ART GALLERY
At Galerie Moderne, we have a large collection of pieces from the masters of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Les Maîtres de l’Affiche
Les Maîtres de l’Affiche refers to 256 color lithographic plates used to create an art publication during the Belle Epoque in Paris, France. The collection, reproduced from the original works of ninety-seven artists in a smaller 11″ x 15″ format, was put together by Jules Chéret, the father of poster art.
Vintage Poster Art
We carry select original vintage posters from the late 1800s to early 1900s. These pieces are all linen-backed for archival purposes.
Erté
Romain de Tirtoff (23 November 1892 – 21 April 1990) was a Russian-born French artist and designer known by the pseudonym Erté, from the French pronunciation of his initials (pronounced AIR TAY). He was a 20th-century artist and designer in an array of fields, including fashion, jewelry, graphic arts, costume and set design for film, theatre, and opera, and interior decor.
Alexander Calder
Iconic American artist Alexander Calder is perhaps best known for his delicate, surreal mobile pieces, comprised of colored shapes, found objects and balanced spheres. Influenced early on by frequent visits to the circus in his youth, Calder began taking drawing courses with Clinton Balmer in New York, in 1922 and also studied with the Art Students League from 1923-25. After moving to Paris in 1926, Calder began to produce his first miniatures, creating simple figures from wood, wire and cloth. Eventually building an entire circus, the wire figures were included in several exhibitions in the late 1920s, with his first solo show taking place at Paris Galerie Billiet-Pierre Vorms in 1929. After joining the French artists group Abstraction-Création, Calder began to perfect his trademark mobile sculptures, influenced by the abstract, non-traditional styles of fellow artists like Marcel Duchamp and Joan Miró.
Presenting arrangements of perfectly balanced, abstracted figures, Calder’s mobiles were comprised of various everyday materials including twine, wire, thread, metal, wood and paint. Swaying delicately, the movement in his works is tangible, and encompasses a unique place in the art historical canon. Throughout his career, Calder also painted, designed graphic pieces, jewelry set productions and book illustrations. His works are in prominent public and private collections worldwide, and exhibited widely throughout his career, including a 1943 solo show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Joan Miró
Joan Miro was a famous, Spanish Catalan artist. He did works in sculpture, painting, and worked as a ceramist. Born in the seaport city of Barcelona, much of his work was influenced by the scenic seaside town, and the distinct style that he found in the area. His father was a watchmaker, and his mother worked as a goldsmith, which means that he was exposed to the arts, and working with various forms of art, from a young age in the home. Some of the work that has been recovered, stems back to 1901, when Joan Miro was only 8 years old.
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso is probably the most important figure of the 20th century, in terms of art, and art movements that occurred over this period. Before the age of 50, the Spanish born artist had become the most well-known name in modern art, with the most distinct style and eye for artistic creation. There had been no other artists, prior to Picasso, who had such an impact on the art world, or had a mass following of fans and critics alike, as he did.
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol was a successful magazine and ad illustrator who became a leading artist of the 1960s Pop art movements. He ventured into a wide variety of art forms, including performance art, filmmaking, video installations and writing, and controversially blurred the lines between fine art and mainstream aesthetics.
