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, Gold dream, SA Candela

SA Candela

Painting . 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

€7,900

Painting, Wait.., Wait

Wait

Painting . 100 x 160 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 63 x 0 inch

€2,400

Painting, Scène 62, Mea Ambrozo

Mea Ambrozo

Painting . 46 x 27 x 4 cm Painting . 18.1 x 10.6 x 1.6 inch

€3,600

Painting, Blue, Aurélie Trabaud

Aurélie Trabaud

Painting . 61 x 46 x 1 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

€700

Painting, Designer room, Mea Ambrozo

Mea Ambrozo

Painting . 25 x 25 x 1 cm Painting . 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch

€450

Painting, C035, Eric Cruikshank

Eric Cruikshank

Painting . 121.5 x 46 x 2.5 cm Painting . 47.8 x 18.1 x 1 inch

€7,491

Painting, Sunday, Sandrine Hirson

Sandrine Hirson

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€98

Painting, Pour toi, Sandrine Hirson

Sandrine Hirson

Painting . 55 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€600

Fine Art Drawings, Curva 18/28, J/Y Delaunay-Israël

J/Y Delaunay-Israël

Fine Art Drawings . 108 x 108 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 42.5 x 42.5 x 0.4 inch

€1,395

Print, Yellow One, Wait

Wait

Print . 20 x 30 x 1 cm Print . 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€220

Painting, Horizon Doux, Maria Ruisi

Maria Ruisi

Painting . 49.9 x 49.9 x 3 cm Painting . 19.6 x 19.6 x 1.2 inch

€900

Painting, Rose bonbon, Koa

Koa

Painting . 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€210

Painting, New Dawn, Bogdana Antoniuk

Bogdana Antoniuk

Painting . 60 x 165 x 0.3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 65 x 0.1 inch

€860

Print, DULCINEA, Michel Tabori

Michel Tabori

Print . 50 x 66 x 0.05 cm Print . 19.7 x 26 x 0 inch

€1,250

Painting, Crimson Portal, Maria Ruisi

Maria Ruisi

Painting . 49 x 49 x 3 cm Painting . 19.3 x 19.3 x 1.2 inch

€2,900 €1,450