$573
H 11.82 in W 6.3 in D 5.91 in
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930 - 2017) - Botijo pintado a mano - Escena sardanista
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
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Clay
$573
H 11.82 in W 6.3 in D 5.91 in
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930 - 2017) - Botijo pintado a mano - Escena sardanista
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
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Clay
$322Sale Price|55% Off
H 18.12 in W 21.66 in
Woman with Guitar Mixed Media Painting, Fauvist Style, Signed, 1970s
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Woman with Guitar Artist: Jordi Curós Ventura (1930–2017) Technique: Mixed media on canvas
Mixed Media
$956Sale Price|20% Off
H 23.63 in W 28.75 in
Sitges oil on canvas painting Spain mediterranean village european art
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Paseo de Sitges Artist: Jordi Curós Ventura (1930–2017) Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions
Oil, Canvas
$1,135
H 28.75 in W 23.63 in
Rambla de Barcelona Oil Painting, Expressive Fauvism, 1980s, Unframed
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Rambla de Barcelona Artist: Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2017) Technique: Oil on canvas
Canvas, Oil
$717Sale Price|33% Off
H 21.66 in W 18.12 in
Jordi Curós Self-Portrait in Studio – 1980 Fauvist Oil Painting on Cardboard
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
vision. ARTIST BIO (condensed, market oriented) Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, 1930 – 2017) was a Catalan
Oil, Cardboard
$1,135
H 28.75 in W 23.63 in
Barcelona Flower Market Las Ramblas Oil Painting Mediterranean Street Scene
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Artist: Jordi Curós Ventura (1930–2007, Spain) Title: Bulevar de flores Barcelona Date: c.1980 Medium
Oil, Burlap
$251Sale Price|47% Off
H 18.12 in W 14.97 in
Woman posing with guitar mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas cardboard. Work measurements
Mixed Media
$478Sale Price|50% Off
H 21.66 in W 18.12 in
Woman Posing with Guitar, Fauvist Acrylic Painting, 1970s, Unframed
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Acrylic on canvas on cardboard. Work measurements 55x46 cm
Acrylic
$765Sale Price|20% Off
H 21.66 in W 18.12 in
Woman Posing Acrylic Painting, Fauvist Style, Circa 1970s, Unframed
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Acrylic on canvas on cardboard. Work measurements 55x46 cm
Acrylic
$263Sale Price|26% Off
H 16.15 in W 13 in
Woman Posing Mixed Media Painting, Fauvist Style, 1970s, Unframed
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas cardboard. Work measurements
Mixed Media
$239Sale Price|42% Off
H 18.12 in W 14.97 in
Woman Posing Mixed Media Painting, Fauvist Style, 1970s, Unframed
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas cardboard. Work measurements
Mixed Media
$334Sale Price|20% Off
H 18.12 in W 14.97 in
Woman Posing with Guitar, Fauvist Mixed Media Painting, Circa 1970s
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas cardboard. Work measurements
Mixed Media
$239Sale Price|42% Off
H 18.12 in W 14.97 in
Woman Posing Mixed Media Painting, Fauvist Style, 1970s, Unframed
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas cardboard. Work measurements
Mixed Media
Woman posing mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas cardboard. Work measurements
Mixed Media
$263Sale Price|44% Off
H 13.78 in W 10.63 in
Woman Posing Mixed Media Painting, Fauvist Style, 1970s, Framed
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas cardboard. Work measurements
Mixed Media
$358Sale Price|62% Off
H 21.66 in W 18.12 in
Woman Posing Acrylic Painting, Fauvist Style, Circa 1970s, Unframed
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Acrylic on canvas on cardboard. Work measurements 55x46 cm
Acrylic
$310Sale Price|35% Off
H 13.78 in W 10.63 in
Still Life Flowers Oil on Canvas Painting, Fauvist Style, 1970s
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Still life Oil on canvas. Canvas measurements 35x27 cm. Frameless
Canvas, Oil
$358Sale Price|50% Off
H 18.12 in W 14.97 in
Man Portrait Oil on Canvas Painting, Fauvist Style, Circa 1970s
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Man portrait Oil on canvas. Canvas measurements 46x38 cm
Canvas, Oil
$322Sale Price|32% Off
H 18.12 in W 14.97 in
Self Portrait Mixed Media Painting, Fauvist Style, 1970s, Framed
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - self portrait Mixed technique on canvas board. Work measurements
Mixed Media
$322Sale Price|32% Off
H 18.12 in W 14.97 in
Woman Posing Mixed Media Painting, Fauvist Style, 1970s, Framed
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas board. Work measurements 46x38 cm
Mixed Media
Woman posing mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas board. Work measurements 46x38 cm
Mixed Media
$286Sale Price|52% Off
H 14.97 in W 18.12 in
Woman with Fan Mixed Media Painting, Fauvist Style, 1970s, Framed
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas board. Work measurements 46x38 cm
Mixed Media
$765Sale Price|20% Off
H 18.12 in W 14.97 in
Woman and guitar oil on board painting fauvism
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman - Oil on board. Work measurements 46x38 cm. Frame size
Oil, Board
$550Sale Price|42% Off
H 24.02 in W 18.12 in
The painter and the Model oil on canvas painting fauvism nude
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - the painter and the Model - Oil on canvas. Work measurements
Canvas, Oil
Woman with fan mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas board. Work measurements 35x27 cm
Mixed Media
$322Sale Price|46% Off
H 18.12 in W 14.97 in
Woman with Guitar Mixed Media Painting, Fauvist Style, Circa 1980s
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas cardboard. Work measurements
Mixed Media
$322Sale Price|55% Off
H 21.66 in W 18.12 in
woman with guitar mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman smoking Mixed technique on canvas board. Work measurements
Mixed Media
$657Sale Price|31% Off
H 21.66 in W 18.12 in
View of Barcelona Oil on Cardboard Painting, 55x46 cm, Frameless
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curos - View of Barcelona - Oil on cardboard Oil measurements 55x46 cm. Frameless. Jordi
Oil, Cardboard
$454Sale Price|52% Off
H 21.66 in W 18.12 in
"View of Barcelona Oil Painting on Cardboard, Fauvist Style, 1970s"
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curos - View of Barcelona - Oil on cardboard Oil measurements 55x46 cm. Frameless. Jordi
Oil, Cardboard
$298Sale Price|50% Off
H 15.75 in W 12.6 in
Young Woman Watercolor Painting, Fauvist Style, Framed, 1970s
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
cm. Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish painter. He trained at the Olot
Watercolor
$286Sale Price|20% Off
H 19.3 in W 22.84 in D 0.4 in
Litografia sobre papel - Tu próxima travesía - Tiraje: 1/250
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmada a lápiz por el artista en la parte inferior y con tiraje 1/250 En buen estado de conservación Sin enmarcar Medidas: 49 cm x 58 cm.
Lithograph
$286Sale Price|20% Off
H 19.3 in W 22.84 in D 0.4 in
Litografia sobre papel - Amanecer en la costa mediterránea - Tiraje: 1/250
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmada a lápiz por el artista en la parte inferior y con tiraje 1/250 En buen estado de conservación Sin enmarcar Medidas: 49 cm x 58 cm.
Lithograph
Las Amigas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Barcelona I cartoteca CEC Library SELEC.ARTE - CURRENT JORDI CUROS • Chain Catalan, José María, (aut
Linen, Oil
Las Amigas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Barcelona I cartoteca CEC Library SELEC.ARTE - CURRENT JORDI CUROS • Chain Catalan, José María, (aut
Oil
Sold
H 23.63 in W 28.75 in
Fauvist Oil Painting of Delft, Netherlands, Circa 1990, Canvas
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Delft Netherlands - Oil on canvas Oil measures 60x73 cm
Canvas, Oil
Woman posing mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas cardboard. Work measurements
Mixed Media
Market day crayons drawing Spanish
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Market - Crayons. Work measurements 65x50 cm. Frame size 83x68 cm
Crayon
Woman posing with guitar mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas cardboard. Work measurements
Mixed Media
Woman posing with guitar mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas cardboard. Work measurements
Mixed Media
Unmasked woman acrylic painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Acrylic on cardboard. Work measurements 55x46 cm. Frameless
Acrylic
Woman posing mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas cardboard. Work measurements
Mixed Media
Sold
H 23.63 in W 28.75 in
Seine Paris France oil on canvas painting urbanscape landscape
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Seine river Paris France - Oil on canvas Oil measures 60x73 cm
Canvas, Oil
woman smoking mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman smoking - Mixed media Mixed technique on canvas board. Work
Mixed Media
Woman with pink stockings mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Pink Stockings Mixed media on canvas board. Artwork measures
Mixed Media
Spanish market oil on canvas painting fauvism
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Market - Oil on canvas. Work measurements 46x55 cm. Frame size
Oil, Canvas
Woman posing mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas board. Work measurements 46x38 cm
Mixed Media
Woman posing mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas board. Work measurements 40x32 cm
Mixed Media
Nude woman mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Nude Mixed technique on canvas board. Work measurements 55x46 cm
Mixed Media
Woman posing mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas board. Work measurements 55x46 cm
Mixed Media
Woman with fan mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas board. Work measurements 46x38 cm
Mixed Media
Woman posing mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas cardboard. Work measurements
Mixed Media
Sold
H 24.02 in W 19.69 in
Cadaques Spain oil on canvas painting fauvism spanish seascape urbanscape
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Cadaques - Oil on canvas. Work measurements 61x50 cm. Frame size
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 23.63 in W 28.75 in
Saint Mark's Square Venice Italy oil on canvas painting italian urbanscape
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Saint Mark's Square Venice - Oil on canvas Oil measures 60x73 cm
Oil, Canvas
woman smoking mixed media painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman smoking Mixed technique on scrim cardboard. Measures work
Mixed Media
Sit woman with flowers oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Unframed. Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Catalan painter. He trained at
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 15.75 in W 55.12 in
Allegory in Cadaques Spain oil on board painting seascape
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Unframed. Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish painter. He trained at
Oil, Board
Sold
H 21.66 in W 18.12 in
Female figure with guitar original oil on canvas painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Unframed. Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Catalan painter. He trained at
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 21.26 in W 25.6 in
Fishermen of Cadaques Spain original oil on canvas painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Unframed. Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Catalan painter. He trained at
Canvas, Oil
Sold|$1,160
H 21 in W 25 in D 2 in
Antique American Modernist Framed Abstract Expressionist Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful early American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Canvas, Oil
$636Sale Price|20% Off
H 28 in W 21 in D 2 in
Antique American Framed Original Vintage Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract expressionist painting. OIl on canvas. Framed. Finely painted with wonderful color palette.
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Modern Oil on Canvas Abstract Painting
Located in Newfoundland, PA
Stunning colors on this midcentury painting. Total measurement is 23 in W x 13 in x 1-5/8 in deep. Dated 1/1/1960, E Byard. Painting measurements listed below. The frame is original....
Acrylic
$980Sale Price|20% Off
H 25 in W 44 in D 2 in
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Cubist Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive mid 20th century cubist abstract. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Canvas, Oil
$1,016
H 9.85 in W 12.6 in
Catalan Landscape Oil Painting Mollet Barcelona Fauvist Modernist Spain
By Albert Rafols Culleres
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Catalan Landscape Oil Painting Mollet Barcelona Fauvist Modernist Spain SPECIFICATIONS Artist: Albert Rafols Cullerés (Barcelona, 1892 – 1986) Title: Mollet Medium: Oil on cardboar...
Cardboard, Oil
$2,104Sale Price|20% Off
H 25.6 in W 31.89 in
Seated Female Nude Oil Painting – Spanish Figurative Expressionist 20th Century
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Artist: Francisco Abad Doblas (Spain, b. 1933) Title: Seated Female Nude Date: 1975 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 65 × 81 cm (25.6 × 31.9 in) Signature: Signed upper right Framin...
Oil
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Ventura, CA
Abstract Mid-Century Modern Painting This Light and Dark Abstract Mid-Century artwork is a captivating abstract painting that measures 36 inches in width and 48 inches in height....
Paint, Acrylic
$3,000
H 12.5 in W 14.5 in D 1.5 in
"Parisian Flower Market" Romantic Impressionist Oil Painting with Figures
By Luigi Cagliani
Located in New York, NY
A whimsical oil painting depicting a Parisian Flower Market scene in Paris, France by Luigi Cagliani. As an Italian Impressionist artist Cagliani most of his works were produced in t...
Canvas, Oil
$3,600
H 29.5 in W 34 in
Notre Dame and Bridges, Fauvist Framed Acrylic Painting by Charles Cobelle
By Charles Cobelle
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Cobelle, French (1902 - 1994) Title: Notre Dame and Bridges Year: circa 1960 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 24 x 30 in. (60.96 x 76.2 cm) Frame: 29.5 x ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,600
H 54.02 in W 40.01 in D 2.01 in
procession, seashore, beach, colorful, humor, female figure, bather green tones
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Blending surrealistic elements with narrative, Mr. Basso is known for wildly imaginative and colorful work.
Canvas, Oil
$1,767Sale Price|20% Off
H 22 in W 15 in
Vibrant Cubist Portrait of a Musician with Guitar Mid 20th Century Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Portrait of a Musician Marcel Seignobos (1892-1972) signed oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 22 x 15 inches Provenance: private collection, Cote d'Azur, France Condition: very...
Oil
$1,195Sale Price|20% Off
H 28.75 in W 23.63 in
Plaza Nova Barcelona Gothic Quarter Oil Painting Spanish Fauvist Cityscape
By Ignasi Mundó
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Plaza Nova Barcelona Gothic Quarter Oil Painting Spanish Fauvist Cityscape Artist: Ignasi Mundó Marcet (1918–2012) Title: Plaza Nova, Barcelona Medium: Oil on canvas Date: circa 198...
Oil, Canvas
Carlos Nadal, Pont de Ville
By Carlos Nadal
Located in Madrid, ES
CARLOS NADAL Spanish, 1917 - 1998 PONT DE VILLE signed "Nadal" (lower right) titled, signed and dated "PONT DE VILLE / Nadal / 1981" (on the reverse) with the atelier stamp (on the r...
Oil, Canvas
Celso Lagar, Pavillon de Cirque
By Celso Lagar
Located in Madrid, ES
CELSO LAGAR Spanish, 1891 - 1966 PAVILLON DE CIRQUE signed "Lagar" (lower right) oil on canvas 15 x 18 inches (38 x 46 cm.) framed: 21-1/2 x 24-1/2 inches (54 x 62 cm.) NOTE: THIS W...
Oil, Canvas
$780
H 25 in W 18.5 in
Pensive: Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative painting by John Emanuel
By John Emanuel
Located in Brecon, Powys
Less is more from the studio of John Emanuel Image 21" x 15" Originally from Bury, in the North of England, John Emanuel works in Porthmeor, Cornwall. He has received no formal art...
Gouache
$1,147Sale Price|20% Off
H 15.36 in W 13 in
France Beach Acrylic Painting Seascape, Fauvist Style, 1990s, Unframed
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Acrylic on paper laid board. Frameless. Needs restoration
Acrylic, Board, Laid Paper
In the revolutionary wake of Impressionism, artists like Vincent van Gogh, Georges Seurat, Paul Cézanne and Paul Gauguin advanced the style further while firmly rejecting its limitations. Although the artists now associated with Postimpressionist art did not work as part of a group, they collectively employed an approach to expressing moments in time that was even more abstract than that of the Impressionists, and they shared an interest in moving away from naturalistic depictions to more subjective uses of vivid colors and light in their paintings.
The eighth and final Impressionist exhibition was held in Paris in 1886, and Postimpressionism — also spelled Post-Impressionism — is usually dated between then and 1905. The term “Postimpressionism” was coined by British curator and art critic Roger Fry in 1910 at the “Manet and the Postimpressionists” exhibition in London that connected their practices to the pioneering modernist art of Édouard Manet. Many Postimpressionist artists — most of whom lived in France — utilized thickly applied, vibrant pigments that emphasized the brushstrokes on the canvas.
The Postimpressionist movement’s iconic works of art include van Gogh’s The Starry Night (1889) and Seurat’s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte (1884). Seurat’s approach reflected the experimental spirit of Postimpressionism, as he used Pointillist dots of color that were mixed by the eye of the viewer rather than the hand of the artist. Van Gogh, meanwhile, often based his paintings on observation, yet instilled them with an emotional and personal perspective in which colors and forms did not mirror reality. Alongside Mary Cassatt, Cézanne, Henri Matisse and Gauguin, the Dutch painter was a pupil of Camille Pissarro, the groundbreaking Impressionist artist who boldly organized the first independent painting exhibitions in late-19th-century Paris.
The boundary-expanding work of the Postimpressionist painters, which focused on real-life subject matter and featured a prioritization of geometric forms, would inspire the Nabis, German Expressionism, Cubism and other modern art movements to continue to explore abstraction and challenge expectations for art.
Find a collection of original Postimpressionist paintings, mixed media, prints and other art 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.