Bicycle Drip Painting
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
His work has been collected by the likes of Marc Jacobs, Beyoncé, Jay Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera, among many others, and has b...
Oil
Monarch Butterfly Drip Painting
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
His work has been collected by the likes of Marc Jacobs, Beyoncé, Jay Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera, among many others, and has b...
Oil
Self Portrait
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Canvas, Oil
Joie De Vivre Drip Painting
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
His work has been collected by the likes of Marc Jacobs, Beyoncé, Jay Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera, among many others, and has b...
Oil
Invisible Man With Red Roses
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Canvas, Oil
Invisible Woman
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Canvas, Oil
Invisible Man With Peonies
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Invisible Man With Yellow Roses
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Gold Leaf
Jay Milder Mixed-Media Abstract on Masonite Jacob's Ladder
By Jay Milder
Located in WILMINGTON, CA
Jay Milder mixed-media abstract on Masonite Jacob's Ladder An Expressionist take on the biblical story of Patriarch Jacob and his dreams about a staircase that leads to heaven, kn...
Masonite
Unavailable
H 3 in W 48 in D 48 in
Jay Milder 'American 1934' Mixed-Media Abstract on Masonite Jacob's Ladder
Located in Pasadena, CA
Milder, Jay (American 1934) mixed-media abstract on Masonite "Jacob's Ladder".
Acrylic
Negative Man
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil, Graphite
Umbrella Man
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Rigoletto
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Bon Voyage
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Water Tower
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Chrysler
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Williamsburg
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Basquiat
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
The Bike
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Biggie
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
NYC Tower
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Rex
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Hydrant
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Williamsburg
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Paul and Ranger
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Mask Man
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
NYC Taxi
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Holiday
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Katharine Hepburn
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Vandal
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Espresso
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Oil on Panel
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil, Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Kamala Harris
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Trumpet
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Williamsburg
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Hiatus
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
NY Hydrant
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Batman
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Princely
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil, Raw Linen
Nonessential Man
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Biggie
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Chrysler
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
NY Water Tower
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
King Of Hearts
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Sabbatical
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Chaplin
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Deliverance
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
To My Bones
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Shortcut
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Charlie
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Flatiron
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Brooklyn Bridge Screenprint
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Screen
Boss
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Chrysler
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Flatiron
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Johnny
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Rent
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Mr Kent
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Appointment
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Detained
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Cape Cod Barge
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Brunch
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Tape
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil
Sold
H 44 in W 36 in D 3 in
Antique American School Signed Portrait Gorgeous Young Woman Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school portrait painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1938. Signed. Image size 23L x 18H. Housed in a period modern frame (the frame has losses).
Canvas, Oil
Twists & Turns
Located in San Diego, CA
A retired cardiologist, Jacobs’ artwork highlights how learned skills in medicine fueled his dynamic abstract technique. Strongly influenced by abstract expressionists from the 1950’...
Oil
Negative Man
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil, Graphite
Positive Man
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
Richard's work has been collected by the likes of: Marc Jacobs, Beyonce, Jay-Z, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Gerard Butler, and Christina Aguilera among many others.
Oil, Graphite
Selbstporträt / Selfportrait
Located in Wien, 9
Julius Zimpel * 30.8.1896 Vienna, † 11.8.1925 Vienna "First artistic inspiration by his uncle Gustav Klimt. 1911-16 attended the School of Arts and Crafts under F. Cizek, A. v. Ken...
Canvas, Oil
1980's Hand Painted Oil on Canvas "Bicycles"
Located in Marbella, ES
1980's Hand painted oil on canvas "Bicycles".
Canvas
Original, Turn of the Century Self-Portrait
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Deftly painted, oil on canvas picture of a young man in three-quarter profile. Held in a hand carved, period frame. Signed "Ackerman" on the lower right and labeled again via an insc...
Canvas
$250
H 5 in W 5 in D 1 in
"Mini Hybrid 101" - Contemporary Butterfly Acrylic Painting on Wood, 2026
By Stacy D'Aguiar
Located in Denver, CO
Stacy D'Aguiar (American, b. 1974) "Mini Hybrid 101," 2026 Acrylic on wood 5 x 5 in (12.7 x 12.7 cm) Signed on verso Unframed, but ready to hang. A butterfly with mismatched wings s...
Wood, Acrylic
Untitled
By Gabino Rey Santiago
Located in Barcelona, CT
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Paper, Mixed Media
$1,500Sale Price|40% Off
H 22 in W 30 in D 0.75 in
Mid-Century Modern Man - Portrait in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Subtle and moody portrait of a Pensive man by Joan Tidwell (American, 1930-2002). The sitter in the portrait is a middle-aged man looking slightly downwards, wearing a collared shirt...
Canvas, Oil
$3,400
H 26 in W 17 in D 1.5 in
Untitled Portrait II (Modern, Academic Style Portrait Painting of a Young Man)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Modern, academic style portrait painting on canvas of a young athletic male oil on canvas, 26 x 17 inches in antique wood frame This vertical, contemporary portrait painting of sin...
Canvas, Oil
$2,971
H 19.69 in W 15.75 in D 0.4 in
Self Portrait Oil Painting on Canvas, Contemporary, Signed, 2010+
By Marco Fariello
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas. Hans signed. Self portrait of the Artist. Excellent condition.
Canvas, Oil
oil portrait, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
By Edward Zelinsky
Located in Yardley, PA
Portrait of a Dutch friend :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Si...
Oil
$3,200
H 16 in W 12 in
Portrait of Man, Modern Oil on Canvas Painting by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Portrait of Man (16) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Canvas, unsigned Size: 16 in. x 12 in. (40.64 cm x 30.48 cm)
Oil, Canvas
Untitled - Bicyclists
By Felix Angel
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Felix Angel – Colombian/American (1949- ) Title: Untitled – Ciclistas or Cyclists Year: 1985 Medium: acrylic on canvas Size: 54 x 70 inches Signature: Signed, dated lower ri...
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait study
By Frédéric Schmied
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Oil
$3,250
H 37 in W 46 in
The Outliers - Large Original Figurative Abstract Textural Street Art Painting
By Jonas Fisch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swedish artist Jonas Fisch’s imagery is vibrantly buzzing with colorful commentary on society - past and present - morphed into figures, words, and shapes. His heavily layered canvas...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
$365
H 6 in W 6 in D 0.75 in
"Hybrid Butterfly 44" (2025), Abstracted Butterfly Portrait, Acrylic Painting
By Stacy D'Aguiar
Located in Denver, CO
Artist Statement: My paintings are channeled, Visual Dreamscapes in connection with Unseen Frequencies of the Universe. My exploration of the surreal investigates the mysteries of t...
Wood, Acrylic, Panel
$17,000
H 24 in W 20 in
Madison Flury, Butterfly Oil on Canvas Painting, Signed Verso, 24x20 in
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem. Oil on canvas, 2025 Signed Verso Bunnies by Hunt Slonem When Hunt Slonem enters his studio each morning, he warms up by painting bunnie...
Canvas, Oil
Monarch Butterfly, Photorealist Screenprint by Fran Bull
By Fran Bull
Located in Long Island City, NY
Fran Bull is a first generation Photorealist whose compositions are based on photographs including natural reflections of glass, water and other surfaces. Monarch Butterfly by Fran ...
Screen
Street art is a style created for city walls, subway trains and other public spaces. Sometimes it is commissioned, yet most often it is an individual statement of defiant free expression. Although mostly an urban style, street art can be found all over the world, including JR’s pasted portraits on the separation wall in Palestine, Invader’s playful ceramic tile mosaics in Paris and the provocative stencil and spray-paint works by Banksy in London.
The Philadelphia-based Cornbread — aka Darryl McCray — is considered the first modern graffiti artist. He began tagging his name around the city in the 1960s. Graffiti art later flourished in New York City in the 1970s. There, young artists used spray paint and markers to create tags and large-scale graphic works, with Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring both developing their distinctive styles through the graffiti scene, which would evolve into street art. Artists such as Tracy 168 and Lady Pink pioneered the Wild Style of complex graffiti writing in the 1980s, pushing the movement forward.
Because of its unsanctioned, improvisational and frequently covert nature, street art involves a range of techniques and aesthetics. Some street artists use quick and effective stenciling, whereas others wheat-paste posters, commandeer video projectors or freehand draw elaborate illustrations and murals. Shepard Fairey made his mark with street art stickers before designing the iconic “Hope” poster for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.
While the origins of street art are rooted in a strictly noncommercial creative act that confronted political issues, sexuality and more for a general audience of passersby, the art form has moved inside the galleries over the years. Today, just as Basquiat and Haring took their works from Manhattan’s Lower East Side alleyways into Soho galleries, artists including KAWS, Barry McGee and Osgemeos are in demand with collectors of fine art.
Find a collection of street art paintings, sculptures, prints and multiples and more on 1stDibs.
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.
When we look at paintings, particularly those that originated in the past, we learn about history, other cultures and countries of the world. Like every other work of art, paintings — whether they are contemporary creations or works that were made during the 19th century — can often help us clearly see and understand the world around us in a meaningful and interesting way.
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.
Today, creating a wall of art is a wonderful way to enhance your space, showcase beautiful pieces and tie an interior design together.
No matter your preference, whether you favor Post-Impressionist paintings, animal paintings, Surrealism, Pop art or another movement or specific period, arranging art on a blank wall allows you to evoke emotions in a room while also showing off your tastes and interests. A symmetrical wall arrangement may comprise a grid of four to six pieces or, for an odd number of works, a horizontal row. Asymmetrical arrangements, which may be small clusters of art or large, salon-style gallery walls, have a more collected and eclectic feel.
Download the 1stDibs app, which includes a handy “View on Wall” feature that allows you to see how a particular artwork will look on a particular wall, and read about how to arrange wall art. And if you’re searching for the perfect palette for your interior design project, what better place to turn than to the art world’s masters of color?
On 1stDibs, you’ll find an expansive collection of paintings and other fine art for your home or office. Browse abstract paintings, portrait paintings, paintings by emerging artists and more today.