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Modern Contemporary Art

MODERN STYLE

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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 chaircrafted 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.

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Style: Modern
Handmade Artistic Marble Mosaic Rug Dimension and Colors Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making artistic mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing 'tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divul...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble

Artistic Mosaic Handmade Portrait Wall Decor Dimension and Colors Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass Mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divul...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art

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Glass

Geometric Abstract Multi Color Dutch Painting by Eric Pool
Located in London, GB
Dynamic geometric abstract painting on canvas by Dutch artist Eric Pool 2009 titled; 'T.H.E. Typical Heroic Exclusive'. The geometric pattern is looking like a quilt or patchwork of ...
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Early 2000s Dutch Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Handmade Artistic Marble Mosaic Rug Dimension and Colors Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making Artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble

Handmade Artistic Marble Mosaic Rug Dimension and Colors Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making Artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble

Handmade Artistic Marble Mosaic Rug Dimension and Colors Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making artistic mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble

Handmade Artistic Marble Mosaic Rug Dimension and Colors Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making Artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble

Artistic Mosaic Handmade Portrait Wall Decor Dimension and Colors Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass Mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Glass

Bonnie Edelman "Watering Hole in La Pradera, Uruguay" Photograph, 2011
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary artist Bonnie Edelman's "Watering Hole in La Pradera, Uruguay" was photographed in 2011 and is part of the Land Scapes Series. As her most recognized collection "Scapes"...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper

Artistic Mosaic Handmade on Aluminum Panel Dimension and Colors Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass Mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Aluminum

Artistic Mosaic Handmade Portrait Wall Decor Dimension and Colors Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass Mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Glass

Stylish Artistic Mosaic Handmade Dimension Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making Artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all this...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Aluminum

Patrick Carrara Black Ink on Mylar Drawings, Appearance Series, 2014 - 2017
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary New York artist Patrick Carrara's black ink on Mylar drawings were created in 2014-2017. This is his latest series Appearance, which he start...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Mylar

Patrick Carrara Black Ink on Mylar Drawings, Appearance Series, 2016 - 2017
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary New York artist Patrick Carrara's Black Ink on Mylar Drawings were created in 2016 - 2017. This is his latest series Appearance, which he started ten years ago and also ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Mylar

Patrick Carrara Black Ink on Mylar Drawing Triptych, Appearance Series, 2017
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary New York artist Patrick Carrara's Black Ink on Mylar Drawing Triptych was created in 2017. This is his latest series Appearance, which he started ten years ago and also ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Mylar

Handmade Artistic Marble Mosaic Rug Dimension and Colors Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass Mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble

James Strombotne, Acrylic on Canvas Painting, Title "still life with Oranges”
Located in Camden, ME
James Strombotne is a contemporary artist who has had a successful career, since 1956. His artwork is held in many prestigious museums and private collections, including those of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Hirschhorn Museum of the Smithsonian Institute. According to Strombotne, "Any subject is fair game...
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2010s American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Handmade Ceramic Accessories Dragonfly Blue
Located in Lisbon, PT
These handmade decorative accessories combine the traditional Portuguese ceramic and glazing techniques in a modern approach of shapes and color, as they bring such brightness and jo...
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2010s Portuguese Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Brass

Elena Lyakir Diptych, Destiny and Fate Photographs, Land and Sea Series, 2013
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary New York artist Elena Lyakir's Diptych, Destiny and Fate, were photographed in 2013 and are part of her Land and Sea Series. This is a meditation on the essence of seein...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Aluminum

Elena Lyakir Diptych, When We Were Three and The Inevitable Photographs, 2019
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary New York artist Elena Lyakir's Diptych, When We Were Three and The Inevitable, was photographed in 2019 and are part of her Aves Series. It's an ongoing exploration of h...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Aluminum

Elena Lyakir Where Swallows Hide Photograph, Aves Series, 2017
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary New York artist Elena Lyakir's Where Swallows Hide was photographed in 2017 and is part of her Aves Series. It's an ongoing exploration of how we relate to the visual ex...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Aluminum

Artistic Mosaic Handmade on Aluminum Panel Dimension and Colors Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making Artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Aluminum

Man in the Rain by Juraj Huliak
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
The painting depicts a man dressed in a waterproof coat standing in a rainy night illuminated by yellow light from the street. The author of the work i...
Category

Late 20th Century Slovak Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Frieze, David, Contemporary Art Decorative Sculpture by Eduard Locota
Located in Timisoara, RO
From extremely detailed 3D scans of the most important classical sculptures of all times, Eduard Locota has digitally sliced and extracted the essential portion of the artwork, then ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Balkan Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Ceramic, Acrylic, Fiberglass

Artistic Mosaic Handmade Portrait Wall Decor Dimension and Colors Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass Mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Glass

Handmade Artistic Marble Mosaic Rug Dimension and Colors Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making Artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Albanian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble

Silver Night Enamel on Steel Painting by Alan Rodewald
Located in Pasadena, TX
Allan Rodewald pursues abstract art to escape the limits of the real world through his self expression and exploration. As a youth, Allan studied in rural southeast Michigan where he began private art lessons at the age of seven. Allan earned his BFA in drawing and painting at Siena Heights University and has studied art in Florence, Rome, and Venice Italy. In 1987 Allan created Expressive Design Inc., an art based company featuring specialized art projects for residential and commercial clients globally. The completion of his studio in 2001 has led Allan further into his beloved art work and abstract painting. Allan’s art works are featured in collections nationally as well as internationally. Silver night Enamel on steel painting by Alan Rodewald...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Enamel

House in Kent Landscape Unframed Drawing Ink 100% Cotton Paper Intimist Modern
By Jan Hoogsteyns
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
Belgian intimist painter and draftsman, Jan Hoogsteyns (1935), is best known for his dreamlike and foggy work using gray and greyed down poetic colors and tonalities. With mist-grey,...
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1990s Belgian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Cotton, Paper, Acrylic

Artistic Mosaic Handmade on Aluminum Panel Dimension and Colors Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making Artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Aluminum

Csilla Bondor (1975): Van Gogh's Chair (2020-2023)
Located in Budapest, HU
Csilla Bondor, born April 11, 1975, in Budapest, is a renowned Hungarian painter and multimedia artist. She graduated from the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in 2007, specializing...
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2010s Hungarian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

Artistic Mosaic Handmade on Aluminum Panel Dimension and Colors Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Aluminum

FRIEZE - Venus - Contemporary Art Decorative Sculpture by Eduard Locota
Located in Timisoara, RO
An innovative collection in which classical sculpture, contemporary design elements and augmented reality coexist. From extremely detailed 3D scans o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Balkan Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Ceramic, Acrylic, Fiberglass

Modern Abstract Painting of Acrylic and Gold Leaf Signed Frenchy
Located in Richmond, VA
Very cool modern abstract painting made of acrylic and hood lead signed by artists titled “Frenchy”.
Category

2010s American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Handmade Artistic Marble Mosaic Rug Dimension and Colors Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making Artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble

Handmade Artistic Marble Mosaic Rug Dimension and Colors Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making Artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble

Handmade Artistic Marble Mosaic Rug Dimension and Colors Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making artistic mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble

László Ottó (1966): ORIGO METRUM FLUX [20220716]
Located in Budapest, HU
László Ottó (born October 30, 1966, in Pécs) is a Hungarian painter, recognized as a prominent figure in Hungarian geometric painting and respected in both international concrete-constructive art and Hungarian sacred geometry painting...
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2010s Hungarian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Handmade Artistic Marble Mosaic Rug Dimension and Colors Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making artistic mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble

Framed Oil Painting on Board by Sara Skaaning
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting on board by Sara Skaaning. Based in the Island Mon, Denmark, the visual artist Sara Skaaning starts from her surroundings that twists and transforms until completely di...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

Framed Oil Painting on Board by Sara Skaaning
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting on board by Sara Skaaning. Based in the Island Mon, Denmark, the visual artist Sara Skaaning starts from her surroundings that twists and transforms until completely di...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

Framed Oil Painting on Board by Sara Skaaning
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting on board by Sara Skaaning. Based in the Island Mon, Denmark, the visual artist Sara Skaaning starts from her surroundings that twists and transforms until completely di...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

Handmade Artistic Marble Mosaic Rug Dimension and Colors Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making Artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all th...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble

Handmade Artistic Marble Mosaic Rug Dimension and Colors Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making artistic mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble

Handmade Artistic Marble Mosaic Rug Dimension and Colors Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making Artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble

Handmade Artistic Marble Mosaic Rug Dimension and Colors Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making artistic mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble

Handmade Artistic Marble Mosaic Rug Dimension and Colors Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making Artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble

Impressionistic Style Beach Scene in Orange by André Krigar
Located in Lantau, HK
André Krigar born 1952, Berlin. Is a Modern German realist painter. He studied painting at the Berlin Hochschule der Künste. Since 1992 he joined the ‘Nor...
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1990s Dutch Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas

Framed Oil Painting on Board by Sara Skaaning
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting on board by Sara Skaaning. Based in the Island Mon, Denmark, the visual artist Sara Skaaning starts from her surroundings that twists and transforms until completely di...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Fine Painting, Signed "K.J. Kolding 1976"
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
Fine painting, signed on the back "K.J. Kolding 1976", oil on canvas.
Category

1970s Danish Vintage Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas

Michelle Hénault Modern Abstract Painting "Lac en Août/The August Lake" 2018
Located in Montreal, QC
Modern abstract, oil on canvas painting; titled “Lac en Août/The Lake in August” by Michelle Hénault, a conceptual fine artist. Signed on front bottom right, also, signed, dated and titled on back; measuring approx. 36" H x 40" W x 1.5” D. Gallery wrapped, finished sides; circa dated 2018. Michelle Hénault is a Conceptual Fine Artist, born in Lachute, Quebec, living and working in Montreal since 1991. She completed a Bachelor degree in Fine Arts at UQAM in 1998. After exploring sculpture...
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2010s Canadian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas

Michelle Hénault Modern Abstract Painting "Terre Inconnue 1/Unknown Land 1" 2017
Located in Montreal, QC
Modern abstract, oil on canvas painting; titled “Terre Inconnue 1/Unknown Land 1” by Michelle Hénault, a conceptual fine artist. Signed on front bottom right, also, signed, dated and...
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2010s Canadian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas

Maria Astadjov Modern Abstract Painting on the Edge of Someone Else's Dream 2018
Located in Montreal, QC
Modern abstract, mixed-media painting; titled “On the Edge of Someone Else's Dream” by Maria Astadjov, a conceptual fine artist; mixed-media on Aluminum; Signed on front bottom right...
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2010s Canadian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Aluminum

Pierre Fortin Modern Figurative Abstract Charcoal Painting Titled Brothers
Located in Montreal, QC
Charcoal on paper mounted on wood panel; titled: Brothers; approx. size: 30" x 56" 1.5" artist signed Pierre Fortin and dated 2020 on the back. Pierre F...
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2010s Canadian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood, Paper

Frieze, Cloth Hanger, Gaddi Torso, Contemporary Art Sculpture by Eduard Locota
Located in Timisoara, RO
From extremely detailed 3D scans of the most important classical sculptures of all times, Eduard Locota has digitally sliced and extracted the essential portion of the artwork, then...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Balkan Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Ceramic, Acrylic, Fiberglass

Original Antoniucci Volti Oil Painting Entitled "Os"
By Antoniucci Volti
Located in Washington, DC
An original oil painting by artist Antoniucci Volti entitled "OS." A black and white modern art piece from France.
Category

1980s French Vintage Modern Contemporary Art

Handmade Artistic Marble Mosaic Rug Dimension and Colors Customizable
Located in London, GB
Making Artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble

Day 17 - Emotional Layers Collection by Michele Bagnod
Located in London, GB
Day 17 - Emotional Layers Collection by Michele Bagnod Michele’s collection “emotional layers” it’s a self-discovery through layers of colors. Nothing is prepa...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Frieze, Moses, Contemporary Art Decorative Sculpture by Eduard Locota
Located in Timisoara, RO
From extremely detailed 3D scans of the most important classical sculptures of all times, Eduard Locota has digitally sliced and extracted the essential portion of the artwork, then ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Balkan Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Ceramic, Acrylic, Fiberglass

Sérigraphie n°15
Located in PAU, FR
Pierre Soulages Screenprint n°15 from 1981. Printed by Michel Casa. Printed in 250 copies. Edited by Circle Fine Arts Inc. à Chicago Signed and numbered by hand. 105 x 72.4 cm w...
Category

1980s French Vintage Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper

Jean-Marie Planques (1932-1992) "FEMME" - Works on Paper - Sold as a set
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Jean-Marie Planques (1932-1992) Untitled - Works on Paper - Sold as a set of 4 Belgium Painting - Vintage - decoration Sold as a set . Measures : With Frame 57cmxH77,5cm
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20th Century Belgian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Glass, Paper

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