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Large Format Paintings for Sale

What do these masterpieces: Guernica (Picasso) and the Coronation of Napoleon (David) have in common? You probably have contemplated them, stunned, the first time you have seen them and will remember them for a long time. One of the reasons these paintings have put you in such a trance like state is that they have very large dimensions, if not monumental. With 27m2 for Picasso and more than 50m2 for David, they are what you call large-format painting. Try hanging them up in your living room! Thankfully, large-format painting can however have more modest dimensions without losing this esthetic bias that attracts the attention of the spectator. Artists have always known this, proportion is one of the major components of esthetic perception and an artwork with large dimensions drives a different approach from the spectator. Artsper has selected 10 artworks to show you contemporary painting has not forgotten the lesson taught by its masters.

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Painting, CR7 Portugal, Orest Hrytsak

Orest Hrytsak

Painting . 195 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting . 76.8 x 51.2 x 1 inch

CHF 24,077

Painting, Ophelia, Adrienn Krahl

Adrienn Krahl

Painting . 126 x 97 cm Painting . 49.6 x 38.2 inch

CHF 3,363

Painting, Luxor, Gardani Art

Gardani Art

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

CHF 5,446

Painting, Portrait, Loi Duc

Loi Duc

Painting . 120 x 80 x 1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

CHF 6,501

Painting, Trau Bordat, To Gallardo

To Gallardo

Painting . 60 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

CHF 2,774

Painting, Cambodia, Ladamenrouge

Ladamenrouge

Painting . 120 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

CHF 1,734

Painting, Dark Side, Hom Nguyen

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 150 x 150 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 inch

CHF 21,188

Painting, Aqua alta, Jacques Robert

Jacques Robert

Painting . 114 x 162 x 2 cm Painting . 44.9 x 63.8 x 0.8 inch

CHF 8,186

Painting, Le Chewing-gum, Julien Cuny

Julien Cuny

Painting . 120 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 1 inch

CHF 1,734

Painting, Beauport, Jacques Robert

Jacques Robert

Painting . 114 x 162 x 3 cm Painting . 44.9 x 63.8 x 1.2 inch

CHF 8,186

Painting, Safety Rules, Helen Uter

Helen Uter

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch

CHF 3,371

Painting, Maternity, Antonio Chaves

Antonio Chaves

Painting . 124 x 102 x 3 cm Painting . 48.8 x 40.2 x 1.2 inch

CHF 4,815

Painting, Sirens, Matthew Langley

Matthew Langley

Painting . 101.6 x 152.4 cm Painting . 40 x 60 inch

CHF 8,647

Painting, Code 1931, Thierry Carrier

Thierry Carrier

Painting . 130 x 160 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 63 x 1.2 inch

CHF 8,668

Painting, 56 Squares, Pierre Auville

Pierre Auville

Painting . 122 x 105 x 8 cm Painting . 48 x 41.3 x 3.1 inch

CHF 3,003

Painting, L'homme au parapluie, Zafi

Zafi

Painting . 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

CHF 11,076

Painting, N 987 colorful, Enitram

Enitram

Painting . 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch

CHF 2,697

Painting, Anthropogenèse, GABAN

GABAN

Painting . 120 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

CHF 4,488

Painting, Redhead, Aleksandr Ilichev

Aleksandr Ilichev

Painting . 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

CHF 3,082

Painting, Portrait, Aleksandr Ilichev

Aleksandr Ilichev

Painting . 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

CHF 3,273

Painting, Portrait, Aleksandr Ilichev

Aleksandr Ilichev

Painting . 100 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

CHF 3,275

Painting, Portrait, Aleksandr Ilichev

Aleksandr Ilichev

Painting . 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

CHF 3,275

Painting, Ode to Pollock, Dyala Khodary

Dyala Khodary

Painting . 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

CHF 4,623

Painting, Mémoire du mur, Eric Doisy

Eric Doisy

Painting . 120 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

CHF 1,416

Painting, Existing moment, Xanda McCagg

Xanda McCagg

Painting . 152.4 x 127 x 3.2 cm Painting . 60 x 50 x 1.3 inch

CHF 14,772