Picasso Sun
2010s Modern Animal Paintings
Paper, Ink, Pen
1960s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Charcoal
1960s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Charcoal
2010s Modern Nude Paintings
Ink, Paper, Pen
2010s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Magazine Paper
1960s Modern Animal Paintings
Paper, Pastel
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Paper, Ink, Pen
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Pen
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Pen
1970s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Magazine Paper, Paper
1960s Modern Animal Paintings
Pastel, Paper
1960s Modern Animal Paintings
Pastel, Paper
1960s Modern Animal Paintings
Pastel, Paper
1960s Modern Animal Paintings
Pastel, Paper
1960s Modern Animal Paintings
Paper, Charcoal
1960s Modern Animal Paintings
Paper, Charcoal
1960s Modern Animal Paintings
Paper, Conté
1960s Modern Animal Paintings
Paper, Conté
1960s Modern Animal Paintings
Paper, Conté
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Pen
Early 2000s Italian Contemporary Stud Earrings
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Contemporary Sculptures
Other Medium
2010s Street Art Still-life Paintings
Spray Paint
1970s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
1960s Post-War Figurative Sculptures
Earthenware
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
1960s Modern More Art
Ceramic
Early 2000s Cubist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
Early 2000s Cubist Figurative Prints
Lithograph, Screen
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Pottery
Early 2000s Modern Animal Paintings
Paper, Mixed Media
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Mixed Media, Board
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Acrylic, Pen
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Pen
Early 2000s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Ink, Pigment
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Mixed Media, Board
Early 2000s Modern Animal Paintings
Paper, Mixed Media
Early 2000s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Board
Early 2000s Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Board
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Acrylic, Pen
1960s Modern Animal Paintings
Paper, Charcoal, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Board
1990s Modern Nude Paintings
Paper, Charcoal
Early 2000s Modern Animal Paintings
Paper, Ink, Pen
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s Modern Animal Paintings
Paper, Ink
2010s Modern Animal Paintings
Paper, Ink, Pen
1960s Modern Animal Paintings
Paper, Charcoal
1960s Modern Animal Paintings
Paper, Charcoal
1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Ceramic
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
1950s Cubist Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic
1950s Cubist Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Prints
Glass, Wood, Lacquer, Paper
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Silver
20th Century Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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A Close Look at Modern Art
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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