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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Northern legends.In a dream world

Northern legends.White expansion

Northern legends.Pursuit.

Nothern legends .End of winter.

Fairytale forest

Et la nuit déjà scintille

La Serrure - Symbolique et conscience collective

Le camp détruit - Histoire et Politique

Brooklyn

Evening sea sunset

Night Venice

Le fils de l'homme

From the Window I look at the Vineyards

L'oiseau

The rain dance

Racconto di una sera

Amour, gloire ecstasy.

Mosaique Abstraite

Rhapsody in blue

Chaotic Harmony

Abstrait DSC 1796

Splash 39

Greek Island

Restaurant in Rome

At Sea

Sill Life

Rural Kaleidoscope

Feasible

Después de la Data #8. Aprender a Caminar y Salir del Pozo Gravitacional Series

Después de la Data #7.

Abstract Harmony

Feminism

Favorite Irises

Blue Irises

Abstrait DSC 1906

Abstrait DSC 1717

Sous un parapluie blanc

Abstract landscape

Feuillage d'automne

Levitation II

Oneness

Reasonable

Bob Dylan VI

The Podium

The Podium II

Trinité moon - Série Trinité - Portrait Pop art cubisme

Trinité blue king - Série Trinité - Portrait Pop art cubisme

Still Waiting In Silence

Jardin aquatique

On my honor

Dedicated to Modigliani 2

Dedicated to Botticelli 3

I would like a look from you tonight

Portrait sur fond blanc

Par dessus les montagnes

Noname E92

Noname C44

1971 : Summer love

Il était une fois.... (1001 nuits)

Best version of yourself

You are my angel

Arrivée des Champs Elysées