Modern Art
MODERN STYLE
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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Style: Modern
Figure - Drawing by Edouard de Beaumont - Late-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is a Pastel and Charcoal drawing realized by Edouard de Beaumont in Late-19th Century.
The Artwork id represented through strong strokes.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Art
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel
The Circle - Original Abstract on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
The Circle - Original Abstract on Paper
Vibrant composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). Layers of yellow, green, blue and pink blend and overl...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Art
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Laid Paper
Terracotta Sculpture Nude of Woman 20th Century Modern School
Located in Pistoia, IT
Terracotta sculpture depicting a woman's nude. 20th century era, around 1970.
A naked young woman who seems to emerge from the waters, leaning against a rock, her long hair descendi...
Category
20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Terracotta
Portrait - Etching by Wilhelm Leibl - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an etching on paper realized by Wilhelm Leibl in the Early-20th Century.
The artwork is depicted Through strong strokes.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Etching
1944 UK poster: Great Britain's War Effort (Taxation) - World War II propaganda
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage propaganda posters, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot fin...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Karel Appel, Little Boy, color lithograph, hand signed and numbered COBRA artist
By Karel Appel
Located in New York, NY
Karel Appel
Little Boy, 1969
Color lithograph on wove paper
Hand signed and numbered 8/200 by the artist on the lower front
30 × 22 1/2 inches
Unframed
About Karel Appel:
Karel Appel...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
"Home Movies", Lobby Card, USA 1979
Located in Cologne, DE
Home Movies - Wie du mir, so ich dir, USA 1979, Cast: Keith Gordon, Nancy Allen.
The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinemas at the time of the film's release.
#pos...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Color
Fernand Pierre Mid Century Haitian Painting of a Leopard
By Fernand Pierre
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Fanciful vintage Haitian acrylic painting on canvas of a leopard in a whimsical woodland setting with flowers and trees, executed in a distinctive naive style. Signed F. Pierre and p...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Interior Still Life Oil Painting - Green Interior
Located in Bristol, GB
GREEN INTERIOR
Size: 37 x 48 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas Board
A tranquil yet dynamic mid-century composition of an interior scene, executed in oil onto canvas board.
The sc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Still Life Oil Painting - Green Interior
Located in Bristol, GB
GREEN INTERIOR
Size: 37 x 48 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas Board
A tranquil yet dynamic mid-century composition of an interior scene, executed in oil onto canvas board.
The sc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Early Portrait of Benito Mussolini - Vintage Photograph - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Early Portrait of Benito Mussolini is a black and white vintage photo realized by Agence Trampus in the 1920s.
Good condition.
Category
1920s Modern Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Still Life Oil Painting - Oranges & Bottle
Located in Bristol, GB
ORANGES AND BOTTLE
Size: 68 x 52.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on Board
A well executed and vividly coloured mid century modernist still composition, painted in oil onto board.
Remini...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Board, Oil
Mussolini Passes in Zapatiè - Vintage Photograph - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
Mussolini Passes in Zapatiè is a black and white vintage photo realized in 1937.
Good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mussolini in a Meeting - Vintage Photograph - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Mussolini in a meeting is a black and white vintage photo realized by Agence Trampus in the1930s.
Good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
El Centro, Puerto Rico
Located in Chicago, IL
El Centro, is a relatively new area in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This picture depicts The Convention Center seen here in the shadow of a Caribbean sunset. Unusual, rare pigments used i...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Pigment, Archival Paper
Prometheus ( console )
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Console table with cast bronze structure, wooden top burnt with shou sugi ban technique and bronze details
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Bronze
Ithaca / The Return from James Joyce's Ulysses, Etching by Henri Matisse
Located in Long Island City, NY
Henri Matisse, French (1869 - 1954) - Ithaca / The Return from James Joyce's Ulysses, Year: 1934, Medium: Etching on Arches, Image Size: 10.5 x 8 inches, Size: 16.25 x 12.5 in. (41....
Category
1930s Modern Art
Materials
Etching
Le Chien, Etching by Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881 - 1973) - Le Chien, Year: Circa 1941, Medium: Etching on Japon, Image Size: 10.5 x 8.5 inches, Size: 14.25 x 10.75 in. (36.2 x 27.31 cm), Reference: Blo...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Etching
Nude Sculpture R.B. Kitaj drawing of nude woman on handmade orange paper print
Located in New York, NY
Here Kitaj depicts a sculpture of a nude woman, shaded delicately in black, printed on wonderfully textured handmade muted orange paper. The woman’s hand reaches to the inside of her...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Acropolis of Athens - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - Acropolis of Athens is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862.
The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of ...
Category
1860s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Arches of the Basilica of Constantine - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - Arches of the Basilica of Constantine is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862.
The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the unive...
Category
1860s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Temple of Neptune Pesto - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - Temple of Neptune Pesto is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862.
The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History...
Category
1860s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
El Cid - Original etching (Field #65-7A)
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador DALI (1904-1989)
Cinq portraits espagnols, El Cid, 1966
Original etching
Printed signature in the plate
On Arches vellum 35.5 x 28 cm (c. 14 x 11 in)
REFERENCES :
- Catalo...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Etching
La Sauterelle, Etching by Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881 - 1973) - La Sauterelle, Year: circa 1941, Medium: Etching, Image Size: 10.5 x 8 inches, Size: 14.5 x 11 in. (36.83 x 27.94 cm), Reference: Bloch 358, B...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Etching
Tan Bárbara la Seguridad Como el Delito - Etching after Francisco Goya - 1881
Located in Roma, IT
Tan bárbara la seguridad como el delito (The custody is as barbarous as the crime) is a black and White Etching after Francisco Goya, published in 1881-1886 .
Good Conditions.
Edit...
Category
1880s Modern Art
Materials
Etching
Las Rinde el Sueno - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1881
Located in Roma, IT
Las Rinde el Sueno is a black and White aquatint, drypoint and etching printed in blue-black ink on laid paper from Caprichos realized after Francisco Goya in 1881-1886 .
6th Editio...
Category
1880s Modern Art
Materials
Etching
The Trail - Etching by Karolina Szewczyk - 2020s
Located in Roma, IT
The Trail is an artwork realized by Karolina Szewczyk the 2020s.
Etching, Aquatint.
Hand-signed.
Numbered. Edition 41/50.
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Etching
Tree - Etching by Karolina Szewczyk - 2020s
Located in Roma, IT
Tree is an artwork realized by Karolina Szewczykin the 2020s.
Etching.
Hand-signed.
Numbered. Edition 1/10.
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Etching
Les Ames Mortes Vignette Plate 1, Modern Etching by Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marc Chagall, Russian (1887 - 1985) - Les Ames Mortes Vignette Plate 1. Year: 1948, Medium: Etching on MBM, Image Size: 10 x 7.75 inches, Size: 15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.94 cm), Referen...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Etching
Les Ames Mortes Vignette Plate 2, Modern Etching by Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marc Chagall, Russian (1887 - 1985) - Les Ames Mortes Vignette Plate 2. Year: 1948, Medium: Etching on MBM, Image Size: 10 x 7.75 inches, Size: 15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.94 cm), Referen...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Etching
Aventure d'une libertine VII. From The Secret Album Series
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Aventure d'une libertine VII, Paris, 2015
From The Secret Album Series
Edition 6/6 ex. 5 AP.
Unframed
The Secret Album Series
This series is born from a personal experience. The mo...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
FLORAL
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Painting made 100% by hand, with many details and corners to explore, like a true garden full of wealth and different essences.
Original unique piece hand painted
Ready to hang
Shi...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Stephane Mallarme II, Modern Etching by Henri Matisse
Located in Long Island City, NY
Henri Matisse, French (1869 - 1954) - Stephane Mallarme II. Medium: Etching on Arches, Size: 13 x 9.75 in. (33.02 x 24.77 cm), Printer: Roger Lacouriere, Paris, Publisher: Albert Ski...
Category
1930s Modern Art
Materials
Etching
After Pierre Soulages 'Peinture 16 Juillet (1961)' 1972, First Edition
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 11.5 x 9.5 inches ( 29.21 x 24.13 cm )
Image Size: 10.5 x 9.25 inches ( 26.67 x 23.495 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A: Mint
Additional Details: This is a contrasting ...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Offset
Florilege des Amours de Ronsard, Plate 84, Modern Lithograph by Henri Matisse
Located in Long Island City, NY
Henri Matisse, French (1869 - 1954) - Florilege des Amours de Ronsard, Plate 84. Year: 1948, Medium: Lithograph on Arches, Edition: 320, Size: 10 x 11 in. (25.4 x 27.94 cm), Printer:...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Madoura, Colored Bird - Original lithograph, Numbered /100 (Czwiklitzer #319)
Located in Paris, FR
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)
Madoura : Colored Bird, 1967
Lithograph (Mourlot workshop)
Numbered / 100
On Arches vellum 53.5 x 54.5 cm (c. 21 x 21 in)
REFERENCE : Catalogue raisonne ...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Vintage Mid-Century Figurative Oil Painting - By the Water Pump
Located in Bristol, GB
BY THE WATER PUMP
Size: 44.5 x 35 cm (including frame)
Oil on Board
An expressive mid-century figurative composition, executed in oil onto board.
In this everyday scene, a female f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Board
La Cite Notre Dame, Modern Etching by Henri Matisse
Located in Long Island City, NY
Henri Matisse, French (1869 - 1954) - La Cite Notre Dame. Year: 1937, Medium: Etching, Size: 13.75 x 10.5 in. (34.93 x 26.67 cm), Reference: D 249, Description: From the collection o...
Category
1930s Modern Art
Materials
Etching
1976 Vintage Mid-Century Figurative Oil Painting - At your Service
Located in Bristol, GB
AT YOUR SERVICE
Size: 58 x 43 cm (including frame)
Oil on Board
A wonderfully textured figurative composition, executed in oil onto board and dated 1976.
A figure is captured in t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Edgar Allen Poe from Poesies, Modern Etching by Henri Matisse
Located in Long Island City, NY
Henri Matisse, French (1869 - 1954) - Edgar Allen Poe from Poesies. Year: 1932, Medium: Etching on Japon, Size: 13 x 9.75 in. (33.02 x 24.77 cm), Printer: Roger Lacouriere, Paris, Pu...
Category
1930s Modern Art
Materials
Etching
Studio Figure, pastel drawing of female figure, nude
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These recently discovered 1984 oversize pastels on archival papers were created with a live model, working quickly, in pastel. The series shows the l...
Category
1980s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Mixed Media, Pastel
Female Portrait - Drawing by Bruno Cassinari - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Female Portrait is a modern artwork realized by Bruno Cassinari in 1970s.
Ink and watercolor on paper.
Includes frame
Hand signed by the artist on the lower margin
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Ink
“Abstract #3”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil paint on heavy archival paper abstract by the American artist, Martin Rosenthal. Bold, vibrant colors. Signed lower left by the artist and dated 1964. Condition is very...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
"Orange Dog" American Modern oil painting of man sitting with two dogs
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Orange Dog" is an American Modern oil painting of a man sitting with two dogs. Massachusetts.
Kelly Carmody’s work has been widely exhibited and collected. One of her major figura...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
On the Gallops. 1976.Race Horses. Equine.Jockeys.Horse Racing. Racetrack.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
John Rattenbury Skeaping.
English ( b.1901 - d.1990 ).
On the Gallops, 1976.
Gouache and Watercolor. Signed & Dated Lower Right.
Image size 18.5 inches x 26.8 inches ( 47cm x 68cm )...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Two Dancers Bronze Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Two Ballet Dancers Bronze Sculpture
Artist signed, AP I artist proof, the sculpture stands on a steel base made to be place in the garden original patin...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Bronze
Pablo Picasso 'Service visage noir' (A. R. 41) Madoura Plate 1948
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Service visage noir (A. R. 41)
Terre de faïence plate, painted in colors and glazed, 1948, from the edition of 100, inscribed 'F', 'd'après Picasso' and '...
Category
1940s Modern Art
Materials
Ceramic
Three Dancing Graces Patinated Bronze Metal Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Three Dancing Graces Patinated Bronze and Metal Sculpture. Tall about 72" on round 16" diameter metal base, unsigned.
Category
1990s Modern Art
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Marilyn Monroe, unique print of 1988 from original negative
Located in Cologne, DE
Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot wit...
Category
1950s Modern Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tupac Shakur 2pac "All Eyez On Me" Cassette Photography 30x50 Pop Art Photograph
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of 2Pacs iconic "All eyez on me" cassette tape.
This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro
These iconic ta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
40x60 "Star Wars" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art by Destro
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"The VHS" by pop Artist Destro.
We all remember those iconic nights at the video store.
Pop artist DESTRO once again encapsulates one of our favorite past times in a fine art con...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
48x64 " Hollywood Sign" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Unsigned
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Hollywood Sign" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
This image is made up of 100's of smaller images of Hollywood related imagery.
Archival photographic paper
Framing options ava...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Figurative Farmer Holding Chickens and Pots
Located in Austin, TX
By Gustav Likan
Framed Size: 19.5" x 16"
Figurative Farmer Holding Chickens and Pots. This piece uniquely focuses the subject by isolating him from his surroundings.
About the Artist:
Born in Yugoslavia in 1912, Gustav Likan achieved international fame as an artist early in life. He has long been noted in Europe for his portraits of royalty and heads of state. After coming to America, his color genius caught fire and he emerged as one of the most important colourists of the twentieth century.
Likan studied restoration under the greatest European masters...
Category
20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Beat Poet Peter Orlovsky Beatnik Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Peter Orlovsky reads poem disrobed at Judson Memorial Church. Behind him is Allen Ginsberg - December 6th, 1964. (by Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village, New York City.)
Phot...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Giuseppe Ferrari (Roma 1843 - Rieti 1905) Ritratto di Donna
Located in Pistoia, IT
"La donna dai capelli rossi", olio su tela, porta un'iscrizone sul telaio " Dipinto da Giuseppe Ferrari - Roma".
Giuseppe Ferrari (Roma, 21 dicembre 1843 – Rieti, 4 agosto 1905) è...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Art
Materials
Oil
'El Venero' SLIM AARONS ESTATE Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'El Venero' SLIM AARONS ESTATE Print
Giant Estate Stamped Limited Edition Print
by Slim Aarons
El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain, 1967....
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
C Print
Aventure d'une libertine IV. From The Secret Album Series
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Aventure d'une libertine IV, Paris, 2015
From The Secret Album Series
Edition 6/6 ex. 5 AP.
Unframed
The Secret Album Series
This series is born from a personal experience. The mod...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Blue Emersion - Original Abstract Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Blue Emersion - Original Abstract Acrylic on Paper
Vibrant composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). Multicolored layers of green, purple and or...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Art
Materials
Acrylic, Laid Paper
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