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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
"Leaping Bull". Contemporary Naive School Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Leaping Bull oil on canvas 75 x 100 cm (2' 6" x 3' 3") + edge frame Penny's interpretation of the legendary leaping bull from the palace of Knossos in Crete. Sacred in Minoan civi...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

Transformation 3. Abstract oil on canvas painting, Big scale, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary big scale oil on canvas abstract painting by Polish artist Klaudia Lata. This piece is mostly in black with emerald. Painting has abstract shapes mixed with soft blurry ...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Head Of A Woman Echo - Figurative Watercolor Painting, New Expressionism
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork on paper will be sent unframed to you. Maciej Olekszy was born in 1982, Poland. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland in 2007. Faculty of Painting i...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Night blooming jasmine - Green and pink abstract floral painting
Located in Silverthorne, CO
"Night blooming jasmine" was painted at the height of the Italian spring. It is a lyrical, lush, jewel-like painting made on a 4.5 inch deep canvas frame, giving it an intense presen...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

"Fruita Barn" Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Justin Wheatley's "Fruita Barn" is an original, handmade acrylic painting.
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Almond blossom" ( almond trees blossom inspired by Vincent va Gogh)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This painting features almond trees which are coming into full flower: big branches of white and light pink almond blossom against a blue sky. In these flowering trees, I wanted to ...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

Butterfly Kisses - Colorful Floral Still Life 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

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil

Dear Diary, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Joyanna Margo recollects her childhood in this still life. The colors of the floral arrangement represent a pink diary and her time playing in Maine's ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic

Amidst Thunder by Joachim van der Vlugt - Semi-abstract painting, grey sky
Located in Paris, FR
Amidst Thunder is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Joachim van der Vlugt, dimensions are 60 × 90 cm (23.6 × 35.4 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed and c...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Raven 2. Large Figurative Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Oil on canvas Ships from Netherlands We are pleased to sell works on behalf of Guusje Bertholet. Guusje is an extremely talented, Dutch artist specialising in portrait painting. He...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

Fly With Me / trompe l'oeil painting - bar scene martini fun painting
Located in Burlingame, CA
Fly With Me is a trompe loeil painting with the appearance of chalk and masking tape, but is in truth a painting, painstakingly created with oil ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Hunt Slonem "Hutch Patch" Bunnies
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Hutch Patch Series: Bunnies Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on canvas Unframed Dimensions: 48 " x 48 " Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: Uniqu...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

"The Dining Room" by M. Petersen - Beautiful Figurative Colorful Couple Scene
Located in Carmel, CA
Maura Petersen (American, born 1956) "The Dining Room" 2025 Acrylic Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the bottom right of the painting. In "The Dining Room," Maura Pet...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas, Stretcher Bars

Midnight Blossom, Original painting, Landscape, Tree Art, Textural art
Located in Deddington, GB
New original landscape painting by Nicky Chubb. Colourful and textured landscape painting of a tree with a shiny background. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: signed and dated by artist on th...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

La Place de Concorde
Located in Belgrade, MT
This lithograph is part of my private collection since the mid 1970's. It is pencil signed by the artist an numbered 92/220. It is also stamped by the Guilde de la Gravure. Paul Luc...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Lithograph

After the Rain
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting "After the Rain" conveys a sense of freshness and revival that fills nature after a downpour. The bright green hues of the meadows set off the darker peaks of the mounta...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic

After the Rain
After the Rain
$835 Sale Price
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Feeling Fine - Vibrant Cloud Landscape 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...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Skylines, original painting, contemporary, landscape
Located in Deddington, GB
During late 2024, I had the good fortune to visit London, and one evening while walking along the Thames, I was struck by the vaporous contrails that crisscrossed the evening skyline...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

Walking - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Realism, Beach View, Minimalism
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey "Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Undivided Lemon, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A solitary lemon rests on a table, exuding a subtle blue glow. Soft light brings out its textured skin, creating a contrast with the shadow that pools beneath...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil

Reptiles, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
oil on canvas 150X120cm :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Signa...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

Rooted - Original Abstract Figurative Black and White Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Melissa Chalhoub, a 2014 graduate of Saint Joseph University in Beirut, seamlessly navigates the realms of cinema and visual art. With a background in directing and sound design for ...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic

View of the Gate
Located in Burlingame, CA
Bicycles and passers by view the Golden Gate Bridge at the water's edge in San Francisco in this contemporary horizontal landscape from celebrated American realist artist Willard Dix...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Textures of Time
Located in Bozeman, MT
Though the action of painting geological formations using abstraction, organic textures and luminous color, I can convey how natural physical forces work to shape a constantly changi...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

Georgian Contemporary Art by Nino Tolomashvili - 34
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on canvas Nino Tolomashvili is a Georgian painter born in 2003 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. After completing her schooling, she pursued her studies at the Tb...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Crocus Purple Pink Pocket Painting, original painting, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Purple Pink Crocus is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still life painting. The paintings...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

Transit Meridian One - Blue Green Violet Geometric Abstract Painting, 2020
Located in Kent, CT
A contemporary geometric abstract painting in oil on linen mounted on panel, sky blue background complements geometric shapes in shades of dark indigo and navy blue, green, yellow an...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Linen, Paper, Acrylic, Panel

The Scent of the River by Gérard Priault - Tropical rainforest painting, nature
Located in Paris, FR
The Scent of the River is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Gérard Priault, dimensions are 81 × 100 cm (31.9 × 39.4 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed an...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Helicopters and Palm Trees, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is part of my ongoing series of looking up at palm trees here in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, California. Helicopters flying overhead is very common here in Los Angel...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

At the restaurant, 70x50cm, paper/pastel/gouache
Located in Yerevan, AM
At the restaurant 70x50 cm
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Gouache

Original Painting on Board in Cartoon Style by Serg Graff "Cosmic Milk", COA
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is a unique original acrylic painting on board in a fantasy cartoon style by Serg Graff Titled "Cosmic Milk". It comes signed, dated, and with COA (Certificate of Authenticit...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic

"Boy with Calen" by Anne Siems, Surreal figurative painting, boy with flowers
Located in Dallas, TX
"Boy with Calendula" by Anne Siems, is a captivating figurative-narrative painting featuring a young child and a rabbit, with an 18th century feel. He is floating and surrounded by s...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

Did You Say Ball? - 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

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Pencil

"Dripping Dots - Chanel in Calypso" Perfume Bottle Chanel Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
This piece is part of an exciting collection depicting iconic the "Coco Chanel" with the artist's "Dripping Dots" style, where she incorporates a classic Chanel bottle in her own sty...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Vague
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
No room for doubt come out to the light, flee from that past that keeps hunting you down. You don’t need to hide anymore, you’re a precious jewel. Painting Ships in a well-protected...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic

Vague
Vague
$2,300 Sale Price
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Jam Doughnut Pocket Series, original painting, contemporary, still-life
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Jam Doughnut is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still l...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil

Indonesian Contemporary Art by Kusbudiyanto - Barongan Dance
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylik on canvas Barongan dance is a regional art form in Central Java. This barongan dance is very famous among the people, in this barongan dance it reflects the characteristics...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Traces - Contemporary Olive Green Coral Pink Abstract Poured Painting, 2021
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract poured painting, the layers of English's tinted polymer create the depth and surface textures throughout the poured painting on Dibond panel. The shades...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Metal

You and Me - Contemporary Painting, Blue, White, Beige, Couple, Woman, Interior
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
You and Me, 2019 Oil on canvas (Signed on reverse) 35 7/16 H x 23 5/8 W in. 90 H x 60 W cm In his paintings, Radu Rodideal speaks about the concept of loneliness. Everybody is born...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Audrey "I Believe" Large Textural Original Audrey Hepburn Pastel Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Christina Major’s "Audrey - I Believe" is a mesmerizing contemporary portrait that blends realism with expressive text overlays, creating a visually and emotionally compelling artwork. This 84 x 57-inch painting captures the timeless grace of Audrey Hepburn, her luminous features emerging from a soft, ethereal palette of cool blues, warm peaches, and gentle neutrals. Layered over her serene expression are hand-painted phrases inspired by Hepburn’s wisdom and humanitarian legacy, adding depth and narrative to the composition. The interplay between the hyperrealistic portraiture and textured text invites viewers to engage with both the subject’s beauty and the empowering messages woven into the piece, making it a captivating addition for collectors of figurative art, contemporary paintings, and pop culture iconography. Christina Major is a portrait painter interested in the ways the identity of both artist and subject can coexist in a painting. Major's current creative research focuses on the traditional form of the portrait as a powerful form of representing an individual and how meaning can be expanded through scale, brushstroke, color, texture, composition, and the many variables that portraiture deals with. This one-of-a-kind oil painting is 84 inches tall and 57 inches wide. It is signed by Major on the back. The artwork is wired and ready to hang. It does not require framing. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and International shipping are also available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Major expands the traditional portrait painting...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Gorgeous Georgia - Original Animal Painting - Happy Pop Art Red Cow Artwork
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

Disruption - resilience rising above chaos during difficult times
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Disruption', created by Diana Tremaine, who uses swans as a metaphor for beauty and resilience rising above chaos during difficult times. Rich colors — blue, cream, burgundy and whi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dreaming Away - Highly Textured Dream-like Painting with Surreal Nautical Theme
Located in Chicago, IL
Victor Wang's subject is a female seemingly caught in a contemplative moment yet a war rages behind her. She dons a hat shaped as a boat and carries and oar as if to "Dream Away" these other thoughts. Wang uses a blend of luminous colors and buttery textures to evoke these enigmatic moments of meditation. Influence by the Renaissance Masters Titian and Rembrandt for their glazing and layering techniques respectively, the artist builds the surface using heavy paint, swirling and mixing the color on the canvas. The end result is a poetic and emotionally powerful representation of the human form. Victor Wang Dreaming Away, 2017 oil on canvas 42h x 56w in 106.68h x 142.24w cm VWG009 My path through life has been adventurous, exciting, and dream-like. My experience of settling into America in search of better opportunities has been both challenging and inspiring. I use the human face as a vehicle to paint human experiences - worry and wonder, sadness and pleasure - which reflect the emotional stage directly tied to my immigration experiences. I grew up amongst the sunflower fields in northern China. In my childhood years, I played under the bright, yellow sunflowers with my brothers everyday. China’s Cultural Revolution played an important part in my life. During that time, sunflowers were used as political allegories to depict how citizens of China should follow Mao who represented the sun, since sunflowers follow the sun’s movements. People eventually inferred the deception that this symbol masked. After graduating from high school, I was sent to a labor camp in the country for ‘reeducation’ during China’s Cultural Revolution. There, I was subject to grueling farm work. Often, I worked in corn and sunflower fields from sunrise to sunset. Thus, for me, sunflowers evoke both personal joy and sadness. Therefore, to deliver my complex feelings, I use sunflowers as a metaphor to connote my background and emotional stage. My incorporation of collages of figures from China’s Tang Dynasty represents my Chinese heritage and is a constant reminder of where I came from. The texture and earthiness on the canvas’s surface are inspired by the texture of the soil on the farm where I worked in China. Although I often gain great pleasure from the process of painting, it is most important to unfold expressively those feelings within myself. Wang belongs to a generation of immigrant painters from China, whose artistic background was defined by socialist realism but took advantage of their skills and broke away from that tradition to create new subjects in the U.S. “When I was a student during Cultural Revolution, Soviet realism art was among the dominant source of influence and it grabbed us like lightening rod...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

The Hour of light Noises - Marylin Cavin - contemporary people painting
Located in DE
Marylin Cavin is a French-Swiss artist who completed her art studies in Paris, where she lived for about thirty years. For the past 25 years, she has regularly exhibited in galleries...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Vulcana" Contemporary Abstract Vertical Framed Acrylic on Panel Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Vulcana" is a framed acrylic painting on panel by David Rothermel, featuring blocks of color in black, brown, and red. The seemingly simplistic swaths of color are rendered more complex by the dynamic underpainting as the expressive brushstrokes and playful drips add a rich sense of movement. This piece is finished in a silver floater frame with a black woodgrain finish along the frame's sides and interior. Pricing includes the pictured frame. Unframed dimensions are 47.75 x 36 inches. American artist, David Rothermel of David Rothermel Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico, was born in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, a small town located at the confluence of the north and west branches...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic, Panel, Paint

Silk Road 410 Abstract Encaustic Painting Light Lilac Purple Lavender Blue Coral
Located in Kent, CT
An abstract light lilac purple encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting with pale teal blue accents and bright coral edges on birch panel. Signed, dated and titled on verso. Joanne Ma...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Encaustic, Panel

Contemporary Art "Landscape" , White tones , Minimal painting made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
PaperLandscape mixed media on canvas 100x100 cm 2021 Original Created:2021 Subjects:Landscape Materials:Canvas Styles: #Abstract #AbstractExpressionism #Figurative #MinimalismExp...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Oil

Trilogy (Self Portrait, 3 Ages) - Architectural Imagery, Doorways, Figures
Located in Chicago, IL
Carol S. Pylant Trilogy (Self Portrait, 3 Ages) Oil on Panel 30h x 36w in 76.20h x 91.44w cm CSP051 Resume Artist / Emeritus Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison Education 1979 M.F.A. Painting, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 1977 B.F.A. Painting, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Academic Appointments 1996 - 2011 Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1991-96 Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1987-91 Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1985 Instructor, Simmons College, Boston, MA 1984 Instructor, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA 1984 Instructor, DeCordova Museum and School, Lincoln, MA 1984 Instructor, Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA 1982-84 Assistant Professor, California State University, Long Beach, CA 1978-82 Instructor, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI International Teaching 2011 Professor, UW- Madison, Villa Corsi Salviati, Sesto-Fiorentino, Italy 2006,7 Visiting Affiliate Professor, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy International Artist Residencies 2017 Fundacio J. Llorens Artigas, Barcelona, (Gallifa) Spain 2015 Fundacio J. Llorens Artigas, Barcelona, (Gallifa) Spain 2002 Fundacio J. Llorens Artigas, Barcelona, (Gallifa) Spain 1990 The Tyrone Guthrie Center, Co. Monaghan, Ireland 1990 Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus,Schwandorf/Fromberg, West Germany 1987 Rockefeller Foundation Residency Fellowship, Bellagio, Italy 1987 The Karolyi Foundation, Vence, France International Research Awards 2010 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Villa di Livia Frescos, Museo Nazionale, Rome, Italy" 2005 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Romanesque Art in France" 2004 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Paintings Inspired by Romanesque Art in France" 2002 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Pagan or Christian, Romanesque Art in Spain" 1998 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Paintings of Neolithic Monuments in Brittany" 1996-7 Vilas Associate Award, University of Wisconsin System, "Paintings of Prehistoric Stone Circles, Ireland and the British Isles 1995 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Paintings of Celtic Ceremonial Sites in Ireland and the British Isles" 1993 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Egg Tempera Paintings in Florence, Italy" 1992 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Paintings of Ireland" 1990 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Figure and Environment: Ireland" 1989 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Figure and Environment Painting: Germany" 1988 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Figure and Landscape Painting: Umbria, Italy" Other Awards 2008 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison 2007 Sabbatical, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2006 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison 2002-3 Emily Mead Baldwin-Bascom Named Professorship, University of Wisconsin 2000 Alumni Arts Achievement Award, Wayne State University Dept. of Art & Art History, Detroit, MI 2000 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison 1999 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Past /Present: Paintings based on Celtic Imagery" 1999 Sabbatical, University of Wisconsin 1998 Wisconsin Arts Board Visual Arts Fellowship 1993 Faculty Development Grant, "Figurative Sculpture" University of Wisconsin System 1991,93 Visual Arts Development Grant, The Wisconsin Arts Board 1989 Visual Arts Fellowship for Painting, The Wisconsin Arts Board, Madison, WI 1988 National Endowment for the Arts Regional Visual Arts Fellowship, Arts Midwest 1986 Residency, Yaddo Corporation, Saratoga Springs, NY 1985 Residency, The Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY 1985 Residency, The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA 1985 Milton and Sally Avery Award for Painting, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH 1984,5,6 Residency, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH International Exhibitions 2010 Handmade Artist's Journals, Villa Corsi Salviati, Sesto-Fiorentino, Italy 2008 Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany 1995-99 Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland 1994 "Exquisite Corpse" Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland 1992 "Faces and Places of Ireland" Ulster Bank, Ardara, Co. Donegal, Ireland 199l "Ardara Annual Show" Ardara, Co. Donegal, Ireland 1988 Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf/Fromberg, West Germany 1988 "Art .... Made in USA" Stadische Galerie, Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut, Regensberg, West Germany 1987 Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Study and Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy One and Two Person Exhibitions 2005 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2001 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2000 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI 1999 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (with John Sayers) 1998 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI 1997 Barbara Bunting Gallery, Royal Oak, MI 1993 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 1993 Carey Gallery, Rochester, MI (with Jo Powers) 1993 J. Cacciola Galleries, New York, N.Y. 1990 Pennsylvania School of Art and Design Art Gallery, Lancaster, PA (with Dan Gihooley) 1990 Hobe Sound Gallery, Brunswick, ME 1990 Levinson Kane Gallery, Boston, MA 1989 Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 1985 Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA 1982 Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI Selected Group Exhibitions 2015 "Exquisite Corpse" Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014 "Non-Stop" Invitational, Train Depot, Madison, WI 1989-2014 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2012 "Invitational Alumni Exhibition", Elaine Jacobs Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 2002-10 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI 2008 Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2008 Chapman Museum of Art, Myrtle Beach, NC 2007 Carthage College, Kenosha, WI 2007 Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC 2007 "Real and Imagined" Elaine Jacobs Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 2003-7 Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003 "The Exquisite Snake" Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003 Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI 2002 Sonyia Zaks Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH 1994 Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI 1993 Madison Art Center, Madison, WI 1993 New York Arts Club, New York, N.Y. 1993 "Previews of l993" J. Cacciola Galleries, NY 1992 "Small Painting Exhibition" J. Cacciola Galleries, NY 1992 "Women in the Bowdoin Collection" Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, MA 1992 Steibel Modern, New York, NY 1984-91 Levinson Kane Gallery, Boston, MA 1986-7 Portraits Inc., New York, NY 1985-6 Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, NY 1981-4 Frumkin and Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL 1984 "All California '84" Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA 1983 "Western States Figurative Realism" Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA 1982 "Atlas Building Artists" Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI 1981 "Michigan Artists 80-81" Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI 1981 Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI 1970 Detroit Art Institute, Detroit, MI Public Collections Heidelberg University, Tiffin, Ohio Fundacio J. Llorens Artigas, Gallifa/Barcelona, Spain American Express Corporation, New York, New York Ulster Bank, Ardara, Co. Donegal, Ireland Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin The Block Museum of Northwestern University Malden Public Library, Malden, Massachusetts Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf/Fromberg, Germany Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, Kansas Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia University of Wisconsin, The Graduate School, Madison, Wisconsin Carol Pylant Bibliography 2017 M is for Math, Museum and Manhattan Kansas, by Natasha Rozhkovskaya, Publisher: Tamara Rozhkovskaya Novosibrisk 2015 Exquisite Corpse, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL. (Exhibition catalogue) 2013 "Remarkable Women Exhibit" by Mary Louise Schumacher, Journal Sentinel, online, Milwaukee, WI, June 25 2012 "Peltz Gallery Celebrates Remarkable Women" by Peggy Sue Dunigan, The Sheperd Express, Milwaukee, WI, July 7 2008 "Teachers Who Can, UW Faculty..." by Jacob Stockinger, The Capital Times, Madison, WI, February 2007 "Art in Nature" by Bill Robbins, Kenosha News, Kenosha, WI, September 14 2004 "Ambition clothes 'Remarkable Women'" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 7 2004 "Waxing enthusiastic over 'Colors'" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 18 2003 "Remarkable Women Celebrated" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 2003 "Art Lesson" by Jennifer Smith, Isthmus, Madison, WI, February 21 2003 "Installation Appreciation" by Kevin Lynch, The Capital Times, February 7 2001 "Pylant unites sketches with classical style" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 12 2001 "WSU Exhibit shows figurative painting" by Keri Guten Cohen, The Detroit Free Press, February 18 1999 "On Art" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel October 12 1999 "School of Art quadrennial exhibition" by John Aehl, The Wisconsin State Journal, January 24 1999 "Something old, something new" by C.R. Gabriel, Isthmus, February 5 1999 "Honoring our Own" Madison Magazine, January 1998 "The Madison Fifty" Madison Magazine, November 1997 "Back in the Game" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel, Nov. 26 1997 "Three artists will charm at local shows" by Joy Hakanson Colby, The Detroit News, May 8 1997 "At the Galleries" by Keri Guten Cohen, The Detroit Free Press, April 27 1997 "Talent not gender, is focus at show", by James Auer, Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel, December 11 1996 "Remarkable Women Exhibition" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel, Jan 14 1994 "In Art, these 20 made an impression in '93" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal, Jan 9 1994 "Window to the World" by Michelle Grabner, Milwaukee Magazine, Guide to the Arts, February 1994 "Art of Love: ..." by Elby Frieda Abbe, Milwaukee Sentinel, Let's Go. February issue 1993 "Variations on a theme", by Paul Pace, Rochester Clarion, Rochester, Mi, December 9 1993 "Work of women holds surprises in summer show", by Janice T. Paine, Milwaukee Sentinel, June 4 1993 "Remarkable Women has merit with or without it's gender theme", by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal, June 13 1993 "Irish Landscape" Cross Country, Country Living Magazine, March (feature article) 1993 "Ireland's Wild West" On the Road, Country Living Magazine, March 1993 "Short List SoHo Gallery Exhibitions, The New Yorker, February 14 & 22 1993 "SoHo Exhibitions", Gallery Listings, New York Magazine, February 7 1993 Gallery Listings, The New York Times, January 31 1993 Tandem Press: Five years of Collaboration by Drew Stevens, University of Wisconsin Press 1992 "From the World's Hot Spots to Ardara", by Michael McHugh, The Donegal Democrat, Co. Donegal, Ireland, August 6 1992 "Exhibits spotlight women", by Janice T. Paine, Milwaukee Sentinel, June 5 1992 " Women's show proves a strong one", by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal, May 24 199l "Tandem Press foster diverse printmaking styles", by John Carlos Cantu, Ann Arbor News, December 1 1991 "Quadrennially yours...U W art faculty exhibit show vital, vibrant", by Katherine Rogers, Wisconsin State Journal, January 6 1991 Who's Who in the Midwest 23rd Edition, A.N. Marquis, MacMillian Directory Division, Wilmette, Illinois 1990 "Impressive Art on a Small Scale", by Nancy Stapen, The Boston Globe, December 20 1990 "View from the Tower", by James Rhem, The Isthmus, December 21 1990 "NEA Survives but Artists Shiver", by Bill Moore, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin, November 18 1990 "Artists Bring New Visions", by Ina Pasch, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin, October 7 1990 "Madison's Wisconsin Triennial Makes a Statement in Many Ways", by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal, October 7 1990 "Wisconsin Artists Represented at Triennial", by Kirsten Simonsen, The Daily Cardinal, University of Wisconsin, Madison, September 28 1990 "Wisconsin Triennial Art Show", by Kevin Lynch, The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin, September 22 1990 "School of Art & Design opens photo exhibit" The Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster, Penn., September 1990 "Art courts drama at PSA&D" Lancaster, Pennsylvania, September 1990 "Windows on an Artist", by Larry Mallak, Research Sampler ,The Graduate School, University of Wisconsin, Madison 1989 "Upward Mobility and Disposable Imagery", by Edgar Allen Beem, Maine Times, September 24 1989 "Award Winning Pylant Displays Realism", The Bowdoin Orient, Brunswick, Maine, September 8 1989 "Art Exhibit Opens at University Art Gallery", The Daily Star Journal, Warrensburg, Missouri, September l 1989 "Arts Calendar has Variety /Pylant Paintings in Bowdoin Show", The Times Record, Brunswick, Maine, August 1989 "Amerikanerinnen im Oberpfalzer Kuntslerhaus, Gegenseitiges Lernen", by Harold Raab, Die Woche, West Germany, July l3 1989 "American Spirits im Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Mittelbayerische Zeitung, West Germany, July 6 1989 "Zum Abscheid eine Ausstellung Arrangiert", Mittlebayerische Zeitung, West Germany, July 5 1989 "Amerikanerinnen in der Kebbel Villa", Mittelbayerische Zeitung, West Germany June 9 1989 "A Day With Carol Pylant", by Jackie Michard, On Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin- Madison, July 1989 "VCCA Artists in Germany", The News and Daily Advance, Lynchburg...
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