Modern Figurative Photography
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
Kings Of Hollywood Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Kings Of Hollywood
Clark Gable (1901 – 1960), Van Heflin (1910 – 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 – 1961) and James Stewart (1908 – 1997) enjoying a joke at a New Year’s party held at Roma...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Peace And Plenty
1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Peace And Plenty' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
People by the pool at Club Peace And Plenty, Georgetown on the island of Great Exuma, Bahamas, April 1967. (Photo b...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color
Junk Boat China - Vintage Photograph - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Junk Boat China is a b/w photograph in gel print taken very likely in 1925.
The picture depicts a junk boat in the Chinese city, Wuchow.
The work is glued on cardboard. Total dime...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Dining In Gstaad 1961 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dining In Gstaad
Holidaymakers at a ski lodge at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1961.
60x40” / 101x152 cm - paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Women
s Rights Movement - Historical Photos -1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Women's Rights Movement - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belong to album of women rights, protests, manifestation for th...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Life in Italy in 1960s - Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Life in Italy in the 1960s is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the cultural and artistic events in Italy in t...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Winston Churchill - Vintage b/w Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Winston Churchill - Vintage b/w Photo realized in the 1970s. Copyright by Barratt's Photo Press.
In the Photo: Winston Churchill with a cigar
With the Stamped on the rear.
Good co...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Whaling Crew - Cape Prince of Wales, pl. 709
Located in Denton, TX
Printed plate number, Curtis's title, date, copyright, and photogravures by John Andrews and Son on recto.
Photogravure on Holland Van Gelder tissue
Known for his remarkable documen...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Vintage View of a street in Wuchow - Vintage Photograph - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage View of a street in Wuchow is a b/w photograph in gel print taken very likely in 1925.
The picture, taken through the streets of Wuchow, immortalizes some bystanders among ...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Havana in 1950s - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Havana is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and p...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Cividale Cathedral - Vintage Photo Detail by Osvaldo Bohm - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cividale Cathedral is a b/w photographic print on Cardboard.
The artwork represents a detail of the interior of the church.
The stamp Osvaldo Bohm on th...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Conquest of Hankau - Vintage Photograph - 1938
Located in Roma, IT
Hankau Conquest is a photograph on polished paper taken on October 28, 1938 .
Stamp of Atlantic-Photo and stereotype in German on the back.
The photo shows a view on the port of Ha...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"The Venice of the East" - Vintage Photograph - 1938
Located in Roma, IT
"The Venice of the East" is a b/w photographic print on polished paper in 1938, by Press Photo, Berlin.
The photo depicts a port in Singapore rich of vessels.
Stereotype in Germa...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Robin Williams in Peter Weir
s Dead Poets Society - Photo - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Robin Williams in Peter Weir's Dead Poets Society is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1987.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Angel - Vintage Photograph - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Angel is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and po...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Praia Zone in Macao China - Photograph - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Animals is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Queen Elizabeth and her Mother - Vintage Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1950s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and political events, met...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Historical Photo - Giovanni Leone - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Giovanni Leone is a black and white vintage photo depicting the former italian President of the Republic in 1970s.
It belongs to a historical album including his...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Viva la Amistad Cubano-Sovietica - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Viva la Amistad Cubano-Sovietica is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1960s.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and polit...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons
Checkered Flag
1963 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Checkered Flag'
The checkered flag signals the end of the race during the 1963 Nassau Speed Week.
40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size
Esta...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Historical Photo - Dukes of Windsor, Wedding - Photograph - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Dukes of Winsor, Wedding is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1937.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, and...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jayne Mansfield at the Roulette Wheel - Oversize Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
Jayne Mansfield at the Roulette Wheel
by Frank Worth
Beautifully captured by Frank Worth, this black and white portrait features actress and sex symbol Jayne Mansfield in Las Vegas...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Japan - Der Krater Des Fugjiama - Vintage Photograph - 1893
Located in Roma, IT
Japan - Der Krater Des Fugjiama 18 August 1893 is a vintage black and white photograph.
It is part of a journey to Asia performed by prince Franz Ferdinand von Osterreich Este (1863...
Category
1890s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Night of Florida Miami Beach - Vintage Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Night of Florida Miami Beach is a photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons
Lyford Cay Fire Service
1966 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lyford Cay Fire Service'
The fire service in Lyford Cay, on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, April 1966.
Paper size 30 x 40 inches / 76 x 101 cm
Estate Stamped Collectio...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color
The Blandford Marquis - Vintage Photograph - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
The Blandford Marquis is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1961 .
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, places, families, artwor...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old days Photo - Cityscape - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Cityscape is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album includin...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Palm Springs Party
1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Palm Springs Party'
A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons
Porto Ercole
1973 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Porto Ercole'
A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973.
Paper size 40 x 30 inches / 101 x 76 cm
Estate Stamped ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Electric Cowboy by Alain Le Garsmeur
Located in London, GB
Cheyenne Cowboy by Alain Le Garsmeur
Cowboy drinking in the downtown lights, Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA, 1979.
Paper size 40 x 30 inches / 101 x 76 cm
Printed in 2023
Archival Pigment...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Christmas Swim 1954 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Christmas Swim
Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decorated Christmas tree, Hollywood, California, 1954. Two chi...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons
Keep Your Cool
1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank ‘Brandy’ Brandstetter
in a swimming pool at Acapulco.
Paper size 4...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Robert Wagner and Angie Dickinson - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Robert Wagner and Angie Dickinson - Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized by an anonymous artist in the 1970s.
Good co...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons
Keep Your Cool
1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank ‘Brandy’ Brandstetter
in a swimming pool at Acapulco.
Paper size 3...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons
Winter Wear
1976 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Winter Wear' 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Manuela Boraomanero (left) and Emanuela Beghelli holiday in the Italian ski resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo, March 1976.
P...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Man-Made Miracle - Vintage Photograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Man-Made Miracle - American Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in the U.S in the Mid-20th Century in a series on American life in the 20th Century....
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Dolores Guinness
Sardinia (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Dolores Guinness'
German-born socialite Dolores Guinness (1936 - 2012) in Porto Cervo on the Costa Smerelda, Sardinia, 1965
Gorgeous print measuri...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons
Capote At Home
Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Capote At Home'
Author Truman Capote (1924 – 1984) relaxes with a book and a cigarette in his cluttered apartment, Brooklyn Heights, New York. 1958.
Paper size 30 x 30 inches / 7...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons - Lounging In Verbier Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Verbier' by Slim Aarons
Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964.
Gorgeous print measuring a large oversize 40 x 30" inches /...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blackpool Railings - Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
July 14, 1951. Two women chatting on the railings in Blackpool. The picture was taken by Bert Hardy using a single-focus box camera. The women are former Tiller Girls Pat Wilson...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Apres Ski Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Apres Ski
A party of skiers adjourn for drinks at Squaw Valley, California, 1961. Second from right is American lawyer and businessman Alexander Cochrane Cushing (1913 – 2006), who ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Galyn Görg - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Galyn Görg is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1985.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Lord Beaverbrook - Vintage Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Lord Beaverbrook is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1940s.
The photo depicts an elegnant portrait of William Max Aitken, Baron of Beaverbrook, Minister of State.
Good...
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1940s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Catherine Wilke 1980 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Catherine Wilke, 1980
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers – along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticken and Pamela Grupas – on the island of Capri, Italy.
40x30” / 76...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lord Keynes - Vintage Photograph - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Lord Keynes is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1940s., by Walter Stoneman.
The photo depicts an elegnant portrait of the British Economist, Lord John Maynard Keynes.
...
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1940s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pool At Las Hadas 1974 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pool At Las Hadas, 1974.
Guests round the pool at Las Hadas, Manzanillo, Mexico.
60x40” / 101x152 cm - paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Saint-Tropez Boucherie
1971 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Saint-Tropez Boucherie' 1971
A boucherie or butcher's shop on Rue des Commercants in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971.
Paper Size 24 x 20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
E...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Desperation of a Mother - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The desperation of a mother is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s..
The four photograms depict a dramatic moment of a Cuban mother, Mrs Sabrina Gomez, for the murd...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Friends - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Friends is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, places, famili...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Laguna Beach 1970 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Laguna Beach
Surfers outside a beach hut in Laguna Beach, California, January 1970.
40x30” / 76x101 cm - paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aaro...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Hug - Photo - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Hug is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and nostalgic album including historical moments, places, famil...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Photo of Statue - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Statue is a vintage silver salt photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions and aged.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Training of Soldiers - Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Training of Soldiers is a vintage photograph realized in the mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes 1969
A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskiier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riv...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons - Lounging In Verbier Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Verbier' by Slim Aarons
Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964.
Gorgeous print measuring a HUGE 60 x 40" inches / ca 152 x ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Historical Photo - Politics - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photo - Politics is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
It belongs to a historical album including historical moments, royal families, a...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons
Porto Rotondo
1990 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Porto Rotondo'
Pleasure yachts moored in a sandy cove at Porto Rotondo, Sardinia, July 1990.
Paper size 48 x 72 inches / 122 x 183 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Life in Italy in 1960s - Photograph - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Life in Italy in the 1960s is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the cultural and artistic events in Italy in t...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons
Port Life
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Port Life
1977
C-Print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
A man stops to watch a ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Crowd Scene
Located in New York, NY
Edward Quigley
Crowd Scene, 1931
Vintage gelatin silver print
Artist's stamp on the back of the photograph
Frame Included
Frame bears labels from: Joel Soroka Gallery, Co Ota House, CA
Measurements:
Frame:
13 x 11.25 x 0.5 inch
Photograph:
4.5 x 3.5 inches
About Edward Quigley:
Edward Quigley was a leading American modernist who became known in the 1930s for his experimental photographic work with light. Quigley acquired his first camera at age twelve, joined the Photographic Society of Philadelphia in1929, and opened his own studio a year later. He supported himself with innovative advertising and editorial work published regularly in magazines such as U.S. Camera and Photographie, while winning prizes in numerous salons for his experimental light abstractions, captured with the aid of prisms and lenses to startling affect. Today, photographs by Edward Quigley are housed in the permanent collections of The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Biography Courtesy Robert Koch Gallery
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Modern figurative photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Modern figurative photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Mark Shaw, Alain Le Garsmeur, and Terry O'Neill. Frequently made by artists working with Digital Print, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern figurative photography, so small editions measuring 0.79 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $22 and tops out at $115,000, while the average work sells for $1,800.
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