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
A Soothing Symphony - Blue Ocean Landscape Skyscape Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jodi Miller captivates with her atmospheric landscapes, inspired by the vast skies of her prairie upbringing and her global travels in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Influenced by the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"West Ritner hill" Color-Forward Cityscape with Geometric Abstraction Elements
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "West Ritner hill" is an original artwork by Miriam Singer and is made of pencil, marker, and acrylic on paper. The artist spends her free time biking around the ci...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Bringing Love Home Version 2, original sculpture, abstract, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
When you all around this work the image changes and the works appear saying Love and then as you move to the right of the work it says home. Bringing Love Home by Sena Shah is a new ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Felt
"Flowery Offering", Nude Woman Lasciviously Laying Colored Mixed Media Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This piece is not framed.
Raluca Vulcan is a French-Romanian artist who likes to express the life and sensitivity of the human body, mostly through semi-abstract nudes and portraits...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Beures Saulx, José Salvaggio, 21st Century Contemporary Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
José Salvaggio, pedal artist from France, at Galerie Bonnard! The French artist José Salvaggio finds his subject in the French world around him. You do...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fluid Heart
Located in Burlingame, CA
Elizabeth Geisler is best known for her dazzling contemporary water reflection paintings that bridge realism with abstraction. Up close, the paintings appear ambiguous and loose, yet...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Male Portrait with Yellow Inscription on Purple Background. 'Currency #253'
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Currency #253 is a striking piece from Natasha Lelenco’s Currencies series, featuring a hyperrealistic male profile painted in acrylic on a ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Letting Go - Large Serene Soft Calming Sunset Ocean Landscape Skyscape Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jodi Miller captivates with her atmospheric landscapes, inspired by the vast skies of her prairie upbringing and her global travels in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Influenced by the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
You Can Do Anything - 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
Emerald Manner - Contemporary Still Life Flowers Fruit Landscape Green, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary oil painting on canvas, a bright and inviting interior scene is set with a still life arrangement of flowers in a green bottle, painted patterned china and fruit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Our Time, Our Fashion - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Black Women
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.
About Artist
Ade...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Colours Of The Night, 24"x30" Original Painting, Figurative Women, Black Dress
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
This dress painting features an interplay of paint and pencil with an outcome both expressive and refined. Through the process of adding and subtracting, textures and tone on tone la...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Textile, Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil, Color Pencil
Key A - Contemporary Abstract Orange Peach Blue Navy Beige Stripes, 2022
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in gouache and acrylic on paper, clean and precise, carefully ordered thick horizontal stripes in shades of peach, light blue, dark navy, and a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Archival Paper
Abstract Bright and Sunshine Bohemian Green Mixed Media on Canvas 45x45"
By Irena Orlov
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas
Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media
Quarantine (LARGE!! 6'x5' - 183 x 152cm)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist : Ryan Wilks
Title: Quarantine
Medium: India ink, chalk pastel, graphite on canvas.
Year: 2020
Size: 60W" x 72H"
Description : This response to Covid...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Chalk, Pastel, India Ink, Graphite
Nude. Figurative and abstract acrylic painting, Body, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary acrylic on canvas painting depicting a nude by Polish artist Michal Bajsarowicz. The artwork is an artistic take on human body with abstract elements. Composition is ske...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
The Dreamer - Ethereal green, blue and yellow abstract landscape painting
Located in Broomfield, CO
On sale!!
An ethereal, dreamy abstract landscape painting, inspired by the wilds of the Italian mountain streams and waterfalls. "The Dreamer" is a dream. A bright, ethereal canvas d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Temple - contemporary, landscape, tree, figurative, acrylic and resin on panel
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary landscape painting was created by a Canadian artist.
A lone tree takes centre stage in this lovely landscape by Peter Hoffer.
Huron captures the glory of fall colo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Acrylic, Panel
Life as a Roller-coaster 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Men Skating
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Struggle teaches you a lot of things, and I am happy that I witnessed a roller coaster ride. The journey has improved me as a person and made me more mature.
Life is like a roller co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Ink, Acrylic
"Horse and Woman" by Maura Petersen - Bright Abstract Figurative Landscape
Located in Carmel, CA
Maura Petersen (American, born 1956)
"Horse and Woman" 2024
Acrylic Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
In "Horse and Woman", Maura Petersen ca...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Clearing Storm (En Plein Air Landscape Painting of Country Mountains & Grey Sky)
Located in Hudson, NY
Modern en plein air landscape oil painting on canvas of countryside mountains and grey sky
'Clearing Storm' by Joseph Rapp
18 x 24 inches, oil on canvas
19...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cha Cha - Contemporary Abstract Patterns Bright Neon Coral Pink Gray. 2023
By Gabe Brown
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in oil on linen mounted on panel, carefully ordered patterns, geometric shapes and delicate lines in pale pink, cobalt blue, yellow and pale gr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Together, Gossip, Mixed Media on paper, Red, Orange, Contemporary Artist"In Stock"
By Samir Sarkar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Samir Sarkar - Untitled - 13.5 x 10.5 inches (unframed size)
Mixed Media on Paper.
Style : He says, “All my paintings have people wearing some headgear that has a face painted on ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Pleasure Island, 3-D Painting by Patrick Hughes
Located in Long Island City, NY
A unique 3-D painting by Patrick Hughes.
Artist: Patrick Hughes, British (1939 - )
Title: Pleasure Island
Year: 1999
Medium: Oil on Board 3-D Constr...
Category
1990s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
LV Mona Lisa - Clio
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: La Pun, Campbell
Title: LV Mona Lisa - Clio
Date: 2024
Medium: Aerosol on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 57.5" x 40.5"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint
Interchange Between Myth and Reality - Monumental Painting, Original Oil
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
The timeless use of the human form has always been the subject from which artist Bruno Surdo chooses to express his narratives. This interest in using the human body as a focal poin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Swan Vase, Peach Pink Flowers, Canary Yellow Tea Set, Pine Trees Lake Landscape
Located in Kent, CT
A light and inviting interior scene with an arrangement of pale pink flowers in a clear glass vase next to canary yellow and green and white painted tea cups on a blue and white tabl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Harlem 125 - Work on Paper Depicting the New York City Harlem Neighborhood
Located in New York, NY
Francks Deceus's Harlem 125 is a 18 x 24 inches mixed media work . The medium is acrylic and silkscreen on paper. It depicts an African American couple ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper, Acrylic
"Koi Social", (2023) Original Oil Painting by Calvin Lai, Koi Fish
By Calvin Lai
Located in Denver, CO
Calvin Lai's (US based) "Koi Social" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts koi fish swimming.
Artist Bio:
Calvin Lai's art is a mixture of medicine, meditation, and p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
Under the Tuscan Sun IV, original 12x24 contemporary Italian landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
Under the Tuscan sun the olives and grapes germinate and send new life across the Tuscan summer meadow and surrounding Tuscan hills. A famous and popular region, located in the hear...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Birdscape II - abstract contemporary art work multilayered assemblage with birds
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Birdscpae No 2" is a new 2024 unique acrylic on canvas painting by German mid-career artist Michael Pröpper. It debicts an abstract expressionist contemporary landscape with birds i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Theloneus (Contemporary Painting, Framed)
By Guy Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist's Statement: "Part a new series of paintings I have been working on that I am really excited about. I am incorporating a lot of media I have been exploring over the years -- ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Wood, Charcoal, Tar, House Paint, Acrylic, Rubber
Untitled (Sin Titulo I)
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
Manuel Soto-Muñoz (1913-2000), Puerto Rican born American painter. Recipient award of merit Florida Southern College, 1958; prize Art Students League New York, 1950; 1st prize Salón ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Don't Look Back - unique piece by Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
This painting was inspired by ancient masks and statues and it's part of my Neo-Mythology series. Painted with acrylic on round canvas (20cm / 8in) Unique work, not a series. Ready f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Contemporary figurative oil pastel painting of young Frida Kahlo on paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary figurative portrait of a young Frida Kahlo, titled Frida's Resilient Bloom, was meticulously crafted by French artist Natalya Mougenot using Sennelier oil pastels o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
"Mila" Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
"Mila" 16 x 12 inches oil on board 19 x 15 inches in frame
We are pleased to sell works on behalf of Christopher E Barrow ABNA. Christopher is a full time artist residing in Lancash...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hello Sunshine, Yellow, Indigo Blue, Pink, Aqua Abstract Patterns
By Gabe Brown
Located in Kent, CT
Carefully ordered patterns, geometric shapes and delicate lines in light blue, lime green, indigo, pink and aqua on a luminous golden yellow background. Signed, dated and titled on v...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Scaffold Two - Geometric Abstract Light Blue Navy Ivory Beige Shapes, 2021
Located in Kent, CT
Geometric shapes in shades of blue from cobalt to pale periwinkle, and delicate angular lines in black and dark gray are dynamic against a soft background fading from dark navy at th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
ARCA B by Ramon Enrich - Contemporary painting, landscape, architecture, ochre
By Ramon Enrich
Located in Paris, FR
ARCA B is a unique acrylic on canvas painting by contemporary artist Ramon Enrich, dimensions are 120 × 140 cm (47.2 × 55.1 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes with ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Adele Riley, Wildflower Path, Original landscape painting
By Adele Riley
Located in Deddington, GB
Wildflower Path By Adele Riley [2021]
original
Acrylic and acrylic inks on boxed canvas
Image size: H:50 cm x W:100 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:50 cm x W:100 cm x D:4cm
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Drifting Harmony II - Original Minimalist Blue Mountains Landscape Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The organic aesthetic and textures of Peter Kuttner’s original boho minimalist artworks are the result of patient layering and unique uses of media. Through a combination of collage ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Fruita Barn" Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Justin Wheatley's "Fruita Barn" is an original, handmade acrylic painting.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Words Cannot Express, Ron Johnson, 2021, Acrylic Panel, Poured Paint, Abstract
Located in St. Louis, MO
Born in Columbus, Ohio in 1968, Ronald Johnson received an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2003. Since then, Johnson has exhibited widely both nationally and internatio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Plexiglass, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Polyurethane
I've got a secret - Atmospheric dramatic abstract round landscape painting
Located in Broomfield, CO
There is something about my imagination. Something expansive and wandering, a never-ending story. I live there so much of the time. I must say that I have often wondered if I am made...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
April Frost Cs1, Violet, Pale Blue Leaves Botanical, Brown Tree Branches
Located in Kent, CT
Layers of foliage in violet and pale powder blue grace dark golden brown branches on the pristine white background of this painting in acrylic on Mylar.
Battenfield's works on Mylar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mylar, Acrylic
Colorful contemporary Dog/Scottie in Frills/i.e.Tutus with text acrylic on paper
Located in Charleston, US
A colorful contemporary dog painting of Scottish Terrier dogs with accompanying text from a book is an inspirational departure from the tradi...
Category
1990s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Graphite
Had to tell you- 21st Century Contemporary Narrative Painting, Mother & daughter
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Anna Maria Vargiu
Had to tell you
180 x 180 cm
oil on canvas
Anna Maria Vargiu can be called a great talent with her just 30 years.
This paintings she made together with four other...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Lilac Stripe Absinthe Sky
Located in Deddington, GB
lilac Stripe Absinthe Sky [2022]
original
Acrylic
Image size: H:97 cm x W:103 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:97 cm x W:103 cm x D:3.5cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
Inspired by a sublime walk across the Sussex South Downs with a dreamy light creating emerald...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Still Life with Vase of Flowers - Oil Paint by Giuseppe Bertolini - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life with Vase of Flowers is an original modern artwork realized by Giuseppe Bertolini in 1970.
Mixed colored oil on canvas
Hand signed and dated on the back and on the lowe...
Category
1970s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Banana Express #2, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Diana Rosa
Located in Yardley, PA
New work since April 2024, ready to hang, certificate of authenticity included :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Rolling On Currents of Time
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
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Sailors
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Sailors
n.d.
Signed in red, u.r.
Double-sided painting on panel
30 x 24 inches
Category
20th Century Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
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"Momentum", (2022) Original Oil Painting by Calvin Lai, Female Nude
By Calvin Lai
Located in Denver, CO
Calvin Lai's (US based) "Tipping the Scale" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude female with an orange and white background.
Artist Bio:
Calvin Lai's art is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
Maples by Lumi Mizutani - Japanese style landscape painting, black and gold
Located in Paris, FR
Maples is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with pigments, India ink, gold leaf on panel mounted on Japanese paper, diameter is 22.7 cm (8....
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Rock 221: Sleeping Dogs
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas on board.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Summer - 21st Century Contemporary Impressionistic Painting of a Landscape
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Frank Dekkers
Summer
100 x 120 cm
oil on canvas
framed in a wooden grey frame as seen on picture, it measures 104 x 124 cm Frame is included in price
On the pictures we also show you the artist receiving the flowers on our opening of this exhibition september 3th 2023 in our gallery. On the wall you can see the painting behind. Just to give you an idea of size, colors and sphere.
About the artist:
Frank Dekkers, an outdoor painter, but not a "square painter" as we know him. His studio is located "everywhere", or at least outside where this artist is inspired by the landscape. A special way of summarizing leads in his paintings to a very strong and simplified image. These works invite you to walk into the landscape and to keep looking.
A book has been published about Frank Dekkers, which is included when purchasing a painting...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Cresta Roja
Located in Miami, FL
Cresta Roja is a stunning original oil painting by renowned Argentine artist Raúl Conti, celebrated for his expressive use of color and dynamic compositions. This captivating piece s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
The panther, Vacation on the Happy Island series
Located in Zofingen, AG
You will receive this painting stretched, with painted edges and completely ready for hanging. Framing is not obligatory and depends only on your preference.
This series of works a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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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