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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, Basquiat epoxy, KB

KB

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 1 inch

$1,849

Painting, Matches, JonOne

JonOne

Painting . 69 x 53 x 6 cm Painting . 27.2 x 20.9 x 2.4 inch

$13,870

Painting, Free Area, Kami.h

Kami.h

Painting . 67 x 52 x 3 cm Painting . 26.4 x 20.5 x 1.2 inch

$1,029

Painting, Unicorn, Nico Vrielink

Nico Vrielink

Painting . 130 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$8,669

Painting, Composition 307, Xiu

Xiu

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$2,312

Painting, Heaven, Nobody

Nobody

Painting . 65 x 54 x 5 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 2 inch

$462

Painting, 3D, Gum

3D

Gum

Painting . 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$2,138

Painting, The Pause, Kosta Morr

Kosta Morr

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$1,040

Painting, Double reading, Piotre

Piotre

Painting . 165 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 65 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

$9,825

Painting, Hope, Lasha Tchrelashvili

Lasha Tchrelashvili

Painting . 40 x 55 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch

$1,734

Painting, Light Beige, Lea Richelieu

Lea Richelieu

Painting . 82 x 116 x 2 cm Painting . 32.3 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch

$3,352

Painting, Love Space, Jug

Jug

Painting . 81 x 116 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 45.7 x 1 inch

$1,040

Painting, Clarte en tumulte, Luc Mora

Luc Mora

Painting . 90 x 155 x 0.1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 61 x 0 inch

$1,150

Painting, la Samaritaine, Liao

Liao

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

$2,427

Painting, Sunset, Baptiste Laurent

Baptiste Laurent

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

$2,890

Painting, Hommage à Picasso, Erró

Erró

Painting . 98 x 141 x 3 cm Painting . 38.6 x 55.5 x 1.2 inch

$27,162

Painting, Accorder nos accords, Jazzu

Jazzu

Painting . 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

$2,890

Painting, Amsterdam, Mari.ce

Mari.ce

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch

$1,734

Painting, Palm Beach, Kim Yoon Kyung

Kim Yoon Kyung

Painting . 46 x 53 x 3 cm Painting . 18.1 x 20.9 x 1.2 inch

$994

Painting, Lion, Yuan Henry

Yuan Henry

Painting . 200 x 200 x 5 cm Painting . 78.7 x 78.7 x 2 inch

$20,689

Painting, Liberty, Oksana Reva

Oksana Reva

Painting . 117 x 108 x 2 cm Painting . 46.1 x 42.5 x 0.8 inch

$1,156

Painting, Abstrait, Karin Boinet

Karin Boinet

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$1,387

Painting, Dakota building, Fratz & Gio

Fratz & Gio

Painting . 100 x 100 x 10 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 3.9 inch

$8,669

Painting, Des rives, Philippe Demenet

Philippe Demenet

Painting . 130 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch

$2,658

Painting, MP308, Mathieu Leenaert

Mathieu Leenaert

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$2,601

Painting, Sisters, Gloria Mmaduako

Gloria Mmaduako

Painting . 106.7 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 42 x 30 x 1.5 inch

$1,609

Painting, Dream, Irina Danilova

Irina Danilova

Painting . 60 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

$925

Painting, S.X. n.28, Jin Bo

Jin Bo

Painting . 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$9,825

Painting, Black Head, Armando

Armando

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

$10,287

Painting, Stupeflip, Thomas Patin

Thomas Patin

Painting . 100 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch

$1,097