Collection: Contemporary Christmas Wall Art

Contemporary Christmas wall art with a quiet winter glow: moonlit rooftops and chimneys, stone steps to a lantern, a cardinal taking flight from snowy hemlock and a cardinal pair with a pine cone at dusk.

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Elevate your space with our Contemporary Christmas Canvas Art

Our contemporary Christmas wall art brings the season home in a looser, more painterly way, with moonlit rooftops, red cardinals against snow and blue dusk, and Christmas trees touched with gold and violet. Each piece is painted by our artists and printed on canvas, so it feels at home above a mantel, in an entryway or along a hallway right through winter. Choose from seven sizes and hang it framed or unframed.

Moonlit Rooftops, Lanterns and Sacred Nights

For a quiet, nocturnal feel in blues, grays and gold, start with Christmas Moonlit Rooftops and Chimneys for the Mantel, a vertical town scene made for the fireplace wall, and pair it with Christmas Canvas Prints Stone Steps to the Lantern in beige and blue. If you want the meaning of the season front and center, Modern Nativity Painting with Falling Gold Light takes an abstract, symbolic approach in navy and gold, while Holy Family Canvas in Indigo and Gold offers a gentler, figurative take.

Painterly Cardinals in Snow and Twilight

The cardinal is the star of winter, and these impressionist pieces show it in many moods. Cool blue and teal backdrops set off Cardinal Beside a Staghorn Sumac Cone, Cardinal Taking Flight from Snowy Hemlock, Cardinal Canvas Print Singing on Bare Oak, Red Accent Cardinal on a Blue Hour Maple and Red Cardinal Painting on Holly Sprig. For warmer beige and orange tones, look to Cardinal Profile with Snow-Dusted Crest, the watercolor Fluffed Cardinal on a Snowy Alder Twig, the illustrated Cardinal Art Print with Bittersweet Vine, the more realist Winter Painting Canvas Cardinal on Frosted Hawthorn and Cardinal Canvas Pair on Crabapple. Pairs bring a sweet, shared feeling: Christmas Cardinal Pair with Pine Cone at Dusk glows in purple and orange, and Winter Cardinal Pair Sharing a Seed leans into blue and sage green. For a wide wall above a sofa or sideboard, the horizontal Winter Bird Painting with Juniper Berries, Winter Red Cardinal Pair on Twilight Birch and Cardinal Bird Painting at Winter Sunset fit beautifully.

Modern Christmas Trees and Ornaments

If you love the tree itself, Oil Painting Christmas Tree at Violet Twilight and Cozy Christmas Dried Orange Garland Fir share a purple, green and teal palette with a cozy, contemporary edge. Three Glass Baubles on a Fir Branch keeps things simple in blue, Christmas Tree Art Print with Pink Gift adds a playful purple and beige note, and Modern Christmas Tree Painting with Gold Spiral goes fully abstract in beige and pink.

Tips for Choosing and Hanging Your Piece

  • Over a mantel or sofa, pick a size about two-thirds the width of the furniture; our 40x60 inch canvas suits large walls, while 12x18 works on a shelf or in a nook.
  • Match the frame to the mood: black sharpens blue and navy night scenes, white keeps beige and pastel pieces airy, and natural wood warms cardinal and fir paintings.
  • Hang the center of the canvas at about eye level, roughly 57 inches from the floor, and group two vertical pieces side by side for a balanced pair.

Want more holiday options? Browse our full Christmas canvas wall art, or explore modern pieces for every season in our contemporary canvas wall art collection.

What colors pair well with contemporary Christmas wall art?

Blues, grays and golds suit modern rooms and stay elegant after the holidays, as in Christmas Moonlit Rooftops and Chimneys for the Mantel. If your space leans warm, beige and orange pieces like Cardinal Profile with Snow-Dusted Crest sit nicely with wood tones, cream textiles and brass accents.

What size canvas should I choose for above a fireplace mantel?

Aim for a canvas roughly two-thirds the width of the mantel, which often means one of our larger sizes up to 40x60 inches. Vertical pieces such as Christmas Moonlit Rooftops and Chimneys for the Mantel or Oil Painting Christmas Tree at Violet Twilight work well on taller walls, especially with garland or stockings below.

Should I get my Christmas canvas framed or unframed?

An unframed canvas gives a clean, gallery look, while a frame adds a finished, polished edge. Black frames sharpen navy and gold pieces like Modern Nativity Painting with Falling Gold Light, and natural wood warms up cardinal scenes such as Cardinal Canvas Pair on Crabapple.