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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, Gleichzeit 2/19, Ernst Wolf

Ernst Wolf

Painting . 30 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

$2,312

Painting, Untitled, Kokian

Kokian

Painting . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$798

Painting, Operenccia, Victor Vasarely

Victor Vasarely

Painting . 101.6 x 167.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 66 x 1 inch

$482,647

Painting, Orange, Dark Shield

Dark Shield

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

$1,387

Painting, Yellow lilies, Yehor Dulin

Yehor Dulin

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,073 $858

Painting, Jacques Brel, HMI

HMI

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

$1,907

Painting, BWM504222, André Nadal

André Nadal

Painting . 60 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1 inch

$4,970

Painting, Keith Richards#2, 2Kyff

2Kyff

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

$982

Painting, Sunny Autumn, Pavlo Marinets

Pavlo Marinets

Painting . 105 x 125 x 4 cm Painting . 41.3 x 49.2 x 1.6 inch

$2,574

Painting, Frida, Wawapod

Wawapod

Painting . 61 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

$1,618

Painting, The Eagle, Manana Eloshvili

Manana Eloshvili

Painting . 60 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

$1,156

Painting, Rising III, Matteo Nannini

Matteo Nannini

Painting . 35 x 90 x 4 cm Painting . 13.8 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

$2,543

Painting, Composition, Antoni Amat

Antoni Amat

Painting . 75 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 29.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

$1,503

Painting, Secrets de femmes, Toussaint

Toussaint

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

$2,543

Painting, Salines, Jean-Luc Myskowski

Jean-Luc Myskowski

Painting . 73 x 92 x 7 cm Painting . 28.7 x 36.2 x 2.8 inch

$2,774

Painting, Copper Veins, Elena Lukina

Elena Lukina

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

$5,201

Painting, Sunny Island, Dmitry King

Dmitry King

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

$1,907

Painting, 3VAKET - Mob shop, AKET

AKET

Painting . 92 x 73 x 4 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch

$7,513

Painting, Scream, Giorgi Sardlishvili

Giorgi Sardlishvili

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1 inch

$2,312

Painting, Anis, Francois Priser

Francois Priser

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

$2,543

Painting, Blue fado, Zokatos

Zokatos

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

$3,236 $2,751

Painting, Melt Gold, Renjie Gao

Renjie Gao

Painting . 53.5 x 38 x 0.1 cm Painting . 21.1 x 15 x 0 inch

$1,849

Painting, Two's a Mood, Mariah Birsak

Mariah Birsak

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

$2,774

Painting, Connected, Emily Starck

Emily Starck

Painting . 60 x 46 x 0.2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch

$1,133

Painting, Chaplin, KiKo

KiKo

Painting . 73 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$10,402 $8,842

Painting, Lilac, Peter Tovpev

Peter Tovpev

Painting . 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$283

Painting, Words have power, MrKas

MrKas

Painting . 125 x 107 x 0.2 cm Painting . 49.2 x 42.1 x 0.1 inch

$578

Painting, Untitled, Yrjö Edelmann

Yrjö Edelmann

Painting . 111.8 x 111.8 cm Painting . 44 x 44 inch

$26,814

Painting, Operation Preussen, Erró

Erró

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

$40,454

Painting, Deux oursons, deelerd

deelerd

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

$2,658

Painting, Frank, Kim Yoon Kyung

Kim Yoon Kyung

Painting . 117 x 72 x 3 cm Painting . 46.1 x 28.3 x 1.2 inch

$4,508

Painting, Jonas 2, Cyb

Cyb

Painting . 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

$1,156