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![Painting, Opening up, Brad Nuorala](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1611534_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dialogue, Françoise Dugourd-Caput](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1588503_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, In The Motion, JonOne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1553937_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled N°2, Gauthier Bruel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1514547_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, ESG41, Ellie Sanchez-Galiano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1489425_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Arinella VIII, Thierry Corpet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1477074_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Arinella VII, Thierry Corpet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1477071_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Arinella VI, Thierry Corpet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1477068_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Arinella V, Thierry Corpet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1477065_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Arinella II, Thierry Corpet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1477062_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Alalia XI, Thierry Corpet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1477059_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ref. 2009, Eva Prieto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1472187_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ref. 2008, Eva Prieto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1472181_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ref. 2003, Eva Prieto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1472040_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Momentary Vision 01, Abhishek Kumar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1465488_1_grid.jpg)
Momentary Vision 01
Abhishek Kumar
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 2 inch
$1,260
![Painting, Jardin exotique N°2, Gauthier Bruel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1461195_1_grid.jpg)
Jardin exotique N°2
Gauthier Bruel
Painting - 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,125
![Print, Arinella IV, Thierry Corpet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1452243_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Arinella III, Thierry Corpet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1452240_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Arinella I, Thierry Corpet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1452228_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Alistro VII, Thierry Corpet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1452222_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Alistro VI, Thierry Corpet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1452216_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Alistro V, Thierry Corpet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1452207_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Alistro IV, Thierry Corpet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1452204_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Alistro III, Thierry Corpet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1452201_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Alalia XIII, Thierry Corpet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1452186_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Alalia V, Thierry Corpet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1452183_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Alalia II, Thierry Corpet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1452171_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Time travels, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1433982_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fluidité 6, Martine Lallement](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1392612_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Coquelicots N°8 rouges, SAB](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1367334_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Robot & Flowers, Gauthier Bruel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1354212_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bee, Gauthier Bruel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1354179_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nature Idôlatre, Thomas Delalande](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1333263_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Blue energy node, Piotre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1298412_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Arctic Waves, Matt Kirby](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1296555_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mississippi Plains, Matt Kirby](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1288926_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Un été pas comme les autres, Martine Fauve Dechavanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1236585_1_grid.jpg)
Un été pas comme les autres
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 130 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$3,915
![Photography, Head, Pharrell Williams Portrait. Photography intervened by the artists., Hunter & Gatti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1203285_1_grid.jpg)
Head, Pharrell Williams Portrait. Photography intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 76 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.9 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
![Painting, Abstact stripe 2, James Chiew](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1166133_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled A01, Ta Rui](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1123260_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled A02, Ta Rui](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1123257_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le pays des sources N°16, Gauthier Bruel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1079925_1_grid.jpg)
Le pays des sources N°16
Gauthier Bruel
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,901
![Painting, L'ombre bleue, Marianne Lefevre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1042917_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pink ascension, Marianne Lefevre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1022502_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition 104, Brian Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1003131_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nympheas, Françoise Augustine](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204541_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lavandes sous le mont ventoux (2), ZiB](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197406_1_grid.jpg)
Lavandes sous le mont ventoux (2)
ZiB
Painting - 20 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$257
![Print, Paroles Peintes, Joan Miró](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173054_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Journal d'un graveur III, Joan Miró](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160205_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Systeme bleu, Xavier Wttrwulghe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159283_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Before Performance, Gegham Hunanyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156098_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Katiola, Well Rimo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155299_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sculpteur, Joan Miró](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149873_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The bridge, Catherine Clare](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2146323_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Crystal methyd, Keng Wai Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143657_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Naturaleza y cemento, Ernest Carneado Ferreri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138886_1_grid.jpg)
Naturaleza y cemento
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,118
![Painting, Pink leaves, Andrei Sitsko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138244_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La mélodie acide, Joan Miró](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2112402_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La mélodie acide, Joan Miró](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2112393_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rush hour, DB Waterman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2102880_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Profil XX, Yrak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2095095_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pearce Me - Series#15, Kris Haas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2074635_1_grid.jpg)
Pearce Me - Series#15
Kris Haas
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 1.5 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.6 inch
$1,015
![Painting, Unknown - Series#15, Kris Haas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2074626_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Not Beneath - Series #16, Kris Haas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2074617_1_grid.jpg)
Not Beneath - Series #16
Kris Haas
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 2 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.8 inch
$1,015
![Painting, Musicians, Gegham Hunanyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2038965_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Uprising, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2027445_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Planned-Iridescence1p, Felipe Pantone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2001495_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Lucioles, Jan Voss](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1986135_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Marcottage, Jan Voss](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1978326_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Chemin de bois (Suite complète), Jan Voss](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1978323_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La noche puede ser blanca, Ulpiano Carrasco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1948971_1_grid.jpg)
La noche puede ser blanca
Ulpiano Carrasco
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$11,744
![Painting, Eclipse y mirlo, Ulpiano Carrasco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1948950_1_grid.jpg)
Eclipse y mirlo
Ulpiano Carrasco
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$11,744
![Painting, La maja vestida, Ulpiano Carrasco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1948752_1_grid.jpg)
La maja vestida
Ulpiano Carrasco
Painting - 120 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 63 x 0.8 inch
$15,719
![Painting, Day on a luxury cruise, Ulpiano Carrasco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1948701_1_grid.jpg)
Day on a luxury cruise
Ulpiano Carrasco
Painting - 120 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 63 x 0.8 inch
$15,719
![Print, Exposition à la Galerie Matarasso, Nice, Joan Miró](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1927563_1_grid.jpg)
Exposition à la Galerie Matarasso, Nice
Joan Miró
Print - 62 x 48 cm Print - 24.4 x 18.9 inch
$5,033
![Painting, Rose solo, Agnès Tiollier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1909134_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Invite, Françoise Dugourd-Caput](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1902405_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Perruche, Yrak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1887027_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sokoma, Well Rimo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1867707_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Grey and blue composition, Luis Medina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1818465_1_grid.jpg)
Grey and blue composition
Luis Medina
Painting - 56.1 x 77 x 0.3 cm Painting - 22.1 x 30.3 x 0.1 inch
$795
![Painting, Libre comme l'air 2, Marielle Ritlewski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1783395_1_grid.jpg)
Libre comme l'air 2
Marielle Ritlewski
Painting - 60 x 60 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch
$1,566
![Painting, Fluid Emotions: Pastels, Aatmica Ojha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1764483_1_grid.jpg)
Fluid Emotions: Pastels
Aatmica Ojha
Painting - 102 x 76 x 2 cm Painting - 40.2 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,125
![Painting, Flowers in Bloom!, Aatmica Ojha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1729050_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Ambrosian Platter, Aatmica Ojha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1728969_1_grid.jpg)
The Ambrosian Platter
Aatmica Ojha
Painting - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,125
![Painting, Fluid Emotions (IV), Aatmica Ojha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1728963_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fluid Emotions (III), Aatmica Ojha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1728936_1_grid.jpg)
Fluid Emotions (III)
Aatmica Ojha
Painting - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,125
![Painting, The League of Extraordinary Emotions_Green, Aatmica Ojha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1728492_1_grid.jpg)
The League of Extraordinary Emotions_Green
Aatmica Ojha
Painting - 70 x 55 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 21.7 x 0 inch
$2,125
![Painting, The League of Extraordinary Emotions_Purple, Aatmica Ojha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1697787_1_grid.jpg)
The League of Extraordinary Emotions_Purple
Aatmica Ojha
Painting - 100 x 75 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$2,125
![Painting, Whirlpool, Aatmica Ojha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1697775_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Garden of Love, Aatmica Ojha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1692636_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Féminine, Yrak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1686852_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le poisson, Yrak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1686819_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Douceur féminine, Martine Fauve Dechavanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1675728_1_grid.jpg)
Douceur féminine
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,684
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?