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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Spectacles with Holograms and Computers
Salvador Dali
Print - 77 x 55.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 30.3 x 21.9 x 0 inch
$6,844
Gripped in Blue
Marian Williams
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,451
RF7172 Double-Sided
Stefano Mazzolini
Painting - 150 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$819
RF6768 Double-Sided
Stefano Mazzolini
Painting - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$819
The Mythology Argus Color
Salvador Dali
Print - 57.15 x 76.2 x 2.54 cm Print - 22.5 x 30 x 1 inch
$85,000
Tauramachie Surrealiste The Giraffe on Fire
Salvador Dali
Print - 50.8 x 66.04 x 2.54 cm Print - 20 x 26 x 1 inch
$29,500
Le chevalier Chretien, from the series Les Chevaux Daliniens
Salvador Dali
Print - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$7,582
Don quichotte, from the series Les Chevaux Daliniens
Salvador Dali
Print - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$6,856
Neptune, from the series Les Chevaux Daliniens
Salvador Dali
Print - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$7,582
Hemerocallis thumbergii elephanter from Surrealistic Flowers
Salvador Dali
Print - 75 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.5 x 22 x 0 inch
$9,196
Autumn from Four Seasons
Salvador Dali
Print - 53.5 x 67.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 21.1 x 26.6 x 0 inch
$6,646
Le Yin et le Yang (Yin and Yan)
Salvador Dali
Print - 77 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print - 30.3 x 22 x 0 inch
$9,664
L'Ange de l'Alchimie (The Angel of Alchemy)
Salvador Dali
Print - 77 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print - 30.3 x 22 x 0 inch
$8,494
Rotterdam et moi 3
Marian Williams
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,451 $2,313
La Bataille de l'Argonne
René Magritte
Print - 58 x 78 x 0.2 cm Print - 22.8 x 30.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,509
Jeremiah from Our Historical Heritage
Salvador Dali
Print - 66 x 50.5 x 5.1 cm Print - 26 x 19.88 x 2 inch
$4,500
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
$800
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
$11,115
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
$8,284
Athene from the series "Mythologie"
Salvador Dali
Print - 75 x 57 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.5 x 22.4 x 0 inch
$6,856
On the way to school
Helder Batista
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$5,148
