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: Black
Run on the Beach by Gordon Hunt, Original painting, Seascape art, Animal art
Located in Deddington, GB
A Run on the Beach by Gordon Hunt
Original painting
Image size: H 30cm x W 30
Sold Unframed
(Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may look).
In 'A ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Chinese Contemporary art by Du Ke - The Girl and the Cat
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Du Ke is a Chinese male artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tongzhou district, Beijing, China. He was graduated from the Painting Department of Tianjin Academy ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The eye of the phragmitia Nicolas Kennett Contemporary painting bird nature sun
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on wood panel
(White kite)
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist on the back
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Virgin Mary Icon IV (Michelangelo) /// Renaissance Christianity Pietà Portrait
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Virgin Mary Icon IV (Michelangelo)"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, d...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paint, Canvas
French Contemporary Art by Liubov Juravliova - Femme en Rouge
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & mixed media on canvas
Liubov Juravliova is a French painter born in Chisinau, Moldova in 1963 who lives and works in Argenteuil, near Paris, France She has been listed at...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Girl with a hound, Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Female Nude, Polish art
By Maciej Urbaniak
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary acrylic painting on canvas depicting a female in nude standing on a beach, near sea or an ocean, with a dog. The seascape is on the backround. Composition is created by ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Chattanooga
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Chattanooga
Series: Bunnies
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 15.25" x 13"
Signature: Signed by Artis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Between His Skin and Hers
Located in Nashville, TN
Laura Nugent describes her paintings as “colliding blocks of color made orderly overtime.” In her "Small Series", Nugent continues to explore color relationships in softly geometric compositions on new surfaces such as uniquely textured repurposed paper and vintage hardback book...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Diafanie (PORN) Figurative Drawing
Located in Napoli, IT
Diafanie Mixed media on plastic paper
Eclectic artist, born in Atri in Abruzzo in 1980, he works in the field of contemporary art with conceptual creations from the age of 18 years....
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Celandine, Botanical Painting Gold Flowers, Black Panel, Leaves, Stem, Buds
By Margot Glass
Located in Kent, CT
This delicate botanical drawing is made with gold acrylic on cradled panel, painted black. The exploration of ephemerality, and the fragility of a wild celandine flower, its leaves, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Welcome Louis-Paul Ordonneau Contemporary painting art animal red blue
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on canvas
Hand-signed on the back
Louis-Paul Ordonneau is a French painter born in 1975.
He lives and works in Paris.
In 1999, he set up his studio in temporary and alter...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Study for After Fools Rush, Elise Ansel, 2015, Oil on Canvas
By Elise Ansel
Located in London, GB
Oil on Canvas.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Elizabeth II, 80x60cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Elizabeth II, 80x60cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Diafanie Figurative Drawing (Black) Woman
Located in Napoli, IT
Diafanie Mixed media on plastic paper
Eclectic artist, born in Atri in Abruzzo in 1980, he works in the field of contemporary art with conceptual creations from the age of 18 years....
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Chinese Large Modernist Color Painting Asian Dragon Vase, Flowers Textured Paint
Located in Surfside, FL
This is hand signed and dated in English and appears to have Chinese (or Taiwanese) calligraphic characters above it.
This depicts an Asian porcelain or pottery vase in a vibrant blue green color with a dragon motif filled with colorful flowers. This is a bold color painting...
Category
1990s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
Contemporary Portrait of a Girl with Bun and White Top on Black Background
Located in Utrecht, NL
Karoline Kroiß (1975), born in Austria, mainly paints realistic female figures with acrylic paint on paper or canvas.
The women in her work seem to be lost in thought, serene scenes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Arabian night. Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art, Vibrant, European art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Figurative acrylic on paper painting by young professional European artist Waleria Matelska. Artwork is minimalistic and composed with synthetic shapes. Painting is vibrant- main col...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Large Expressive Landscape Oil Painting "Swartland"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
The area of South Africa where the artist lives, is called "Die Swartland" (The Black Land). It was given this name by the first Dutch settlers, who named it after the shrub that is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Night Tripper (Palisades No.2) - Road landscape painting
Located in East Quogue, NY
Night driving road scene by Edie Nadelhaft - oil on canvas, 12 x 12 inches
Edie Nadelhaft's paintings focus on the visual nuances and psychological ambi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bush Hen Dreaming
Located in Miami, FL
Abie Loy is the eldest of five children, and was born on Utopia station, about 270km north east of Alice Springs in the Northern Terrirtory. Abie definitely has painting in her blood: being the daughter of Margaret Loy Pula (who won the Wynne Prize in 2012) and Ray Loy Pula. Her aunt is the celebrated artist, Gloria Petyarre and her Grandmother is the equally respected senior woman artist, Kathleen Petyarre.
A very innovative mid-career artist, she began painting at the age of 19. She was mentored by her grandmother Kathleen Petyarre, who taught her the methodology of using details and tiny shimmering dotting to create complex optical effects.
Over the years, Abie further developed her skills as an artist to become an extraordinarily talented colourist and designer, experimenting with elements of line, colour and form.
Abie is a custodian of the Bush Hen Dreaming which she inherited from her Grandfather. At the simplest level, her Bush Hen Paintings...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Acrylic
Forest Calm, Bright Landscape Art, Vibrant Woodland Tree Painting, Light Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Nature and forest places are so healing meditative and peaceful. I love walking out to the woods in the summer. The sunlight is iridescent shining through the leaves creating beautiful shadows over the ground. I have always been entranced by the shadows and light in the forest. I create the effects of transient light by harnessing optical mixing and some of the colour theory employed by the impressionists resulting in a semi-abstract contemporary painting. An original artwork, one of a kind, this painting has been created with high quality acrylic paints on a deep edged canvas so no need for a frame. I use impasto techniques applied with a palette knife in multi layers, which creates a contemporary painting and if you look closely you can see the first layers applied in places.
Amanda Horvath is a contemporary artist whose works are available at Wychwood Art online and in our gallery. Amanda is influenced by the woods and moors of her home in the Peak District. Achieving a B A Hons (first class) in fine art Amanda went on to lecture in painting and printmaking. Now working full time as an artist from her studio her paintings are informed by the wild landscapes of her home. Renowned for forest scenes Amanda’s paintings are full of colour, texture and contrast, with an emphasis on delicate light effects and dramatic shadows. “I have a close connection to the natural world and painting is a response to the beautiful landscape, I attempt to capture the spirit of the land and the ethereal quality of light filtering through woodlands. Through my work I hope to impart the sense of peace and meditative calm I feel in these quiet places. This affinity with nature has grown from childhood and my past experiences” An important part of the creative process is to be absorbed in nature, so it begins with walking in the landscape making preliminary notes. These form the foundations of the work translated onto canvas in the studio. Harnessing some optical mixing techniques the paintings are created with layer upon layer of highly textured paint, worked expressively using palette knives and brushes, which results in paintings that lie somewhere between abstraction and realism. Her work has found homes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Salammbô Carole Fontana Contemporary painting art flower plant garden colour
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Hand-signed and dated lower right
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled (Blue Diamond)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Untitled (Blue Diamond)
Series: Bunnies
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil, Diamond Dust and Acrylic on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 1...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Mixed Media
Blue Group Diamond Dust
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Blue Group Diamond Dust
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil & Acrylic w/ Diamond Dust on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 20.25" x 16"
Framed Dimensions: 29.5" x 25.25"...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Girl with a flower-21st century painting of a girl in black dress & white flower
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Ksenya Istomina
'Girl with flower'
100 x 60 cm ( Frame is included in price, size framed in a black frame form the pictures is:
Oil on linen, framed
Painted after life, the artist ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
A priori Yankel Contemporary painting arbstract art collage blue character
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting and collage on wood panel
Unique work
Hand-signed higher right by the artist
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Pope Innocent X, 100x80cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Pope Innocent X, 100x80cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Green related", painting by Silvia Calmejane (39x29.5"), 2023
Located in Paris, France
"Green related", mixed technique on paper by Silvia Calmejane.
Spontaneous and instinctive, Silvia Calmejane's artistic gesture echoes the "art brut" avant-gardes which inspired her...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Daffodil Woods by Contemporary Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Daffodil Woods by Contemporary Irish Artist Andy Saunders
Art measures 8 x 8 inches
Frame measures 12 x 12 inches
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Looking up through tropical leaves to peace
Located in Deddington, GB
Looking up through tropical leaves to peace by Emily Finch [2022]
original
Oil on Dibond
Image size: H:80 cm x W:60 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work:...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Pyrrhus - Original Oil Painting of a Fighter in Shorts Sitting in the Ring
By Peter Lupkin
Located in Chicago, IL
In what appears to be a moment of defeat, the subject sits glassy-eyed in the corner of a boxing ring. A momentary respite, perhaps, before he begins the voluntary abuse to his body...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Louis XVI jouant apres la Revolution Tempera on Panel Surrealism in Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Louis XVI jouant apres la Revolution Tempera on Panel Surrealism in Stock. Sizes including frame. Size without frame 24 x 18 cm
Gérard Willemenot (1943, Paris, France) graduated as ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Panel
Amy's Owl
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Amy's Owl
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 21.5" x 19.5"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
MULTICOLORED TAPESTRY 5- Textured Abstract Contemporary Painting with Glitter
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
MULTICOLORED TAPESTRY 5 is an acrylic sculptural painting on panel that is created from various types of molds.
Artist Statement:
I am drawn to the aesthetic qualities of jewelry...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel, Glitter
Swallow in Flight II, Animal Art, Bird Painting, Swallow Artwork, Gold Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Sally-Ann Johns’ striking work often depicts everyday birds and animals, sometimes portraits, displayed in a unique and exciting way. Set into a gold lined box, they conjure images o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
N180 , 50x50cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
N180, 50x50cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
first date, 150x110cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
The scent of your hair, 150x110cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Aboriginal Painting by George Ward Tjungurrayi
Located in Miami, FL
George Ward Tjungurrayi was born near Kiwirrkura. It was only in his teenage years that he first encountered Europeans, when a commonwealth wel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Veuve Black (Cyan Drip)
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: La Pun, Campbell
Title: Veuve Black (Cyan Drip)
Date: 2023
Medium: Aerosol on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 40.5" x 28.6"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint
Art Deco Panther Icon /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Animal Big Cat Painting
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Art Deco Panther Icon"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, dated, and tit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paint, Canvas
Diafanie (PORN) Figurative Drawing
Located in Napoli, IT
Diafanie Mixed media on plastic paper
Eclectic artist, born in Atri in Abruzzo in 1980, he works in the field of contemporary art with conceptual creations from the age of 18 years....
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Argos/ Swimming with Starfish
By Gigi Mills
Located in New York, NY
Gigi Mills' work is born out of her desire to simplify and reduce each moment to its essence; she achieves this by omitting mundane details from life that can often obscure genuine e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Oil
Salon Rosthchild - Elixir
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: La Pun, Campbell
Title: Salon Rosthchild - Elixir
Series: Dom
Date: 2023
Medium: Aerosol on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 57.5" x 40.5"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint
"Listener"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Mike Carson is a Minneapolis painter, and graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, whose artwork can be found in private and corporate colle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Lofty
By Jake Fischer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil on panel
Jake Fischer, born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, graduated with a Master of Fine Art from Arizona State University in Drawing and Painting. While at ASU, he was awarded accolades including the Benjamin Wong Fie Scholarship, Eirene Peggy Lamb Scholarship, and the Gerry Grout Award. Fischer then attended the Art Students League of New York's residency program where he received the Ruth Katzman Scholarship. In 2016, Fischer had his first solo exhibition in New York, Between Light, at Island Weiss Gallery and has since notably participated in Into the Night: Contemporary Art and Nocturne Tradition at the Tucson Museum of Art. Interpermeate at Bentley Gallery...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Word Series (Desolate)
By Airom
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Paint and ink on canvas.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink
Lost and found- 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a man laying down
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Victor Schegin 'Seehund'
Lost and Found
130 x 97 cm
oil on canvas
The French artist Victor Schegin 'Seehund' lives and works in Paris.
At the age of 15, young Victor discovered tag...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Embodied I
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pelias expounds on her new works . . .
In this group of oil paintings on canvas, I am inspired and informed by my personal history and collective lived experience, as well as the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Sumi Ink
Evy- 21st Century Contemporary Portrait of a young Girl with Beautiful Eyes
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Evy
24 x 30 cm ( it will be delivered framed/ frame is included: size with frame 28 x 34 cm )
Acrylic paint on wood
The Dutch artist Jantina Peperkamp likes to paint portraits of y...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Abstraction. Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting, Colorful, Dynamic, Polish art
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
Abstract painting by Polish artist living in USA Monika Rossa. Painting in style of gestural abstraction with dynamic brush strokes and shapes. Main color is red balanced with yellow...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Marie-Anne Decamp - Evanescence 4
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, texture on canvas
Marie Anne Decamp is a French artist born in 1973 who lives and works in Chambly in Oise in Picardy, near Paris. She belongs to the expressionist movement...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Night Tripper (Palisades No.3) - Road landscape painting
Located in East Quogue, NY
Night driving road landscape scene by Edie Nadelhaft - Oil on canvas, 12 x 12 inches.
Edie Nadelhaft's paintings focus on the visual nuances and psychol...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Double Portrait with Sticks
By Judith Berry
Located in Montreal, Quebec
The artist thinks of their paintings primarily as landscapes. Lately, these landscapes have taken on a more manufactured feel rather than organic. At first glance, the subjects may a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood Panel
16 red/black quadrants RZ - contemporary modern abstract painting relief
By Eef de Graaf
Located in Doetinchem, NL
16 red/black quadrants RZ is a unique one-of-a-kind contemporary modern painting relief by Dutch artist Eef de Graaf. The relief is made from meticulously hand-cut plain black and re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Cardboard
LIMITATION
Located in Yerevan, AM
LIMITATION, 47x42cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Marie-Anne Decamp - System Failed
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & texture on canvas (Reactif UV Light)
Marie Anne Decamp is a French artist born in 1973 who lives and works in Chambly in Oise in Picardy, near Paris. She belongs to the ex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
North by Northwest, Landscape, Figure Swimming, Black Ocean, Coral Sky, Clouds
Located in Kent, CT
A nude figure swims in a dark charcoal black ocean, their arms reaching forward, while fluffy cumulus clouds float in the coral sky overhead. Signed, dated and titled on verso.
Davi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Marie-Anne Decamp - Evanescence 3
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, texture on canvas
Marie Anne Decamp is a French artist born in 1973 who lives and works in Chambly in Oise in Picardy, near Paris. She belongs to the expressionist movement...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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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