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Large Format Paintings for Sale

What do these masterpieces: Guernica (Picasso) and the Coronation of Napoleon (David) have in common? You probably have contemplated them, stunned, the first time you have seen them and will remember them for a long time. One of the reasons these paintings have put you in such a trance like state is that they have very large dimensions, if not monumental. With 27m2 for Picasso and more than 50m2 for David, they are what you call large-format painting. Try hanging them up in your living room! Thankfully, large-format painting can however have more modest dimensions without losing this esthetic bias that attracts the attention of the spectator. Artists have always known this, proportion is one of the major components of esthetic perception and an artwork with large dimensions drives a different approach from the spectator. Artsper has selected 10 artworks to show you contemporary painting has not forgotten the lesson taught by its masters.

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Painting, The Pause, Kosta Morr

Kosta Morr

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$1,045

Painting, Sans titre, Michèle DEBREZ

Michèle DEBREZ

Painting . 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

$4,646

Painting, The Beauty Within, Tatti

Tatti

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$830

Painting, Multi-Tags, Seen

Seen

Painting . 61 x 171 x 3 cm Painting . 24 x 67.3 x 1.2 inch

$4,065

Painting, Séduction, Didier Triglia

Didier Triglia

Painting . 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$4,182

Painting, Gondolo, Antonino Puliafico

Antonino Puliafico

Painting . 100 x 115 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch

$3,485

Painting, Béton, Ziké

Ziké

Painting . 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

$3,252

Painting, Solstice, Johnathan Ball

Johnathan Ball

Painting . 91.4 x 152.4 cm Painting . 36 x 60 inch

$19,412

Painting, Sainz, Valérie Durand

Valérie Durand

Painting . 85 x 64 cm Painting . 33.5 x 25.2 inch

$13,938

Painting, Aloha, Julia Guizani

Julia Guizani

Painting . 91.5 x 91.5 x 2 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 0.8 inch

$4,878

Painting, Enuma Elish 15, Alex Colard

Alex Colard

Painting . 100 x 94 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 37 x 1.2 inch

$4,118

Painting, Morocco, Nigar Helmi

Nigar Helmi

Painting . 110 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,530

Painting, Turtle, Fabien Verschaere

Fabien Verschaere

Painting . 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch

$4,646

Painting, Sola, Xavi Figueras

Xavi Figueras

Painting . 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,162

Painting, Escalier, Nick Walker

Nick Walker

Painting . 61 x 76.5 x 5.1 cm Painting . 24 x 30.1 x 2 inch

$10,454

Painting, Bouquet 45, Nathalie Maquet

Nathalie Maquet

Painting . 100 x 81 x 3.8 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.5 inch

$2,091

Painting, Untitled, Mieke Baak

Mieke Baak

Painting . 60 x 70 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

$2,904

Painting, City plan, Ronald Hunter

Ronald Hunter

Painting . 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

$2,207

Painting, Mad, Oleg Timchenko

Mad

Oleg Timchenko

Painting . 150 x 200 x 2.5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 78.7 x 1 inch

$23,231

Painting, ABSART0184, Tamer Saleh

Tamer Saleh

Painting . 61 x 46 x 3 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

$2,672

Painting, Sans titre, Jacques Rouby

Jacques Rouby

Painting . 150 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 2 inch

$11,035

Painting, No Evil, O'Neil Scott

O'Neil Scott

Painting . 200 x 100 cm Painting . 78.7 x 39.4 inch

$34,510

Painting, Amour Fusion, Nadia Zouari

Nadia Zouari

Painting . 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$1,858

Painting, Underneath, Ametza Irizar

Ametza Irizar

Painting . 146 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 57.5 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

$6,807

Painting, Osmose 06,2, Paul Gallaud

Paul Gallaud

Painting . 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$1,975

Painting, Submerged, Hsin-Yu Wang

Hsin-Yu Wang

Painting . 145.5 x 112 x 3 cm Painting . 57.3 x 44.1 x 1.2 inch

$8,828

Painting, Peonies, Sasha Miller

Sasha Miller

Painting . 50.8 x 50.8 x 3 cm Painting . 20 x 20 x 1.2 inch

$11,383

Painting, Sin título, Montse Tomé

Montse Tomé

Painting . 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,045