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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, What was left, Michael Grine

Michael Grine

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.1 inch

€2,785

Painting, D'ivory, Nathanael Koffi

Nathanael Koffi

Painting . 55 x 46 x 1 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Painting, Pure-79, Beddru

Beddru

Painting . 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€7,450

Painting, Por Ella, Marta Breeze

Marta Breeze

Painting . 140 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€1,200

Painting, Le passage, Marc Leforestier

Marc Leforestier

Painting . 130 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€1,200 €960

Painting, Swings of Joy, Ketki Fadnis

Ketki Fadnis

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,671

Painting, Sway with me, Ketki Fadnis

Ketki Fadnis

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,671

Painting, Golden Haze, Ketki Fadnis

Ketki Fadnis

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,228

Painting, Beauty Beneath, Ketki Fadnis

Ketki Fadnis

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,671

Painting, Down to Earth, Ketki Fadnis

Ketki Fadnis

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,551

Painting, Solitude, Ketki Fadnis

Ketki Fadnis

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,551

Painting, Feeling Alive, Ketki Fadnis

Ketki Fadnis

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,228

Painting, Monsoon Rhythm, Ketki Fadnis

Ketki Fadnis

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 inch

€1,551

Painting, Root Memory, Raya Mansoor

Raya Mansoor

Painting . 127 x 82 x 2 cm Painting . 50 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch

€3,300

Painting, The Cleric, Doug Thoms

Doug Thoms

Painting . 51 x 41 x 3 cm Painting . 20.1 x 16.1 x 1.2 inch

€670

Painting, Entre mim, Teresa Carneiro

Teresa Carneiro

Painting . 140 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€7,650

Painting, Amago, Rafael Sliks

Rafael Sliks

Painting . 160 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 63 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€12,000

Painting, Planta, Diana Coanda

Diana Coanda

Painting . 81 x 54 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch

€910

Painting, Impresiones II, M Villanueva

M Villanueva

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

€2,500

Painting, 75034, GE 75

GE 75

Painting . 81 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,900

Painting, Tourbillon, Jazzu

Jazzu

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€690

Painting, Real Heart, cObo

cObo

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,700

Painting, Tropical, Tanya Lytko

Tanya Lytko

Painting . 82 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 32.3 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€900

Painting, Bibliothèque, ShuJie Wang

ShuJie Wang

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€850

Painting, Worlds, Denitsa Mihaylova

Denitsa Mihaylova

Painting . 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,150

Painting, Vanité, Florent Meyer

Florent Meyer

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

€1,200

Painting, Black Love, Dje Ozval

Dje Ozval

Painting . 148 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 58.3 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€990

Painting, La cascade, Cyril Destrade

Cyril Destrade

Painting . 180 x 130 x 1 cm Painting . 70.9 x 51.2 x 0.4 inch

€10,000

Painting, Big meeting, Kateryniuk Oleg

Kateryniuk Oleg

Painting . 140 x 195 x 2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 76.8 x 0.8 inch

€6,480

Painting, Origami, Nina Urushadze

Nina Urushadze

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

€2,800

Painting, Fantasy 1, Jumoke Oyetunde

Jumoke Oyetunde

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,811

Painting, Underwater, Simona Tsvetkova

Simona Tsvetkova

Painting . 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,450

Painting, Sting like a bee, Yuvi Gold

Yuvi Gold

Painting . 76 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 29.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€4,457