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![Painting, Skyscrappers, Lilly Lillà](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1417449_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 7731 GAR LEM Opus 1, Jacques Le Brusq](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1267092_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Everydayness 5., Petr Strnad](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202923_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Everydayness 4., Petr Strnad](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194738_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rediscovered 4., Petr Strnad](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192051_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178338_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178335_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178313_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178311_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hidden Legacies, Fintan Whelan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175657_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Transformations, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173000_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Keeping On, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172999_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bloom, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172994_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Frozen Dreams, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165964_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Stardust, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165957_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, What Now?, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165954_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Delirium, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156474_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Las risas en mis sueños, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151195_1_grid.jpg)
Las risas en mis sueños
Nikolaos Schizas
Painting - 130 x 97 x 0.1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0 inch
€4,555
![Print, Sans-titre, Claude Viallat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144966_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Claude Viallat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144965_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Claude Viallat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144964_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Claude Viallat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144962_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Claude Viallat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144961_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Claude Viallat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144958_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Claude Viallat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144957_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Claude Viallat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144956_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Claude Viallat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143554_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Frühblüher, Greet Helsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139962_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Letter lover, Nasty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135439_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, MB 71, Méryl B](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2129593_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Couleurs méditerranéennes, Isabelle Fournet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1950777_1_grid.jpg)
Couleurs méditerranéennes
Isabelle Fournet
Painting - 95 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,250
![Painting, Bouthan, Ralph Resch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1709418_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The block 02, Angelica Tcherassi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1692333_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Foulard bleu, Emmanuelle Vroelant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1663575_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Gaze Into The Lake 02, Angelica Tcherassi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1591989_1_grid.jpg)
Gaze Into The Lake 02
Angelica Tcherassi
Print - 149.9 x 119.9 x 0.3 cm Print - 59 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
€1,456
![Painting, Nuée de papillons, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1559892_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tactile memory #134, Natasha Zupan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1513032_1_grid.jpg)
Tactile memory #134
Natasha Zupan
Painting - 24.1 x 19.1 x 7.6 cm Painting - 9.5 x 7.5 x 3 inch
€2,087
![Painting, Jour et nuit (ermioni 8h-11h), Akira Inumaru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1467336_1_grid.jpg)
Jour et nuit (ermioni 8h-11h)
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 50 x 73 cm Painting - 19.7 x 28.7 inch
€2,000
![Painting, Jour et nuit (ermioni 6h-8h), Akira Inumaru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1467327_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Jour et nuit (ermioni 5h-6h), Akira Inumaru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1467312_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cimes et racines / Leonpodium 1, Akira Inumaru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1463295_1_grid.jpg)
Cimes et racines / Leonpodium 1
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
![Painting, Life in Colors 72, Veronica Vilsan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1381962_1_grid.jpg)
Life in Colors 72
Veronica Vilsan
Painting - 60 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
€900 €675
![Painting, Spring Garden, Viktoria Ganhao](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1360746_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Straec #41, Luuk de Haan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1337298_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Color Awakening 1, Viktoria Ganhao](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1127667_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, REF 54 -17 - Composition n° 63, Jeanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209252_1_grid.jpg)
REF 54 -17 - Composition n° 63
Jeanne
Painting - 20 x 20 x 3.8 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.5 inch
€150
![Painting, REF 48-17 - Composition n° 66, Jeanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209241_1_grid.jpg)
REF 48-17 - Composition n° 66
Jeanne
Painting - 20 x 20 x 3.8 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.5 inch
€150
![Painting, REF 61-17 - Composition n° 61, Jeanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209225_1_grid.jpg)
REF 61-17 - Composition n° 61
Jeanne
Painting - 20 x 20 x 3.8 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.5 inch
€150
![Painting, REF 58-17 - Composition n° 62, Jeanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209218_1_grid.jpg)
REF 58-17 - Composition n° 62
Jeanne
Painting - 20 x 20 x 3.8 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.5 inch
€150
![Painting, REF 53-17 - Composition n° 64, Jeanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209211_1_grid.jpg)
REF 53-17 - Composition n° 64
Jeanne
Painting - 20 x 20 x 3.8 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.5 inch
€150
![Painting, REF 52-17 - Composition n° 65, Jeanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209205_1_grid.jpg)
REF 52-17 - Composition n° 65
Jeanne
Painting - 20 x 20 x 3.8 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.5 inch
€150
![Painting, REF 17-19 - Composition florale, Jeanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209130_1_grid.jpg)
REF 17-19 - Composition florale
Jeanne
Painting - 33 x 24 x 1.8 cm Painting - 13 x 9.4 x 0.7 inch
€350
![Painting, REF 15-24 - Composition n° 60, Jeanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209104_1_grid.jpg)
REF 15-24 - Composition n° 60
Jeanne
Painting - 33 x 24 x 1.8 cm Painting - 13 x 9.4 x 0.7 inch
€350
![Painting, Passion for Life, Mercedes Lagunas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207018_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Odin Pigelet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195372_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Odin Pigelet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195369_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Geografia del altar 3, David Murcia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192038_1_grid.jpg)
Geografia del altar 3
David Murcia
Painting - 114 x 146 x 3 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch
€5,033
![Painting, Traditional Communications, JonOne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177791_1_grid.jpg)
Traditional Communications
JonOne
Painting - 98 x 93 x 3 cm Painting - 38.6 x 36.6 x 1.2 inch
€17,700
![Painting, Taxis sur Broadway, Daniel Castan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176499_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Après la pluie, Célia Eid](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153147_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Capter le positif, Jazzu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145793_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Chaleur tropicale, Martine Fauve Dechavanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1992261_1_grid.jpg)
Chaleur tropicale
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 81 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,500
![Painting, Audace, Emilie Serris](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1738950_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Coloramax 6, Keny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1615515_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Coloramax 14, Keny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1615467_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ab Ovo, Vladimir Kolosov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1471869_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition 404, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1197876_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition 402, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1197873_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition 306, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1160883_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, City Lights, Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1069824_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Summer mood-II, Stanislav Bojankov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207222_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract forest-VI, Stanislav Bojankov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206397_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract forest-VI
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€300
![Painting, Music(blue night)-II, Stanislav Bojankov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205953_1_grid.jpg)
Music(blue night)-II
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€300
![Painting, Music(summer)-I, Stanislav Bojankov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205951_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Imagination play-I(Homage to Jean Dubuffet), Stanislav Bojankov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202381_1_grid.jpg)
Imagination play-I(Homage to Jean Dubuffet)
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€300
![Painting, Abstract landscape, Stanislav Bojankov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201675_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract landscape
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€330
![Painting, Impression-I, Stanislav Bojankov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201395_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Autumn, Stanislav Bojankov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200798_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nocturne-CXCXIV (homage to Chopin), Stanislav Bojankov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199104_1_grid.jpg)
Nocturne-CXCXIV (homage to Chopin)
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€260
![Painting, A l'infini, Agnès Tiollier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182930_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, L'Ecuyere, Marc Chagall](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179793_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract n°165, Harry James Moody](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162785_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract n°163, Harry James Moody](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162783_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract n°159, Harry James Moody](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162782_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract n°6-14, Harry James Moody](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162776_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract n°6-14
Harry James Moody
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1.5 inch
€1,200
![Painting, Abstract n°5-14, Harry James Moody](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162774_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract n°5-14
Harry James Moody
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1.5 inch
€1,200
![Painting, Abstract n°4-14, Harry James Moody](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162768_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract n°4-14
Harry James Moody
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1.5 inch
€1,200
![Painting, Abstract n°479, Harry James Moody](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162763_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract n°320, Harry James Moody](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162756_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract n°310-5, Harry James Moody](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162753_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract n°310-5
Harry James Moody
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1.5 inch
€1,200
![Painting, Abstract n°310-4, Harry James Moody](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162751_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract n°310-4
Harry James Moody
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1.5 inch
€1,200
![Painting, Abstract n°310-3, Harry James Moody](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162750_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract n°310-3
Harry James Moody
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1.5 inch
€1,200
![Painting, Moderne VI, Yrak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160780_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?