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
Item Ships From: Pennsylvania
Amica Amico, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Couple of kids walking along the street with a cubistic background. Oil on cotton canvas over single width pine bars. Can be hung as is, or could be framed by the buyer. :: Painting ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tree of Life, Contemporary Expressionist Landscape
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Tree of Life" is a 18 x 24 inches, original landscape by American master colorist painter Al Lachman. The artwork is framed and signed "Lachman" in the low...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Seated figure, Murray Avenue, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
One of my favorite paintings because of the color and the slight blurs of movement while adhering to naturalistic proportions, this painting is based on a scene I passed in front of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blue Counter, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Set inside a classic diner, a scene of people communing around food. I always loved diners for their democracy and their patterns. Oil and some acrylic on cotton canvas stretched ove...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
In Love And Sleep She Lay, Abstract Expressionist Landscape
Located in Doylestown, PA
"In Love And Sleep She Lay" is a 18 x 24 inches, original, abstract landscape by American master colorist painter Al Lachman. The artwork is framed and signed "Lachman" in the lower ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Afternoon Tea
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The watercolor artwork titled "Afternoon Tea" by Ashley Snyder transports viewers into a charming Victorian parlor, where the ambiance exudes an aura of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper
White Rose, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Lauren Acton
Located in Yardley, PA
part of my Rose series :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Signat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
2 figures, Alderson Street, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A snapshot of two kids walking past my studio on Alderson. I don't know them. I fit them into a composition based on the diagonal with a largely analogous color scheme plus muted red...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
River Rain, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
" RIVER RAIN " a contemporary painting by joseph piccillo is a 24 x 24 inch modern palette knife acrylic on museum stretched canvas. It is part of an abstracted landscape impression...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Passing Storm, Les Roques, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
A clearing sky after a storm at the hilltop village of Les Roques in SW France with a path leading to the center of the village. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes wit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Virtual, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Handmade original painting created using Acrylic paints on Canvas.Created and signed by Preethi Mathialagan. • Gallery Wrapped professional high grade Stretched Canvas • Hig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Pose, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Lauren Acton
Located in Yardley, PA
part of figurative model series :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mother and Child, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Lauren Acton
Located in Yardley, PA
part of nude series :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Signature...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Madonna of the cars, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A hurried mom with a squiggly baby on the street outside my studio. Oil on cotton canvas over double wide stretchers. Ready to hang or can be framed by the buyer. :: Painting :: Cont...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Andy Warhol YSL Yves Saint Laurent Denied Painting Peach Pink by Charles Lutz
By Charles Lutz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Denied Warhol Yves Saint Laurent by Charles Lutz
Silkscreen and acrylic on linen with artist's Denied stamp of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board.
10 x 10" inches
2008
Lutz's ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
This Passing Night Was Heard, Abstract Expressionist Landscape
Located in Doylestown, PA
"This Passing Night Was Heard" is a 18 x 24 inches, original, abstract townscape by American master colorist painter Al Lachman. The artwork is framed and signed "Lachman" in the lower left.
This Passing Night Was Heard. In his book, Secrets of a Crazy Artist, Lachman writes: "Creativity comes from inspiration, and we are inspired and influenced by others, by their uniqueness. I believe that everyone is special and has something to offer. This is how we grow, by giving ourselves to others, and by so doing we give value to our lives. I want to thank all of the wonderful people in my life who have shared their uniqueness with me and helped make me more than I was."
Born in 1936 in New York City, Alan Lachman...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Going to the Pole, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Dog relief painted in a quick expressionistic mode. Oil on cotton canvas over a lightweight pine frame. Ready to hang but can be framed. :: Painting :: Cont...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
All That Ever Was, Contemporary Expressionist Landscape
Located in Doylestown, PA
"All That Ever Was" is a 16 x 30 inches, original landscape by American master colorist painter Al Lachman. The artwork is framed and signed "Lachman" in th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
How Sweet Thou Be, Abstract Expressionist Landscape
Located in Doylestown, PA
"How Sweet Thou Be" is a 20 x 24 inches, original, abstract landscape by American master colorist painter Al Lachman. The artwork is framed and signed "Lachman" in the lower right.
Born in 1936 in New York City, Alan Lachman...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board, Pastel
A Happening, Abstract Expressionist Landscape
Located in Doylestown, PA
"A Happening" is a 20 x 24 inches, original land.- and skyscape by American master colorist painter Al Lachman. The artwork is framed and signed "Lachman" i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Pumpkin Field, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
A field of large pumpkins in SW France near Cahors, just before harvest. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fields at the End of Summer, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A field at the end of Summer in the French village of St. Vincent near Cahors, when all is dry and colors golden. This is the village where I live part of the year and which has i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pollarded Trees, Les Roques, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Two linden trees which grace the hill top village of Les Roques in SW France. These trees are hard pruned every few years which compels me to paint them as I love the exposed branche...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dawson Street, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This is a view looking down Dawson Street in Pittsburgh, the street where Andy Warhol grew up. Oil on cotton canvas over pine stretchers. Ready to hang, or can be framed by the buyer...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Andy Warhol YSL Yves Saint Laurent Denied Painting canvas Blue by Charles Lutz
By Charles Lutz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Denied Warhol Yves Saint Laurent by Charles Lutz
Silkscreen and acrylic on linen with artist's Denied stamp of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board.
10 x 10" inches
2008
Lutz's ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Drinking and Talking, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A slice of contemporary life in Pittsburgh shows two fellow humans minding their own business, doing what comes naturally. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over pine boards, it is read...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Waking Giant, 2016
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Christina Weaver grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2012, and a Master’s Degree in Painting from I...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lincoln Center No 2, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This version of Lincoln Center in New York City shows a simplified rendering where abstract forms dominate the scene. We see a group of musicians off to the side, and two more peopl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Islesford Flowers
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Signed lower middle: Rudolph '23
Peter was born in New York in 1946. He received a BFA from the Tyler School of Art and an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. Peter taught at the Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia. Peter, when he is not painting, works as an art dealer in Philadelphia through the McClees Galleries. He specializes in European and early American Art, and his vast knowledge of art is evident in his work. Peter Rudolph...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Andy Warhol YSL Yves Saint Laurent Denied Painting canvas Pink Blue Charles Lutz
By Charles Lutz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Denied Warhol Yves Saint Laurent by Charles Lutz
Silkscreen and acrylic on linen with artist's Denied stamp of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board.
10 x 10" inches
2008
Lutz's ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Andy Warhol Denied Painting canvas Black White Red Truman Capote by Charles Lutz
By Charles Lutz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Denied Warhol portrait of Truman Capote Silkscreen Painting on canvas by Charles Lutz
Silkscreen and acrylic on canvas with artist's Denied stamp of the Andy Warhol Art Authenticati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Andy Warhol Denied Painting canvas Black White Truman Capote by Charles Lutz
By Charles Lutz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Denied Warhol portrait of Truman Capote Silkscreen Painting on canvas by Charles Lutz
Silkscreen and acrylic on canvas with artist's Denied stamp of the Andy Warhol Art Authenticati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Andy Warhol YSL Yves Saint Laurent Denied Painting canvas Pink by Charles Lutz
By Charles Lutz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Denied Warhol Yves Saint Laurent by Charles Lutz
Silkscreen and acrylic on linen with artist's Denied stamp of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board.
10 x 10" inches
2008
Lutz's ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Linen
Poolside at the Dupont
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Poolside at the Dupont" is a striking watercolor on rag paper that beautifully depicts a vintage 1950s leisure scene. The artwork depicts two women perched by a pool likely gossipin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper
Denied Andy Warhol Orange Electric Chair Painting by Charles Lutz
By Charles Lutz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Denied Warhol Orange Electric Chair Painting by Charles Lutz
Silkscreen and acrylic on linen with the Denied stamp of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board.
22 x 28" inches
2008
Lutz's 2007 ''Warhol Denied'' series gained international attention calling into question the importance of originality or lack thereof in the work of Andy Warhol. The authentication/denial process of the [[Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board]] was used to create value by submitting recreations of Warhol works for judgment with the full intention for the works to be formally marked "DENIED". The final product of the conceptual project being "officially denied" "Warhol" paintings authored by Lutz.
Based on a press photo painted by Pop Artist Andy Warhol in early 1960's, this is likely one of the most iconic images from his Death and Disaster Series. The Death and Disaster Series was a dark view of the time's media and death culture. This was a departure from Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans and portraits of Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Liz Taylor, and Marlon Brando in that these were images of the deaths of everyday people- one could say their "15 minutes of fame" as Warhol coined...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Beach Momentos 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Beach Momentos 1" is a beautiful rendering of shells and other seaside-found objects collected by the artist. As the artist has noted, "I found myself collecting bits of the beach e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Ink
Victory Gallop - Equestrian Watercolor
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Victory Gallop" is a mesmerizing watercolor on textured rag paper, capturing the essence of the Bon Vivant lifestyle. A woman, adorned in resplendent garments and an exquisite hat, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper
Peony Power, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Lauren Acton
Located in Yardley, PA
Part of my Peony series where I photographed images from Styers Peony farm in Chadds Ford Pa. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Marilyn Monroe Andy Warhol Denied Painting canvas yellow red blue Charles Lutz
By Charles Lutz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Denied Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe Silkscreen Painting on canvas by Charles Lutz
Silkscreen and acrylic on canvas with artist's Denied stamp of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board.
18 x 14" inches
2008
Lutz's 2007 ''Warhol Denied...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Denied Andy Warhol Flowers Red 14" Silkscreen linen Painting by Charles Lutz
By Charles Lutz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Denied Warhol Flowers, (Red) Silkscreen Linen Painting by Charles Lutz
Silkscreen and acrylic on linen with Denied stamp of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board.
14 x 14" inches
2008
Lutz's 2007 ''Warhol Denied...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
PARTHENOCISSUS - Oil and Monotype Painting on Panel of Creeping Ivy in the Woods
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
Parthenocissus came about in the spring, I was focusing quite a bit on my monotypes in the
print studio and wanted to create a painting that incorporated my monotyping technique in
a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Monotype, Panel
3 figures with shadow, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The couple form a unit with the figure standing in the background in this bright portrayal of city street action. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over pine wood bars ready to hang or...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Family Looking Left, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Our left, that is, their right. A heavily painted atmosphere with a bit of a glaze enhances the mood of anticipation while a sigh post dissects the picture. Oil on cotton canvas str...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Stripes, Art Fair, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
It was an art festival in Westmoreland County, Pa, my booth was across the path from the food concessions. I ate more than I sold that weekend, but I was discovered by the art museum...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
3 figures in violet, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The figures cluster into one in the long purple shadows of the late afternoon. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over pine bars, ready to hang or to be framed by the buyer. :: Painting ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
2 Pedestrians in Blue, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
An flash view of a couple walking along the street in a tightly gridded space with limited but vibrant palette. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over thick pine bars, ready to hang or ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Amica Amico, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Couple of kids walking along the street with a cubistic background. Oil on cotton canvas over single width pine bars. Can be hung as is, or could be framed by the buyer. :: Painting ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sunset, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Lauren Acton
Located in Yardley, PA
part of my 2021 nature landscape series :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Sign...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Color Fields, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Lauren Acton
Located in Yardley, PA
part of a landscape series :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Si...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Koi 2, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Lauren Acton
Located in Yardley, PA
painted from photos at Chanticleer estate koi pond :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang:...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bus stop 3, Forbes Ave, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting started as an acrylic sketch, but I enhanced it with oils. I have many pictures of this stop with different people. On cotton canvas stretched over pine boards, can be ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bus stop 1, Forbes Ave, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting started out as an acrylic sketch, but I enhanced it with oil paint, trying to keep it loose and sunny. I have many pictures of this bus stop, the one right across from ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
4 figures with car, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This is an atmospheric view of people walking near the campus of the University of Pittsburgh. The bright red jacket acts as a focal point in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Kids, Murray and Lilac, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Girls going home after school cross as I am stopped at the light. They fit into a series of rectangles surrounded by light. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over pine bars, ready to ha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
3 figures in violet, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The figures cluster into one in the long purple shadows of the late afternoon. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over pine bars, ready to hang or to be framed by the buyer. :: Painting ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
2 Hoodies, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Merging forms of figure and ground in a limited palette, an ordinary scene of life on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh. Oil on cotto...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Businessman, Meyran at Forbes, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This man is hurrying off the picture plane, lunchtime. Oil on cotton canvas over pine stretchers, ready to hang or be framed by the buyer. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mother and Children, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This expressionist mom keeps a steady hand while pushing through the city. Oil on cotton canvas over pine stretchers. Ready to hang or to be framed by the buyer. :: Painting :: Conte...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
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