Colored artworks

Painting, Nouvelle anecdote, Richard Dubure

Nouvelle anecdote

Richard Dubure

Painting - 54 x 73 x 4 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,500

Print, Sans titre, Mark di Suvero

Sans titre

Mark di Suvero

Print - 76 x 56.5 cm Print - 29.9 x 22.2 inch

€800

Print, Circus monotype 2, Tony Soulié

Circus monotype 2

Tony Soulié

Print - 116 x 97 x 0.1 cm Print - 45.7 x 38.2 x 0 inch

€3,000

Painting, Nature morte, Zhenhua Guo

Nature morte

Zhenhua Guo

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

€1,200 €1,080

Painting, The Call of the Unknown, Tanya Ro

The Call of the Unknown

Tanya Ro

Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€950

Painting, On the Back 1, Célia Eid

On the Back 1

Célia Eid

Painting - 67 x 76 x 3 cm Painting - 26.4 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Painting, It's Getting Kind of Hectic, Emma Harrison

It's Getting Kind of Hectic

Emma Harrison

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Painting, Un coin de ciel bleu, Emily Starck

Un coin de ciel bleu

Emily Starck

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

€2,000

Painting, La sieste - Nap in a 70's room, Léa Dedieu

La sieste - Nap in a 70's room

Léa Dedieu

Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Painting, Dreaming to fly, Maria Esmar

Dreaming to fly

Maria Esmar

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,200

Painting, Chrysanthemum Cascade, Kamo Atoyan

Chrysanthemum Cascade

Kamo Atoyan

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€966

Painting, Spartacus, Max Yaskin

Spartacus

Max Yaskin

Painting - 100 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,650

Painting, Blossoming Romance, Gor Avetisyan

Blossoming Romance

Gor Avetisyan

Painting - 110 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,900

Print, Danse, Maude Ovize

Danse

Maude Ovize

Print - 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.3 x 0 inch

€300

Painting, Existenciel, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Existenciel

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€690

Painting, L’âme et la paix, Lu Ma

L’âme et la paix

Lu Ma

Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€800

Painting, Out of the tube, Patrick Chevailler

Out of the tube

Patrick Chevailler

Painting - 61 x 91 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 35.8 x 0.8 inch

€820

Print, Sans titre, Zao Wou-Ki

Sans titre

Zao Wou-Ki

Print - 57.5 x 71.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.6 x 28.1 x 0 inch

€5,800

Painting, Love letters in the sand I, Ilgvars Zalans

Love letters in the sand I

Ilgvars Zalans

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

€2,100

Painting, Cherries, Valeri Tsvetkov

Cherries

Valeri Tsvetkov

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,550

Painting, Renouveau, Christine Marie Nobre

Renouveau

Christine Marie Nobre

Painting - 50 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch

€690

Painting, Nina Hagen, 2Kyff

Nina Hagen

2Kyff

Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€890

Photography, Air France, Alice Maier

Air France

Alice Maier

Photography - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€650 €520

Painting, Inside David Attenborough's Pocket Watch, Victoria Horkan

Inside David Attenborough's Pocket Watch

Victoria Horkan

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€4,122

Painting, Arcade, Olivier Ebel

Arcade

Olivier Ebel

Painting - 92 x 128 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 50.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,200 €1,980

Photography, Jericoacoara, Alice Aladjem

Jericoacoara

Alice Aladjem

Photography - 55 x 70 x 5 cm Photography - 21.7 x 27.6 x 2 inch

€1,250

Painting, Tempête de bleu, Hervé Souffi

Tempête de bleu

Hervé Souffi

Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Painting, I Am Love, Nicole Daniah Sidonie

I Am Love

Nicole Daniah Sidonie

Painting - 61 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1.5 inch

€1,707

Print, Geo Structure, Gameon

Geo Structure

Gameon

Print - 59.4 x 35 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.4 x 13.8 x 0 inch

€225

Painting, Let Go Let Live #2, Niki Stearman

Let Go Let Live #2

Niki Stearman

Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch

€1,738

Painting, Spring sunset #3, Laura Dujoncquoy

Spring sunset #3

Laura Dujoncquoy

Painting - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,500

Painting, Prism 2, Hamed ENCS

Prism 2

Hamed ENCS

Painting - 92 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Painting, Sans titre, Bengt Lindström

Sans titre

Bengt Lindström

Painting - 63 x 47 x 0.1 cm Painting - 24.8 x 18.5 x 0 inch

€5,000

Painting, Octagonal Composition, Giuseppe Zumbolo

Octagonal Composition

Giuseppe Zumbolo

Painting - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€800

Painting, Landscape 89, Li Dongfeng

Landscape 89

Li Dongfeng

Painting - 70 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

€800 €720

Painting, Métamorphose, Maryse Chatron Kriloff

Métamorphose

Maryse Chatron Kriloff

Painting - 60 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

€1,400

Painting, La danse des cartes, Xavier de Vilmorin

La danse des cartes

Xavier de Vilmorin

Painting - 92 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€1,900

Painting, Vive les fleurs et les fleurs, Seb Paul Michel

Vive les fleurs et les fleurs

Seb Paul Michel

Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€535

Painting, Feminae, Conie Senac

Feminae

Conie Senac

Painting - 50 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch

€1,580

Painting, Souvenirs d'enfance, Pierre Henry

Souvenirs d'enfance

Pierre Henry

Painting - 60 x 48.5 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.1 x 0.4 inch

€2,127

Photography, Les architectures de l'ombre V.XXXXI, Geraldine Wilcke

Les architectures de l'ombre V.XXXXI

Geraldine Wilcke

Photography - 40 x 30 x 3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Painting, Voiles rougeoyantes, JPx

Voiles rougeoyantes

JPx

Painting - 50 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€350

Painting, Self-Worth 2, Hezekiah Oyejide Obidare

Self-Worth 2

Hezekiah Oyejide Obidare

Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 2 inch

€3,138

Print, Sans titre, Sonia Delaunay

Sans titre

Sonia Delaunay

Print - 73 x 52 x 0.1 cm Print - 28.7 x 20.5 x 0 inch

€4,000

Painting, Au fil de l’eau, Agnès Tiollier

Au fil de l’eau

Agnès Tiollier

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

€2,400

Painting, Fleurs I, Cécile Girard

Fleurs I

Cécile Girard

Painting - 19 x 19 x 2 cm Painting - 7.5 x 7.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,000 €900

Painting, Voilier, Xavier Albert Fiala

Voilier

Xavier Albert Fiala

Painting - 60 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

€1,489

Painting, Sans titre, Jean Sellier

Sans titre

Jean Sellier

Painting - 31 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 12.2 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€980

Sculpture, Mc Lego, Helder Batista

Mc Lego

Helder Batista

Sculpture - 20 x 15 x 8 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 5.9 x 3.1 inch

€3,900

Painting, Joker, Ninu Art

Joker

Ninu Art

Painting - 60 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€1,300

Painting, Temperatura - Tincion. From The Light series, Jose Ricardo Contreras Gonzalez

Temperatura - Tincion. From The Light series

Jose Ricardo Contreras Gonzalez

Painting - 25.9 x 129.8 x 2.8 cm Painting - 10.2 x 51.1 x 1.1 inch

€1,835

Fine Art Drawings, Couleur Majorelle III, Agnès Tiollier

Couleur Majorelle III

Agnès Tiollier

Fine Art Drawings - 69 x 49 x 0.15 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.2 x 19.3 x 0.1 inch

€900

Painting, Cathédrale Saint Julien Le Mans, Stéphane Cantin

Cathédrale Saint Julien Le Mans

Stéphane Cantin

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

€850

Painting, Red environment, Arman Hayrapetyan

Red environment

Arman Hayrapetyan

Painting - 61 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€2,318

Painting, Once There Was A Way, Brian Bartlett

Once There Was A Way

Brian Bartlett

Painting - 90 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,455

Painting, The dance of a star, Saverio Filioli Uranio

The dance of a star

Saverio Filioli Uranio

Painting - 100 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch

€1,100

Painting, Equinoxe du Printemps, Sange

Equinoxe du Printemps

Sange

Painting - 50 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€880

Painting, Lavender, Marco Saporiti

Lavender

Marco Saporiti

Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€250

Painting, Tableau d'une trahison, Frédéric Lemonnier

Tableau d'une trahison

Frédéric Lemonnier

Painting - 60 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€860

Painting, Roger Rabbit Love, Lussy

Roger Rabbit Love

Lussy

Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,000 €900

Painting, DNA 217-5, Humanfuel

DNA 217-5

Humanfuel

Painting - 56 x 37 cm Painting - 22 x 14.6 inch

€500

Painting, Earth 81, Angel Patchamanov

Earth 81

Angel Patchamanov

Painting - 130 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,850

Painting, Landscape, Mitko Dimitrov

Landscape

Mitko Dimitrov

Painting - 39 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.4 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€379

Painting, Frétillements frénétiques, Arnaud Dromigny

Frétillements frénétiques

Arnaud Dromigny

Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€520

Painting, Le monde en équilibre, Isabelle Duffaud

Le monde en équilibre

Isabelle Duffaud

Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

€1,350

Painting, Pink city Abstract-187, Nivas Kanhere

Pink city Abstract-187

Nivas Kanhere

Painting - 121.9 x 100.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 39.5 x 1 inch

€1,690

Painting, A Theroy of Evolution, Newel Hunter

A Theroy of Evolution

Newel Hunter

Painting - 45.7 x 61 x 0.3 cm Painting - 18 x 24 x 0.1 inch

€1,980

Painting, Coral Sunset (Red Reflection), Nestor Toro

Coral Sunset (Red Reflection)

Nestor Toro

Painting - 88.9 x 71.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 35 x 28 x 0.1 inch

€1,690

Painting, Coup de coeur, Genny B

Coup de coeur

Genny B

Painting - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€300

Painting, Libération, M. Thomas

Libération

M. Thomas

Painting - 45.5 x 36 x 1.5 cm Painting - 17.9 x 14.2 x 0.6 inch

€914

Painting, Cnidaria,, Nicholas Kriefall

Cnidaria,

Nicholas Kriefall

Painting - 61 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1.5 inch

€1,835

Photography, Maestria, Luz

Maestria

Luz

Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.03 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€1,200

Painting, Abstraction of a Dark Blue Square No. 1, Kat Zhivetin

Abstraction of a Dark Blue Square No. 1

Kat Zhivetin

Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,574

Painting, Air #1, Michèle Laurence Prévost

Air #1

Michèle Laurence Prévost

Painting - 85 x 85 x 4 cm Painting - 33.5 x 33.5 x 1.6 inch

€2,100

Painting, Coffee Break, Narek Qochunc

Coffee Break

Narek Qochunc

Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€174

Print, My Kid Just Ruined My Basquiat (graf), Ziegler T

My Kid Just Ruined My Basquiat (graf)

Ziegler T

Print - 76 x 56 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 inch

€300

Painting, Plane crash landscape 2, Jeff Engberg

Plane crash landscape 2

Jeff Engberg

Painting - 60 x 60 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 inch

€800

Painting, Fashion Mode Sale, Cosmos

Fashion Mode Sale

Cosmos

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch

€4,000

Painting, Shark - Spin Painting, Damien Hirst

Shark - Spin Painting

Damien Hirst

Painting - 50 x 71 cm Painting - 19.7 x 28 inch

€18,000

Print, Rajao (Réhaussé / Hand-Embellished), Yoann Bonneville (YBA)

Rajao (Réhaussé / Hand-Embellished)

Yoann Bonneville (YBA)

Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€290

Painting, Mademoiselle 43, Kaige Yang

Mademoiselle 43

Kaige Yang

Painting - 50 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,400

Painting, Window view 11 - Wipe left, Low Bros

Window view 11 - Wipe left

Low Bros

Painting - 130 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€8,600

Painting, Le plongeon, Romain Dorez

Le plongeon

Romain Dorez

Painting - 61 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€350

Painting, N°556, Pierre-Luc Poujol

N°556

Pierre-Luc Poujol

Painting - 195 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 76.8 x 51.2 x 2 inch

€15,900

Painting, Love Cats, Studio Art Inspirada

Love Cats

Studio Art Inspirada

Painting - 155 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 61 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€700

Painting, Happy childrens, Morena MoBe

Happy childrens

Morena MoBe

Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€160

Print, Banana Republic #3 (Oeuvre unique), Karl Kox

Banana Republic #3 (Oeuvre unique)

Karl Kox

Print - 75 x 70 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.5 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

€750

Painting, Renouveau 6, Pascale Morelot-Palu

Renouveau 6

Pascale Morelot-Palu

Painting - 65 x 54 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch

€1,260

Painting, Underwater flower, Sou-Yuji

Underwater flower

Sou-Yuji

Painting - 117 x 91 x 3 cm Painting - 46.1 x 35.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,150

Painting, La femme au coeur, Zafi

La femme au coeur

Zafi

Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€5,200

Painting, Shard, Palirina

Shard

Palirina

Painting - 60 x 40 x 1.6 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch

€517

Painting, Composition 307, Xiu

Composition 307

Xiu

Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Painting, Sans titre, Louttre B

Sans titre

Louttre B

Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€5,500

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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