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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
Léger, L'obusier De 220, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Lament of Icarus Large Signed Oil Painting on Canvas Mythological Nudes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'The Lament of Icarus' Continental School, late 20th century, signed after the original painting by Herbert James Draper oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 36 x 24 inches provenance: ...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

1995 Marc Chagall 'Paris Opera Ceiling'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 25.25 x 35 inches ( 64.135 x 88.9 cm ) Image Size: 25.25 x 35 inches ( 64.135 x 88.9 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: Five color offset lithograph, facsimile signature by Marc Chagall, printed on deckel edge heavy Teton paper. The edition size is 1500. The image is a detail of the Paris Opera Ceiling in Paris painted...
Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Offset

Burning House , jewelry lapel pin designed by Francis Pavy, made by Thomas Mann
Located in Lafayette, LA
Brilliant color and twisted flames made of layers of precious metals and black acrylic. Burning House is a powerful image, equally impressive as a wearable or a framed art piece. ...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Metal

Heart Rain Spade Lapel Pin Jewelry, FPavy designer , made by T Mann design
Located in Lafayette, LA
A rain-dropped Cadmium heart riveted together with an etched nickel spade. This image and jewelry object is one of Francis X. Pavy’s favorites. Only available in etched bronze. Call for details. Size: 2.5”W x 2.5”H Materials: Acrylic, acrylic resin, nickel, silver. Technique: Pierced, poured acrylic...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Metal

Hercule's Battle with Centaurs - Lithograph - Late 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Hercule's Battle with Centaurs is a lithograph print on paper realized in the Late 19th century Titled on the plate Good conditions with slight foxing.  
Category

Late 19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Pink Bardot Triptych by BATIK
Located in London, GB
Pink Bardot Triptych by BATIK BATIK is an increasingly collectable pop artist currently living and working in London. The artist is purposely elusive with their true identity, sex...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Léger, Intérieur D'hôpital, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Léger, Verdun: La Place D'armes, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Signed Yaacov Agam Silkscreen Print
Located in Larchmont, NY
Yaacov Agam (b. 1928) Untitled, c. 1980 Silkscreen print Sight: 33 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (image) Framed: 52 x 29 1/8 x 1 in. Signed lower right Inscribed verso Yaacov Agam was born Yaac...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Screen

Études Botaniques #20
By Michele Zuzalek
Located in Washington, DC
Botanical in India ink on handmade deckled edge watercolor paper. 11 1/4 x 17
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Ink, India Ink

Léger, Verdun: La Place D'armes, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Tobey, Mme T., Mark Tobey: Peintres d'aujourd'hui (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Mark Tobey: Peintres d'aujourd'hui, 1961. Published by Fernand Hazan, Paris; lithographic plates produced by Clichés Union, Paris; printed by Lecot printing and Daniel Jacomet, Paris, 1961. Excepted from the folio (translated from French), Three hundred, seventy-five examples of this edition, numbered from 1 to 375, and shot on the presses of Daniel Jacomet, in Paris. MARK TOBEY (1890-1976) was an American painter. His densely structured compositions, inspired by Asian calligraphy, resemble Abstract expressionism, although the motives for his compositions differ philosophically from most Abstract Expressionist painters. His work was widely recognized throughout the United States and Europe and came in the wake of Picasso and Braque. Along with Guy Anderson, Kenneth Callahan, Morris Graves, and William Cumming...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Hand Colored Etching by WPA Artist Agnes Mills, 1982, Unique
Located in Larchmont, NY
Agnes Mills (American, 1915-2008) Guignol Intermezzo, 1982 Hand colored etching (UNIQUE) Sight: 13 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. Framed: 19 1/2 x 17 x 3/4 in. Titled lower right Inscribed "AP" bo...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Léger, Soldats dans un Abri, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Léger, Paysage A Verdun, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Slim Aarons 'Sea Drive' Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Sea Drive' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1967. Film producer Kevin McClory takes his wife Bobo Sigrist and their family for a drive in an ‘Amphicar’ across the harbour at ...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

H. M. Bateman Don’t be Fuel-ish original vintage poster World War 2 Home Front
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage public information 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 ca...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Léger, Etude Pour La Partie De Cartes, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Don't be Fuel-ish original vintage poster by HM Bateman WW2 Home Front
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage public information 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 ca...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Léger, Sur La Route De Fleury, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Piazza di Spagna - Italy - Lithograph - Late 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Spagna Square - Italy is an etching print on paper in the Late 19th century. Titled on the plate Good conditions with slight foxing and folding.
Category

Late 19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Finely Painted Antique American Modernist Landscape Framed Summer Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century modern abstract landscape. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Elevated Platform)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our current exhibition - America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s Untitled (Elevated Platform), 1950, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 30 x...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Léger, Le Sapeur, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Léger, Les Foreurs, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Le Maria, La Femme, et le Voleur - Lithograph - 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
Le Maria, La Femme, et le Voleur is a Lithograph print on paper realized in the late 19th Century. Three narratives in three frames are represented with the title in French on the l...
Category

1850s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Don’t leave it all to your fuel watcher Original Vintage Poster WW2 Home Front
Located in London, GB
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Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Two Worlds Festival - Spoleto - Watercolor by Mino Maccari - 1960 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Two Worlds Festival - Spoleto is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in 1960 ca. Drawing pwatercolor on paper, with another drawing in pen on the rear Good conditions ...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

Léger, Sur La Route De Fleury, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Léger, Hissage De Forme Mobile, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Yoda 60x45 Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, 80's toys, Photography Pop Art Jedi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a pop art print of the original Yoda toy from Kenner "The Toys" by LA based Pop Artists DESTRO. They encapsulate an era instantly transporting the viewer to another time. P...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Ink, Color, Archival Pigment

Madrid - Etching - 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
Madrid is an etching print on paper realized in the late 19th Century. Titled on the plate Good conditions with slight cutting and folding on margins.
Category

1850s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

View of Paris - Lithograph - Late 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
View of Paris is a lithograph print on paper in the Late 19th century.. Signed on the plate Good conditions with slight foxing. From the suite of "France Pittoresques, including c...
Category

Late 19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Sleeping - Drawing - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Sleeping is a pencil drawing on paper realized by an anonymous artist in the 1950s. Good conditions with slight folding.
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Pencil

View of Paris XV-XVI - Lithograph - Late 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
View of Paris XV-XVI is a lithograph print on paper realized in the Late 19th century Signed on the plate Good conditions. From the suite of "France Pittoresques, including costum...
Category

Late 19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Family at the Beach WPA Modernism American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Family at the Beach WPA Modernism American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century William Gropper (1898 - 1977) "Family at the Beach" 27 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches Mixed media on paper, c. ...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Gouache, Watercolor, Ink, Paper

Léger, Le Boche Dans Les Fils De Fer, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Léger, Sur La Route De Souville, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Léger, Sur La Route De Fleury, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Léger, Elements Mécaniques, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Léger, Dans L'hôpital, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Léger, Soldats Dans Une Maison En Ruin, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Architectural - Maison Donne - Etching - 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
Architectural- Maison Donne is an etching print on paper realized in the late 19th Century. Titled on the plate and signed. Good conditions.
Category

1850s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Wave Form II (Wellenform) (Square, Round, Wavy, Modern, Mid-Century) (40% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Hannes Grosse Wave Form (Wellenform) (Square, Round, Wavy, Modern, Mid-Century) Oil and Acrylic on Canvas Year: 1971 Size: 34.62 x 34.62 inches Signed and dated verso Framed (simply...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Léger, Le 100 De Marine, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Léger, Dans Verdun, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Léger, Les Foreurs, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Léger, Intérieur D'hôpital, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Léger, Soldat Assis, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Léger, Soldats Jouant Aux Cartes, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Léger, Soldats Jouant Aux Cartes, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Léger, Soldats Jouant Aux Cartes, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Léger, Deux Soldats Dans Un Abri, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Léger, Les Foreurs, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Léger, Soldats Au Repos, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Léger, La Preuve Que L'homme Descend, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Léger, Verdun Détruit, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger: Dessins de Guerre, 1956. Plates rendered by l'atelier Daniel Jacom...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

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