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....
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Caribbean Daydream XL 2
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 105 x 155 x 4 cm Painting - 41.3 x 61 x 1.6 inch
$2,607
The man who lost himself
Zhivko Mutafchiev
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,976
Oráculos creados y desvanecidos
Esther Ramos
Painting - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$11,906
Planet Earth
Michael Grine
Painting - 60.5 x 121.4 x 5.4 cm Painting - 23.8 x 47.8 x 2.12 inch
$4,000
In the park of Barcelona
Neonilla Medvedeva
Painting - 33 x 38 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 15 x 1.2 inch
$893
I love my crazy world
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,810
A chaque jour suffit sa peine
Nawel Aubert
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1 inch
$595
White Blossoms - white grey green floral art on canvas
Anastassia Skopp
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,143
Vive les splashs et les fleurs
Seb Paul Michel
Painting - 50 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$655
Série : Les monts Taihang - Tableau No 2
Zhen Hao He
Painting - 60 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 2 inch
$2,844
Les estrans (série)
Jacques Robert
Painting - 114 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$8,929
Le Mans diptyque
Patricia Gadisseur
Painting - 120 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,071
Free Fall Abstract n°542
Harry James Moody
Painting - 86.4 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 34 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,548
Echoes of Memories
Tatiana Malinovscaia
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$680 $612
Deux sœurs
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 34.5 x 34.5 x 2 cm Painting - 13.6 x 13.6 x 0.8 inch
$685 $651
The Virgin and the Childs
Mayer Azar
Painting - 70 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,500
Minotaure à New York
Jean Christophe Stauder
Painting - 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch
$4,643
Japanese Maple
Anna Privaloff
Painting - 90 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,572 $3,393
Fête du réveillon sur l´avenue Paulista
Rodolpho Tamanini Netto
Painting - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,333
Voir plus loin
Muriel Deumie
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$3,572 $3,214
Stanley, Wicklow and the other
Filippa Bjerling
Painting - 140 x 103 x 2.5 cm Painting - 55.1 x 40.6 x 1 inch
$4,048
Rose Shackle
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 68 x 53 x 0.4 cm Painting - 26.8 x 20.9 x 0.2 inch
$10,119 $8,096
The Green Wave
Kitikong Tilokwattanotai
Painting - 33 x 28 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 11 x 1.2 inch
$1,905
Pool Series XVIII
Dorine van der Ploeg
Painting - 60 x 42 x 0.4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,964
You Are the One #3
Natasha Lelenco
Painting - 55 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,738
Composition
Kajazun (Kajo) Avetisyan
Painting - 55 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$833
Still life with pears
Yaroshevich Anastasia
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$601
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Les espaces de Penseur de Rodin
Jesus Campos
Sculpture - 30 x 14 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 5.5 x 5.9 inch
$1,286
The gas station
Jean-Philippe Berger
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$798
Méandres bleu et sable
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,453
Parallel Universe/3
Viktoria Ganhao
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$631
L'esprit Déchaîné (hand-painted)
tizlu
Painting - 50 x 35 x 2.2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.9 inch
$1,762