Modern Picture Frames
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
2010s Turkish Modern Picture Frames
Wood, Oak
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Picture Frames
Lucite, Acrylic, Plexiglass
1940s French Vintage Modern Picture Frames
Glass, Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Picture Frames
Acrylic
1950s French Vintage Modern Picture Frames
Leather
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Picture Frames
Metal, Chrome
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Picture Frames
Metal, Copper, Chrome
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Picture Frames
Glass, Wood, Sycamore
Late 20th Century French Modern Picture Frames
Wicker, Plexiglass
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Picture Frames
Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Italian Modern Picture Frames
Leather, Canvas
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Picture Frames
Animal Skin
20th Century Italian Modern Picture Frames
Leather, Canvas
1970s French Vintage Modern Picture Frames
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Picture Frames
Wood
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Picture Frames
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
2010s Italian Modern Picture Frames
Leather, Suede
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Picture Frames
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Picture Frames
Nickel
20th Century Modern Picture Frames
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Picture Frames
Quartz, Rock Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Picture Frames
Metal
1990s Italian Modern Picture Frames
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
1950s American Vintage Modern Picture Frames
Glass, Giltwood, Paint, Paper
1940s French Vintage Modern Picture Frames
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Picture Frames
Bronze
1990s German Modern Picture Frames
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Picture Frames
Plexiglass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Picture Frames
Acrylic
Early 2000s American Modern Picture Frames
Faux Leather
20th Century Modern Picture Frames
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Picture Frames
Rock Crystal
20th Century Modern Picture Frames
Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Picture Frames
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Picture Frames
Rock Crystal, Pyrite
Early 2000s Italian Modern Picture Frames
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Modern Picture Frames
Belgian Black Marble
Late 20th Century French Modern Picture Frames
Glass, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Picture Frames
Quartz, Rock Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Picture Frames
Rock Crystal, Pyrite
Early 2000s Italian Modern Picture Frames
Stainless Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Picture Frames
Lucite
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Picture Frames
Metal
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Picture Frames
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Picture Frames
Gold
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Picture Frames
Wood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Modern Picture Frames
Animal Skin
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Picture Frames
Horn
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Picture Frames
Stone, Gold
Late 20th Century French Modern Picture Frames
Leather, Shagreen, Glass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Picture Frames
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Picture Frames
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Picture Frames
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Picture Frames
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Picture Frames
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Picture Frames
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Picture Frames
Stone, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Picture Frames
Gold
1930s American Vintage Modern Picture Frames
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Picture Frames
Metal, Enamel




