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....
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Beauté Intérieure
Brigitte Derbigny
Painting - 81 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$1,638
Recline (Aquarelle 2 - 25 novembre 2014)
Vincent Champion-Ercoli
Painting - 15.5 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting - 6.1 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$936
Still Life - Abstract Series (unique mixed media on paper), 2010
Peter Max
Painting - 27.9 x 21.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
$2,950
Trame de vie Bleu Océan
Tiphaine Descamps
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,041
Composition abstraite
Marcel Mouly
Painting - 35 x 33.3 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 13.1 x 0 inch
$14,040
Cornflowers and Phloxes
Yuriy Demiyanov
Painting - 40 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,521
Azure Horizons: Where Sea and Above Collide 1
Tiny de Bruin
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$994
Twin Palms Contemporary Oil Painting
Karen Lynn
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 inch
$4,200
Zelf Portret (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Chuli Herrera
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$8,424
Les nouvelles aventures de MrHope grand format
MrHope
Painting - 81 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$807
Composition n°2030 C121
Jean-Jacques Marie
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.8 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch
$1,989
Inner Sparks #2, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Selene Art
Painting - 149.9 x 49.8 x 2 cm Painting - 59 x 19.6 x 0.8 inch
$758
How'd we get here?
Sheila Grabarsky
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 4.6 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1.8 inch
$1,900
Abstract Painting Series 2
Cao Fan
Painting - 77 x 57 x 3 cm Painting - 30.3 x 22.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,850
Sunset, San Francisco I
Claire Smith
Painting - 76 x 102 x 2.5 cm Painting - 29.9 x 40.2 x 1 inch
$2,505
Il était une fois dans l'ouest - série Bande dessinée
Philippe Maillebuau
Painting - 65 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,404
Ruissellements 2025 - série des deux - numéro 1
Olivia Moélo
Painting - 16.7 x 10.7 x 1 cm Painting - 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.4 inch
$760
Lost in Thoughts
Tigran Araqelyan
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,500
Unknown Soldier - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Military, Veteran, Men
Makama John
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 inch
$2,650
Aprender a caminar y salir del pozo gravitacional #3
Ivan Castiblanco
Painting - 93 x 93 x 0.3 cm Painting - 36.6 x 36.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
There must have been an angel by my side
Ritchelly Oliveira
Painting - 65 x 54 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch
$8,541
De brouage, à San Francisco
Michel Tabanou
Painting - 32.5 x 26 x 0.4 cm Painting - 12.8 x 10.25 x 0.15 inch
$936
QABJ2/2 Die welt
Jean-François Dubreuil
Painting - 59 x 42 x 5 cm Painting - 23.2 x 16.5 x 2 inch
$3,744
Situation bancale sous latitude 45'3
Nicolas Monjo
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$2,574
Ever so softly
Doris Duschelbauer
Painting - 68.6 x 100.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 27 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$700
No quedan dias de verano
Victoria Medina
Painting - 59 x 59 x 7 cm Painting - 23.2 x 23.2 x 2.8 inch
$936
Phenomena With Two Black Threads
Paul Jenkins
Painting - 36.4 x 25.3 x 0.1 cm Painting - 14.3 x 10 x 0 inch
$13,806
The Tree of Life
Kateryna Ocheredko
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,900
Vert Amazonie 2 - série Abstraction géométrique
Francia Craineguy dite Mona
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$924
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Les espaces de Penseur de Rodin
Jesus Campos
Sculpture - 30 x 14 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 5.5 x 5.9 inch
$1,264
Paesaggio poetico XXIV
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 inch
$600
The gas station
Jean-Philippe Berger
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$784
For the love of Monet
Gaëlle Wagner
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,521
Méandres bleu et sable
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,393
