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?
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Doors - L.A Woman
Michael Viviani
Sculpture - 18.5 x 29 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 7.3 x 11.4 x 1 inch
€1,800
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Michael Viviani
Sculpture - 18.5 x 29 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 7.3 x 11.4 x 1 inch
€1,800
Chanel, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Rinalds Vanadzins
Painting - 99.1 x 68.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 39 x 27 x 0.7 inch
€2,051
Chanel 2
Rinalds Vanadzins
Painting - 100.8 x 69.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 39.7 x 27.5 x 0.7 inch
€2,051
Striking Red Elegance XXL Unique
Léa Ottavi
Print - 130 x 90 x 0.1 cm Print - 51.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€400
From the series "Hidden Places" - 08
Les Panchyshyn
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,800
From the series "Hidden Places" - 07
Les Panchyshyn
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,800
Keep Flying
Prasert Chongudomsab (Pop Ako)
Painting - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,600
La femme à la licorne
Yannick Aaron
Painting - 200 x 200 x 2.7 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 1.1 inch
€12,000
Vive les fleurs, les cocktails & dream
Seb Paul Michel
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€129
A time for everything
Xiaoyang Galas
Print - 59.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€346
Fille aux trois anneaux
Albane de Saint Remy
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,996
On her majesty's Reine 007 james bond cinéma
Adélaïde Leferme
Painting - 75 x 115 x 3 cm Painting - 29.5 x 45.3 x 1.2 inch
€350
Voyages immobiles Gandhi Paix liberté prière freedom peace india elephant
Adélaïde Leferme
Painting - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€450
Wonder Princess Lady Di Reine Queen Diana England Pop art
Adélaïde Leferme
Painting - 115 x 75 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.3 x 29.5 x 1 inch
€450
Nice - Malte / Série SuperPOPsitions
Amandine André
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.4 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€350
John Lennon Imagine One Peace Beatles Paix Rock'n'Roll
Adélaïde Leferme
Painting - 29 x 29 x 5 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 2 inch
€450
Sphinx (series Noise of the Street)
Menkiv Anatoliy
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,600
Under the Shade of Trees
Ilia Filatov
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,458
In Frame Series: Relax At Home
Suanjaya Kencut
Painting - 104.14 x 88.9 x 2.54 cm Painting - 41 x 35 x 1 inch
€13,671
Colored Campbell's Soup Teal
The Skateroom
Design - 80 x 20 x 0.2 cm Design - 31.5 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
€296
Colored Campbell's Soup Peach
The Skateroom
Design - 80 x 20 x 0.2 cm Design - 31.5 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
€296
Colored Campbell's Soup Beige
The Skateroom
Design - 80 x 20 x 0.2 cm Design - 31.5 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
€296
La flamme arrive à Marseille
Isabelle Hirtzig
Painting - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch
€98
Mon chemin
Isabelle Hirtzig
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 18 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0 inch
€85
Portrait of a girl with glasses
Eugene Gorbachenko
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€4,000
Malikah legs
Hassan Hajjaj
Photography - 94.7 x 70.5 x 4 cm Photography - 37.3 x 27.8 x 1.6 inch
€13,000
Style break # The bat
Dominik Rutz
Painting - 100 x 70 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 2 inch
€2,774 €1,526
Still life with scull
Roman Rembovsky
Painting - 150.1 x 169.9 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 66.9 x 0.8 inch
€8,087
Vive les fleurs et les chats en voiture
Seb Paul Michel
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€350
Vive les fleurs et les cocktails
Seb Paul Michel
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€129
Vive les fleurs et cat cocktails
Seb Paul Michel
Painting - 27 x 41 cm Painting - 10.6 x 16.1 inch
€350
Vive les fleurs et les ballons
Seb Paul Michel
Painting - 27 x 22 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
€350
Vive les fleurs (1)
Seb Paul Michel
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€400
Vive les fleurs, hahaha, grrrrr
Seb Paul Michel
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€150
Variations picturales harmoniques entre stases et flux constitutifs du moment esthétique au moyen de petits bonds perceptifs dissensuels mais non moins structurants dans une perspective post-contemporaine bigrement insolite.
Eric Bourdon
Painting - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
€250
Femme au chapeau à fleurs
Eric Bourdon
Painting - 18 x 14 x 2 cm Painting - 7.1 x 5.5 x 0.8 inch
€250
