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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.

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Style: Contemporary
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Portrait dragons
Located in Oslo, NO
Portrait in kitsch style with a Chinese pipe and two dragons. If you look closely, there are three dragons in the picture.
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Color Pencil

"Vestige (Earth)" Intricate Sculptural Tridimensional Painting with Intaglio
Located in New York, NY
Kim Jae Il's process of expression is hiding and burrowing to make the image and appearance visible. His forms differ with every work displaying themselves by perspective and sculptu...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Resin, Fiberglass, Acrylic

Bearch Series #118
Located in Park City, UT
"After painting for over 30 years, I am still fascinated by the alchemy & expression of paint. Primarily I am a studio painter working in oil on canvas. Oil paint is a very elastic m...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

Mountains 22 January 12:31 - Modern Minimalistic Expressive Landscape Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Coastal Impressions - The Cove, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"Monterey Bay is one of many iconic spots in California where the Pacific Ocean meets the majestic cliffs," shares artist John Jaster. "It is a wildly beautif...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic

When You Love Someone!. From the Origin series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
They were created as an investigation into the beginnings of the current human social conditions with a focus on materiality and evolutionary information gathered from Paul Shepards ...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Gold, Gold Leaf

Still-Life in Studio - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting by Ksenya Istomina
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Still-life in Studio 85 x 100 cm (framed in a black wooden frame 95 x 110 cm) Oil on canvas Ksenya Istomina graduated in 2018 at the 'Imperial Academy of Arts in St Petersburg'. S...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Oil on Canvas Painting -- Desert Bloom
Located in Troy, NY
The wonderful oil on canvas painting shows a vibrant landscape with three desert flowers in the foreground. The bright pink petals of the flowers create a contrast that sets them apa...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Judgment V - Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Sea View, Beach, Realism
Located in Salzburg, AT
In this painting, the artist quotes a man rising from the grave from masterpiece of Petrus Christus, "The Last Judgment”.. Artodyssey "Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those,...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

It's me, Lord, 110x80cm, 0il/acrylic/canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
It's me, Lord, 110x80cm
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Pretty in Pink, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Bright red and pink tulips bloom against a soft blue background. Delicate stems and leaves add balance and contrast to the bold floral forms. The composition ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic

Inner Nature 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women on African Fabric
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. “Your mind knows...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Wind in My Hair - Abstract Bird Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia (USA) based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks. Her expressive style emphasizes line structure, creating vibrant painti...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil

"Dripping Dots - Monaco Grand" Blue Colorful Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses gold leaf with thick textured oils and glass t...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Glass, Oil

Contemporary . Large size. Vertical . Oil on canvas. "Nude.Sisters"
Located in Oslo, NO
In my creation, I've aimed to capture the intimate and serene connection between two figures, suggesting a harmonious balance and unity. I used oil to give life to their graceful for...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Attempted Art- 21st Century Contemporary Still-life Painting of letter balloons
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Rutger Hiemstra Attempted Art Oil on wood panel 53 x 125 cm Dutch artist Rutger Hiemstra (1975) understands the art of painting from observation. Still lifes, landscapes, portraits...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Color Derivatives # 155, Abstract painting on canvas, mounted on a stretcher.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Color Derivatives # 155, 2016 by Natasha Zupan From the series Color Derivatives Oil, fabric, medium, on canvas Size: 9.5 in. H x 7.5 in. W x 3 in D. Canvas on a stretcher Natasha ...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Fenêtre sur lac, Oil Painting, Interior Design, Living space
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Oil Painting, Handmade artwork, Unique Work. Ready to hang Medium : Oil painting on stretched Linen. Artist : Gabriel Riesnert Subject : Fenêtre sur lac - Variation ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Linen, Oil

Entryway to Paradise Valley
Located in Bozeman, MT
Johnny Defeo’s work belongs to the concept of souvenir, attempting to capture the experiences he has in the natural world, where he feels free and most at home. His paintings and rug...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"My Heart of the Ocean" Blue & White Oil Painting on Wood w White Floater Frame
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...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Glass, Oil, Board

Pool with Large Windy Palm - Acrylic mixed media on board, white float frame
Located in Dallas, TX
"Pool with Large Windy Palms" is a lovely and calming work depicting two children in the midst of a colorful background with palm trees. The painting gives off a calm and relaxed vib...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board

"Woman with Doe" Contemporary oil painting of nude in nature
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The artist paints his wife as a small doe looks on, inspired by a real experience the couple had in their home in the woods. Artist Bio Nick Weber (b.1971) has exhibited mostly in the Northeast, with recent solo and group exhibitions at Harper’s Apartment, New York, NY, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY, Tripoli Gallery Southampton, NY, and Eric Firestone...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lady in the Orange dress (All I have is Me) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Charcoal, Acrylic

Nude Figure Portrait in Bright Color, Orange Towel by America Martin
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Orange Towel" Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 72 x 36 inches; 73.5 x 37.5 inches, Framed Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin dra...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Rainbow Fields No.2, Abstract, Contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
This landscape painting by Alexa Roscoe is inspired by the Devon rollin hill’s. Alexa has used a vibrant palette of pinks, greens and golden yellows which evoke warmth and serenity o...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rising Son -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Expressionism, Boy
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"The Rising Son" is a portrait of an innocent black boy with dreadlocks, tenderly grasping a golden key. Rendered with a bold, monochromatic red colour palette. This striking artw...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Dorset Summer Garden VIII, Original painting, Nature, Floral, Botanical, Green
Located in Deddington, GB
A realistic painting of a summer garden in Dorset by the painter, Dylan Lloyd. “The Dorset summer garden paintings are a response partly to my emerging garden on the Isle of Portla...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Beneath the Tall Pine Trees' Shade", Pink Orange Abstract Landscape Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
"Beneath the tall pine trees' shade", is a mixed-media painting on canvas by Andrée de Frémont. Constructed along a red and blue axis, this canvas, born from a sketch made during a ...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Christine With Her Hair Up. charcoal on paper
Located in Brecon, Powys
Such a beautiful work in charcoal. Angela has the most distinctive way of presenting figurative drawings, she usually works in a range of colours so this is an unusual piece from her...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Mixed Media

My 80's Heart "Token 7" 2019, gouache, acrylic, graphite, panel, blue, orange
Located in Jersey City, NJ
My 80's Heart "Token 7" 2019, gouache, acrylic, graphite, panel, blue, wood, orange
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic, Gouache, Panel, Wood Panel, Illustration Board, Graphite

Malibu Barbie - Colorful Abstract Figurative Portrait Original Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by her background in fashion, artist Lindsey McCord creates vibrant portraits that encapsulate the confidence that comes with the fun of being stylish and chic. Her figures ...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Graphite

Beautiful Bessie
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss artist Fredi Gertsch creates lively colorful pop-folk art paintings with one inexhaustible element: the Emmentaler cow. Humor and optimism are essential traits of the artist: "...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Paper, Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Still Life with Black Bottle
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon still life with collection of objects that the artist has painted over the years in this tranquil, grey and neutral oil on canvas painting. "With the perspective affo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Statement on the Stream - Original Figurative Abstract Woman on Sofa Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iqi Qoror's surreal figurative paintings are arresting in their earthy palettes offset by pops of fluorescent textile embroidery. His artworks revolve around questions of trust, inte...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Wool, Canvas, Thread, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Fraternal Obsidian
Located in Dallas, TX
David A. Dreyer was born in Dallas in 1958, and earned his BFA and MFA at Southern Methodist University. He was a recipient of the Moss/Chumley Award from the Meadows Museum and has ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Graphite, Linen, Oil, Panel

Highway - Contemporary Expressive Symbolic and Minimalistic Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Lauretta's Feeling 3
Located in Atlanta, GA
Item is in excellent condition and has only been displayed in a gallery setting. The featured dancer is Lauretta Summerscales (London Ballet). Throughout his evolution as a painter...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Powder Puff - Dog Portrait Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia (USA) based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks. Her expressive style emphasizes line structure, creating vibrant painti...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Pencil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Christopher Posing with Leather Jacket
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Christopher Posing with Leather Jacket in White Jockstrap n.d. Signed in red, u.r. Oil on canvas 24 x 12 inches $3,250 + $125 framing This work is o...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Two Tim
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Two Tim Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 12" x 16.5" Framed Dimensions: 13" x 17.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Prov...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

"Trash Venus" Pink Haired Woman In Black Lingerie
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Trash Venus" is an original oil painting by Lauren Rinaldi. This piece ships in the pictured frame and measures 26"h x 22"w. Lauren Rinaldi (b. 1983, Brooklyn, NY) is an America...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Lambert's Cove Night Light" acrylic on canvas seascape painting
Located in Edgartown, MA
“Communicating sensation through figuration has always been a central theme in my work. I never tire of the endless challenges and opportunities the human form presents. And by combi...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Vintage Impasto Impressionist Oil Painting of a Winter Landscape in England
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage Impasto Impressionist Winter Landscape Painting of a Misty Morning at a Reservoir in the Peak District National Park in Northern England, by 20th Century British Artist. Art measures 33 x 21 inches Frame measures 39 x 27 inches (framed in a hand-painted vintage wooden moulding in magnolia) This is a rare early atmospheric work in impasto oils from 1971, using muted pastel colours, in very good original condition. There is an evocative sense of the light beating down onto the water in this Winter Landscape painting. Reframed in a vintage wooden moulding painted in magnolia, signed and dated on the front of the canvas, with full authentication. Born in Birmingham in 1948, Rex Preston...
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1970s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Dripping Dots - Maldives" Multicolor Contemporary Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses gold flakes with thick textured oils and glass...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Layers Object No. 17 by Doris Marten - Abstract painting, minimalist, lines, ink
Located in Paris, FR
Layers Object No. 17 is a unique ink drawings on Alu-Dibond painting by contemporary artist Doris Marten, dimensions are 35 × 217 cm (13.8 × 85.4 in). The artwork is signed, sold unf...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Ink

Pond at the Farm - Contemporary Landscape Painting Water Blue Sky Trees, 2021
Located in Kent, CT
Contemporary landscape oil painting on linen from Francis Sills' series of Water paintings. A pond reflects the blue sky and clouds overhead in this idyllic outdoor scene. A small pi...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Linen, Oil

"Calf" Contemporary Dutch Oil Painting Capturing the Playful Spirit of a Calf
Located in Utrecht, NL
The oil paintings of the contemporary Dutch artist Paul Jansen invites the viewer to look beyond the standard picture within the frame. It feels as if the curious animal really reach...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Unique (African Allure) 4
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Bluebird Flight with Thistles, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Three bluebirds fly over thistles, their vibrant feathers fluttering in unison. The stripe, wallpaper-like background adds serenity to the scene. A sense of u...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

"Peripheral Dream" by Jon Wassom, Mixed Media, Male Nude
Located in Denver, CO
Jon Wassom's "Peripheral Dream" is an original, handmade mixed media painting that depicts a male nude. This piece is unframed yet ready to hang. Jon Was...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Seascape With Waves Contemporary Oil Painting
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Seascape with waves Contemporary Oil Painting Artist signed, silver wood frame canvas 24x48 Joan Segrelles was born in Barcelona, Spain in 1960. He studied at the Bellas Artes Schoo...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

Large Contemporary Horse Oil Painting. Equestrian Portrait. 190 x 170 cm
Located in ALP, ES
This large figurative oil painting is a reinterpretation of a painting by Rembrandt, Portrait of Frederick Rihel on horseback, 1663. A unique oil painting on the finest quality Belgi...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Linen, Oil

Reeds and Water
Located in Dallas, TX
Over the past forty years, Malou Flato’s paintings have focused on the Texas landscape—its native flowers, blooming cactus, diverse citizenry, and especially its precious water and abundant sky. Flato has a studio in Austin and another on her great-grandfather’s ranch on the southwestern shoulder of the Hill Country, in Edwards County. “Texas is my inspiration,” she says. “I have made my life here, and I would like to think that my art reflects the place I know best.” Malou Flato’s works can be seen in many public places in Texas and beyond. They enliven a border crossing...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Paper, Acrylic

The Sea, Vibration - Contemporary Nature, Landscape, Seascape, Water Painting
By Justyna Smoleń
Located in Salzburg, AT
“Water is soft and supple, but also hard and inflexible.It flows or is still. It is silent and loud; it possesses every nature. Pure and clear, muddy and blind, wet and dry, salty an...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Egg Tempera

1720, Matrimony Series (Large Portrait of Baroque, Rococo Couple in Red)
Located in Hudson, NY
Baroque, Rocco style portrait of a married couple in red attire "1720," a painting from the Matrimony Series by Lauren Hamilton, completed in 2023 oil on canvas 72 x 72 inches This ...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Huimin Wang Contemporary Original Oil On Canvas "Spring II"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Spring II Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 19 x 19 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This painting ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Dave Winfield, American Major League Baseball Right Fielder
Located in Hudson, NY
Portrait of Dave Winfield Edward Avedisian 20 x 14 inches, acrylic on stretched canvas Armenian-American artist, Avedisian was best known for his work made in New York City during the 1960s: brilliantly colored, boldly composed canvases that combined Minimalism’s rigor, Pop’s exuberance and the saturated tones of Color Field painting. He was largely recognized for a series of Beach Ball paintings that emerged in the early 1960's and into the later 1960's the artist began painting larger horizontal paintings, featuring vertically intersecting beacon-like stripes that highlighted characteristics from both the Post-Painterly and Color Field movements. In this portrait, Avedisian using his signature use of color, combining bright rusty reds and oranges against a metallic green gold backdrop. A major work from Avedesian's color-stripe series was featured on the cover of Artforum's January 1969 issue (pictured here). Also pictured are photographs of the artist c. 1970 in his studio in New York City and catalog pages from Avedisian's inclusion in the American Painting Now Expo at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, MA in Dec 1967 - Jan 1968. The exhibition, organized by art critic Alan Solomon, featured one of Avedisian's signature Beach Ball paintings alongside large works by Robert Motherwell and Jim Rosenquist. About the subject: Dave Winifield is American former Major League Baseball right fielder born in 1951 and who played for six teams (San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, California Angels, Toronto Blue Jays, Minnesota Twins, and Cleveland Indians) during his 22 year long career. He had the winning hit in the 1992 World Series with the Blue Jays over the Atlanta Braves. Winfield retired in 1996 and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001, in his first year of eligibility. About the Artist: In the 1960’s, Edward Avedisian was one of the youngest of those luminaries producing a grand new abstract painting. Shown first at Ivan Karp and Dick Bellamy’s Hansa Gallery and then at Robert Elkon, Avedisian’s insouciant mix of pop playfulness, color field cool and high formalist style put his art in a unique, and at the time generously rewarded, position. Paintings made it onto the cover of Artforum, were purchased by all the major museums, were among the few abstract works shown as representative of America’s post-war achievement at Expo 67 in Montreal and comprised a cornerstone in histories of the period written by Barbara Rose, among others. The artist was largely influenced by his Color-Field predecessors, Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman. Throughout the 1960's and into the mid 1970's the artist was celebrated in the Manhattan art scene, contributing to the Post-Painterly Abstraction movements with contemporaries Helen Frankenthaler, Andy Warhol, Jules Olitski, and Larry Poons. Museum Collections: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York Brooklyn Museum, New York Chrysler Art Museum, Norfolk, Virginia Denver Art Museum, Colorado Flint Institute of Arts, Michigan Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas The Larry Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Neuberger Museum of Art, State University of New York, Purchase Los Angeles County Museum, California Neuberger Museum, SUNY, Purchase, New York Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum *above description text is supported by Alexandra C. Anderson's article on Edward Avedesian in Artforum's January 1969 issue. NY Times Obituary, published Aug 23, 2007 by Roberta Smith: Mr. Avedisian was best known for his work in the 1960s: brilliantly colored, boldly composed canvases that combined Minimalism’s rigor, Pop’s exuberance and the saturated tones of Color Field painting. A frequent motif was a cluster of bright seedlike orbs corralled at the center of a vibrant monochrome field by larger rings of color, creating an image that could resemble a buoyant cross-section of some unknown fruit. Mr. Avedisian was born in Lowell, Mass., in 1936 and studied art at the Boston Museum School. By the late 1950s he was living in New York, part of a generation of promising young painters that included Frank Stella, Larry Poons and Darby Bannard. From 1958 to 1963 Mr. Avedisian had six solo shows in New York galleries, including two at the Robert Elkon Gallery, where he continued to show almost every year until 1975. By the early 1960s Mr. Avedisian was a rising star. During that decade, his work appeared on the cover of Artforum, in “The Responsive Eye” exhibition of Op Art at the Museum of Modern Art and in four annuals at the Whitney Museum of American Art. His paintings were widely sought by collectors and acquired by major museums in New York and elsewhere. In the mid-1970s Mr. Avedisian moved to Hudson and became less visible. His paintings soon began shifting toward representation; he took to calling his abstract paintings “a period style.” But he continued to be well served by his feeling for color, scale and surface. His landscapes described his surroundings in blunt, flat shapes and singing hues reminiscent of those of Marsden Hartley and Paula Modersohn...
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1980s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Northumberland Coast I, original painting, landscape, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
The north east of England boasts an impressive coastline, Northumberland is blessed with outstanding natural beauty, the beaches are stunning with soft sand and endless seas. Dramati...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic

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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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