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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The Guardians of Illusion
Artush Voskanyan
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,000 $1,600
From the Elements Series
Milada Dureckova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,133
Caligrafía abstracta (1)
JeanBaptiste Vandenheede
Painting - 68.6 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27 x 15 x 1 inch
$2,300
Nocturnes à Florence
Jacques Guillet
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,384
The vicinity of Vorokhta
Boris Serdyuk
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$376
On the river Paradzhi
Boris Serdyuk
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$411
Path in the mountains
Boris Serdyuk
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$280
Communication in Nature
Maria Korshunova
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,000
The persistence of a silent morning
Frédéric Halbreich
Painting - 60 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,934
Aperception 6 (Phase 2)
Frédéric Halbreich
Painting - 80 x 118 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 46.5 x 1.6 inch
$4,530
On Your Tomb They Won't Smell Nice - 21st Century, Contemporary, Floral, Women
Obeka Simon
Painting - 50.8 x 66 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 26 x 1 inch
$1,650
Kremenchuk city landscape
Boris Serdyuk
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$310
The house by the river
Boris Serdyuk
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$364
Summer is in full swing
Boris Serdyuk
Painting - 55 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$376
Harmony in Chaos
Sergey Khachatryan
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$4,800
La statue de la Liberté
Troy Henriksen
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,365
This Shall Pass 2
Olaosun Oluwapelumi
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
$1,450
This Shall Pass 1
Olaosun Oluwapelumi
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
$1,450
Flowers under the sun
Damien Berrard
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$3,338
Amazonie, paradis perdu
Damien Berrard
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$3,159
Gödel Escher Bach
Albrecht Behmel
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$10,491
Trois montagnes (énergie vitale)
Juliette June
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1 inch
$2,742
Amazing day in Paris
Xiaoyang Galas
Painting - 59.9 x 59.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.5 inch
$1,930
Love will save the world II
Xiaoyang Galas
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,830
La Isla mínima II
Olivia Galobart
Painting - 116 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,192
Rivelazioni Orbitali
Sara Montani
Painting - 40 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$2,027
The Only thing that can Stop me is Me
Oswin Gesselli
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,861
Oysters and lemon
Irina Trushkova
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,742
In the Shadow of Sunset - 21st Century, Contemporary, Impressionism, Nature Women
Bello Gabriel
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$1,950
In the Misty Dusk - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Impressionism, Women
Bello Gabriel
Painting - 101.6 x 73.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 29 x 1 inch
$2,550
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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
$1,287
The gas station
Jean-Philippe Berger
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$799 $719
For the love of Monet
Gaëlle Wagner
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,550
L'esprit Déchaîné (hand-painted)
tizlu
Painting - 50 x 35 x 2.2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.9 inch
$2,146
Méandres bleu et sable
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,457
