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I've Dreamed 45
Soos Roxana Gabriela
Painting - 80 x 140 x 4.1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch
€1,144
Siento el calor de tus manos
Florencia Durán
Painting - 157 x 100 cm Painting - 61.8 x 39.4 inch
€1,600
Sliding Brick from Wood Planks
Noé Piña
Painting - 122 x 91 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 35.8 x 1 inch
€1,834
Echelons of empowerment : purple panorama
Jimmy Yoshimura
Painting - 40 x 160 x 5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 63 x 2 inch
€4,000
Sunset Whispers
Adán López Alemán
Painting - 150 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€6,900
Sensation d'horizon 17
Francine Scrignac
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
Temporal Perception #333
Serge Hamad
Photography - 91.4 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 48 x 0.1 inch
€2,200
"Garden l" Painting
Mariah Birsak
Painting - 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,900
Innocence XXXXIV (GA46)
Guillaume Allemand
Painting - 50 x 119 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 46.9 x 0.8 inch
€4,000
Jardin créole nouveau
Chantaléa Commin
Painting - 100 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch
€15,000
Paysage semi abstrait (2)
Dam Domido
Painting - 140 x 95 x 0.1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 37.4 x 0 inch
€3,500
Interactive artwork- screen full of eyes
David Dessens
Design - 147.74 x 85.42 x 9.93 cm Design - 58.2 x 33.6 x 3.9 inch
€36,000
Stella McCartney Opéra, Spring- Summer 2006 Paris
Simon Procter
Photography - 105 x 150 x 5 cm Photography - 41.3 x 59.1 x 2 inch
€12,000
Rebel without a cause
Jos One
Painting - 147 x 120 x 4.5 cm Painting - 57.9 x 47.2 x 1.8 inch
€5,000
Sans titre (Perce-Neige)
Jean-Baptiste Bernadet
Painting - 160 x 144 x 3.5 cm Painting - 63 x 56.7 x 1.4 inch
€21,000
Market Man & Market Woman
Laurent Messager
Painting - 106 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 41.7 x 63 x 0.8 inch
€2,970
Le visage du vent
Franco Salas Borquez
Painting - 160 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
€7,540
Oeuf
Pauline Di Valentin
Fine Art Drawings - 150 x 80 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 59.1 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€3,000
Street art is back
Vincent Bardou
Painting - 80 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€2,600
Une descente rapide
Josep Teixido
Painting - 73 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
€4,000
ESPANTAPAJARO
Antonio Pichilla
Sculpture - 120 x 40 x 12 cm Sculpture - 47.2 x 15.7 x 4.7 inch
€7,000
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Jérôme Mesnager & Artiste Ouvrier
Painting - 144.5 x 56 x 2 cm Painting - 56.9 x 22 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
Four Seasons Hotel
Andrés Agustín Comastri
Painting - 85 x 125 x 3 cm Painting - 33.5 x 49.2 x 1.2 inch
€4,950
Hipster in Stone XVII, Philopoemen
Léo Caillard
Photography - 120 x 80 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 inch
€3,600
Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman in Kinshasa Zaire
Dumisani Karamanski
Painting - 150 x 180 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 70.9 x 1.2 inch
€2,500
Butterflies in my head
Dasha S. Kandinsky
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€7,500
Menorca. Paysage #6
Egor Plotnikov
Painting - 100 x 120 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.4 inch
€3,200
Hara
Youssef Boubekeur
Fine Art Drawings - 190 x 130 x 5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 74.8 x 51.2 x 2 inch
€12,500
Street art or graffiti
Juan Spray
Painting - 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
€1,200
Bones (Abstract Painting)
Tommaso Fattovich
Painting - 152.4 x 121.92 cm Painting - 60 x 48 inch
€6,521
Sick Bacchus, after Caravaggio (Pictures of Magazine 2)
Vik Muniz
Photography - 132 x 101.6 cm Photography - 52 x 40 inch
€36,170
Spring passed without me
Sergiu Ciochina
Painting - 108 x 145 x 3 cm Painting - 42.5 x 57.1 x 1.2 inch
€14,250
Picsou au Classement Forbes
Eddy Vitalone
Painting - 167 x 117 x 5 cm Painting - 65.7 x 46.1 x 2 inch
€8,000
La Renaissance (poudre de diamant)
Jonas Leriche
Photography - 127 x 87 x 2 cm Photography - 50 x 34.3 x 0.8 inch
€16,000
Sweet water beach and fair
Edivaldo Barbosa
Painting - 130 x 190 x 1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 74.8 x 0.4 inch
€14,000
Hiding in the city, Paris - n°14, Pharmacy
Liu Bolin
Photography - 90 x 120 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 inch
€14,500
Large format works
Large format artworks have existed for centuries and were traditionally completed in the form of statues or frescoes. The 1x1 metre format originally applied to painting, however works in the 17th century systematically exceeded these dimensions. This can be seen in the Rubens' and Velasquez's canvases, where they paint life-size figures. It's evident that in recent years large format artworks have taken on a whole new meaning, where works are becoming monumental and even colossal in size. Installations and sculptures are now measuring tens of metres high, practically becoming architectural structures, which can be seen in works like Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate.
Fortunately not all large format artworks are the size of an elephant, but they do allow a huge decorative and artistic advantage. Not only is it an easy way to finish off a room or furnish a space, but it's also an excellent solution for completely restyling your home. If it's truly love at first sight, the piece will totally transform your space into a reflection of your personality. When it comes to photography, the impact of a large format print is multiplied, and gives your room an exhibition-like quality.
XXL artworks allow the artist more imaginative freedom since the surface of the canvas is larger. However, the creation of a large format artwork requires a precise technique and a mastering of the medium used. More and more contemporary artists are working with large formats, and the sensitivity in creating such a work is not the same when working with a 30x30cm canvas. Additionally, an increasing number of exhibitions are specialising in large format artworks. Monumenta at the Grand Palais is an event that occurs every two years, where an artist is invited to create a work specially for the enormous space offered by the Nave.
Photography, painting or sculpture, drawing; these artists and their enormous formats will forever influence the history of contemporary art. This preference for large scale artwork can be seen in a long list of artists including, the canadian photographer Jeff Wall, Anglo-Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor and Sino-French painter Yan Pei Ming. These three artists have certainly left a huge mark on the contemporary art market.
If you're looking for a statement artwork you're in the right place! Here's our selection of large scale paintings. You'll only need one painting to fill that blank wall that has been empty for far too long. With our selection, you won't struggle with finding the perfect artwork - we have abstract paintings, figurative paintings, modern paintings, triptychs and a wide variety of styles!
Large scale paintings have been around for centuries. In general, artists prefer using oil painting for this format because its drying time enables them to go back and rework parts of the painting as it nears completion. They also prefer painting on canvas because it's easier to transport than other supports such as wooden panels.
During the Renaissance, a number of artists painted impressive scenes, often drawn from religion or mythology, on canvases that were several meters wide. The Wedding at Cana, a work by Veronese which you can see in the Louvre, is more than 6m x 9m! In 18th century Europe, large paintings were generally reserved for history paintings. The size of the painting helped the artist (and often the patron who had commission it) make an impact and truly impress the viewer, a bigger canvas meant the subject matter was represented with dignity and gradeure. A perfect example is The Coronation of Napoleon by Jacques-Louis David, a huge canvas full of splendid of colours and details that the viewer almost feels overwhelmed by its splendor.
Towards the end of the 19th century artists turned to other genres. Edouard Manet used large scale canvases to paint his realistic scenes of the lower classes and Claude Monet painted expansive landscapes, for example this beautiful water lilies series which now hangs in the Museum of l'Orangerie. Later, other artists like Pablo Picasso, tackled the subject of politics in enormous modern paintings such as Guernica.
Abstract painting didn't put an end to large scale paintings, on the contrary abstract artists loved them! They had a larger surface to experiment with and the big canvases meant that the viewer could fully immerse themselves in the painter's work. The painters of the abstract expressionist movement such as Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock and Barnett Newman preferred using large canvases to create their abstract paintings.
Even today artists continue to choose to large scale canvas to create contemporary paintings. Gerhard Richter uses them for both his abstract paintings and figurative paintings, and Jenny Saville paints larger-than-life human bodies.
Discover our selection of large scale paintings that will give make any room seem like a statement.