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, Instinct, Erika Vilimaityte

Erika Vilimaityte

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

€2,000

Painting, Dreamfare II, Lucy du Sautoy

Lucy du Sautoy

Painting . 27 x 27 x 2 cm Painting . 10.6 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch

€851

Painting, Santa Vanidad, En Blanco

En Blanco

Painting . 76 x 59 x 1 cm Painting . 29.9 x 23.2 x 0.4 inch

€662

Painting, Horizon bleu, Eurgal

Eurgal

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

€1,200

Painting, I am offended, Olga Radionova

Olga Radionova

Painting . 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Painting, Barley, Sam Peacock

Sam Peacock

Painting . 85 x 35 x 1 cm Painting . 33.5 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€850

Painting, Parasols bleus, Mark Kaplan

Mark Kaplan

Painting . 73 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€9,000

Painting, Partition, Sophie Dumont

Sophie Dumont

Painting . 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Painting, Morning Guard, Itay Magen

Itay Magen

Painting . 50 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€903

Painting, Foresaken, Karl Bielik

Karl Bielik

Painting . 62 x 49 x 0.1 cm Painting . 24.4 x 19.3 x 0 inch

€2,433

Painting, Sans titre III, Loïc Brun

Loïc Brun

Painting . 46 x 38 x 3 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Painting, Going Home, Luong Trung

Luong Trung

Painting . 50 x 77 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 30.3 x 0.4 inch

€2,550

Painting, Ecstasy, Dostena Lavergne

Dostena Lavergne

Painting . 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,450

Painting, Sans tître 4, Robert Mus

Robert Mus

Painting . 61 x 83 x 3 cm Painting . 24 x 32.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,600

Painting, Frida, Raquel Sarángello

Raquel Sarángello

Painting . 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Painting, Zone mentale, Eric Doisy

Eric Doisy

Painting . 116 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,970

Painting, Les bécasses, Sol Cattino

Sol Cattino

Painting . 52 x 43 x 3 cm Painting . 20.5 x 16.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Painting, Landscape, Mitko Dimitrov

Mitko Dimitrov

Painting . 64.5 x 37 x 2 cm Painting . 25.4 x 14.6 x 0.8 inch

€520

Painting, L'automne, Fan Lin

Fan Lin

Painting . 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

Painting, Red flags (1), Helen Spoon

Helen Spoon

Painting . 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€821

Painting, Stripes, Aloyzas Smilingis

Aloyzas Smilingis

Painting . 81 x 60 x 0.3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€3,700

Painting, L’Air, Ben Brotherton

Ben Brotherton

Painting . 190 x 122 x 3 cm Painting . 74.8 x 48 x 1.2 inch

€9,500

Painting, Amazonie, Lucy S Devigne

Lucy S Devigne

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€1,200

Painting, Hydrangea 2, Khrystyna Kozyuk

Khrystyna Kozyuk

Painting . 40 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

€2,160

Painting, Fleurs de mei, Weiquan Liu

Weiquan Liu

Painting . 60 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Painting, Nature morte, Zhenhua Guo

Zhenhua Guo

Painting . 100 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Painting, Portrait 8, FeiWoux Chan

FeiWoux Chan

Painting . 46 x 38 x 3 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Painting, Chien, Zhenlin Jiang

Zhenlin Jiang

Painting . 90 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€900

Painting, Magic, Ludmila Budanov

Ludmila Budanov

Painting . 78.7 x 99.1 x 3.8 cm Painting . 31 x 39 x 1.5 inch

€1,277

Painting, Hope 2, Momchil Mitev

Momchil Mitev

Painting . 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€850

Painting, Dreamy, Petra Schott

Petra Schott

Painting . 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,750

Painting, Joy, Erika Vilimaityte

Joy

Erika Vilimaityte

Painting . 110 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

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