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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Print, Vit'Amy, Florepea

Florepea

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

£248

Painting, Frimas, Emmanuelle Vroelant

Emmanuelle Vroelant

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

£4,602

Photography, Old dutch 5, Geert Lemmers

Geert Lemmers

Photography . 80 x 100 x 2 cm Photography . 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

£1,310

Painting, Etude 555 A, Thierry Corpet

Thierry Corpet

Painting . 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

£310

Painting, Etude 555 B, Thierry Corpet

Thierry Corpet

Painting . 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

£310

Painting, Etude 555 C, Thierry Corpet

Thierry Corpet

Painting . 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

£310

Print, I Know, Jane Munro

Jane Munro

Print . 100 x 80 x 1 cm Print . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

£841

Painting, Yellow One, Aurelie Cholley

Aurelie Cholley

Painting . 105 x 71 x 4 cm Painting . 41.3 x 28 x 1.6 inch

£1,443

Painting, Super Gold, Aurelie Cholley

Aurelie Cholley

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

£735

Photography, New York view I, Geert Lemmers

Geert Lemmers

Photography . 100 x 80 x 2 cm Photography . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

£1,310

Painting, Etude 555 D, Thierry Corpet

Thierry Corpet

Painting . 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

£310

Painting, Etude 555 E, Thierry Corpet

Thierry Corpet

Painting . 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

£310

Photography, Another cityscape, Geert Lemmers

Geert Lemmers

Photography . 80 x 100 x 2 cm Photography . 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

£1,310 £1,179