Colored artworks

Painting, Visiting, Alexander Shandor

Visiting

Alexander Shandor

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

€3,436

Print, That's life, That's life #265, Céline Pierzchala

That's life, That's life #265

Céline Pierzchala

Print - 45 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€130

Photography, Miami_III_007, Bernhard Lang

Miami_III_007

Bernhard Lang

Photography - 112.5 x 150 x 0.2 cm Photography - 44.3 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch

€2,900

Painting, Dawn's Radiant Voyage, Karine Harutyunyan

Dawn's Radiant Voyage

Karine Harutyunyan

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

€286

Photography, Bulld'O, RicO

Bulld'O

RicO

Photography - 70 x 70 x 1.5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch

€2,500

Photography, Chev'Oché, RicO

Chev'Oché

RicO

Photography - 70 x 70 x 1.5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch

€2,200

Photography, Vict'Oire, RicO

Vict'Oire

RicO

Photography - 70 x 70 x 1.5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch

€2,200

Painting, L'instant précieux, Juliette Lamarca

L'instant précieux

Juliette Lamarca

Painting - 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€2,500

Painting, La magie créative, Âme Sauvage

La magie créative

Âme Sauvage

Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Painting, Cunowap, Sumit Mehndiratta

Cunowap

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting - 53 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€600

Painting, Overwap, Sumit Mehndiratta

Overwap

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting - 59 x 41 x 1 cm Painting - 23.2 x 16.1 x 0.4 inch

€750

Painting, Evolution of color, Christian Valentine

Evolution of color

Christian Valentine

Painting - 121.9 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 24 x 2 inch

€1,002

Painting, God Has No Religion, Nebay

God Has No Religion

Nebay

Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€3,400

Painting, Orangeade, Âme Sauvage

Orangeade

Âme Sauvage

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.9 inch

€800

Painting, If You Want Something, Nebay

If You Want Something

Nebay

Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€3,400

Fine Art Drawings, Parti pris, Agnès Tiollier

Parti pris

Agnès Tiollier

Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 50 x 0.18 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,050

Painting, Ambiance bleutée - série Abstraction, Francine Cordier

Ambiance bleutée - série Abstraction

Francine Cordier

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

€1,310

Painting, Minnie, Oli Art

Minnie

Oli Art

Painting - 153 x 99 x 3 cm Painting - 60.2 x 39 x 1.2 inch

€11,454

Painting, Inner strength, Natalya Mougenot

Inner strength

Natalya Mougenot

Painting - 54.5 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 21.5 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€420

Painting, Lemons and flowers, Natalya Mougenot

Lemons and flowers

Natalya Mougenot

Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€400

Painting, Incendie, Fred Mouton

Incendie

Fred Mouton

Painting - 63.5 x 48.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 25 x 19.1 x 0.2 inch

€3,600

Painting, Cali, Cacou

Cali

Cacou

Painting - 50 x 68 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 26.8 x 0.8 inch

€350

Painting, Pomegranate and Melodies, Anahit Mirijanyan

Pomegranate and Melodies

Anahit Mirijanyan

Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€143

Painting, Golden frame, Andrei Sitsko

Golden frame

Andrei Sitsko

Painting - 30 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€300

Painting, Magda, Steso Primo

Magda

Steso Primo

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

€605

Painting, A l'envers, à l'endroit, Gaelle Beyaert

A l'envers, à l'endroit

Gaelle Beyaert

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

€390

Painting, Viens je t'emmène, Gaelle Beyaert

Viens je t'emmène

Gaelle Beyaert

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

€390

Painting, Une pomme tire le rideau, Gaelle Beyaert

Une pomme tire le rideau

Gaelle Beyaert

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

€390

Painting, Miroir, Oh ! Miroir, Gaelle Beyaert

Miroir, Oh ! Miroir

Gaelle Beyaert

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

€390

Painting, La barque rose, Gaelle Beyaert

La barque rose

Gaelle Beyaert

Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€290

Painting, Le pont des chromosomes suspendus, Gaelle Beyaert

Le pont des chromosomes suspendus

Gaelle Beyaert

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

€390

Painting, Le paradis retrouvé, Gaelle Beyaert

Le paradis retrouvé

Gaelle Beyaert

Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€390

Painting, Morning Manhattan, Daniel Castan

Morning Manhattan

Daniel Castan

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

€1,850

Painting, Abstract N°4154 - XL, Parscha Mirghawameddin

Abstract N°4154 - XL

Parscha Mirghawameddin

Painting - 105 x 105 x 0.1 cm Painting - 41.3 x 41.3 x 0 inch

€990

Painting, Versatile, Sabine Louriac

Versatile

Sabine Louriac

Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Painting, Cadmium Orange Hue, Julia Swaby

Cadmium Orange Hue

Julia Swaby

Painting - 81 x 113 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 44.5 x 0.6 inch

€1,587

Painting, The Creative Spirit, Julia Swaby

The Creative Spirit

Julia Swaby

Painting - 100.1 x 100.1 x 4.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,850

Painting, Aqua turquoise 211106, Don Bishop

Aqua turquoise 211106

Don Bishop

Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1.5 inch

€1,718

Painting, Métaphysique de la lumière, Emmanuelle Vroelant

Métaphysique de la lumière

Emmanuelle Vroelant

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

€6,000

Painting, Mirage, Nicolas Ruelle

Mirage

Nicolas Ruelle

Painting - 89 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Painting, Complémentarité bénéfique, Emmanuelle Vroelant

Complémentarité bénéfique

Emmanuelle Vroelant

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

€5,400

Painting, Régate 3 série Paysage marin et voiliers, Anne-Marie Bernardi

Régate 3 série Paysage marin et voiliers

Anne-Marie Bernardi

Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch

€150

Painting, Régate 4 série Paysage marin et voiliers, Anne-Marie Bernardi

Régate 4 série Paysage marin et voiliers

Anne-Marie Bernardi

Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch

€150

Painting, Suspendu - 2, Julien Jubault

Suspendu - 2

Julien Jubault

Painting - 130 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€600

Painting, Suspendu - 1, Julien Jubault

Suspendu - 1

Julien Jubault

Painting - 130 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€600

Painting, Limite(s) - 3, Julien Jubault

Limite(s) - 3

Julien Jubault

Painting - 130 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€600

Painting, Limite(s) - 2, Julien Jubault

Limite(s) - 2

Julien Jubault

Painting - 130 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€600

Painting, Série Fleurs, Michel Jamet

Série Fleurs

Michel Jamet

Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch

€125

Painting, Limite(s) - 1, Julien Jubault

Limite(s) - 1

Julien Jubault

Painting - 130 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€600

Painting, Flowery terrace horizontal version - Amalfi painting (Italy) + frame, Gio Sannino

Flowery terrace horizontal version - Amalfi painting (Italy) + frame

Gio Sannino

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

€365

Painting, Sunny day on the coast - Positano painting (Italy) + frame, Gio Sannino

Sunny day on the coast - Positano painting (Italy) + frame

Gio Sannino

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

€365

Painting, View of the gulf - Sorrento painting Italy, Gio Sannino

View of the gulf - Sorrento painting Italy

Gio Sannino

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

€230

Painting, Série Fleurs, Michel Jamet

Série Fleurs

Michel Jamet

Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch

€125

Painting, Série Fleurs, Michel Jamet

Série Fleurs

Michel Jamet

Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch

€125

Painting, Série Fleurs, Michel Jamet

Série Fleurs

Michel Jamet

Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch

€125

Painting, Série Fleurs, Michel Jamet

Série Fleurs

Michel Jamet

Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch

€125

Painting, La côte rose, Âme Sauvage

La côte rose

Âme Sauvage

Painting - 31 x 41 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.2 x 16.1 x 0 inch

€85

Photography, Plage des Catalans Marseille, José Nicolas

Plage des Catalans Marseille

José Nicolas

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

€500

Painting, Série Fleurs, Michel Jamet

Série Fleurs

Michel Jamet

Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch

€125

Painting, Je m’envole, Jenny D'ormond

Je m’envole

Jenny D'ormond

Painting - 30 x 25 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch

€280

Painting, Fleur de Datura, Jenny D'ormond

Fleur de Datura

Jenny D'ormond

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

€480

Painting, Femme africaine, Gris De Garance

Femme africaine

Gris De Garance

Painting - 30 x 15 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch

€120

Painting, Blue cerf, Âme Sauvage

Blue cerf

Âme Sauvage

Painting - 30 x 24 x 2.2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.9 inch

€79

Painting, AP1 - 1, Julien Jubault

AP1 - 1

Julien Jubault

Painting - 99 x 94 x 3 cm Painting - 39 x 37 x 1.2 inch

€700

Painting, Big fish, Victoria Horkan

Big fish

Victoria Horkan

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

€3,792

Painting, Jim Morrison, Le Closier

Jim Morrison

Le Closier

Painting - 102 x 91 x 2 cm Painting - 40.2 x 35.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,347

Painting, Kreuzberg Blues No. 2, Sophie Mangelsen

Kreuzberg Blues No. 2

Sophie Mangelsen

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

€810

Painting, Catharsis, Gaspard Alexanders

Catharsis

Gaspard Alexanders

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

€24,650

Painting, Alice, Isabelle Schenckbecher-Quint

Alice

Isabelle Schenckbecher-Quint

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

€1,900

Painting, Dialogue de sourds, Antony Squizzato

Dialogue de sourds

Antony Squizzato

Painting - 49 x 49 x 2 cm Painting - 19.3 x 19.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,280

Painting, Garden Party, Gaëlle Wagner

Garden Party

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting - 165 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 65 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,900

Painting, "Vents d'hiver" 120x120cm abstrait acrylique collage poudre de marbre châssis lin 2013, Emmanuelle Vroelant

"Vents d'hiver" 120x120cm abstrait acrylique collage poudre de marbre châssis lin 2013

Emmanuelle Vroelant

Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€2,400

Painting, Purple Spirit, Emily Starck

Purple Spirit

Emily Starck

Painting - 97 x 95 x 3 cm Painting - 38.2 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,400

Painting, Contrasto, Tamara Bellarte

Contrasto

Tamara Bellarte

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

€350

Painting, Le corbusier, Lasveguix

Le corbusier

Lasveguix

Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.02 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€350

Painting, Oursinades, Francis L'Huillier

Oursinades

Francis L'Huillier

Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch

€400

Painting, Untitled March, Emily Starck

Untitled March

Emily Starck

Painting - 100 x 95 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

Painting, Sogno, Tamara Bellarte

Sogno

Tamara Bellarte

Painting - 60 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€299

Painting, The depths of the soul, Emily Starck

The depths of the soul

Emily Starck

Painting - 97 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 38.2 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch

€2,900

Painting, Invitation voyage 2, Emmanuelle Vroelant

Invitation voyage 2

Emmanuelle Vroelant

Painting - 60 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,400

Painting, Cosmos interne, Emmanuelle Vroelant

Cosmos interne

Emmanuelle Vroelant

Painting - 67 x 102 x 3 cm Painting - 26.4 x 40.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Painting, Et en même temps (1), Emmanuelle Vroelant

Et en même temps (1)

Emmanuelle Vroelant

Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€4,900

Painting, Turquoise, Emmanuelle Vroelant

Turquoise

Emmanuelle Vroelant

Painting - 95 x 62 x 3 cm Painting - 37.4 x 24.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,900

Painting, Tower, Alessandra Bisi

Tower

Alessandra Bisi

Painting - 130 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 51.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€3,700

Painting, squilibrio rosso, Alessandra Bisi

squilibrio rosso

Alessandra Bisi

Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€3,400

Painting, Cailloux Zen, Emmanuelle Vroelant

Cailloux Zen

Emmanuelle Vroelant

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

€2,700

Painting, L'heure bleu, Emmanuelle Vroelant

L'heure bleu

Emmanuelle Vroelant

Painting - 60 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,600

Painting, The effectiveness of red n°3, Emmanuelle Vroelant

The effectiveness of red n°3

Emmanuelle Vroelant

Painting - 100 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€4,800

Painting, L'atelier bleu, Sophie Dumont

L'atelier bleu

Sophie Dumont

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

€990

Painting, Conscience, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Conscience

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

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

€660

Painting, January on the foreshore, Emmanuelle Vroelant

January on the foreshore

Emmanuelle Vroelant

Painting - 80 x 140 x 5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 55.1 x 2 inch

€3,900

Painting, Rain and sun, Emmanuelle Vroelant

Rain and sun

Emmanuelle Vroelant

Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€3,600

Painting, Avancer, Emmanuelle Vroelant

Avancer

Emmanuelle Vroelant

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

€3,600

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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