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![Painting, Sans titre n°1, Alice Maier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206956_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La Baballe, Patricia Simsa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197105_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue Bird, Patricia Simsa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197103_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Place Sadi Carnot, Pedro Viana Parente](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192454_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rainbow wings 1, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191816_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Yellow swirl with balls, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191695_1_grid.jpg)
Yellow swirl with balls
Jeff Engberg
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Yellow green violet balls 2, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191690_1_grid.jpg)
Yellow green violet balls 2
Jeff Engberg
Painting - 60 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Yellow green violet balls 1, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191688_1_grid.jpg)
Yellow green violet balls 1
Jeff Engberg
Painting - 60 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Yellow balls, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191681_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Purple atmosphere with green balls, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191677_1_grid.jpg)
Purple atmosphere with green balls
Jeff Engberg
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Green balls on yellow brown, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191675_1_grid.jpg)
Green balls on yellow brown
Jeff Engberg
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Blue Yellow 4, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191648_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue yellow 3, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191644_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue yellow 2, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191639_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue yellow 1, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191632_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue balls, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191629_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, August Puig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191116_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Poisson à l'honneur, Martine Fauve Dechavanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186870_1_grid.jpg)
Poisson à l'honneur
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 27 x 22 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
€290
![Painting, Innocence, Mineko Yoshida](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2185147_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paysage de douceur, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183186_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Angels, Menashe Kadishman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165710_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The third voyage of Christopher Columbus, 1498, Federico Cortese](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2055129_1_grid.jpg)
The third voyage of Christopher Columbus, 1498
Federico Cortese
Painting - 39.9 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 22 x 0.1 inch
€485
![Painting, The horizon of thought, Hyunah Kim](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1447236_1_grid.jpg)
The horizon of thought
Hyunah Kim
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.5 inch
€1,872
![Painting, Purple sprinkle, Hyunah Kim](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1415082_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tale III, Hyunah Kim](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1409880_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Odyssée nuptiale, Axelle Sodade](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213824_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Twin 2, Samir Tamari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211778_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Blue Twin 2, Samir Tamari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211776_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Whimzy, Samir Tamari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211774_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Love colors, Spaco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210328_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Amy Winehouse pochoir, Spaco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208824_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Identity 4, Hezekiah Oyejide Obidare](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208065_1_grid.jpg)
Identity 4
Hezekiah Oyejide Obidare
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1 inch
€4,559
![Painting, Toutbillon, Ghislaine Chapuis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205503_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Orange Mécanique, Hamed ENCS](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204687_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Prism 3, Hamed ENCS](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204680_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Love, cObo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202929_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Strong, cObo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202928_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tired, cObo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202927_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Angel Paris, cObo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202924_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Salpicando color, Esther Aragon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195263_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Terrasse, Yrak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195257_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lianas IV, Felisa Esteban - Maifx](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192288_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Révélation, Genny B](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191045_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dissonance, Orioye Samuel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187759_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, On A Sunny Day, Kev Munday](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213270_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'observateur, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211107_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The end, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210488_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Amethyste XXII, Yoann Bonneville (YBA)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208495_1_grid.jpg)
Amethyste XXII
Yoann Bonneville (YBA)
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
€2,200
![Painting, Natation, Stéphane Cantin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207180_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Landscape, Mitko Dimitrov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206892_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La ville paradis, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205658_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lab #11 Painting. From the Lab series, Alec Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205361_1_grid.jpg)
Lab #11 Painting. From the Lab series
Alec Franco
Painting - 49.8 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.6 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
€728
![Painting, Lab #9 Painting. From the Lab series, Alec Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204717_1_grid.jpg)
Lab #9 Painting. From the Lab series
Alec Franco
Painting - 49.8 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.6 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
€728
![Painting, Lab #8 Painting. From the Lab series, Alec Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204688_1_grid.jpg)
Lab #8 Painting. From the Lab series
Alec Franco
Painting - 49.8 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.6 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
€728
![Painting, Lab #7 Painting. From the Lab series, Alec Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203130_1_grid.jpg)
Lab #7 Painting. From the Lab series
Alec Franco
Painting - 49.8 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.6 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
€728
![Painting, Lab #6 Painting. From the Lab series, Alec Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203129_1_grid.jpg)
Lab #6 Painting. From the Lab series
Alec Franco
Painting - 49.8 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.6 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
€728
![Painting, Lab #5 Painting. From the Lab series, Alec Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203128_1_grid.jpg)
Lab #5 Painting. From the Lab series
Alec Franco
Painting - 49.8 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.6 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
€728
![Painting, Energie, Hervé Souffi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200278_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, En parallèles, Hervé Souffi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199858_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, DNA 217-5, Humanfuel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199454_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 12 series - Wave and shell, Alvaro Petritoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196834_1_grid.jpg)
12 series - Wave and shell
Alvaro Petritoli
Painting - 45 x 45 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,400
![Painting, Dreamlike Poppies, Marieta Martirosyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213262_1_grid.jpg)
Dreamlike Poppies
Marieta Martirosyan
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€485
![Painting, Whispers of Autumn, Arto Mkrtchyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212894_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fleurs n°3, Gauthier Bruel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199519_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N°700, Pierre-Luc Poujol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191642_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue still life with pomegranates and teapot., Lilya Volskaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206185_1_grid.jpg)
Blue still life with pomegranates and teapot.
Lilya Volskaya
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€750
![Painting, Girl with balloon, Patricia Gadisseur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205052_1_grid.jpg)
Girl with balloon
Patricia Gadisseur
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
€320
![Painting, One with the wind, Patricia Gadisseur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205049_1_grid.jpg)
One with the wind
Patricia Gadisseur
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
€320
![Painting, Journée printanière au pays des fleurs, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204937_1_grid.jpg)
Journée printanière au pays des fleurs
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2.2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.9 inch
€650
![Painting, Quaint Charm of Rural Life, Kamo Atoyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204260_1_grid.jpg)
Quaint Charm of Rural Life
Kamo Atoyan
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,067
![Painting, Le grand spectacle, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203597_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Feminae, Conie Senac](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203382_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Mantraffiti, Cumbone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199090_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Get the fuck up, Cumbone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199069_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Faut toujours garder un oeil sur le gosse, MCF](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198410_1_grid.jpg)
Faut toujours garder un oeil sur le gosse
MCF
Painting - 80 x 56 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 22 x 0.4 inch
€950
![Painting, Piano & Clarinette, Conie Senac](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197445_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dream Bottle, Conie Senac](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197444_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Moitié d'orange, Conie Senac](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197443_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rouge baiser, Conie Senac](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197440_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ciel en grains, Conie Senac](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197432_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Estanbul, Baptiste Laurent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193828_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Luminous beginnings, H-Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193644_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pray in the sun, H-Nguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193592_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'oiseau de l'âme, Sylvie Gedda](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193560_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La nature pourpre, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191559_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La constellation du Dragon, Sylvie Gedda](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188401_1_grid.jpg)
La constellation du Dragon
Sylvie Gedda
Painting - 44 x 44 x 2.5 cm Painting - 17.3 x 17.3 x 1 inch
€1,390
![Painting, Conception, Sylvie Gedda](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188378_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rowan and Peaches, Ania Pieniazek](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183308_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Wild Crack, Goddog](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1484859_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Simplicity 2, Sam Bergwein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215691_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, All is complicated, Nadezda Stupina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215009_1_grid.jpg)
All is complicated
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
![Painting, Passionate Gaze, Mateos Sargsyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210213_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition, Michel Cadoret](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207636_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?