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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, Back, Nathan Chantob

Nathan Chantob

Painting . 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch

€7,500

Painting, Sans titre, Maurice Falise

Maurice Falise

Painting . 146 x 114 x 0.2 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.1 inch

€20,000

Painting, Rouge Désir, Fabio Purino

Fabio Purino

Painting . 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,200 €900

Painting, Ekassa, Barnabas Macauley

Barnabas Macauley

Painting . 121.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 60 x 1.5 inch

€2,785

Painting, Walking On, Petra Schott

Petra Schott

Painting . 125 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting . 49.2 x 59.1 x 0 inch

€5,800

Painting, Vinyl, Oleksandra Hrebelna

Oleksandra Hrebelna

Painting . 125 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 49.2 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Painting, Manzana, En Blanco

En Blanco

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

€1,442

Painting, Elsewhere, Hua Qing

Hua Qing

Painting . 145 x 165 x 5 cm Painting . 57.1 x 65 x 2 inch

€35,100

Painting, The Sage’s Tale, Hua Qing

Hua Qing

Painting . 180 x 160 x 5 cm Painting . 70.9 x 63 x 2 inch

€46,200

Painting, My Teachings, Hua Qing

Hua Qing

Painting . 195 x 155 x 5 cm Painting . 76.8 x 61 x 2 inch

€44,500

Painting, Listen to Me, Hua Qing

Hua Qing

Painting . 180 x 160 x 5 cm Painting . 70.9 x 63 x 2 inch

€42,800

Painting, History, Hua Qing

Hua Qing

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

€34,200

Painting, Astonishment, Hua Qing

Hua Qing

Painting . 125 x 145 x 5 cm Painting . 49.2 x 57.1 x 2 inch

€26,100

Painting, Spring Gaze, Hua Qing

Hua Qing

Painting . 130 x 110 x 5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 43.3 x 2 inch

€21,000

Painting, Spring Gaze, Hua Qing

Hua Qing

Painting . 110 x 130 x 5 cm Painting . 43.3 x 51.2 x 2 inch

€21,000

Painting, Dancers, Thandazani Ndlovu

Thandazani Ndlovu

Painting . 170 x 180 x 1 cm Painting . 66.9 x 70.9 x 0.4 inch

€3,000

Painting, Le Paysage, Mathilde Schmill

Mathilde Schmill

Painting . 120 x 160 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 63 x 1.6 inch

€2,000

Painting, Sunbath, Ludovic Thiriez

Ludovic Thiriez

Painting . 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,250

Painting, The fall, Thandazani Ndlovu

Thandazani Ndlovu

Painting . 170 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 66.9 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€2,800

Painting, Evening, Marta Zawadzka

Marta Zawadzka

Painting . 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,700

Painting, Luxury fruit, Hector Prado

Hector Prado

Painting . 152 x 76 x 3 cm Painting . 59.8 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch

€9,100

Painting, La jarre, Rachel Daireaux

Rachel Daireaux

Painting . 115 x 146 x 5 cm Painting . 45.3 x 57.5 x 2 inch

€6,900

Painting, Looking back, Erró

Erró

Painting . 81 x 119 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 46.9 x 1.2 inch

€35,000

Painting, Clara, Marie-Ange Daudé

Marie-Ange Daudé

Painting . 80 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€2,200

Painting, What We Love, Petra Schott

Petra Schott

Painting . 195 x 145 x 0.1 cm Painting . 76.8 x 57.1 x 0 inch

€7,770

Painting, Pearls, Inga Makarova

Inga Makarova

Painting . 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€5,900

Painting, Nuit, Sérgio Ferro

Sérgio Ferro

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

€14,000

Painting, paradis perdu, Igor Bitman

Igor Bitman

Painting . 100 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€15,000

Painting, Show, Juliane Hundertmark

Juliane Hundertmark

Painting . 150 x 170 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 66.9 x 1.2 inch

€12,000

Painting, Goal, Juliane Hundertmark

Juliane Hundertmark

Painting . 150 x 165 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 65 x 1.2 inch

€11,500

Painting, High hopes, Mazzarella Walter

Mazzarella Walter

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

€5,000 €3,500

Painting, Surface, Bill Bate

Bill Bate

Painting . 92 x 122 x 4 cm Painting . 36.2 x 48 x 1.6 inch

€3,435

Painting, 116_LD, Silas

Silas

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€3,700

Painting, Venus, Rusudan Zviadadze

Rusudan Zviadadze

Painting . 180 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 70.9 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€2,000