Colored artworks

Print, Sans titre (2), Stefan De Jaeger

Sans titre (2)

Stefan De Jaeger

Print - 70 x 50 x 0.01 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$224

Painting, The end of the dream will be when it matters, Mathias Schmied

The end of the dream will be when it matters

Mathias Schmied

Painting - 108 x 114 cm Painting - 42.5 x 44.9 inch

$7,848

Painting, Urban forest 14 Ancient, Chin H Shin

Urban forest 14 Ancient

Chin H Shin

Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.5 inch

$12,200

Print, Untitled, Domingo Millán

Untitled

Domingo Millán

Print - 47.5 x 32.5 cm Print - 18.7 x 12.8 inch

$373

Painting, Champs aux fleurs jaune, Didier Chrétien

Champs aux fleurs jaune

Didier Chrétien

Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$953

Painting, Le faiseur de rosée, Philippe Loubat

Le faiseur de rosée

Philippe Loubat

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

$1,233

Print, La Flûte enchantée 2 (d'après Adolph von Menzel), Roland Moreau

La Flûte enchantée 2 (d'après Adolph von Menzel)

Roland Moreau

Print - 70 x 100 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0 inch

$953

Painting, Family Wax, Stéphanie Calemard

Family Wax

Stéphanie Calemard

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

$1,345

Painting, Vertical Beauty, Mr Cenz

Vertical Beauty

Mr Cenz

Painting - 90 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

$3,588

Painting, Birds of Paradise, Lucy Wolanska

Birds of Paradise

Lucy Wolanska

Painting - 90 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

$5,493

Painting, Abstraction & courbes 1, Gisèle Desmarais

Abstraction & courbes 1

Gisèle Desmarais

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

$168

Fine Art Drawings, Neon I, Line Drawing. Abstract Works on Paper, Clemens Wolf

Neon I, Line Drawing. Abstract Works on Paper

Clemens Wolf

Fine Art Drawings - 50.3 x 65.3 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.8 x 25.7 x 0.1 inch

$3,800

Painting, La Grande Loire, Laury Merle

La Grande Loire

Laury Merle

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

$841

Painting, Silence, Jim Lagasse

Silence

Jim Lagasse

Painting - 27.9 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 11 x 14 x 1 inch

$475

Painting, Pieces of me, Deborah Sisco

Pieces of me

Deborah Sisco

Painting - 91 x 122 x 3.8 cm Painting - 35.8 x 48 x 1.5 inch

$11,444

Print, La Chailleuse, Christian Bozon

La Chailleuse

Christian Bozon

Print - 56 x 76 x 0.5 cm Print - 22 x 29.9 x 0.2 inch

$336

Painting, Untitled, Melchor Zapata

Untitled

Melchor Zapata

Painting - 54 x 73 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 inch

$5,381

Painting, Untitled, Henri Pfeiffer

Untitled

Henri Pfeiffer

Painting - 47 x 31 cm Painting - 18.5 x 12.2 inch

$5,045

Painting, Untitled, Oswald Aulestia

Untitled

Oswald Aulestia

Painting - 70 x 50 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 inch

$6,727

Sculpture, Into my eyes, Sarah Elqa

Into my eyes

Sarah Elqa

Sculpture - 40 x 39 x 13 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 15.4 x 5.1 inch

$2,500

Painting, The Life of a Drop of Water, Isabelle Vougny

The Life of a Drop of Water

Isabelle Vougny

Painting - 70 x 70 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 inch

$2,691

Painting, Nebulosa 3, Aurembiaix Sabaté

Nebulosa 3

Aurembiaix Sabaté

Painting - 25 x 25 cm Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 inch

$448

Painting, Route 66, Hubert Ollivier

Route 66

Hubert Ollivier

Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

$785

Painting, La Roche des hommes, Isabelle Venet

La Roche des hommes

Isabelle Venet

Painting - 54 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,682

Painting, Venefica, Fabio Morais

Venefica

Fabio Morais

Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$3,139

Painting, Looking past the Magnolia Tree, Ken Done

Looking past the Magnolia Tree

Ken Done

Painting - 121 x 91 x 2 cm Painting - 47.6 x 35.8 x 0.8 inch

$13,257

Painting, Its not you, Jeff Rosen

Its not you

Jeff Rosen

Painting - 121.9 x 5.1 x 121.9 cm Painting - 48 x 2 x 48 inch

$2,136

Photography, Série des mètres, Arthur Di Nunzio

Série des mètres

Arthur Di Nunzio

Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

$1,401

Painting, Untitled, Roland Robergé

Untitled

Roland Robergé

Painting - 152 x 102 x 1 cm Painting - 59.8 x 40.2 x 0.4 inch

$5,606

Painting, Composition, Lucien Beyer

Composition

Lucien Beyer

Painting - 60 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

$549

Painting, Winter N-1, Retne

Winter N-1

Retne

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$5,493

Painting, Pacha, Gonzalo Ribero

Pacha

Gonzalo Ribero

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

$4,821

Painting, Bouquet de fleurs, Alexis Louis Roche

Bouquet de fleurs

Alexis Louis Roche

Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

$1,045

Painting, La ferme Caporal, Edna De Araraquara

La ferme Caporal

Edna De Araraquara

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

$2,691

Painting, New moon, Agata Dworaczek

New moon

Agata Dworaczek

Painting - 160 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 63 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

$5,858

Painting, Violin Fantasy, John Barney

Violin Fantasy

John Barney

Painting - 76.2 x 55.9 x 0.5 cm Painting - 30 x 22 x 0.2 inch

$745

Painting, Virus de esperanza 03, Mainman

Virus de esperanza 03

Mainman

Painting - 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

$2,747

Painting, o.T., Süheyla Asci

o.T.

Süheyla Asci

Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$4,036

Painting, Colores compartidos I, Font Cleries

Colores compartidos I

Font Cleries

Painting - 81 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 31.9 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

$4,672

Painting, Movement 1, Sonja Kresojevic

Movement 1

Sonja Kresojevic

Painting - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

$3,824

Painting, Color your life (paillette version), Jean Jam

Color your life (paillette version)

Jean Jam

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

$1,570

Print, Birds, Marcello Pirro

Birds

Marcello Pirro

Print - 50 x 34.5 x 0.3 cm Print - 19.7 x 13.6 x 0.1 inch

$336

Print, Colors of infinity, Harif Guzman

Colors of infinity

Harif Guzman

Print - 110 x 76 cm Print - 43.3 x 29.9 inch

$1,533

Fine Art Drawings, Layers, Antonietta Valente

Layers

Antonietta Valente

Fine Art Drawings - 15.2 x 10.2 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6 x 4 x 0.1 inch

$538

Sculpture, Pictografia, Reymond Romero

Pictografia

Reymond Romero

Sculpture - 60 x 60 x 5 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch

$3,600

Painting, Kontraste, Mehmet Gueler

Kontraste

Mehmet Gueler

Painting - 120 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

$5,493

Painting, Dalí, Tim K.

Dalí

Tim K.

Painting - 60 x 60 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 inch

$1,278

Print, Mouvement, Cédric Lascours (Reso)

Mouvement

Cédric Lascours (Reso)

Print - 70 x 50 x 0.3 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

$224

Painting, Sans titre, Inov

Sans titre

Inov

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

$807

Painting, Light, Olga García

Light

Olga García

Painting - 43 x 60 cm Painting - 16.9 x 23.6 inch

$670

Painting, Sans titre, Jean-Michel Mefort

Sans titre

Jean-Michel Mefort

Painting - 50 x 73 x 5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 28.7 x 2 inch

$1,682

Painting, El Aprendiz, Abraham Scardanely

El Aprendiz

Abraham Scardanely

Painting - 40 x 76 x 0.2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch

$1,345

Painting, Feel the love, Masha Iv

Feel the love

Masha Iv

Painting - 94 x 134.6 cm Painting - 37 x 53 inch

$4,250

Painting, Cheezy-E / Hip Hop, Spazz

Cheezy-E / Hip Hop

Spazz

Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$672

Painting, Tropical style, Luc Michel

Tropical style

Luc Michel

Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,570

Painting, Untitled m1131, David Padworny

Untitled m1131

David Padworny

Painting - 40.6 x 30.5 x 2 cm Painting - 16 x 12 x 0.8 inch

$590

Painting, Emerald, Ana Marc

Emerald

Ana Marc

Painting - 156 x 98 x 1 cm Painting - 61.4 x 38.6 x 0.4 inch

$3,363

Painting, Composition printanière, C. A.

Composition printanière

C. A.

Painting - 22 x 35 x 0.5 cm Painting - 8.7 x 13.8 x 0.2 inch

$1,510

Painting, Africa, Georges Troubat

Africa

Georges Troubat

Painting - 92 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

$2,982

Painting, Photograms 2, Riccardo di Cosmo

Photograms 2

Riccardo di Cosmo

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

$2,635

Fine Art Drawings, Bénédiction, Dan Solojoff

Bénédiction

Dan Solojoff

Fine Art Drawings - 38 x 28 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 inch

$392

Painting, The Core, Andrea Ehret

The Core

Andrea Ehret

Painting - 50 x 40 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 inch

$2,386

Painting, Sehirde kurulan hayaller - Rêves dans la ville, Amphora

Sehirde kurulan hayaller - Rêves dans la ville

Amphora

Painting - 29 x 42 cm Painting - 11.4 x 16.5 inch

$448

Painting, Brooklyn zoo, Samo

Brooklyn zoo

Samo

Painting - 105 x 100 x 0.3 cm Painting - 41.3 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch

$841

Painting, Paysage lacustre automnal, Arthur Amez-Droz

Paysage lacustre automnal

Arthur Amez-Droz

Painting - 65.2 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

$1,417

Painting, Breast of Abundance, Gwangik Jo

Breast of Abundance

Gwangik Jo

Painting - 53 x 53 x 3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 20.9 x 1.2 inch

$3,700

Print, Sacrées Sutures, Veks Van Hillik

Sacrées Sutures

Veks Van Hillik

Print - 120 x 90 x 4 cm Print - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

$8,408

Painting, Excelsior, Luis Martins dit L7Matrix

Excelsior

Luis Martins dit L7Matrix

Painting - 150 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 2 inch

$5,045

Fine Art Drawings, Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), Ilia Boyarov

Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

Ilia Boyarov

Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 35 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 13.8 inch

$157

Painting, Radiant dance, Shiori Nakano

Radiant dance

Shiori Nakano

Painting - 30.5 x 23 x 0.2 cm Painting - 12 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch

$336

Sculpture, Contact color relief, Aurélie Trabaud

Contact color relief

Aurélie Trabaud

Sculpture - 54 x 54 x 4.2 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 21.3 x 1.7 inch

$3,588

Photography, Trépidations sexuelles, Francis Apesteguy

Trépidations sexuelles

Francis Apesteguy

Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

$549

Sculpture, Cha totémique, Chanoir

Cha totémique

Chanoir

Sculpture - 28 x 18 x 13 cm Sculpture - 11 x 7.1 x 5.1 inch

$6,502

Photography, Paris, Nebulosa

Paris

Nebulosa

Photography - 132 x 88 x 1 cm Photography - 52 x 34.6 x 0.4 inch

$4,036

Painting, Blue, pink and orange, The Big Fat Boy

Blue, pink and orange

The Big Fat Boy

Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$561

Painting, 367, Gudrun Morel

367

Gudrun Morel

Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$3,700

Painting, Cerveaux non disponibles, Lounys

Cerveaux non disponibles

Lounys

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

$3,083

Painting, PokéBlanche, Loran Romain

PokéBlanche

Loran Romain

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

$897

Design, Table Phoenix, Sébastien Kito

Table Phoenix

Sébastien Kito

Design - 73 x 125 x 125 cm Design - 28.7 x 49.2 x 49.2 inch

$16,817

Painting, Nike sa mère, Seize

Nike sa mère

Seize

Painting - 40 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

$392

Sculpture, Oh My Pop Cat, Art'Mony

Oh My Pop Cat

Art'Mony

Sculpture - 35 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch

$1,626

Design, I Love Art, Amandine André

I Love Art

Amandine André

Design - 14.5 x 14.5 x 1 cm Design - 5.7 x 5.7 x 0.4 inch

$78

Print, Figure Astratte, Remo Brindisi

Figure Astratte

Remo Brindisi

Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$157

Painting, Disbelief, Andrea de las Heras

Disbelief

Andrea de las Heras

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

$2,803

Painting, Soleil de février, Kareem Bonus

Soleil de février

Kareem Bonus

Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

$4,709

Print, Caravage Créole  1, Françoise Sémiramoth

Caravage Créole 1

Françoise Sémiramoth

Print - 222 x 166 cm Print - 87.4 x 65.4 inch

$13,453

Print, Ma vie, Sabrina Meder

Ma vie

Sabrina Meder

Print - 50 x 65 cm Print - 19.7 x 25.6 inch

$2,309

Print, Module 2 x 2, 3.4.7, 130°, Waldo Balart

Module 2 x 2, 3.4.7, 130°

Waldo Balart

Print - 32 x 32 cm Print - 12.6 x 12.6 inch

$280

Painting, Au fond du vallon, Angela Vertsoni

Au fond du vallon

Angela Vertsoni

Painting - 115 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 45.3 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

$4,260

Painting, Sonnenaufgang, Gabriele Glas

Sonnenaufgang

Gabriele Glas

Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

$5,437

Painting, La codicia, Angel Abregu

La codicia

Angel Abregu

Painting - 55 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,626

Design, Avancées I, Yann Crenn

Avancées I

Yann Crenn

Design - 150 x 150 x 35 cm Design - 59.1 x 59.1 x 13.8 inch

$22,422

Painting, Through, Toma Stenko

Through

Toma Stenko

Painting - 149.9 x 149.9 cm Painting - 59 x 59 inch

$8,500

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? 

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