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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Les deux amis et l'oiseau
Rebecca de Cachard
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,143
1964 Le chat The cat
François Ozenda
Painting - 6.5 x 6.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 2.6 x 2.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,131
Sparks of life
Iurii Dzhinaliev
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$3,100
Sunflowers
Olga Buchkovska
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,619 $2,226
Un bouquet de tulipes
Chantal Roux
Painting - 65 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,155
Espace d'un rêve n°9
Carole Becam
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,381
RYU Minja 1978 Monde Temples World Collection MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art Seoul
Min Ja Ryu
Painting - 51 x 43 x 1 cm Painting - 20.1 x 16.9 x 0.4 inch
$11,369
Emerald Oasis: Nature's Beauty in 3D Art
Julia Faer
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$900 $450
Parece que despeja
Saldaña Julio
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,167
Delighted by Dahlia
Rachel Rose
Painting - 121.92 x 121.92 x 2 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 0.8 inch
$8,000
Family
Hennie Van de Lande
Painting - 100.1 x 100.1 x 4.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,970
San Fruttuoso di Camogli - Bagnanti nel porticciolo dei pescatori
Leonida BELTRAME
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,429 $2,186
To meet the nightflower
Hans Innemée
Painting - 35 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$3,095
Birkenwaeldchen (Beech Forest)
Gernot Kissel
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$5,508
12 hours after to make him love me
Johanne 8
Painting - 130 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$8,929
1978 Porte pour l'éternité Eternity Door MMCA Collection Museum Modern Contemporary Art SEOUL SOUTH KOREA
Ha IN-DOO
Painting - 65 x 50 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
$11,846
Jeune fille assise, ca.
Constantin Terechkovitch
Painting - 59 x 42 x 0.2 cm Painting - 23.2 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$11,310
April in Alsace
Mehran Rashidfarokhy
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 inch
$950
Electric Tulip II
Lowell Nesbitt
Painting - 213.4 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 84 x 60 x 1 inch
$80,000
Bearbrick Orange Gold
Léa Poncharal
Painting - 40 x 22 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,179 $1,061
La chance du debutant
Miquel Wert
Painting - 55 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
$1,786
Revelation
Raimundo de Oliveira
Painting - 73.7 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 29 x 40 x 1 inch
$125,000
Serge Gainsbourg
Keith O'Connor
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,619
Gouache d'étude pour Gitanes
Pierre Fix-Masseau
Painting - 41 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$4,167
Homme et femme, jeux
Armen Gasparian
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$5,476
Ta'anis 2a Pink
Menachem Weinreb
Painting - 103 x 103 x 2 cm Painting - 40.6 x 40.6 x 0.8 inch
$5,900
You Don't Need Validation
Minal Morarji
Painting - 102 x 102 x 3 cm Painting - 40.2 x 40.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,893
Frankestein - Jake in the Box Theme
Mark Carpenter
Painting - 9.2 x 6 cm Painting - 3.6 x 2.4 inch
$95
Starlite Motel, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Nathan Rhoads
Painting - 45.7 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 18 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$4,190
Scene on Windspear Road
Charles Burchfield
Painting - 78.7 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31 x 40 x 1 inch
$145,000
Pin-up dans la ville
Florent Touchot
Painting - 60 x 92 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch
$2,381
Alice Lost in Wonderland
Quitter Odessa
Painting - 57 x 81 x 1 cm Painting - 22.4 x 31.9 x 0.4 inch
$1,786
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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
$1,286
The gas station
Jean-Philippe Berger
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$798
Méandres bleu et sable
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,453
L'esprit Déchaîné (hand-painted)
tizlu
Painting - 50 x 35 x 2.2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.9 inch
$1,762