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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.

Find a collection of modern paintings, sculptures, prints and other fine art on 1stDibs.

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Style: Modern
Uses and Customs - Korean - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - Korean is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of the governmen...
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1860s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Uses and Customs - San Marco Square in Venice - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - San Marco Square in Venice is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " Hist...
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1860s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

HALO - 3D Modern Painting - Collage Construction, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Three Dimensional Modern Painting - Collage / Construction SERIES: "Dimensional Abstracts" This Piece floats 5/8 Inches away from the wall on a hidden Custom Pine Wood Sub-fram...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Acrylic

William S. Burroughs (Stamped) (~48% OFF LIST PRICE, LIMITED TIME)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Robert Mapplethorpe William S. Burroughs Photograph, Silver Gelatin Print Year: 1982 Size: 9.8 × 7.8 inches Stamped verso Accompanied by Radar, Basel, Edition C.L.A.G., 1982; Text in German Gallery COA provided Robert Mapplethorpe was born November 4, 1946, in Floral Park, New York. He left home in 1962 and enrolled at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, in 1963, where he studied painting and sculpture and received his B.F.A. in 1970. During this time, he met artist, poet, and musician Patti Smith. She encouraged his work and posed for numerous portraits when they lived together in Brooklyn and in the Chelsea Hotel in Manhattan, a gathering place for artists, writers, and musicians in the early 1970s. It was not Mapplethorpe’s original intention to be a photographer, and from 1970 to 1974, he mainly made assemblage constructions that incorporate images of men from pornographic magazines with found objects and painting. In order to create his own images for these collages, Mapplethorpe turned to photography, initially using a Polaroid SX...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Composition (Mourlot, Paris)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Alfred Manessier Composition 1964 Original Color Lithograph on Velin d'Arches Size: 10x7.375in Edition: 2,000 Signed in the Stone Annotated verso Publisher: Mourlot, Paris Printer: M...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Noel Coward's Eye, #2257. Horst P. Horst Homage, Mixed media Collage on Paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Noel Coward's Eye, #2257 by Natasha Zupan Collage on Paper Measures: 11.41 in. H x 8.26 in. W One of a kind Signed lower right on recto by the artist Numbered on verso 2018 Natasha ...
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2010s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, ABS

Urbashi Series : Charcoal on Board by Modern Indian Artist Dhiraj Chowdhury
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Dhiraj Chowdhury - Urbashi Series - 12 x 12 inches (unframed size) Charcoal on Board ( Framed & Door Delivered ) Style of the Artist : He steadfastly believes that art has to be closely associated with life – with humanity, with humanism. And he comes through with this concept in his works – which are sometimes heart – reading, sometimes violent, brutal even chaotic, but always cogent, modern, and somehow loaded with both wisdom and hope. About the Artist and his work : Born : 1936, West Benagal, India...
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2010s Modern Art

Materials

Charcoal, Board

'Ice Cavern' Archival Pigment print V&A Portfolio
Located in London, GB
'Ice Cavern' Archival Pigment print V&A Portfolio Scott’s Last Expedition, A Cavern in an Iceberg, British Antarctic Expedition, South Pole, Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935), 1910...
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1910s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

'Woman With Yellow Bird' Original Drawing Acrylic And Ink On Paper
Located in Carmel, CA
Inspired by the theatre world, Devie had retained her own unique drawing strokes. Her works reflect an approachable other-worldliness. She paints a story to be told and answered. Th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Ink, Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Palazzo Ducale di Massa
Located in New York, NY
Palazzo Ducale di Massa The photographer is based in Florence, and is fascinated how his architectural subject matter allows him to control the compo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

C Print

Galerie Karl Flinker (Anthropometry) Poster /// Yves Klein Nude Figurative Blue
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Yves Klein (French, 1928-1962) Title: "Galerie Karl Flinker (Anthropometry)" Year: 1973 Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on light wove paper Limited edi...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Underwater life - Lithograph - San Lazzaro 1954
Located in Paris, FR
Henri MATISSE Underwater life, 1954 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On light wove paper 31 x 24 cm (c. 12.5 x 10 in) REFRENCES : Published by San Lazzaro / XXèm...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) - Manhattan Mary IV: serigraph Broadway musical
Located in London, GB
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) (1892-1990) 'Manhattan Mary IV' Serigraph (Silk screen print) (Artist's Proof IL/L) Signed in pencil 70 x 56cm (sheet) 41.5 x 3...
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1920s Modern Art

Materials

Screen

Original "Bly by BOAC to Japan" vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original JAPAN, Fly by BOAC to the Caribbean. Small format. Archival linen-backed original vintage European travel poster in mint condition; ready to frame. This antique original poster...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Offset

Botanical Abstract, Vintage 1970s Modern Floral
Located in Soquel, CA
Botanical Abstract, Vintage 1970s Modern Floral This vivid oil painting of flowers on a bright sunny day is a fresh modernist take on the botanical still-life. California artist El...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Original Los Angeles, California Funny Funny World vintage fun map
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Los Angeles, California vintage fun map, Funny Funny World. Archival linen backed in very fine condition. Ready to frame. This is the 1976 printing of this map, now 50...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Offset

South Sudan Cattlemen Signed Limited Edition Framed Print
Located in London, GB
South Sudan Cattlemen 2012 by Marco Di Lauro A Cattleman from the Mundari tribe rubs hash on his face to protect himself from insects in a cattle camp on the road 38 kilometers Nor...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Macaroni, from Bauhaus I Portfolio
By Irene Bayer
Located in Dallas, TX
Bauhaus I Portfolio Ed. 33/70 Signed and dated in black ink on print margin.
Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Le Reve de Paris
Located in New York, NY
Marc Chagall Le Rêve de Paris (Paris Dream), 1969-70 Color lithograph on Arches wove paper 35 3/8 in x 25 1/4 in (90 cm x 64 cm) 40 1/8 in x 28 1/8 in (101.8 cm x 71.5 cm) Numbered f...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Study for Fallen Angel III
By Daniel Barkley
Located in London, GB
Watercolour, signed and dated (lower right), 76cm x 56cm, (93cm x 69cm framed). Daniel Barkley is known for his nude figurative work alluding to myths, legends and art history, whi...
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2010s Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Le Soleil de L'Atelier
Located in New York, NY
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Le Soleil de l'Atelier, 1971 Lithograph in colors on Arches paper 25-1/2 x 19-3/4 inches (64.8 x 50.2 cm) (sheet) Epreuve d'Artist Signed in pencil along low...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Furious Embrace
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on panel, 82cm x 62cm (118cm x 98cm framed). Born in Newport, south Wales, in 1951, the early part of his career was as a choreographer and stage director. Turning away from...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Art

Materials

Board, Acrylic

Wolf Boy
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on panel, 56cm x 61cm, (67cm x 77cm framed) Born in Newport, south Wales, in 1951, the early part of his career was as a choreographer and stage director. Turning away from ...
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2010s Modern Art

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Jean Shrimpton and Terence Stamp Hand Signed Framed Print
Located in London, GB
Jean Shrimpton and Terence Stamp photo by Terry O’Neill 1963 A close cropped portrait of British actor Terence Stamp and model Jean ‘The Shrimp’ Shrimpton, London 1963. The couple ...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

No Footprints Show, Where the Flowers Grow Deep
Located in Fairlawn, OH
No Footprints Show, Where the Flowers Grow Deep Woodcut, 1961 Unsigned (as isssued) From: The "Way" of the Woodcut, three woodcuts, 1961 Publisher: Pratt Adlib Press, Brooklyn, New Y...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Mini Abstract Oil Painting - Fleck
Located in Bristol, GB
FLECK Size: 31 x 34.5 cm Oil on Canvas A small but very engaging and brilliantly executed abstract composition, painted in oil onto canvas and dated 1973. Set against a tranquil b...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hepburn With Dove Hand Signed Framed Print
Located in London, GB
Hepburn With Dove 1966 by Terry O’Neill Lifetime hand signed Limited Print Paper size 12 x 16″ inches / 31 x 41 cm Gelatin Silver Print signed and numbered by artist 40/50 With...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vintage Monumental Pop Art Architectural Cityscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive mid 20th century abstract cityscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Norman Parkinson 'Wenda and Ostriches'
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson Wenda and Ostriches 1951 (printed later) C print 20 x 16 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso with certificate of authenticity from the Norman ...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

C Print

The Child Plants an Oak Tree in the Garden
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Child Plants an Oak Tree in the Garden Woodcut, 1961 Unsigned (as issued) From: The "Way" of the Woodcut, three woodcuts, 1961 Publisher: Pratt Adlib Press, Brooklyn, New York,19...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

Slim Aarons, Kaufmann Desert House (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Catch Up by the Pool (Kaufmann Desert House) 1970 Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, and actress L...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

"Pond" Original Lithograph by Sally Warner 1988
Located in Soquel, CA
Detailed lithograph of a California Sierras pond and reflections by California author and artist Sally Warner (American, B- 1946). Sally Warner grew up in Connecticut and Californi...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Printer's Ink, Laid Paper, Lithograph

Original "Holland - America Line" vintage cruise line travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Holland – America Line original vintage cruise ship travel poster. Archivally linen-backed, ready to frame. Excellent condition A – A-. There is no damage, no restoration,...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Offset

At New York (Self Portrait)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
At New York (Self Portrait) Woodcut, 1961 Unsigned (as issued) From: The "Way" of the Woodcut, three woodcuts, 1961 Publisher: Pratt Adlib Press, Brooklyn, New York,1961 Printer: Jam...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

Hoi Lebadang " Floral Still Life " Artist Proof Lithograph , Signed & Framed
Located in Plainview, NY
A floral still life lithograph by the renowned artist Hoi Lebadang (Vietnamese/ French 1922- 2015). In this exquisite art work, Lebadang captures the essence of nature's beauty with...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Poplar Tree B
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Poplar Tree B Lithograph, c. 1959 Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist (see photo) Artist's red stamp lower left margin (see photo) Edition: 50 (30/50) Printed by Arthur Flory...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Willitts Designs "Sax Appeal" Musician Cast Resin Sculpture, Signed & Numbered
Located in Plainview, NY
A Collectible Jazz Sculpture By Willitts Designs International and Sheng Lung entitled " Sax Appeal" and numbered 62001. This Amazing Resin Metal Jazz Sculpture is from Willitts Des...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Resin

In Arms Angel
Located in Boxholm, SE
Jolanta Johnsson, experienced Polish artist, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, PhD of fine arts, university teacher. She currently lives in Sweden. This is how she writ...
Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Mid-Century Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Fabian Lundqvist -Overlooking Fields
Located in Bristol, GB
OVERLOOKING THE FIELDS Size: 41 x 48.5 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A calm and soothing mid-century figurative composition, executed in oil onto canvas by the established Swed...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Le Turban by Henri Matisse - Portrait, Ink Drawing
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE. Le Turban by Henri Matisse (1869-1954) Pen and India ink on paper 51.5 x 39 cm (20 ¹/₄ x 15 ³/₈ inches) Signed and date...
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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, India Ink, Pen

Motion Pictures
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present for the first time in more than thirty years, the original painting of American artist Peter Korling. Peter Korling was classically trained at the Chicago In...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

postwar characters Spanish Civil War crayons drawing
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Alfredo Opisso Cardona (1907-1980) - Post-war characters - Colored crayons Crayons. Frame in poor condition. Measures work 32x20cm. Frame measures 55x43 cm.
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Crayon

Henri Matisse - Nadia Au Menton Pointu - 1995
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sku: R176 Artist: Henri Matisse Title: Nadia Au Menton Pointu Year: 1995 Signed: No Medium: Offset Lithograph Paper Size: 23.5 x 17.5 inches ( 59.69 x 44.45 cm ) Image Size: 16 x 12....
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20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Offset

Bellhop
Located in New York, NY
Many places, many times intermingle in the work of Roberto Juarez. His life is so much a part of his work, that each new body of work introduces subjects, styles and motifs that seem...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Stencil

Parisian Model
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Parisian Model" is an oil on canvas painting by Max Weber painted in 1908. The work is signed and dated, lower right, "Max Weber Paris 1908". The painting size is 35 1/2 x 19 5/8 in...
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Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Located in Washington, DC
Painting by Donald Purdy (1924 - 2016). Oil on masonite Provenance Schoneman Gallery, 1964. Measures 25"L x 23"W. Work is behind glass with wonderful antique frame.
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Maternity, 1951 - Original Mourlot lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Françoise GILOT (1921) Maternity, 1951 Original lithograph On Marais vellum 28 x 22.5 cm (c. 11 x 9 inches) REFERENCES : Catalog raisonne "Stone Echoes, Original Prints by Francois...
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Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Untitled"
By Sidney E. Zimmerman
Located in Southampton, NY
Sidney E.Zimmerman USA (1926-2007) studied at the Brooklyn a Museum of Art after returning from Europe during WWII. In 1950, he studied with Morris Kantor and Vaclav Vytlacil at the ...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

"It Never Rains in LA" Photography 19.5" x 15.5" in Ed. 1/15 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"It Never Rains in LA" Photography 19.5" x 15.5" in Ed. 1/15 by Larsen Sotelo Not framed. Ships in a tube Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin finish...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

"Two Palms" Photography 19.5" x 15.5" in Edition 1/15 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Two Palms" Photography 19.5" x 15.5" in Edition 1/15 by Larsen Sotelo Not framed. Ships in a tube Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin finish Comes...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

Le Pont Neuf, 1953
Located in Greenwich, CT
Le Pont Neuf is an oil on canvas painted in 1953, dated and signed lower right corner '1953 Chagall Marc' and signed again on the crossbrace verso 'Marc Chagall'. The canvas size is ...
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20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Evening
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Picture done during a nostalgic evening. Could be also delivered framed, smaller size as well, price upon request, signed by the author. Limited to 5.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Simka Simkhovitch WPA W/C Painting Gouache American Modernist Bouquet of Flowers
Located in Surfside, FL
Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949) This came with a small grouping from the artist's family, some were hand signed some were not. These were studies for larger paintings. This is a miniature watercolor and gouache vibrant, colorful bouquet of flowers in a vase. Simka Simkhovitch (Симха Файбусович Симхович) (aka Simka Faibusovich Simkhovich) (Novozybkov, Russia May 21, 1885 O.S./June 2, 1885 N.S.—Greenwich, Connecticut February 25, 1949) was a Ukrainian-Russian Jewish artist and immigrant to the United States. He painted theater scenery in his early career and then had several showings in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s, he completed murals for the post offices in Jackson, Mississippi and Beaufort, North Carolina. His works are in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Born outside Kyiv (Petrograd Ukraine) into a Jewish family who owned a small department store. During a severe case of measles when he was seven, Simcha Simchovitch sketched the views outside his window and decided to become an artist, over his father's objections. Beginning in 1905, he studied at the Grekov Odessa Art School and upon completion of his studies in 1911 received a recommendation to be admitted to the Imperial Academy of Arts. Though he enrolled to begin classes in architecture, painting, and sculpture at the Imperial Academy, he was dropped from the school roster in December because of the quota on the number of Jewish students and drafted into the army. Simchovitch served as a private in the 175th Infantry Regiment Baturyn [ru] until his demobilization in 1912. Re-enrolling in the Imperial Academy, he audited classes. Simka Simkhovitch exhibited paintings and sculptures in 1918 as part of an exhibition of Jewish artists and in 1919 placed 1st in the competition "The Great Russian Revolution" with a painting called "Russian Revolution" which was hung in the State Museum of Revolution. In 1922, Simkha Simkhovitch exhibited at the International Book Fair in Florence (Italian: Fiera Internazionale del Libro di Firenze). In 1924, Simkhovitch came to the United States to make illustrations for Soviet textbooks and decided to immigrate instead. Initially he supported himself by doing commercial art and a few portrait commissions. In 1927, he was hired to paint a screen for a scene in the play "The Command to Love" by Fritz Gottwald and Rudolph Lothar which was playing at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway. Art dealers began clamoring for the screen and Simkhovitch began a career as a screen painter for the theater. Catching the attention of the screenwriter, Ernest Pascal, he worked as an illustrator for Pascal, who then introduced him to gallery owner, Marie Sterner. Simkhovitch's works appeared at the Marie Sterner Gallery beginning with a 1927 exhibit and were repeated the following year. Simkhovitch had an exhibit in 1929 at Sterner's on circus paintings. In 1931, he held a showing of works at the Helen Hackett Gallery, in New York City and later that same year he was one of the featured artists of a special exhibit in San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park. The exhibit was coordinated by Marie Sterner and included four watercolors, including one titled "Nudes". He is of the generation of Russian Soviet artists such as Isaac Pailes, Serge Charchoune, Marc Chagall, Chana Orloff, Isaac Ilyich Levitan, and Ossip Zadkine. In 1936, Simkhovitch was selected to complete the mural for the WPA Post office project in Jackson, Mississippi. The mural was hung in the post office and courthouse in 1938 depicted a plantation theme. Painted on the wall behind the judge’s bench, “Pursuits of Life in Mississippi”, a depiction of black workers engaged in manual labor amid scenes of white professionals and socialites, was eventually covered over in later years during renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. Simka painted what he thought was typical of Jackson. His impression of pre-civil rights Mississippi was evidently Greek Revival column houses, weeping willow trees, working class families, and the oppression of African Americans. He painted African American men picking cotton, while a white man took account of the harvest and a white judge advised a white family, calling it Pursuits of Life in Mississippi. Though clearly endorsed by the government and initially generally well-received, the mural soon raised concerns with locals as the climate toward racial segregation began to change. The main concern was whether depictions that show African Americans in subjugated societal roles should be featured in a courtroom. The following year, his painting "Holiday" won praise at an exhibition in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1940, Simkhovitch's second WPA post office project was completed when four murals, "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat", "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright", "Sand Ponies" and "Canada Geese" were installed in Beaufort, North Carolina. The works were commissioned in 1938 and did not generate the controversy that the Jackson mural had. The main mural is "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright" and depicts a shipwreck which had occurred in Beaufort in 1866. "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat" depicted the lighthouse built in 1859 and the mail boat that was running mail during the time which Simkhovitch was there. The boat ran mail for the area until 1957. "Sand Ponies" shows the wild horses common to the North Carolina barrier islands and "Canada Geese" showed the importance of hunting and fishing in the area. All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight...
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1930s Modern Art

Materials

Gouache, Board, Watercolor

Yellow Cab Madison Square Garden
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Khawam’s first genre of paintings started in 1980 during the heights of the Superrealism movement in New York City where Khawam was the youngest among the group and in his first year...
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1980s Modern Art

Materials

Acrylic

"Two Birds" Photography 30" x 22" in Edition 1/7 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Two Birds" Photography 30" x 22" in Edition 1/7 by Larsen Sotelo Not framed. Ships in a tube Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin finish Comes with...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

20's Backdrop, Mark Bohan with Models in Dior, 1961
Located in New York, NY
Mark Bohan with Models, 1961 -- According to Dior this image shows "Marc Bohan with models from his first collection (Spring-Summer 1961), which was a great success. The prettiness a...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Giclée

"Lovesick" Photography 30" x 22" in Edition 1/7 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lovesick" Photography 30" x 22" in Edition 1/7 by Larsen Sotelo Not framed. Ships in a tube Comes with COA * * * Framed items shipped in a parcel, and unframed photographs shipp...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

Windswept Landscape Henry Moore drawing of Scottish landscape for W.H. Auden
Located in New York, NY
One of a series of 18 lithographs drawn by the artist fo¬r the Auden Poems/Moore Lithographs 1974 book and portfolio. This work is from an edition of 25 printed on vellum aside from ...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

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