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Tribute to Cubism (Hommage au Cubisme)
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1 inch
Sold
Still life with pink drapery
Irina Trushkova
Painting - 43 x 56 x 2 cm Painting - 16.9 x 22 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Head - Karl Marx sculpture in Chemnitz, Germany
Henrik Jacob
Painting - 40 x 30 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
£1,600
Thai au coucher de soleil
The opium smoking white elephant
Painting - 60 x 40 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
£978
Lee au coucher de soleil
The opium smoking white elephant
Painting - 60 x 40 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
£978
L'origine du monde (2)
The opium smoking white elephant
Painting - 50 x 100 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 inch
£1,155
diu nu de pleine lune
The opium smoking white elephant
Painting - 40 x 60 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
£978
Joy nu de pleine lune
The opium smoking white elephant
Painting - 60 x 40 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
£978
Jittaporn nu de pleine lune
The opium smoking white elephant
Painting - 60 x 40 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
£978
Navire à vapeur XTZ, Chiang Mai, 1903
The opium smoking white elephant
Painting - 40 x 60 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
£978
Gardes royales, Bangkok, 1893
The opium smoking white elephant
Painting - 40 x 90 cm Painting - 15.7 x 35.4 inch
£978
Exécution de Songkhla en 1934
The opium smoking white elephant
Painting - 40 x 60 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
£978
Soulèvement étudiant du 14 octobre 1973, Bangkok, Thaïlande
The opium smoking white elephant
Painting - 40 x 50 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 inch
£978
Une beauté thaïlandaise aux cheveux longs devant sa table de maquillage
The opium smoking white elephant
Painting - 50 x 40 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
£978
Moine bouddhiste avec un jeune novice
The opium smoking white elephant
Painting - 50 x 40 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
£978
Lab #7 Painting. From the Lab series
Alec Franco
Painting - 49.8 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.6 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
£622
Lab #6 Painting. From the Lab series
Alec Franco
Painting - 49.8 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.6 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
£622
Lab #5 Painting. From the Lab series
Alec Franco
Painting - 49.8 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.6 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
£622
L'envole I - préchauffage
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 93 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 36.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
£1,955
Big bang sur papier 28
Joëlle Kem Lika
Painting - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£373
Big bang sur papier 27
Joëlle Kem Lika
Painting - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£373
West Bottoms Kansas City #1
John Ferry
Painting - 25.4 x 40.64 x 0.1 cm Painting - 10 x 16 x 0 inch
£1,760
Big bang sur papier 26
Joëlle Kem Lika
Painting - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£373
Not all dreams come true
Djénina Hagenburger
Painting - 122 x 190 x 1 cm Painting - 48 x 74.8 x 0.4 inch
£4,266
Big bang sur papier 24
Joëlle Kem Lika
Painting - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£373
Big bang sur papier 25
Joëlle Kem Lika
Painting - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£373
Billions of wooden tears
Djénina Hagenburger
Painting - 122 x 218 x 1 cm Painting - 48 x 85.8 x 0.4 inch
£4,532
Jhaap III. From The Ritual Series
Megha Joshi
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 0.1 inch
£3,483
Imagination play-VI
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£844 £760
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Drawing No. 453
Sumit Mehndiratta
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£1,066
Serie Terra Retrato en fondo beige
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
£768
Calme et le silence bronze
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 40 x 16 x 15 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 6.3 x 5.9 inch
£1,191
Peinture 03-2023-18
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
£1,066
An Angel Passes By
Thierry Corpet
Painting - 70 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
£1,333
Contemporary paintings for sale
Artsper has a large selection of modern and contemporary canvas paintings for you to discover, organized under our various headers and themes. Painting has been a means of expression for mankind from Prehistoric times to the modern day, making it a true ambassador for the fine arts. Even today, it embodies the visual arts par excellence.
Oil paintings, watercolors, ink washes and even acrylics; there are many different techniques which allow the painter to achieve the desired effect. Mixing pigments with synthetic resin make it acrylic, while adding delicately grinded gum arabic, transform it into gouache and watercolor. In street art, painting takes shape on walls using spray cans, but painting can adapt to all kinds of supports. Often more frequently used on canvas, paintings can also be created on wood, paper… there are no limits to the surfaces the artist can use it on.
A painting is above all the concept and ideas behind the brushstrokes and the artistic process. With this in mind, two key trends contrast with each other: figurative art and abstract art. However, they are merely two guiding principles amongst the host of pictorial movements which have been developed throughout the years and have come to establish the history of art. Each of these artistic movements have played their part, often drawing on achievements from the past or by doing the exact opposite of previous techniques. As with minimalist painting and the Pop art movement, the norms have evolved and they are no longer the same, creating new aesthetics and changing the way we view art.
The practice of painting continues to evolve with the succession of movements and artistic experimentation, as artists become interested in new techniques and try to deal with new issues. Certain artists highlight the importance of color, whilst others focus on form or light. The Impressionists, for example, gave a great deal of importance to what the eye truly saw, whereas the Surrealists allowed themselves to be guided by their subconscious and the Cubists concentrated on how to depict perspective…
If contemporary art has often been associated with abstract painting, it cannot in any way be reduced to this association. Figurative art is making a comeback on the current art scene and artists are using the style across the world. Contemporary painting is never static and the artworks shown in these pages are proof.
At Artsper, we offer a large and diverse range of paintings, both modern and contemporary, from the best international art galleries. Explore the themes which have fascinated renowned contemporary painters and young artists and discover landscape paintings, portraits, still lives, nudes and from numerous artistic movements such as Pop art, Street art or Outsider Art…
For example, discover the street art paintings of the famous Shepard Fairey, or the figuration libre (free figuration) paintings by Robert Combas, the refined and summery canvases by Marek Okrassa, the colorful and minimalist works of Nicolas Dubreuille, or even stylized portraits by Éric Odartey or Florence Dussuyer, rising stars of the contemporary art scene…
You can also browse by sizes with our selection of small format contemporary paintings or large format paintings but also by color: blue paintings, red paintings, yellow paintings, green paintings, grey contemporary paintings and more....