Contemporary 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.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
Style: Contemporary
Color: Beige
El Puerco / Gordo
Located in Southampton, NY
"El Puerco/Gordo (The Pig)) is one of a series of farm animal paintings by J. Oscar Molina. The artistic distillation into bold shapes and facial expressions render a humanistic qu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Girl from Ipanema - Watercolor Figurative Painting, Limited Edition Print, 2021
Located in Bal Harbour, FL
Experience the epitome of sun-kissed serenity with "Girl From Ipanema," a captivating fine art figurative watercolor painting that transports you to the sandy shores of Brazil's icon...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Splinters of a Secret Sky - Splinters
Located in New York, NY
Signed (on verso): AF/2021
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Oil, Acrylic
Stacked
Located in Detroit, MI
Stacked
acrylic, spray paint on canvas
60" x 60"
2022
Part of the New Minority Series
Dennis Jones was first introduced to the use of a bidet while being...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Untitled
By Christian Rosa
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An abstract oil on canvas by Brazilian contemporary artist Christian Rosa. This large format, untitled oil is executed in bright yellow, black, red and blue in a subdued, neutral pal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Our story was a ghostly one
Located in New York, NY
Signed on verso
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Pears in a Row
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (at lower right): J. STONE ROBERTS./ 2004.
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Arcane - Mineral and Ink, Landscape painting of Ganges River, Textured, Small
Located in Tokyo, JP
An original mineral painting, made with crushed minerals (natural and synthetic), crushed seashells and Sumi ink on Japanese paper, mounted on a wood panel. Natural colors include se...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Stone
Women Watch Eclipse, 2021_America Martin_Oil/Acrylic_Figurative/Nude/Orange
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Women Watch Eclipse"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
61.5" x 62" Framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin draws inspiration fr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
Female Face Icon VIII (Bambi) /// Contemporary Pop Street Art Painting Portrait
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Female Face Icon VIII (Bambi)"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, dated, and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paint, Canvas
Female Face Icon VII (Alexandra) /// Contemporary Pop Street Art Painting Girl
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Female Face Icon VII (Alexandra)"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, dated, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Paint
Charlotte's Window Chronicles : Urbancat Gaze
By Hiro Ando
Located in PARIS, FR
2009, unique artwork
oil on canvas
42 1/2 × 63 3/4 in - 108 × 162 cm
The artwork is signed by the Artist & stamped with the logo of the Artist's studio on verso of the canvas
The art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Plus Cutout With Blue Line - colorful, intersecting abstract shapes on canvas
By Aron Hill
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A fountain of colour in lemon yellow, mauve, lime green and turquoise draws the viewer’s eye to this intriguing work by Aron Hill. The Calgary artist is playing with space, form and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Toyota
By Joe Waks 1
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Toyota" 2018. Oil and mixed media on newsprint mounted on panel. Pop and Contemporary Pop / Text / Cultural Commentary / Earth Tones / Modes of Transportation
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Wax, Canvas, Oil, Newsprint
Field Monarchs
By Cara Enteles
Located in Westport, CT
This beautiful floral triptych on acrylic is by Cara Enteles. Her work is motivated by a fascination with nature and a concern for the environment. She...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Plexiglass, Oil
Untitled # 13
By A.J. Fries
Located in Buffalo, NY
A contemporary oil painting on linen by American artist A.J. Fries.
Artist’s Statement:
These works are an extension of a small series of realistic paintings that I did of graves...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Still Life - 1950s - Pio Semeghini - Painting - Contemporary
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and dated by the artist lower right. Includes a beautiful contemporary wooden gilded frame. In excellent conditions.
References:
- Catalogo della mostra di Pio Semeghini...
Category
1950s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
"Sunbathers at Portugal Cliffs" Original Oil Painting 30 in x 40 in
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Portugal Cliffs"
2021
Oil on linen canvas
30 in x 40 in
"Portugal Cliffs" is an Original oil painting in the genre of Contemporary realism. This original oil painting was made wit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
191 Walking to the Sea, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Warm, soft colors and lots of movement are in this large abstract. Walking to the Sea is a abstract landscape painting. My inspiration was in Sorrento, Italy when walking down many steps to the Mediterranean Sea on a warm summer day. It was so beautiful and although there were many steps, the air felt light...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Mario (Grin), 2018, Ink and pencil on paper, black and white, by Shelter Serra
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mario (Grin)
2018
16”x16.5”x1.25” inches
Sumi ink and pencil on Japanese Washi Paper
Mario, the main character from the Super Mario Bros. video game is one of the most recognizable images and a true archetype of our contemporary society. This traditional hand-drawn portrait of Mario in ink on paper, renders his likeness akin to a snapshot, or cell, removing him from the digital realm and freezing him in our tangible world of reality.
Shelter Serra’s paintings, sculptures, and drawings explore mass consumption and cultural identity. He juxtaposes subject matters that are both common and recognizable: a Campbell's Soup Can, a copper plated baseball hat, and a Hermes Birkin bag...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Washi Paper, Sumi Ink, Pencil
Textured Abstract Press Ink on Canvas 'Golf Course'
Located in Toronto, CA
'Golf Course' - Vibrant greens bring the meadow like image to life in this work by Arcade Latour. Working in press ink, the medium allows Latour to achieve coral-like texture across ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink
Ammonite
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Ammonite is a semi-abstract landscape painted in oil onto canvas by Dion Salvador Lloyd, a contemporary artist renowned for his profound sensitivity and profound connection to the na...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Come away with me - Contemporary Abstract, Acrylics, Bright colors, Vibrant
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANNA MASIUL-GOZDECKA
Graduated from Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in 2000. She studied painting at prof. Krzysztof Wachowiak`s atelier, photography under the guidance of prof. Rosław S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Minime
By Wencke Uhl
Located in Bonn, NW
Original painting. Oil and acrylic on raw linen canvas and mounted on a high quality stretcher frame. Finished off with a soft glossy varnish. 80 x 100 cm 31.5 x 39.4". The sides ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Fr. M-R
Located in Bayonne, NJ
Matviy Vaisberg painted this series of portraits while visiting his mother, who was in a nursing home in Germany in early 2000s. This portrait of Frau Muller is an anthropological po...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Richard Loves You
Located in Toronto, CA
Daisuke Takeya’s “No Man’s Land” is his 5th solo exhibition with the gallery, presenting a new series distinct from, and yet analogous to, the parts of his practice that have been ex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sarah Loves You
Located in Toronto, CA
Daisuke Takeya’s “No Man’s Land” is his 5th solo exhibition with the gallery, presenting a new series distinct from, and yet analogous to, the parts of his practice that have been ex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cats Parade
Located in Seoul, SO
This is original work by Wada Chizu
acrylic on canvas
Chizu Wada’s artistic practice is centered on engaging with the viewer’s perception to unveil the deceptive nature of cute im...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Liquid Landscape 0711, Mixed Media, Abstract, colorful, Bright, dimensional
By Kimber Berry
Located in Riverdale, NY
Kimber Berry, Liquid Landscape 0711, Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas. It is 18x12 inches. This is a layered, dimensional contemporary painting. It...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Burning car
Located in Napoli, IT
Quartz painting on cotton canvas,
Lorenzo Maqced – pseudonym of Lorenzo Marroni (Città di Castello, 1993) – who structures this narrative through a variety of iconographies, explor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Puppypus - Pastel - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making over a playful background of black and white puppies. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Grass Eight, botanical, green yellow landscape
Located in Petaluma, CA
This painting is part of my Grass Series. I've been working on landscape and botanical imagery for the two years. My goal is to create color fields that are slightly abstract yet ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Graphite
Super Elastic Bubble Plastic - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Pinot Noir - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus on Mulberry Paper
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Relationship are deep throats
Located in Napoli, IT
Quartz painting on cotton canvas, aluminum profile, silicone led strip.
Lorenzo Maqced – pseudonym of Lorenzo Marroni (Città di Castello, 1993) – who structures this narrative throu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Duplets
By Wencke Uhl
Located in Bonn, NW
Original painting. Acrylic, oil and paper on high quality linen canvas stretcher. Finished off with a soft glossy varnish. 70 x 90 cm 27.5 x 35.4". The corners are painted and it’...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Satin Paper
Fights Well Known Crow Indian Man Kevin Red Star Original Native American Art
Located in Whitefish, MT
"Fights Well Known" by Kevin Red Star, Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas, 40" x 30" unframed, 42" x 32" framed in a modern thin floater. This is a Crow Indian Man with a Blackbird Medicine Shield. Not signed, but Kevin did handwrite the title and caption on the back.
Kevin Red Star’s art is honored throughout Native America for its authenticity. It presents a shining vision of centuries-old Crow...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Jelly by Michele Mikesell, Oil on canvas, pop figurative whimsical painting
Located in Dallas, TX
MICHELE MIKESELL
b. 1973, Alabama, USA
In 2002, Michele Mikesell earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in graphic design from Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. Mikesel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Floral Composition - Oil Painting by Giuseppe Ingegno - 1990
Located in Roma, IT
Floral Composition is an Oil painting realized by Giuseppe Ingegno in 1990.
Hand-signed and dated on the lower. with the label on the rear "Fondazione di Paolo"
Good conditions.
This beautiful colored oil paiting...
Category
1990s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bergamo Still Life
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tony Scherman (1950-2023) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. He is renowned internationally for his work in encaustic (a mix of wax and oil, one of the most...
Category
1990s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Encaustic
Milan Still Life
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tony Scherman (1950-2023) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. He is renowned internationally for his work in encaustic (a mix of wax and oil, one of the most...
Category
1990s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Encaustic
Puppypus - Cilantro - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making over a playful background of black and white puppies. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Blue Hawaii
By Trish Sierer
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Gouache painting on wood
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Quicksilver - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Large Jonathan Pylypchuk Mixed Media
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Jonathan Pylypchuk is a former founding member of the Royal Art Lodge cooperative, known for his sculptures of puppet-like creatures and used salvaged materia...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Puppypus - Tobasco - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making over a playful background of black and white puppies. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Red Faced
Located in Norwich, GB
Painter and printmaker, born in Famagusta, Cyprus, whose family – involved in the restaurant business – settled in London in 1946. He attended Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Pig Hide Bait, Yellow Buoys, Blue Gloves, Orange Boat in Harbor, White Bird
Located in Kent, CT
A harbor landscape with a neon orange boat in seagreen water in the upper left corner is set alongside a still life arrangement of fisherman's objects, including a blue bait glove, lemon yellow buoys, a can of pig hide, rope and a white bird against a dark red, yellow ochre, black and gray background. Signed on recto, signed, dated and titled on verso.
Matt Barter...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Silly Rabbit, Trix are for Kids - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Purple and Green Falling Bottles, Silhouette Patterns Transparencies Pastel Tone
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Purple and Green Falling Bottles" is a modern still life painting that captures the essence of contemporary aesthetics with a vibrant interplay of patterns and forms against a beaut...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor
Water Barge with Onlookers (Diptych) Stunning Abstract Landscape in Blue + Grey
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Water-Barge with Onlookers," is a two panel, abstract landscape painting by contemporary artist, Jennifer Blalack. Blalack's fascination with layere...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media
Lily, Red - colourful, expressive, abstract floral, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The distinctive shape of a bright red lily pops from the canvas in this engaging floral abstract by Vancouver artist, Pat Service. Reminiscent of Andy Warhol, Service’s flowers are p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Prehistoric Garden
Located in New York, NY
Flowers / Pink / Bouquet / Bright / Love
So-flat Acrylic on Duralar
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Back at the Beach House
By Wencke Uhl
Located in Bonn, NW
Original painting. Acrylic, paper and oil pastels on high quality linen canvas stretcher. Finished off with a soft glossy varnish. 70 x 90 cm 27.5 x 35.4". The sides are painted and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
" Landscape" Minimalist Paint on Canvas Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
LANDSCAPE
Oil on Canvas
55x45 cm
2023
Original Art Ready to Hang
Marilina Marchica, born in 1984, was born in Agrigento, where she lives and works. She graduated in Painting at the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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By Airom
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil and ink on canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Oil
Evening - 21st Century Contemporary Impressionistic Painting of a Landscape
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Frank Dekkers
Evening
100 x 120 cm
oil on canvas
On the pictures we also show you the artist receiving the flowers on our opening of this exhibition september 3th 2023 in our gallery. On the wall you can see other paintings by Frank Dekkers behind. Just to give you an idea of size, colors and sphere.
About the artist:
Frank Dekkers, an outdoor painter, but not a "square painter" as we know him. His studio is located "everywhere", or at least outside where this artist is inspired by the landscape. A special way of summarizing leads in his paintings to a very strong and simplified image. These works invite you to walk into the landscape and to keep looking.
A book has been published about Frank Dekkers, which is included when purchasing a painting...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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