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
Exhibition - Life in Italy - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition - Life in Italy in 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 ...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Photo of Painting by F- Gioli - Farmer - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Painting -Farmer is a vintage silver salt photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
The photo belongs to an Album of historical paintings, meticulously captur...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Miguel Bosé in in "High Heels"- Photo - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Miguel Bosé in in "High Heels" is an vintage black and white photograph realized in 1991.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Fred Bongusto - Vintage Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Fred Bongusto- Vintage Photograph is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Alfredo Antonio Carlo Buongusto (6 April 1935 – 8 November 2019), ...
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1970s Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Vintage Photo of Painting - Country House - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo of Painting - Country house is a vintage photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
The photo belongs to Albumen of historical painting, photographs, meticulousl...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Alitalia - Historical Photos - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Alitalia - Historical Photos is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s.
This photo belongs to a precious testament album of Italian airline.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Photograph of a Painting by Beppe Guzzi - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Photograph of a painting by Beppe Guzzi is a black and white vintage photo realized by an anonymous artist in the mid-20th Century.
Good conditions except for some minor fixings.
T...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Anthony Delon , Sophie Duez and Alberto Lattuada in A Thorn - Photo - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Anthony Delon , Sophie Duez and Alberto Lattuada in A Thorn in the Heart is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Harbour Island
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Harbour Island in the Bahamas, 1970.
Gorgeous print measuring 60 x 40" inches / ca 152 x 101 cm paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
Print...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Alitalia - Historical Photos - Rome Branch of San Paolo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Alitalia - Historical Photos - Rome Branch of San Paolo is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s.
This photo belongs to a precious testament album of Italian airline.
Good co...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Manifestation - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Manifestation is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Culture and Lifestyle in Italy - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition - Life in Italy in 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 ...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days Photo - Animals - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Animals 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 including ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old days Photo -The Sea - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo -The Sea is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including his...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old days Photo - Mountain and Lake - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Mountain and Lake 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 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Man On the Horse - Vintage Photograph - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Man On the Horse is a black and white photograph of a painting realized by G.V Loune in the 1930s.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Included a Passepartout:35 x 46 cm
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Riders - Photo of Painting - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Riders - Photo of Painting - is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Princess Alessandra of Kent, London -Historical Photo - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Princess Alessandra of Kent, London -Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historic...
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1920s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jean-Paul Belmondo and Gina Lollobrigida in Mare Matto - Photo - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Jean-Paul Belmondo and Gina Lollobrigida in Mare Matto is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1963.
Good conditions.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Exhibition- Culture in Italy- Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition - Life in Italy in 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 ...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Maria dei Miracoli Church - Venice - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - S. Maria dei Miracoli Church is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulou...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Photo of Marina Malfatti - Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Photo of Marina Malfatti is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Herbert von Karajan and Pope Wojtyla - Photo- 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Ceremony is a photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
B.B. KIng - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
B.B. King is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Margherita Boniver - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Margherita Boniver is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1980s.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Exhibition - Life in Italy - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition - Life in Italy in 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 ...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Exhibition - Life in Italy - Photo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition - Life in Italy in 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 ...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Lisbon Fisherwomen
1984 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Lisbon Fisherwomen'
by Alain Le Garsmeur
Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Immigrant fisherwomen from Cape Verde at Lisbon fish market on the banks of the Tagus River, Lisbon, Portugal, 1984.
Paper size : 40x30 inches / 101 x 76 cm
Limited edition
Edition Size 5 only this paper size
Printed 2021
certificate of authenticity provided
All prints are on archival photographic papers and limited edition per paper size offered.
Total editions per image 100 only.
10x12 inches edition size 25
12x16 inches edition size 20
20x16 inches edition size 20
20x24 inches edition size 15
30x20 inches edition size 8
40x30 inches edition size 5
60x40 inches edition size 5
72x48 inches edition size 2
Alain Le Garsmeur was born in France in 1943 and after assisting the likes of Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin and Donald Silverstein became a prolific editorial documentary photographer for publications which included Fiagaro Magazine, The Independent, Newsweek and the The Observer as well as The Sunday Times.
See photo Bio for more details.
1980s 1980 80 women...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
The Lady - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Lady is a Photograph, Hand-dedicated on paper realized in 1910.
Good conditions.
With a Passepartout.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Catherine Wilke
Capri (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Catherine Wilke'
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri, 1980.
A typical 'Slim' photograph chronicling the young and glamorous relaxing poolside. Cat...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi - Photograph by C. Bernieri - Late 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi is a precious Silver Salt print on paper, realized by Cesare Bernieri in 1861-1864.
Hand-signed and stamped on the lower.
E...
Category
1860s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Paper, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons
Poolside Backgammon
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1972.
Poolside Backgammon
1972
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with ce...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Architecture and Art Photo - Last Supper by Tintoretto - Venice - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Architecture and Art Photo - Last Supper by Tintoretto is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1920s. It belongs to masterpiece of art and architecture album meticulously...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph realized in the Early 20th Century.
Applied on a Passepartout
Good conditions.
From Vintage Historical Albumen print....
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Mrs Gilles - Photograph by Renzo Cinti - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mrs Gilles is a Photograph realized by Renzo Cinti in the 1940s.
Good condition included a cream-colored carboard passpartout (32x23 cm).
Hand-signed by the artist on t...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Queen In Concert by Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Queen In Concert
By Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition
Triple exposure photo of Freddie Mercury and Brian May of Queen on stage at the Hammersmith Odeon...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
New England Skiing Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in Cranmore Mountain, New Hampshire, circa 1955.
Gorgeous print measuring 40 x 40" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm’s paper size....
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Old days Photo - Painting of the Beach - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Painting of the Beach is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic al...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Horse Bath
1984 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Horse Bath' 1984
by Alain Le Garsmeur
Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Stable hand washing down a racehorse after strenuous exercise in Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Dali And Gala 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dali And Gala
Spanish artist Salvador Dali (1904 – 1989) enjoying a cup of coffee with his wife Gala (1894 – 1982) on a terrace at the Ritz Hotel, Madrid.
Paper size 20 x 20" inch...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
El Venero - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
El Venero
El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain, 1967.
Gorgeous print measuring a very large 60 x 40" inches / ca 152 x 101 cm's.
Estate S...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Eel Pie and Mash London 1972
Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Eel Pie and Mash' 1972
by Alaine Le Garsmeur
Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
The frontage of an eel pie and mash shop in the East End, London, England, 1972.
Paper size : ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Harlem Umbrellas
1978 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Located in London, GB
'Harlem Umbrellas' 1978
by Alain Le Garsmeur
Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
USA, HARLEM, NEW YORK CITY- APRIL 1978. Harlem residents hiding their faces with umbrellas, New...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Poolside Pairs
1970 Slim Aarons Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Pairs' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace) and Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Lins...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Old days Photo - The Tree - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - The Tree is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Blondie Poses by Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Blondie Poses
By Martyn Goddard Signed Limited Edition
Debbie Harry ( Blondie) New York photo session 1978.
All prints are signed and numbered by the artist.
Paper size 16x20 in...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons
Luxury Dining
1955 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Luxury Dining'
Diners in a grand ballroom during a fashion show, circa 1955.
Paper size 40 x 40 inches / 102 x 102 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Slim Aarons
Harriet at Mougins
1957 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Harriet at Mougins'
1957: Viscountess Harriet de Rosiere at Mougins, near Cannes in France.
40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Old Days Photo - Church - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Church 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 including h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old days Photo - Castle - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Castle 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 including h...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old days Photo - In the Nature - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - In the Nature 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 incl...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old days Photo - Church Tower - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Church Tower is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album includi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old days Photo - Mussolini - Vintage Photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Mussolini is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1930s.
Fair conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including historical ...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old days Photo - Folk Costum - Vintage Photo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Folk Costum is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the \970s.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including historica...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days Photo - Old Car - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Old Car is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including hi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old Days Photo - Palace - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Palace is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old days Photo - Landscape - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Landscape 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
Old days Photo - Stones - Vintage Photo - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Stones 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 including h...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old days Photo -Painting of Elderly Player - Vintage Photo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo -Painting of Elderly Player is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the early 20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgi...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
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Photographic Paper
Old days Photo - Fountain - Vintage Photo - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Fountain is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions and aged.
It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including h...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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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