Contemporary Portrait Paintings
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
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Style: Contemporary
Jardim das Fragilidades
Located in Porto, 13
Jardim das Fragilidades by Ritchelly Oliveira unveils a captivating portrayal that interlaces themes of vulnerability and beauty. At the core of the composition stands a man, his sta...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
They didn't teach me how to be loved
Located in Porto, 13
"They Didn't Teach Me How to Be Loved" by Ritchelly Oliveira is a poignant depiction that explores themes of love, vulnerability, and the absence of guidance. Against a backdrop of p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Insomnia
Located in Porto, 13
"Insomnia" by Ritchelly Oliveira is a thought-provoking painting that draws viewers into the depths of the human psyche. Against a white background, the central focus of the artwork ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Kings of the Renaissance Mohammad Ariyaei Contemporary Iranian art oriental art
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Hand-signed
Unique work
THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS OF MOHAMMAD ARIYAEI
" Gentleness and oriental wisdom follow the supercharged bubbling to which we were ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled - Woman, nude portrait, figurative oil painting, blue & black
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Using pure oil paint, which gives the artwork its unique texture, the artist manages to use two particularly difficult colors to work with: black and blue. In his composition, he cre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The pig and the bird of prey Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting red oil
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting on canvas
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Unique work
News from Eéa
“At the time of the last cosmogony I heard from Eéa
In the middle of the water, an island sur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Old Man
Located in New York, NY
2020, Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Baiser passionné (Passionate kiss)
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular oil and acrylic painting by artist Wenyu Zhu. This work shows a passionate kiss of two people interwoven together by many red threads. The symbol of red thread can be traced...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
Splinters of a Secret Sky - Splinters
Located in New York, NY
Signed (on verso): AF/2021
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Oil, Acrylic
NYC Man. Contemporary Hyper-realist Portrait
Located in London, GB
Jeremy Andrews
Contemporary
NYC Man
Oil on canvas, signed
Image size: 85 x 92 ¼ inches
Framed
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Palimpsest" Painting, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Crystals on Canvas, Earth Tones
Located in New York, NY
I am inspired by ornament, an ancient visual language used in various cultures for centuries."
Sarupa Sidaarth (Indian, b.1976) studied at Sir J.J. School of Art and received her MFA at Academy of Art in San Francisco. Her studio practice flows predominantly from an intuitive and emotional approach. Inspired by ornament, her latest body of work explores social issues through the examination of creative and artistic practices. She engages in a thought-provoking dialogue and emphasizes on the idea of peaceful coexistence. Her work has been exhibited extensively in India, Europe and United States, including at the Bombay Sapphire...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic
The mole hour Nicolas Kennett Contemporary painting insect animal art nature
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on wood panel
Unique work
Hand-signed on the back by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Brazilian Girls
Located in Miami, FL
Camila Rosa is a Brazilian Artist and Illustrator based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
She started her life as an artist in 2010 with a female street art collective and since then she has wor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dude
By Paul Fuentes
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas. Man on beach.
About the artist:
“There's a dry ironic twist to Paul’s paintings that give the work — while realistic — a postmodern f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Crying Clown
Located in New York, NY
Portrait
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Butterfly - Contemporary art, Portrait, Figurative
Located in Coquitlam, BC
Artist: Liang Li
Born in 1985 Henan China, and currently living in Beijing
In 2003, he joined the Basic Department of CAFA Modeling
In 2004, he joined the Second Studio of Oil Painti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Like Water Flows Around Rocks -21st Cent, Contemporary Painting, Modern Portrait
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"The paintings are built up in layer upon layer of paint which give the pieces great depth of field. They are created with an arsenal of tools that doesn't settle with convention. As...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
"CARRIE LANE CHAPMAN CATT" Painting, India Ink on Paper, Portrait, Feminist
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions 11 x 11 in, framed 16 x 16 in
Unique
Signed on recto by artist, includes a certificate of authenticity
Indira Cesarine is a multidisci...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Rebirth
Located in Miami, FL
“Rebirth”
2023
30x40 in
Acrylic on canvas
$3000
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Camila Rosa is a Brazilian Artist and Illustrator based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
She started her life as an artist in 2010 with a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Meditation #2
Located in Singapore, SG
Humans need a balance between the physical world and the inner consciousness. One way to get there is through meditation. Meditation has a positive and constructive impact on the psy...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Miami, FL
Original Painting
Lucia Riccelli, painter and performance artist.
Born in Rome, living in Vienna, Zakynthos and Rome.
Degreed at Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma in painting and scenography. Studied and performed classical ballet...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Raw Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Stars Splinter, Pointed and Wild
Located in New York, NY
Unsigned
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Glamour #2
Located in Singapore, SG
As a creature that becomes the flower of the world, women are identified with a beautiful, gentle and attractive nature. But behind that gentleness there is power, energy that exceed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Model
Located in Paris, IDF
Nikolai MAKAROV
(Born in 1952)
The Model
Acrylic on canvas mounted on panel
Signed lower right
130 x 90 cm
2021
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Gemini" oil painting on panel figurative two women female red hair
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Rachel Bess
Gemini, 2020
oil on panel
17.5" x 12" unframed
21” x 15.5” framed
Rachel Bess is known for her precise and theatrical oil paintings that ble...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Jasmine and Clove" oil painting woman female portrait black dress
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Rachel Bess
Jasmine and Clove, 2017
oil on Dibond
10” x 8” unframed
13.5" x 11.75" framed
Rachel Bess is known for her precise and theatrical oil painti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The rebirth of nudity Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century art Outsider Iranian paint
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Hand-signed lower right
« Here the barbaric or savage ceremonies of New Guinea take on the air of Rio carnival.
Here the vitality bursts and the colors dance...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Catching My Daydreams - 21st Century, Contemporary Painting, Modern Portrait
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"The paintings are built up in layer upon layer of paint which give the pieces great depth of field. They are created with an arsenal of tools that doesn't settle with convention. As...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
Beyond Nicolas Kennett 21st Century British painting character skyscape black
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on wood panel
Signed on the back
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
In the beginning was the bird Timothy Archer, 21st Century, Contemporary painter
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on canvas
Hand-signed and dated lower right by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil
Audrey
By Chris Tomlin
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on Wood Panel. Portrait or Audrey Hepburn is 24x24. Vibrant colors.
About the Artist:
"Tomlin is young, upcoming artist based out of NY. His interests in portraits, i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
The inseparable I -Timothy Archer, 21st Century, Contemporary painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on paper
Hand-signed and dated lower right by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil
The bird behind the curtain -Timothy Archer, 21st Century, Contemporary painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on paper
Signed and dated by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil
Superstar
Located in New York, NY
Innocence of childhood. Portrait.
About the Artist:
My art is a visual recording of the powerful imagines that occur regularly in life, distilling them down and preserving the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sea Witch and the Jellyfish" oil portrait on Dibond panel
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Rachel Bess
Sea Witch and the Jellyfish, 2017
oil on Dibond
30.5” x 22" unframed
36" x 27.25" framed
Rachel Bess is known for her precise and theatrical oil...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Candy Girl
Located in New York, NY
Innocence of childhood. Portrait.
About the Artist:
My art is a visual recording of the powerful imagines that occur regularly in life, distilling them down and preserving the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Prayer - Simone Picciotto, 21st Century, Contemporary figurative painting
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Signed lower right
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Magic - Simone Picciotto, 21st Century, Contemporary figurative painting
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Signed lower right
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The mysterious flamboyant -Timothy Archer, 21st Century, Contemporary painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on paper
Signed and dated by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil
Queen moth -Timothy Archer, 21st Century, Contemporary painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on paper
Signed and dated by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil
The dramatic entrance -Timothy Archer, 21st Century painting, Figurative art
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint, pastel and charcoal on paper
Signed and dated by the artist lower left
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Oil
Pro Skater
By Joe Currie
Located in New York, NY
Figurative acrylic on canvas. Portrait of female skateboarder. Has abstract quality. Almost dreamlike. Vibrant colors.
About the Artist:
"Growing up in England during the 80s, the influence and love of American sub cultures through TV, and being surrounded by large non-spaces of US air bases around East Anglia, gave me a slightly odd and romantic view of America.
I finished the Masters Degree bronze-casting course at the Royal College of Art in 1999 and have pursued my passion for Art ever since. I have built up a body of work that follows the theme of a journey into abstraction, inspired by Robert Smithson, Donald Judd, Fiona Banner, Cornelia Parker...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled 513 - 21st Cent, Contemporary, Figurative, Oil Painting, Portrait, Pop
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Françoise Nielly has explored the different facets of image all her life, through painting, photography, roughs, illustrations and virtual computer generated animated graphics. It is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled 567 - 21st Cent, Contemporary, Figurative, Oil Painting, Portrait, Pop
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Diptych
Françoise Nielly has explored the different facets of image all her life, through painting, photography, roughs, illustrations and virtual computer generated animated graphi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
3-9-22 (Duptych) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Un Jardín en mi Hogar
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Olga Cairols is a Spanish artist with more than 35 years of career.
Olga studied Art History and Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. She has a bachelors degree in Design, Art ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Dimitri Likissas - Eye Two
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Pop
Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas
I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Goya Disorders, Pastel Tones Diptych, Black Gestures, Urban Forms, PinkGeometric
Located in Barcelona, ES
The paintings of Aleix Font (Sabadell, Spain, 1984) function as a narrative between the collective and the individual world, exploring space and its interactions with concepts such a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Narcissus Awoken Visage, Dark Tones Face Painting on Papyrus Paper, Pink, Yellow
Located in Barcelona, ES
The paintings of Aleix Font (Sabadell, Spain, 1984) function as a narrative between the collective and the individual world, exploring space and its interactions with concepts such a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Pantheon
Located in Milano, MI
Urbex is the English acronym for urban exploration and is an activity that consists of searching for and locating abandoned infrastructure with the goal of visiting, photographing and conveying its contents, with particular involvement of methodologies from geography, anthropology, sociology to cultural studies.
Her works have been in the past approached to the works of Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945) and Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1770), but in Gullotta's paintings the absence of color makes the spaces particularly ethereal, allowing them to be ideally lifted to new places and to new life.
An artist of international caliber who has decided to entrust her return to her homeland to Almach Art Gallery in Milan, while maintaining connections with important galleries, such as Marlborough Fine Art in London and Galerie Koch in Hanover.
The artwork represents the famous Velasca Tower in Milan.
This artwork was exhibited during the Daniela Gullotta...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Sandstone
Virgin Mary tempera painting religious altarpiece
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Vila i Rufas (1924-2011) - Virgin Mary 1948 - Egg tempera
Painted on gold metallic surface.
Painting measurements 40x32 cm.
Frame measurements 53x45 cm.
Inactive xylophagous ga...
Category
1940s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera
The Boy Kuba - Modern, Contemporary Portrait Painting, Pop Art, Joyful
By Anna Ładecka
Located in Salzburg, AT
Anna Ładecka is a Paris-based polish illustrator and painter.
Graduated from Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Master of Art - Diploma in painting and lithography and obtained a scholar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Retro_Pop_Female Portrait/Figurative_Acrylic_James Wolanin, Summer Love, 2024
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
JAMES WOLANIN
"Summer Love"
Acrylic & Gloss Varnish on Panel
36 x 36 inches
______________________
James Wolanin’s paintings transport the viewer to an effervescent, candy coated w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Varnish, Acrylic, Panel
Figurative/Portrait_Oil/Acrylic/Canvas_Clam Shovel, America Martin
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Clam Shovel"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
71 x 48 in Framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin draws inspiration from her Co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Dallas, TX
Color Simplicity and Free Geometry
L7matrix came to a unique style through his experimentation – namely, he combines geometrical elements and very stylized color puzzles with reali...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Spray Paint, Acrylic
No Name
Located in Dallas, TX
Color Simplicity and Free Geometry
L7matrix came to a unique style through his experimentation – namely, he combines geometrical elements and very stylized color puzzles with reali...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Spray Paint, Acrylic
"Rainy Summer Night in NYC" model sitting in downtown artist's studio
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Rainy Summer Night in NYC" is a contemporary oil painting of a model sitting in an artist's studio in downtown Manhattan.
Nick Weber (b.1971), living and painting in Springs, NY (...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tribute to Rodin 5 by Zhang Hongyu - Contemporary portrait painting, dark tones
By Zhang Hongyu
Located in Paris, FR
Tribute to Rodin 5 is a unique painting by contemporary artist Hongyu Zhang. The painting is made with Indian ink, pastel, acrylic, engraving and collage on cardboard mounted on canv...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Acrylic, Cardboard, Engraving
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Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary portrait paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add portrait paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Nemo Jantzen, America Martin, Jack Graves III, and Timothy Archer. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Fabric and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary portrait paintings, so small editions measuring 2 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $88 and tops out at $430,743, while the average work sells for $4,000.
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