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![Painting, Layers of Memory, Samvel Atasunts](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204536_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A la tombée de la nuit, Cécile Trousse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203688_1_grid.jpg)
A la tombée de la nuit
Cécile Trousse
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 1 inch
$917
![Painting, Renaissance, Cécile Trousse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203680_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Jumping over obstacles, Valeri Tsvetkov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197470_1_grid.jpg)
Jumping over obstacles
Valeri Tsvetkov
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,963
![Painting, Plumes d'Estran, Nadine de Lespinats](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194352_1_grid.jpg)
Plumes d'Estran
Nadine de Lespinats
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$995
![Painting, La lumière du Volcan, Nadine de Lespinats](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194084_1_grid.jpg)
La lumière du Volcan
Nadine de Lespinats
Painting - 64 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 25.2 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,409
![Print, Pajera, Juan Ripolles](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189856_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les vagues de barbade, Chouette Nia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215700_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Picsou et sa bouée, Romain Dorez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212879_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Delicious still life 2., Iryna Kastsova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211998_1_grid.jpg)
Delicious still life 2.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 60 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,945
![Painting, Les sirènes des glaces, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211101_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Waiting on the Future, Bello Gabriel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210391_1_grid.jpg)
Waiting on the Future
Bello Gabriel
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$3,450
![Painting, Blooming flowers, Emily Starck](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210225_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstrait IV, Yannick Bernard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201433_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstrait III, Yannick Bernard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201432_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Approche, Christine Marie Nobre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201080_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cœur qui bat, Christine Marie Nobre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201079_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Precipitation, Christine Marie Nobre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201077_1_grid.jpg)
Precipitation
Christine Marie Nobre
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$950
![Painting, Tarasque, Christine Marie Nobre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201075_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Franchissement, Christine Marie Nobre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201074_1_grid.jpg)
Franchissement
Christine Marie Nobre
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$950
![Painting, Brasier, Christine Marie Nobre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201072_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Aigle noir, Christine Marie Nobre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201067_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La ville ascensionnée, Isabelle Duffaud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200568_1_grid.jpg)
La ville ascensionnée
Isabelle Duffaud
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$1,677
![Painting, Cosmos, Isabelle Duffaud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200566_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Zone, Speedy Graphito](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200045_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Boosters, JonOne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197986_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Exubérance, Agnès Tiollier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195363_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rajon, Irina Dopont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194376_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Set of 4 Eggshell Vases, WKND Lab](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193807_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'embrun, Yannick Bernard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190016_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstrait I, Yannick Bernard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190012_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hommage à Monet III, Agnès Tiollier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188067_1_grid.jpg)
Hommage à Monet III
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1 inch
$4,696
![Painting, Innocence, Mineko Yoshida](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2185147_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Inner Beauty, Mateos Sargsyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216402_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Positive Energy M 1 / Oil, Peter Nottrott](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215076_1_grid.jpg)
Positive Energy M 1 / Oil
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 85 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 33.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$2,225
![Painting, Golden Pears, Stepan Ohanyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214433_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Modèle, Pierre-François Grimaldi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211260_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Golden Gondolas of Venice on a Romantic Summer Sunny Morning, Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209968_1_grid.jpg)
Golden Gondolas of Venice on a Romantic Summer Sunny Morning
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 145 x 200 x 0.2 cm Painting - 57.1 x 78.7 x 0.1 inch
$8,933
![Painting, Jardin d’Alexandre 2-1 Été, Akira Inumaru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202868_1_grid.jpg)
Jardin d’Alexandre 2-1 Été
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,130
![Painting, I love Paris, Nacks](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200968_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, The Yellow Jacket, Manuel Santelices](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199302_1_grid.jpg)
The Yellow Jacket
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
$550
![Painting, En attendant la vague, Jean-Philippe Berger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195636_1_grid.jpg)
En attendant la vague
Jean-Philippe Berger
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$391
![Painting, Bugs loves Paris, Nacks](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194054_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fly over, H-Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193645_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue violet, H-Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193625_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Red experimentel reserach, James Chiew](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192263_1_grid.jpg)
Red experimentel reserach
James Chiew
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$13,975
![Painting, Zonsondergang, James Chiew](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192254_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue experimental research, James Chiew](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192246_1_grid.jpg)
Blue experimental research
James Chiew
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$13,975
![Painting, Affection 5, James Chiew](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192239_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Astro, Rico Sab](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189710_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Infinity, Marie-Pierre Hogret](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188350_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue Jeans, Marie-Pierre Hogret](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188349_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Émotions, Marie-Pierre Hogret](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188348_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue street, Daniel Castan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145551_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition 308, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1161825_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Spatial Symphony, Gameon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215828_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Colors of Nature's Palette, Maya Green](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213379_1_grid.jpg)
Colors of Nature's Palette
Maya Green
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 1 inch
$2,400
![Painting, Embrasser la vie avec passion, Emily Starck](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209056_1_grid.jpg)
Embrasser la vie avec passion
Emily Starck
Painting - 110 x 95 x 3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,019 $2,717
![Painting, Un coin de ciel bleu, Emily Starck](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205713_1_grid.jpg)
Un coin de ciel bleu
Emily Starck
Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
![Painting, Spring colors, Emily Starck](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200800_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Azur, Cosmos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200089_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Isle of Contemplation, Iryna Bondar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199897_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Juicy Colours, Moira Hazel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196041_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Skate mask marron, Tarek](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191686_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Angels, Menashe Kadishman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165710_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The third voyage of Christopher Columbus, 1498, Federico Cortese](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2055129_1_grid.jpg)
The third voyage of Christopher Columbus, 1498
Federico Cortese
Painting - 39.9 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$500
![Painting, Sahel, Marta Aguirre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214595_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Amara, Marta Aguirre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214589_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nelson, Arnaud Dromigny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213675_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dreamlike Poppies, Marieta Martirosyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213262_1_grid.jpg)
Dreamlike Poppies
Marieta Martirosyan
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$500
![Painting, Amy Winehouse pochoir, Spaco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208824_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Identity 4, Hezekiah Oyejide Obidare](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208065_1_grid.jpg)
Identity 4
Hezekiah Oyejide Obidare
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1 inch
$4,699
![Painting, Sans titre, Meteo Meteo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203163_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Love, cObo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202929_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Strong, cObo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202928_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tired, cObo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202927_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Angel Paris, cObo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202924_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans Titre, Meteo Meteo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197122_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Salpicando color, Esther Aragon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195263_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lianas IV, Felisa Esteban - Maifx](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192288_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rainbow wings 1, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191816_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Yellow swirl with balls, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191695_1_grid.jpg)
Yellow swirl with balls
Jeff Engberg
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$1,118
![Painting, Yellow green violet balls 2, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191690_1_grid.jpg)
Yellow green violet balls 2
Jeff Engberg
Painting - 60 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$1,118
![Painting, Yellow green violet balls 1, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191688_1_grid.jpg)
Yellow green violet balls 1
Jeff Engberg
Painting - 60 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$1,118
![Painting, Yellow balls, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191681_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Purple atmosphere with green balls, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191677_1_grid.jpg)
Purple atmosphere with green balls
Jeff Engberg
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$1,118
![Painting, Green balls on yellow brown, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191675_1_grid.jpg)
Green balls on yellow brown
Jeff Engberg
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$1,118
![Painting, Blue Yellow 4, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191648_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue yellow 3, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191644_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue yellow 2, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191639_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue yellow 1, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191632_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue balls, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191629_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, August Puig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191116_1_grid.jpg)
Colored artworks
The work of color is central in any artistic work. It is even one of the first tools of the artist. It is difficult to imagine a work that would exist without the working of color - even if it is the absence of color that the artist chooses to present.
Through the ages and artistic movements, the use and meaning attributed to color evolves, but the essence of color remains the same. Every artist must master the properties of color in order to control his composition. In the restoration of paintings, color even becomes a science, because it is necessary to know the different molecules to find the colors and mixtures originally used by the artist.
In the history of art, the importance of color fluctuates according to periods and geographical areas. During the Italian Renaissance, for example, there was a debate (called Paragone) between the authority of color versus drawing: according to the schools, it is the color, and not the line, that creates the emotion and visual power of a work of art. The colors thus take on an immense importance, and assume certain meanings: white symbolizes purity for example, and blue (systematically used to clothe the Virgin Mary) is associated with divinity. These symbols are not thought of randomly: the purple for example, is used since the Byzantine era to signify the highest rank of royalty. Unlike ochre, the purple pigment came from a specific shell, and was extremely difficult - and therefore rare, and expensive - to obtain.
More generally, colors can be divided into three categories: warm, cool, and neutral. As their name implies, these classes of colors give off an atmosphere that the painter can use to influence the emotion of his work. Baroque art, for example, manipulates the contrasts between warm and cold colors to capture the power of bodies. The play of light is exalted by the effects of color. For a long time, the traditional Western school of painting required painters to reproduce the colors of the environment around them. It was the Impressionists, in the 19th century, who explored other ways of seeing - and therefore of transcribing on canvas - their chromatic environment. By avoiding complex mixtures and painting spontaneously, in the open air, the Impressionists reinvented the use of color to reproduce reality.
It was not until abstract and subjective painting that art devoted itself to color as a subject. Mark Rothko, precursor of the Colorfield Painting movement and of abstract expressionism, sees in his paintings a living organism whose color is human and whose format is transcendent. Piet Mondrian, on the other hand, sought in his paintings to approach the very essence of nature through the purity of primary colors, to achieve abstraction. The founder of the Russian avant-garde movement of Suprematism, Kasimir Malevich, will disturb the senses of everyone with his work "White square on white background", in which the color is painted only for itself. Contemporary art, photography, collage, or pop art also use in their respective ways the resources of color, exploring indefinitely all its pluralities. As Picasso said, "When I have no blue, I use red."
Artsper writes art in color: discover below a great selection of works that honor color and its properties. What better way to brighten up an interior?