Avant-garde artists
The avant-garde art movement cannot be defined to one specific group of artists, but instead encompasses artworks and artists that challenge societal or cultural norms in experimental and radical ways. Avant-garde artists create innovative works that play with new kinds of imagery, forms and other elements of visual language.
The beginning of the European avant-garde can be traced back to the mid-19th century, to socialist artist Gustave Courbet whose realist painting style rejected the academic tradition and Romantic art of his time. Being introduced from around this period onwards, the various movements of modern art are all considered as being part of the avant-garde, such as Dada, Cubism, Futurism and Surrealism. These movements are considered avant-garde due to a combination of their innovations in terms of form and visual language, and their alignment with a political party.
Although it often refers to artworks produced during the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the term “avant-garde" is also used to talk about art being produced today. It refers to any artworks and artists that push the boundaries of art in creative and radical ways. Find Artsper's selection of avant-garde artists working in a variety of mediums and styles, including Javier Rey and Charlotte Abramow.
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Un Acteur de Talent - Original Frottage
Max Ernst
Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 28 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 11 x 0 inch
CHF 32,122
For Your Eyes Only 19
Marian Williams
Fine Art Drawings - 44.5 x 31.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.5 x 12.4 x 0 inch
CHF 243
Relief en bronze VIII
Max Ernst
Sculpture - 34.2 x 39.2 x 0.2 cm Sculpture - 13.5 x 15.4 x 0.1 inch
CHF 7,787
La Parade (série Femmes et Chevaux)
Salvador Dali
Print - 45 x 31.5 cm Print - 17.7 x 12.4 inch
CHF 973
Plate from 'Tristan and Isolde': Tristan's Testament
Salvador Dali
Print - 44 x 32 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.3 x 12.6 x 0 inch
CHF 1,606
Principio de Incertidumbre de Heisenberg
Salvador Dali
Print - 43 x 32 x 0.1 cm Print - 16.9 x 12.6 x 0 inch
CHF 1,265
The Woman Taken in Adultery
Salvador Dali
Print - 45 x 31 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.7 x 12.2 x 0 inch
CHF 973
Composition for 'from XXe Siecle', No. 16
Joan Miró
Print - 33 x 23 x 0.1 cm Print - 13 x 9.1 x 0 inch
CHF 7,476
Toulouse-Lautrec (From: Quinze Gravures)
Salvador Dali
Print - 45 x 31.5 x 1 cm Print - 17.7 x 12.4 x 0.4 inch
CHF 2,920
Entrelazar 202
Javier Rey
Photography - 50 x 39 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.4 x 0.1 inch
CHF 769
Entrelazar 204
Javier Rey
Photography - 35 x 39 x 0.3 cm Photography - 13.8 x 15.4 x 0.1 inch
CHF 684
Homage to Newton (bronze sculpture)
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 37.1 x 16 x 7.1 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 6.3 x 2.8 inch
CHF 12,500
Lewis Carroll - Die jagd nach dem snark
Max Ernst
Print - 33 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print - 13 x 9.8 x 0 inch
CHF 2,725
Le Lézard aux Plumes d'Or
Joan Miró
Print - 35.5 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 14 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
CHF 12,167
Sans titre (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) Ref BDNW2915
Max Ernst
Print - 25 x 32.5 cm Print - 9.8 x 12.8 inch
CHF 9,247
Don Quichotte et Les Moulins a Vent
Salvador Dali
Print - 39.5 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.6 x 11.6 x 0 inch
CHF 6,892
Le Roi Marc from Tristan et Iseult, Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dali
Print - 45.1 x 33 x 5.1 cm Print - 17.75 x 13 x 2 inch
CHF 3,419
Le Combat avec Morhoult from Tristan et Iseult, Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dali
Print - 45.1 x 33 x 5.1 cm Print - 17.75 x 13 x 2 inch
CHF 3,419
An insipid notion #177. Framed
Javier Rey
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
CHF 684
Sans titre (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) Ref BDNW2913
Max Ernst
Print - 32 x 25 cm Print - 12.6 x 9.8 inch
CHF 7,300
Sans titre (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) Ref BDNW2912
Max Ernst
Print - 32 x 25 cm Print - 12.6 x 9.8 inch
CHF 7,300
Sans titre (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) Ref BDNW2911
Max Ernst
Print - 32 x 25 cm Print - 12.6 x 9.8 inch
CHF 7,300
Bright Girls 1
Marian Williams
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
CHF 243
The Last Tupperware Party 1
Marian Williams
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
CHF 243
Tristan und Isolde (Set of 21 Prints, framed)
Salvador Dali
Print - 45 x 32.3 x 2 cm Print - 17.7 x 12.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 19,273
Silhouette on Roses
Marian Williams
Painting - 40 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
CHF 389
Kiss and Roses 1
Marian Williams
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
CHF 243
Hollywood icons triptych 4
Marian Williams
Painting - 13 x 39 x 3 cm Painting - 5.1 x 15.4 x 1.2 inch
CHF 243
La flèche de Zénon
René Magritte
Print - 30 x 45 x 0.2 cm Print - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
CHF 380 CHF 342
No One's Perfect
Marian Williams
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
CHF 243
Ball Game - Jeu de balles
Helder Batista
Painting - 37 x 47 x 1 cm Painting - 14.6 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
CHF 2,141
The Last Tupperware Party 2
Marian Williams
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
CHF 243
Sans titre (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) ref BDNW2976
Joan Miró
Print - 32 x 47 cm Print - 12.6 x 18.5 inch
CHF 28,715
Sans titre (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) ref BDNW2975
Joan Miró
Print - 32 x 50 cm Print - 12.6 x 19.7 inch
CHF 18,981
Lewis Carroll - Die jagd nach dem snark
Max Ernst
Print - 33 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print - 13 x 9.8 x 0 inch
CHF 2,725
Lewis Carroll - Die jagd nach dem snark
Max Ernst
Print - 33 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print - 13 x 9.8 x 0 inch
CHF 2,725
Girls and Roses 2
Marian Williams
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
CHF 243
Best of Both Worlds 4
Marian Williams
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
CHF 193
This Is A Hold Up
Marian Williams
Painting - 30 x 24 x 4 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 1.6 inch
CHF 193
De l'origine des espèces par voie de sélection irrationnelle
Man Ray
Print - 50 x 36 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.7 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
CHF 4,380
Le bouquet tout fait
René Magritte
Print - 45 x 30 x 0.2 cm Print - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
CHF 380 CHF 342
Houston, We Got A Problem, 3
Marian Williams
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
CHF 193