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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
Landscape - Oil Paint - 1990s
Landscape - Oil Paint - 1990s

Landscape - Oil Paint - 1990s

Located in Roma, IT

Oil on canvas realized by an italian painter in 1990s and hand signed "De Silvestri". Very good condition.

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1990s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

Afrocentric Radiance Painting, Mixed Media on Canvas, 21st Century
Afrocentric Radiance Painting, Mixed Media on Canvas, 21st Century

Afrocentric Radiance Painting, Mixed Media on Canvas, 21st Century

By Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

In a vibrant celebration of African heritage and beauty, our protagonist, a stunning black African woman, graces the scene with her majestic presence. Crowned with a voluminous afro ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Fabric, Oil

"Charades"
"Charades"

"Charades"

By Michael Carson

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

Mike Carson is a Minneapolis painter, and graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, whose artwork can be found in private and corporate collections throughout the Unite...

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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

San Francisco Street

San Francisco Street

By David Shevlino

Located in Burlingame, CA

David Shevlino's classic San Francisco city scape with highlights of orange with gray and cream building, blue sky, green trees and the upcoming iconic steep hill,, beautifully links...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

"Clearing" Landscape Oil Painting
"Clearing" Landscape Oil Painting

"Clearing" Landscape Oil Painting

By Stephanie Johnson

Located in Westport, CT

This atmospheric oil painting by Stephanie Johnson, titled Clearing, captures the fleeting moment when dawn or dusk quiets the landscape in a soft hush. A luminous yellow sky gradual...

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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Female Face XIII /// Jack Graves Contemporary Portrait Matisse Abstract Painting
Female Face XIII /// Jack Graves Contemporary Portrait Matisse Abstract Painting

Female Face XIII /// Jack Graves Contemporary Portrait Matisse Abstract Painting

By Jack Graves III

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Female Face XIII" Series: Icon *Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, dated, and titled on verso Year: 2026 Medium: Origi...

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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

Pink Gin
Pink Gin

Lara SchnitgerPink Gin, 1999

$1,925Sale Price|44% Off

Pink Gin

By Lara Schnitger

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Lara Schnitger (b.1969). Pink Gin, 1999. Collage of cut vintage papers on illustration board, measures 10 x 14.25 inches. Measures 17.5 x 21.5 inches framed. Provenance: Anton Kern Gallery. Search terms: woman artist; Feminist artist: Feminist Lara Schnitger 1969 Born in Haarlem, Netherlands 1987-1991 Koninklijke Academie voor beeldende Kunsten, Den Haag 1991-1992 Academie Vyvarni Umeni, Prague 1992-1994 Ateliers ´63, Amsterdam 1999-2000 C.C.A., Kitakyushu, Japan Lives and works in Los Angeles and Amsterdam Solo Exhibitions 2018 Suffragette City, Frieze Live, Frieze Art Fair, Randall's Island, NY 2017 Don't Let The Boys Win, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden, Germany Suffragette City, Kunsthaus Dresden, Germany Lundgren Gallery, Mallorca, Spain 2016 In Real Life: Lara Schnitger, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA 2015 Suffragette City, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Rheims, France Suffragette City, Parcours, Art Basel, Lichthof Building, Basel, Switzerland 2014 PINK POP Festival, Bonnefantenmuseum Pavilion, Maastricht, Netherlands Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London, UK Never Alone, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY 2012 Lara Schnitger, Wilhelm Müller: Colored Fabrics, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden, Germany Lara Schnitger & My Barbarian: The Butterfly’s Evil Spell, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY 2010 Damned Women, Modern Art, London, UK Two Masters and Her Vile Perfume, Sculpture Center, New York The Artist's Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles 2009 Anton Kern Gallery, New York Dance Witches Dance (with My Barbarian), Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Cal State, Los Angeles 2008 Museum of Modern Art Arnhem, Holland, Netherlands Dance Witches Dance (with My Barbarian), Museum Het Domein, Sittard [cat.] Double Happiness, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin 2007 Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London Anton Kern Gallery, New York 2005 My Other Car is a Broom, Magasin 3, Stockholm, Sweden traveling to Stroom den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands [cat.] Anton Kern Gallery, New York [cat.] Blacks on Blondes, Triple Candie, New York 2004 Air 2 Paris, Paris 2003 Liesje Leerde Lotje lopen langs de lange Lindenlaan, Revalidatie Centum Friesland, Beesterswaag, Netherlands 2002 Civilized Special Zone, Lara Schnitger and Matthew Monahan, Chinese European Art Center, Xiamen Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY 2001 Statements, Basel Art Fair, Basel Raum Aktuellekunst, Martin Janda Gallery, Vienna Project Room, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA 2000 Kunstwerke, Berlin Gozaimas, Lara Schnitger and Matthew Monahan, Bureau Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1999 Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY Up & Co, New York, NY 1998 Hyper Space, Galerie Daniel Blau, Munich Basel Art Fair, Galerie Daniel Blau SpaceInvader, Vleeshal, Middelburg, Netherlands 1997 University of Buffalo Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY 1996 Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY Group Exhibitions 2018 Other Walks, Other Lines, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA (opening November) Pussy, King of the Pirates, Maccarone, Los Angeles, CA “Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.), curated by Emmanuelle Lainé, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France bitch MATERial, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, Germany Reclaimed, Linda Pace Foundation, San Antonio, TX 2017 3. Berliner Herbstsalon, Maxim Gorki Theatre, Berlin, Germany Brightsiders, curated by Adam D. Miller, Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA Hope and Hazard: A Comedy of Eros, curated by Eric Fischl Hall Art Collection, Reading, VT Do Disturb, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France 2016 Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947 – 2016, Hauser, Wirth & Schimmel, Los Angeles, CA [cat.] Reveal the Rats, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA 2015 NO MAN’S LAND: Women Artists from The Rubell Family Collection, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL Poor Art - Rich Legacy. Arte Povera and Parallel Practices 1968-2015, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway Beating around the bush Episode #4, Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, The Netherlands 2014 Beating around the bush Episode #2, Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, The Netherlands 2013 Girls Just Want to Have Funds, La Mama Gallery, New York, NY Paintings, Sculptures, Drawings and Mixed Media Artworks, The Rema Hort Mann Foundation, New York, NY 2012 My Barbarians Collaboration / Performance, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY More to Tell, Museum Het Domein, Sittard, Netherlands Chasm of the Supernova, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA Niki de Saint Phalle Tirs: Reloaded, Getty’s Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival Without Hope, Without Fear, Mottahedan Projects, Al Quoz, Dubai, UAE The Butterflies Evil Spell, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY 2011 The Artist's Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Investigation of a Dog: Works from the FACE collections, Magasin 3 Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden; La Maison Rouge, Paris, France 2010 Ordinary Madness, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA Investigation of a Dog: Works from the FACE collections, Ellipse Foundation, Cascais, Portugal; Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece; Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy 2009 Group Exhibition, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles Strike a Pose, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London Directions, A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia, Italy Double Dutch, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill Investigations of a Dog, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin (re)Visions:(di)Visions, Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire 2008 Sonsbeek Sculpture Exhibition, Arnhem Attribution problems, Johann König, Berlin Carried away, Museum Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, NL 2007 Read Me! Text In Art, Armory Art, Pasadena Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st century, New Museum, New York Wild West, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin USA Today, Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia To Be Continued…, Magasin 3 Stockolm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden Frac des pays de la loire, Carquefou, France Don’t Let the Boys Win, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland Fantastic Politics, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway Eight Sculptors from Los Angeles, Sabine Knust, Munich Uneasy Angel/Imagine Los Angeles, Sprueth Magers, Munich 2006 Lara Schnitger, Lily Van Der Stoker, Sue Williams, Modern Art Inc., London Ridykeulous, Participant Inc., New York, NY La Retour de la Colonne Durutti, Gallery Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin USA Today, The Saatchi Gallery, London Implosion, Anton Kern Gallery, New York The “F” word, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, USA Red Eye: L.A. Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL 2005 THING New Sculpture from Los Angeles, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA Both Ends Burning, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles [cat.] Follow Me: A Fantasy, curated by Malik Gaines, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Forms after David, Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence, Italy My Barbarian, Powerplant, Toronto, Canada 2004 Obsession, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam, NL M.B. The Mary Blair...

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1990s Contemporary Paintings

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Paper

Furstemberg 1 by Guillaume Chansarel - Urban landscape painting, Paris cityscape
Furstemberg 1 by Guillaume Chansarel - Urban landscape painting, Paris cityscape

Furstemberg 1 by Guillaume Chansarel - Urban landscape painting, Paris cityscape

By Guillaume Chansarel (Guiyome)

Located in Paris, FR

Furstemberg 1 is a unique painting by French contemporary artist Guillaume Chansarel. The painting is made with Ink and acrylic on old book pages mounted on canvas, dimensions are 50...

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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Magazine Paper

Dreaming in The Dark
Dreaming in The Dark

Dreaming in The Dark

By Olga Tsyhypko

Located in Zofingen, AG

Through my art, I share with viewers the profound importance of personal integrity in our lives. In my paintings, I explore the delicate balance between individual wholeness and deep...

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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"NOTRE DAME" Contemporary Figurative Painting
"NOTRE DAME" Contemporary Figurative Painting

"NOTRE DAME" Contemporary Figurative Painting

By David Paul Kay

Located in New York, NY

David Paul Kay "NOTRE DAME" 9 x 19 ft acrylic on a raw canvas 2026 New York Notre Dame is a meditation on faith, resilience, and the enduring presence of the maternal figure acros...

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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Today is a Gift 1 -Contemporary, 21st Century, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women
Today is a Gift 1 -Contemporary, 21st Century, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women

Today is a Gift 1 -Contemporary, 21st Century, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women

By Ayotunde Ayomide

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Learn from the past, Live in the present, Hope for the future, Do your best today, Never give up, Improve your tomorrows. Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nige...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Harmony of Souls
Harmony of Souls

Harmony of Souls

By Olga Tsyhypko

Located in Zofingen, AG

The painting titled "Harmony of Souls" is part of my series "Echoes of Harmony", which delves into the intricate relationship between personal balance and the depth of human connecti...

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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Two horses. Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting, Colorful, Dynamic, Polish art
Two horses. Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting, Colorful, Dynamic, Polish art

Two horses. Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting, Colorful, Dynamic, Polish art

By Monika Rossa

Located in Warsaw, PL

Abstract painting by Polish artist living in USA Monika Rossa. Painting depicts two horses running, it is in warm colors. The background is abstract and it is dynamic. MONIKA ROSSA ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fancy a Cup of Tea
Fancy a Cup of Tea

Fancy a Cup of Tea

By Daria Okhrimenko

Located in Zofingen, AG

Fancy a Cup of Tea? is about the quiet rituals of friendship. The conversations that begin with something ordinary and end somewhere much deeper. A cup of tea, a familiar chair, a tr...

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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Interior Space#2 Sea, Original Painting
Interior Space#2 Sea, Original Painting

Interior Space#2 Sea, Original Painting

By Zeynep Genc

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The shimmering sea peeks through a beach house and offers a glimpse of its tranquil beauty. The floor, wall, and ceiling lead to the water, creating a seamles...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Carnival Suburbian / 2008 framed figurative painting
Carnival Suburbian / 2008 framed figurative painting

Carnival Suburbian / 2008 framed figurative painting

By Kim Frohsin

Located in Burlingame, CA

Blue and grey with peach abstracted figurative painting in neutral cool colors from Kim Frohsin's "Figures WIth Edges" series. Frohsin, third generation Bay Area Figurative artist—fr...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache

Flows of Light

Flows of Light

By Deedra Ludwig

Located in Atlanta, GA

Rather than re-creating a literal landscape on canvas or paper, I aim to express its essence in a rich and complex form of delicately painted organic subjects that float and trail ac...

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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

"Erik" Contemporary Abstract Blue Toned Western Cowboy Portrait Painting
"Erik" Contemporary Abstract Blue Toned Western Cowboy Portrait Painting

"Erik" Contemporary Abstract Blue Toned Western Cowboy Portrait Painting

Located in Houston, TX

Colorful abstract cowboy portrait painting by contemporary artist Ian Francis. The work features a western inspired figure with a shadowed face dressed in a blue shirt and cowboy hat...

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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

'Contemporary Impressionist Interior Scene', Framed Oil on Canvas, 1990
'Contemporary Impressionist Interior Scene', Framed Oil on Canvas, 1990

'Contemporary Impressionist Interior Scene', Framed Oil on Canvas, 1990

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

This framed 24" x 30" oil on canvas depicts an interior living space in a contemporary impressionist style. The scene features a chair facing an uncovered window during daytime, a cl...

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20th Century Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"White Landscape" Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
"White Landscape" Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas

"White Landscape" Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas

By Marilina Marchica

Located in Agrigento, AG

White Landscape oil on canvas 40x40 cm Original Art Ready to Hang Marilina Marchica, born in Agrigento, where she works and lives, she graduated in Painting at the Academy of Fine ...

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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Liquid Roots - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscapes, Modern City, Oil
Liquid Roots - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscapes, Modern City, Oil

Liquid Roots - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscapes, Modern City, Oil

By Akinsemoyin Basit A

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Creating this piece has taught me a lot about human resilience and how silent historians are destroyed. For me, buildings are silent historians. When they’re demolished, we lose a lo...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Of Wonder

Of Wonder

By Gwen Wong

Located in Atlanta, GA

Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...

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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Catching the Sun
Catching the Sun

Catching the Sun

By Olga Tsyhypko

Located in Zofingen, AG

The painting "Catching the Sun" is a vibrant visual manifesto from the "Canvases of the Inner Master" series. This artwork explores the theme of actively creating one's reality by ma...

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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Wait Nearby

Wait Nearby

By Gwen Wong

Located in Atlanta, GA

Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...

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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Jubilee, Contemporary Abstract Painting
Jubilee, Contemporary Abstract Painting

Jubilee, Contemporary Abstract Painting

By Matt Higgins

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece is an abstract acrylic painting created on a wood panel. It features a bold, energetic composition built from large, block-like shapes and expressive strokes of saturated ...

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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Path to the Source
Path to the Source

Path to the Source

By Olga Tsyhypko

Located in Zofingen, AG

The painting "Path to the Source" part of the "Canvases of the Inner Master” is a powerful visual metaphor for conscious creation. It illustrates the idea that by monitoring and nurt...

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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mixed Feeling 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Women
Mixed Feeling 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Women

Mixed Feeling 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Women

By Oluwafemi Akanmu

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

“Mixed Feelings” is a visual series that captures the emotional complexity of Black womanhood, strength, softness, pride, visibility, and invisibility. Each portrait in this series h...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Accepting the Light

Accepting the Light

By Olga Tsyhypko

Located in Zofingen, AG

"Accepting the Light" is a symbolic figurative painting in the naive style, which belongs to the series "Canvases of the Inner Master”. The work continues the artist's central theme:...

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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Clementinas Large Expressive Painting of Clementines 36x36 in.
Clementinas Large Expressive Painting of Clementines 36x36 in.

Clementinas Large Expressive Painting of Clementines 36x36 in.

Located in Washington, DC

Bring the warmth and vibrant charm of Majorca clementinas into your home with this large, expressive painting by Jodi Ferrier. Inspired by a basket full of freshly picked clementines...

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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic, Linen, Plaster, Charcoal, Wax Crayon, Cotton Canvas, Stretcher ...

"Board Meeting" Oil Painting
"Board Meeting" Oil Painting

"Board Meeting" Oil Painting

By Megan Eisenberg

Located in Boca Raton, FL

A gorgeous oil painting of surfers paddling out in the warm pink, late afternoon light waiting for the last waves of the day. It's a social piece about friends, the good things in li...

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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil

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.