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: Brown
Untitled, Oil on Canvas, Red, Black by Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Amitava Dhar - Untitled
Oil on Canvas
60 x 48 inches, 2000
( Unframed & Delivered )
Amitava Dhar graduated from Government College of Arts & Crafts, Kolkata, following which he did...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
yelloo
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Yelloo
Series: Bunnies
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 15" x 13"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Uniqu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Black Music", 174x157cm, oil on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
"Black Music", 174x157cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Four Trees In The Desert
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Dondi Schwartz is an Israeli artist born in Canada in 1961 who lives and works in the Kibbutz Beeri, Negev, Israel. Schwartz studied art at the Avni School of Arts in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled, Acrylic on Fabriano Paper, Red, Green Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Gurucharan Singh - Untitled - 29.5 x 22.5 inches
(Unframed Size )
Acrylic on Fabriano Paper
( Framed & Delivered )
Born
1949
Exhibitions :
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012 'Twil...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Face, Acrylic on Canvas, Brown, Black Colors by Contemporary Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Chandra Bhattacharya - Untitled
24 x 24 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic on Canvas , 2018
( ROLLED & DELIVERED )
Style : In the last three to four years, he has engaged with the concept of an indelible signature left by the ooze of the urban theatre. Human beings, who have always occupied Chandra, who have mostly been figures of silent resilience on his canvas, now play...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Floret Silva Nobilis : Nos Femmes
Located in PARIS, FR
Shane Wolf is an American artist born in 1976 in Cincinnati.
A first university career in graphic design led him to work for major French industrial brands....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - The Flea Market At Sunset
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Dondi Schwartz is an Israeli artist born in Canada in 1961 who lives and works in the Kibbutz Beeri, Negev, Israel. Schwartz studied art at the Avni School of Arts in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Peace". Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Early work was impressionistic and hard abstract. Carola later developed a more mature way of working in a colourful exploration of the subject.
Colour was her main interest and sh...
Category
1990s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache
Happy Feet
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
"Happy Feet," is by an up and coming Moldovan painter named Stefan Mocanu. Stefan, lives painting. He finds the incredible in the everyday and transforms it into a pictorial joy. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - In The Stack
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Dondi Schwartz is an Israeli artist born in Canada in 1961 who lives and works in the Kibbutz Beeri, Negev, Israel. Schwartz studied art at the Avni School of Arts in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mountain Devil Lizard
Located in Miami, FL
Kathleen (or Kweyetwemp in her Eastern Anmatyerre tongue) Petyarre was born c. 1940 at Atnangkere on Utopia Station, 270km north east of Alice Springs. She first encountered white ma...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Linen
Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Jaffa Flea Market At Noon
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Dondi Schwartz is an Israeli artist born in Canada in 1961 who lives and works in the Kibbutz Beeri, Negev, Israel. Schwartz studied art at the Avni School of Arts in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Desert, 140x100cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Desert, 140x100cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Painted Lodge by Greg Singley
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Greg Singley , born 1950-
Artist Statement:
When the sun sets in the desert South West, things appear. This is the nature of what touches me about that la...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Imagination" Abstract Oil Painting 39" x 78" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Imagination" Abstract Oil Painting 39" x 78" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Ashraf El Zamzami was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Minya, and he fast made a name for himself in th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Mood of the times", Blue Oranges Empowering Floral Bouquet Abstract Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
"Mood of the times"，is a mixed-media painting on canvas by Andrée de Frémont.
Parisian by birth and spirit, the pulse of the times has been an unspoken conductor threading through ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - The Eye
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Dondi Schwartz is an Israeli artist born in Canada in 1961 who lives and works in the Kibbutz Beeri, Negev, Israel. Schwartz studied art at the Avni School of Arts in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Brush
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Brush
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 20" x 16"
Framed Dimensions: 30" x 26"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Autumn Trees, Contemporary Pointillist Landscape Park Art, Bright Light Tree Art
By Marc Todd
Located in Deddington, GB
Autumn Trees [2022]
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
Autumn Trees is an original landscape painting by Marc Todd. This painting has bee...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Crow Before The Eagle by Greg Singley
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Greg Singley , born 1950-
Artist Statement:
When the sun sets in the desert South West, things appear. This is the nature of what touches me about that la...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rosemary
Located in London, GB
Paul S. Brown was born in 1967 and raised in North Carolina. Paul’s immeasurable talent for drawing was evident from a young age. At the age of ten he received drawing lessons in the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - At the Flea Market Old Jafa
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Dondi Schwartz is an Israeli artist born in Canada in 1961 who lives and works in the Kibbutz Beeri, Negev, Israel. Schwartz studied art at the Avni School of Arts in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Ein Carem
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Dondi Schwartz is an Israeli artist born in Canada in 1961 who lives and works in the Kibbutz Beeri, Negev, Israel. Schwartz studied art at the Avni School of Arts in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Farid Resting With His Sheeps
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Dondi Schwartz is an Israeli artist born in Canada in 1961 who lives and works in the Kibbutz Beeri, Negev, Israel. Schwartz studied art at the Avni School of Arts in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Bottles 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Dondi Schwartz is an Israeli artist born in Canada in 1961 who lives and works in the Kibbutz Beeri, Negev, Israel. Schwartz studied art at the Avni School of Arts in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Field of Poppies
By Wencke Uhl
Located in Bonn, NW
original painting; acrylics on canvas and mounted on wooden stretcher frame. 60 x 80 cm 23.6 x 31.5 in. The sides are painted and it's ready to hang.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Empathatic Viewer, Seragraph on Paper, Red, White Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Prasanta Sahu - The Empathatic Viewer
Seragraph on Paper
20 x 14 inches, 2009
( Unframed & Delivered )
Prasanta’s inventiveness in his works lies as much in the selection and juxta...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
Rondo 6
By Ramon Enrich
Located in PARIS, FR
After the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona and after graduating in art history, he discovered the United States.
He met Julian Schnabel, Ed Ruscha and David Hockney.
Back in Europe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Faun`s sweet dream, 90x80cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Faun`s sweet dream, 2021, 90x80 cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Disneyland
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: paint chip sample mosaic on panel
Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea College of Art in De...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mosaic, House Paint, Wood Panel
Good as Gold
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: paint chip sample mosaic on panel
Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea College of Art in De...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mosaic, House Paint, Wood Panel
Heartthrob, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The painting is called "Heart-eater". It depicts a collective image of a womanizer in the form of a predatory fish. He swims in a flock of cute fish, which, as they approach the edge...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Silvers
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Silvers
Series: Bunnies
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 16.25" x 14.25"
Signature: Signed
Edition:...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Papier III
By Ramon Enrich
Located in PARIS, FR
After the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona and after graduating in art history, he discovered the United States.
He met Julian Schnabel, Ed Ruscha and David Hockney.
Back in Europe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Liubov Juravliova - Trois Tsarines
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
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 by yellow a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Luca, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original painting by Austin based artist Sandra Boskamp Acrylic & oil on canvas :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rider, 150x110cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Rider, 150х110cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Creation" Warm Red Large Contemporary Abstract Painting Mixed Media by Nan
Located in Carmel, CA
There are many masterful abstracts out there, however, to be able to find ones on such a goliath scale is few and far between. To be able to create such massive abstracts, and not lo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dragon Fly by Greg Singley
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Greg Singley , born 1950-
Artist Statement:
When the sun sets in the desert South West, things appear. This is the nature of what touches me about that la...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Stop Proving (Contemporary Mixed Media Painting, Framed)
By Guy Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist's Statement: "Part a new series of paintings I have been working on that I am really excited about. I am incorporating a lot of media I have been exploring over the years -- ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Rubber, Wood, Charcoal, Tar, House Paint, Acrylic
Memphis
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Love' Large Contemporary Colorful Red Blue & Yellow Abstract By Nan Van Ryzin
Located in Carmel, CA
There are many masterful abstracts out there, however, to be able to find ones on such a goliath scale is few and far between. To be able to create such massive abstracts, and not lo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Liubov Juravliova - Abstrait Rouge et Noir
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
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas
Contemporary Figurative Painting, Untitled
Located in East Quogue, NY
Brown earth tone contemporary figurative painting by Moroccan artist Said Housbane. Acrylic on canvas. Size: 56 x 60 inches. Offered in wood frame.
Said Housbane began his career by...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Amazon Deep Forest
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Amazon Deep Forest
Series: Birds
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.75" x 12.75"
Signature: Signed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Soy capitan Carole Fontana Contemporary painting art flower plant garden colour
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Hand-signed and dated by the artist lower left
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
French Contemporary Art by Liubov Juravliova - Femme Moderne
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic 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 Drouot since 2...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Unstretched Painting #02
By Jorge Yances
Located in Nashville, TN
Award-winning artist Jorge Yances reflects the Latin literary tradition of Magical realism with his ability to blend fantasy and reality in his artwork.
Yances was born in Cartagena...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Mudders, original 15x30 contemporary equestrian landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
And the race is on! The mudders are running full throttle through the mud drenched race track in hopes of achieving glory! The jockeys are mounted--perched-- with heels down, lifted off of the horses backs and they seek to gain advantage. This contemporary equestrian landscape is packed with excitement and elegance, painted by professional portrait artist Joseph Sundwall of New York. Sundwall grew up in Chicago where his artistic talents were recognized early on. He studied his trade at the Kansas City Art Institute, the famed Art Students League and National Academy of Design in NYC followed by added training in London at the St. Oswald Studios. He developed an exceptional ability to create figurative compositions as well as portraiture to significant acclaim having refined his techniques with famed portrait artist Everett Raymond Kinstler...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Lava" Large Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media Yellow & Red by Nan Van Ryzin
Located in Carmel, CA
"Nan's works first astound you by their size and lushness of color and then grab you for their quality. I stood in front of her canvases for several minutes and then walked away. And...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cecilia Arrospide - Flowers Over the Cliff II, Painting 2017
Located in Greenwich, CT
Oil on canvas
Cecilia studied Social Studies and Literature at Universidad Catolica del Peru, Drawing with Cristina Galvez, and Watercolors with Juan ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Golden Evening Light II Original Tree Painting Contemporary English Woodland Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Golden Evening Light III by Amanda Horvath [2022]
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
Golden Evening Light 111" was inspired by a lovely forest close to my studio in the Peak District...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Liubov Juravliova - Abstrait Rouge et Doré
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic 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 Drouot since 2...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Liubov Juravliova - Robe Fleurie
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic 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 Drouot since 2...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Plants on Porch, Red Geranium Flowers, Green, Yellow Potted Plants, Patio, Wood
Located in Kent, CT
This painting of plants on a porch is from Francis Sills' 2017 series of Flora Paintings. Verdant leafy palms in planters stand behind a wooden table with bright red potted flowers a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
3 Cabbage Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: 3 Cabbage Butterflies
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 14" x 11"
Framed Dimensions: 19" x 16"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
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