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![Painting, Owl woman, Olga Oreshnikov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2047791_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lamp woman, Olga Oreshnikov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2047788_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, The Last Goodbye, Poonam Choudhary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1975593_1_grid.jpg)
The Last Goodbye
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 2 inch
$2,600
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Gazing at the Stars
Esther Oyeyemi
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$1,850
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![Painting, Hummingbirds in flight, Irini Karpikioti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1842513_1_grid.jpg)
Hummingbirds in flight
Irini Karpikioti
Painting - 100.1 x 69.9 x 3.6 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.5 x 1.4 inch
$920
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![Painting, Mädchen mit Hut, Heike Lydia Grüß](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1775799_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Voiliers en mer, Ezelino Briante](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1640994_1_grid.jpg)
Voiliers en mer
Ezelino Briante
Painting - 50.5 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.9 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,766
![Painting, Visions of Barcelona - Columbus, Vladimir Kolosov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1628580_1_grid.jpg)
Visions of Barcelona - Columbus
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 24.1 x 19.1 x 0 cm Painting - 9.5 x 7.5 x 0.01 inch
$220
![Painting, Dream or Contemplate, Taha Bader](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1440723_1_grid.jpg)
Dream or Contemplate
Taha Bader
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,380
![Painting, Lunaris Corpus, Marie Christine Palombit](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1370877_1_grid.jpg)
Lunaris Corpus
Marie Christine Palombit
Painting - 59 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 23.2 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,966
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![Painting, 2005 Gold Silver Lady ICON, Joze Ciuha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1167468_1_grid.jpg)
2005 Gold Silver Lady ICON
Joze Ciuha
Painting - 53 x 53 x 1 cm Painting - 20.9 x 20.9 x 0.4 inch
$10,836
![Painting, Camille Claudel, série Les Palpitantes, Alice Laverty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1121850_1_grid.jpg)
Camille Claudel, série Les Palpitantes
Alice Laverty
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
$3,422
![Painting, Abstract - Galaxy Amusement Park, Guoyi Liu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1104447_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract - Galaxy Amusement Park
Guoyi Liu
Painting - 200 x 270 x 4 cm Painting - 78.7 x 106.3 x 1.6 inch
$49,846
![Painting, Abstract - Happy Bath, Guoyi Liu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1104435_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract - Happy Bath
Guoyi Liu
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$14,600
![Painting, Abstract - Superstring Series No.16, Guoyi Liu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1104426_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract - Superstring Series No.16
Guoyi Liu
Painting - 120 x 180 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch
$26,349
![Painting, Portrait - Various Appearance, Guoyi Liu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1103754_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait - Various Appearance
Guoyi Liu
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$17,566
![Painting, Portrait - The Game of Life, Guoyi Liu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1103730_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait - The Game of Life
Guoyi Liu
Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$14,600
![Painting, Brave, Sancko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1103001_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bebishitta (gardienne), Charlotte Lecoanet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1077510_1_grid.jpg)
Bebishitta (gardienne)
Charlotte Lecoanet
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$970
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![Painting, A Domani, Lorena Fonsato](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/969300_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Femme sortie de l'ombre 3, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/728676_1_grid.jpg)
Femme sortie de l'ombre 3
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,738
![Painting, Marcelo 2, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/711678_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme sortie de l'ombre 3, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/711657_1_grid.jpg)
Femme sortie de l'ombre 3
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,738
![Painting, Femme sortie de l'ombre 2, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/707211_1_grid.jpg)
Femme sortie de l'ombre 2
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,738
![Painting, L'arrogance, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/704526_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme sortie de l'ombre, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/703851_1_grid.jpg)
Femme sortie de l'ombre
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 120 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,395
![Painting, Couple, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/703755_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme en orange, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/703257_1_grid.jpg)
Femme en orange
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,738
![Painting, Portrait 6, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/700317_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Portrait 1, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695655_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Sirène, Nikita](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/577617_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Girl of Tim Burton, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537376_1_grid.jpg)
Girl of Tim Burton
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$456
![Painting, Monsieur Chien I, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/535544_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Architecture #3, Philippe Saucourt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/514064_1_grid.jpg)
Architecture #3
Philippe Saucourt
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,996
![Painting, RER#1, Philippe Saucourt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/512864_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Untitled, Ani Hovak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200075_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, La Strangolatrice, Francesca Miotto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197596_1_grid.jpg)
La Strangolatrice
Francesca Miotto
Painting - 60 x 45 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,939
![Painting, Confinement, Svetlana Maksimenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196811_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Save the Bat, Svetlana Maksimenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195160_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Réecrire l'histoire, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187900_1_grid.jpg)
Réecrire l'histoire
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$4,334
![Painting, Garlic, Adda Donato](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182966_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Martijn Doolaard at his cabin, Peter de Boer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181416_1_grid.jpg)
Martijn Doolaard at his cabin
Peter de Boer
Painting - 50 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,281
![Painting, The Keepers, Francesca Miotto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180409_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fierce Fabrication 1, Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176068_1_grid.jpg)
Fierce Fabrication 1
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 114.3 x 113 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45 x 44.5 x 1 inch
$2,800
![Painting, Landscape, Marilina Marchica](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2170514_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Landscape, Marilina Marchica](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2170511_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Untitled, Sarkis Hamalbashian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166095_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled
Sarkis Hamalbashian
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,597 $1,437
![Painting, Untitled, Sarkis Hamalbashian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166090_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Sarkis Hamalbashian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166088_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled
Sarkis Hamalbashian
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,597 $1,437
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Nevertheless, the distinction between these two movements can also be purely temporal. Any work realized after 1945 can be called "contemporary". At the beginning of the 20th century, the movements followed one another according to the revolutionary reflections of the great masters of Surrealism (Salvador Dalí, René Magritte), Cubism (Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger) and Dadaism (Marcel Duchamp). From the 1950s and 1960s, artists pushed the reflection on abstraction even further. This is the birth of minimalist art as well as conceptual art. In opposition to the abstract expressionists such as Joan Mitchell, Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock, the leaders of these movements are notably Frank Stella and Sol Lewitt.
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