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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
Soulages Ohne Titel - Untitled- Sans Titre (1955) 2015- Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This limited edition print, created in 1955, is produced on thick, high-quality paper and is hand-numbered 32 out of 150 in pencil. It features a facsimile signature of the artist. T...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Saint Tropez Boucherie, August 1971 - Nude Women Portrait French Riviera Fashion
Located in Brighton, GB
Saint Tropez Boucherie, August 1971 - Nude Women Portrait French Riviera Fashion by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. ...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Vintage Oil Landscape Art of Redwood Forest California by 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage Oil Landscape Art of Redwood National Park Forest in California by 20th Century Artist, Tobias Everet Spence Art measures 14 x 17 inches Frame measures 21 x 24 inches Th...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Wood, Paint, Wood Panel

Jazz Band III, Modern Ink Painting by Charles Burdick
Located in Long Island City, NY
Charles Burdick, American (1924 - ) - Jazz Band III, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Ink on paper, signed l.l., Size: 7 in. x 5.5 in. (17.78 cm x 13.97 cm), Frame Size: 14 x 13 inches
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Ink

Still-life by Otto Clenin - Oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
Otto Clénin was born on August 5, 1899 in Madretsch (Biel). When his father retired, his family moved to Ligerz. Otto found work in the watch industry, but turned more and more to p...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

A Compelling 1951 Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Man by Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Compelling, 1951 Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Man by Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Artwork size: 12 x 9 1/2 inches. Artwork is unframed, matted/...
Category

Mid-19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

A Fine 1940s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Standing Male Nude Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, 1940s Mid-Cenrury Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

The Endeavour.
Located in Storrs, CT
The Endeavour. c.1935. Pencil and watercolor on watercolor board. 14 3/8 x 20 7/8. Signed in pencil, lower right; titled in pencil, verso. Housed in a subtle 23 1/2 x 36-inch light ...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

Between Sky and Water - Signed Facsimile, Ltd /450
Located in Paris, IDF
M.C. ESCHER (1898-1972) Between Sky and Water, 2008 Facsimile after the original woodcut from 1938 Signed in the plate Numbered / 450 copies (the number you can see can be different...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Color

Honfleur Harbor Scene Mid-Century Modernist French Oil Painting Thickly Painted
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Honfleur by Henri Auguin (French b. 1934) titled verso signed oil on canvas, framed Framed: 27.5 x 31.5 inches Canvas: 22 x 26 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

The Songs of Songs, Hand-Signed Lithograph Poster after Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marc Chagall, After, Russian (1887 - 1985) - The Songs of Songs, Year: 1975, Medium: Lithograph Poster, signed in color pencil lower right, Edition: 8500, Size: 30 x 20.25 in. (7...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

A Charming 1940s Watercolor of Mexico w/ Cathedral and Rooftops by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming 1940s Watercolor of Mexico with Cathedral and Rooftops by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Most likely completed during the artist's trip to Mexico in 1944 after rec...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

1950 s Modernist/ Cubist Painting - The Girl In The Forest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original gouache on artist paper, unframed size: 19.5 x 16.5 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed provenance: the ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

Antique American Modernist Fruit Still Life Tablescape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist still life oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 14 by 17 inches overall, and 9 by 12 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. Handsomel...
Category

Early 1900s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Vintage Male Erotica 1951 Figure Study of a by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1951 graphite on paper, black and white figure study of a nude male, from 1951, by artist Harold Haydon. Artwork size: 19" x 12 1/2". Archivally matted to 24" x 20". Provenance...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Graphite, Paper

Concetto Spaziale
Located in OPOLE, PL
Lucio Fontana (1899-1968) - Concetto Spaziale Lithograph from 1975. Edition 371/575 (Photocopy of the colophone is included). Dimensions of work: 31 x 24 cm. Each copy of this li...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Ceramic Owl Vase (A.R. 135) from the Madoura Pottery by Pablo Picasso
Located in London, GB
Mid-Century earthenware vase with painted owl decoration, by Pablo Picasso, Vallauris, France (1952). This is a vintage, limited edition earthenware creation, in a run of 500 (Edition Picasso) at the Madoura pottery...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Ceramic

Landscape - Oil Painting by Armando Cermignani - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on plywood realized by Armando Cermignani (1888-1957) in 1930s. Hand signed and dated. Excellent condition. Armando Cermignani was an Italian painter, engraver, ceramist and p...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

English School Oil Painting Napoleonic Wars Naval Engagement Battle at Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Contemporay English School signed oil painting on copper panel in impressive gilt frame framed: 13 x 14.5 inches panel: 8 x 10 inches provenance: private collection, England conditi...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series V
Located in London, GB
'Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series V', Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This new collection represents some of the most appealing works we have acquired to date from our Flor...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Board

1960 s Original French Pastel Sketch Nude Seated and Kneeling Female Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Ladies Sketch French School, circa 1960's chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed size: 18.75 x 12 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed provenance: private c...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Chalk, Pastel

"Liz s Scissors" by William Lovelace
Located in London, GB
"Liz's Scissors" by William Lovelace 6th March 1964: Elizabeth Taylor gives her future husband Richard Burton (1925-1984) a cursory haircut. Unframed Paper Size: 12" x 16'' (inches...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White

Bloom I - Floral Flower Abstract Mixed Media Oversized Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gazing at Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s floral artworks is consuming and empowering. Inspired by the endless variety of beautiful flowers, she creates pop-realistic paintings t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Oil Pastel

Vintage American Modernist Surreal Figural Nude Portrait Large Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist nude portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a modern molding. Excellent condition, ready to ...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Abstract Figurative Composition with Flowers and Yellow Ground French Gouache
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Abstract Figurative Composition with Flowers and Yellow Ground French Gouache Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 18 x 21.75 inches (height...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

Missing Peace (Homage to 911)
Located in New Orleans, LA
The Artist's Christmas homage to the attack on the twin towers with reindeer atop the buildings. Carol Wax originally trained to be a classical musician at the Manhattan School of Music but fell in love with printmaking. Soon after she began engraving mezzotints she was asked by the renowned print dealer Sylvan Cole to exhibit at Associated American Artists Gallery, launching her career as a professional artist/printmaker. With the publication of her book, The Mezzotint: History and Technique, published by Abrams, 1990 and 1996, Carol added author and teacher to her credits. In the ensuing years she has expanded her repertoire of mediums beyond printmaking into other works on paper and painting. In compositions reflecting an appreciation for antiquated machinery and vintage textiles, Wax creates imagery that, in her own words, “… speaks to an inner life perceived in inanimate objects.” She uses stylization and imagination to reinvent subjects, transforming an ordinary typewriter into a monumental icon...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Art

Materials

Intaglio

Vue de la Seine - Drawing by Paul-Auguste Godfroy - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on paper realized by Paul-Auguste Godfroy between 1850 and 1875. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition.
Category

Late 19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

Jockeys at the Rail
Located in San Francisco, CA
There’s an instant in a competitive horse race—whether it’s at Churchill Downs, Del Mar, Santa Anita Park, Saratoga or Belmont—of the utmost ferocity. That’s when the riders are jamm...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Slim Aarons, Faraglioni Rocks Midcentury Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Faraglioni Rocks on the Italian island of Capri, August 1974. Slim Aarons Faraglioni Rocks 1974. (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificat...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

Unemployed Marchers — American Modernism, WPA
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Leon Bibel, 'Unemployed Marchers', 2-color lithograph, c. 1938, edition 25. Signed, titled, and numbered '2/25' in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression on off-white, wove paper, w...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

A Sunny 1948 Modern Lake Michigan Beach Scene by Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming, colorful 1948 Mid-Century Modern beach scene by notable Chicago artist, Harold Haydon. Depicting a sunlit beach scene with bathers and sailboats painted along the sandy ...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Oil

1980 s French Modernist Painting Amusing Multi-color Abstract Figure with Violin
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed & dated 1983 original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuf...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

Pablo Picasso Estate Hand Signed Lithograph "Femme dans un fauteuil "
Located in Surfside, FL
Pablo Picasso (after) "Femme dans un fauteuil" limited edition print on Arches paper, Hand signed by Marina Picasso lower right and numbered 31/500 lower left From the estate of Pab...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Sculptures (M. 950), Modern Lithograph by Joan Miro 1974
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Joan Miro, Spanish (1893 - 1983) Title: Sculptures (M. 950) Year: 1974 Medium: Lithograph, signed in the plate Image Size: 19 x 27 inches Size: 20.5 x 29 in. (52.07 x 73.66 ...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

1950 s Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Busy Figures In Forest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original gouache on paper stuck on card size: 18 x 25 inches condition: very good and ready t...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

Superb Original 1960 s French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Figurative Blues
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figures in Blue French, circa 1950-1960 period indistinctly signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 29 x 21.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very good condi...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

A Lively, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Floral Still Life Painting by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Lively, Colorful 1950s Mid-Century Modern Floral Still Life Painting by Notable Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Full of color, with wonderful brushwork, the painti...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Norman Parkinson Limited Estate Print Anne Gunning for Vogue
Located in London, GB
Anne Gunning for Vogue Estate Print by Norman Parkinson Fashion model Anne Gunning in a pink mohair coat outside the City Palace with an elephant, Jaipur, India, photographed for V...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Classic Tallship at Sea with Whale in Water off Coastline, English Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
James Hardy (British contemporary, 21st century) signed oil painting on board, framed board: 8 x 10 inches provenance: private collection condition: overall very good
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

1963 Acrobatics stone lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This first edition lithograph titled Acrobatics comes from Chagall's Lithographs Volume II and is catalogued as Mourlot 401. Printed in 1963 by the prestigious Mourlot Frères atelier...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Nude Portrait Oversize Archival pigment print
Located in London, GB
'Nude Portrait' by Boyan Dimitrov beautiful 30x20" inches / 76 x 51 cm giclée print warm sepia toned. Nude female, reclining. Certificate of authenticity provided. EDGE PRINTS...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Bella, Modern Print after Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marc Chagall, After, Russian (1887 - 1985) - Bella, Medium: Giclee on paper, facsimilie signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: P/P, Image Size: 17 x 13 inches, Size: 24 x 17 in....
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Giclée

"Near Jussy, Switzerland" by Morini Zolfanelli - Oil on wood 46x65 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on wood sold with frame Total size with frame 54x72 cm Signed Morini Zolfanelli, Swiss artist unknown from the gallery Dated 1993
Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Lithographie Originale II
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró Lithographie Originale II Color Lithograph Year: 1981 Size: 12.5 × 9.6 inches Catalogue Raisonné: Cramer 177, Der Lithograph IV, 1969-1972 Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris,...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Cheetah Who Shops" by B C Parade
Located in London, GB
"Cheetah Who Shops" by B C Parade American silent film actress Phyllis Gordon (1889 - 1964) window-shopping in Earls Court, London with her four-yea...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White

MB 053 (Figurative Charcoal Drawing of a Muscular Male Nude on Arches Paper)
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative male nude drawing made of graphite, charcoal, and conte crayon on Arches paper 30 x 20 inches, unframed This unique life study drawing of a standing male nude was made...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Charcoal, Crayon, Graphite

Young lady on Paper by Pietro Annigoni Painter of Queen Elisabeth 1970
Located in Brescia, IT
This fine and elegant woman portrait in red pastel on paper was drawn by Pietro Annigoni, an Italian artist of the 20th Century called the 'Queen's pa...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Carbon Pencil

Still-Life with Fruits - Original Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Raoul DUFY Still-Life with Fruits, 1953 Original Lithograph with stencil watercolor With printed signature in the plate On Arches vellum 28 x 37.5 cm (c. 11 x 14.8 inch) Excellent ...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Silent Snow (Poetical imagery and Christmas memories in New England)
By Mary Teichman
Located in New Orleans, LA
This image is from an exclusive edition published by Stone + Press in 1994 in an edition of 100. This impression is #98. It brings to mind the Robert Frost poem, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. Mary Teichman...
Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Paris, Notre Dame de Paris and Seine River - Original Lithograph Handsigned N°
Located in Paris, IDF
Urbain HUCHET Notre Dame de Paris Original lithograph, 1960 Handsigned in pencil by the artist Numbered / 295 copies On velllum 19 x 28 cm (c. 8 x 11 inch) Excellent condition
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage Male Erotica 1951 Graphite on Paper 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: 19" x 12 1/2". Archivally matted to 24" x 20". Provenance: Estate of t...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Graphite, Paper

Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III - Florentine School
Located in London, GB
'Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III', oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings thro...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Commissionaire s Dog - London Luxury Hotel Dachshund Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Commissionaire's Dog - London Luxury Hotel Dachshund Silver Gelatin Print The commissionaire of a London luxury hotel greets an unexpected guest, a small Dachshund, who is clearly d...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

James Dean At A Car Rally - Oversize Limited Edition Print
Located in London, GB
James Dean At A Car Rally 1955 (colorised) by Frank Worth paper size 40 x 60 inches / 101 x 152 cm edition of 6 only in this size Archival pigment print unframed Note other si...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Lucky For You, Original painting, portrait, Landscape, Horses
Located in Deddington, GB
Lucky for you is an ode to the one you love and the want to be with them again. Norfolk, England in Autumn. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Acrylic paint, Canvas, Charcoal on Canvas 100 H x...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

David Bowie Aladdin Sane - Eyes Open - Limited Edition Signed by David Bowie
Located in London, GB
David Bowie Aladdin Sane Eyes Open 40 x 40 inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Archival Pigment Print Hand signed by David Bowie Edition 23/25 Duffy Archive stamp to margin Taken b...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Nude I (Female Nude) pastel circa 1949 NATALIE GRAUER
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
This pastel on paper NUDE I by Natalie Eynon Grauer offers a striking view into mid century American modernism and the enduring power of the human figure as a vehicle for abstraction...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Pastel

British 20th Century Impressionist Oil Painting Children Playing on Sandy Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Summer by John Richard Townsend (1930-2013) * see notes below signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 22 x 22 inches canvas: 16 x 16 inches provenance: private collection, England condi...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Tempête à Nice - PhotoLithograph after Henri Matisse - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Tempête à Nice is a photolithograph realized in 1993 after Henri Matisse. Signed on the plate On Milano handmade paper. Very good conditions.
Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Jack Mitchell Nude of dancer, 1974
Located in Glenford, NY
Jack Mitchell mid-20th Century beautiful nude photograph of a dancer in 1974. Highly collectible vintage original silver gelatin print, stamped verso by the photographer "Copyright 1...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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