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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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Period: 20th Century
Style: Contemporary
Modigliani Pin-ups
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Carbone Title: Modigliani Pin-ups Year: 1994 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 48 x 60 inches
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1990s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

Abstract Modernist Colorful Bold Monoprint Monotype Painting Print Pierre Obando
Located in Surfside, FL
Pierre Andre Obando creates process oriented abstract paintings. He was born in Belize City, Belize and grew up in the Caribbean, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Miami, Fl and Jackson, MS. Pierre Obando completed his MFA at Hunter College and completed his undergraduate studies at New World School of the Arts, Miami, Fl. His work was featured in the Queens International Biennial in 2004, and 2006 at the Queens Museum of Art. His work has been in group exhibitions at Angela Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY; Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY; MACO Mexico Art Fair in Mexico City; Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Royale Projects, Indian Wells, CA; The Painting Center, New York, NY; and Dean Project, New York, NY. In 2008, he had a solo exhibition at Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY and in 2009, at project space show at Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY. He has participated in the Atlantic Center for the Arts Artists-in-Residence Program. In the fall of 2012, he participated in the group show Caribe Now, at the Nathan Cumming Foundation, which was organized by El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY. Contemporary Pattern and Decoration piece, The original movement was championed by the gallery owner Holly Solomon. The P&D movement wanted to revive an interest in minor forms such as patterning which at that point was equated with triviality. The prevailing negative view of decoration was one not generally shared by non-Western cultures, The Pattern and Decoration movement was influenced by sources outside of what was considered to be fine art. Blurring the line between art and design, many P&D works mimic patterns like those on wallpapers, printed fabrics, and quilts. There is a close connection between the Pattern and Decoration movement and the Feminist art movement. The P&D movement arose in opposition to the Minimalist and Conceptualist movements. Mary Grigoriadis, Valerie Jaudon, Joyce Kozloff, Miriam Schapiro, Robert Zakanitch were early proponents of this style. The artist lives and works in New York City. Education: 2001 MFA, Painting, Hunter College, New York, NY 2000 Study Abroad, Slade School, UCL, London, United Kingdom 1997 BFA, Painting, New World School of The Arts, Miami, FL Solo Exhibitions: 2015 ‘Like New’, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY 2009 ‘Nowhere’, Rush Arts, New York, NY 2008 ‘Noise’, Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY Group Exhibitions: 2018 ‘Revival: Contemporary Pattern and Decoration’, El Museo at Hostos, Bronx, NY Including artists: Abelardo Cruz Santiago Pierre Obando Antonio Pulgarín Keisha Scarville Mickalene Thomas and others. 2017 Locust Projects Contemporary in Miami benefit auction including artists Dara Friedman, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Larry Bell, and more 2017 ‘Browsing Chamber’, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2015 ‘#BemisPainters, 1982-2015’, Bemis Center, Omaha, NE 2015 ‘Spat Spell’, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY 2013 ‘Un-Natural Constellations’, Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York, NY 2012 ‘Caribe Now’, Nathan Cummings Foundation/El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY 2012 ‘Lucid Fence’, Dean Project, New York, NY 2012 ‘Abstract Gambol’, Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY 2012 ‘Reenacting Sense’, Yace Gallery, Long Island City, NY 2010 ‘Continuing Color Abstraction’, The Painting Center, New York, NY 2009 ‘West/East’, Royale Projects, Indian Wells, CA 2009 ‘Alternative Abstraction’, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY Including works by Stephen Antonakos, Warren Isensee, Gary Lang, Melissa Meyer and Katherine Sehr...
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1990s Contemporary Paintings

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Monoprint, Monotype

Landscape - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Tempera on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Hand signed lower right. Includes a coeval wooden frame realized by the artist cm. 59x49. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome...
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1960s Contemporary Paintings

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Tempera, Cardboard

Portrait of Woman - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil and tempera on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960. Hand signed lower right. Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist cm. 80x60. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rom...
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1960s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Tempera, Cardboard

Abstract Composition (Boat) - Drawing by Sirio Pellegrini - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil pastel on paper realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1970s. includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist cm. 49x39. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo ori...
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1970s Contemporary Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel

View of Monte dé Cocci Rome - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1965
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1965. It represent the famous "monte dei Cocci" (Mount of Shards) in Rome. Hand signed and dated lower left. Includes a wooden frame ...
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1960s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Nudes on the Beach - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1961. Hand signed and dated. Includes a wooden frame cm. 68x57. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origin...
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1960s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Vase of Flowers - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1968. Hand signed and dated. Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist. cm. 44x34. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1,...
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1960s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Vase of Flowers - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1968. Hand signed and dated. Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist. cm. 44x34. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1,...
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1960s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Still Life - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1968. Hand signed and dated. Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist. cm. 44x34. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1,...
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1960s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Villa - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Hand signed. Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist. cm. 67x76. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of...
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1960s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Portrait of Maurizio - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1969. Hand signed. Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist. cm. 39x34. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of ...
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1960s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Une Femme
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Une Femme Oil on canvas, mounted on Masonite, 1965 Signed and dated lower right Titled lower right recto Signed with the estate stamp verso: Beni Kosh Collection #118 Condition: Original estate condition Board size: 11 1/8 x 11 1/8 inches Provenance: Estate of the artist Bingham & Vance, Shaker Heights...
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1960s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

Large Blue Painting of “Wakashima Gonemon Swimming Underwater” Ukiyo-e Print
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary interpretation of “Wakashima Gonemon Swimming Underwater” by Taiso Yoshitoshi. Signed and dated in front lower right corner by artist...
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1990s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Justice
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
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20th Century Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

TRANSPARENT GREEN SQUARES
Located in New York, NY
large abstract oil painting on canvas green orange brown
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1980s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Merry Christmas, Spray Paint, Stencil
Located in Surfside, FL
Matt Mullican (born September 18, 1951 in Santa Monica, California) is an American artist and son of artists Lee Mullican and Luchita Hurtado. Mullican received his BFA from CalArts in 1974, and rose to prominence as a member of the "Pictures Generation" along with such artists as Troy Brauntuch, Jack Goldstein, David Salle, James Welling, Sherrie Levine, Cindy Sherman, Louise Lawler...
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1970s Contemporary Paintings

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Spray Paint, Stencil

MUNECA
Located in Aventura, FL
Limited edition linocut on paper. Hand signed and numbered lower front Angel Botello. From the edition of 60. Frame size approx 29.75 x 26.5 inches (frame molding may have some m...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Paintings

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Linocut

Portrait - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil and tempera on paper realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artis cm. 61x46. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo...
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1960s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Tempera, Paper

Cityscape - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1966
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on paper realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1966. Hand signed and dated. Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist cm. 81x70
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1960s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Paper

Landscape - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil and tempera on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Hand signed. Includes a coeval wooden frame realized by the Artist cm. 48.5x58.5.
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1960s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Tempera, Cardboard

Sailing on the Broads
Located in London, GB
Signed lower left Image dimensions: 44cm x 59cm Framed dimensions: 62cm x 77cm Raymond's original works have been exhibited extensively throughout the United Kingdom, the United Sta...
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Board

A Small Error by Gladys Nilsson (INV# NP3714)
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Gladys Nilsson A Small Error (INV# NP3714) watercolor on paper Approx: 5 x 5.12" Frame: 10.12 x 10.12" 1987 Annotated on mat verso with title, artist...
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1980s Contemporary Paintings

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Watercolor

Handcolored Etching - Monte Carlo, Monaco, Europe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Etching Edition 143/175 Last 2 left, new, not preowned Video attached This is a series of original etchings from respected European artist Cuca Romley. Ms Romley is 91 years and cur...
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1990s Contemporary Paintings

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Etching

UNTITLED (MASKED FIGURE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original conte crayon on paper. Dated "12.13.84" central quadrant. Provenance: Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York. Artwork size 12.5 x 9.5 inches....
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1980s Contemporary Paintings

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Paper, Crayon

Still Life and Cornfield, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting by Sheila Meeks
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Sheila Meeks, Canadian (1955 - ) Title: Still Life and Cornfield Year: 1991 Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 48 x 24 in. (121.92 x 60.96 cm) Frame Size: 50.5 x 26.5 inches
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1990s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Wild Bill Hickok 1853", Wild West Deadwood, large 53x40" oil canvas western art
Located in Southampton, NY
Ceravolo's Large scale paintings have received international acclaim for more three decades. His paintings are in many influential corporate and private collections, including: ELTON JOHN, ROD STEWART, HUGH M. HEFNER, DAVID BRENNER, MONIQUE VAN VOOREN, WARNER BROS., RCA RECORDS AND SCHENLEY INDUSTRIES to name a few. His art, came to popular attention when he was commissioned to create 5 large scale oil on canvas portraits for the lobby of The Palladium Theatre in New York City of Frank Zappa, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Neil Young and Hall and Oats. In addition to these, This contemporary western art of lawman cowboy and gun slinger Wild Bill Hickok...
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1990s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Cream Soda, " Acrylic Painting on Canvas Board signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cream Soda" is an original acrylic painting on canvas board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the artwork on the back. This artwork depicts an abstract...
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1990s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Canoe and Tornado" Abstract Contemporary Mixed Media
By Toby Topek
Located in Houston, TX
Minimal abstract style mixed media work by contemporary artist Toby Topek. The work is signed, titled, and dated on the back. It is framed in a white frame with a white matte. Dimensions Without Frame: H 8 in x W 10 in. Artist Biography: Born in Brooklyn, New York, Topek grew up in Houston. She has studied archaeology, art, architecture, the environment, culture and history in Mexico, the Mediterranean, North Africa, Near East, Adriatic, Brazil and Canada. She lived and worked in Greece and Turkey part–time, 1984– 1988. Her work has been exhibited at the Whitney Bank Museum Branch–Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Fort Worth Modern Art Museum, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Galveston Art Center, the International Sculpture Conference Houston, College of the Mainland, Lawndale Art Center, Diverseworks, Women and Their Work-Austin, Transco Gallery and Project Row Houses. In 2000, she completed eleven 10 foot marble mosaic medallion...
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1990s Contemporary Paintings

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Gesso, Wood, Casein

Nude Model - Oil Painting - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Model is an original modern artwork realied by Artist of the mid-20th Century. Mixed colored oil painting. Signature of the artist on the lower margin. Fair conditions due to...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

Spring. 1990, cardboard, oil, 44x62 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Spring. 1990, cardboard, oil, 44x62 cm Landscape with the river at early spring. Rolands Beitners (1917-2006) Born in Helsinki during the First World War. 1930-1940 He studied at ...
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1990s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Downtown New York Skyline, Oil Painting by Allan Simpson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Allan Simpson, American (1935 - ) Title: Downtown New York City Year: circa 1996 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 39 in. x 30 in. (99.06 cm x 76.2 cm)
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1990s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

In The Pub - Interior Figurative Painting oil canvas Red Orange Blue Grey White
Located in Sofia, BG
""In The Pub"" is an oil painting on canvas. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: oil painting Edition : Unique, signed Weight: Approximately 2 kg. The painting is unframed. Frame: Op...
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1930s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still Life with Teapot, bright orange and yellow figurative scene
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on linen. Featured in SOFA Chicago 2019. Eisner has been active as both a painter and a sculptor since the 1960s. After receiving a BFA in painting from Syracuse University...
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1990s Contemporary Paintings

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Linen, Acrylic

Angel in the City
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Mixed Media house paint on panel 48.50 x 17 in
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1990s Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic, Fabric, Mixed Media, House Paint

Man with Accordion by Chantal KAKAL COLSON - Oil on Canvas - 81x100 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Chantal Kakal Colson was a 20th-century artist renowned for her contributions to the art world. According to Artprice, at least five of her works have been recorded at public auction...
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20th Century Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Montmartre Street Scene, Paris, France" Thomas Pradzynski, Architecture
Located in New York, NY
Thomas Pradzynski (1951 - 2007) Montmartre Street Scene, Paris, France Oil on canvas 16 x 32 inches Signed lower right At the age of 26 Thomas Prad...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Marylou in Blue
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leandro Velasco, Colombian (1933 - ) Title: Marylou in Blue Year: 1987 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated Size: 56.5 x 44 in. (143.51 x 111.76 cm)
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1980s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

Woman on Couch with Boy
Located in Buffalo, NY
With this series I continue my practice of alluding to historical painting styles and themes as a means of prompting various contextual associations. I began by referencing portrait ...
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1990s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lois Dodd, Landscape painting by renowned female artist (signed and inscribed)
Located in New York, NY
Lois Dodd Untitled Landscape, 1990 Colored chalk on grey wove paper Signed, dated and inscribed "For Beverly & Howard", lower right. Original artist's frame included This unique work...
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1990s Contemporary Paintings

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Chalk, Pastel, Mixed Media, Graphite

Teal, Yellow, and Red Contemporary Gestural Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Teal, yellow, and red gestural abstract painting of different geometric shapes. The work is signed and dated by the artist. It is framed in a black frame. Dimensions without Frame: H...
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1980s Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic

Still Life of Pueblo Pottery
Located in Sheffield, MA
Rose Ann Day American, born 1949 Still Life of Pueblo Pottery Oil on board 12 by 16 in, w/ frame 18 ¾ by 22 ¾ in Signed lower left
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

Composition, Ikebana Series, Dale Chihuly
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Acrylic, inks in colors on Arches Aquarelle Rag paper. Paper size: 30.25 x 22.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned, as issued. Provenance: Juris K. Ubans, Portland, thence by descent, Es...
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1990s Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic, Ink

Double - Painting by Salvatore Travascio - 1996
Located in Roma, IT
"Double" is an oil painting on paper with a wooden stand, a wooden rod serves as a frame. This painting is part of a series of works where the human figure ...
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1990s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

Texas Horses Dr. #19
Located in Bozeman, MT
Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...
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1990s Contemporary Paintings

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Mixed Media, Paper, Charcoal, Ink

Nightfall, Acrylic & oil landscape painting, signed, framed, Museum provenance
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Nightfall, 1973 Acrylic and Oil on Canvas. Hand Signed. Framed. Hand signed and titled on the back Unique Frame included Museum Provenance. This work was originally sold in 1973 by the prestigious Jill Kornblee Gallery to a corporate collection, and, in 2019, it was featured in the Thelma Appel 50 year career survey at the Brattleboro Museum in Vermont – so the provenance is superb. Measurements: Framed 38.5 x 89.5 inches Artwork 36.5 x 87.5 inches Thelma Appel Biography: A co-founder of the Bennington College Summer Painting Workshop, Thelma Appel is a representational and abstract painter who has been practicing art for more than six and a half decades. In the 1980s, Thelma Appel was represented by the renowned Jill Kornblee Gallery and, after Ms. Kornblee retired, Appel joined the legendary Fischbach Gallery, (the gallery of record for Alex Katz for many decades,) also on West 57th Street, before they shuttered. After leaving Manhattan, she retreated from the art world for several decades; however, in recent years, her work is being rediscovered by a generation of new collectors. A beloved and popular teacher, at 87 years of age, Thelma could still be found teaching “The Art of Painting” at Artsplace in Cheshire, CT. and at the Osher Life Long Learning Institute (OLLI) At the University of Connecticut, near her home during the 2024-5 Fall/Winter Semester. In 2019, she was subject of a 50-year career survey (October, 2019 -February 2020) at the Brattleboro Museum in Vermont, entitled Thelma Appel: Abstract/Observed curated by Mara Williams. She has also exhibited at the Mattatuck Museum in Connecticut, which acquired one of her fabric collages for their permanent collection, the Bennington Museum in Vermont and the Police Museum in Lower Manhattan. Thelma Appel was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, but following her parents’ divorce, her father remained in Israel, but her mother emigrated to London to pursue a career as a journalist. However, she soon became ill, and Thelma was sent alone to be educated in a Protestant missionary schools in Darjeeling, India, a geographical displacement that would impact her life and her work. Thelma returned to London, England, to study art at the legendary St. Martin's School of Art (later Central St. Martins) and Hornsey College of Art, under such renowned teachers as Joe Tilson and Eduardo Paolozzi, before emigrating to the United States in the 1960s. Her work has been exhibited in numerous venues, including the Bennington Museum, the Berkshire Museum in North Adams, Mass., the Children's Museum of the Arts in New York City, the Mattatuck Museum, the Brattleboro Museum, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Robert Hull Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont and the University of Pennsylvania Fine Arts Gallery. In 1974 she was awarded a YADDO Fellowship, and in 1975, Thelma Appel, along with the painter Carol Haerer, co-founded the Bennington College Summer Painting Workshop, where many distinguished painters of the day, both abstract and representational, conducted master classes. Among them were Neil Welliver, John Button, Alice Neel, Larry Poons, Friedel Dzubas, Stanley Boxer, Elizabeth Murray and Doug Ohlson – a program that continued until 1980. (One of Thelma’s students was the renowned art dealer Matthew Marks.) She has also taught drawing at Parsons School of Design, painting at Southern Vermont College and at the University of Connecticut. Appel’s work has been presented at Art on Paper, Texas Contemporary, Market Art & Design in Bridgehampton and Art New York art fair, which selected Appel’s Times Square series of paintings for their invitational public Project Space sponsored by Absolut Vodka. She was one of the winning artists of the juried exhibition “Pets of the Pandemic” juried by art historian and critic David Cohen, publisher and editor of artcritical, who cited it for special commendation as a “masterful portrait”. In recent years, Thelma’s work has been exhibited in both one-person and group shows at Alpha 137 Gallery in New York, Sager Reeves (now Sager Braudis) Gallery in Missouri, the Chashama Foundation in New York City, as well as the Five Points Gallery and Center for the Visual Arts in Torrington Connecticut, the David M. Hunt Gallery in Falls Village, CT and Wisdom House in Litchfield Ct...
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1970s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Coast Line, 2000
Located in Greenwich, CT
Coast Line, 2000 is an engraved painting on wood panel, 14 x 11 inches, initialed and dated lower right 'EE © 3.11.00'. Framed in an ornate, gold-tone frame.
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20th Century Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic, Engraving

The still Life with yellow apples.
Located in Segovia, ES
"The still life with yellow apples". Acrylic on canvas by Elena Narkevich Dimension art: 35 H x 27 W cm x 2 cm D Dimension framed: 57 H x 49 W x 4 D cm Elena Narkevich work is well ...
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1990s Contemporary Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Mary Had a Little Lamb
Located in Columbia, MO
One of the most prolific and acclaimed illustrators of the 20th century, Mark English produced work for such publications as McCalls, Time, Sports Illustrated, and Redbook before co-...
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1980s Contemporary Paintings

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Pastel, Gouache, Illustration Board

Portrait - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on board realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1974. Hand signed on top left side. It includes a beautiful wooden frame cm. 55x45 Very good condition. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rom...
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1970s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Board

SF 89-153.
Located in Malmo, SE
Artwork size: 67 x 51 cm. Frame size: 112 x 97 cm. Free shipment worldwide. Archive number SF 89-153 in the Sam Francis Foundation. Stamped with the Sam Francis Estate logo and stamped signature on verso. Sam Francis’s paintings are a journey into a dream, a voyage into the landscapes of the soul where colours are lights on fire. Alongside names such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline, Sam Francis is an artist who has succeeded in demonstrating a total mastery of abstract expressionism’s impassioned and spontaneous genre. The explosions of colour – red, blue, green and yellow – the streaks, strokes and bold lines of his pictures are the physical synthesis of the deepest crevices of the soul. His colours create rhythmical motifs that, characteristically enough, can be called the “musicality” of his paintings. The work of Sam Francis provides a visible meeting place for the conscious and the unconscious. His pictures are the cross-fertilisation of what has already been experienced with what exists still only as desire, a struggle between melancholy and merrymaking. Influenced by C.G. Jung, the father of psychoanalysis, Sam Francis spent a large portion of his life exploring the premise that dreams, instincts and intuition provide, the keys which unlock the mysteries and meaning of our inner lives. He was also fascinated by the four ancient elements – earth, water, air and fire – which developed into a leitmotif in his work. Sam Francis was born in San Mateo in California, USA in 1923. After starting to paint at the age of around twenty, he soon found himself increasingly consumed by the power of art. He spent much of the 1950s in Paris, from where he not only made frequent excursions to a number of European cities, but also embarked on many journeys to South America and Asia. He continued to move from place to place, primarily in the USA and Japan, right up until his death in 1994. Sam Francis’s first...
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1980s Contemporary Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

VUE de PARIS , La TOUR ST. JACQUES et LE THEATRE du CHATELET
Located in Sheffield, MA
Jules Herve French, 1887-1881 Vue du Paris Oil on canvas 18 by 21 ½ in. Wframe 28 by 31 in. Signed lower left An impressionist French artist whose subjects ranged from rural genr...
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1960s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil

Girl - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on board realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1976. Hand signed and dated lower left Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist 92x72 cm. Very good condition. Sirio Pellegrini...
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1970s Contemporary Paintings

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Oil, Board

'Cityscape', PAFA, Philadelphia, New Mexico, Maryland College of Art, Equestrian
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right on border, 'Heather Foster' (American, 20th century), dated 1991 and titled, verso, 'Hamden #2'. Heather Foster was born in Philadelphia and attended art classes ...
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1990s Contemporary Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Europa's Revenge
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tony Scherman (1950 - 2023) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. He is renowned internationally for his work, typically executed in encaustic, a mix of wax an...
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1990s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Encaustic

La Branche
Located in Austin, TX
Jean-Claude Gaugy (b. 1944, French) Title: "La Branche" Dimensions: 72" x 60" Medium: Oil on Carved Wood Markings: Signed LR "Gaugy" Framed Jean-Claude Gaugy is a contemporary Fren...
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20th Century Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Urban Landscape - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on plywood realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Not signed. Very good condition. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his ...
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1960s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil, Plywood

Large Floralscape Original Oil Painting on Canvas by William Verdult, Framed
Located in Encino, CA
Untitled Floralscape, an original oil painting on canvas by William Verdult, is a piece for the true collector. The artist's genius reflects a fiery artistic approach that inspires u...
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1970s 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.

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