Conceptual Paintings
CONCEPTUAL STYLE
In 1967, artist Sol LeWitt wrote that in “Conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work.” He was giving a name to an art movement that had emerged in the 1960s in which artists were less focused on their medium being something traditionally “artistic” and instead engaged in using any object, movement, form, action or place to express an idea.
LeWitt’s work was featured alongside an assemblage of notes, drawings and outlines by other artists in “Working Drawings and Other Visible Things on Paper Not Necessarily Meant to Be Viewed as Art,” a groundbreaking show at New York City’s School of Visual Arts curated by Mel Bochner, another leading exponent of Conceptualism. Building on radical 20th-century statements, like Fountain (1917) by French artist Marcel Duchamp, Conceptual artists around Europe and North and South America were not interested in the commercial art scene and rather directly challenged its systems and values.
Stretching into the 1970s, this movement has also been called Post-Object art and Dematerialized art. Conceptual art reflected a larger era of social and political upheaval. Pieces associated with the style range from Roelof Louw’s Soul City (Pyramid of Oranges) (1967) — a work of installation art that sees fresh oranges stacked into a pyramid from which visitors are allowed to take one orange away — to On Kawara’s “Today” series, which saw the Japanese artist carefully painting a date in white acrylic on canvases consisting of a single color from 1966 to his death in 2014. Artists such as Ed Ruscha, who created the Twentysix Gasoline Stations book — a collection of photos of gas stations that is widely said to be the first modern artists’ book — made photography a major platform for Conceptual art, as did Bruce Nauman, who burned one of Ruscha's books and then photographed it for his own.
Conceptual art’s legacy of questioning artistic authorship, ownership and how to work with complex ideas of space and time had a significant influence on the decades of culture that followed, and it continues to inform art today.
The collection of Conceptual photography, paintings and sculptures on 1stDibs includes artworks by John Baldessari, Jenny Holzer, Lawrence Weiner, Joseph Kosuth and others.
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Style: Conceptual
NY Symphony
Located in New York, NY
Homage to Times Square. Oil on canvas. Feels like you are in the heart of NYC. Took over 300 hours to paint. Not framed. Sides painted black. Signed on the back.
About Th...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$25,000
untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Plovers" Conceptual painting of birds and moon rocket engine
Located in New York, NY
In this conceptual painting, New York artist, Thomas Broadbent presents five portraits of Plovers in 2 rows with a finely detailed rendering of a moon rocket engine...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Beatles on Times Square
Located in New York, NY
Homage to Beatles Abbey Road in Times Square. Oil on canvas. Feels like you are in the heart of NYC. Took over 300 hours to paint.
About The Artist:
D’Avino cultivated his ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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Early 2000s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Bowie
Located in New York, NY
Homage to the late great David Bowie. Figurative painting.
About the Artist:
Le Closier is a Belgian painter living in New York. After moving to Paris in the early 2000's, mixing Pop Art and Street Art, he started painting on the walls of his Montparnasse neighborhood in Paris (famous in the 50's for being the gathering point of writers and painters i.e Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Picasso, Matisse, Cézanne, Modigliani....).
A few years later, Le Closier made official portraits for tennis players Serena Williams, Kei Nishikori, Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten, Bryan Brothers, David Goffin, Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jeremy Chardy, American golf player Cristie Kerr and Paris-Saint-Germain's president Nasser Al-Khelaifi (among others).
In May 2016, he was asked by France Pavilion to paint a portrait of Chief Justice Stephen Breyer for the French/American business week at the French Embassy in Washington, DC.
Today, Le Closier creates colorful compositions inspired by celebrities, arts, comics, advertising, fashion..., mixing people, brands and symbols on different supports (canvas, wood cutouts...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Oil
Not If But When
By Alex Gingrow
Located in New York, NY
graphite, flashe, ink and gesso on paper, 22"x30" signed by the artist
The text in this painting reads like a mantra: Not If But When, in grades of red, pink and blue on a washed gre...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Graphite
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
«City mirror NO42_ New York World Trade Center »
Located in Porto, 13
"Through Traveling You're Able To Understand The World & Find Endless Inspiration" - Lixian Cai
Lixian began to travel outside of China, documenting each ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Paintings
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Mixed Media
Marilyn
Located in New York, NY
Marilyn Monroe Painting.
About the Artist:
Le Closier is a Belgian painter living in New York. After moving to Paris in the early 2000's...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
The Search for Intelligent Life on Earth
By Stephen Hall
Located in New York, NY
Conceptual piece. Commentary on life. Humorous. Featuring astronaut and a bottle of Tide detergent. Acrylic on canvas.
About the artist:
Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Stephen H...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Monet Cane
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
General Idea was formed in 1967 in Toronto and over the next nearly 30 years, the trio made a remarkable contribution to post-modern art.
With their subversive approach and intere...
Category
1980s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
$85,000
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pose
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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1970s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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1960s Conceptual Paintings
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Lithograph
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Oil
Up on Blocks Commission
By Jim Molloy
Located in New York, NY
Nostalgic painting of vintage toy car that has been worked on by a novice mechanic. Oil on canvas with black frame one inch on front, two inches deep. This piece sold but commissio...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Relax
Located in New York, NY
Figurative piece with a fun, simple narrative. The beauty of the piece lies in its simplicity. On 3/4 canvas.
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
Street
By Jim Molloy
Located in New York, NY
Nostalgic painting of vintage toy car with graffiti background.
About the Artist:
Jim Molloy is a studio and plein air painter.
"I like to try...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$7,500
Chair
Located in New York, NY
Figurative piece with a fun, simple narrative. The beauty of the piece lies in its simplicity. On 3/4 canvas.
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
The Last Narcissus
By Stephen Hall
Located in New York, NY
Conceptual. Acrylic on canvas.
About the Artist:
Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Stephen Hall moved to New York in 1978 and began exhibiting his work in the East Village in the earl...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Patriot
Located in New York, NY
Horse portrait. Americana colors. Acrylics, mixed media on canvas, 60" x 48"x 2". Gallery wrapped, wired and ready to hang. In “The Patriot”, the harnessed strength of the wor...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Commuter
By Jim Molloy
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting. The implied narrative adds to the piece. A glimpse into a child's world, one we all have experienced. Tone is engaging, fun with universal appeal.
About the art...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$4,500
Pieces
By Jim Molloy
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting. The implied narrative adds to the piece. A glimpse into a child's world, one we all have experienced. Tone is engaging, fun with universal appeal.
About the art...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,000
Four Seasons : colorful figurative work of art
By John Hrehov
Located in New York, NY
A diptych by an accomplished artist John Hrehov. The painting is a visual allegory of Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter, the characteristics of which can be seen in the backgrounds of...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Reginald and Perrin 26
Located in BARCELONA, ES
"Pinté por primera vez estas obras porque no sabía qué pintar o qué podría pintarse. Se trata, ciertamente, de un comienzo desdichado que no conduce a nada significativo. Sin embargo...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Oil
Weather Project, Evening of the Sandstorm
Located in Natchez, MS
This stunning work by Louise Feneley is somehow both abstract and figurative. Is it a pearl or a glowing ball of light? It's hard to tell. The light, co...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
La música de los canes I
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
#fantastic #zoology #texture #piano #keya #sound #music #color #dog #animal
miguel villafuerte (Quito 1991) graphic designer and visual artist, litirature, editorial.
the work as...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Acrylic
Casa Blanca (USA)
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Multidisciplinary artist. Twenty years of artistic experience in the Fine Arts. Eight years of practice as a University professor of Fine Arts. Broad knowledge of design software: Ad...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
What Ecstatic Danger
By Alex Gingrow
Located in New York, NY
graphite, flashe, ink and gesso on paper, 22"x30" signed by the artist
Alex Gingrow creates text-based paintings and drawings that are at turns witty, sardonic, poetic, self-deprecat...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Graphite
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered witha work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Oil
Eva al desnudo
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
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1970s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Niño a caballo
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
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1980s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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1980s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
They grey square
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
Aguas Serenas
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
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1970s Conceptual Paintings
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Mixed Media
Translucent
Located in New York, NY
Mysterious woman. Oil on canvas. Fab wallpaper background.
About the artist:
“There's a dry ironic twist to Paul’s paintings that give the work — while realistic — a postmodern feeling of reflection, observation and cultural critique. Somewhere between the Cohen Brothers...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Witching Hour
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas. Dramatic. Female centric. Nighttime. Mysterious.
About the artist:
“There's a dry ironic twist to Paul’s paintings that give the work — while realistic — a postmodern feeling of reflection, observation and cultural critique. Somewhere between the Cohen Brothers...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Praise for the Misguided
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas. Conceptual piece - female centric.
About the artist:
“There's a dry ironic twist to Paul’s paintings that give the work — while realistic — a postmodern feeling of reflection, observation and cultural critique. Somewhere between the Cohen Brothers...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
We Now Have All The Data
By Stephen Hall
Located in New York, NY
Conceptual piece. Commentary on life. Humorous but impactful. Acrylic on canvas.
About the artist:
Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Stephen Hall moved to New York in 1978 and began...
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Emergency Broadcast
Located in New York, NY
Figurative piece with a fun, simple narrative. The beauty of the piece lies in its simplicity. On 3/4 canvas.
Category
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
Conceptual paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Conceptual 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 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, red, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Peter Soriano, Penelope Ellis, Eduardo Costa, and Mattia Novello. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Conceptual paintings, so small editions measuring 6.75 inches across are also available. Prices for 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 $333 and tops out at $115,000, while the average work sells for $3,713.