Impressionism

Painting, Blooming arch by the sea, Elena Lukina

Blooming arch by the sea

Elena Lukina

Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm

$1,637

Painting, Avec la lune, Christine Desplanque

Avec la lune

Christine Desplanque

Painting - 20 x 20 x 3 cm

$169

Painting, Le jardin, Patrick Marie

Le jardin

Patrick Marie

Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm

$2,033

Painting, Un Soir de Printemps, Georges R. Quinio

Un Soir de Printemps

Georges R. Quinio

Painting - 46 x 55 x 4 cm

$2,259

Painting, Morning freshness, Oleksandra Horscroft

Morning freshness

Oleksandra Horscroft

Painting - 50 x 40 x 1 cm

$903

Painting, Road to the sea, Elena Lukina

Road to the sea

Elena Lukina

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm

$1,220

Painting, Early spring, Elena Lukina

Early spring

Elena Lukina

Painting - 40 x 55 x 2 cm

$2,033

Painting, Sakura in the city park, Elena Lukina

Sakura in the city park

Elena Lukina

Painting - 55 x 40 x 2 cm

$1,242

Painting, Mountain herbs, Elena Lukina

Mountain herbs

Elena Lukina

Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm

$1,897

Painting, Light in the forest, Elena Lukina

Light in the forest

Elena Lukina

Painting - 35 x 34 x 2 cm

$599

Painting, After the snow, Elena Lukina

After the snow

Elena Lukina

Painting - 40 x 39 x 2 cm

$847

Painting, Barn Idyllic, Elena Lukina

Barn Idyllic

Elena Lukina

Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm

$791

Painting, A Village river, Elena Lukina

A Village river

Elena Lukina

Painting - 40 x 25 x 2 cm

$791

Painting, Riverside, Elena Lukina

Riverside

Elena Lukina

Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm

$791

Painting, Spring, Elena Lukina

Spring

Elena Lukina

Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm

$734

Painting, Flowering branch, Elena Lukina

Flowering branch

Elena Lukina

Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm

$847

Painting, Morning light on snowy peaks, Elena Lukina

Morning light on snowy peaks

Elena Lukina

Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm

$5,534

Painting, Japanese pond in spring, Elena Lukina

Japanese pond in spring

Elena Lukina

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm

$5,534

Painting, Blooming garden by the pond, Elena Lukina

Blooming garden by the pond

Elena Lukina

Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm

$3,217

Painting, Evening colors by the river, Elena Lukina

Evening colors by the river

Elena Lukina

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm

$1,242

Painting, Beautiful coast, Elena Lukina

Beautiful coast

Elena Lukina

Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm

$1,581

Painting, Saturday evening in November, Elena Lukina

Saturday evening in November

Elena Lukina

Painting - 40 x 55 x 2 cm

$1,242

Painting, River fountain in a city park, Elena Lukina

River fountain in a city park

Elena Lukina

Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm

$1,750

Painting, Landscape with poppy field, Elena Lukina

Landscape with poppy field

Elena Lukina

Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm

$1,637

Painting, Beautiful garden, Elena Lukina

Beautiful garden

Elena Lukina

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm

$1,468

Painting, Le camelia, Patrick Marie

Le camelia

Patrick Marie

Painting - 65 x 65 x 2 cm

$2,033

Painting, Foret hivernale, Patrick Marie

Foret hivernale

Patrick Marie

Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm

$2,033

Painting, La lune qui pleure II, Christine Desplanque

La lune qui pleure II

Christine Desplanque

Painting - 27.2 x 41 x 2 cm

$446

Painting, Les pensées s'envolent, Christine Desplanque

Les pensées s'envolent

Christine Desplanque

Painting - 20 x 20 x 3 cm

$169

Painting, La lune qui pleure, Christine Desplanque

La lune qui pleure

Christine Desplanque

Painting - 20 x 20 x 3 cm

$169

Painting, Le cyprès rouge, Patrick Marie

Le cyprès rouge

Patrick Marie

Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm

$2,033 $1,423

Painting, Le vieil olivier, Patrick Marie

Le vieil olivier

Patrick Marie

Painting - 81 x 69 x 2 cm

$2,484

Painting, Pink sunset by the river, Elena Lukina

Pink sunset by the river

Elena Lukina

Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm

$3,219

Painting, The magic of the sunny forest, Elena Lukina

The magic of the sunny forest

Elena Lukina

Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm

$3,219

Painting, Spring in the garden, Elena Lukina

Spring in the garden

Elena Lukina

Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm

$5,240

Painting, Prairie normande, Patrick Marie

Prairie normande

Patrick Marie

Painting - 65 x 89 x 2 cm

$2,484

Painting, Sunflowers, Elena Lukina

Sunflowers

Elena Lukina

Painting - 97 x 170 x 2 cm

$18,633

Painting, Expression with sunflowers, Elena Lukina

Expression with sunflowers

Elena Lukina

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm

$1,558

Painting, Three Irises by the pond, Elena Lukina

Three Irises by the pond

Elena Lukina

Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm

$1,005

Painting, Iris by the pond, Elena Lukina

Iris by the pond

Elena Lukina

Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm

$1,039

Painting, Paysage d'Occitanie à l 'aube, Christine Desplanque

Paysage d'Occitanie à l 'aube

Christine Desplanque

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm

$1,084

Painting, Tree of Life, Elena Lukina

Tree of Life

Elena Lukina

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm

$6,189

Painting, Magnolia in bloom, Elena Lukina

Magnolia in bloom

Elena Lukina

Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm

$6,740

Painting, Bouquet of mimosa, Elena Lukina

Bouquet of mimosa

Elena Lukina

Painting - 25 x 30 x 2 cm

$474

Painting, Mountain peak, Elena Lukina

Mountain peak

Elena Lukina

Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm

$1,886

Painting, Mountain river, Elena Lukina

Mountain river

Elena Lukina

Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm

$1,231

Painting, Under the sun, Elena Lukina

Under the sun

Elena Lukina

Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm

$2,202

Painting, Spring pond, Elena Lukina

Spring pond

Elena Lukina

Painting - 55 x 40 x 2 cm

$1,231

Painting, Saule pleureur I, Patrick Marie

Saule pleureur I

Patrick Marie

Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm

$2,033

Painting, Dans la lune, Christine Desplanque

Dans la lune

Christine Desplanque

Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm

$711

Painting, Jardin parisien I, Patrick Marie

Jardin parisien I

Patrick Marie

Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm

$2,033

Painting, Snow peaks, Elena Lukina

Snow peaks

Elena Lukina

Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm

$2,428

Painting, Morning freshness, Elena Lukina

Morning freshness

Elena Lukina

Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm

$3,896

Painting, Ski slope 60X90, Elena Lukina

Ski slope 60X90

Elena Lukina

Painting - 60 x 90 x 2 cm

$3,953

Painting, Blue Mountains, Elena Lukina

Blue Mountains

Elena Lukina

Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm

$2,575

Painting, Sunflower, Elena Lukina

Sunflower

Elena Lukina

Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm

$2,654

Painting, Pond in spring, Elena Lukina

Pond in spring

Elena Lukina

Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm

$2,767

Painting, Pond with beautiful irises, Elena Lukina

Pond with beautiful irises

Elena Lukina

Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm

$3,896

Painting, Blooming pond, Elena Lukina

Blooming pond

Elena Lukina

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm

$2,360

Painting, Lecture du journal, Patrick Marie

Lecture du journal

Patrick Marie

Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm

$1,920

Painting, Promenade à travers champ, Patrick Marie

Promenade à travers champ

Patrick Marie

Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm

$2,033

Painting, Vallée du Rhône, Patrick Marie

Vallée du Rhône

Patrick Marie

Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm

$2,033

Painting, Le jardin coloré, Patrick Marie

Le jardin coloré

Patrick Marie

Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm

$2,146

Painting, Le petit manège, Patrick Marie

Le petit manège

Patrick Marie

Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm

$2,033

Painting, Les oliviers - le soir, Patrick Marie

Les oliviers - le soir

Patrick Marie

Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm

$2,033

Painting, Oups la Lune, Christine Desplanque

Oups la Lune

Christine Desplanque

Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm

$542

Painting, Les pensées s'envolent, Christine Desplanque

Les pensées s'envolent

Christine Desplanque

Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm

$446

Painting, A la fenêtre des nuages, Christine Desplanque

A la fenêtre des nuages

Christine Desplanque

Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm

$446

Painting, Espace bleu 1, Christine Desplanque

Espace bleu 1

Christine Desplanque

Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm

$446

Painting, Rochers dans les bois, Patrick Marie

Rochers dans les bois

Patrick Marie

Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm

$2,033

Painting, Le cycliste, Patrick Marie

Le cycliste

Patrick Marie

Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm

$2,033

Painting, Le chemin campagnard, Patrick Marie

Le chemin campagnard

Patrick Marie

Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm

$2,033

Painting, Automne rouge, Patrick Marie

Automne rouge

Patrick Marie

Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm

$2,033

Painting, Deux enfants à la plage, Patrick Marie

Deux enfants à la plage

Patrick Marie

Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm

$2,033

Painting, Les oliviers, Patrick Marie

Les oliviers

Patrick Marie

Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm

$2,146

Painting, La valse des Lunes, Christine Desplanque

La valse des Lunes

Christine Desplanque

Painting - 27.2 x 41 x 2 cm

$446

Painting, A côté de la lune, Christine Desplanque

A côté de la lune

Christine Desplanque

Painting - 27.2 x 41 x 2 cm

$446

Painting, Paysage d'Occitanie II, Christine Desplanque

Paysage d'Occitanie II

Christine Desplanque

Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm

$1,084

Painting, Pêche aux pieds des Falaises, Patrick Marie

Pêche aux pieds des Falaises

Patrick Marie

Painting - 93 x 65 x 2 cm

$2,936

Painting, Barque à l'ombre, Patrick Marie

Barque à l'ombre

Patrick Marie

Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm

$2,710

Painting, Anémones du Japon, Patrick Marie

Anémones du Japon

Patrick Marie

Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm

$1,807

Painting, Parc parisien, Patrick Marie

Parc parisien

Patrick Marie

Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm

$2,033

Painting, La rivière, Patrick Marie

La rivière

Patrick Marie

Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm

$2,033

Painting, Pond with pink lilies, Elena Lukina

Pond with pink lilies

Elena Lukina

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm

$1,220

Painting, La Petite Rivière, Georges R. Quinio

La Petite Rivière

Georges R. Quinio

Painting - 46 x 55 x 4 cm

$2,259

Painting, Massif de rhododendrons, Patrick Marie

Massif de rhododendrons

Patrick Marie

Painting - 91 x 73 x 2 cm

$2,484

Painting, Le massif de laurier, Patrick Marie

Le massif de laurier

Patrick Marie

Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm

$2,710

Painting, Paysage d'occitanie III, Christine Desplanque

Paysage d'occitanie III

Christine Desplanque

Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm

$1,084

Painting, Lavandes – mi ombre, Patrick Marie

Lavandes – mi ombre

Patrick Marie

Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm

$1,355

Painting, Pins parasols, Patrick Marie

Pins parasols

Patrick Marie

Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm

$2,033

Painting, Le bouleau, Patrick Marie

Le bouleau

Patrick Marie

Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm

$2,033

Painting, Ellebores, Patrick Marie

Ellebores

Patrick Marie

Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm

$1,694

Painting, Melancholy, Oleksandra Horscroft

Melancholy

Oleksandra Horscroft

Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm

$565

Impressionism

Over 200,000 pieces. That's the number of contemporary artworks and design objects currently available on Artsper. Every day, new artists and galleries from all over the world join us and trust us to showcase their work. On Artsper, all mediums have a place of choice: painting, drawing, photography, editions and sculpture.

The generic term "contemporary art" refers to all works produced in the recent period, that is to say between the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st centuries. However, there is not only one type of contemporary art. It can cover as many forms as there are artists, if not more. Contemporary art, while taking into account the individualities and the cultural specificities, takes life at the world level, in a globalized society and constantly in movement. Thus, the materials used, the processes of creation and the subjects treated by the contemporary art works often reflect these interconnections. But one constant remains, artists perpetually question the established artistic order.

Even if they are often confused, there are many differences between modern and contemporary art, notably the idea that contemporary art works are more conceptual and privilege the creative idea to the support used.

Nevertheless, the distinction between these two movements can also be purely temporal. Any work realized after 1945 can be called "contemporary". At the beginning of the 20th century, the movements followed one another according to the revolutionary reflections of the great masters of Surrealism (Salvador Dalí, René Magritte), Cubism (Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger) and Dadaism (Marcel Duchamp). From the 1950s and 1960s, artists pushed the reflection on abstraction even further. This is the birth of minimalist art as well as conceptual art. In opposition to the abstract expressionists such as Joan Mitchell, Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock, the leaders of these movements are notably Frank Stella and Sol Lewitt.

Pop art is one of the first artistic movements to emerge from contemporary art. It was the work of a whole generation caught up in the whirlwind of consumer society. Pop art uses new technologies and very bright colors to portray (sometimes ironically) this globalized world in transition. The precursors of this pictorial technique are Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, whose modern paintings represent icons of the time such as Marilyn Monroe or Elizabeth Taylor.

Born in the 1960s in Philadelphia, street art became popular in the 1980s. Illegal and controversial at first, it now occupies a major place in modern art museums, galleries and private collections. Paintings, stencil drawings, collages, sculpture, tags, graffiti... On Artsper, discover original contemporary artworks as well as prints by the greatest street artists: Shepard Fairey (Obey), JonOne, Aiko, Miss.Tic, Jef Aérosol and many others. But our catalog also highlights young stars and talents of the emerging scene, such as Death NYC or Jérôme Mesnager.

Today, contemporary art exists in many forms, more or less inspired by the movements that have shaped modern history. The beginning of the 21st century is marked by a multidisciplinary creation, an interest for creation coming from the four corners of the world, and the emergence of markets on different continents. Contemporary artworks also denote a meteoric growth in digital art, as evidenced by the recent boom in NFTs and AI (artificial intelligence)-generated art. As with all art forms, we see a globalized interest in innovative and disruptive contemporary artworks as much as in work that aims to revive the more traditional forms of fine art.

Whether you're a budding collector or a seasoned buyer, a home decorator or an art history buff, now is the time to express your personality by exploring the collections of our 1,800 partner galleries, which are constantly being updated with new works of contemporary art. Your perfect piece is waiting for you, now it's up to you to find it!

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