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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
36x48 "Back to the Future" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art Fine Art Print Signed
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

Estuary, Lithograph by Laurent Marcel Salinas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Laurent Marcel Salinas, Egyptian/French (1913 - 2010) - Estuary. Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil, Edition: AP, Image Size: 17 x 20 inches, Size: 21 x 30 in. (53.34 x 76.2 cm)
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Landscape - Drawing by Eliane Diverly - Early-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a drawing realized in the Early-20th Century. Pencil and Watercolor. Good condition.
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

Henri Matisse Creole Dancer 1984- Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a lithographic reproduction of la Danseuse Creole that Matisse originally painted in 1950. The same image was also used in a promotion of La Cote D'Azur published by the Fren...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage American Beach Scene Monogrammed Nature Study Modernist Frame
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist beach scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 16L x 20H.
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Male Erotica 1951 Figure Study by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A black and white figure study of a standing nude male, from 1951, by artist Harold Haydon. Artwork size: Archivally matted to 24" x 20". Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Esta...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Graphite, Paper

Antique Large American Impressionist Giltwood Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique European impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 29 by 37 inches overall, and 24 by 32 painting alone. In excellent original conditi...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Restaurant" Adelaide Lawson Gaylor, American Modernist Interior Party Scene
Located in New York, NY
Adelaide Lawson Gaylor Restaurant Signed lower right Oil on canvas 24 1/4 x 30 inches Modernist artist Adelaide Jaffrey Lawson Gaylor was born in New York City and studied at the A...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Buste de Faune, Modern Stencil after Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pablo Picasso, After, Spanish (1881 - 1973) - Buste de Faune. Portfolio: Femme et Faunes, Year: 1956, Medium: Pochoir, signed in the plate, Edition: 200, Size: 19.5 x 16 in. (49.53 x...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Stencil

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Framed Landscape Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 14 by 21 inches overall, and 9 by 16 painting alone.. In excellent original co...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nude Bathers by the River French Modern Oil Painting by Guy Nicod
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Nude Bathers by the River French Modern Oil Painting by Guy Nicod Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Oil on artist paper attached to a board, unframed Size: 16.5 x 19.75 inches (...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Vintage Signed Mixed Media Abstract Painting Assemblage
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage mixed media painting signed JJ PERL. Mixed media painting on linen strips. Framed. Signed. Measuring 13 by 13 inches overall and 12 by 12 painting alone. In excellent origin...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Follower of Matisse, 20th Century French Oil Pink House in South of France
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, follower of Henri Matisse Title: The Pink House. Medium: oil on board, framed Framed: 22.5 x 25.5 inches Painting: 15 x 18 inches...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Landscape
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Landscape, 1940, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches, signed, dated and titled verso: “Marcel Cailliet ’40 – S.C.” and “Marcel Cailliet Landscape”; likely exhibited at the annual juried st...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Non, mon chéri, j ai eu trop peur le mois ...- Lithograph by Hermann Paul -1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Non, mon chéri, j'ai eu trop peur le mois dernier is a Litograph retouched in watercolour realized by Hermann Paul for the magazine Rire n. 49 on 9 jannuary 1904. Monogrammed on t...
Category

1890s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

A Mirage
Located in Storrs, CT
A Mirage. 1928. Etching. Hardie 238. 11 13/16 x 14 3/8 (sheet 12 3/16 x 18 3/4). Edition 76, #46. Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1928 and 1938; Holmes, Etchings of Today. A ri...
Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

A Mirage
A Mirage
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Portrait Woman Original French Mourlot Modernist Lithograph 1951 Francoise Gilot
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare vintage limited edition Stone Lithograph printed at Mourlot in Paris. this is from a signed and numbered portfolio but the individual shee...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Pablo Picasso, "Three Colour Profile", original lithograph, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Pablo Picasso "Three Colour Profile" 1956 Image Size: 16.5 x 20 inches Three colour litho on transfer From the edition of 50 numbered and signed proofs Picasso Lithographs- Fernand M...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

1979 After Joan Miro At Pace-Columbus Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This limited edition five-color offset lithograph by Joan Miró was created for an exhibition of his work held at Pace Columbus in Columbus, Ohio, in 1979...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Offset

Inspiration, Modern Art Lithograph by Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Inspiration" is an original lithograph by Marc Chagall published in the "Lithographs of Marc Chagall vol. II". The book was published in a limited edition of 6000. Size: 12.5 x 9.5...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Delaunay, La Tour aux Rideaux (Habasque 720-728), Allo! Paris! (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Allo! Paris!, 1926. Published by Éditions des ...
Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

A Large, Beautiful Painting of Sedona, Arizona by Modern Artist Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A large, magnificent 1950s Southwestern Painting of Sedona, Arizona by Francis Chapin depicting Cathedral Rock, Red Rock State Park. Canvas Size: 20" x 40"; Framed Size: 20 1/2" x 4...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1940 s Americana WPA Modernist Watercolor Painting Catskill Mountains Bungalow
Located in Surfside, FL
Bungalow (fauvist painting of New York scene) 1940's. image is 10X 11.5 inches. Hand signed lower right Country Scene Samuel Grunvald was a Hungarian born American WPA artist known...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

Colorful Russian French Judaica Jewish Shtetl Wedding Lithograph Mourlot Paris
Located in Surfside, FL
Mane-Katz (1894-1962) Original Lithograph published by Andre Sauret, Monte Carlo, 1966, printed in France, by Mourlot. The ouvrage sheet is not included. this is from a limited editi...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Pablo Picasso, "Tête de Femme", original linoleum cut, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original linoleum cut in color by Pablo Picasso, 1962. It is hand signed and numbered 40/50 from the edition of 50; there were also 35 ar...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Linocut

On the Top, People Crossing the Mountains, Montana Western Landscape
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964) On the Top, Montana, 1952 Watercolor and gouache on board Signed and dated lower right 22 x 30 inches 25.5 x 34 inches framed Frank Nelso...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Beckmann, Composition (Hofmaier 323-329), Der Mensch ist kein Haustier (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Van Gelder Zonen Bütten paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Der Mensch ist kein Haustier, 1937. Published by...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Christmas Swim - Christmas Tree in Swimming Pool with Tinsel and Star Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Christmas Swim - Christmas Tree in Swimming Pool with Tinsel and Star by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Christma...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

A Fabulous 1960s Mid-Century Modern Painting of an Embracing Couple, Lovers
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous 1960s Mid-Century Modern Painting of an Embracing Couple, Lovers, by noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph Pen. A wonderful example of the artist's uniquely expressive, abstract...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Modulor by Le Corbusier, 1962 - Original Lithograph Poster
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Le Corbusier Medium: Original Lithograph, 1956/62 Dimensions: 29 x 21.5 in, 73.7 x 54.6 cm Arches Paper with Mourlot watermark - Excellent condition A Le Corbusier’s relationship with Mourlot started as early as the mid thirties. The artist was always interested in editions of all sorts, whether furniture, tablewear or lithographic. It all related to a new modern way of life and intrinsic to his architecture. In fact, the famous Modulor is the iconic image in Le Corbusier’s work as it is the basis for his architectural work. As in many other cases, the Master’s philosophy was very democratic and he felt that while a few proofs should be signed, the others should be signed directly in the plate so that it could be affordable to as many people as possible. He wanted not only collectors, but regular home owners to have access to an artwork of quality but reasonably priced, just as he wanted them to afford his furniture designs. It was all about Modernity ushering a brave new world. This rare Le Corbusier lithograph...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Landscape
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Landscape, c. 1930-40s, oil on panel, signed lower right, 16 x 20 inches Jeanette Maxfield Lewis was a California-based landscape painter and etcher. Born in Oakland, she spent much...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

The kiss
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas American box in black and silver wood 116.5 x 116.5 x 3.5 cm
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Journal Des Demoiselles - Original Lithograph by Paul Lacourière - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Plate from Journal Des Demoiselles is an original artwrok realized in the 19th century by Paul Lacourière Mixed colored lithograph from the Le...
Category

19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Artist Studio Interior with Easels Portraits and Painting Tools French Modernist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Artist Studio Interior with Easels Portraits and Painting Tools French Modernist Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 19.75 x 24 inches (hei...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

Woman, Modern Etching by Adolf Frohner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Adolf Frohner, Austrian (1934 - 2007) - Woman, Year: circa 1978, Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: E.D.A, Image Size: 7.75 x 7 inches, Size: 11.5 x 8.5 in. (...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Bijinga - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Kunisada - 1842
Located in Roma, IT
Bijinga is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Kunisada in 1842. Woodcut Print Oban Format. From the series "Joshi kyôkun kyôka awase" (A collection of comic poems for t...
Category

1840s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

L Asino, Art Magazine, Year 24, no. 29, 1915
Located in Roma, IT
L'Asino, Art Magazine, Year 24, no. 29, 1915, is an original colorful illustrated Italian magazine with a satiric political scene. Published on Sunday 18 Luglio 1915, in 4 pages, do...
Category

1910s Modern Art

Materials

Paper

La Montée - Etching by Christian Johannes Nieuwenhuys - 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
La Montée is an artwork realized by Christian Johannes Nieuwenhuys in the 1870s. Etching. Good conditions. Realized for the "Société des Aquafortistes. Born on the initiative of...
Category

1870s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

At the Café - Original Ink Drawing by Florisa Cordova - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"At the Café" is an original ink drawing realized by Florisa Cordova. In excellent conditions: As good as new. Hand-signed on the right side. Florisa Cordova was born in 1922 and ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Ink

Black and White: Mary Jane Russell, Le Pavillion
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print Signed in pencil, verso 11 x 14 inches, sheet size 9.75 x 12.5 inches, image size This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Lillian Bassm...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Happy Marilyn (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Happy Marilyn (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images) American film star Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) outside her home at Englefield Green. A...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Illustration Style Painting of Turkey Tail Mushrooms, Autumn Forest Landscape
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Turkey Tail Mushrooms" is an abstract expressionist painting by Romina Milano where a dance of black gestures unfolds across colorful brushstrokes infused with raw emotion. Romina...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

India Ink, Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Birdie - Screen Print - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Birdie is a silk skreened poster realized in 1970s. Signed on plate on the  right margin "printed in Israel by Shohar". Good conditions.
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Screen

Pablo Picasso, The Rehearsal, original lithograph, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Pablo Picasso The Rehearsal, (La Répétition) Original Lithograph, (litho crayon composition on transfer paper, transferred to stone) Hand signed in ink in lower left corner Numbered ...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Antique American Modernist Ashcan School Street Scene Nocturnal Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist nocturnal street scene oil painting by Jerome Myers (1867 - 1940). Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring 16 by 18 inches overall and 9 by 11 painting al...
Category

1890s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Icart, Sans titre, Le Sopha (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
La pointe sèche etching on vélin de Rives filigrané à notre nom paper. Paper size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches; image size: 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. No...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Spring : Goat playing Violin and Woman with Bouquet - Lithograph (Mourlot 1938)
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc CHAGALL (1887-1985) Spring : Goat playing Violin and Woman with Bouquet 1938 Lithograph (Mourlot workshop) Engraved by Sorlier under Marc Chagall supervision Other lithograph...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Femme à l’oiseau, Lithograph, 1959
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Marc Chagall Femme à l’oiseau Lithograph in colors Numbered 872/970 from the edition of 970 Signed in the plate From "Douze Contemporains" by Jacques Lassaigne and published by Editi...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Cubist French Abstract Composition With Geometric Shapes Circles And Colour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Cubist French Abstract Composition With Geometric Shapes Circles And Colour Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 26.25 x 19.25 inches (heigh...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

Woman - Original Drawing on Paper by H. Somm - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by Henry Somm (1844-1907). Good condition on a cream colored paper, included a grey cardboard passpartout (31.5x25 cm). Not signed. Fr...
Category

Late 19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Ink

Hedy Lamarr - Photo - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Hedy Lamarr is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1950s. Good conditions.
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Jewish Wedding - Handsigned lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Walter SPITZER (1927-) Jewish Wedding Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered /75 ex On Japan paper 55 x 75 cm (c. 22 x 30 inch) Excellent ...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage American Modernist Dog Portrait Nicely Framed Terrier Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist dog portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed in monogram. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a vintage molding. Excellent c...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Elizabeth Taylor – Elstree Studios, England, Limited Estate Print Oversize
Located in London, GB
Elizabeth Taylor – Elstree Studios, England, Elizabeth Taylor’s jewellery collection was renowned as one of the greatest ever assembled. The ...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Hart Ski Colorado Vintage Poster (c.1970), Roger Staub USA
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage posters, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller." Hart Ski Vintage Poster...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Farm in Berlin Heights, Ohio, Vibrant Field Landscape
Located in Beachwood, OH
August Frederick Biehle (1885-1979) Farm in Berlin Heights, c. 1930 Oil on masonite Signed lower right 22 x 30 inches 27.75 x 36 inches, framed A versatile painter who worked in a v...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Wifredo Lam, Winged Figure, from Derriere le miroir, 1953
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Wifredo Lam (1902–1982), titled Figure Ailee (Winged Figure), from the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 55-56, originates from the 1953 edition published by...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled
Located in Dallas, TX
Fred Nagler was born in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he first studied wood carving. From 1914 to 1917, he studied at The Art Students League of New York, where his prof...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Graphite, Paper, Watercolor

A Colorful 1950s Mountain Beach Scene by Famed Modern Artist, Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Vibrant, Colorful 1950s Painting of a Beach Scene along a Mountain Coast by Famed Chicago Modern Artist Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Depicting a picturesque view of a quiet bea...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Polish Jewish Art, The Rabbi, Judaica Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Konstanty Swewczenko (1910-1991), signed oil Judaica Oil Painting, Polish. Konstantin Shevchenko studied at the Institute of Fine Arts in Warsaw in the years 1927 - 1928. Then, in 19...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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