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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.

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Italian Contemporary Art by Andrea Vandoni - Let’s Put Flowers In Our Chimneys
Located in Paris, IDF
Signed on reverse Andrea Vandoni is an Italian artist born in 1972 who lives and works in Novara, Italy. The artist studied and trained at the School of the Archaeologists and the S...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Misunderstanding in the tall grass Timothy Archer 21st Cent. Contemporary paint
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on canvas Hand-signed and dated lower right by the artist
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil

Anthropocene, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting features a thick ground layer of translucent and opaque acrylics, suggesting a surreal aerial perspective. The hazy red shape creates a dramatic lens through which to view the work. The painting is open to interpretation, but I find that it draws me...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic

Eye, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Eye" features thick pools of clear, black and white acrylic with embedded metallic slivers and tiny plastic beads to enhance the texture, along with geometric planes of translucent ...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic

Lovers - Passionate 3, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original figurative acrylics painting on canvas board, unframed, part of a new series. Expressive and powerful profile image of a man and a woman passionately kissing. Textured paint...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic

The field worker -Timothy Archer, 21st Century, Contemporary painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on paper Signed and dated by the artist
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil

Waiting - Acrylic Painting Pink Green White Blue Brown Black Yellow
Located in Sofia, BG
"Waiting" is a painting by the French artist Maestro Florence Metge. Two men wait in a space bathed in muted light, at the end of the day or artificial lighting. it is a circulation...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Corn Stubbles - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting of a Cornfield Landscape
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Marein Konijn won the "Prix de Norvège" together with Esther Schlebos in 2019 when she graduated. Her landscapes show a silence and tonal calm. Thanks to this prize she recently mad...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

Untitled-122, Acrylic on canvas, Black & White by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sandesh Khule - Untitled-122 - 14 x 10 x 11 inches Diameter (unframed size) Acrylic on Canvas. ABOUT ARTIST : Painting has a spiritual dimension in i...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Italian Contemporary Art by Andrea Vandoni - Modern Portrait
Located in Paris, IDF
Signed on reverse Andrea Vandoni is an Italian artist born in 1972 who lives and works in Novara, Italy. The artist studied and trained at the School of the Archaeologists and the S...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Alone in the Roof, Tempera & Charcoal on Acid Free Paper by Indian Artist-Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subha Basu - Alone in the Roof Tempera & Charcoal on Acid Free Paper, 9.5 x 10.5 inches, 2019 Born - 1982 at Kolkata. B.V.A from The Indian College of Art ...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Tempera

Cutlery Box - rustic, vivid detail, realist, still-life oil on linen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The stature of an everyday item…an antique, well-worn box used for cutlery is elevated to fine art in this realistic oil painting by Ciba Karisik. Traces of blue paint mix with the golden tones of the wood and the palpable texture is enhanced by using linen...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Melody of Spaces, Acrylic & Charcoal on Archival Paper by Contemporary-In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rajib Bhattacharjee - Melody of Spaces Acrylic & Charcoal on Archival Paper. 8 x 10 inches (unframed) Rajib Bhattacharjee passed preparatory painting in 1991 from Govt. College of A...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Charcoal, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Melody of Spaces, Acrylic & Charcoal on Archival Paper by Contemporary-In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rajib Bhattacharjee - Melody of Spaces Acrylic & Charcoal on Archival Paper. 8 x 10 inches (unframed) Rajib Bhattacharjee passed preparatory painting in 1991 from Govt. College of A...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Charcoal, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Wallflower (5"x7", Green, Pink, Black, White, Floral Abstract Painting)
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
In this delicate small work, the combination of paint, pastel and collage build up an impressionistic scene with the focus remaining on strong composition. Pink and black against a v...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Color Pencil, Oil Pastel, Oil, Magazine Paper

"The Temptation of St. Anthony", Contemporary Surreal Figurative Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
A contemporary take on The Temptation of St. Anthony, a subject often depicted in a surreal style bordering on the bizarre by masters from the Renaissance to Mid-Century Modernism, by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Titled "The Temptation of St. Anthony" on verso. Signed "Michael Pauker" and dated 2007 on verso. Acquired with a collection of his work. Canvas size: 67"H x 54"W. Notable versions of The Temptation of St. Anthony include: Saint Anthony Abbot Tempted by a Heap of Gold - Sienese, 15th-century The Temptation of St Anthony - a widely-circulated engraving by Martin Schongauer The Temptation of Saint Anthony...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Luke, I Am Your Father, 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting by Erik van Elven
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
We got to know Erik van Elven years ago through Facebook, we were Facebook-friends way before we even wanted to open up a gallery. We shared a passion: ...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

The foliage shapeshifter -Timothy Archer, 21st Century, Contemporary painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on paper Signed and dated by the artist
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil

The firstborn -Timothy Archer, 21st Century, Contemporary painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on paper Signed and dated by the artist
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil

Waterman Palms No. 1, California, Palm Trees, Blue, Pink, Landscape, Trees
Located in Riverdale, NY
Waterman Palms No. 1 by California artist, Ferdinanda Florence is part of a new series. It is 24x22, acrylic on canvas. Ferdinanda Florence was born in Washington, DC, and grew up ...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic

Wilds 5
Located in Santa Fe, NM
acrylic, sumi ink on canvas, framed in maple Thomas Slate uses large gestural drawings to create energetic abstractions. The layered process of his piece...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas, Oil Crayon

Untitled, Pigment on Canvas, Orange, Black by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Gurunathan Govindhan - Untitled Pigment on Canvas, 24 x 60 inches
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Pigment

Babylon, Large City at Night Painting by John Bowman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Babylon John Bowman, American (1953) Date: 1989 Acrylic on Wooden Door Panel, signed and dated verso Size: 36 x 84 in. (91.44 x 213.36 cm)
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1980s Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

Mirage, male nude
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In this series, Audrey Anastasi has shifted her focus away from naturalistic domestic settings to a dark, enigmatic, and some might say, unsettling, place. These figures could be he...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Gangway of Justice, Woman Backed into a Corner, Life-Sized Charcoal on Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
During the Capone era, dark and narrow passageways became escape routes for those evading the law or other gang members, thus the Chicago term “gangway” was born. Even the police were afraid to enter gangways alone. Bruno has taken that information and created this very provocative piece entitled "The Gangway of Justice" where we see a beautiful black woman...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Charcoal, Panel, Archival Paper

"Studio Canal", urban, factory, textural, oranges, reds, blue, oil painting
Located in Natick, MA
Studio Canal” by Catherine Picard-Gibbs is a textural urban scene depicting strong sunlight illuminating a factory studio building at dusk. This effect ...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Board, Oil

Gabrielle Benot "Tempest" Abstract Woman Portrait Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This abstract figurative painting, "Tempest" by artist Gabrielle Benot is a 36x36 original mixed media painting on canvas. Depicted is an abstract greyscale portrait of a woman hold...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

See Through, Acrylic on Canvas, Blue, Black by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Suparna Mondal - See Through Acrylic on Canvas, 46 x 31.5 inches Born : 16TH OCTOBER 1982, W.B. Art Education B.F.A. PRINT MAKING 2008, M.F.A. PRINT MAKING 2010, KALABHAVANA,VISV...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Christmas - Original Pencil and Tempera on Black Paper by Esy Beluzzi - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 20 x 28 cm. The Christmas is an original artwork realized by Esy Beluzzi in 1958. Original tempera on paper. Hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower right margin: Esy 58. On the lower right corner "Julie Laure" is written in capital letters in pencil. Mint conditions. Beautiful work representing an angel dressed with a pink long dress and two long wings in the center of a scene theatre. On the left side, a tree without leaves but full of stars. All the composition is enriched with golden stars and the frame is characterized by dark blue curtains...
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1950s Contemporary Paintings

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Tempera

Red Path, Acrylic on Canvas by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Malleshi HV - Red Path Acrylic on Canvas, 60 x 84 inches Date of Birth : 2 April 1980, Karikere, Chitradurga Qualification : B.F.A (Painting) Karnataka University – 2004 Post Dipl...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Dotted Scape, Acrylic on Canvas by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Malleshi HV - Dotted Scape Acrylic on Canvas, 60 x 84 inches Date of Birth : 2 April 1980, Karikere, Chitradurga Qualification : B.F.A (Painting) Karnataka University – 2004 Post ...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Not Your Food, Acrylic on canvas, Black by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rathin Kanji - Not Your Food Acrylic on canvas 12 x 12 inches, 2020 Style: Kanji believes that we are currently experiencing what is probably the most complex period of human histor...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Blue Dream - II, Acrylic on canvas, Black by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rathin Kanji - Blue Dream - II Acrylic on canvas 12 x 12 inches, 2020 Style: Kanji believes that we are currently experiencing what is probably the most complex period of human hist...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Parisian Flip / assemblage painting
Located in Burlingame, CA
Woman with billowing skirt and french curls in red, blue and black, 'Parisian Fllip' from multidisciplinary visual artist Kim Frohsin, who created the series, 'Dancers and Athletes',...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper

Indonesian Contemporary Art by Kusbudiyanto - Mother of Life
Located in Paris, IDF
Kusbudiyanto is an Indonesian artist born in 1969 who lives & works in Jogjakarta, Indonesia.
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

WILLOW
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic painting on canvas. Hand signed, titled and dated on verso by the artist. Canvas size 35.5 x 47.4 inches. Custom framed as pictured. Artwork is in excellent con...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Energies of Wind
Located in Southampton, NY
Original artwork by renowned ceramicist, Jared FitzGerald. This was part of a small series done by the artist studio to explore using bold colored glazes on smaller ceramic forms. Th...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Ceramic

Scoli Acosta Large Contemporary Mixed Media Painting LA Artist External Horizons
Located in Surfside, FL
In External Horizons Mixed media (ink, paint etc.) Framed 43 X 57 sheet 34.5 X 48 Hand signed, dated and titled by artist. (with a location of LA noted) This came with a group of 4. they are all signed and one had a Daniel Reich Gallery label verso. Scoli Acosta...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings

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Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Thread

Zèbres Complices
By Norma Bessières
Located in Pasadena, CA
Zebra Breath “Norma Bessières is an artist who, like an animal-orientated Buren, has chosen the zebra as her sole subject. Why the Zebra? Because its ...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

A night - Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art, Minimalism, Vibrant
Located in Warsaw, PL
WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus) In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where in the years 2015-2018 she her diploma from t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Q Puzzle 1
Located in New Orleans, LA
Non-objective artist AIMÉE FARNET SIEGEL works with color and line through the medium of found, hand-painted, and manipulated paper. Her works inhabit space outside the two-dimension...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Ewelina Makosa - Leftovers - Original Painting
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Ewelina Makosa - Leftovers - Original Painting Series: Leftovers Dimensions: 186 x 135 cm Medium: Oil on canvas Ewelina Makosa was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1986. She has defended h...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The beakful -Timothy Archer, 21st Century, Contemporary painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on canvas Hand-signed and dated lower right by the artist
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil

Original oil painting wedding, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original oil painting of marriage. The newlyweds are in a public park in summer with a few guests. The groom wears the bride's bouquet. Oil on canvas painted with professional qualit...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

"Galloping under the Aristocracy" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Hextrum's (US based) "Galloping under the Aristocracy" is a monochromatic oil painting that depicts a herd of horses galloping around a larger than life hoop skirt with ruffles...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Benaras, Acrylic on Canvas by Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Dilip Chaudhury - Benaras - 12 x 12 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on canvas Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Style : Dilip Chaudhury's works depict the Bengali countryside and h...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Follow the Drinking Grounds
Located in New Orleans, LA
Description written by Allison K Young curator/historian - June 2020 About a month ago, an attempt at mass ally-ship went awry on social media. While #BlackLi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Open Window
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The passengers - Julien Calot, 21st Century, Contemporary figurative painting
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas Hand-signed lower right by the artist Unique work Discover the new works on canvas by the French emerging and talented artist Julien Calot in his personal ex...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Cider forest V (diptych) - Contemporary, Landscape, Beige, Brown, Trees, Nature
By Ioan Sbârciu
Located in Berlin, DE
Cider forest V (diptych), 2006 Mixed technique: acrylic paint, sparkle, white powder mounted on wooden panel 30.7 H x 94.48 W in ( 30.7 H x 47.24 W in each) 78 H x 240 W cm (78 H x 120 W each) Signed on each panel " 'Cider Forest' series is an artistic project carried out by Ioan Sbârciu...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

"Anger" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Anger", an original oil painting by renowned artist Jason Walker, crafted in 2020, is a masterful representation of raw emotion. Measuring 15 x 15 inches, and framed at 18.25 x 18.2...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Panel, Oil

"Pork Chop and Corn" Acrylic on Canvas, Colors, Still-Life
Located in Detroit, MI
"Pork Chop and Corn" is a luscious rendition of a hearty meal that wafts off the canvas with a tempting mental olfactory smell. Bryant Tillman is a popular artist in the Detroit Metropolitan area. He captures objects from life and presents them in unforgettable ways sometimes with philosophical undercurrents. He is comparable to the U.S. Poet Laurette, Billy Collins, who memorializes the common place as metaphors for the deeper values of life. Bryant Tillman has painted for 30 years. He was introduced to art by the late Cass Corridor painter Bradley Jones...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"The Mark of Eibon", Figurative Painting, Acrylic, Watercolor, Ink, Hand, Arm
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative painting titled "The Mark of Eibon" is an original artwork by Jeremy Hush made of ink, acrylic, and watercolor. This piece measures 12"h x 12"w.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Acrylic

Black River, Patagonia
Located in Austin, TX
Borja Fernandez (b. 1944, Spanish) Title: "Black River, Patagonia" Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 45" x 57.5" Markings: Signed LR Gallery Wrapped
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Chinese Contemporary Art by Renjie Gao - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Renjie Gao or Jean-Michel Gao is a Chinese artist born in 1994 in Inner Mongolia. He is a member of New York Hudson Artists Association based in US. He lives & works i...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Peace, Oil & Acrylic on Canvas, Yellow, Orange by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sanjay Soni - Peace Oil & Acrylic on Canvas, 72 x 60 inches, 2020 Born in 1971 in Delhi. A self-taught artist who through his paintings,portrays his emotions in the most profound wa...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Calcareous (Paso Robbles)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Bruce Everett’s landscapes in oil are characterized by bold and often dark compositional forms, dramatic effects of light, and a sense of solitude.The combination of both smooth and ...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

"Old Madman #1", portrait, maroon, grey, blues, pinks, collage, acrylic painting
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s “Old Madman #1”, an imaginary portrait 20 x 16 x 1.5 inches in maroon, grey, blues and pinks, is the inaugural work in the artist’s important “Madman Series”. As Yeats w...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Contemporary paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary Paintings>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, purple, red, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Hunt Slonem, Steven Miller, Howard Tangye, and Irena Orlov. 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 paintings, so small editions measuring 0.75 inches across are also available.

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