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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, It never ends, Cope2

Cope2

Painting . 119 x 134 x 3 cm Painting . 46.9 x 52.8 x 1.2 inch

$8,612

Painting, Shining bright, JonOne

JonOne

Painting . 162 x 98 x 4 cm Painting . 63.8 x 38.6 x 1.6 inch

$27,559

Painting, MP670, Mathieu Leenaert

Mathieu Leenaert

Painting . 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,445

Painting, Garlaban, Silvio Mildo

Silvio Mildo

Painting . 116 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 31.9 x 1 inch

$4,421

Painting, MNP, Marie-Ange Daudé

MNP

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 160 x 90 x 6 cm Painting . 63 x 35.4 x 2.4 inch

$2,182

Painting, Combo 6, Isabelle Hamard

Isabelle Hamard

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch

$1,665

Painting, Rimbaud, Jef Aérosol

Jef Aérosol

Painting . 180 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 70.9 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

$12,631

Painting, Panther, Onemizer

Onemizer

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

$25,836

Painting, La femme violette, Dejoux

Dejoux

Painting . 90 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

$5,512

Painting, Les girls, Géraldine G.

Géraldine G.

Painting . 80 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

$5,167

Painting, La baigneuse, Jack Gage

Jack Gage

Painting . 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

$3,330

Painting, Tío Rico, Alberto Ricardo

Alberto Ricardo

Painting . 130 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 0 inch

$1,722

Painting, Icare, Hom Nguyen

Hom Nguyen

Painting . 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch

$25,147

Painting, The Feast, Daria Okhrimenko

Daria Okhrimenko

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

$2,411

Painting, L'instant bleu, Luc Mora

Luc Mora

Painting . 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch

$1,143

Painting, Circus, Noran Mansour

Noran Mansour

Painting . 100 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 x 0 inch

$2,067

Painting, Afterglow, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting . 114 x 195 x 2 cm Painting . 44.9 x 76.8 x 0.8 inch

$8,957

Painting, Wax, Mateo Andrea

Wax

Mateo Andrea

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

$4,478

Painting, NYC Girl, Jef Aérosol

Jef Aérosol

Painting . 160 x 120 x 5 cm Painting . 63 x 47.2 x 2 inch

$14,354

Painting, Un monde parfait, Freddy

Freddy

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

$1,481

Painting, The gun, Erró

Erró

Painting . 162 x 97 cm Painting . 63.8 x 38.2 inch

$86,121

Painting, Novecento, Clet Abraham

Clet Abraham

Painting . 100 x 180 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch

$17,224

Painting, Joy factory!, Marta Zawadzka

Marta Zawadzka

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

$6,316

Painting, Which way I, Rashid Diab

Rashid Diab

Painting . 103.5 x 157 x 1 cm Painting . 40.7 x 61.8 x 0.4 inch

$33,300

Painting, Paris, Josep Teixido

Josep Teixido

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

$5,167

Painting, E82, Stéphane Rime

E82

Stéphane Rime

Painting . 89 x 116 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 1 inch

$1,091

Painting, Menine, Hanna Sidorowicz

Hanna Sidorowicz

Painting . 160 x 160 x 3.5 cm Painting . 63 x 63 x 1.4 inch

$14,468

Painting, Untitled, Nino Tolomashvili

Nino Tolomashvili

Painting . 180 x 170 x 3 cm Painting . 70.9 x 66.9 x 1.2 inch

$919

Painting, Baker Kanté, Lucas Lamenha

Lucas Lamenha

Painting . 122 x 91 x 1 cm Painting . 48 x 35.8 x 0.4 inch

$10,909

Painting, Trinity, Philippe Huart

Philippe Huart

Painting . 124 x 114 cm Painting . 48.8 x 44.9 inch

$10,909

Painting, Andy Warhol X..., Edu Danesi

Edu Danesi

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

$5,236

Painting, Summertime, Gloria Feijóo

Gloria Feijóo

Painting . 150 x 180 x 1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 70.9 x 0.4 inch

$2,870

Painting, MB 88, Méryl B

Méryl B

Painting . 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch

$976

Painting, Untitled 13175, Seen

Seen

Painting . 41 x 137 cm Painting . 16.1 x 53.9 inch

$1,722 $1,378