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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Paysage printanier
Pierre-Alain Michel
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,431
Le pont II
François-Xavier de Boissoudy
Painting - 100 x 125 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
$7,749
Fantasy Jejuisland - Island Girl Story
Shin Seung-Hun
Painting - 130 x 97.2 x 4 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.3 x 1.6 inch
$5,603
Malabar't Rouge
Rakel Wajnberg
Painting - 42.5 x 52.5 x 5.5 cm Painting - 16.7 x 20.7 x 2.2 inch
$1,013
Le Lapin et son Territoire
Fabiana Peña
Painting - 130 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$942
French Cancan / Moulin Rouge
Patricia Molinaro
Painting - 120 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 63 x 0.8 inch
$5,007
Clouds over the Tay Rail Bridge
Alastair Faulkner
Painting - 35 x 45 x 5 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 2 inch
$2,027
Girl with a Cat
David Popiashvili
Painting - 43 x 30.5 x 4 cm Painting - 16.9 x 12 x 1.6 inch
$1,600
What you don´t see
Sebastian Murra
Painting - 100 x 56 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 22 x 1.6 inch
$1,907
The White Fruit Bowl
Nikolay Nyagolov
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,980
Requiem for Missing Ships
Dimitar Cholakov
Painting - 110 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,609
Un, plusieurs, multiple
O.J. Vincent
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$2,265
How to order well Tequila with no shame, Acrylic on wood
Kelly Breez
Painting - 40 x 33.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 15.75 x 13.25 x 2 inch
$2,000
Emotional Immaturity
Rose-Agathe Steiner
Painting - 64.5 x 64.5 x 3 cm Painting - 25.4 x 25.4 x 1.2 inch
$834
Tipping Point (Permanent Light Violet / Burgundy) #2
Bryan Lavelle
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,552
Le diable sans tête
Louis Souchet
Painting - 15 x 15 x 1.5 cm Painting - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inch
$1,133
Free electrons
Stelly Grancharov
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,172
Proposition pour un drapeau - Mai 68
Pietro Cascella
Painting - 41 x 62 cm Painting - 16.1 x 24.4 inch
$3,815
Can you sense the atmosphere I
Heini Turunen
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,146
Gutenberg et l'invention de l'imprimerie
Franco Meneguzzo
Painting - 36 x 40.5 x 2 cm Painting - 14.2 x 15.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,862
Où est passé l’orange
Joël Froment
Painting - 100 x 75 x 4.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 1.8 inch
$1,073
Certitude & Doute skateboard diptyque
Krap/Crap
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$751
Piazza del Popolo Trittico
Giuseppe Salvatori
Painting - 140 x 190 x 2.3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 74.8 x 0.9 inch
$20,028
La Paresse (Série : Les 7 péchés capitaux)
Nal-Vad
Painting - 79 x 79 x 2 cm Painting - 31.1 x 31.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,576
Lawn, Hand Stitched Canvas, Cherrywood Frame
Casey Waterman
Painting - 45.7 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 18 x 14 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
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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
