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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, Star map, Pranas Griusys

Pranas Griusys

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

€2,200

Painting, Grande lignes, Muriel Deumie

Muriel Deumie

Painting . 40 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€1,100

Painting, Abstract 2202, Alex Senchenko

Alex Senchenko

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

€2,120

Painting, Passion…, Olivier Messas

Olivier Messas

Painting . 120 x 120 x 5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 2 inch

€6,500

Painting, Way to the cave, Tom

Tom

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

€6,900 €5,520

Painting, Paris-Berlin 2.0, Palo

Palo

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

€4,200

Painting, Same Page, Carbonn Blck

Carbonn Blck

Painting . 100 x 74 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 29.1 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

Painting, Swag Behind The Wall, Shake

Shake

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Painting, Bora-Bora, Nicole B.

Nicole B.

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

€2,200

Painting, Untitled, Claudie Baran

Claudie Baran

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

€1,700

Painting, Parcelles, Jane Grieco

Jane Grieco

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

€1,100

Painting, Extérieur Nuit, Helen Uter

Helen Uter

Painting . 101 x 51 x 4 cm Painting . 39.8 x 20.1 x 1.6 inch

€1,900

Painting, Male Female, Gaëlle Wagner

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 165 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 65 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,900

Painting, Punch, Gaëlle Wagner

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 125 x 125 x 3 cm Painting . 49.2 x 49.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,600

Painting, Portrait 2, Erdna André

Erdna André

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

€500

Painting, Untitled, Fernando Porras

Fernando Porras

Painting . 61 x 61 x 10 cm Painting . 24 x 24 x 3.9 inch

€8,011

Painting, Sunset, Xiao Ying Chen

Xiao Ying Chen

Painting . 70 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 27.6 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€900

Painting, Chaos, Sylvie Lauvray

Sylvie Lauvray

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

€1,400

Painting, Lotus 18, He Jian

He Jian

Painting . 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Painting, Cocacola 3, Granados

Granados

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

€700

Painting, Silhouette 1, Goddog

Goddog

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€500