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: Yellow
Hidden Marilyn Monroe w/ Yellow Splash Minimalism portrait oil and acrylic 40x40
By Ceravolo
Located in Southampton, NY
Ceravolo's Large scale paintings have received international acclaim for more four decades. His art came to popular attention when he was commissioned to create six large scale paint...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
The Path of Light, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Oil On Canvas Inspired By Nature. My Abstract Paintings Are All About Creating Excitement For The Viewer Through Concentrated Exploration. Each Painting Is Inspired By Nature, Trave...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
One Glorious Morning In Yellow And White
Located in New York, NY
Through his use of color, texture and brush stroke, Robert vibrates the viewer with these strong emotional ties that he so longs to connect with nature and the spirit of the all-enco...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait with Mask
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original acrylic on paper by emerging contemporary artist Anthony Leone currently featured in the artist's solo exhibition Grape Farm.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Indian Couple, Bengali Man-Women in Red, Yellow Saree, Traditional "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
A wonderful work by the very well lauded by the indiancontemporary artist Shipra Bhattacharya. Shipra has a wonderful skill to paint meticulously enchantingly as well Attractively.
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Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Canvas
Happy Couple, Bird, Butterfly, Acrylic on canvas, Blue, Green, Brown "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
A wonderful work by the very well lauded by the indiancontemporary artist Shipra Bhattacharya. Shipra has a wonderful skill to paint meticulously enchantingly as well Attractively.
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Mellow Yellow
Located in New Orleans, LA
Bonnie Maygarden is a multimedia artist who received her MFA in Studio Arts from Tulane University. The destruction of Hurricane Katrina caused her to take leave of New Orleans to fu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Upward Thrust
By John Fox Haag
Located in Burlingame, CA
The urban series of oil on panel paintings take their inspiration from architecture and the energy of the inner city, its vertical nature, and its humanly propelled intensity. 'Upwa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Heavyweight
By James Oliver
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Heavyweight" is an original painting on canvas by James Oliver measuring 48in x 48in.
James Oliver is a painter whose precise visual language pushes the tradition of twentieth cent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Graphite
Spring - large, bright, yellow, orange, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Passages of butter yellow, rose and light green float on a washed spring yellow ground in this elegant abstract painting by Milly Ristvedt.
Milly Ristvedt (b. 1942, Kimberley, BC) MA, RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964 after studies with Takao Tanabe...
Category
1980s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
My Wild Garden #121
Located in Mill Valley, CA
New Orleans artist Allison Stewart has gained national recognition for her paintings expressing the complex and disturbing dialogue between man and nature. Trained as a biologist, St...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Conversion
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Conversion" is an original 20in x 20in painting by Kelly Kozma with mixed media elements.
Please note: The last three photos show images of the full "Tiny Particles Connecting th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media
Hot Spot
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Hot Spot" is an original 20in x 20in painting on stretched canvas by Kelly Kozma with mixed media elements.
Image 1 shows the full piece.
Images 2-7 are close-up images of the d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media
Head With Blue Line No 3 - colorful, intersecting abstract shapes on canvas
By Aron Hill
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This engaging figurative piece in bold abstract shapes and brilliant colours was painted by Aron Hill. The Calgary artist uses arcs of pure colour—purple, lime green, turquoise and forest green to intersect with a head-like shape outlined in deep blue. A blue check mark...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Make it Greener
By Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: acrylic, enamel, ink, pencil, and collage on canvas
Jenny Day is a painter who divides her time between Santa Fe, New Mexico and Tucson, Arizona. She paints a fragmented spa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Automatic Metal (yellow, red)
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: oil stick and acrylic on aluminum
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her na...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Automatic Metal (yellow, blue)
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: oil stick and acrylic on aluminum
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her na...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Light and Air III
Located in New Orleans, LA
BONNIE MAYGARDEN is a multimedia artist who received her MFA in Studio Arts from Tulane University. The destruction of Hurricane Katrina caused her to take leave of New Orleans to fu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Lady of the Blossom Blade : Moonlit Duel
By Hiro Ando
Located in PARIS, FR
2009, unique artwork
Oil on Canvas
31 1/2 × 39 2/5 in - 80 × 100 cm
The artwork is signed by the Artist & stamped with the logo of the Artist's Studio on verso of the canvas
The artw...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Automatics (yellow love, 1, 2)
Located in New Orleans, LA
diptych, 36 x 36 inches each
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Yellow Studio
By Mary Vernon
Located in Dallas, TX
"In the world of still life and landscape, conceptual events meet one another – the structural meets the narrative, the small stands in the space of the large, and color has a chance...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Panel
Automatics (it)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Automatics (sweet surprise)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Linked (little ducks)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Loulouthia (lemon yellow, golden green)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spanish Needles
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Yellow Thicket
Located in New York, NY
Oil on Canvas
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tall Trees
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Acrylic enamel on linen
Category
20th Century Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic Polymer
Are You Lonesome Tonight Lichtenstein vs Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Cao meticulously places each smaller image to form a dynamic gradient from dark to light which tricks the eye into seeing one image. This expertise in contrast is exemplified in all ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Stainless Steel
The Marsh
By David Hayes
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
David Hayes (1931 - 2013)
Study for Landscape with Marsh, 1986
Gouache on paper
22 x 30 in
Category
1980s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Kaleidoscope
By David Hayes
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
David Hayes (1931 - 2013)
Kaleidoscope, 2001
Acrylic on Canvas
20 x 16 x 2 in
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Andy vs Ardan Yellow (post it notes)
Located in New York, NY
With the distinctive medium of post-it notes, Özmenoğlu re-contextualizes everyday objects from something ordinary to a beautiful work of art. The individualized behavior of each pos...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Archival Pigment, Paper, Laid Paper, Screen, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, ...
Yellow Stripe
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Born and raised in Beverly Hills, California, Daniel Maltzman has always been interested in pop culture and advertisement. His early career consisted of promoting the hottest clubs in Hollywood and running a successful business in the fashion industry. A switch to the art world was natural for Maltzman as his obsession with creativity and expression only grew with his exposure to the art scene that so profoundly impacted Los Angeles nightlife.
Much of Maltzman’s inspiration draws from his relationships with people who have fast-paced lifestyles, fame, and fortune. Maltzman is also fascinated by Los Angeles’ contemporary urban settings and street style aesthetics. Mixing acrylics with spray paints and juxtaposing graphic images amongst figurative depictions, Daniel Maltzman’s work is captivating and richly dynamic. Striking colors and bold mark-making show evidence of Mark Grotjahn...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
That Was Goodbye, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in San Francisco, CA
"That Was Goodbye" is an original Acrylic on Canvas painting by the Skye Brothers.
Based out of Eindhoven, the Netherlands, the story of artist duo Skye Brothers began back in 2012 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Yellow I, Oil on Canvas
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Yellow I" is an original oil painting on canvas by the artist Clovis Pareiko.
Beauty and aesthetic have always been a major concern for me. I focus my energy on it because I believ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cinder Rose with Yellow Dots
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Jennifer Hornyak was born in England, where she studied at the Grimsby School of Art before coming to Canada. For more than forty years, her work has been exhibited in prestigious ga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fusion, acrylic and mixed media painting, yellow, green, gold, birds
By Ben Darby
Located in San Diego, CA
Fusion, acrylic, mixed media, on canvas and wood panel painting by artists Ben Darby. Fusion has a bright burst of gold color flowers and birds perched throughout.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Yellow Cardinal
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Mixed media
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Yellow Toy
Located in New Orleans, LA
Barbara Friedman’s painting process is exploratory. She paints to discover and likes to be surprised by her work. She sometimes paints over her old paintings while retaining certain ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
"Warm Morning Light" Contemporary Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
An abstract expressionist acrylic painting on canvas with wonderful color combinations of soft, yellows and effortless lines and shapes. This piece is layer with paint and texture, a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Clouds of Glory Touch Earth, Abstract Contemporary Painting
Located in New York, NY
An abstract expressionist acrylic painting on canvas with wonderful color combinations and effortless lines and shapes. This piece is layer with paint and texture, and has a soft yet...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Marilyn Crying
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A screen print on linen with diamond dust, executed in chartreuse and black, by contemporary artist Russell Young. "Marilyn Crying" depicts a ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Screen
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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