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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, Butterfly, Iryna Burda

Iryna Burda

Painting . 100 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$1,033

Painting, Bahia, Paco Requena

Paco Requena

Painting . 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

$1,148

Painting, Petrichor, Poloki Ogunte

Poloki Ogunte

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

$2,705

Painting, Blue Stillness, Nora Shade

Nora Shade

Painting . 99 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39 x 59.1 x 0 inch

$1,624

Painting, Worries, Nikolaos Schizas

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 130 x 97 x 5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 2 inch

$7,660

Painting, Rem, Nikolaos Schizas

Rem

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 146 x 114 x 1 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.4 inch

$5,799

Painting, Sans titre 8, Marie Pernet

Marie Pernet

Painting . 40 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,378

Painting, Memento, Nikolaos Schizas

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting . 120 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

$5,442

Painting, Transition, Kseniia Ivanova

Kseniia Ivanova

Painting . 90 x 90 x 1.8 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.7 inch

$919

Painting, Sunrise, Tigran Mamikonyan

Tigran Mamikonyan

Painting . 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$974 $780

Painting, Unknown 1, Margarita Zipman

Margarita Zipman

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$1,028

Painting, Arsis II, Christoph Schrein

Christoph Schrein

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

$4,134

Painting, Hope And Renewal, Poovi Art

Poovi Art

Painting . 121.9 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 24 x 1.5 inch

$1,028

Painting, Green Umbrella, Hrasarkos

Hrasarkos

Painting . 89 x 116 x 0.1 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 0 inch

$540 $432

Painting, Il Duomo, Bernard Vié

Bernard Vié

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

$2,756

Painting, Keep on going -2, Elena Done

Elena Done

Painting . 91.9 x 59.9 x 1.8 cm Painting . 36.2 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch

$1,840

Painting, Beloved, Sean Hemeon

Sean Hemeon

Painting . 121.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 60 x 1.5 inch

$6,711

Painting, Matinée d'été, Keymi

Keymi

Painting . 64 x 54 x 4 cm Painting . 25.2 x 21.3 x 1.6 inch

$1,263

Painting, Moleskine, Letta K.

Letta K.

Painting . 80 x 65 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch

$1,837

Painting, One More Step, Moira Hazel

Moira Hazel

Painting . 70 x 70 x 5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 2 inch

$1,647

Painting, Joconde, Sagrasse

Sagrasse

Painting . 54 x 27 x 5 cm Painting . 21.3 x 10.6 x 2 inch

$459

Painting, El olivo, Sara Manglano

Sara Manglano

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

$919

Painting, Landscape, Lika Sarishvili

Lika Sarishvili

Painting . 60 x 59.5 x 1.8 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.4 x 0.7 inch

$1,952

Painting, Bacchus, C215

C215

Painting . 90 x 75 cm Painting . 35.4 x 29.5 inch

$4,938

Painting, 14, Victoria Shani

14

Victoria Shani

Painting . 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,722

Painting, Vue de ciel, Li Kang

Li Kang

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

$1,722

Painting, His wife 1654, Maude Ovize

Maude Ovize

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

$3,387