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Untitled Face II (To be named by owner)
By Hayoung Kim
Located in Seoul, KR
About Faces Series Hayoung Kim's paintings incorporate her own experiences in real life. Now she
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pencil

Untitled Face VI (To be named by viewers)
By Hayoung Kim
Located in Seoul, KR
About the Artwork Hayoung Kim's paintings incorporate her own experiences in real life. Now she has
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pencil

Untitled Face IV (To be named by owner)
By Hayoung Kim
Located in Seoul, KR
About the Artwork Hayoung Kim's paintings incorporate her own experiences in life. Now she has
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pencil

Etta Lake (The Rubber-Faced Girl) by Gail Potocki
By Gail Potocki
Located in Culver City, CA
or Rubber-Faced Girl, was a popular performer in the late 19th century and could draw her skin away
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Summer Faces II by Mercedes Lasarte Oil on Canvas
By Mercedes Lasarte
Located in New York, NY
Mercedes Lasarte’s colors transmit a state of wellbeing and happiness. The green and the blues mix the yellows in a harmonic symphony of colors, creating a hypnotic image, a unique e...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Face in pink
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 Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Pencil

Face in purple
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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Pencil

Face in grey
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 Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Pencil

Face in violet
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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Color Pencil

Face in green
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 Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Color Pencil

Face in orange
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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Color Pencil

Face in yellow
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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Color Pencil

Face in blue
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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Pencil, Color Pencil

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 Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Pencil, Color Pencil

Sonder - The human face is represented through expressive black lines
By Angus Martin
Located in Milton, AU
listen to music when painting, it can resurface certain memories attached with heightened emotion, good
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Face aux monstres
By Thomas Israël
Located in Paris, FR
contemporary multi-media creation in 2005 with Horizon TröM, a performance installation on the themes of dreams
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Waterco...

Materials

Paper, Ink, India Ink, Mixed Media

Mastermind - acrylic, canvas, black, grey, red, faces, human figure, psychology
By Gogi Gelantia
Located in Berlin, DE
summer haze. The forms and figures in this painting are repeated giving it a harmoniously balanced feel.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Lady with voluminous hair. Portrait Woman Acrylic Face Green Grey Luxury
By Sergey Bondarev
Located in Paris, FR
paintings. My art is an ironic tale about contemporary society, its aspirations and the images that dominate
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic, Tempera

Eliyahu Boxer, Facets and Faces (triptych), acrylic ink on canvas 60x150 cm
Located in Jerusalem, IL
Eliyahu Boxer Facets and Faces (triptych), 2023 acrylic and ink on canvas 60 x 150 cm 24 x 59 in
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

Ancient Map of Dallas with Oracle, Smiley Face Pyramid and Dinosaur Park
By Joshua Goode
Located in Dallas, TX
of the worlds most pivotal events. In this painting Joshua Goode depicts a map of the city of Dallas
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic

Sarah Asad (Hands to Face), Mixed media on Pergamenata parchment
By Howard Tangye
Located in London, GB
, he tutored many contemporary greats, including John Galliano, Stella McCartney, Christopher Kane, Wes
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Paint, Paper, Parchment Paper, Chalk, Charcoal, Crayon, Oil Crayo...

Royal Poodle . Portrait Dog Cat Acrylic Face Modern Grey Makeup Luxury Animal
By Sergey Bondarev
Located in Paris, FR
paintings. My art is an ironic tale about contemporary society, its aspirations and the images that dominate
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic, Tempera

Miniature Poodle 1 . Portrait Dog Cat Acrylic Face Modern Grey Makeup Luxury
By Sergey Bondarev
Located in Paris, FR
paintings. My art is an ironic tale about contemporary society, its aspirations and the images that dominate
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic, Tempera

Miniature Poodle 2 . Portrait Dog Cat Acrylic Face Modern Grey Makeup Luxury
By Sergey Bondarev
Located in Paris, FR
paintings. My art is an ironic tale about contemporary society, its aspirations and the images that dominate
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic, Tempera

Beauty contest 2 . Portrait Woman Face Green Drama Luxury Modern Movie Star Lady
By Sergey Bondarev
Located in Paris, FR
paintings. My art is an ironic tale about contemporary society, its aspirations and the images that dominate
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic, Tempera

Beauty contest 4 . Portrait Woman Face Green Drama Luxury Modern Movie Star Lady
By Sergey Bondarev
Located in Paris, FR
paintings. My art is an ironic tale about contemporary society, its aspirations and the images that dominate
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic, Tempera

Nine portraits of Brigitte Bardot 4 . Lady Acrylic Colorful Face Star Modern Fun
By Sergey Bondarev
Located in Paris, FR
paintings. My art is an ironic tale about contemporary society, its aspirations and the images that dominate
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic, Tempera

Lady with voluminous hair 2. Portrait Woman Face Green Grey Pink Luxury Modern
By Sergey Bondarev
Located in Paris, FR
paintings. My art is an ironic tale about contemporary society, its aspirations and the images that dominate
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic, Tempera

I remember your face like my own . . . - original ink on paper skull painting
By Matthew Floriani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"I remember your face like my own . . ." by Matthew Floriani is a unique, ink on paper painting
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic

(faces in Wall Paper No.2) Original, 3 pieces, oil paint, linen, ghost, spirit,
By Rupert Gatfield
Located in London, GB
his paintings may offer a nostalgic colour combination here or the sculptural curve of something
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Other Medium

Little Face, Monotype, Work on Paper, Portrait, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Matted and Framed: artwork 8" x 10" in 20" x 20" frame with white mat. "Little Face" features a
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Monotype, Paper

Suite of four works on paper "Exploding Faces"
By Nina Bovasso
Located in New York, NY
This is a suite of 4 works of "exploding faces" Taking a leap from Ms. Bovasso's signature
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

"Missing bodies missing faces", Painted Pop-up Portfolio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
physical and immaterial depth of a painting? Like when opening a greeting card, opening a folded paper
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Sumi Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Ballpoint Pen, Felt Pen, Graphite

FLOW 17, purple and green faces by Alice Mizrachi
By Alice Mizrachi
Located in Miami, FL
Purple and green outline of two faces connected, against white paper. Unique one of a kind
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Ghostly Meditations (perpetual anarchist church)" unique drawing faces hand
By Enrique Chagoya
Located in Phoenix, AZ
" framed Drawing on both contemporary and ancient aesthetics and playing with the viewer’s understanding
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, India Ink, Acrylic

Nic Mathis, Untitled (Face), unique unframed ink monster drawing
By Nic Mathis
Located in Dallas, TX
artifact. What were once just doodles become permanent works. This unframed work features a monster face
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper

FLOW 9, bright face on black paper by Alice Mizrachi
By Alice Mizrachi
Located in Miami, FL
Face outline in gold, teal and pink blush strokes against black paper background. Unique one of a
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Face Explosion 2 (2 of 4 suite) 9x12 inches on paper
By Nina Bovasso
Located in New York, NY
When I begin my explosion paintings these initial marks and forms tend to get buried under the
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Face Explosion 4 (4 of 4 suite) 9x12 inches on paper
By Nina Bovasso
Located in New York, NY
When I begin my explosion paintings these initial marks and forms tend to get buried under the
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Face Explosion 3 (3 of 4 suite) 9x12 inches on paper
By Nina Bovasso
Located in New York, NY
When I begin my explosion paintings these initial marks and forms tend to get buried under the
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Face Explosion 1 (1 of 4 suite) 9x12 inches on paper
By Nina Bovasso
Located in New York, NY
When I begin my explosion paintings these initial marks and forms tend to get buried under the
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Isheanesu Dondo (Drawing of faces with a black marker on a book page)
By Isheanesu Dondo
Located in Amsterdam, NL
/marker drawing on a book page consisting of different faces, signed bottom left. The other side also has
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

Isheanesu Dondo (Drawing of faces and animals with black marker on a book page)
By Isheanesu Dondo
Located in Amsterdam, NL
/marker drawing on a book page consisting of different faces and animals, signed bottom right
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

Isheanesu Dondo (Drawing of animals and faces with black marker on a book page)
By Isheanesu Dondo
Located in Amsterdam, NL
/marker drawing on a book page consisting of different animals and faces. The other side also has a extra
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

Alla Prima, from Figure Painting, Barbara Cole, Face-Mounted to Plexiglass
By Barbara Cole
Located in Toronto, Ontario
her underwater imagery. The artist's archival fine art photographs are face-mounted with plexiglass
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Archival Pigment

Americana- Acrylic Paint, Canvas, Oil Paint, Portrait, Figure, Pink, Yellow
By John Paul Kesling
Located in Nashville, TN
This abstract contemporary painting shows two faces. The artist uses pink, yellow, black, blue
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Pier Toffoletti "Metal Face" Mixed Media on Canvas Contemporary Art Painting
By Pier Toffoletti
Located in San Gimignano, IT
beyond the theater of our lives. Nothing to do with dripping or with Pollock’s action painting. Indeed
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Pier Toffoletti "Face Splash" Mixed Media on Canvas Contemporary Art Painting
By Pier Toffoletti
Located in San Gimignano, IT
beyond the theater of our lives. Nothing to do with dripping or with Pollock’s action painting. Indeed
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Pier Toffoletti "Face Splash" Mixed Media on Canvas Contemporary Art Painting
By Pier Toffoletti
Located in San Gimignano, IT
beyond the theater of our lives. Nothing to do with dripping or with Pollock’s action painting. Indeed
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Pier Toffoletti "Face Splash" Mixed Media on Canvas Contemporary Art Painting
By Pier Toffoletti
Located in San Gimignano, IT
beyond the theater of our lives. Nothing to do with dripping or with Pollock’s action painting. Indeed
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Out of Focus , Contemporary Oil Painting of Woman s Face
Located in Pasadena, CA
'Out of Focus', contemporary oil painting of woman's face, newly framed.
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Paint

On My Mind - Faces Contemporary Painting by Marc
By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
On My Mind - Faces Contemporary Painting by Marc This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimmerman
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Face" Contemporary Painting of a Woman
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting titled "Face" is by Kajohnjit Yanaphan who has a Bachelors of Fine Arts from the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Thai Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

"FACE" Contemporary Painting of a Woman
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting titled "Face" is by Kajohnjit Yanaphan who has a bachelors of Fine Arts
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Thai Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

"FACE" Contemporary Painting of a Woman
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting titled "Face" is by Kajohnjit Yanaphan who has a Bachelors of Fine Arts
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Thai Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

"FACE" Contemporary Painting of a Woman
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting titled "Face" is by Kajohnjit Yanaphan who has a Bachelors of fine Arts
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Thai Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

"Face" Contemporary Painting of a Woman
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting titled "Face" is by Kajohnjit Yanaphan who has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Thai Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

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Contemporary Face Painting For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate contemporary face painting for your needs in our varied inventory. There are many Contemporary, Abstract and Expressionist versions of these works for sale. Finding the perfect contemporary face painting may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 20th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a contemporary face painting to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of gray, brown, beige, blue and more. Creating a contemporary face painting has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Sergey Bondarev, Frances Berry, Jack Graves III, Tapas Ghosal and Sekhar Kar are consistently popular. Artworks like these — often created in paint, synthetic resin paint and acrylic paint — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much is a Contemporary Face Painting?

The price for a contemporary face painting in our collection starts at $135 and tops out at $43,106 with the average selling for $2,200.

A Close Look at Contemporary Art

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.

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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

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