 in W 9.06 in
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph, Stencil
$3,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.81 in W 9.06 in
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph, Stencil
$3,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.81 in W 9.06 in
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph, Stencil
$3,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.81 in W 9.06 in
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph, Stencil
$3,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.81 in W 9.06 in
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph, Stencil
$956Sale Price|20% Off
H 15 in W 22 in
Jean Cocteau, The Sword of Death, from Bulls, 1965 (after)
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$796Sale Price|20% Off
H 15 in W 11 in
Jean Cocteau, Fire Banderillas, from Bulls, 1965 (after)
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$796Sale Price|20% Off
H 15 in W 11 in
Jean Cocteau, Bull of Persepolis, from Bulls, 1965 (after)
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$796Sale Price|20% Off
H 15 in W 11 in
Jean Cocteau, The Suit of Light, from Bulls, 1965 (after)
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$796Sale Price|20% Off
H 15 in W 11 in
Jean Cocteau, Through the Mouth of His Wound, from Bulls, 1965 (after)
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$796Sale Price|20% Off
H 15 in W 11 in
Jean Cocteau, Call of the Muleta, from Bulls, 1965 (after)
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 15 in W 11 in
Jean Cocteau, The Carnation of Provocation, from Bulls, 1965 (after)
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 15 in W 11 in
Jean Cocteau, Tile Comb, from Bulls, 1965 (after)
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 15 in W 11 in
Jean Cocteau, The Mourning Tie, from Bulls, 1965 (after)
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$796Sale Price|20% Off
H 15 in W 11 in
Jean Cocteau, The Cordobes, from Bulls, 1965 (after)
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$796Sale Price|20% Off
H 15 in W 11 in
Jean Cocteau, One Head, Two Races, from Bulls, 1965 (after)
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
$796Sale Price|20% Off
H 15 in W 11 in
Jean Cocteau, Curro Romero, from Bulls, 1965 (after)
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
His murals for the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples in Milly-la-Foret stand among the great achievements of sacred modern art, ...
Lithograph
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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Bring energy and an array of welcome colors and textures into your space by decorating with figurative fine-art prints and works on paper.
Figurative art stands in contrast to abstract art, which is more expressive than representational. The oldest-known work of figurative art is a figurative painting — specifically, a rock painting of an animal made over 40,000 years ago in Borneo. This remnant of a remote past has long faded, but its depiction of a cattle-like creature in elegant ocher markings endures.
Since then, figurative art has evolved significantly as it continues to represent the world, including a breadth of works on paper, including printmaking. This includes woodcuts, which are a type of relief print with perennial popularity among collectors. The artist carves into a block and applies ink to the raised surface, which is then pressed onto paper. There are also planographic prints, which use metal plates, stones or other flat surfaces as their base. The artist will often draw on the surface with grease crayon and then apply ink to those markings. Lithographs are a common version of planographic prints.
Figurative art printmaking was especially popular during the height of the Pop art movement, and this kind of work can be seen in artist Andy Warhol’s extensive use of photographic silkscreen printing. Everyday objects, logos and scenes were given a unique twist, whether in the style of a comic strip or in the use of neon colors.
Explore an impressive collection of figurative art prints for sale on 1stDibs and read about how to arrange your wall art.