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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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
Canvas, Oil
Lotus in Layers Boutique XL
Located in Manchester, GB
Gareth Tristan Evans, Lotus in Layers Boutique XL
Giclée printed canvas combining digital and traditional design with hand-applied techniques in the application of acrylics, Gold Le...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
My thoughts flood back to you - warm pink and gold abstract painting
Located in Broomfield, CO
A warm, enveloping ethereal painting, made for contemplation and wonder. A story that never ends, is never the same. A romance. A dreamscape.
That is "My thoughts flood back to you",...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
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
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
New Buds - Original Abstract Floral Landscape 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
Yellow Onion, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A single yellow onion on a warm gray countertop rests in full sunlight. The peeling layers of its dry, papery skin and the small, dried stalk add to its earthy,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
August 13, 1998 (98-99 Series), Original Painting
By Mark Cudd
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A woman gazes sideways, her eyes twinkling. The black-and-white palette adds depth to her emotion. 1998–1999 marked a particularly tumultuous chapter for arti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"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
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
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
Floral Still Life with Calla Lilies, Dahlias, and Freesia in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Floral Still Life with Calla Lilies, Dahlias, and Freesia in Oil on Canvas
Bright and vibrant still life of a floral arrangement by an unknown artist (20th Century). This piece is a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
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
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
Black Indian Chief by African-American Artist, Contemporary Painting on Paper
Located in New york, NY
By contemporary African-American artist Bai (Carl Karni-Bain) a portrait of a black indigenous Indian chief. Acrylic, oil pastel, and ballpoint pen, The Black Indian Chief, 2024 30 x...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Rag Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Red House, Fogo - Minimalist Moody Landscape Painting
By Mike Gough
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gough’s interest in the elusive quality of memory has always been an invariable interest in his art practice. Rooted in memories of his upbringing in Newfoundland, Gough’s paintings ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
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
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
Entropy, figurative and abstract oil on canvas
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
"This abstract oil painting, measuring 22" x 28" inches, is a visual expression created during the pandemic. In this piece, I explored the chromatic relationship between color and fi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Cotton 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
Kyoto VII Landscape Silver Pavilion by Lumi Mizutani - Japanese style painting
Located in Paris, FR
Kyoto VII Landscape – Silver Pavilion is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with India ink, Japanese pigments and gold leaves on Japanese ca...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
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
Yellow Landscape, Original Drawing on Paper , One of a kind Large size
Located in Agrigento, AG
Yellow Landscape
Mineral Oxide on Paper
(Canson Paper Montval 300gr)
70x100 cm
2025
Original Art
Marilina Marchica, born in Agrigento, where she works and lives,
she graduated in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Pigment
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
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
Moonlit coast
Located in Burlingame, CA
Moonlit Coast - The painting was created in 2025 by celebrated American realist artist Willard Dixon, who has captured the undeniable beauty of the west for the past 35 years. Dixon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modern Oil Painting With Nude and Fantastic Beings "Person"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Contemporary oil painting on canvas of a person in a meditative state with a fantastic appearance in yellow tones, on a background of earth tones, with some colors around him. He is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Lost
By TankPetrol
Located in Manchester, GB
Tankpetrol, Lost, 2023
Acrylic, hand-cut stencils, spray paint copper paint on deep edge canvas
100 x 150 cm (39.37 x 59.05 in)
Original artwork
Polish-born Irek Jasutowicz bett...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
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
Morning Routine - Colorful Abstract Feminine Figurative Still Life Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Southern California native Courtney Simone seamlessly blends her passion for abstract art with the exploration of everyday beauty, resulting in exuberantly inspired abstract figurati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Still Life with Flowers in Pink Vase" 2025 Oil on Linen
By Sydney Licht
Located in New York, NY
Remnants of our consumer culture keep finding their way into my work. Our visual lives are cluttered with packages, clothing and furnishings that come at us in a swirl of color and p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
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
SIE by Ramon Enrich - Geometric urban landscape painting, earth tones, village
By Ramon Enrich
Located in Paris, FR
SIE is a unique acrylic on canvas painting by contemporary artist Ramon Enrich, dimensions are 24 × 30 cm (9.4 × 11.8 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes with a cert...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Marcita by African American Artist Bai, Colorful Painting on Paper
Located in New york, NY
A colorful acrylic and oil pastel Picassoesque portrait of a woman with a daisy tiara, Marcita, 2025 by African American artist Bai is 15” x 11” drawing/painting on watercolor paper...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Rag Paper
Jam Doughnut Pocket Painting 2c, Still life, Sweet Original
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Jam Doughnut 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 stil...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
"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
Andalusian Essence oil on canvas painting Spain Spanish people
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Technical Sheet
- Title: Andalusian Essence
- Author: Jesús Villar
- Technique: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 26 x 32.3 inches (unframed)
- Status: Unframed work
- Style: Ne...
Category
1970s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A serene moorland scene with rich hues, misty hills, and a reflective waterway
Located in Preston, GB
A serene moorland scene with rich hues, misty hills, and a reflective waterway by 20th Century British Artist. Impasto, abstract landscape.
Art measures 32 x 12 inches
Frame measures 39 x 19 inches
This landscape painting depicts a serene, atmospheric scene of a moorland with a reflective body of water winding through vibrant fields. The composition features a soft, diffused light illuminating the middle ground, where golden and green hues contrast with the rich purples and deep earthy tones of the surrounding vegetation. The distant mountains are enveloped in misty blues and grays, adding depth and a sense of vastness to the piece. The artist’s expressive, textured brushstrokes create movement, enhancing the raw beauty of the natural setting. Framed in a neutral, elegant frame, the painting exudes tranquility and captures the essence of the rugged landscape.
Born in Birmingham in 1948, Rex Preston...
Category
1970s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fruit Adventure (set of 3) Pocket Paintings set, Still life, Original
Located in Deddington, GB
Set of 3 paintings by Dani Humberstone
Pocket Bright Green Apple
Peach Fuzzy Pocket Painting
Strawberry Ripe Very Pocket Painting
Pocket Bright Green Apple is an original oil pain...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Poppies - Vibrant Red Floral Watercolor Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Anna Kudriashova, born in a small town in Russia, has always been an artist at heart. From her youngest years, she was passionate about painting, spending her days immersed in the wo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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
Lake on the Mountain - Red Pink Flowers Butterfly Female Figure Peach, 2021
Located in Kent, CT
A female figure in red sits beside a pink and black butterfly, surrounded by brightly colored flowers in red and bright pink and a black urn next to a tree with green leaves in the c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
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
"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
Peach Fuzzy Pocket Painting , Still life, Fruit, Original
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Fuzzy Peach 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 li...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Post No Bill - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Neo-Expressionism, People
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.
About Ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The sleeping blackbird - Green and blue abstract moon and sky painting
Located in Broomfield, CO
There are blackbirds in the valley where I live in Italy. They are so plain, seemingly so unremarkable, until they cut loose their sweet song. Here, the blackbirds sing in a cacopho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude in the Studio, in Front of the Mirror - Portrait in Oil on Artist's Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude in the Studio, in Front of the Mirror - Portrait in Oil on Artist's Board
Elegant seated nude woman by Pau Milosevich (American, b. 1936). A woman is seated in a studio, in fro...
Category
1980s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
Serie Dibujos Felices 2 - Original Orange Watercolor and Ink Artwork on Paper
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
Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Strawberry Ripe Very Pocket Painting 5c, Still life, Fruit, Original
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Very Ripe Strawberry 5c 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 baro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Now That We Are Here - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Now That We Are Here resonates deeply with anyone who has ever reached a milestone, achieved a long-sought goal, or transitioned into a new phase of life. It is a phrase that echoes ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"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
Pink Peonies, Oil Painting
By Pat Doherty
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Pink peonies and white blossoms fill a blue and white ceramic vase. A soft purple background contrasts with a green surface, creating a lively and charming sc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Heartstrings" by Jon Wassom - Mixed Media Figurative Painting, 2024
Located in Denver, CO
Jon Wassom’s "Heartstrings" is an evocative mixed media painting on panel, measuring 16 x 16 inches. This striking composition explores themes of intimacy, emotion, and human connect...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Un mot après l'autre, Abstract books, Expressionism, Contemporary library
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
In One Word After Another, Sophie Dumont continues her exploration of the library motif, a recurring theme in her work, infusing it with a tactile and meditative dimension. Through a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sulphurs & Cabbage Patch Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Sulphurs & Cabbage Patch Butterflies
Date: 2025
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 20" x 16"
Framed Dimensions: 25.5" x 21.5"
Signature: Sign...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sergeant - contemporary, landscape, tree, figurative, acrylic and resin on panel
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary landscape painting was created by Canadian artist Peter Hoffer.
Peter Hoffer’s elegant series of tree ‘portraits’ are modern landscapes. In this piece, one deciduo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Acrylic, Panel
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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