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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Seated nude

Room, 59

Hug/Abrazos

Their landscape, Part 2

La visite au bordel

Maleïts Homes

Sans titre

Los misterios ocultos

Figura maschile

The elegant life of Mr H Paris 1967

Untitled.

Agros

I want to shine for you

Abstract 2360

Lotus 02

Flora

English roses

Falling under your skin

Love goes on

Abstract 2358

La graphiste

Printemps II

Don’t be shy

Colours of you

Summer love

Abstract 2368

Abstract 2366

Symphony of shapes

Perchés sur les branches

Morning of the sea

Terres d'argile

Warm days

Marine abstraite 2023-37

Skydiving

Retrato en azul

Le bonheur en couleurs

Les êtres de la nature

A small reminder of home

Les fées des fleurs

Am new start

Ambiguity

Somewhere in the Aegean Sea

Hidden light- Gold - Composition of 3 paintings

Tramontana

La violoniste au chapeau

Lumière à l‘horizon… (Souvenirs du sud)

Lego

20 Novembre 2023

Traffic Full Color in Green LS

Magellan

Les bosquets

Spectrum

Vibrato

Abstract way

Régate bleue

Fichi d´India

Chaleur tropicale

Les grandes vacances

The way flowers look in the sun

Retrato en fondo amarillo

11 mai 2023

31 mai 2023