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, Collage, Muriel Deumie

Muriel Deumie

Painting . 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch

€690

Painting, Greek Diva, Thierry Rasine

Thierry Rasine

Painting . 92 x 73 x 4 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,200

Print, Freddie, Vincent Sabatier

Vincent Sabatier

Print . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€290

Print, Karl, Vincent Sabatier

Vincent Sabatier

Print . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€290

Print, Amy, Vincent Sabatier

Amy

Vincent Sabatier

Print . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€290

Photography, Edward Enninful, Noa Grayevsky

Noa Grayevsky

Photography . 152.4 x 152.4 x 2 cm Photography . 60 x 60 x 0.8 inch

€20,000

Painting, Dark Blue Bit, Yann Guinchan

Yann Guinchan

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

€600

Painting, Snoop, Erdna André

Erdna André

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

€600

Painting, Blue Bit, Yann Guinchan

Yann Guinchan

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

€600

Print, YO! Mao, JP Malot

JP Malot

Print . 70 x 50 x 1 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€140

Print, David Bowie, Helt Sort

Helt Sort

Print . 70 x 70 cm Print . 27.6 x 27.6 inch

€750

Print, Lady Di, Lilly

Lilly

Print . 65 x 50 x 0.01 cm Print . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€600

Painting, Zita 2916, Marie KVK

Marie KVK

Painting . 110 x 110 x 4 cm Painting . 43.3 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch

€3,800 €2,660

Print, DeathQ856, Death NYC

Death NYC

Print . 45 x 32 x 0.1 cm Print . 17.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch

€199

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