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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Constellation III (Por Alberti, por l'Espana)
Joan Miró
Print - 90 x 66 x 0.2 cm Print - 35.4 x 26 x 0.1 inch
€19,000
Le Chef-d'Oeuvre ou les Mystères de l'Horizon
René Magritte
Print - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€780
Duilla
Stefano Mazzolini
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€700 €560
Nobility of Time
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 60 x 38 x 29 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 15 x 11.4 inch
€36,800
Still Light By The Light of The Moon - Nature Morte au Clair De Luna Tapestry
Salvador Dali
Design - 137.16 x 90.43 x 2.53 cm Design - 54 x 35.6 x 1 inch
€17,367
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
€33,000
Que Font Ces Gens
Salvador Dali
Fine Art Drawings - 15.5 x 9.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.1 x 3.7 x 0.1 inch
€82,000
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
€250
Portrait of Francis Picabia
Man Ray
Photography - 27 x 21 x 0.2 cm Photography - 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
€32,000
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
€8,000
Silkscreened beach towel
Tracey Emin
Design - 106.7 x 175.3 x 0.5 cm Design - 42 x 69 x 0.2 inch
€939
On voit cette reine ... - L'Art d'Aimer - Ovide
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 38 x 0.1 cm Print - 22 x 15 x 0 inch
€900
Mais ô belle Dionée... - L'Art d'Aimer - Ovide
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 38 x 0.1 cm Print - 22 x 15 x 0 inch
€900
Magdalena's Eyes
Marian Williams
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€1,950
Les Caprices Pinces Princiers (Frank Hunter Authenticated)
Salvador Dali
Print - 55.9 x 74.9 x 0.3 cm Print - 22 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch
€2,300
The World of Currier & Ives
Salvador Dali
Print - 83 x 63 x 1 cm Print - 32.7 x 24.8 x 0.4 inch
€990
The Heart of Madness from Historia de Don Quichote de la Mancha
Salvador Dali
Print - 76.2 x 55.9 cm Print - 30 x 22 inch
€3,286
The Old Man and the Sea - Portrait
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 38 x 0.05 cm Print - 22 x 15 x 0 inch
€1,500
Les Valeurs Personnelles
René Magritte
Print - 58 x 78 x 0.2 cm Print - 22.8 x 30.7 x 0.1 inch
€1,400
The Old Man and the Sea - The Fall
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 38 x 0.05 cm Print - 22 x 15 x 0 inch
€1,500
The Old Man and the Sea - Dolphins
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 38 x 0.05 cm Print - 22 x 15 x 0 inch
€1,500
The Old Man and the Sea - Apotheosis
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 38 x 0.05 cm Print - 22 x 15 x 0 inch
€1,500
The Old Man and the Sea - The Rod
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 38 x 0.05 cm Print - 22 x 15 x 0 inch
€1,500
The Old Man and the Sea - The Struggle
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 38 x 0.05 cm Print - 22 x 15 x 0 inch
€1,500
El Arcabuz Produce Monsters
Salvador Dali
Print - 23.5 x 17.2 x 0.2 cm Print - 9.3 x 6.8 x 0.1 inch
€1,200
The Death of Clorinda from The Marquis de Sade
Salvador Dali
Print - 52.5 x 42.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 20.7 x 16.7 x 0 inch
€3,860
The Prison from The Marquis de Sade
Salvador Dali
Print - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€3,860
L’Hirondelle (The Swallow)
Salvador Dali
Print - 71.1 x 91.4 x 2.54 cm Print - 28 x 36 x 1 inch
€3,286 €3,121
The Twelves Apostles / Knights Of The Round Table - James the Lesser / Vicar of Britain
Salvador Dali
Print - 65 x 48 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 18.9 x 0 inch
€1,200
The Twelves Apostles / Knights Of The Round Table - Andrew / Vision of Camelot
Salvador Dali
Print - 65 x 48 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 18.9 x 0 inch
€1,200
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
€1,650
Principio de Incertidumbre de Heisenberg
Salvador Dali
Print - 43 x 32 x 0.1 cm Print - 16.9 x 12.6 x 0 inch
€1,300
The Woman Taken in Adultery
Salvador Dali
Print - 45 x 31 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.7 x 12.2 x 0 inch
€1,000
Aquellos armarios tinosos
Salvador Dali
Print - 23.5 x 17 x 0.2 cm Print - 9.3 x 6.7 x 0.1 inch
€1,150
Jeremiah from Our Historical Heritage
Salvador Dali
Print - 66 x 50.5 cm Print - 26 x 19.88 inch
€4,224
The Lady Dulcinea
Salvador Dali
Print - 75.9 x 56.2 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.875 x 22.125 x 0.1 inch
€3,755
Pylades Loved Ermione
Salvador Dali
Print - 75.5 x 53.7 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.7 x 21.1 x 0 inch
€1,800
La Fille de Minos (Daughter of Minos)
Salvador Dali
Print - 75.5 x 53.7 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.7 x 21.1 x 0 inch
€2,000
Jack of Clubs from Playing Cards
Salvador Dali
Print - 65.5 x 51 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.8 x 20.1 x 0 inch
€9,680
Le cercle visceral du Cosmos from La Conquete du Cosmos
Salvador Dali
Print - 97.8 x 69.9 cm Print - 38.5 x 27.5 inch
€4,224
Centenari certre excursionista
Joan Miró
Print - 82 x 63 x 0.5 cm Print - 32.3 x 24.8 x 0.2 inch
€3,700
Miserable Flat from The Marquis de Sade
Salvador Dali
Print - 52.5 x 42.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 20.7 x 16.7 x 0 inch
€3,860