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Aralien
Stefano Mazzolini
Painting - 120 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
£2,666 £1,866
Le cerf volant
Christiane Bernais
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.8 inch
£1,111
When Roy Meets Keith - Diptych
Kostar
Painting - 100 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
£4,888
Worcester Fruit
Christopher Hughes
Painting - 18 x 20.1 x 4.1 cm Painting - 7.1 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch
£309
Discussion Sérieuse
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Painting - 30 x 48 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch
£1,466
Le chemin - duo de toiles
Ludovica Cholet
Painting - 50 x 80 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch
£711
Presque gris 12
LN Le Cheviller
Painting - 120 x 160 x 0.3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 63 x 0.1 inch
£1,742
L'érosion des Chimères
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Painting - 24 x 36 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 14.2 x 0.8 inch
£978
Cœur Noir & Lumière Rouge
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Painting - 27 x 38 x 3 cm Painting - 10.6 x 15 x 1.2 inch
£1,066
Caresse bleu cadium
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Painting - 22 x 32 x 2 cm Painting - 8.7 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch
£844
Hand to hand diptych
Judith Berry
Painting - 106.7 x 132.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 42 x 52 x 2 inch
£5,954
Les terres rares
Claudine Tamborini
Painting - 100 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 63 x 0.8 inch
£3,110
Pieces of a free soul - Diptych
Cátia Goffinet
Painting - 30 x 60 x 1.18 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.5 inch
£702
La cité radieuse
Johannes Sivertsen
Painting - 46 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
£3,644
Read the City (Diptych)
Abhishek Kumar
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 2 inch
£1,659
Prémices Diptyque N° 18
J/Y Delaunay-Israël
Painting - 200 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£4,657
Composition aux groseilles blanches
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 92 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
£2,044
Inside, Outside, Together
Remi Delaplace
Painting - 100 x 146 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch
£3,102
Prémices diptyque N°16
J/Y Delaunay-Israël
Painting - 100 x 200 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch
£4,666
Prémices Diptyque N°12
J/Y Delaunay-Israël
Painting - 100 x 200 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch
£4,666
Prémices Diptyque N°15
J/Y Delaunay-Israël
Painting - 100 x 200 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch
£4,666
Dreamed city - night - diptych
Karl-Karol Chrobok
Painting - 90 x 80 x 2.2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.9 inch
£2,844
Habiter l'espace, diptyque
Remi Delaplace
Painting - 162 x 260 x 3 cm Painting - 63.8 x 102.4 x 1.2 inch
£9,243
N° 1135 Marquis(e) et Marquis(e) de La Côtinière.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 41 x 74 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 29.1 x 0.8 inch
£578
Summerfeeling in my garden I & II
Margret Trimborn
Painting - 60 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
£2,577
Arlequin Colombine
François Ruisseau
Painting - 46 x 76 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch
£3,110
Nu brun à l'oiseau / diptyque
Stephanie Larène
Painting - 100 x 140 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 55.1 x 0.4 inch
£1,066
Diptyque Se desea a sí mismo sin saberlo / Con la mirada clavada en su propio reflejo
Carmen González Castro
Painting - 80 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 63 x 0.8 inch
£3,110
Peut-être que si je reste immobile, alors le temps suspendra son vol ? - Diptyque
Maï Fougeront
Painting - 70 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
£711
Chanter et dancer
Lila Maroun Frem
Painting - 25 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 9.8 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
£2,666 £2,133
Man running, Woman running
Milburn-Foster
Painting - 92 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 36.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
£6,043
Duchándome, May 22nd and Duchándose, May 27th (Diptych)
Celso Castro
Painting - 49.5 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch
£663
Duchándome, June 4th and Pity
Celso Castro
Painting - 49.5 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch
£995
Duchándome, May 22nd and Duchándome, May 27th (Diptych)
Celso Castro
Painting - 49.5 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch
£663
Untitled from series Naked 6
Oleg Tkachenko
Painting - 65 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
£1,777
The glorious game
Adam Parsons
Painting - 76.2 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 60 x 1.5 inch
£7,464
Relaxing nude figure (Diptych)
Carmen Tyrrell
Painting - 39.9 x 102.1 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 40.2 x 0.6 inch
£597
Two guitars
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£3,110
Maud - Botanical sceneries
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 24 x 12 x 1 cm Painting - 9.4 x 4.7 x 0.4 inch
£480
Sacred profane dichotomy (diptych)
Melinda Matyas
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
£3,999
Plus de peinture que de souvenirs
Francky Criquet
Painting - 156 x 212 x 4 cm Painting - 61.4 x 83.5 x 1.6 inch
£6,576
Empty space
Tatyana Podmarkova
Painting - 220 x 370 x 3 cm Painting - 86.6 x 145.7 x 1.2 inch
£16,883
Les trois grâces
Alexandre Moore Rockefeller
Painting - 120 x 120 x 0.6 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
£6,221
À fleur de peau
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Painting - 100 x 130 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0.4 inch
£3,555
Eros und Thanatos
William Mountgoaten
Painting - 160 x 200 x 2.5 cm Painting - 63 x 78.7 x 1 inch
£7,998
Set of two Madame
Kristina Malashchenko
Painting - 90 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
£4,888
La Caverna Magnetica
Erwann Tirilly
Painting - 146 x 228 x 3 cm Painting - 57.5 x 89.8 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
Dans le secret des bois
Antoine Josse
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Mirror Conversations 01
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1 inch
Sold
"Ciel intérieur" abstrait acrylique poudre de marbre diptyque châssis lin livré caisse en bois coût coutant
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 116 x 146 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch
Sold
Renouveau 9
Pascale Morelot-Palu
Painting - 100 x 163 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 64.2 x 1.2 inch
£4,266
Diptych Poetic prose
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.5 inch
Sold
Live and death, Set of 2
Dervis Akdemir
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1 inch
Sold
Diptych Artworks
Think that triptychs and diptychs are only religious artworks? Not at all! Two-piece artworks can be made in all kinds of media such as painting, drawing or photography. In modern and contemporary art, some works are imagined and arranged in two parts. Artists also create optical illusions which imitate diptychs by splitting the painting in two. Thanks to these two part artworks, these works of art will bring depth and volume to your interior. Since Andy Warhol's famous 'Marilyn Diptych', duo works have never been out of fashion
A diptych ("di" meaning two and "ptyche" meaning fold in Greek) is any object with two flat plates attached at a hinge. Diptychs are usually 2D works composed of 2 pieces. They are completed in a variety of media including painting, photography and drawing, and also represent all types of subject matter including, portraits, landscapes and abstract art.
Diptychs have been a popular art form amongst artists for centuries. Generally there is a link between the panels, where subjects often engage with or look at each other from the two sections. Alternatively, it could depict a single work that is continued across the two parts. This means the diptych could provide two alternative viewpoints of a single scene, or share the same color and composition but show two different themes. In art history, the diptych was used to present certain scenarios. These were often scenes of marriage (husband and wife on different panels), life and death or wealth and poverty.
In modern and contemporary art, some works are imagined and arranged in two. Artists also create “trompes l'oeil" (literally means “deceive the eye") which are optical illusions that imitate diptychs by splitting the painting in two. This can be as simple as applying a straight line through the centre of the work. In Late Antiquity, "consular diptychs" were made to mark an individual's election as Roman consul. These were created in wood, ivory or metal.
The diptych was additionally used in early Christian literature to tell stories of saints, Christ and the Virgin Mary. The form facilitated the transportation of these stories, since it could be closed like a book to preserve its interior.
Diptychs were additionally present in classical and modern art (of the 20th century). However, very few old pieces of this art form survived, and those that did are kept in the most renowned museums worldwide.
In 1935, King Richard II commissioned the Wilton Diptych, a small portable diptych and extremely rare Medieval religious painting from England. It is now in the National Gallery in London. Measuring 53 x 37 cm, the Baltic oak panels depict a kneeling Richard II on one panel, praying to the Virgin Mary on the other.
The Louvre has the Diptych of Jean Carondelet in its possession, which was created by Jean Gossaert in 1517. The diptych is a work of private devotion, yet underlines the Flemish painter's talent for portraiture. Jean Carondelet is shown praying towards the right panel where an image of the Virgin Mary is also painted. However, unlike the Wilton Diptych, this is actually a double diptych as the back of the piece is painted with a coat of arms and a skull (vanitas).
Alternatively, one of the most famous diptychs only dates back to 1962, and was completed by Pop art master, Andy Warhol. His famous “Marilyn Diptych" shows two serigraphs: one in color and one in black and white. According to the Tate, this “evokes [Marilyn Monroe's] ubiquitous presence in the media. The contrast of vivid colour with black and white, and the effect of fading in the right panel are suggestive of the star's mortality."
Discover the art of the diptych in all its forms with this unique selection from Artsper! Uncover the abstract painting of Tommaso Fattovich, the quirky messages of Agnès Thurnauer, the vibrant compositions of Novi Lim, the enchanting colors of Ron Halfant, the maritime views of Ana Hefco or the meditative photographs of Serge Hamad.