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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.

Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.

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Style: Contemporary
"What Dreams are Made Of" Colorful Contemporary Oil & Gold Painting Wood Panel
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils, whisking brush strokes, and thrown paint, Shaoul captures a love story through her paint pallet and abstract expression. The artist explores something new...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel

"Celebrating Dawn" Large Contemporary Blue Toned Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary cool toned painting by Houston-based artist Peter Healy. The work features expressive orange and yellow strokes against a blue background. Signed, titled, and dated on t...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Water 9 July 11:13 - Modern Minimalistic Landscape Oil Painting, See View
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, Oil

Abstract expressive floral acrylic painting on paper "Summer flowers of joy""
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This abstract expressive artwork, "Summer Flowers of Joy," by French artist Natalya Mougenot, is part of her Floral series. Natalya enjoys working in a single, uninterrupted session ...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

"June Bloom, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Brad Davis' (US based) "June Bloom" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a pink and fuchsia flower blooming in the darkness. A resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Davis' paintings aim to uncover and uplift the discarded and overlooked within his urban surroundings. The city's rich history and character manifest themselves in the architecture and inhabitants of his daily life, thus providing the platform for his work. The quiet power in layers of decay gives insight into the city's past...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Panel

The Sphinx - unique piece by Paula Craioveanu Neo Mythology
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...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic

"Dripping Dots - Rainbow Surf" Colorful Abstract Oil Painting on a Surf Board
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 thick textured oils and hand embellished piece...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Found Objects, Oil

"Street Mouse" Mickey Mouse & 100 Dollar Bills Pop Art Acrylic Canvas Painting
Located in New York, NY
A pop piece depicting Mickey Mouse juxtaposed with 100 Dollar Bills. With impasto painting, thrown paint and quick brushwork we are drawn to the movem...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

DO ASTRONAUTS NEED ART? #3 by Zoran Šimunović - Large framed painting, colourful
Located in Paris, FR
Do Astronauts Need Art? (#3) is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Zoran Šimunović, dimensions are 180 cm × 150 cm (70.9 × 59.1 in). The artwork is sold framed. D...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Figurative landscape painting-Landscape outside the window No.1
Located in Beijing, CN
Jin Peng, born in 1996 in Feixian County, Linyi, Shandong Province Chinese nationality 2015-2019 Undergraduate in the representational performance studio of the Oil Painting Depart...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Israeli Road Block" - 1980 Original Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
"Israeli Road Block" - 1980 Original Abstract Rich 1980's abstract oil painting titled "Israeli Road Block" by Bay Area artist Helen Konkoff (American, 1912-1988). Hues of browns, g...
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1980s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Party!- 21st Century Contemporary Impressionistic Painting of a Garden
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Keimpe van der Kooi Garden Party 122 x 122 cm Framed: 132 x 132 cm ( This frame is included) Oil on wood panel This Painting is made by Dutch Artist Keimpe van der Kooi. The impre...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Hike IV - 21st century Contemporary landscape Painting of a landscape
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Marein Konijn Hike IV 10 x 10 cm (Framed, included in price 15 x 15 cm) Large monumental landscapes without color, small landscapes with countless shades of green, figurative painti...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Topsyturfy-21st Century Painting of a Girl Floating in water
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This painting is made by Dutch artist Jantien de Boer (1984, Classical Academy for Painting Groningen) The artist likes to tell a story in her paintin...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Jon Wassom - Soul Searching - Expressive Mixed Media Figurative Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Jon Wassom’s Soul Searching (2024) is a striking mixed-media painting on canvas, measuring 24 x 20 inches with a 1.5-inch depth. This original artwork captivates with its expressive ...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Self-portrait 1 Male nude 2009, canvas, acrylic, felt tip pen 140x98 cm.
Located in Riga, LV
Self-portrait 1 2009, canvas, acrylic, 140x98 cm. Juris Utāns (1959-2022) was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially active and political art. Juris ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Felt Pen

Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting - Quatros Mujeres
Located in Vilnius, LT
Amílcar Rivera M. is a multidisciplinary artist who graduated from the Faculty of Arts at Universidad Veracruzana in Mexico and now lives and creates in Vilnius, Lithuania. His inter...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Canvas, Oil

Chamberlain
Located in Napa, CA
René Romero Schuler is an American painter and sculptor who creates powerful images that speak to the complexities of the human condition and the spirit that connects all human being...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Brooke Major, "Wild Horses", 36x36 Sculptural White Equine Horse Oil Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
"Wild Horses", 36x36 is an oil painting on canvas by the artist Brooke Major. Depicted in white is two wild horses mid run. The artist uses layers and layers of white oil paint to me...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pseudo Hercules - Man, 21st Century, Mythological, Yellow, Animal
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Pseudo Hercules, 2021 acrylic on canvas, 78 ⁴⁷/₆₄ H x 47 ¹/₄ W inches 200 H x 120 W cm The painting by Alexandru Rădvan is about our moments of 'respiro' about the minutes/seconds...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Model with Mandolin in Ink and Charcoal on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Model with Mandolin in Ink and Charcoal on Paper Black and white painting of a woman by acclaimed bluegrass musician Katherine "Kathy" Kallick (American, b. 1952). A woman is sitting in a chair, with a mandolin in her lap. She is shown in profile, looking to the viewer's right. Next to the chair is an end table with a vase of flowers. Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of the artist's work. Paper size: 22.5"H x 28.38"W Katherine Kallick...
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1970s Contemporary Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Ink

"Unforgettable summer bouquet" (Contemporary impressionist floral painting )
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This painting features an abundant bouquet of blooming summer flowers in a spherical vase. Each brushstroke is my testament to the artistry and charm of summer flowers. This pa...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

Landscape BW, Original Art on Paper , Ready to Hang, by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape BW Mineral Oxide on Paper 55x74 cm framed 68x88 cm Original Art Ready to Hang The use of natural materials such as mineral oxide powder connects the work to a dimension...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Paper, Pigment

Aboriginal Painting by George Ward Tjungurrayi
Located in Miami, FL
George Ward Tjungurrayi was born near Kiwirrkura. It was only in his teenage years that he first encountered Europeans, when a commonwealth wel...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Russian Contemporary Art by Yuriy Demiyanov - Phloxes sur Rouge
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Yuriy Demiyanov is a Russian artist born in 1964 who lives and works in Zadonsk, Russia. He is graduated from the Lipetsk State Pedagogical Institute. He frequently ex...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Girl in Her Cultural Bead 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Woman
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This artwork is a wonderful portrait of grace and elegance, capturing the essence of boundless beauty and uniqueness of cultural heritage. The subject, a stunning black Yoruba girl i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Lawn Party
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Lawn Party Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 13.75" x 11.75" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

The Distant King III by Joachim van der Vlugt - Semi-abstract painting, mountain
Located in Paris, FR
The Distant King III is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Joachim van der Vlugt, dimensions are 85 × 120 cm (33.5 × 47.2 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframe...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

This Can't Be! - Woman in a Blue Dress Expressing Shock, Original Oil, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting is part of a series of portraits by Richard Gibbons in which the subject displays shock, dismay, anger or ambivalence in response to an unknown outside event. The portr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Approaching Equilibruim" Oil Painting Featuring Nude Female Figure
Located in Denver, CO
Calvin Lai's (US based) "Approaching Equilibrium" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude female figure, standing, with her face in profile and dappled in light. ...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

"Sea Turtles 1" Contemporary Animals Oil and Acrylic on Canvas Framed Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Sea Turtles 1" is a framed oil and acrylic work on canvas by Joshua Brown, depicting a bale of turtles moving across sand. This playful painting features...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Paint, Mixed Media

Hover - Male Nude Suspended in Air, Side View, Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Chicago, IL
A master at capturing the subtleties of skin tone, Richard Gibbons presents an intimate view of a nude male. Suspended in air, the figure appears as ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Yellow Tulips in Tall Vase
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Yellow Tulips in Tall Vase' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Twin 2 - colorful, expressive, minimal, abstract, floral, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Pat Service has painted florals throughout her long career. Here, a single blossom in a stunning celadon and yellow fills the canvas. Reminiscent of Andy Warhol, the Vancouver artist...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Teal Ribbons and Gold Squares Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate and layered Collotype on heavy bond paper by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). The background is a lithograph, and the ribbons have been painted by hand over the top. ...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil, Lithograph

Good Luck Pearl
Located in Bozeman, MT
Massadas approaches painting with a philosopher’s eye. Her transcendent landscapes, bursting with color, are as isolating as they are sublime. Merging the tropical vistas of her nati...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Dancing cranes II by Lumi Mizutani - Small Japanese style painting, gold, birds
Located in Paris, FR
Dancing cranes II is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with India ink, Japanese pigments and silver leaf on Japanese cardboard, dimensions ...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Silver

The Upside - Blue Original Figurative Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist Michelle Fillmore discovered her passion for oil painting while pursuing her studies at the University of Las Vegas, where she earned a BA in Painting and Drawing in 2015. Kno...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Surprise" – Mixed Media on Canvas with Frame, Contemporary Portrait, 2018
Located in FISTERRA, ES
"Surprise" (2018) is a charming mixed media work on canvas by Inés Silvalde, measuring 22.4 x 32.3 x 5 cm, and presented in a complementary wooden frame. Part of her Influencers de T...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

150 Years From Now 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Colours
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Let love lead. Let's be genuinely happy for each other. No malice, no backbiting. No jealousy. No comparison. Life is not a competition. At the end of the day, we will all transit to...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic

Livingroom- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Interior Oil Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
The young Dutch artist Lars van Wieren is seen by many as a great talent. We get that! Through one of our artists we were made aware of Lars' work. W...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

The Bathers I, Figurative, Texas artist, Women in the Arts, 9x12" oil on birch
Located in Houston, TX
LOOK FOR FREE SHIPPING AT CHECKOUT. IF NOT AVAILABLE, GALLERY OFFERS FREE SHIPPING. ARTIST EXPLANATION OF THE PAINTINGS: Bathers: 12 x 9 oil on cradled birch panel. Ready to hang with wire on the back They are blurred. So I paint them with a regular brush, let the paint get partially dry, and then I use a brush to go over it many times to blur the paint. Sometime if it gets too blurred I go back in and do some more painting to define an area, and then use a big special brush to blur the image again. Joan Breckwoldt...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Birch

Green Barn Reflected - blue, landscape, abstracted, pop-art, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Charles Pachter’s love of barns has spanned decades. For the cherished Canadian contemporary artist the barn is a reminder of Canada’s strong rural roots and agricultural heritage. In this painting, the barn is a forest green; a colour that became popular after the 18th century invention of a paint pigment called ‘Paris green.’ The rich colours are enhanced by the reflection of the image in cool blue waters. The undulating borders blur the line between earth and sky. While Pachter has been much lauded as a pop artist often compared to David Hockney, Andy Warhol and Jim Dine, his charming imagery is distinctly his own. “Charles Pachter is the most Canadian artist this country has ever produced, including the Group of Seven. Charlie is a Group of One, and no one else can do what he does.” Leonard Wise, Author and Art Critic Pachter is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a Chevalier of France’s Ordres des Arts et des Lettres and twice a recipient of the Queen’s Jubilee...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"The Pearl" blue birds decorated with flowers, gems, party hats and gold leaf
Located in Edgartown, MA
" Gretchen Weller Howard was born and raised in New Orleans, LA. A self-described colorist, she employs both symbols and color to communicate the deeply personal meaning of each work...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Wormdigger's Bedroom - Golden Yellow Ochre Mirror Boots Red Chair Interior, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary oil painting on board depicts a fisherman's bedroom interior with golden yellow ochre bedding, a still life arrangement of a mug and wine bottle on the bedside tabl...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Board

Red Barn Reflected 2022 - minimalist, contemporary, landscape, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Charles Pachter’s elegant contemporary paintings of barns pay homage to Canada’s rural roots and its strong agricultural heritage. In this piece, the clean lines of a bright red barn...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic

A Love Couple - Contemporary Figurative Ink Painting, New Expression
Located in Salzburg, AT
Grażyna Rigall is a painter, illustrator, author of stage designs and music videos. - The artist is interested in the merging of the world of fauna and flora with the world of man, p...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Untitled Hiding Agnes Martin - contemporary modern abstract painting on canvas
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Untitled Hiding Agnes Martin is a unique contemporary modern painting by renowned Polish-Dutch artist Eliza Kopec. The painting is a typical example of her preferred minimalist abstr...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Polymer

Rujuh 3A & 3B Diptych - atmospheric, abstract skyscape, acrylic, resin on panel
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Dark clouds at a stormy horizon meet a violet sky in this emotive diptych by Jay Hodgins. Layers of curated colors coated in a glossy resin create depth and light in the atmospheric ...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

Bush Seeds
Located in Miami, FL
Kathleen (or Kweyetwemp in her Eastern Anmatyerre tongue) Petyarre was born c. 1940 at Atnangkere on Utopia Station, 270km north east of Alice Springs. She first encountered white ma...
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20th Century Contemporary Paintings

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Linen, Acrylic

Pen Blow Purple Horizon - Abstract Landscape Resin Painting Hot Pink Blue, 2021
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in ballpoint pen and resin on panel, Shane McAdams' unique ballpoint ink process layers undulating striations of bright pink, blue, green, violet and ye...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Resin, Panel, Ballpoint Pen

" White Landscape " Abstract Painting, One of a Kind , made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape mixed media on canvas 50x50 cm Original Art Ready to Hang her painting tells of the relationship between man, nature and time, the landscape, the sign and the trace, thr...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Enamel

Malvern Sunset by Eleanor Woolley, Contemporary art, Original painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Malvern Sunset by Eleanor Woolley [June 2021] original and hand signed by the artist Oil Paint on Canvas Image size: H:50 cm x W:50 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:50 cm x W:50...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Majestic Descent, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A herd of bison descends a mist-shrouded mountain, embodying majesty and resilience. Erratic brushstrokes and bold applications of paint create a dynamic visu...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

Landscape, Original Oil Paint on Canvas , Made in Italy By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape Oil and Collage on Canvas 116x89 cm 2024 PaperLandscape" by Marilina Marchica is a unique, original artwork (116x89 cm) created using a mixed media technique that combines...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Piano - Contemporary Coral Pink Orange Abstract Patterns Blue Stripes, 2021
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary, colorful abstract oil painting on panel is composed of carefully combined sections of various textures and areas of pattern, circles, dots and undulations, in exub...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Free falling in Love - Contemporary Architecture Oil Painting
Located in DE
Lilly Muth's architectural paintings transport viewers on a visual journey to a different world, where imagination knows no bounds and the boundaries between reality and fantasy blur...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Beached" Contemporary Coastal Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary coastal painting by Carol Young features a cool blue palette and depicts a scene of a blue dinghy boat on a sandy shoreline. The painting is signed by the artist in...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

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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