# Early modernism

Style galleries · hang 749 · 68 works

The first decades of the twentieth century, when artists broke with the academy.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## First room, north wall

1. [In the Desert](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/in-the-desert-si-saam-1981-155-3), H. Siddons Mowbray, 1915-1925. Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/early-modernism/in-the-desert-si-saam-1981-155-3?hang=749)
2. [Admiral Sir David Beatty, Lord Beatty](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/admiral-sir-david-beatty-lord-beatty-si-saam-1923-6-4), Cecilia Beaux, ca. 1920. Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/early-modernism/admiral-sir-david-beatty-lord-beatty-si-saam-1923-6-4?hang=749)
3. [The Sprout Lot](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-sprout-lot-si-saam-1929-6-77), J. Francis Murphy, 1915. Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/early-modernism/the-sprout-lot-si-saam-1929-6-77?hang=749)

## First room, south wall

4. [Nude](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/nude-nga-46550), Roger de La Fresnaye, 1910. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/early-modernism/nude-nga-46550?hang=749)
5. [Dancing Sailors](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/dancing-sailors-cma-150174), Charles Demuth, 1917. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/early-modernism/dancing-sailors-cma-150174?hang=749)
6. [Wrestlers in a Circus](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/wrestlers-in-a-circus-cma-142792), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/early-modernism/wrestlers-in-a-circus-cma-142792?hang=749)
7. [Rhine at the Lurlei](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/rhine-at-the-lurlei-si-saam-1983-83-171), George Elbert Burr, 1900. Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/early-modernism/rhine-at-the-lurlei-si-saam-1983-83-171?hang=749)

## Second room, south wall

8. [Frank Brett Noyes](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/frank-brett-noyes-si-npg-s-npg-66-67), Ossip Perelma, 1917. Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/early-modernism/frank-brett-noyes-si-npg-s-npg-66-67?hang=749)
9. [Farm near Duivendrecht](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/farm-near-duivendrecht-aic-144467), Piet Mondrian, c. 1916. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/early-modernism/farm-near-duivendrecht-aic-144467?hang=749)
10. [Self-Portrait](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/self-portrait-cma-144976), Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1920. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/early-modernism/self-portrait-cma-144976?hang=749)

## Second room, north wall

11. [Fisherman's Cottage](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/fisherman-s-cottage-aic-152437), Harald Oscar Sohlberg, 1906. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/early-modernism/fisherman-s-cottage-aic-152437?hang=749)
12. [Marigolds and Tangerines](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/marigolds-and-tangerines-nga-46553), Félix Vallotton, 1924. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/early-modernism/marigolds-and-tangerines-nga-46553?hang=749)
13. [Mountain Landscape with Fir Trees](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/mountain-landscape-with-fir-trees-cma-140070), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1918/19. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/early-modernism/mountain-landscape-with-fir-trees-cma-140070?hang=749)

## Third room, north wall

14. [Theresa Helburn](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/theresa-helburn-si-npg-npg-73-30), Marion H. Beckett, 1922. Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/early-modernism/theresa-helburn-si-npg-npg-73-30?hang=749)
15. [Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/jacques-and-berthe-lipchitz-aic-27987), Amedeo Modigliani, 1916. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/early-modernism/jacques-and-berthe-lipchitz-aic-27987?hang=749)
16. [Nude on a Divan](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/nude-on-a-divan-nga-46552), Amedeo Modigliani, 1918. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/early-modernism/nude-on-a-divan-nga-46552?hang=749)

## Doors

- [More by Amedeo Modigliani](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/amedeo-modigliani?hang=749&via=continue) (4 works)
- [20th-century Italy](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-italy?hang=749&via=continue) (4 works)
- [Early modernism, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/early-modernism?hang=749&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ5LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoibEN0S2NZWTYifQ)