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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, Untitled X, Ya-Wei Li

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 199 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 78.3 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

$16,958

Painting, Supper, Ya-Wei Li

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 199 x 199 x 4 cm Painting . 78.3 x 78.3 x 1.6 inch

$22,418

Painting, The Secular Bird, Ya-Wei Li

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 190 x 160 x 4 cm Painting . 74.8 x 63 x 1.6 inch

$17,191

Painting, Beauty abstract, Dorit Levi

Dorit Levi

Painting . 101.6 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 40 x 48 x 1 inch

$11,863

Painting, Desperate Wedding, Ya-Wei Li

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 200 x 180 x 4 cm Painting . 78.7 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch

$20,559

Painting, White Skelton, Ya-Wei Li

Ya-Wei Li

Painting . 150 x 160 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 63 x 1.6 inch

$13,590

Painting, Rheinschiefer, Frank Suplie

Frank Suplie

Painting . 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

$18,585

Painting, Le masque, Zafi

Zafi

Painting . 150 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

$19,165

Painting, Défendez-moi 16, Stratos

Stratos

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

$9,873

Painting, Ellipses, Giorgio Lo Fermo

Giorgio Lo Fermo

Painting . 150 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

$2,555

Painting, Jackson 4, Peter Soriano

Peter Soriano

Painting . 68.5 x 159 cm Painting . 27 x 62.6 inch

$5,078

Painting, Epidemic, MariLizz

MariLizz

Painting . 120 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1 inch

$830

Painting, Red city, MariLizz

MariLizz

Painting . 120 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1 inch

$830

Painting, Untitled, Vahan Roumelian

Vahan Roumelian

Painting . 160 x 190 x 2 cm Painting . 63 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch

$8,363 $7,109

Painting, Quartet, Rachel Isadora

Rachel Isadora

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

$3,437

Painting, Albachiara, Olga Marciano

Olga Marciano

Painting . 150 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

$11,615

Painting, Feisty Signal, Hal Mayforth

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 116.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 46 x 30 x 0.1 inch

$5,392

Painting, Thumbs Up, Hal Mayforth

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 78.7 x 116.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31 x 46 x 0.1 inch

$5,392

Painting, Mon monde..., Géraldine G.

Géraldine G.

Painting . 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

$4,646

Painting, Al-Batín, Marta Aguirre

Marta Aguirre

Painting . 146 x 114 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 inch

$6,621

Painting, Night Spirits, Janise Yntema

Janise Yntema

Painting . 84 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting . 33.1 x 47.2 x 0 inch

$10,447

Painting, Silence en cage, Eric Doisy

Eric Doisy

Painting . 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$2,393

Painting, Totem muet, Eric Doisy

Eric Doisy

Painting . 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

$2,288