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Portrait Royal Meoxit Cat - French school oil painting 21th - Basel
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,900
Lemons & books - Italian painting still life
Andrea Borella
Painting - 80 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€725
Jeune fille aux papillons
Serge Kalinowski
Painting - 41 x 33 x 3 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 1.2 inch
€730
Countryside with poppies - Tuscany painting landscape
Andrea Borella
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€850
Fundamental 4
Ajegbomogun Damilola
Painting - 120.9 x 120.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.6 x 47.6 x 1 inch
€3,619
Look and look again
Peter Keizer
Painting - 170 x 170 x 3 cm Painting - 66.9 x 66.9 x 1.2 inch
€12,900
Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs
Kate Seaborne
Painting - 95 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 37.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€2,300
Le guerrier
Robert Koumassadouno
Painting - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€1,650
Cocora XIV (1)
Juan Carlos Suarez
Painting - 80 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
€2,300
Chanel Sexy Lip Bite Mouth Lipstick 2
Tony Rubino
Painting - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 12 x 16 x 2 inch
€1,361
Elégante en fleurs et dentelle
Martine Grégoire
Painting - 74 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 29.1 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€650
Douceur d’une tresse
Martine Grégoire
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€700
Surprised Veritas
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,900
Tanto Nomini Nullum Par Elogium
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€3,900
Where the Wild Things Are – I
Alexander Levich
Painting - 71 x 71 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28 x 28 x 1 inch
€2,750
The Pursuit of Loneliness
Alexander Levich
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 1 inch
€2,750
Study of a Peacock
Sariah Anne Manning
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,642
Mystery of Camargue
Alexander Levich
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
€3,900
Jesuit's Journey
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€3,900
Chasing horizons
Sara Denkenesh Bresolin
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,110
Jungle colombienne
Juan Carlos Suarez
Painting - 80 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
€2,500
L'indien libre, le rêve et l'oiseau
De Caso Michel
Painting - 38 x 46 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.6 inch
€650
Barack Obama and a comic who has ice cream on his head
Jose Ricardo Contreras Gonzalez
Painting - 50 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€940
George W. Bush gifts Jay Leno a portrait of Jay Leno
Jose Ricardo Contreras Gonzalez
Painting - 50 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€940
Raining Blood
Geoffrey Callènes
Painting - 73 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
€1,700
Le chemin de l'Artiste
Geoffrey Callènes
Painting - 65 x 54 x 0.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.2 inch
€1,700
Les Poètes sont des gens d'Ailleurs
Geoffrey Callènes
Painting - 60 x 80 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch
€1,700
Paysage côtier
Lison Favarger
Painting - 37 x 54.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 14.6 x 21.5 x 0.1 inch
€1,635
The Dance of Little Angels
Lilit Soghomonyan
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
Cupids with White Bird
Lilit Soghomonyan
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
Pueblo de Adobes
Josefa Sanz del Amo
Painting - 65 x 35 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 13.8 x 0 inch
€1,900
Pueblo blanco
Josefa Sanz del Amo
Painting - 75 x 27.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 10.8 x 0 inch
€1,900
Cabeza de toro II
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€3,120
Parisian Gallery Opening - Amazed
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€395
Parisian Gallery Opening - The Artist
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€395
Paris Tertre Place - Summer Evening
Christian Jodin
Painting - 46 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.4 inch
€495
Feng Chia Night Market Taichung
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 66.5 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 26.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€5,000
Squatter Building in Berlin
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€3,000
San Marco, Venezia
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 66 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 26 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€5,000
Bleecker Street and Lafayette, NY
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 63 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 24.8 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€4,500
Folk in Krakow Square
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 70 x 85 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 33.5 x 1.2 inch
€4,800
Hennessy Road, HK
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 62.5 x 66 x 3 cm Painting - 24.6 x 26 x 1.2 inch
€2,800
From M29 in Kreuzberg
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 47.55 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 18.7 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,800
Brighton boardwalk, UK
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 65 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,600
Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 70.5 x 94 x 3 cm Painting - 27.8 x 37 x 1.2 inch
€2,600
Contemporary man
Saverio Filioli Uranio
Painting - 48 x 33 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.9 x 13 x 0 inch
€110
Banc au bord de l'eau
Alexandre Rochat
Painting - 38 x 46.5 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,199
One Dozen Dreams (Framed)
Roberto Fonfria
Painting - 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch
€1,410
In Every Dream Home a Heartache (Framed)
Roberto Fonfria
Painting - 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch
€1,410
A Better Life or Your Money Back (Framed)
Roberto Fonfria
Painting - 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch
€1,410
Don't Forget to Breathe Again (Framed)
Roberto Fonfria
Painting - 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch
€1,410
Correct Focus (Framed)
Roberto Fonfria
Painting - 76.2 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 30 x 22 x 0.1 inch
€1,880
Dreams and Telepathy (Framed)
Roberto Fonfria
Painting - 76.2 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 30 x 22 x 0.1 inch
€1,880
1000 Miligrams (Framed)
Roberto Fonfria
Painting - 66 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Painting - 26 x 18 x 0.1 inch
€1,880
Close Before Striking I
Roberto Fonfria
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch
€921
Close Before Striking II
Roberto Fonfria
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch
€921
Close Before Striking III
Roberto Fonfria
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch
€921
Close Before Striking IV
Roberto Fonfria
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch
€921
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Over 200,000 pieces. That's the number of contemporary artworks and design objects currently available on Artsper. Every day, new artists and galleries from all over the world join us and trust us to showcase their work. On Artsper, all mediums have a place of choice: painting, drawing, photography, editions and sculpture.
The generic term "contemporary art" refers to all works produced in the recent period, that is to say between the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st centuries. However, there is not only one type of contemporary art. It can cover as many forms as there are artists, if not more. Contemporary art, while taking into account the individualities and the cultural specificities, takes life at the world level, in a globalized society and constantly in movement. Thus, the materials used, the processes of creation and the subjects treated by the contemporary art works often reflect these interconnections. But one constant remains, artists perpetually question the established artistic order.
Even if they are often confused, there are many differences between modern and contemporary art, notably the idea that contemporary art works are more conceptual and privilege the creative idea to the support used.
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.
Pop art is one of the first artistic movements to emerge from contemporary art. It was the work of a whole generation caught up in the whirlwind of consumer society. Pop art uses new technologies and very bright colors to portray (sometimes ironically) this globalized world in transition. The precursors of this pictorial technique are Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, whose modern paintings represent icons of the time such as Marilyn Monroe or Elizabeth Taylor.
Born in the 1960s in Philadelphia, street art became popular in the 1980s. Illegal and controversial at first, it now occupies a major place in modern art museums, galleries and private collections. Paintings, stencil drawings, collages, sculpture, tags, graffiti... On Artsper, discover original contemporary artworks as well as prints by the greatest street artists: Shepard Fairey (Obey), JonOne, Aiko, Miss.Tic, Jef Aérosol and many others. But our catalog also highlights young stars and talents of the emerging scene, such as Death NYC or Jérôme Mesnager.
Today, contemporary art exists in many forms, more or less inspired by the movements that have shaped modern history. The beginning of the 21st century is marked by a multidisciplinary creation, an interest for creation coming from the four corners of the world, and the emergence of markets on different continents. Contemporary artworks also denote a meteoric growth in digital art, as evidenced by the recent boom in NFTs and AI (artificial intelligence)-generated art. As with all art forms, we see a globalized interest in innovative and disruptive contemporary artworks as much as in work that aims to revive the more traditional forms of fine art.
Whether you're a budding collector or a seasoned buyer, a home decorator or an art history buff, now is the time to express your personality by exploring the collections of our 1,800 partner galleries, which are constantly being updated with new works of contemporary art. Your perfect piece is waiting for you, now it's up to you to find it!