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Nigh in Paris Nuit 1966 Boire du champagne Champagne Drinking
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 30 x 39.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,207
Le défilé 1988 The parade
Jean-Pierre Stora
Painting - 41 x 33 x 1 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.4 inch
$2,207
La cour de récré 1991 Kid's playground
Jean-Pierre Stora
Painting - 16 x 12.3 x 0.5 cm Painting - 6.3 x 4.8 x 0.2 inch
$1,641
La cour de récréation 1991 Playground
Jean-Pierre Stora
Painting - 16 x 12.2 x 0.5 cm Painting - 6.3 x 4.8 x 0.2 inch
$1,415
1988 Beaubourg Museum Paris
Jean-Pierre Stora
Painting - 46 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.4 inch
$2,207
Jeux d'Enfants 1990 Children playing
Jean-Pierre Stora
Painting - 16 x 12.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 6.3 x 4.9 x 0.2 inch
$2,207
Le Défilé 1988 The parade
Jean-Pierre Stora
Painting - 10.6 x 14 x 0.4 cm Painting - 4.2 x 5.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,641
1988 Intérieur Beaubourg Museum Inside
Jean-Pierre Stora
Painting - 13.5 x 16 x 0.4 cm Painting - 5.3 x 6.3 x 0.2 inch
$1,641
Ensemble 1988 Together
Jean-Pierre Stora
Painting - 13 x 13 x 0.4 cm Painting - 5.1 x 5.1 x 0.2 inch
$2,207
Jeux d'enfants 1988 Children playing
Jean-Pierre Stora
Painting - 13 x 16 x 0.5 cm Painting - 5.1 x 6.3 x 0.2 inch
$1,641
Sans titre - série Abstraction
Ronan-Pol Morel
Painting - 50 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
$407
Femme aux paniers
Moïse-Lisette Grulet
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$736
Carcasses de lumière - série couleurs de l'île de la Martinique
Isabel Tronçon
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,901
Gerbe de rires - série couleurs de l'île de la Martinique
Isabel Tronçon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,494
Staring out at the Open Sea
Anika Manuel
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch
$925
The Impossible Dream
Anika Manuel
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,091
Euh, comment je peux dire ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$453
Paysage imaginaire #2
Philippe Saucourt
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.8 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch
$707
Desire Painting (Alamy / Venice)
David Renggli
Painting - 114.5 x 87.5 x 6 cm Painting - 45.1 x 34.4 x 2.4 inch
$17,540
Ce soir je serai la plus belle pour aller danser
Gatien Mabounga
Painting - 140 x 100 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 inch
$2,263
Evening Lights, Piccadilly Circus
David Hinchliffe
Painting - 120 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$4,657
Forever green, Painting, Oil on canvas
Mariusz Makula
Painting - 80 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$500
Presque gris 9
LN Le Cheviller
Painting - 107 x 80 x 0.3 cm Painting - 42.1 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,064
Asian Girl in Pink robe
Manu De Mey
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,822
Horizon Metronome
Richard Dubure
Painting - 130 x 162 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 1.2 inch
$6,111
Badlands collines
Lionel le Jeune
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$509
A Moment in Time
Steve Foster
Painting - 59.5 x 44.5 x 3 cm Painting - 23.4 x 17.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,297
Sur la côte bleue
Daniel Densborn
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,942
Réunification N°10 (MR19)
Marie Aimer
Painting - 59 x 43 x 2 cm Painting - 23.2 x 16.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,961
Mariage de cultures (MR03)
Marie Aimer
Painting - 91 x 62 x 2 cm Painting - 35.8 x 24.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,527
Mémoire dans l'eau 10T-VI
Akané Kirimura
Painting - 80 x 21 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch
$2,490
Playing card 2S - Diamond set circles
Bruno Hoopka
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1 inch
$3,282
Nature morte à la pipe et aux fruits
Alexandre Rochat
Painting - 33 x 36 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 14.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,426
Traits Two
Richard Saint-Amans
Painting - 58 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 22.8 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$453 $317
La Joie de Vivre
Brigitte Thonhauser-Merk
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,037
Petite Abstraction
Brigitte Thonhauser-Merk
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,018
Forêt en Automne
Brigitte Thonhauser-Merk
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,811
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Contemporary paintings for sale
Artsper has a large selection of modern and contemporary canvas paintings for you to discover, organized under our various headers and themes. Painting has been a means of expression for mankind from Prehistoric times to the modern day, making it a true ambassador for the fine arts. Even today, it embodies the visual arts par excellence.
Oil paintings, watercolors, ink washes and even acrylics; there are many different techniques which allow the painter to achieve the desired effect. Mixing pigments with synthetic resin make it acrylic, while adding delicately grinded gum arabic, transform it into gouache and watercolor. In street art, painting takes shape on walls using spray cans, but painting can adapt to all kinds of supports. Often more frequently used on canvas, paintings can also be created on wood, paper… there are no limits to the surfaces the artist can use it on.
A painting is above all the concept and ideas behind the brushstrokes and the artistic process. With this in mind, two key trends contrast with each other: figurative art and abstract art. However, they are merely two guiding principles amongst the host of pictorial movements which have been developed throughout the years and have come to establish the history of art. Each of these artistic movements have played their part, often drawing on achievements from the past or by doing the exact opposite of previous techniques. As with minimalist painting and the Pop art movement, the norms have evolved and they are no longer the same, creating new aesthetics and changing the way we view art.
The practice of painting continues to evolve with the succession of movements and artistic experimentation, as artists become interested in new techniques and try to deal with new issues. Certain artists highlight the importance of color, whilst others focus on form or light. The Impressionists, for example, gave a great deal of importance to what the eye truly saw, whereas the Surrealists allowed themselves to be guided by their subconscious and the Cubists concentrated on how to depict perspective…
If contemporary art has often been associated with abstract painting, it cannot in any way be reduced to this association. Figurative art is making a comeback on the current art scene and artists are using the style across the world. Contemporary painting is never static and the artworks shown in these pages are proof.
At Artsper, we offer a large and diverse range of paintings, both modern and contemporary, from the best international art galleries. Explore the themes which have fascinated renowned contemporary painters and young artists and discover landscape paintings, portraits, still lives, nudes and from numerous artistic movements such as Pop art, Street art or Outsider Art…
For example, discover the street art paintings of the famous Shepard Fairey, or the figuration libre (free figuration) paintings by Robert Combas, the refined and summery canvases by Marek Okrassa, the colorful and minimalist works of Nicolas Dubreuille, or even stylized portraits by Éric Odartey or Florence Dussuyer, rising stars of the contemporary art scene…
You can also browse by sizes with our selection of small format contemporary paintings or large format paintings but also by color: blue paintings, red paintings, yellow paintings, green paintings, grey contemporary paintings and more....