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![Painting, Napoléon, Yrak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217492_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, With all my Love, Mr Brainwash](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215925_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, MB 76, Méryl B](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206639_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Boîte de Petri #11, David Jehan (B.boss)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205634_1_grid.jpg)
Boîte de Petri #11
David Jehan (B.boss)
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$671
![Painting, Ice Cream, Viktoria Ganhao](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216530_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La Vida Sin Ti, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211074_1_grid.jpg)
La Vida Sin Ti
Nikolaos Schizas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$3,898
![Painting, Nouvelle anecdote, Richard Dubure](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198562_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Tout seul au monde, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215136_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le secret, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215130_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Creep, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215121_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Horse Head, Menashe Kadishman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212211_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Burning skin, Jade Mouge](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180760_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Amathe, Shake](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217124_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ecos de la ciudad, Enrique Pichardo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208472_1_grid.jpg)
Ecos de la ciudad
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 200 x 340 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 133.9 x 0.8 inch
$13,708
![Painting, Marine abstraite 2024-52, Fred Boutet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206540_1_grid.jpg)
Marine abstraite 2024-52
Fred Boutet
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,006
![Painting, Marine abstraite 2024-58, Fred Boutet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206508_1_grid.jpg)
Marine abstraite 2024-58
Fred Boutet
Painting - 100 x 140 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 55.1 x 1 inch
$1,342
![Painting, Mediterranean Sea, Composition III, Isabelle Fournet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199135_1_grid.jpg)
Mediterranean Sea, Composition III
Isabelle Fournet
Painting - 116 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,019
![Painting, Bouquet nº1, SA Candela](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216295_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Summer & Flowers, Priscilla Vettese](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211279_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Softer Notes for Love, Katharina Husslein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198540_1_grid.jpg)
Softer Notes for Love
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,677
![Painting, Mosaique Abstraite, Nadine de Lespinats](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215854_1_grid.jpg)
Mosaique Abstraite
Nadine de Lespinats
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,207
![Print, Personal Jesus, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215132_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Solenzara, Ralph Resch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200141_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Danaé, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183220_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, BB, Hervé Perdriel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216431_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Piano bar, Christof Monnin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207859_1_grid.jpg)
Piano bar
Christof Monnin
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,677 $1,342
![Painting, Wild horses, Christof Monnin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207850_1_grid.jpg)
Wild horses
Christof Monnin
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,677 $1,342
![Painting, Encrypted, Antony Squizzato](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207230_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Usines, Marie-Pierre Hogret](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215626_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cattleya orchid, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214962_1_grid.jpg)
Cattleya orchid
Nikolaos Schizas
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,645
![Painting, Blue orchid, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214959_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La vida es un sorteo (Stretched), Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212456_1_grid.jpg)
La vida es un sorteo (Stretched)
Nikolaos Schizas
Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,584
![Painting, Anima Mundi Sacra, Frédéric Bourret](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216102_1_grid.jpg)
Anima Mundi Sacra
Frédéric Bourret
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,012
![Fine Art Drawings, Expérience, Frédéric Bourret](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216101_1_grid.jpg)
Expérience
Frédéric Bourret
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,789
![Painting, La vie en bleu, Frédéric Bourret](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216079_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 3 Sheep, Menashe Kadishman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211957_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Retrato en amarillos, Enrique Pichardo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208474_1_grid.jpg)
Retrato en amarillos
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 190 x 190 x 2 cm Painting - 74.8 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
$7,278
![Painting, Conquérir les rêves inouïs, Jazzu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215354_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Reine du jour de rêve, Jazzu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215353_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Personaje en fondo azul, Enrique Pichardo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208485_1_grid.jpg)
Personaje en fondo azul
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$404
![Painting, Retrato en fondo verde, Enrique Pichardo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208481_1_grid.jpg)
Retrato en fondo verde
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$404
![Painting, Harmonie 1, Nadine de Lespinats](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215853_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Evanescence, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210814_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Overlook, Andrew Kinmont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214899_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Radiance, Andrew Kinmont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214896_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La cueillette, Charlotte Abecassis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217019_1_grid.jpg)
La cueillette
Charlotte Abecassis
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 1 inch
$2,571
![Painting, Les heures bleues, Charlotte Abecassis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217015_1_grid.jpg)
Les heures bleues
Charlotte Abecassis
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 1 inch
$2,571
![Painting, Wonderland, Marie-Pierre Hogret](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215625_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, City, Marie-Pierre Hogret](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215622_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marine abstraite 2024-54, Fred Boutet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206532_1_grid.jpg)
Marine abstraite 2024-54
Fred Boutet
Painting - 98 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 38.6 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$1,230
![Painting, Marine abstraite 2024-61, Fred Boutet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206482_1_grid.jpg)
Marine abstraite 2024-61
Fred Boutet
Painting - 40 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 1 inch
$783
![Painting, Marine abstraite 2024-60, Fred Boutet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206481_1_grid.jpg)
Marine abstraite 2024-60
Fred Boutet
Painting - 40 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 1 inch
$783
![Painting, Marine abstraite 2024-55, Fred Boutet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206459_1_grid.jpg)
Marine abstraite 2024-55
Fred Boutet
Painting - 97 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$1,230
![Painting, Vision du futur, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200130_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La musique prend vie, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188085_1_grid.jpg)
La musique prend vie
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 89 x 130 x 2.4 cm Painting - 35 x 51.2 x 0.9 inch
$1,453
![Painting, Serie golf 2, Bernard Saint-Maxent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215513_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Balles de golf 2, Bernard Saint-Maxent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215496_1_grid.jpg)
Balles de golf 2
Bernard Saint-Maxent
Painting - 29 x 24 x 3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 9.4 x 1.2 inch
$324
![Painting, Memento, Nicolas Ruelle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195385_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Just the way you are, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215127_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Don t stop me now, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215122_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Personajes en fondo naranja, Enrique Pichardo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208486_1_grid.jpg)
Personajes en fondo naranja
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$404
![Painting, Spring sunset #4, Laura Dujoncquoy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182769_1_grid.jpg)
Spring sunset #4
Laura Dujoncquoy
Painting - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,677
![Painting, Vivaldi Pop, Christof Monnin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207860_1_grid.jpg)
Vivaldi Pop
Christof Monnin
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$1,789 $1,431
![Painting, Bec jaune, Yrak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195283_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, It's like love, Nadine Antoniuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217420_1_grid.jpg)
It's like love
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 115 x 100 x 0.3 cm Painting - 45.3 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,398
![Painting, Sobriété, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217159_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le pont de feu, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215835_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Résolution, Muriel Charbonnier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211105_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Combinaison sphérique sur fond vert, Muriel Charbonnier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211096_1_grid.jpg)
Combinaison sphérique sur fond vert
Muriel Charbonnier
Painting - 90 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,079
![Painting, Hématie, Muriel Charbonnier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211094_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Equation, Muriel Charbonnier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211093_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Street art & -1, SmaK-titi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215699_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, City Crossing, Julia Whitehead](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186646_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Two, Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216096_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Échapper au quotidien, Jazzu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208451_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sous les petits détails de la vie, Jazzu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208274_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Face à face, Jazzu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201817_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Desir, Hervé Perdriel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216432_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Flourishing Dreams, Anna Ceppi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215885_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Froid soleil, Charlotte Abecassis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213293_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Earthbound Serenity (1), Tiny de Bruin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215800_1_grid.jpg)
Earthbound Serenity (1)
Tiny de Bruin
Painting - 100 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 63 x 0.8 inch
$3,075
![Painting, Rugged Mosaic, Andrew Kinmont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214890_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sable d'enfant, Emmanuelle Vroelant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188266_1_grid.jpg)
Sable d'enfant
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 50 x 140 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$3,689
![Print, Immersion, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215277_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Serie golf 1, Bernard Saint-Maxent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215511_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le golfeur, Bernard Saint-Maxent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215509_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Balles de golf, Bernard Saint-Maxent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215492_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstrait N 19, Thomas Danel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213681_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Little Happyness 3, Thierry Corpet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213433_1_grid.jpg)
Little Happyness 3
Thierry Corpet
Sculpture - 31 x 30 x 7 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 11.8 x 2.8 inch
$894
![Painting, Fournaise, Françoise Dugourd-Caput](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212131_1_grid.jpg)
Fournaise
Françoise Dugourd-Caput
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,878
![Painting, Art, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205171_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hippocampe, Yrak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195286_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, El Inocente, Joan Miró](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210852_1_grid.jpg)
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?