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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Mozarts in Vienna
Tinatin Chkhikvishvili
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,669
Équilibre illusoire 65
Françoise Utrel
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$2,861 $2,575
Une vie d'homme...
Javier Navarro Avilés
Painting - 50 x 65 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
$894
The Waste Land (inspired by T.S Eliiot)
Zhora Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,431
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
$823
Deep End, Painting, Oil on Paper
Ana Monnaco
Painting - 50.8 x 71.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 20 x 28 x 0.1 inch
$850
Série : Portrait de couleur - tableau No 1
Wen Ming Tao
Painting - 40 x 30 x 5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 2 inch
$8,036
No title 3
Rodrigo Zuliani Hauck Zampol
Painting - 66.8 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 26.3 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,100
Analog (Abstract painting)
Pat McDermott
Painting - 38.1 x 38.1 x 4.4 cm Painting - 15 x 15 x 1.7 inch
$2,258
Sans titre - série paysage et végétal
Muriel Hériveau
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$787
L'amour à l'eau de rose
Claude Gilli
Painting - 75 x 50 x 6 cm Painting - 29.5 x 19.7 x 2.4 inch
$14,306
Walking through the night
Ludmila Budanov
Painting - 78.7 x 58.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 31 x 23 x 2 inch
$800
The Dance of Light and Shadow
Ruben Ghulyan
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$850
Sculpted Heritage (Beauty Within Us)
Fasalejo Tobiloba
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
$1,350
Autoportrait - Introduce myself
Gris1
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$7,749
Waiting here 1010
Cédric Bouteiller
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$5,365
Jour et nuit (ermioni 4h-5h)
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 24 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$775
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
$775
La nuit se lève, la lune s'élève
Nathalie Le Reste
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$787
Les Mannequins (The Supermodels) 2
Alawaye Tope
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,850
Red Rose of the Revolution
Parimah Avani
Painting - 21 x 28 x 0.2 cm Painting - 8.3 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$596
Silence No.4
Ruslan Kolomiyets
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,980 $2,235
Les cerfs-volants - Série abstraction colorée
Flov'
Painting - 25 x 25 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
$256
Interior with vintage dresser
Olga Afanasiadi
Painting - 60 x 50 x 1.7 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch
$1,371
I'm in the cabin
Ekaterina Krylova
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200 $1,140
Fort DeSoto Beach, Tierra Verde, Fl.
Mike King
Painting - 38.1 x 53.3 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15 x 21 x 0.1 inch
$609
Nighttime Township
Christine Drummond
Painting - 61 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 2 inch
$4,500
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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
L'esprit Déchaîné (hand-painted)
tizlu
Painting - 50 x 35 x 2.2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.9 inch
$1,764
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
