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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, Le Blouson, Helen Uter

Helen Uter

Painting . 120 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

$2,323

Painting, Stand Up, Kspersee

Kspersee

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$494

Painting, Gleichzeit 6/20, Ernst Wolf

Ernst Wolf

Painting . 35 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 13.8 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

$2,323

Painting, Heidi, Emma Uber

Emma Uber

Painting . 101.6 x 74.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 40 x 29.5 x 2 inch

$5,608

Painting, Terligua Creek, Carla Bosch

Carla Bosch

Painting . 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,917

Painting, Colours of you, Maria Esmar

Maria Esmar

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

$2,317

Painting, Armenia, Kamsar Ohanyan

Kamsar Ohanyan

Painting . 70 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

$929

Painting, Dreamer 3, Yigit Dundar

Yigit Dundar

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

$1,078

Painting, Lovefall, Dzovig Arnelian

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 63 x 57 x 0.5 cm Painting . 24.8 x 22.4 x 0.2 inch

$1,078

Painting, Gahboy, Lyle Carbajal

Lyle Carbajal

Painting . 101 x 121 x 6 cm Painting . 39.8 x 47.6 x 2.4 inch

$5,227

Painting, Hit Home, Andrew Weir

Andrew Weir

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

$3,717

Painting, Ohne Titel, Olivier Furter

Olivier Furter

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

$2,091

Painting, Portrait No.3, Zenan Fu

Zenan Fu

Painting . 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

$85,489

Painting, Yang, Tiago Magro

Tiago Magro

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 2 inch

$4,853

Painting, Riverbank, Joe Coffey

Joe Coffey

Painting . 101.6 x 111.1 cm Painting . 40 x 43.75 inch

$6,336

Painting, Untitled, Oleg Grunzovsky

Oleg Grunzovsky

Painting . 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

$627

Painting, Trois grâces 3, B.AX

B.AX

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

$1,150

Painting, Epure en rouge, Jean Legros

Jean Legros

Painting . 56 x 63 x 1.5 cm Painting . 22 x 24.8 x 0.6 inch

$1,011

Painting, Ocean Eyes, Adewale Adeyemi

Adewale Adeyemi

Painting . 91.44 x 73.66 x 8 cm Painting . 36 x 29 x 3.1 inch

$1,941

Painting, Portrait, Aleksandr Ilichev

Aleksandr Ilichev

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

$3,949 $3,554

Painting, Havre serein, Pierrick Tual

Pierrick Tual

Painting . 120 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$2,672

Painting, Abisko, Amelia Coward

Amelia Coward

Painting . 70 x 70 x 1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

$3,020

Painting, Output 6, Mark Hellbusch

Mark Hellbusch

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

$1,731

Painting, Passage II, Maike Eilers

Maike Eilers

Painting . 160 x 110 x 3 cm Painting . 63 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch

$3,485

Painting, Mask, Tarek

Tarek

Painting . 94 x 74 x 2 cm Painting . 37 x 29.1 x 0.8 inch

$4,646

Painting, Sans titre I, Yanhong Hu

Yanhong Hu

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

$3,717

Painting, Sisterly Love, Marta Breeze

Marta Breeze

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

$1,394

Painting, Drunk Bart, Bottl3man

Bottl3man

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1.8 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch

$2,207

Painting, Mistral, Hugo Leboeuf

Hugo Leboeuf

Painting . 100 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

$1,045