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.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Contemporary
Mangroves in Casamance No.2 by Calo Carratalá - Senegal landscape painting
Located in Paris, FR
Mangroves in Casamance No.2 is a unique oil pencil on cardboard, glued on wooden frame painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 80 × 139 × 4 cm (31.5 × ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Cardboard, Wood
"Rambo" by Carrie Goller, Oil Painting of Racoon with Flower Crown
Located in Denver, CO
Carrie Goller's "Rambo" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a racoon with a floral crown of purple flowers and foliage. This piece is unframed yet ready to hang.
Bo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Encaustic
Kiss of sweet wormwood, 100x80cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Kiss of sweet wormwood, 100x80cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dewy Wine, Red, Yellow Flowers, Mauve, Birds in Tree, Botanical Bird Painting
Located in Kent, CT
A lively, bright red botanical pattern against a mauve background with a deep cobalt blue bird perched on a tree. Signed, dated and titled on verso.
Pastoral and bucolic still life...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Houses No. 1, Norway by Calo Carratala - Snowy landscape painting
Located in Paris, FR
Red Houses No. 1 is a unique oil on laminated wood painting from the Norway series by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 46 × 74 cm (18.1 × 29.1 in).
The art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Fox
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Olga Cairols is a Spanish artist with more than 35 years of career.
Olga studied Art History and Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. She has a bachelors degree in Design, Art ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Cowboy Rob - figurative painting
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful painting by Jeroen Allart is part of his minimalist landscape and animal painting he did in his home country the Netherlands.
'A farm stands before you on the horizon....
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
" White Landscape " Abstract Painting, One of a Kind , made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
mixed media on canvas
50x50 cm
Original Art
Ready to Hang
her painting tells of the relationship between man, nature and time, the landscape, the sign and the trace,
thr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Enamel
'Composition #5: Boulders & Rocks Series, ' by Regina Murphy, Oil Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This oil on canvas painting by Regina Murphy gives the viewer a closeup view of mountain boulders and rocks in a mountain stream with craggy branches tha...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Red Black Color Block Mixed Media Painting on Canvas 40W x 60H"
By Irena Orlov
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Abstract Red Black Color Block Mixed Media Painting on Canvas 40W x 60H"
Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas: painted with acrylic, acrylic gels, texturing medium...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Inkjet
Chains Bond
By John Dempcy
Located in Park City, UT
Acrylic on panel. Form follows process as drops of paint evoke organic forms and architecture that reverberate in nature. Within a limited framework of shape, color, and pattern Demp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Chair and Moon
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This simple graphic painting of a lawn chair beside a lake under a moonlit sky pays homage to the Canadian summer.
Painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, historian, and author Ch...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Landscape Original Oil paint by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
Oil on Canvas
120x100 cm
Ready to Hang
Marilina Marchica, born in 1984, was born in Agrigento, where she lives and works. She graduated in Painting at the Academy of F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"A World in a Flower" figurative oil painting girl nature dreamy meditation zen
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
"A World in a Flower" is a Buddhist saying, similar meaning like what William Blake's poem says, to see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower. Hold infinity in th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Contemporary Art by Jeremie Faivre - Side 1
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & ink on glass,
Wood Frame
Jeremie Faivre is a French artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Paris, France. He is graduated from Massachussetts College of Art & Design...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Ink
Pocke Yellowy Orange Clementine, Original painting, Still life, Clementine
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Yellowy Orange Clementine is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to ba...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Colourful Impasto Seascape Wild Flower Painting by Contemporary British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Colourful Impasto Seascape Wild Flower Painting by Contemporary British Artist, Evelina Vine
Art measures 16 x 12 inches
Unframed
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
"Santa Cruz" Iconic Scenes, Original Painting In the Style of Keith Haring
Located in Soquel, CA
"Santa Cruz" Iconic Scenes, Original Painting In the Style of Keith Haring
This playful artwork depicts iconic scenes from California beach town, Santa Cruz, in the style of Keith H...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Spring Spirit Garden, " Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Spring Spirit Garden" is an original watercolor painting on Japanese rice paper by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This piece utilizes the wet-on-wet ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Rice Paper, Watercolor
Space Junk 15 - Original One of a Kind Artwork on Canvas
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s work is influenced by Egyptian hieroglyphs, graffiti, and his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in his creative life. He covers the canvas with unique imagery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Next To You
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
FREE Shipping Worldwide
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Circus Maximus Rome Landscape Painting Signed and dated Contemporary Framed
Located in Roma, IT
Ilir Zefi, landscape view of Circus Maximus in Rome signed and dated. Ilir Zefi was born in 1963 in Albania in Mirdite and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Tirana, then began e...
Category
1990s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Harvesting Cotton - Original Oil Painting - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Harvesting Cotton is an original contemporary artwork realized in 1981.
Mixed colored oil on canvas
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower margin
Included a brown wooden...
Category
1980s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
PAILL by Ramon Enrich - Large contemporary painting, landscape, architecture
By Ramon Enrich
Located in Paris, FR
PAILL is a unique acrylic on canvas painting by contemporary artist Ramon Enrich, dimensions including the frame are 95 × 175 cm (37.4 × 68.9 in).
The artwork is signed, sold frame...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fox amidst the Hay Bales on Misty Morning in a Field in the English Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Fox amidst the Hay Bales on a Misty Morning in a Field in the English Countryside, by British Artist Andrew Hutchinson
Art measures 22 x 10 inches
Frame measures 31.5 x 20 inches
T...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Board, Foam Board, Illustration Board
My Tomorrow
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
FREE Shipping Worldwide
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Lily Mountain, Secret Forest, Rocky Mountain National Park, Original Oil, Framed
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Over a hundred years ago, my grandfather registered as a homesteader with the Department of the Interior Land Office in Buffalo, Wyoming. Building a cabin on a remote 640 acre plat,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lily Mountain Trail, Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado, Original Oil, Framed
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Over a hundred years ago, my grandfather registered as a homesteader with the Department of the Interior Land Office in Buffalo, Wyoming. Building a cabin on a remote 640 acre plat,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Note To Myself - 1 (black and white abstract painting)
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
Small paintings are intimate and personal. They can be moved around easily and personalize a space. A subtle touch of mystery invites the viewer to interpret an untold story, in this...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
What I lacked she had ten fold
Located in Pampilhosa da Serra, PT
Diogo Barros Pires
What I Lacked She Had Ten Fold
Crayon, soft pastel, and pastel on cardboard
154 x 105 cm
"What I Lacked She Had Ten Fold" by Diogo Barros Pires is an evocative pi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Pastel, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Manhattan Henge at Sunset on busy New York City Street by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Manhattan Henge at Sunset on busy New York City Street by British Urban Landscape Artist, Angela Wakefield. This is a major work to continue her epic New York Series which now spans ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Linen, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
"Landscape" Abstract Paint Oil on Canvas , Original Art Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
Original Art
Oil paint on canvas
65x92 cm
certificate of authenticity included
Marilina Marchica, born in 1984, was born in Agrigento, where she lives and works. She g...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Graphite, Oil
Blue Barn Green Field - landscape, Canadian, contemporary, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
For Canada’s beloved pop artist, Charles Pachter, the barn reimagined in graphic form is a reminder of Canada’s early rural history and the pioneers that helped shape this country. T...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"INVITATION" Oil Painting 36" x 36" inch by Khoren Keshishyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"INVITATION" Oil Painting 36" x 36" inch by Khoren Keshishyan
Khoren Keshishyan is a celebrated American-Armenian painter and artist whose unique
blend of architectural sensibilitie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Affectus 2" Painting 39" x 47" inch by Yevhenii Shapovalov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Affectus 2" Painting 39" x 47" inch by Yevhenii Shapovalov
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Yevhenii Shapovalov is a highly talented Ukrainian painter and graphic known for his d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
Solar Storm
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Larisa Safaryan has chosen to work with a most unconventional and delicate medium: an eggshell. Without question she is an innovator in what she does.
The strength and fragility of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Date Night, Rebecca" -- Painting on canvas by Ruth Owens
By Ruth Owens
Located in New Orleans, LA
RUTH OWENS was born in 1959 to a young German woman and a Black serviceman from Georgia. The nomadic military lifestyle of her childhood was complicated by restrictions to mixed fami...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Forest Mist" - Black and White Engraving
Located in Soquel, CA
"Forest Mist" - Black and White Engraving
Black and white engraving titled "Forest Mist" by Doug Forsythe (Canadian, 1949). The viewer looks into the woods where trees of black, gre...
Category
1990s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Engraving
"I'm a Lyrical Dancer" - Original Painting In the Style of Keith Haring
Located in Soquel, CA
"I'm a Lyrical Dancer" - Original Painting In the Style of Keith Haring
If Keith Haring and Henri Matisse collaborated on a piece of work, it might look like this. Five dancers stri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Date Night, RoCharlotte" -- Painting on canvas by Ruth Owens
By Ruth Owens
Located in New Orleans, LA
RUTH OWENS was born in 1959 to a young German woman and a Black serviceman from Georgia. The nomadic military lifestyle of her childhood was complicated by restrictions to mixed fami...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Green
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Larisa Safaryan has chosen to work with a most unconventional and delicate medium: an eggshell. Without question she is an innovator in what she does.
The strength and fragility of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Aria Turquoise, Violet Purple, Teal Blue, Brown Tree Botanical Painting On Mylar
Located in Kent, CT
Layers of foliage in shades of vibrant violet purple grace turquoise teal and dark brown branches on the pristine white background of this painting in acrylic on Mylar mounted on acr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mylar, Acrylic
Open Horizon
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Larisa Safaryan has chosen to work with a most unconventional and delicate medium: an eggshell. Without question she is an innovator in what she does.
The strength and fragility of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Free to Fly
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Larisa Safaryan has chosen to work with a most unconventional and delicate medium: an eggshell. Without question she is an innovator in what she does.
The strength and fragility of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Crossroads
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Larisa Safaryan has chosen to work with a most unconventional and delicate medium: an eggshell. Without question she is an innovator in what she does.
The strength and fragility of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
The Once and Future King - Surreal Abstract in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold surrealist/fantasy composition by Ana Nak-he Powelson (20th Century). A large green and yellow object is the focal point of this composition. There are humanoid features on the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
New York Landscape - The High Line III by Lumi Mizutani - Japanese painting, red
Located in Paris, FR
New York Landscape - The High Line III is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with pigments, Indian ink, silver leaf and black leaf on Japane...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Silver
Memphis Patterns Original Painting of Geometric Shapes, Animal Safari Patterns
Located in Barcelona, ES
Borneo's pieces are deeply influenced by various creative sources, with a particular focus on the culture of the late '80s and '90s: from high-brow Memphis-inspired design to urban c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic, Spray Paint
CONTEMPORARY Architecture Spanish Artist Bea Sarrias Gio Ponti Architect 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
PINK ROOM
GIO PONTI ARCHITECT
VILLA PLANCHART
50X50 CM
ACRILICO SOBRE LINO
The artist, Bea Sarrias, has developed much of her work in Barcelona, where she studied Fine Arts and soon...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
CONTEMPORARY Architecture Spanish Artist Bea Sarrias Eames House Light 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
AFTERNOON LIGHT
EAMES HOUSE
46X61 CM
ACRILICO SOBRE LINO
The artist, Bea Sarrias, has developed much of her work in Barcelona, where she studied Fine Arts and soon became interested...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Pink Backyard - Contemporary Expressive Symbolic and Minimalistic Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska
Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
The avian mage Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting pastel blue bird animal
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting and pastel on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Oil
Hecate Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting pastel red blue mythology woman
Located in Paris, FR
Unique work
Oil painting and pastel on paper
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Oil
Queen mother with regrets Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting pastel blue
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting and pastel on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Oil
Innocence by Chen Yiching - Contemporary nihonga painting, flowers, blossoming
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Innocence is a unique painting by contemporary artist Chen Yiching. The painting is made with mineral pigments on Japanese paper mounted on wood, dimensions are 70 × 150 cm (27.6 × 5...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Wood Panel, Pigment
The cage bird will dream of clouds Timothy Archer Contemporary art blue painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting and pastel on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper, Pastel
The atomic cuckoo Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting bird red pastel paper
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Oil
Polyphemus Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting pastel mythology red
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting and pastel on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Pastel, Paper
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