Colored artworks

Color plays a fundamental role in contemporary creation as an element capable on its own of structuring a composition, generating emotion, or conveying an entire aesthetic discourse.

Long relegated to a secondary role behind form and drawing in the traditional hierarchy of the arts, it gradually gained autonomy throughout the twentieth century from Fauvist explorations of pure color to lyrical abstraction until it became, for some artists, the sole subject of the artwork.

Henri Matisse, whose cut-out paper works celebrate color in all its power and simplicity, Mark Rothko with his meditative fields of color, or the Op Art artists who explore optical vibrations between complementary hues, illustrate the diversity of approaches within a field that continues to fascinate contemporary artists.

In current artistic practice, color is explored through a wide range of registers—from vivid, saturated Pop Art–inspired palettes to subtle tonal variations and delicate gradients, as well as strong chromatic contrasts that structure pictorial or sculptural space. Whether applied in flat areas, layered glazes, bursts of material, or plays of light on reflective surfaces, color becomes a language in its own right, capable of expressing emotions such as joy, melancholy, energy, or contemplation.

On Artsper, this selection brings together works in which color plays a central role in composition, highlighting the enduring capacity of this fundamental element to generate visual experiences of inexhaustible richness and intensity.

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Painting, Afternoon, Emil Aziz

Emil Aziz

Painting . 58 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 22.8 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

Painting, Un parc, Manuela Ferreira

Manuela Ferreira

Painting . 30 x 40 x 2.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 1 inch

€230 €207

Fine Art Drawings, March has come, Isabelle Hirtzig

Isabelle Hirtzig

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€145

Fine Art Drawings, In My Garden 20200529, Yaki Li

Yaki Li

Fine Art Drawings . 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€185

Fine Art Drawings, Brook.lyn, Maria Vetkalova

Maria Vetkalova

Fine Art Drawings . 74 x 54 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.1 x 21.3 x 0 inch

€458

Fine Art Drawings, Poetry, Isabelle Hirtzig

Isabelle Hirtzig

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€95

Painting, Ubu King, Isabelle Vougny

Isabelle Vougny

Painting . 80 x 80 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 inch

€2,600

Painting, Floral, François Lestrille

François Lestrille

Painting . 30 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€350

Painting, Selo F2, Ivan Tzonev

Ivan Tzonev

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

€80

Painting, Laminia, Milena Makani

Milena Makani

Painting . 35 x 28 cm Painting . 13.8 x 11 inch

€508

Painting, Morning, Kamsar Ohanyan

Kamsar Ohanyan

Painting . 40 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€450

Fine Art Drawings, Passiflore, Claire Duplouy

Claire Duplouy

Fine Art Drawings . 75 x 105 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.5 x 41.3 x 0 inch

€2,000

Photography, NL #50, Charles Weber

Charles Weber

Photography . 70 x 70 cm Photography . 27.6 x 27.6 inch

€2,600

Painting, Tiffany, Lallement Martine

Lallement Martine

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

€450

Photography, NL #20, Charles Weber

Charles Weber

Photography . 70 x 70 cm Photography . 27.6 x 27.6 inch

€2,600

Fine Art Drawings, Jardin exquis, Claire Duplouy

Claire Duplouy

Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€1,000

Painting, Fanny, Jean-Paul Bocaj

Jean-Paul Bocaj

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€490

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