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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, Hilaire, Sébastien Allart

Sébastien Allart

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch

$2,207

Painting, Cosmic girl, Britt

Britt

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

$2,091

Painting, Flower Cat, David Kaye

David Kaye

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

$10,785

Painting, Présence, Serge Helholc

Serge Helholc

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

$2,207

Painting, Négatif, Zenoy

Zenoy

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

$8,711

Painting, Untitled, Anna Liedtke

Anna Liedtke

Painting . 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

$2,323

Painting, KH#309, Klaus Hoffmann

Klaus Hoffmann

Painting . 70 x 80 x 4.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 31.5 x 1.8 inch

$1,568

Painting, Untitled, Juan Carlos Romano

Juan Carlos Romano

Painting . 99.5 x 99.5 x 2 cm Painting . 39.2 x 39.2 x 0.8 inch

$7,550

Painting, Japon Times, Bald

Bald

Painting . 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$2,788

Painting, Purple Spirit, Emily Starck

Emily Starck

Painting . 97 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 38.2 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

$2,788

Painting, Pop Lips, Sagrasse

Sagrasse

Painting . 60 x 60 x 7 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 2.8 inch

$697

Painting, Resilienza, Silvio Porzionato

Silvio Porzionato

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

$16,842 $10,105

Painting, Passion, H.E. Kuckein

H.E. Kuckein

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 2 inch

$7,603

Painting, Fragments #2, Tanc

Tanc

Painting . 160 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 63 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

$15,100

Painting, Chairs, Vitaliy Lishko

Vitaliy Lishko

Painting . 100 x 180 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch

$3,252

Painting, Bye, Derek Aylward

Bye

Derek Aylward

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.54 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 1 inch

$7,549 $6,794

Painting, Femme, Sana Hichri

Sana Hichri

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

$9,292

Painting, Paysages 337, Yongmin Huang

Yongmin Huang

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

$3,020

Painting, Composition 307, Xiu

Xiu

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

$2,323 $2,091

Painting, Paysage 202, Boxi Chen

Boxi Chen

Painting . 30 x 130 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 51.2 x 0.4 inch

$1,150

Painting, Blue Thames, Brian Elwell

Brian Elwell

Painting . 30 x 91 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 35.8 x 0.4 inch

$2,611

Painting, 3 figures, Alain Rothstein

Alain Rothstein

Painting . 66 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 26 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

$2,091

Painting, Bleu traffic, Nicolas Monjo

Nicolas Monjo

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch

$3,949

Painting, White Paris, Ivan Pylypenko

Ivan Pylypenko

Painting . 55 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 21.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$1,655

Painting, Tokyo, Mea Ambrozo

Mea Ambrozo

Painting . 55 x 38 x 1 cm Painting . 21.7 x 15 x 0.4 inch

$3,485

Painting, Une Presence, Turik&Art

Turik&Art

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

$5,227

Painting, Resilience, Jalina Nikityuk

Jalina Nikityuk

Painting . 60 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch

$523

Painting, Ballerina, Bolaji Taiwo

Bolaji Taiwo

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch

$2,480

Painting, Spirit Snake, Hongda

Hongda

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

$3,949

Painting, Pink Queen, Marta Zawadzka

Marta Zawadzka

Painting . 90 x 80 x 2.2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.9 inch

$3,136

Painting, Ancrage 2, Laurent Dorchin

Laurent Dorchin

Painting . 116 x 89 x 4 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.6 inch

$3,717

Painting, The Thrill, Antonina Bormova

Antonina Bormova

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

$1,103

Painting, Pinky Jungle, Milan Sopko

Milan Sopko

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

$4,646

Painting, Mrs on Red, Piotr Piskorz

Piotr Piskorz

Painting . 54 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 21.3 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

$290