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: Gold
Redoshi
Located in Santa Monica, CA
With Halo, Greenfield brings the stories of Black folk-saints, martyrs, freedom-fighters, survivors, magicians, and visionaries back into view.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Celia
Located in Santa Monica, CA
With Halo, Greenfield brings the stories of Black folk-saints, martyrs, freedom-fighters, survivors, magicians, and visionaries back into view.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
211
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean BIJOUX
(XX)
211
Acrylic painting and gold leaf on vellum
Signed lower middle
H. 27 cm ; L. 18 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Richard Potter
Located in Santa Monica, CA
With Halo, Greenfield brings the stories of Black folk-saints, martyrs, freedom-fighters, survivors, magicians, and visionaries back into view.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
201
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean BIJOUX
(XX)
201
Acrylic painting and gold leaf on vellum
Signed lower left
H. 21 cm ; L. 19 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
By the moonlight II by Lumi Mizutani - Japanese-style painting, triptych
Located in Paris, FR
By the moonlight II, triptych painting by French-Japanese contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani, representing white-flowering trees under a gold moon, on a pink background.
Chinese pain...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mixed Media on Woven Fabriano Painting "Feminin Reign"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
This unique artwork is created through interweaving and twisting strips of painted fabriano paper in order to create a complex composition with depth and texture. The artwork is fram...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Dance For a Lifetime
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“I spent my childhood in the countryside, where nature became my first, and forever biggest, inspiration. Nature taught me how to find an inner balance and how to listen to the voice...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Lady Nature
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“I spent my childhood in the countryside, where nature became my first, and forever biggest, inspiration. Nature taught me how to find an inner balance and how to listen to the voic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Tiger in Sunrise, Ancient Inspired painting on paper with acrylic and gold leaf
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a magnificent large scale painting on paper, showing a powerful Tiger, full of the artist's signature motifs, inspired by ancient Greece and Egypt. This artwork comes in a be...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Vibrant Amber - Honey Gold Color Field Abstract, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Vibrant Amber is an original acrylic painting on canvas by Suzanne Vaughan. An abstract expressionist style painting with thick layers of paint and tex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Marie-Anne Decamp - Evanescence 1
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, gold leaf and 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 expressi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Autumn’s Golden Heart, Abstract Tree Art, Contemporary Art, Affordable Art
By Nicky Chubb
Located in Deddington, GB
Autumn's Golden Heart is an original painting by Nicky Chubb.
Nicky Chubb is available online and in our gallery at Wychwood Art. Nicky comments "My work is essentially optimistic, w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Contemporary Art by Hiromi Sengoku - What're your Neighbours doing Next
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, gouache, japanese mineral pigment, gold leaf on panelled linen
Hiromi Sengoku is a Japanese artist born in 1982 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Musash...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Contemporary Art by Hiromi Sengoku - Spending a Night Scooping Up
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil, tempera, acrylic, Japanese mineral pigment, gold leaf on paneled linen
Hiromi Sengoku is a Japanese artist born in 1982 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Mu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Contemporary Art by Hiromi Sengoku - Over the Rainbow, Under the Stars
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, japanese mineral pigment, gold leaf on canvas
Hiromi Sengoku is a Japanese artist born in 1982 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Musashino Art Universit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Contemporary Art by Hiromi Sengoku - Lily and Lilies
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, gouache, japanese mineral pigment, gold leaf on panelled linen
Hiromi Sengoku is a Japanese artist born in 1982 who lives & works in Tokyo, Ja...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
French Contemporary Art by Marie-Anne Decamp - California Bloom
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, texture, and gold leaf 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 express...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Dawn of a New Day, Moody Landscape Painting, Dartmoor Sky, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
A gold-leaf landscape painting by Sophie Berger. This original oil painting on canvas board has the depth and moodiness of a Dartmoor sky as well as the vivid sunshine hiding beneath the clouds. This is captured by the iridescent glory of the gold leaf. When the viewer is moving around the room the reflection on the gold leaf changes the whole painting as it glows and reflects. Based on the ever changing skies in Devon where Sophie lives and works.
New original artwork by artist, Sophie Berger is available with Wychwood Art in their gallery and online. Sophie Berger's recent work has been greatly influenced by her move to Devon and a new found love of the Dartmoor. She often sketches on the north moors and in Skaigh woods, taking in the mood of the sky, rolling hills and streams or concentrating on the intricate twisted branches and roots of the bracken. Sophie Berger's next stage is to recapture these sketches using oil paint when back at the studio in Kigbeare, thereby creating a strong connection between her work and the landscape. The changeable, moody landscapes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Olivier de Provence 10- An Oil painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
This is a unique painting. It is an oil painting on 22 carat gold leaf gilded on a canvas.
CS Art comprises of two artists, one French, the other Norwegian. Th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold, Silver, Foil, Gold Leaf
Olivier de Provence 5 - An Oil painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
This is a unique painting. It is an oil painting on 22 carat gold leaf gilded on a canvas.
CS Art comprises of two artists, one French, the other Norwegian. Th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold, Silver, Foil, Gold Leaf
Begin Again 4659
Located in Napa, CA
Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Robertson, the registered Californ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Unity 4-6
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Unity series is about bringing peace, balance, and harmony to the mind/body/spirit connection. Following the pathway of the chakras of the body and the geometry found in nature, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Unity 4-7
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Unity series is about bringing peace, balance, and harmony to the mind/body/spirit connection. Following the pathway of the chakras of the body and the geometry found in nature, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Unity 4-5
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Unity series is about bringing peace, balance, and harmony to the mind/body/spirit connection. Following the pathway of the chakras of the body and the geometry found in nature, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Unity 4-3
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Unity series is about bringing peace, balance, and harmony to the mind/body/spirit connection. Following the pathway of the chakras of the body and the geometry found in nature, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Unity 4-4
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Unity series is about bringing peace, balance, and harmony to the mind/body/spirit connection. Following the pathway of the chakras of the body and the geometry found in nature, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Unity 4-1
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Unity series is about bringing peace, balance, and harmony to the mind/body/spirit connection. Following the pathway of the chakras of the body and the geometry found in nature, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Unity 4-2
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Unity series is about bringing peace, balance, and harmony to the mind/body/spirit connection. Following the pathway of the chakras of the body and the geometry found in nature, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pinecone #3 (Contemporary Realist Still Life Painting of Pinecone w/ Gold Leaf)
Located in Hudson, NY
Realistic still life painting of a brown pinecone with gold leaf tips on a warm yellow earth toned background
"Pinecone #3" By Matthew Hopkins, 2021
Oil on panel
6 x 8 inches unframe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
New Leaf 4658
Located in Napa, CA
Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Robertson, the registered Californ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Light Refraction #23, Abstract painting on canvas mounted in a stretcher
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Light Refraction #23, 2015 by Natasha Zupan
From the series Light Refraction
Oil, fabric, encaustic, 24K Gold, medium, on canvas
Size: 9.5 in. H x 7.5 in. W x 3 in D.
Canvas on a st...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold
Come Together
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Untitled No. 54
Located in Westport, CT
This beautiful painting is by Japanese artist, Takefumi Hori. He was born in Tokyo, Japan. He paints beautiful gold leaf paintings. This piece is acrylic, gold leaf and metal leaf ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Silver, Gold Leaf
November Overlook, Expansive Sky in Hues of Gold & Orange, Original Oil, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
The vast golden sky fades to a pale cream as the sun sets over a tree lined field. This tranquil scene is the subject of "November Overlook" by Ahzad Bogosian. The piece is framed in a simple wooden frame measuring 31 x 41 inches.
Ahzad Bogosian
November Overlook, 2020
oil and acrylic on canvas
30h x 40w in
76.20h x 101.60w cm
AZB117
Ahzad Bogosian
Exhibitions
2021 Es-Scape, Gallery Victor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lightness 4642
Located in Napa, CA
Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Robertson, the registered Californ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Venus Of The Nile" - Colorful Mythological Painting by Moroccan Nelly Zagury
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This square 60 inch original, neon colored painting on linen is stretched, wired and ready to hang. It is signed by the artist on the back of the artwork....
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold
Space Junk 23 - Original Acrylic Space Astronaut Line Drawing Artwork on Canvas
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s work is influenced by Egyptian hieroglyphs, graffiti, and his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in his creative life. He covers the canvas with unique imagery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
As Always 4639
Located in Napa, CA
Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Robertson, the registered Californ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Blue Lotus" - Colorful Mythological Painting by Moroccan Nelly Zagury
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This square 60 inch original, neon colored painting on linen is stretched, wired and ready to hang. It is signed by the artist on the back of the artwork....
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold
The Shield - unique piece by Paula Craioveanu - Neo Mythology
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"The Shield".
This painting was inspired by ancient masks and statues and it's part of my Neo-Mythology series.
Painted with acrylic, (+gesso and gold l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Calm 4675
Located in Napa, CA
Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Robertson, the registered Californ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
USS Enterprise -Contemporary Space Star Wars Geometric Art mixed-media Painting
By Marco Araldi
Located in London, GB
Marco’s background is in engineering and architecture, making him familiar with mathematical design and the awareness of geometry.
When he decided to create art, he was naturally drawn to cartography, applying traditional techniques such as multiple Cartesian coordinates and polar system coordinates to maps he draws.
He is also deeply influenced by astronomy and navigation, frequently using charts...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Golden City - 24k Gold and Mineral, Cityscape, Luxurious, Big Painting, Gemstone
Located in Tokyo, JP
This large painting is Mitsumori's very first maiden work. An original mineral painting, made with 24k gold, crushed minerals (natural and synthetic), oyster shells and gold-coated mica on Japanese paper mounted on a wood panel. Natural colors include precious and semi-precious stones. Because these substances consist of unique chemical and physical properties, every artwork has unique characteristics and a story to tell, with a sense of connection to the earth. It is highly textured with a matt and rich sand-like appearance.
What originally inspired her to paint was the cityscapes of Jaisalmer. Jaisalmer is a city in India known as the “golden city” that gleams in gold-like colors at sunset. The city shimmered like a piece of gold jewelry, reminding her of jewelry that retains its shine even after a thousand years. She felt a strong desire to capture them in paintings and set out to do so. Presents the sceneries seen through her eyes in an art form.
In mint condition, Certificate of Authenticity included and calligraphy seal in front, hand-signed at the back. Sold unframed and ready to hang (eye bolt and string mounted at the back).
Artist: Maria Mitsumori...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Stone, Gold
Untitled No. 64
Located in Westport, CT
This beautiful painting is by Japanese artist, Takefumi Hori. He was born in Tokyo, Japan. He paints beautiful gold leaf paintings. This piece is acrylic, gold leaf and metal leaf ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Silver, Gold Leaf
Light Refraction #23 and Small White Lies. Abstract painting on canvas, mounted
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Light Refraction #23 and Small White Lies, 2013-2015 by Natasha Zupan
-Small White Lies, 2013
Oil, fabric, medium, on canvas
-Light Refraction #23, 2...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold
Color Boundaries 34, 35 & 38, Abstract painting on canvas, mounted on a strecher
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Color Boundaries #34, #35, and #38, (Triptych) 2018 by Natasha Zupan
-Color Boundaries #34 and #38
Oil, fabric, medium, on canvas
-Color Boundaries #35
Oil, fabric, medium, gold, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold
Impotent and aggressive 2010, canvas, mixed media, 140x120 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Impotent and aggressive
2010, canvas, mixed media, 140x120 cm
Juris Utāns (1959-2022)
was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Doggie-ballony 2010, canvas, mixed media, 140x120 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Doggie-ballony
2010, canvas, mixed media, 140x120 cm
Juris Utāns (1959-2022)
was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially active and political art. Jur...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
New Light 1 4661
Located in Napa, CA
Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Robertson, the registered Californ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Louise - contemporary mixed media colorful hummingbird flowers framed painting
By Keng Wai Lee
Located in London, GB
Keng Wai Lee’s gorgeously rich animal impressions are a synergy of decorative tableaux and depiction in paint on canvas of his memories and imagination.
“Using acrylic as a medium, I tend to reminisce through my past getting inspiration to create my artwork. This may come from remembering all
my scribbles in my textbooks/school books full of monsters and machines in a apocalyptic world or just indulging in my hobbies of looking at swimming
goldfish and local bird watching...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Glimpses No. 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Alexander Eulert's original mixed media paintings on wood panels are abstract propositions of worlds where divergent forces coalesce into harmonious geometric interactions. He draws ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Out Off The Cave – Atmospheric Abstract Nature Painting, Expression
Located in Salzburg, AT
Agnieszka Zawisza (born 1970) is a painter, visual artist and art teacher. She studied at the Warsaw Art Academy, Department of Painting (1994-2000),...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Untitled No. 55
Located in Westport, CT
This beautiful painting is by Japanese artist, Takefumi Hori. He was born in Tokyo, Japan. He paints beautiful gold leaf paintings. This piece is acrylic, gold leaf and metal leaf ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Silver, Gold Leaf
A Playful Disposition 2 Abstract Floral Painting by Magdelena Morey, 2022
Located in Deddington, GB
A Playful Disposition 2 by Magdelena Morey [2022]
A Playful Disposition 2 is a cheerful, original abstract floral painting by Magdalena Morey. This co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Dripping Dots - Gramercy" Blue & Pink Gradient Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses gold leaf with thick textured oils and glass t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Dark Mixed Media on Woven Fabriano Painting "Growth is Worth Celebrating"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
This unique artwork is created through interweaving strips of painted fabriano paper in order to create a complex composition with depth and texture. The artwork is framed and floate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Jicky
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Jicky', elaborately and exquisitely painted by Adrienne Sherman in oil on panel with a lacquer-like luster. The original painting is rich and reflective, and depicts the artist's do...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
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