Modern art print styles may vary from abstraction to figurative or literal and the themes are endless. 'Modernism' is more correctly used to identify the craft and architecture periods including the European and American Arts & Crafts, and Art Deco styles.
Modern art prints are found in the following art styles:
Contemporary Art in Modern Art Prints
If you're looking for modern art prints that reflects current cultures and cultural sensibilities, look for Contemporary Art in the following categories:
- Enviromental Art
Performance Art
Deconstructivism
Abstract Art in Modern Art Prints
Abstract art is defined as art that has no reference to any figurative reality. In its wider definition the term describes art that depicts real forms in a simplified or rather reduced way—keeping only an allusion of the original natural subject. The term non-figurative is used as a synonym.
In the twentieth century Wassily Kandinsky is considered as the inventor of non-figurative art. Over a period of several years his paintings moved gradually away from figurative subjects. In 1910, he created the first completely abstract work of art—a watercolor—without any reference to reality. Wassily Kandinsky not only became the first abstract artist, he also promoted it as a theorist.
