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"Boss Babe" - dark colors, expressive, figurative
"Boss Babe" - dark colors, expressive, figurative

"Boss Babe" - dark colors, expressive, figurative

By Susan Hable

Located in Atlanta, GA

This painting is an abstract figurative painting featuring black, orange, red, green and yellow

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Raventos Dark Blue   original expressionist acrylic
Raventos Dark Blue   original expressionist acrylic

Raventos Dark Blue original expressionist acrylic

By Maria Asuncion Raventos

Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL

Horitzo al mediterrani. original expressionist acrylic painting. virtual framed RAVENTÓS Mª

Category

1990s Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

"Dark Matters" Minimal Contemporary Abstract
"Dark Matters" Minimal Contemporary Abstract

"Dark Matters" Minimal Contemporary Abstract

By Paul Reeves

Located in Houston, TX

Large abstract painting by artist Paul Reeves. Was made in 2017 with dark acrylic paints. Shades of

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Released, male nude, dark colors

Released, male nude, dark colors

By Audrey Anastasi

Located in Brooklyn, NY

dark, enigmatic, and some might say, unsettling, place. These figures could be heros and heroines of

Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dark Side of the Canyon
Dark Side of the Canyon

Dark Side of the Canyon

By Travis Walker

Located in Bozeman, MT

For the last 10 years Travis Walker has made landscape paintings about Jackson Hole, a place that

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

In the Dark, There is Light
In the Dark, There is Light

In the Dark, There is Light

Located in Lexington, MA

Based in Alabama, Stephanie Kirkland creates moody, expressive acrylic paintings that reflect her

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The Only Dark is Darkest

The Only Dark is Darkest

By Eric Hesse

Located in Fairfield, CT

Hesse describes of his work, "encaustic is the perfect paint with which to explore this balance between control and chaos. In trying to wrestle a recognizable image from a fluid and ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Encaustic, Wood Panel

Even in Darkness, There Is Light
Even in Darkness, There Is Light

Daria LuhovaEven in Darkness, There Is Light, 2025

$480

H 10.04 in W 10.04 in D 0.79 in

Even in Darkness, There Is Light

Located in Zofingen, AG

Even in the hardest moments, when darkness seems to engulf everything, if you pause, listen, and

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Plaster, Acrylic

Mountains And Sun In The Darkness
Mountains And Sun In The Darkness

Liudmyla PanchylovaMountains And Sun In The Darkness, 2024

$288Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.75 in W 11.82 in D 0.79 in

Mountains And Sun In The Darkness

Located in Zofingen, AG

Painting Mountains and sun in the mist 40x30 cm, acrylic on canvas, 2024. Foggy sun and mountains

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The woods are lovely, dark and deep…
The woods are lovely, dark and deep…

The woods are lovely, dark and deep…

Located in Zofingen, AG

The woods are lovely, dark and deep… A forest in snowfall. A space both shadowed and luminous. It

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Plaster, Acrylic

Colored bird on a dark green background.
Colored bird on a dark green background.

Svetlana SaratovaColored bird on a dark green background., 2021

$346Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.75 in W 15.75 in D 0.71 in

Colored bird on a dark green background.

Located in Zofingen, AG

This vibrant and expressive painting features a small exotic bird perched on a moss-covered branch

Category

2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Dark shade of Blue, Grey & Black
Dark shade of Blue, Grey & Black

Anna MedvedevaDark shade of Blue, Grey & Black, 2022

$2,568Sale Price|20% Off

H 36 in W 36 in D 1 in

Dark shade of Blue, Grey & Black

Located in Richmond Hill, ON

Color and organic forms are layered into a complex visual waves that hint at the underlying feelings. Signed by Artist on the back. Acrylic on Canvas, shipped in a box.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Golden with silver on a dark blue"
"Golden with silver on a dark blue"

"Golden with silver on a dark blue"

Located in Edinburgh, GB

The painting is created in an abstract-dynamic manner, where the classical motif of flowers

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Floating Market, Thailand
Floating Market, Thailand

Somsak ChowtadapongFloating Market, Thailand, 1980

$1,700

H 18.75 in W 22.75 in D 1.5 in

Floating Market, Thailand

Located in San Francisco, CA

"Works on paper & Watercolours", Wangna Arts Gallery, Bangkok 2017 Solo Exhibition "The Dark Paintings

Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

It's getting dark in the port of Bali
It's getting dark in the port of Bali

It's getting dark in the port of Bali

By Simon Kozhin

Located in Zofingen, AG

This plein air painting depicts a tranquil seascape in Bali, Crete, dominated by a multitude of

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

35x26" - Dark City - Mixed Media on Paper

35x26" - Dark City - Mixed Media on Paper

By Alexis Portilla

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Portilla's work as symbolic of the potential for the ability to hold and receive. Dark City 35x26 in. Mixed

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

35x26" - Dark City - Mixed Media on Paper

35x26" - Dark City - Mixed Media on Paper

By Alexis Portilla

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Portilla's work as symbolic of the potential for the ability to hold and receive. Dark City 35x26 in. Mixed

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Gem I, dark colors, mystery, night window
Gem I, dark colors, mystery, night window

Gem I, dark colors, mystery, night window

By Gregory Frux

Located in Brooklyn, NY

vignettes of people enjoying the city, Greg’s paintings invariably carry meticulous details that resonate

Category

2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gem II, mysterious window image, dark colors
Gem II, mysterious window image, dark colors

Gem II, mysterious window image, dark colors

By Gregory Frux

Located in Brooklyn, NY

vignettes of people enjoying the city, Greg’s paintings invariably carry meticulous details that resonate

Category

2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Odalisque on the Dark Side of the Moon

Odalisque on the Dark Side of the Moon

By William Nelson

Located in Greenwich, CT

In Nelson’s Odalisque on the Dark Side of the Moon he transports the reclining figure from Jean

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dark Skeleton and Armed Soldiers French Impressionist Sketch
Dark Skeleton and Armed Soldiers French Impressionist Sketch

Dark Skeleton and Armed Soldiers French Impressionist Sketch

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Dark Sketch signed by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back

Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Pastel

Dark Acrylic Figurative Portrait by Cuban Artist Hector Frank
Dark Acrylic Figurative Portrait by Cuban Artist Hector Frank

Dark Acrylic Figurative Portrait by Cuban Artist Hector Frank

By Hector Frank

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Dark Acrylic Figurative Portrait by Cuban Artist Hector Frank. Neutral Portrait - Large Format

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Sleep Aid (abstract, bright colors, dark colors, layers)
Sleep Aid (abstract, bright colors, dark colors, layers)

Sleep Aid (abstract, bright colors, dark colors, layers)

By Liz Rundorff Smith

Located in New York, NY

veneration. Her paintings are reliquaries for memories. Urns are vessels to hold ashes while also

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Sandwich boy food related theme dark muted color
Sandwich boy food related theme dark muted color

Sandwich boy food related theme dark muted color

By Stephen Basso

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This painting was done on cradled wood board signed and dated on back. The rough texture is

Category

2010s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Post Tenebras Lux, After Darkness Light No.1
Post Tenebras Lux, After Darkness Light No.1

Post Tenebras Lux, After Darkness Light No.1

Located in Austin, TX

David Ackerson (b. 1950, American) Title: "Post Tenebras Lux" After Darkness Light, No. 1 Medium

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Post Tenebras Lux, After Darkness Light No.3
Post Tenebras Lux, After Darkness Light No.3

Post Tenebras Lux, After Darkness Light No.3

Located in Austin, TX

David Ackerson (b. 1950, American) Title: "Post Tenebras Lux" After Darkness Light, No. 3 Medium

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Dark & Atmospheric Abstract Expressionist Art by Contemporary British Painter
Dark & Atmospheric Abstract Expressionist Art by Contemporary British Painter

Dark & Atmospheric Abstract Expressionist Art by Contemporary British Painter

By Angela Wakefield

Located in Preston, GB

Dark & Atmospheric Abstract Expressionist Painting by Contemporary British Painter Angela

Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Cotton, Paint, Varnish, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, ...

Art Gallery, Portico, Dark Evening - 20th Century Oil

Art Gallery, Portico, Dark Evening - 20th Century Oil

Located in London, GB

Howard Jenkins Flourished 1920 - 1950 Art Gallery, Portico, Dark Evening Oil on board, signed verso

Category

20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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Dark Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of dark paintings available on 1stDibs. There are many abstract, contemporary and Post-Impressionist versions of these works for sale. There are many variations of these items available, from those made as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a colorful piece of art to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — see the dark paintings on 1stDibs that include elements of black, gray, brown, beige and more. Paul Balmer, Garth Bayley, Stephanie Peek, Jackie Battenfield and Jaylen Pigford took a thoughtful approach to this subject that are worth considering. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and fabric. Some dark paintings are too large for some spaces — a variety of smaller iterations, measuring # 0.1 inches across, are available.

How Much are Dark Paintings?

Prices for art of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — dark paintings in our inventory begin at $0 and can go as high as $7,950,000, while the average can fetch as much as $2,750.

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Painting is an art form that has spanned innumerable cultures, with artists using the medium to tell stories, explore and communicate ideas and express themselves. To bring abstract paintings, landscape paintings, still-life paintings and other original paintings into your home is to celebrate and share in the long tradition of this discipline.

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Cave walls were the canvases for what were arguably the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict natural scenery through art. Portrait paintings and drawings, which, along with sculpture, were how someone’s appearance was recorded prior to the advent of photography, are at least as old as Ancient Egypt. In the Netherlands, landscapes were a major theme for painters as early as the 1500s. Later, artists in Greece, Rome and elsewhere created vast wall paintings to decorate stately homes, churches and tombs.

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