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, Carpe Diem, Cécile Jaunet

Cécile Jaunet

Painting . 200 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 78.7 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€4,300

Painting, L'Amore, Alexander Daniloff

Alexander Daniloff

Painting . 40 x 28 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11 x 0 inch

€280 €238

Photography, AB65, Gilles Gourmaud

Gilles Gourmaud

Photography . 71 x 40 x 3 cm Photography . 28 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€750

Photography, AB73, Gilles Gourmaud

Gilles Gourmaud

Photography . 40 x 71 x 3 cm Photography . 15.7 x 28 x 1.2 inch

€750

Painting, Back to Basic !, Papa Mesk

Papa Mesk

Painting . 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€800

Painting, Le trajectoire, Yichao Sun

Yichao Sun

Painting . 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

Photography, Michel, Gor Avetisyan

Gor Avetisyan

Photography . 101 x 66 x 2 cm Photography . 39.8 x 26 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Painting, Zise, Kusbudiyanto

Kusbudiyanto

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

€3,800

Print, Tonkar 376-2, Vida

Vida

Print . 54 x 40.5 x 0.2 cm Print . 21.3 x 15.9 x 0.1 inch

€700

Print, Kynance Cove, Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst

Print . 120 x 90 x 1 cm Print . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

€9,600

Painting, RE 20, Mark Hellbusch

Mark Hellbusch

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

€690

Painting, Oro, Paulo Gnecco

Oro

Paulo Gnecco

Painting . 100 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€9,119

Fine Art Drawings, Octobre rose, Isabelle Hirtzig

Isabelle Hirtzig

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€125

Sculpture, Oeuf, AC 5

AC 5

Sculpture . 38 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm Sculpture . 15 x 3.7 x 3.7 inch

€285

Painting, Blue III, Paulo Gnecco

Paulo Gnecco

Painting . 145 x 145 x 4 cm Painting . 57.1 x 57.1 x 1.6 inch

€4,500

Painting, Deep jazz, Voichenko Sergiy

Voichenko Sergiy

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€840

Print, Tonkar 436-9, Vida

Vida

Print . 29.5 x 39.5 x 0.2 cm Print . 11.6 x 15.6 x 0.1 inch

€500

Painting, Sans titre (2), Sylva Sylva

Sylva Sylva

Painting . 73 x 53 x 1 cm Painting . 28.7 x 20.9 x 0.4 inch

€700

Painting, Sans titre 4, Arsène Odin

Arsène Odin

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

€400

Photography, Beyond Birth, Thandiwe Muriu

Thandiwe Muriu

Photography . 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€11,000

Print, Magic Mandela, Marie Serruya

Marie Serruya

Print . 41.1 x 59.1 x 0.1 cm Print . 16.2 x 23.3 x 0 inch

€299

Painting, Big fish, Anatoly Tarabanov

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting . 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€590

Painting, Sans titre 6, Arsène Odin

Arsène Odin

Painting . 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€400

Photography, Intruder VII, Clint McDowell

Clint McDowell

Photography . 90 x 60 cm Photography . 35.4 x 23.6 inch

€1,000

Painting, Sans titre 7, Arsène Odin

Arsène Odin

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

€350

Painting, Air, Isabelle Vougny

Air

Isabelle Vougny

Painting . 120 x 120 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 inch

€3,900

Photography, AB42, Gilles Gourmaud

Gilles Gourmaud

Photography . 40 x 71 x 3 cm Photography . 15.7 x 28 x 1.2 inch

€750

Painting, Sans titre 8, Arsène Odin

Arsène Odin

Painting . 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€400

Photography, Unicorn 1, Samsofy

Samsofy

Photography . 24 x 36 x 1 cm Photography . 9.4 x 14.2 x 0.4 inch

€60

Photography, Intruder IV, Clint McDowell

Clint McDowell

Photography . 90 x 60 cm Photography . 35.4 x 23.6 inch

€1,000

Painting, Sans titre (2), Sylva Sylva

Sylva Sylva

Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€400

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