Tete D Terre
Vintage 1950s French Modern Platters and Serveware
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Canadian Animal Sculptures
Art Glass
1970s Modern Portrait Prints
Engraving
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Engraving
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Engraving
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Engraving
People Also Browsed
1960s Synthetic Cubist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
20th Century Books
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Fabric, Paper
Mid-20th Century French Books
Leather, Paper
2010s Contemporary Nude Photography
Archival Pigment, Rag Paper
2010s Contemporary Nude Photography
Archival Pigment, Rag Paper
2010s Contemporary Nude Photography
Archival Pigment, Rag Paper
1920s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Lithograph, Screen
1980s More Prints
Paper
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Fabric, Walnut
Vintage 1910s German Folk Art Toys
Tin
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Ceramic, Earthenware
20th Century French Modern Pottery
Ceramic
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Etching
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Paper
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Etching
Recent Sales
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Engraving
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Engraving
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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