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
Georgian Contemporary Art by Keti Shapatava - Untitled 6
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Keti Shapatava is a Georgian artist born in 1995 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She was introduced to the world of art at Anastasia Virseladze Art Gymnasium ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Latin American Modernist Oil Paintng Women with Fruit
By Alexis Duque
Located in Surfside, FL
depicting two women, deshabille, partially nude with tropical fruit. surrealist.
Alexis Duque
Imaginatively charting the psychological experience of space, Alexis Duque produces pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
September Siesta, Impressionist Style Landscape Painting, Forest Artwork
Located in Deddington, GB
An impressionistic painting of a forest river. This painting is painted on the sides, ready to hang.
Discover more original artwork by Mariusz Kaldowski with Wychwood Art online and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Grass Four pink and green botanical on paper
Located in Petaluma, CA
This is a new painting and part of my 'grasses' series. I have been interested in the complexity of line this year having shifted from painting and drawing flowers in 2022. My goal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Three in Totem
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Three in Totem
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 21" x 26.5"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
They reveal themselves over time & Disappeared where it's hard to disappear. Art
By On Hansen
Located in Miami Beach, FL
They reveal themselves over time & Disappeared where it's hard to disappear, Diptych by On Hansen
Oil wax, acrylic, graphite, organic ink, and crayon on canvas.
Overall size: 48 in. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Crayon, Ink, Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite
A Short Walk Through a Summer Garden, Original painting, Abstract Landscape art
Located in Deddington, GB
'A Short Walk Through a Summer Garden' is just that - an immersive piece which is full of the joy of a walk in a sunny summer garden full of softly coloured flowers in pretty pastel ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Free Spirit- 21st Century Contemporary Portrait Painting of a young girl
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Erik van Elven
Free Spirit
70 x 50 cm
Oil on dibond ( panel )
Framed 78 x 58 cm ( This frame is included in the price )
Erik van Elven did build a wonderful career as an artist in H...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
"Sagittarius" zodiac, astrology sign, myth, centaur, bright figurative painting
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Sagittarius" (2017) by Clarence Rich
Acrylic on canvas
Zodiac sign, astrology art, figurative centaur image
Vertical orientation, measures 36" H x 24...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sailing Away
Located in Miami, FL
My intense passion and extreme love of life is the foundation of my creativity. Elation, contentment and ultimate satisfaction are the feelings I experience when reaching the comp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Acrylic
Mijas Steps, Spain art, purple art, plein air art, tree art
Located in Deddington, GB
Mijas Steps is an original painting by Eleanor Woolley. Inspired by a February trip to Mijas, started Plein Air, and finished in the studio. The painting shows some archetypal steps ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fly agaric collects ripe people, 80x60cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Fly agaric collects ripe people, 80x60cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Adrian Parnell, Modern British Artist, Still life of flowers
Located in Harkstead, GB
Adrian Parnell (b.1952)
House of flowers
Signed with initials,
Inscribed with title and date verso
Oil on board
20 x 16 inches
A delicate and subtly captured study of summer flowers...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Luck or Fate, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"I got inspired to paint something related to the question, 'Is it luck or fate?'" says artist Jose H. Alvarenga. "As a representation of luck, I painted the horseshoe, the four-leaf clover, and the number 7. The sun tarot...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Healer Also Needs Healing II
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Healer Also Needs Healing" is an evocative portrait that invites viewers to explore the inner world of the subject. The woman depicted exudes a sense of strength and serenity, her e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Translations
Located in Oslo, 03
Unique artwork.
Oil on canvas, framed in waxed oak frame.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oak, Oil
Girl With Rabbit
By Nina Bovasso
Located in New York, NY
This is a large work on paper created during MacDowell Fellowship residency .
It is 60 x 51 inches on paper. There are figurative elements in the harlequin patterned abstract space ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Cordelia, floral art, affordable art, original art, pink art, abstract art
Located in Deddington, GB
‘Cordelia’ is an original abstract painting on canvas by contemporary artist Wendi Weller. Acrylic and oil pastel on framed canvas Image size: H:100 cm x ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
I Might Grow to Be Kinder - Intimate Portrayal of a Couple Embracing
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
Using pornography as a vehicle for understanding, Rick Sindt's work explores the discovery and development of queer attraction. Sindt transforms pornographi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Duo in Totem
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Duo in Totem
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 14" x 20"
Framed Dimensions: 18" x 24"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edition...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Abstract Rusted Metal Composition "Red Matisse Study"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Metal, Steel, Iron
One Queen (2) Silver, digitally produced art, affordable art, original art
By Agent X
Located in Deddington, GB
'One Queen (2) Silver' is an Original on Canvas by Agent. ’One Queen (2) Silver’ depicts silhouette of the Queen. As snipped from the pure sliver background, Agent X creates the illu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Blossom Lights, pink and green art, forest art, tree art, affordable art
Located in Deddington, GB
Amanda Horvath, painter, is available for sale online and in our art gallery at Wychwood Art. Amanda Horvath is a contemporary artist who is influenced by the woods and moors of her ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Femme Fatale, figurative portrait painting, woman with braids, bubbly, bird
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Femme Fatale" (2021) by Gail M. Boykewich
Acrylic on wood panel, figurative, magical realism, neo-folk, portrait of woman with braids, wearing a purple glove and holding a glass of pink champagne, surrounded by blooming indoor plants and freshly cut daffodils; interior setting with dark wood furniture...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Pen Blow Purple Horizon, Square Abstract Landscape Resin Painting in Pink, Blue
Located in Kent, CT
In this square painting in ballpoint pen and resin on panel, the artist's unique ballpoint ink process creates undulating, layered striations of bright pink, blue, green, violet and yellow...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Resin, Panel, Ballpoint Pen
Die liebe Katze
Located in New Orleans, LA
STARSKY BRINE’s paintings and drawings captivate audiences with their distinctive style and a recurring theme, the search for the nature of humanity. In his bold works, the artist focuses on characters that are built from a combination of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic features, as well as the appropriation of elements from comics and toys from his childhood.
On the one hand, these characters distort reality to venture into an environment of subcultures and urbanism created by the spontaneous intuition of his strokes and the appropriation of the contemporary iconography. On the other hand, they move within the realm of fantasy. In particular, the animals paired with their human characters evoke associations with fairy tales or comics. They are reminiscent of the world of theatre, in which fantasy and poetry but also comedy often serve as catalysts for the creation of critical meaning.
With his works, Brines often questions the interplay of good and evil against the background of the worldwide socio-political climate. Yet Brines does not interpret his themes as ‘black and white.’ They are complex and nonlinear, with charming disruptions, quite serious and yet full of humor.
Brines is personally influenced by his mother and art historically influenced by Latin American figurative art, the German Neoexpressionism, the Italian Transavantgarde, and the COBRA group. His works oscillate between figuration and abstraction. Brines holds a degree in Fine Art from the Instituto Universitario de Estudios Superiores de Artes Plásticas Armando Reverón...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Loch Levan, landscape art, affordable art, original painting, Scotland art
Located in Deddington, GB
Loch Levan [May 2023]
original
Oil Paint on Canvas
Image size: H:100 cm x W:100 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:100 cm x W:100 cm x D:2cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Korean Contemporary Art by Soonnam Kim - Serenade 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil & acrylic on linen
Soonnam Kim is a Korean artist born in 1969. Kim studied painting at Changwon National University (BFA) in Korea and New Jersey Cit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Deborah Windsor, Still Life on a White Tablecloth, Original Still Life Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
'Still Life on a White Tablecloth' is an original painting by Deborah Windsor. It is a delightful small vases of summer flowers, a cactus and other objects sit on a crisp white table...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flora, Violet/Green
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This painting is an abstract representation of flowers in violet and green, showing the movement and flow of nature. The painting expresses the life force energy inherent in nature, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"The Catch" Painting of a Texas Longhorn Football Game
Located in Austin, TX
This painting by Ragan Gennusa depicts a snapshot of the game-winning play in the 1970 Texas versus UCLA football game. On 4th down with 55 seconds left in the game and UCLA leading ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Belly Energy, colorful nude in mirror w animals elephant lion
By Jenny Toth
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an oil painting done from life with a woman looking in the mirror with energy radiating from her belly and looking like she has an ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
VF4, Original Abstract Painting, Circular Map Painting, Green and Blue Artwork
Located in Deddington, GB
Inspired by the landscape, my new series of paintings present both a micro (snail's view) and macro (bird's eye aerial view) of nature revealing the textures and colours found in gra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Metal
Kingfisher - contemporary mixed media bird animal wildlife framed gold painting
Located in London, GB
Each Clive's drawing or painting reveals meticulous attention to detail, achievable only by hours spent in the field observing and photographing subjects in their natural habitat.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Fruitier d'Azur 7
Located in New York, NY
This work is a unique piece. It is a gilded oil painting on linen canvas with 12 carat gold leaf.
CS Art comprises of two artists, one French, the other Norwegian. They have been p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold, Silver, Foil, Gold Leaf
Ride
By Amanda Brown
Located in New Orleans, LA
Amanda Joy Brown is a visual artist and educator based in Nashville, TN. Brown earned her MFA in the painting program at the Savannah College of Art and Design. During her time there...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Landslide, abstract female figure
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
abstracted painting of female nude, beautiful brush work
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstraction - Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting, Colorful, Dynamic
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
MONIKA ROSSA
studied painting at the University of Arizona, in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and at the Escuela de Diseno in Barcelona. She practices drawing and easel painting....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hana-Bi 6
Located in Burlingame, CA
The Hana-Bi 6 — luminous oil on linen. Dimensions are 64 x 48 inches.
French American Frédéric Choisel, is inspired by the cities and countrysides of France, New York, and Californ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Perfect day Nicolas Kennett Contemporary painting animal art landscape
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on wood panel
Unique
Hand-signed on the back by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
VF6, Contemporary Abstract Landscape Painting, Contemporary Map Art, Green Blue
Located in Deddington, GB
Inspired by the landscape, my new series of paintings present both a micro (snail's view) and macro (bird's eye aerial view) of nature revealing the textures and colours found in gra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Metal
Herald under wraps Julien Wolf Contemporary art painting expressionnist colour
By Julien Wolf
Located in Paris, FR
OIl paint on canvas
Hand-signed and dated on the back by the artist
“At first glance, we are invited to a colorful carnival. Everything is movement here! As if Julien Wolf had tried...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Golden Days, Contemporary Landscape painting, Impressionist Style Rural Art
Located in Deddington, GB
A celebration of the long, lazy days of late summer, when the early summer greens have muted, and the the wheat and the stubble fields glow a wonderful gold. Framed in a bespoke, han...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Light Refraction #60, Abstract painting on canvas mounted in a stretcher
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Light Refraction #60, 2015 by Natasha Zupan
From the series Light Refraction
Oil, fabric, medium, on canvas
Size: 9.5 in. H x 7.5 in. W x 3 in D.
Canvas on a stretcher
Unique
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Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Josette Dubost - La Forteresse en Gris
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Alexandre Akar - Home Working
Located in Paris, IDF
Alexandre Akar is a French artist born in 1961 who lives & works in Gennevilliers, France.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Ophelia, floral art, abstract art, affordable art, original art, red/green art
Located in Deddington, GB
‘Ophelia’ is an original abstract painting on canvas by contemporary artist Wendi Weller. Oil pastel mark making details are added to many layers of acryl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Playing Under A Tree
Located in Singapore, SG
A picture of the innocence of village children playing under a tree. Their happiness is simple, they don't need gadgets and internet connection, just trees and friends.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dinner With Family
Located in Singapore, SG
A harmonious family always eats together at the dining table, especially supper as it is an important moment where each family member shares stories about their day.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Small Multicolor Snoopies Painting on canvas
By Nina Bovasso
Located in New York, NY
This is a small unique painting in canvas of multicolor snoopies. These repeated dog heads blend in with each other and create a patterning much like a kind of camoflage.
A lot of sn...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
The Space of Happiness
Located in Singapore, SG
There are certain public spaces where people can come and carry out various activities to refresh and unwind. Starting from children playing with toys, people dressing up in superher...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
EQ redefined series 1700-EU101-5, Abstract Painting, Orange and Black Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Andrzej Karwacki likes to create warmth within his work by using dark colours. Within this work, Andrzej has used: Black, Orange, Yellow and Red to create a very warm and comforting ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Resin, Birch, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Puzzle 74, David E. Peterson, Mid-century Modern Colorful Wooden Wall Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
Puzzle 74 by David E. Peterson is part of an ongoing series featuring beautiful, exotic woods and abstract painting. These 3-dimensional wall sculptures look amazing solo or as a grouping.
David E. Peterson Artist Statement
“Industrial Design informs my work. Inspiration might come from a brightly coloured sneaker, an eye- catching dress, an intricate watch...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Birch, Resin, Wood, Acrylic
Russian Contemporary Art by Anna Bukhareva - Prisosalis, Suki
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on board
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Two Red Chairs and Pinocchio - realist, interior, Ukrainian, Israeli, oil/canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Artist Dmitry Yuzefovich remembers—details, colours, textures and images from his life in the Ukraine. Using a trompe l’oeil technique to great effect, he renders nostalgic and realistic paintings that recall a rich and somewhat mysterious past. In this piece, two bright red wooden chairs lean against soft green striped wallpaper and a plant sits in a sky-blue pot...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
David Hostetler Oil Painting Colorful Group Figurative People Anasazi Indian
Located in Nantucket, MA
David was inspired by the Anasazi petroglyphs with these shapes of the figures in this painting. It is an oil painting on Masonite. The frame is black wood- a shadow box concept. The...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Metal fan (Green)
Located in Oslo, 03
Oil on masonite painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Golden Rule
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Golden Rule
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 48" x 36"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
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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