Colored artworks

Color plays a fundamental role in contemporary creation as an element capable on its own of structuring a composition, generating emotion, or conveying an entire aesthetic discourse.

Long relegated to a secondary role behind form and drawing in the traditional hierarchy of the arts, it gradually gained autonomy throughout the twentieth century from Fauvist explorations of pure color to lyrical abstraction until it became, for some artists, the sole subject of the artwork.

Henri Matisse, whose cut-out paper works celebrate color in all its power and simplicity, Mark Rothko with his meditative fields of color, or the Op Art artists who explore optical vibrations between complementary hues, illustrate the diversity of approaches within a field that continues to fascinate contemporary artists.

In current artistic practice, color is explored through a wide range of registers—from vivid, saturated Pop Art–inspired palettes to subtle tonal variations and delicate gradients, as well as strong chromatic contrasts that structure pictorial or sculptural space. Whether applied in flat areas, layered glazes, bursts of material, or plays of light on reflective surfaces, color becomes a language in its own right, capable of expressing emotions such as joy, melancholy, energy, or contemplation.

On Artsper, this selection brings together works in which color plays a central role in composition, highlighting the enduring capacity of this fundamental element to generate visual experiences of inexhaustible richness and intensity.

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Painting, The herd, Kev Munday

Kev Munday

Painting . 60 x 90 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,400

Print, Sans titre, Shirley Jaffe

Shirley Jaffe

Print . 64.5 x 51 cm Print . 25.4 x 20.1 inch

€2,695

Painting, Mixed orange, Toussaint

Toussaint

Painting . 73 x 53 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 20.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Print, Hippies chas, Chanoir

Chanoir

Print . 60 x 60 x 1 cm Print . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€290

Painting, Recif, Michel Castanet (Mica)

Michel Castanet (Mica)

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Print, Chop-Chop!!, Nolwenn Samson

Nolwenn Samson

Print . 70 x 70 x 1 cm Print . 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€380 €323

Painting, Blue x3, Willy B

Willy B

Painting . 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Painting, Atlantic Roses, Micowel

Micowel

Painting . 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Painting, Disco Ball, Lose

Lose

Painting . 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Painting, Kaori, Istraille

Istraille

Painting . 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Painting, SF 89-153, Sam Francis

Sam Francis

Painting . 67 x 51 cm Painting . 26.4 x 20.1 inch

€85,000

Painting, Geishartiste 4, B.AX

B.AX

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€990

Painting, High, Frany La Chipie

Frany La Chipie

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€890

Painting, Here and Now, Iryna Kobzar

Iryna Kobzar

Painting . 55 x 75 x 1.5 cm Painting . 21.7 x 29.5 x 0.6 inch

€1,000

Print, Nasturtium, Ken Done

Ken Done

Print . 90 x 66 cm Print . 35.4 x 26 inch

€784

Painting, Rêver Mieux, Jazzu

Jazzu

Painting . 100 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Painting, Risi & Co, Wile

Wile

Painting . 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Painting, Untitled, Ghada Jamal

Ghada Jamal

Painting . 45 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,350

Painting, Yellow glow, Mea Ambrozo

Mea Ambrozo

Painting . 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,200

Painting, The Muppets, Olga Oreshnikov

Olga Oreshnikov

Painting . 100 x 100 x 0.3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch

€3,328

Painting, Red flags (2), Helen Spoon

Helen Spoon

Painting . 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€810

Painting, A2502, Laura Soulier

Laura Soulier

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Painting, Blue Cliff, Julia Niiazbekova

Julia Niiazbekova

Painting . 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch

€2,070

Print, Roboïde, PRAB'Z

PRAB'Z

Print . 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Print . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€170

Painting, Transition, Kseniia Ivanova

Kseniia Ivanova

Painting . 90 x 90 x 1.8 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.7 inch

€800

Painting, Summer Daydream -1, Elena Done

Elena Done

Painting . 93.7 x 59.9 x 1.8 cm Painting . 36.9 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch

€1,530

Painting, Wild blue, Mosko

Mosko

Painting . 40 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,300

Painting, Santa Vanidad, En Blanco

En Blanco

Painting . 76 x 59 x 1 cm Painting . 29.9 x 23.2 x 0.4 inch

€662

Painting, Dry Season, Ines Khadraoui

Ines Khadraoui

Painting . 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,500

Painting, Sud, Pierre Calogero

Sud

Pierre Calogero

Painting . 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,460

Painting, Aurore, Jean-Claude Bertrand

Jean-Claude Bertrand

Painting . 50 x 40 x 4.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.8 inch

€1,800

Painting, Bubble with tag, Seen

Seen

Painting . 71 x 66 x 0.1 cm Painting . 28 x 26 x 0 inch

€1,200

Print, Aurelians, James Jean

James Jean

Print . 52.1 x 59.7 cm Print . 20.5 x 23.5 inch

€1,250

Painting, Pop fiction, Sara Chelou

Sara Chelou

Painting . 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,100

Painting, Bear, Jo Di Bona

Jo Di Bona

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€5,500

Painting, Lustre, Nemanja Nikolic

Nemanja Nikolic

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 2 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.8 inch

€1,261

Painting, Vitalité, Catherine Pugeat

Catherine Pugeat

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€1,160

Painting, Spring Joy, Daria Borisova

Daria Borisova

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,260

Painting, Poscatos, Ceet Fouad

Ceet Fouad

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€5,500

Painting, Alchimie 2, Y. Aslan

Y. Aslan

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Painting, Sub (XI), Lazare Cobalt

Lazare Cobalt

Painting . 165 x 30 x 1.9 cm Painting . 65 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch

€3,000

Painting, Champêtre, Muriel Deumie

Muriel Deumie

Painting . 130 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€1,890

Painting, Orbite, Woizo

Woizo

Painting . 150 x 100 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 inch

€3,800

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