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.
Style: Contemporary
Color: Blue
Lake Manyara No.2 by Calo Carratalá - Large waterscape painting, Tanzania
Located in Paris, FR
Lake Manyara N°2 is a unique oil painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 150 × 300 cm (59.1 × 118.1 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Amanda Horvath, Secret Spring Original Bright Landscape Painting, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Amanda Horvath
Secret Spring
Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Acrylics on canvas
Image size: 61cm x 61cm x 3.5cm
Sold Unframed
“Secret Spring” is inspired by the lovely woods clo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sailing to Scolt Head, Burnham Overy Staithe and Wells Harbour
By Kate Heiss
Located in Deddington, GB
Sailing to Scolt Head by Kate Heiss [2021]
limited_edition
Oil based inks on 300gsm Somerset Velvet paper
Edition number 100
Wells Harbour by Kate Heiss [2021]
limited_edition
oil based inks on 300gsm Somerset velvet paper
Edition number 100
Image size: H:15 cm x W:15 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:30 cm x D:0.5cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
A scene from Wells Harbour as the fishing trawlers arrive to unload there haul with sea gulls ready to swoop. The limited edition linocut is printed in a sea holly blue...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Linocut
Trinidad Caribbean Humming Birds Jungle Forest Birds Verandah Blue Green
Located in Norfolk, GB
View from a Verandah, acrylic on canvas, 30cm x 23cm, 2021
Even in his most realistic images, there is a beautiful exaggeration in the paintings of Peter Rodulfo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Wet Hair, Florence, Italy, 2021
Located in Hudson, NY
This price includes that the painting is stretched and framed.
ABOUT
Born in 1967, Piussi was raised in Florence where he studied at the Istituto d’arte, majoring in sculpture and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Scuba Girl, Florence, Italy, 2020
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT
Born in 1967, Piussi was raised in Florence where he studied at the Istituto d’arte, majoring in sculpture and painting and completing his artistic education at Milano’s Brera ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rider, Florence, Italy, 2019
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT
Born in 1967, Piussi was raised in Florence where he studied at the Istituto d’arte, majoring in sculpture and painting and completing his artisti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bord de mer, Oil Painting on Canvas, Seaside, Contemporary Landscape, Beach
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Oil Painting, Handmade artwork, Unique Work. Framed in Solid wood frame with light finish. Ready to Hang.
Medium : Oil painting on Linen Canvas.
Artist : Gabriel Rie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Linen
Girl With Harpoon - Florence, Italy, 2020
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT
Born in 1967, Piussi was raised in Florence where he studied at the Istituto d’arte, majoring in sculpture and painting and completing his artistic education at Milano’s Brera Art Academy. He lives in Florence, pursuing painting, bas-reliefs in terracotta and in bronze, and bronze sculpture.
Piussi presents an ideal, almost childlike world which can be found below everyday events, a step outside the flow of time, yet still a part of contemporary life, with a nod to Alex Katz and David Hockney. The drama, or lack thereof, is played out in simplified, almost abstract spaces. Pure in intent, Piussi’s oeuvre are inspired by the Early Renaissance.
Snapshot images of a world reduced to its essence, the apparently comic-book style has echoes of Giotto, Paolo Uccello, of medieval illuminations. Rather than mimicking the appearance of nature, Piussi reaches for its essence, without distracting details. Women stand on the shore of quintessentially peaceful seas, self-contained, at ease, unwitting replicas of classical goddesses - a proud diver echoes Neptune holding a trident.
“Queen Kong...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rider, 109x99cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Rider, 109х99cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Porthchapel - Contemporary Rural Landscape: Framed Acrylic Painting
By Sian McGill
Located in London, GB
Much of Sian's inspiration comes directly from the places where she loves to spend time; outdoors enjoying the coastline and mountains of Wales and South East England. The paintings ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Blue Palisade - Contemporary London Street Scene: Framed Watercolour
By David Walker
Located in London, GB
Award winning artist David Walker works in both oil paints and watercolours. Before concentrating on illustration and fine art painting David trained and practiced as an architect. A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Georgian Contemporary Art by Giorgi Kukhalashvili - Saint Michael’s Battle
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Giorgi Kukhalashvili is a Georgian artist born in 1982 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. He's founder of the organization “Language of Art". In 2002, he finishe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georgie Dowling, Morning Through Dartmoor, Panoramic Landscape Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Morning through Dartmoor by Georgie Dowling [2022]
Signed by the artist
Oil paint on canvas
Image size: H:50 cm x W:75 cm x D:4cm
Please note that insi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Planeta Agua
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Pietrina Checcacci was born in Taranto, Italy. Currently, she lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Checcacci studied at the National School of Fine Arts from 1958 to 1964 and has won n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Evening Twilight" Original Oil Painting 18 in x 18 in
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Evening Twilight" is an original oil painting of the New England woods at dusk. Measuring 18"x18" on hardwood 3/4" cradled panel. As an artist, I love the blue light of dusk surrou...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Contemporary Art by Christiane Hess - Promenade
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Taormina, Sicily - contemporary landscape colourful mixed media painting
By Ellie Hesse
Located in London, GB
Entirely self-taught, Ellie is mainly known for her vibrantly coloured townscapes, though in recent years, she has gone on to develop her art to include more figurative work, focusin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Palermo, Sicily - contemporary landscape colourful mixed media painting
By Ellie Hesse
Located in London, GB
Entirely self-taught, Ellie is mainly known for her vibrantly coloured townscapes, though in recent years, she has gone on to develop her art to include more figurative work, focusin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Submerged" Original Oil Painting 36 in x 36 in
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Submerged"
2022
Oil on canvas
36 in x 36 in
"Submerged" is an original oil painting in the genre of Contemporary Realism. A frequent theme in my work is figures in water. Surf...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cotswolds sunset 1, Original painting, Figurative art, People, Shadows
Located in Deddington, GB
Cotswolds sunset 1 by Eleanor Woolley depicts two shadows on a walk in the park. This painting is on a canvas 60 x 60 cm and 4 cm depth.
ADDITIIONAL INFORMATION:
Oil Paint on Ca...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cotswolds sunset 2, Original painting, Figurative art, People, Shadows
Located in Deddington, GB
Cotswolds sunset 2 by Eleanor Woolley depicts two shadows on a walk in the park. This painting is on a canvas 60 x 60 cm and 4 cm depth.
ADDITIIONAL INFORMATION:
Oil Paint on Canva...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Islands Goddess 2 - Mixed Media by Anna Stern - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Lying boldly on an Indonesian beach, a woman, larger than life, embraces her naked form, adorned with gummy bears. Against the backdrop of crashing waves, she radiates confidence and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Ikebana, Original painting, Nature, Floral, Elegant, Blue, white, Flowers, Calm
Located in Deddington, GB
This is a one off artwork created for the English country side drawing room. Growing up in Middle Asia I was greatly influenced by the Eastern aesthetics. As I lived and traveled acr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Presence - portrait of a moment - oil painting on blue background
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil painting of a presence that emerges on the canvas from another existential plane, accompanied by other beings. With dimensions of 27" x 27" inches, and a royal blue background. T...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Blue Backs
Located in Firenze, FI
LA II Angel Ortiz
Title: Black Backs
Media: Oil on Canvas
Size: 61x61 cm
Angel Ortiz, also known as LA II, is a self-taught artist from the Lower East Side of New York City. His st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas
New York Ti Amo
Located in Firenze, FI
Title: New York Ti Amo
Size: 50x50 cm
Media : Acrylic on wood
Ulivieri's art is characterized by its spontaneous flow and precise lines. His imagination is a key component of his journey, which
he calls 'Strafantasie.'
As a maestro born in the same city as Michelangelo, Botticelli, and many other geniuses, Ulivieri's work is a testament to the rich artistic tradition of his hometown.
Faustini Arte has held several important national and international exhibitions, but has never been as successful as with Uliviero Ulivieri...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Nowhere To Go, Contemporary Text Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted on a wooden panel with acrylic paint, this artwork delves into themes of paradise, utopia, and escapism, central to the artist's ongoing exploration. Through delicate strokes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
'Raven's Feast'. Ocean Shore Beach Landscape Contemporary Surrealist blue white
Located in Penzance, GB
'Raven's Feast'.
Original Artwork. Framed ready to hang
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Winter has cast
Upon lichened stones,
Like driftwood,
The whale's bones:
The raven's feast
Exploring the fl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Photogram, Conté, Pencil, ...
Umbrella by the Ocean, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Umbrella by the Ocean - 2019 - Oil on Cradled Board ΓÇô16 H x 16 W x 1.5 Inches and ready to hang The sun just kissed the sky, the beach sand is warming up and the family just setting...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Migration The Story of Two, Pilgrimage, Oil Painting, Landscape, Abstract
Located in Deddington, GB
This is a 2022-2024 development on my signature collection, Migration - oversized clouds I started making in 2016. The subject has shifted towards more romantic development. It's a m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Migration Milky Way, Original Painting, Abstract, Illustrative Art, Clouds
Located in Deddington, GB
The underpainting is done with watercolour. This is really tricky for few reasons. It took me a considerable amount of time to work out the canvas maker that is suitable for the effe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor
Migration Emerald, Original Painting, Clouds, Dreamy, Greens, Blues, Yellows
Located in Deddington, GB
The underpainting is done with watercolour. This is really tricky for few reasons. It took me a considerable amount of time to work out the canvas maker that is suitable for the effe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor
Tenby Harbour, Original painting, Malvern Hills, Landscape art
By Rupert Aker
Located in Deddington, GB
Loose impasto painting of Tenby Harbour with palette knife and oil.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Oil Paint on Canvas
55 H x 55 W x 3 D cm (21.65 x 21.65 x 1.18 in)
Sold framed
Image s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Cumulonimbus
Located in Toronto, CA
Daisuke Takeya’s “No Man’s Land” is his 5th solo exhibition with the gallery, presenting a new series distinct from, and yet analogous to, the parts of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sea reflections, Original Painting, Seascape, Marine Landscape
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Painting, Unique Work. Painted in 1997. Framed. Provenance from Private collection in France. Very good Condition.
Medium : Acrylic on Linen Canvas.
Artist : Loïc Le...
Category
1990s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
'Winter's Bones, Heart of Spring'. Contemporary still life blue floral nature
Located in Penzance, GB
'Winter's Bones, Heart of Spring'.
Original Artwork. Framed ready to hang
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The camellia, symbolic of unity, love and devotion, blooms radiantly from within the prote...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Chalk, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photogram
The View from Farley, Spring, modern art, contemporary painting, landscape
Located in Deddington, GB
Farley is on the edge of Winchester in Hampshire. Perched on top of the downs there are views in every direction. This is my interpretation of Spring. Ploughed fields, vibrant greens...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Metal
Polzeath Beach, Cornwall, Original painting, Oil on canvas, Coastal art, Beach
Located in Deddington, GB
Polzeath Beach is an Original Painting by Eleanor Woolley Painted in the Artist's Gloucestershire Studio, Polzeath Beach is Inspired by a trip to Cornwall last Summer. Photographs we...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Face of fear
Located in New York, NY
Oil Pastel and pencil drawing on heavyweight printmaking paper. This is a bargain, one of those works that you might say in the future: "Oh, I bought it for almost nothing, and now i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Pencil, Color Pencil
Meeting By Bruno Paoli - Figurative Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Certificate of authenticity and artist catalogue are included.
Bruno Paoli (1915-2005)
Teaching the masters helped create this contemporary master.
Bruno was a professor of art in F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
By the Bluebell Wood, landscape, floral, nature
Located in Deddington, GB
In this painting I captured nature's serene beauty and the interplay of light through trees, focusing on bluebells and wildflowers. Inspired by woodlands in the Peak District there i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary Ukrainian oil painting 'Players' by Andrei Bludov, greens and blues
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Andrei Bludov (Ukrainian b. 1962)
Players
Oil on canvas
Signed Bludov (lower right), further signed, inscribed with title and dated ‘October 2021’ (on the reverse)
39 x 35 in. (99 x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Harmonia 30-5-I" Contemporary Abstract Framed Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Harmonia 30-5-I" is a framed acrylic painting on canvas by David Skillicorn, with a large abstract organic form in a dynamic shade of cerulean in a deep field of navy blue. It is si...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Embrace the wonder of light and colour, Loch, landscape, nature, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
The artist said of the work: Painted initially based on the rocks looking over Loch Lomond, I then returned to my studio to complete this painting. It is atmospheric in its focus and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Dancing Shoreline, Loch Goil, landscape, nature, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
The artist said of the work: "I am fortunate to have a simple studio looking onto the loch. It provides me with wonderful saturated skies and shorelines to paint"
ADDITONAL INFORMAT...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Snoopies Exodus between two blues
By Nina Bovasso
Located in New York, NY
This unique painting on canvas is from my ongoing Snoopies series I began making in 1999. The two large color fields of blue are a metallic paint, each a different blue. The processi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Towards Rock 2, Original Seascape painting, Padstow, Cornwall, Beach, Coastal
Located in Deddington, GB
This painting is inspired by the view towards Rock from Padstow. It was a windy day with big fluffy clouds in the sky. The colours were unbelievably beautiful with lots of strong tur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Electric Thames X, Original painting, London, Cityscape, Contemporary
By Sarah Adams
Located in Deddington, GB
View of the London city skyline at dusk on neon yellow
Additional information:
Acrylic paint on Canvas
12 H x 12 W x 2 D cm (4.72 x 4.72 x 0.79 in)
Sold unframed
Image size:
Heigh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Four Bridges, Original painting, London, Cityscape, bridge, contemporary
By Sarah Adams
Located in Deddington, GB
View from the top of the Shard of four bridges, looking towards Big Ben Short listed for the RA Summer Exhibition 2023
Additional information:
Acrylic paint on Canvas
20 H x 20 W x ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Threadneedle Street London oil painting by Jo Holdsworth
Located in London, GB
Threadneedle Street London is an incredible new oil on canvas painting by award winning British artist Jo Holdsworth.
Recently showcased in Jo’s highly acclaimed Solo Show on Threa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Let's Talk, Original painting, London, Cityscape
By Sarah Adams
Located in Deddington, GB
Depiction of the Walkie Talkie building opposite The Shard across the river Thames Short listed for the RA Summer Exhibition 2023
Additional information:
Acrylic paint on Canvas
20 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Placid Morning" Contemporary Abstract Waterscape Landscape Oil on Canvas
By Eric Abrecht
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Placid Morning" is an unframed oil on canvas painting by Eric Abrecht, depicting an abstracted landscape with trees and a pond (waterscape). The artist's technique of painterly, rou...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Tanaisies, gerbes d'or et carottes sauvages
Located in STRASBOURG, FR
Louis Danicher vous présente ses peintures inspirées de la végétation des bords de chemins, une nature si proche de nous et si changeante avec les saisons.
Elle est intime, fragile, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"On the Water XXIV: Stem the Tide" Contemporary Abstract Oil and Wax on Panel
Located in Baltimore, MD
"On the Water XXIV: Stem the Tide" is a framed oil and wax work on panel by Jeff Erickson, with an abstract composition with color blocks of cool blues interrupted by stripes of vibr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wax, Oil, Panel
"On the Water XXIII: Windward" Contemporary Abstract Oil and Wax on Panel
Located in Baltimore, MD
"On the Water XXIII: Windward" is a framed oil and wax work on panel by Jeff Erickson, with an abstract composition with color blocks of periwinkle and cool blues, interrupted by str...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wax, Oil, Panel
Vivid Blue No 36 - bold, abstract shapes, marble dust, acrylic and wax on canvas
By Ivo Stoyanov
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Vivid, deep blue and abstract…this compelling acrylic and mixed media piece by Ivo Stoyanov illustrates his masterful use of expressive form, colour and texture. The Canadian artist ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Marble
Southern Stripes 21-01 - pop-art, graffiti, acrylic and spray paint on canvas
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Waves of bright colours in a bold graphic design create a joyful composition in this new pop art painting by Viktor Mitic. The vivid palette-- pink, purple, turquoise, green, white a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
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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