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.
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Style: Contemporary
BLUE 2 by Ramon Enrich - Geometric landscape painting, architecture
By Ramon Enrich
Located in Paris, FR
BLUE 2 is an acrylic on canvas painting by Spanish contemporary artist Ramon Enrich, dimensions are 60 cm x 80 cm (23.6 × 31.5 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes wit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pomegranate Red Deep Brown Pocket Painting, oil paint, still life
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Deep Red & Brown Pomegranate is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gilded Cage, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A man sits alone in a pristine corner office, surrounded by glass walls framing a beguiling sea and a distant sailboat, emblematic of freedom and escape. Inside...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pomegranate Red Deep Brown Pocket Painting, oil paint, still life
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Deep Red & Brown Pomegranate is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Signal" Contemporary Abstract Landscape Oil on Canvas
Located in Baltimore, MD
"The Signal" is a framed oil on canvas painting by Joseph Adolphe, featuring a flowing, fabric-like orange form suspended in the sky above an abstract landscape. The contrast between...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
ZT 250304 - contemporary modern red & white abstract geometric painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
ZT 250304 is a unique one-of-a-kind small contemporary modern painting relief by Dutch artist Hewrman Coppus. The relief is made from meticulously hand cut, folded and glued cardboar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Cardboard
Sweet and Yummy - Original Pink Red Abstract Heart Graffiti Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Blue Side
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
Hunt Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been characterized by a deep exploration of spiritual themes. His use of repetition in form—particularly with his beloved bunnies—serves ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Floral Study I - Abstract Contemporary Folk Art Inspired Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Meredith Walker's "Floral Study I" is a stunning example of contemporary botanical art that blends modern minimalism with folk art sensibilities. This original painting, created with...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache
Happiness is What Matters - Original Colorful Abstract Street Art Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Breeze, Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting was created using a combination of gestural mark-making with oil crayon and blue vinyl paint on canvas. The expressive lines draw inspiration from both graffiti tagging...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil Crayon
"Thin Ice"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Mike Carson is a Minneapolis painter, and graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, whose artwork can be found in private and corporate collections throughout the Unite...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"My Candy Heart" Colorful Pop Art Oil Painting on Wood with White 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, Mixed Media
Strand In Story (Where I Fit In) - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Men
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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. (Issues b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Woman in the Boudoir oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Woman in the Boudoir
Artist: Anonymous
Dimensions: 39.4 x 31.9 in
Technique: Oil on canvas
Support: Unframed canvas
Style: Contemporary figurative art in the style of Fernando...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hide and Seek #5 (Hunter), Original Mixed Media on Panel, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
You look at my paintings, that's a slice of life you never saw before. Right now, and for a good number of years, I've been an urban painter. My life, my reality is Chicago. Bow n...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
Invictus - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Cultural Commentary, Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Sonoro", Contemporary Landscape, Ocean, Blue, Oil Painting, 2025
By Marcia Wise
Located in Natick, MA
Marcia Wise's “Sonoro” is a 24 x 24 x 1.5 inch contemporary oil painting with vibrant strokes of blues to express the element of water. It is an ocean of color, and is unique in conv...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Forever My Hero - Original Inspiring Text Mauve Abstract Graffiti Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express emotions akin to silent poetry while drawing inspiration for her palette from the layered world around her. Her artworks include layered textures and playful details along the surfaces.
This original graffiti-inspired painting with "You are my hero...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Currency
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Currency
Date: 2025
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edition: U...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Porcelain Red - Lake Landscape Window Flowers Fruit Botanical Still Life, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in oil on canvas, a cheerful interior scene is bright and inviting with a still life arrangement of red poppies, red flowers and pale pink dahlias in a ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Taupe 4 - Abstract Colorful Original Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elisabeth Grace, a visionary artist based in Denver, CO (USA), is renowned for her immersive large-scale paintings, collages, murals, and installation art. With a BA in oil painting ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Color Pencil
Love Brigade - Large Original Colorful Abstract Graffiti Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Voluptuous Nude Muse oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: "Voluptuous Nude Muse"
Artist: Apyle
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 24.4 x 20.5 in
Framing: Unframed
Style: Figurative with neo-figurative influences
Period: Contemporar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Ocean View" Contemporary Abstract Framed Mixed Media on Panel Painting
By Audra Weaser
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Ocean View" is a contemporary abstract mixed media work on panel by Audra Weaser, with asymmetric organic shapes in shades of golden yellow and dark blue with a shimmering, clouded ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Panel, Paint, Acrylic
Field Painting July 15 - Contemporary Landscape Green Tree Leaves Summer, 2022
Located in Kent, CT
Contemporary landscape painting of a peaceful outdoor scene, a grassy field beneath a tree with dark green leaves, beautifully capturing the idyllic feel of an afternoon in mid July....
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Oil painting on board seascape
Located in Norwich, GB
Margaret J. Hambling CBE (born 23 October 1945) is a British artist. Though principally a painter, her best-known public works are the sculptures A Conversation with Oscar Wilde an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nocturnal Nature (Painted Still Life Cyanotype of Colorful Flower on Indigo)
Located in Hudson, NY
Hand-painted cyanotype still life of colorful flowers and plans on indigo background
Nocturnal Nature (Leaves, Snowdrops, Hibiscus, Ferns, Pollinators) — painted cyanotype by Julia W...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Spring by Christophe Dupety - Contemporary painting, Flora, bright colors
Located in Paris, FR
Spring (2023) by French contemporary artist Christophe Dupety. Oil on canvas, H 80 cm W 120 cm.
This series focuses on floral motifs: Poppies, Catalpa flowers or Spindles. Christoph...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Postcard 2442 - small pinkish abstract contemporary modern painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Postcard 2442 is a unique one-of-a-kind tiny contemporary modern painting relief by Dutch artist Sander Martijn Jonker. His reliefs are made by c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Resin, Wax, Plaster, Pigment
Small Square Abstract Canvas Art Study of Sunflower Field by Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Small Square Abstract Landscape Canvas Art Study of Sunflower Field by Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield
Art measures 6 x 6 inches
Frame measures 11 x 11 inches
Angela Wakefiel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Board
Pomegranate Ripe Pocket Painting 4c, Still life, Sweet Original
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Ripe Pomegranate 4c is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Harmonia 20-7" Contemporary Abstract Framed Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Harmonia 20-7" is a framed acrylic painting on canvas by David Skillicorn, with a large organic orange form on a dark blue background. The artist's technique applying layered brushs...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
ZT 241216 - contemporary modern multi-color abstract geometric painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
ZT 241216 is a unique one-of-a-kind medium size contemporary modern painting relief by Dutch artist Herman Coppus. This bas-relief relief consists of a meticulously hand cut, folded ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Acrylic
"Just Think of It"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Mike Carson is a Minneapolis painter, and graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, whose artwork can be found in private and corporate collections throughout the Unite...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lately - Oil Painting Figurative Seascape Swimmer Dark Ocean Peach Clouds, 2021
Located in Kent, CT
Two figures float in a dark charcoal black ocean with their arms outstretched while cumulus clouds float in the coral sky overhead. Signed, dated and titled on verso.
David Konigsbe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
April - Abstract Poured Painting Ivory Neutral Gray Blue Violet, 2023
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary abstract poured painting, April by Susan English is a wonderful play of color, light, and composition. The layers of English's tinted polymer on aluminum create dep...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Metal
Interior with Minotaur original painting by Paula Craioveanu 23.5x31.5in FRAMED
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Minotaur in Interior, 80x60cm / 31.5×23.6in
Shipped stretched, as it is, ready for hanging and FRAMED.
This painting, "Minotaur in Interior" offers a fascinating interplay of mythol...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Invictus - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Cultural Commentary, Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Tomales Bay Morning
Located in Burlingame, CA
Tomales Bay Morning- The painting was created in 2024 by celebrated American realist artist Willard Dixon, who has captured the undeniable beauty of the west for the past 35 years. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tea Cups - 21st Century Realistic Still-life Painting of Tableware
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Heidi von Faber (Dutch artist)
Tea Cups
30 x 30 cm (framed, included in price 33 x 33 cm)
Acryl on canvas
In the paintings of The Hague-based artist Heidi von Faber, light plays a k...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Flowers on the table, 70x50cm. paper/ pastel/ gouache
Located in Yerevan, AM
Flowers on the table
70x50 cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Gouache
Pale Green Dream II - Original Minimalist Colorful Floral Still Life Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Peter Kuttner’s "Pale Green Dream II" is a delicate and whimsical mixed-media composition, measuring 28 x 28 inches. Set against a soft, pale green background, the artwork features a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Woman Nude at Rest oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Woman Nude at Rest
Artist: Anonymous
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 39.37 x 31.89 in
Date: c. 2000
Movement / Style: Contemporary Figuration, Neo-Figurative and Satirica...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Honest Convergence"- Expressive Mixed Media Figurative Painting 2024
Located in Denver, CO
Jon Wassom’s Honest Convergence (2024) is an evocative mixed media painting on panel, measuring 16 x 16 x 1.5 inches. This original work showcases Wassom’s signature expressive style...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Spring flowers (set of 2) Pocket Paintings set, Still life, Original
Located in Deddington, GB
Set of 2 paintings by Dani Humberstone
Crocus Purple Pink Pocket Painting
Pocket Striped Bellona Tulip
Pocket Purple Pink Crocus is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Silent Protest. Original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting conveys a moment of deep reflection and inner focus. It is a quiet assertion of its space and time, where there is no need for words. The subtle details of the setting e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cultura, Abstract Library, French, Expressionism, Contemporary, multicolor
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Dimensions: 31.5 x 31.5 inches (80 x 80 cm)
Medium: Oil on linen canvas, framed in black.
The work, crafted by Sophie Dumont—a renowned French painter with growing international acc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bajo tierra (Underground)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paula Valenzuela
Bajo tierra (Underground), 2024
Mixed media on canvas
40 x 30 inches
This one-of-a-kind acrylic painting on canvas is stretched across wooden stretcher bars. Extern...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Beyond the Beauty 1 - 21st Century, Figurative, Mixed Media, Oil, Fabrics, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube.
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Bakare Babatund...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"Veiled Morn" Contemporary Abstract Landscape Oil on Canvas Framed
By Eric Abrecht
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Veiled Morn" is a framed oil painting on canvas by Eric Abrecht, depicting an abstracted landscape with warm coloring. The artist's technique of painterly, smooth brushstrokes gives...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Plum and Pomegranate (set of 2), original painting, oil paint
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Juicy Plum 2c is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Maybe One Day
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery setting. Please note that given the characteristics of the silver and gold leafing the work will photogr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Border by Gérard Priault, tropical forest painting, landscape with waterfall
Located in Paris, FR
The Border is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Gérard Priault, dimensions are 82 × 73 cm (32.3 × 28.7 in). Dimensions of the framed artwork are 100.5 x 88 cm (3...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Scored Bunnys
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Scored Bunnys
Date: 2025
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 36" x 24"
Framed Dimensions: 43" x 31"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Editi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Warm Light Behind" Contemporary Landscape Framed Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Warm Light Behind" is a framed oil painting on canvas by Marshall Noice, depicting a vibrant forest scene with tall, slender trees set against a vivid orange-pink background. The fo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
A Dazzle of Zebras
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A Dazzle of Zebras - Zebras are one of the most interesting and amusing of the African animals. They share the genus Equis with horses and donkeys. In a group it is believed their di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Where I belong - Green vibrant abstract landscape river painting
Located in Broomfield, CO
A painting from my new Angel Collection, dedicated to the angels that accompanied me through my fight against aggressive cancer this year (I won!).
Inspired by the mountain river in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
"My Red Butterfly" Contemporary Pop Art Oil Painting with Black 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 Butterfly Collection” is a vibrant and energetic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Geometry III - landscape painting
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful acrylic on canvas painting from Contempop Gallery by Magdalena is part of her pool series paintings.
It is 92X73 cm, signed by the artist and comes with a certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Strawberries Are Good for You, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Two organic strawberries rest on a wooden spoon, their heart-shaped forms symbolizing unity between subject and form. Though small, they burst with vitamins and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pear Blush Pocket Painting 7c
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Blush Pear 7c is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Egg Blackbird's Greenish Pocket Painting 3c, original painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Greenish Blackbird's Egg 3c is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Great Battlefield - A Lone Soldier Sanding in an Open Field, Oil on Linen
Located in Chicago, IL
A solitary figure, head bowed, stands in a field in contemplation of what has just taken place or what is about to take place. "A Great Battlefield" channels the spirit of Winslow Homer's war imagery, bringing it into the contemporary world, asking us to contemplate the decisions forced to be made in wartime, some of which will never leave us. As for the paintings, William uses materials and methods of the Civil War era. The linen on which he paints was in use at that time as well as the tubed oil paints. He is one of the few artists who tacks his canvas to the stretchers using similar tacks that would have been used by Winslow Homer. While he leaves the works unframed for this reason, the artwork could certainly be framed. This piece is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
A Great Battlefield
oil on linen
60h x 35w in
152.40h x 88.90w cm
WIL029
Known for his highly charged depictions of Civil War reenactments, William Blake’s powerful paintings show the recursive bodies of reenactors as they gesture across time. Participating in over 40 reenactment events, Blake currently interprets as the artist-correspondent Winslow Homer at these battle reenactments. He immerses himself in the materiality of his own obsession by constructing period clothes, camping on battlefields, and documenting the reenactment similar to Homer’s documentation of the authentic war.
The figures in the paintings reverberate the past with respect and with a desire to educate, humble, and play. With each annual iteration of American Civil War reenactments, the reanimation of the past encourages a review of history and aids in its continuous revision.
For his second exhibition with Gallery Victor Armendariz, William Blake presents A Great Battlefield, a collection of new paintings depicting US Marines...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Symphonie verticale III - geometric contemporary modern painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Symphonie verticale III is one of the latest medium size contemporary modern sculpture painting reliefs by French-Dutch artist Olivier Julia. The relief is made from 140 (!) individu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Mirage
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 the idea of a childhood re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Geometric Landscape, Oil Paint on Canvas , Made in Italy By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
OIl on Canvas
116x89 cm
2025
Ready to Hang
certificate of authenticity
Description: An original artwork representing a minimalist geometric landscape. Created using oil ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Bee Line - Rainbow Abstract Patterns Circles Stripes Blue Yellow Orange, 2023
By Josette Urso
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary oil painting on canvas, thoughtfully combined sections of varying textures and areas of pattern, stripes, circles, dots and undulations are cheerful in bright, p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cartagena - Large Earth Tone Geometric Contemporary Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Axelle Gosse creates intricate, tactile compositions using rope and fabric, transforming everyday materials into striking contemporary artworks. Inspired by her extensive travels acr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Textile, Canvas
When time stands Still - Contemporary Architecture Pool House Oil Painting
Located in DE
Lilly Muth's architectural paintings transport viewers on a visual journey to a different world, where imagination knows no bounds and the boundaries between reality and fantasy blur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Unconditional Love 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This piece talks about genuine love.
Love without expectations or benefits, when this kind of love exists between relatives, friends, siblings, and couples, the world will surely be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
11:05 - Contemporary Beach Landscape Pink Clouds Blue Sky Ocean, 2022
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary landscape in oil on canvas mounted on panel, two figures stand by the shore of a beach, gazing out at the deep blue ocean, while fluffy, pale salmon pink cumulus...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Containment 2491 - abstract geometric contemporary modern painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Containment 2491 is a unique one-of-a-kind contemporary modern painting relief by Dutch artist Sander Martijn Jonker. His reliefs are made by creating a unique single-use mould in wh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Jute, Resin, Acrylic, Fiberboard
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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For Oliver Lee Jackson, Painting Is a Fierce and Sacred Matter
The artist and activist is the subject of a new show at Washington, D.C.'s National Gallery of Art.
13 of Lucian Freud’s Larger-Than-Life Nudes Are on View
Manhattan's Acquavella Galleries is showing a group of the artist's monumental works that have never been seen together.
This Wiener Werkstätte Master Made Everything into Art
Koloman Moser smashed the conservative conventions of art and design in fin-de-siècle Vienna. On the 100th anniversary of his death, the Austrian designer is being celebrated for his radically modern creations.