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![Painting, Sweet Dream, Karen Le Bellec](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1221012_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Whistle with joy, Francesca Borgo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1214766_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Your airy dance, Francesca Borgo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1213020_1_grid.jpg)
Your airy dance
Francesca Borgo
Painting - 100 x 135 x 2.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 53.1 x 0.9 inch
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![Painting, Caverne, Muriel Deumie](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1164474_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Abstraction minimaliste N°10, Dam Domido](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998981_1_grid.jpg)
Abstraction minimaliste N°10
Dam Domido
Painting - 95 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch
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![Painting, Urban graff, Dam Domido](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1955856_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Shadows of colors, Dam Domido](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1798482_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sunday feeling on a wednesday - II, Sophie Mangelsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1942293_1_grid.jpg)
Sunday feeling on a wednesday - II
Sophie Mangelsen
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2.2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.9 inch
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![Painting, Beyond the field of gold, Rachael Dalzell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1340679_1_grid.jpg)
Beyond the field of gold
Rachael Dalzell
Painting - 135 x 155 x 6 cm Painting - 53.1 x 61 x 2.4 inch
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![Painting, Through the meadows, Rachael Dalzell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1340580_1_grid.jpg)
Through the meadows
Rachael Dalzell
Painting - 135 x 155 x 6 cm Painting - 53.1 x 61 x 2.4 inch
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![Painting, When nature’s green turns red and gold, Rachael Dalzell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1263591_1_grid.jpg)
When nature’s green turns red and gold
Rachael Dalzell
Painting - 135 x 155 x 6 cm Painting - 53.1 x 61 x 2.4 inch
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![Painting, Under the wave, Pauline Guillemard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1228167_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, After the storm, Pauline Guillemard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1155879_1_grid.jpg)
After the storm
Pauline Guillemard
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
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![Painting, Intervallum - VI, Gosha Karpowicz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/823233_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Stars, Orange Background, Ito Dubois](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2130163_1_grid.jpg)
Stars, Orange Background
Ito Dubois
Painting - 73 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, Stars, Ito Dubois](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2039394_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paysage Aquatique II, Yvonne Benasser](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1774704_1_grid.jpg)
Paysage Aquatique II
Yvonne Benasser
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Artifice, Yvonne Benasser](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1774626_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, En forêt - 6, Julien Jubault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161680_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, So tangible, Francesca Borgo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1214763_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Endless Sky, Nemanja Nikolic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1648500_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Expression 2, Iryna Kastsova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1587237_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sunny summer., Iryna Kastsova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1587231_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Carnival 22., Iryna Kastsova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1586682_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Colors of a new day., Iryna Kastsova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1585800_1_grid.jpg)
Colors of a new day.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Vivid impressions., Iryna Kastsova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1585203_1_grid.jpg)
Vivid impressions.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 114 x 164 x 1 cm Painting - 44.9 x 64.6 x 0.4 inch
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![Painting, Pour un bain de boue, Thomas Loyatho](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1331220_1_grid.jpg)
Pour un bain de boue
Thomas Loyatho
Painting - 28.5 x 22 x 2.5 cm Painting - 11.2 x 8.7 x 1 inch
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![Painting, Landscaping on jazz-C, Stanislav Bojankov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1181322_1_grid.jpg)
Landscaping on jazz-C
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 70 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0 inch
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![Painting, Silver Lining, Nemanja Nikolic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2163958_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Morning's Promise, Nemanja Nikolic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159524_1_grid.jpg)
Morning's Promise
Nemanja Nikolic
Painting - 76.2 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 20 x 1.5 inch
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![Painting, Life happens, Nemanja Nikolic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1994928_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ad Vitam, Nemanja Nikolic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1959165_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Light of day, Nemanja Nikolic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1808166_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Endless Corridor, Nemanja Nikolic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1799028_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Way She Walked, Nemanja Nikolic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1795686_1_grid.jpg)
The Way She Walked
Nemanja Nikolic
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 0.78 inch
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![Painting, Aureus, Nemanja Nikolic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1743687_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Colorado No. 36, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1682358_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Black Mirror, Nemanja Nikolic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1354851_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nix Tempestas, Nemanja Nikolic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1333836_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A Quiet Forest, Nemanja Nikolic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1266486_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Arctic Illusion, Nemanja Nikolic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1147125_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Strangers 6, Max Yaskin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1446081_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue green cosmos, Ito Dubois](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148245_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Light in the darkness, Ito Dubois](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140419_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gravity, Ito Dubois](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101908_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Experimental, Ito Dubois](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2077356_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Black Cosmos, Ito Dubois](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2040117_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Feathers, Harrison Prignet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161142_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hot summer symphony M 1, Peter Nottrott](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1961568_1_grid.jpg)
Hot summer symphony M 1
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 83 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 32.7 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
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![Painting, Nature Adventure M 7, Peter Nottrott](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1833678_1_grid.jpg)
Nature Adventure M 7
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 83 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 32.7 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
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![Painting, Pas d'été sans orage, Anne Ferrier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1093521_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cercle, quadriptyque, Carole Nieder](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1636938_1_grid.jpg)
Cercle, quadriptyque
Carole Nieder
Painting - 200 x 200 x 0.2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, Dreams in the garden, Emily Starck](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136736_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Brise florale, Emily Starck](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1974039_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, What a pleasure, Emily Starck](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1913505_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, ST20221231, Emily Starck](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1759086_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Jardin en fleurs, Emily Starck](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1609041_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Don't worry, be happy !, Emily Starck](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1545225_1_grid.jpg)
Don't worry, be happy !
Emily Starck
Painting - 120 x 200 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, Printemps 2022, Emily Starck](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1539042_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Through quiet ways, Francesca Borgo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1209066_1_grid.jpg)
Through quiet ways
Francesca Borgo
Painting - 114.3 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Painting - 45 x 60 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, Born again, Francesca Borgo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1198467_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Breathe me, Francesca Borgo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1362153_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Seeking another land, Francesca Borgo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1042995_1_grid.jpg)
Seeking another land
Francesca Borgo
Painting - 90 x 80 x 1.8 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.7 inch
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![Painting, Springing from shadows, Francesca Borgo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1001790_1_grid.jpg)
Springing from shadows
Francesca Borgo
Painting - 114.3 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Painting - 45 x 30 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, Midwinter sun, Francesca Borgo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1001781_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mesmerizing Waterfall, Daniela Pasqualini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1773834_1_grid.jpg)
Mesmerizing Waterfall
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1 inch
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![Painting, Spontaneous Ballerina no. 4, Series XVIII, Mario Henrique](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1172172_1_grid.jpg)
Spontaneous Ballerina no. 4, Series XVIII
Mario Henrique
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
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![Painting, Les ponts suspendus, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2085291_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Éclat or orange, Jonathan Pradillon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1364229_1_grid.jpg)
Éclat or orange
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
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![Painting, A Moment in Time #4, Joyce Fournier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1228239_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Prouesse, Muriel Deumie](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1956507_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Éclat or verdoyant, Jonathan Pradillon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1358208_1_grid.jpg)
Éclat or verdoyant
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
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![Painting, Éclat or bleu, Jonathan Pradillon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1339431_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Abstraction chromatique en turquoise et orange, Dam Domido](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1256565_1_grid.jpg)
Abstraction chromatique en turquoise et orange
Dam Domido
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
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![Painting, Anahata, Emily Starck](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172353_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Landscaping on jazz-LXXXV, Stanislav Bojankov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1224255_1_grid.jpg)
Landscaping on jazz-LXXXV
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
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![Painting, Archipelago, Nemanja Nikolic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/999990_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract expressionism
Over 200,000 pieces. That's the number of contemporary artworks and design objects currently available on Artsper. Every day, new artists and galleries from all over the world join us and trust us to showcase their work. On Artsper, all mediums have a place of choice: painting, drawing, photography, editions and sculpture.
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Even if they are often confused, there are many differences between modern and contemporary art, notably the idea that contemporary art works are more conceptual and privilege the creative idea to the support used.
Nevertheless, the distinction between these two movements can also be purely temporal. Any work realized after 1945 can be called "contemporary". At the beginning of the 20th century, the movements followed one another according to the revolutionary reflections of the great masters of Surrealism (Salvador Dalí, René Magritte), Cubism (Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger) and Dadaism (Marcel Duchamp). From the 1950s and 1960s, artists pushed the reflection on abstraction even further. This is the birth of minimalist art as well as conceptual art. In opposition to the abstract expressionists such as Joan Mitchell, Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock, the leaders of these movements are notably Frank Stella and Sol Lewitt.
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