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Paintings For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: 1930s
"The Last" Citrus Elegance Still Life Oil Canvas
Located in Denver, CO
"The Last," a 2013 oil on canvas by Victoria Novak, is a testament to the timeless beauty and elegance of still life painting. Measuring 19.70 x 39.40 i...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
On a Foggy Morning
By Mimi Jensen
Located in Burlingame, CA
Sophisticated shades of grey and white with a single red rose still life with morning coffee / tea. Wonderful complex patterns throughout the tablecloth and shadows in the meticulous...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Glimmer" (2024) Oil Painting by Karen Offutt, Nude Female Portrait
By Karen Offutt
Located in Denver, CO
Karen Offutt's (US based) "Glimmer" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude female wearing a translucent robe, posing with her arms above her head. The painting is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Young Warrior" Contemporary Portrait of a Black Figure in Red Holding a Spear
By Buford Evans
Located in Houston, TX
Figurative portrait painting by Houston-based artist Buford Evans. The work features a black figure dressed in red holding a spear. Signed and dated by the artist in the front lower ...
Category
Early 2000s Naturalistic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Geometric 3077" Abstract Mixed Media Layered Composition on Baltic Birch Panel
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts an abstract composition with the use of mixed media and bold patterns producing a work that is visually textured and rich with layers, as Owen creates an intricate geometric minimalistic composition. Even though this work has a rustic and heavily textured quality, the final result is intended to appear quiet to reflect a more minimal outlook on life and art. Creating a piece that allows us to escape the technological realm, contemplate modern living and nature and then communicate how each domain influences another. Her piece aims to engage the viewer with an emotional and environmental disposition that evokes a sense of balance and tranquility in the modern world. This unique work is executed on 1.5 depth baltic birch panel, and signed and titled by the artist on verso.
Art measures 36 x 36 inches
A native New Yorker, Christie Owen...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel, Resin, Pencil
Horizontes de Agua, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
Located in Mexico City, MX
Horizontes de Agua, 2023
Contemporary Mexican Art, Abstract Painting
Acrylic on canvas
120x100cm
Signed and dated
Yumnia's artistic journey is deeply rooted in the landscapes of Na...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"umbrella girl in the rain " RK3D, Abstract, Painting, 21st Century, Acrylic
By Roger König
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany. König combines modern painting with acrylic with old techniques and in this way, h...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Clay, Acrylic
Ballerina - unique painting by Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Gracious ballerina, in a moment of silence and meditation. Part of my "Nude in Interior" series
Original painting, one a kind. No need for frame. Shipping directly from the artist's studio, stretched, wide stretcher.
15.7x15.7x2in / 40x40x5cm
Free shipping special!
"As a woman artist I’ve been preoccupied with the female form and imagery. My goal is to capture the nude’s relation to the surrounding space and the solitary moments.
My interest turned from depicting the space to depicting the atmosphere, and the feeling a woman adds to the environment: warmth, joy, a feeling of power and control, or the opposite – sadness, despair.
The human figure is more present than ever in my paintings."
Paula Craioveanu
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
1930's British Oil Painting Portrait of Westminster School Boy in Uniform
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Young Westminster"
by Kathleen Emily Temple-Bird (British 1879 - 1962)
signed and dated 1931
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 33 x 24
canvas: 29 x 20 inches
condition: very go...
Category
1930s English School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled 03 [Dissecting the Unknown 03] - Contemporary, Black, Monochrome
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Untitled 03 [Dissecting the Unknown 03], 2015
Mixed technique: oil paint, adhesive on canvas
(Signed on reverse)
9 27/32 H x 7 7/8 W in
25 H x 20 W cm
Zsolt Berszán’s work speaks of...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Adhesive, Oil
![Untitled 03 [Dissecting the Unknown 03] - Contemporary, Black, Monochrome](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/zsolt-berszan-paintings-untitled-03-dissecting-the-unknown-03-contemporary-black-monochrome-for-sale/a_6863/1594129658318/Untitled_03_mixed_technique_on_canvas_24x18cm_2015_master.jpg?width=240 "Zsolt Berszán - Untitled 03 [Dissecting the Unknown 03] - Contemporary, Black, Monochrome")
Landscape from Nordingrå, 1935 by Ultramarine Johansson
Located in Stockholm, SE
Carl Johansson, also known as "Ultramarin Johansson," was a Swedish artist born in 1863 and known for his distinctive blue-toned paintings. His work often depicted landscapes, seascapes, and cityscapes, capturing the beauty and essence of Sweden's natural landscapes.
We are proud to offer one of his late works from 1935 for sale. This painting depicts a beautiful landscape from Nordingrå, a small village situated on the High coast of Sweden. The beauty of Nordingrå has captured many artists in the 19th-century, inspiring many famous painters, including Helmer Osslund...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Out of Step" by Hiroshi Sato - Abstract Geometric Still Life Oil Painting, 2025
Located in Denver, CO
Hiroshi Sato’s "Out of Step" (2025) is a masterful oil painting that showcases his signature geometric abstraction blended with a refined still life composition. Measuring 30 x 24 in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Impressionistic Seascape Nocturne Painting Michael Budden Moonlight Sailing
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Moonrise Sailing oil/panel 8 x 6 image, 11.63 x 9.63 framed
Moonrise Sailing is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Tamara de Lempicka 'Young Lady with Gloves'" Contemporary Pixelated Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary pop art inspired pixelated abstraction of Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka's painting 'Young Lady with Gloves.' Similar to pointillism, the individual hand-painted block...
Category
2010s Pop Art Paintings
Materials
Enamel
"Mrs. Kennedy" Neo-Expressionist Oil Painting in Blue Background on Wood Panel
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of Mrs. Kennedy. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of Cobalt blue oil...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Sun Scorched Spanish Hill Top Perched Village, signed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Spanish School, signed and dated
Title: Sun Scorched village
Medium: signed oil painting on board, framed
framed: 10.5 x 14 inches
board: 8 x 11.75 inches
Provena...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Finishing Touch", Abstract Collage painting
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary abstract painting by Jill haas features a contemporary style, often exploring themes of introspection and emotion through abstract forms and thoughtful color palett...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Pit Pony, Contemporary Abstract Painting.
By David Harper
Located in Brecon, Powys
‘Pit Pony’ My abstract artwork celebrating the Pit Ponies who worked the coal mines of Britain during the Industrial Revolution. Painted as a Celtic War Horse surrounded by the sight...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Gone but not forgotten Pocket Paintings set, Still life, Original
Located in Deddington, GB
Forget me nots and Night light Series.
There are 2 paintings in this series.
Pocket Night Light is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting serie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pear Blush Pocket Painting 7c
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Blush Pear 7c is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
o.T. (BLF15SQ10) small blue contemporary modern wall sculpture painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
o.T. (BLF15SQ10) is a unique small size contemporary modern wall sculpture painting relief by German artist Dieter Kränzlein. This sculpture relief is carved from a single block of l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Limestone
Vertical Weight, Abstract Large Original Painting on Canvas, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Voskan Galstian
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 2024
Style: Abstract Art,
Title: Vertical Weight,
Size: 40" x 58" ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
LADY IN BLACK-In the Manner of G. Bodini Italy figurative oil on canvas painting
Located in Napoli, IT
LADY IN BLACK - Oil on canvas painting, Eugenio De Blasi, Italy, 2011
This is his reinterpretation of a greatest old master painting by Giovanni Boldini.
Gold leaf gilded and mohogan...
Category
Early 2000s Italian School Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
She's Always Behind My Back -21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Love, Family
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The painting is about the human relationship between brothers and sisters, spiritually, emotionally, and physically. How they fought, stood, and supported each other with love, shari...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Untitled 02 - Contemporary, Abstract, Black, Monochrome, Organic
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Untitled 02, 2015-16
Oil on canvas (signed on reverse)
13.77 H x 9.84 W in.
35 H x 25 W cm
The notion of “abjection”, which at the beginnings referred to the idea of spirit degradat...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self-Portrait with Mouth Open - Oil Paint by Francesco Clemente - 2002
Located in Roma, IT
Self-portrait with mouth open is an artwork realized by Francesco Clemente in 2002.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
The artwork included authenticity certificate on photograp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nude in the Mirror original oil on canvas
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Nude in the Mirror" is inspired by Magritte's "The Lovers" painted in 1928 in his Surrealist period.
Original, unique painting.
70x60cm / 27.5x23.5in
Part of the "Nude in Interi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
''Eos'' Contemporary Underwater Portrait Painting, Girl Swimming in Pool
By Amy Devlin
Located in Utrecht, NL
Amy Devlin portrays people, animals, or nature in her works. But what really matters to her is light and water, which she wants to capture in the form of a physical memory. By following her passion for paint, she tries to represent reality and thereby express her feeling in the expressive colors she uses. Her paintings show a fascination with the movement and texture of water, which is depicted in vivid colors in her works. Her hybrid painting style combines realism with impressionism in a very interesting way, providing a different view of the world and our memories of it. Devlin loves the unexpected, looks at things from a crazy angle and imagines. Since 2014 she mainly paints underwater portraits...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Framed Contemporary Pop Oil Painting. Transparencies. Condom as Candy Salted Gum
By María Magán
Located in FISTERRA, ES
In Chicle de Sal I, (Salted Chewing Gum), María Magán transforms a crumpled condom into a hyper-realistic oil painting that mimics the appearance of a chewed piece of gum. Framed in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
At The Warehouse - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman, Dog
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
FREE Shipping Worldwide
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Spiritual angel oil pastel painting on heavyweight paper "Angel of Light"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"Angel of Light" is a deeply spiritual artwork that carries a profound personal meaning. During times of crisis or difficult challenges, we often seek comfort in the invisible forces...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Paper
Nude with Lemons-original figurative cubism still life painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
Enter a world of sensuous allure and tantalizing simplicity with Borja Guijarro’s captivating painting, “Nude with Lemons.” This original cubist figurative masterpiece invites viewer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Interior Space#2 Sea, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The shimmering sea peeks through a beach house and offers a glimpse of its tranquil beauty. The floor, wall, and ceiling lead to the water, creating a seamles...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Basquiat's Language
Located in Atlanta, GA
This item is in excellent condition and has only been displayed in a gallery setting.
Jose Cortez is one of the principal professors at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes del Per...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Abstract impressionist portrait of Frida Kahlo "Dreaming with Frida" on canvas
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"Dreaming with Frida" is a contemporary, faceless abstract portrait of Frida Kahlo by French artist Natalya Mougenot. Blending elements of impressionism and expressionism, the work r...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ABSTRACT Geometric Forms Red Colors Angela Mena Spanish Contemporary Artist
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Impressionistic Autumn Landscape Oil Painting Michael Budden Early Autumn Farm
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Early Autumn Farm
oil on canvas/panel
10 x 16 image size unframed, 15.38 x 21.38 x 1 framed
Early Autumn Farm is a beautiful impressionistic landscape oil painting that I did on loca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bobby - Large Scale Colorful Original Pop Art Textured Portrait Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Alea Pinar Du Pre's original mixed media artworks portray human figures in a graphic pop-realist style. An enterprising autodidact merging technology and fine art, her vibrant contemporary pop-figurative artworks colorfully explore the territory between human reality and artificial reality. Her paintings portray the fact that our perceptions of solid reality are deceptively virtual. This unique collage is a part of her "Snapshot" series, as she explains:
"We consist of the same atoms, created billions of years ago in a supernova. And here we are living and breathing and experiencing life, and we think we are all so different. I think we are all the same, it’s just that are masks and poses are different. I love humanity and this game we are playing. With snapshot I am trying to capture the unawareness of the fact that we are the greatest wonder of the universe".
This one-of-a-kind 68 inch tall by 52 inch wide vertical artwork includes bright neon colors and sparkle. Pinar Du Pre's fusion of materials - acrylics, printed elements, and layers of gilt captured under an epoxy lens - represents the layered reality she aims to depict. The sides of this canvas are painted metallic and it does not require framing. Pinar Du Pre has signed, titled, and dated this original artwork...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Glitter
Untitled LXXIII by Ferle - Large abstract painting, vivid tones, spiritual, red
By Elvire Ferle
Located in Paris, FR
Untitled LXXIII is a unique oil on free-standing canvas painting by contemporary artist Ferle, dimensions are 200 cm × 140 cm (78.7 × 55.1 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed a...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunny Golden Autumn - original autumn landscape painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sunny colours of the autumn plein-air painting will always give you only positive emotions and good mood, the artwork is full of yellow, red, orange colors, that's why golden autumn ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Blushing Pears, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Two pears rest on a wooden surface. The light accentuates their blemished yellow skin with reddish blush, along with their curvy form. A curling leaf adorns one...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled 120 - Contemporary abstract graphical painting by Rikke Bjørn
Located in DE
Rikke Bjørn
As a Danish artist based in Copenhagen, Rikke’s work revolves around the exploration of geometric compositions, where colour, shape, and surface converge. Through non-ob...
Category
2010s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Spring Trees, 2020-2025 - Large Green + White Abstract Oil Painting with Trees
By Daisy Cook
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Spring Trees, 2020-2025
signed, dated and titled on the reverse
oil on canvas
152 x 145 cm
59 7/8 x 57 1/8 in
Daisy Cook is a British painter of landscape and still life.
Cook crea...
Category
2010s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Yijian Wang Contemporary Original Oil On Canvas "Cloud II"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Cloud II
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 19 x 23.5 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rolling On Currents of Time
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery setting. Please note that given the characteristics of the silver and gold leafing the work will photogr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Cloud Study", contemporary, abstract, landscape, blue, white, acrylic painting
Located in Natick, MA
C. Clinton's "Cloud Study" is a fresh, contemporary take on landscape painting that explores subtle variations of color and transparency reflected as abstract forms. This 15 x 16 in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
“One Lover Carries Another” Contemporary Colorful Yellow Toned Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary abstract painting by Houston, TX artist Tra' Slaughter. The painting features two amorphous circles balanced on each other set against a light yellow background. Signed,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
American Impressionist New England Rockport Bernard Corey Oil Painting Farm
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
American, 1914-2000
Rural Farm in Summer
15. 38 x 20 .25 x 1.25 framed, Hackman frame
Bernard Corey (1914-2000), known for his delicate New England landscapes, is considered one ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Naturea's Duality, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This abstract painting captures the striking contrast between a restless sky and the quiet strength of the land below. Storm clouds churn in layered blues and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vulnerability, 100x100cm, acrylic, oil, canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Vulnerability, 100x100cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Quadrivium 80" 2025 acrylic and collage on paper
Located in New York, NY
Peter Stephens
Quadrivium 80, 2025
acrylic and collage on paper
30 x 22 in.
image size: 16 x 16 in
(ste029)
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"In the Room Where You Sleep" by Daire Lynch, Original Oil Painting, Nude Female
By Daire Lynch
Located in Denver, CO
"In the Room Where You Sleep" by Daire Lynch (Ireland based) is an original oil, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas that depicts a red haired nude model in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Rose Bleed Wide Footer - Contemporary Sage Jade Green Pale Pink Yupo Paper, 2022
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary abstract poured painting on paper, Rose Bleed (Wide Footer) by Susan English is a wonderful play of color, light, and composition. The layers of English's tinted polymer on Yupo paper create the depth and smooth, glossy surface textures throughout the painting. The rose shade...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic Polymer
Wish You Were Here - Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Realistic Girl Portrait
By Kamil Lisek
Located in Salzburg, AT
KAMIL LISEK (born in 1980) Studied under the guidance of prof. Maciej Świeszewski at the faculty of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. He graduated with distinction obta...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
2074. From The ONE Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
2074, 2022 by Salvatore Arnone
From the ONE series
Ink and acrylic on canvas
Image size: 90 H x 90 W cm.
Unframed
Unique
Despite photography remains his main form of expression, the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media
Original Modern Contemporary painting on canvas, Abstract, Fantasy style, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale Original Abstract Acrylic Painting on canvas in a fantasy abstract style. A unique technique, very colorful. An unusual combination of colors, a flow from sharp to soft s...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Composition in Blue and Green- 21st Century Dutch Realistic Still-life painting
By Henk Boon
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Henk Boon
Composition in Blue and Green
Oil on canvas on wood
100 x 120 cm
Frame included 107 x 127 cm
The still-life paintings of Dutch painter Henk Boon ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
Children at Low Tide, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero shares a tender moment of children swimming by the sea. Part of a series of summer paintings that explo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
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Cave walls were the canvases for what were arguably the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict natural scenery through art. Portrait paintings and drawings, which, along with sculpture, were how someone’s appearance was recorded prior to the advent of photography, are at least as old as Ancient Egypt. In the Netherlands, landscapes were a major theme for painters as early as the 1500s. Later, artists in Greece, Rome and elsewhere created vast wall paintings to decorate stately homes, churches and tombs.
Today, creating a wall of art is a wonderful way to enhance your space, showcase beautiful pieces and tie an interior design together.
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