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: Red
Twenty Figures
By Mary Scrimgeour
Located in Surfside, FL
A market in the South of France, a remote island in the Gulf of Mexico and a desert sojourn are all part of a newly defined narrative for artist Mary Scrimgeour. Recently as a result of taking a self-imposed sabbatical from painting full time in a quest for redefinition of her painting career she has spent the last three years traveling, writing and studying art in pursuit of a deeper perhaps more authentic level of her creativity. Embracing a minimalist philosophy she chose to sell everything that she owned except for a few necessary things and set out in search of a new perspective and new experiences. These new experiences have led her to a refreshed and reinvigorated new approach to her work that has evolved into designing and writing illustrated books as well as painting.
Mary Scrimgeour studied art at the University of Colorado in Boulder. She paints whimsical pictures of her favorite things such as ice cream cones, tools and aircraft. Scrimgeour adds layers of information about the creative process and invention to each of the paintings.
Mary is a self-taught artist whose work is collected nationally as well as internationally.
Selected Collections:
Long Beach Museum of Modern Art, Long Beach, CA
Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show,” Denver office,
Children’s Hospital, Denver, CO,
Armstrong Oil and...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The owl
Located in Singapore, SG
"The owl, patron bird of Goddess Athena, has a history that goes beyond the common association with wisdom and knowledge. In ancient Egypt, owls were known to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Handmade Paper
Drawer of illusions. 2022 cardboard, canvas, oil, 50x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Juris Dimiters is among the most intellectual and witty artists of his generation. The characters of his works – paintings and posters – mostly are anth...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
A Little Wine
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This painting is inspired by everyday life .... the struggles and the chaos. In the midst of it all, We have choices to take pleasure in little things too.
Painting
Ships in a well-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Winter Dawn III - 21st Cent., Contemporary, Abstract, Oil Painting, Gold Leaf
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas
For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Meditations 7, encaustic on panel
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Pressman earned her BA in Art from Douglas College, Rutgers University and an MFA from Bard College. Her work has been exhibited extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad, incl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Wood Panel
Red Nude - original one of a kind oil painting by Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Red Nude
oil on canvas
Original, one-of-a-kind, painting.
FRAMED with gold minimalist frame
Part of "Nude in Interior" solo show, March 2022.
Artist Statement
"I started by painti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vermilion - Modern Expressive Abstract Flower Oil Painting, Large Format, Red
Located in Salzburg, AT
Katarzyna Swinarska is a contemporary visual artist working with painting and video which often follows the convention of video performance. She creates also multimedia projects wher...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hopefulness
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another da...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Claudie Baran - When flowers makes you feel weird
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Framed - 122 x 112 x 4 cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by M.-P. Autonne - L’Ombre Eperdue du Bonheur
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed composition on wooden panel
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Fervent Love - Modern Expressive Abstract Flowers Oil Painting - Large Format
Located in Salzburg, AT
Katarzyna Swinarska is a contemporary visual artist working with painting and video which often follows the convention of video performance. She creates also multimedia projects wher...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Brou - Red - Acrylic Paint by Giuseppe Amodio - 2010s
Located in Roma, IT
Brou - Red is a contemporary artwork realized by Giuseppe Amodio in 2010s.
Acrylic on Curved Canvas.
Hand signed and titled on the back.
Certificate of authenticity on photograph ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Dark Orange No 44 - bold abstract shapes, marble dust, acrylic, wax on canvas
By Ivo Stoyanov
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A shock of saturated orange dominates the canvas in this dramatic mixed media composition from Ivo Stoyanov. Thickly applied visible brush strokes add texture and the white backgroun...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Wax, Acrylic
Hunter - Contemporary Powerful Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Jakub Malinowski – Born in 1985. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Painting at the University of Arts in Poznań. He is engaged in painting and drawin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
"My Basquiat Heart" Red Colorful Contemporary Pop Oil Painting w Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Omoge Awelewa (The Beauty Maiden)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Intersections 1 - Painting by Salvatore Travascio - 2010's
Located in Roma, IT
Intersections 1 is a painting realized by the Italian artist Salvatore Travascio in the 2010s.
This is a beautiful oil painting on paper on wooden support. Hand-signed on the lower ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Unspoken- 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a boycouple
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis
Unspoken
63 x 45 cm
Oil on wood panel
First we can announce some wonderful news! 3 May 2022 Tania Rivilis did win the first price of the Royal Academy of Portraitpain...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Solace IV
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Solace IV is an intricate 21st-century painting. Here Damilola Ajegbomogun attempts to broaden the discourse on the concept of beauty. It raises the question of what is wrong with bo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A dance - Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art, Colorful, 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
KOM Hotel - Contemporary Powerful Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Jakub Malinowski – Born in 1985. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Painting at the University of Arts in Poznań. He is engaged in painting and drawin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Intersections 3 - Painting by Salvatore Travascio - 2010's
Located in Roma, IT
Intersections 3 is an original painting realized by the Italian artist Salvatore Travascio in the 2010s.
This is a beautiful oil painting on paper on wooden support. Hand-signed on ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Wood Panel
Pegasus
By Tony Magar
Located in Fairfield, CT
Born in London in 1936, Tony Magar studied at the Royal Albert School of Speech and Literature. The artist traveled extensively for five years through Africa, China, and India. Magar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nandi-2, Acrylic on Canvas, Red, Blue Color by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
By Jiban Biswas
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jiban Biswas - Nandi-2 - 24 x 30 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic on Canvas, 2022
Style : According to him, “ The Mud colour are changing its shade, The sh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Meditations 8, encaustic on panel
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Pressman earned her BA in Art from Douglas College, Rutgers University and an MFA from Bard College. Her work has been exhibited extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad, incl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Wood Panel
Nandi-1, Acrylic on Canvas, Red, Blue Color by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
By Jiban Biswas
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jiban Biswas - Nandi-1 - 24 x 24 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic on Canvas, 2022
Style : According to him, “ The Mud colour are changing its shade, The sh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Untitled, Abstract, Acrylic on Paper by Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Suresh Kumar P - Untitled
Acrylic on Paper , 12 x 9 inches
( Unframed & Delivered )
Date of Birth : 20th May 1982
Place of Birth : Chennai
Artist Sures...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Inside
Located in Mill Valley, CA
oil on panel
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nostalgia llI
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
In "Nostalgia" a 21st -century Nigerian painter uses an impressionist technique the brushwork clearly visible —to evoke the haziness between wakefulne...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jimi - Painting by Salvatore Petrucino - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Jimi is an original acrylic painting realized by the Italian artist Salvatore Petrucino in 2022.
Hand-signed. Perfect conditions.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
STYLE MY GIRL
Located in München, BY
Raphael Adjetey Adjei Mayne
STYLE MY GIRL, 2021
Acrylic, colour pencil, oil pastel and African wax print sewn on canvas
160 x 205 cm
63 x 80 3/4 in
Exhibition...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Mixed Media, Acrylic
'Chili Pepper Lipstick' original acrylic painting signed by Daniel Klewer
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Chili Pepper Lipstick' is an excellent example of the paintings of Daniel Klewer, coming from his series 'Linear Tactility.' The paintings in this series all share a consistent, lin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Moments in Color 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sergio Valenzuela “Valenz” is a contemporary Guatemalan artist who tells stories with everyday objects, primarily expressing them with graphite and acrylic on canvas. His artworks pr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Graphite
Silk Road 411, Square Encaustic Color Field Painting on Panel, Red and Orange
Located in Kent, CT
This is a vibrant red orange encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting with light reddish orange and faint yellow accents on birch panel. Signed, date...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Panel
XXI Century - Painting by Salvatore Petrucino - 2016
Located in Roma, IT
XXI Century is an original acrylic painting realized by the Italian artist Salvatore Petrucino in 2016.
Hand-signed on the lower right. Technique, dimensions, and date are written ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
ODOLEY
Located in München, BY
Raphael Adjetey Adjei Mayne
ODOLEY, 2022
Acrylic and African wax print sewn on canvas
150 x 102 cm
59 1/8 x 40 1/8 in
Exhibition:
RAPHAEL ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Red Square (Modern Abstract Acrylic painting on Canvas)
By Anne Francey
Located in Hudson, NY
"Red Square", by Anne Francey, painted in 1990
48 x 48 inches, unframed
acrylic on paper pasted on canvas
The prevalence of both nature and geometry in Islamic art both inspired an...
Category
1990s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pear Never Break - LOVE - Contemporary Art, Figurative
Located in Coquitlam, BC
Artist: Chaoji Zhang
Born in 1985 Shandong China, and currently living in Beijing
When drawn an object or a group of objects, the parts out of the object will naturally become...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
KLIM
Located in München, BY
Raphael Adjetey Adjei Mayne
KLIM, 2021
Acrylic, African wax print sewn on canvas
198 x 205 cm
78 x 80 3/4 in
Exhibition:
RAPHAEL ADJETEY A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Acrylic
Intersections 5 - Painting by Salvatore Travascio - 2010's
Located in Roma, IT
Intersections 5 is an original painting realized by the Italian artist Salvatore Travascio in the 2010s.
This is a beautiful oil painting on paper on wooden support. Hand-signed on ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Wood Panel
Intersections 8 - Painting by Salvatore Travascio - 2010s
Located in Roma, IT
Intersections 8 is an original painting realized by the Italian artist Salvatore Travascio in the 2010s.
This is a beautiful oil painting on paper on wooden support. Hand-signed on ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Wood Panel
Intersections 7 - Painting by Salvatore Travascio - 2010's
Located in Roma, IT
Intersections 7 is an original painting realized by the Italian artist Salvatore Travascio in the 2010s.
This is a beautiful oil painting on paper on wooden support. Hand-signed on ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Wood Panel
"NYC Brooklyn Bridge" Acrylic & Ink on Paper Framed
By Marz Junior
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Marz Jr. is a focused freelance artist and illustrator, creating original and limited edition works in paint and ink. He also works in animation on various digital media platforms. H...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Ink
Still Life (Citrus With Drapery) - colorful, abstract, oil on canvas on panel
By Mel Davis
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Montreal born artist Mel Davis created this beautifully curated composition of bold colours—a few oranges with green leaves scattered against a background of red and white gingham cl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Crimson Love - Modern Expressive Abstract Oil Painting, Large Format, Red
Located in Salzburg, AT
Katarzyna Swinarska is a contemporary visual artist working with painting and video which often follows the convention of video performance. She creates also multimedia projects wher...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
God is a Negro 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The underlying body of work is an exploration of texturizing distortion as a language of expression. The works explore an awaking of an Afrocentric consciousness connected to gender,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hugged - Figurative Painting on Paper, Minimalist, Polish art
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Tactile memory #135. Mixed Media on canvas: oil, acrylic, silk, pigments
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Tactile memory #135, by Natasha Zupan
Mixed Media on canvas: oil, acrylic, silk, pigments
Size: 9.5 in. H x 7.5 in. W x 3 in D.
Canvas on a stretcher
2022
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Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Silk, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Pigment
Chinese Contemporary Art by Jia Yuan-Hua - Mosaic, If
By Jia Yuan-Hua
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork unframed 60 x 50 x 3 cm
What are people's criteria for judging beauty? A beautiful face? A different existence? A feeling of pleasure? Or just follow what others say and make yourself feel the same way? People say the Winged Victory is very beautiful. Admirers come to the Louvre from all over the world. A lot of them just to take a picture to prove they saw it and say to friends, look, this is Winged Victory, how beautiful! Is it really that beautiful in her mind ? not necessarily. If it has head, do you still think it is beautiful? I am afraid many people will have a negative opinion. What is it that blurs the eyes of human beings and makes people's judgments of beauty vary widely?
The painting uses knife...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
YELLOW WATCH
Located in München, BY
Raphael Adjetey Adjei Mayne
YELLOW WATCH, 2022
Acrylic, African wax print sewn on canvas
205 x 149 cm
80 3/4 x 58 5/8 in
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Acrylic
Bells, Acrylic on Canvas, Red, Orange Colors Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Anil Kumar Yadav - Bells, 16 x 12 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic on Canvas , 2021
STYLE : Anil Kumar Yadav is an Artist from Kolkata who was born in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Abstract Shapes by Detlef Aderhold - Energetic Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in DE
Artist: Detlef E. Aderhold
Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas
Edition: Original Abstract Painting in Turquoise, Green, Yellow, Blue, Red and Black
About the Artist:
Detlef E. Aderhol...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Lacquer, Coffee, Oil, Acrylic
Yoko - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Oil Painting, Portrait, Pop
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Françoise Nielly has explored the different facets of image all her life, through painting, photography, roughs, illustrations and virtual computer ge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bells, Acrylic on Canvas, Red, Orange Colors Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Anil Kumar Yadav - Bells, 16 x 12 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic on Canvas , 2021
STYLE : Anil Kumar Yadav is an Artist from Kolkata who was born in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Red from La Música Ausente Series, Abstract painting Canvas
By Sergio Bazan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Red, by Sergio Bazan
Oil on canvas
Image Size: 57 H x 78 W in.
Unframed
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The paintings of Sergio Bazán have a strong gesture and expressionist imprint, firm and consistent ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Solace (2022), figurative portrait, floral, flowers, pink, street art, muralist
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Solace" (2022), by Brittany Williams, based in the Finger Lakes region of NY state
Figurative portrait, face, profile portraiture, hair, braids, fl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Acrylic
Tactile memory #134. Mixed media painting: acrylic, silk, pigments on Canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Tactile memory #134, by Natasha Zupan
Mixed media: acrylic, silk, pigments on Canvas
Size: 9.5 in. H x 7.5 in. W x 3 in D.
canvas on a stretcher
2022
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Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Silk, Pigment
Contemporary paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
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