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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, N° 194 Magie, Isa-L

Isa-L

Painting . 97 x 75 x 2 cm Painting . 38.2 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

$7,016

Painting, Série Fleurs, Michel Jamet

Michel Jamet

Painting . 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch

$146

Painting, Rio, Karin Goeppert

Rio

Karin Goeppert

Painting . 39.9 x 39.9 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$624

Painting, Coronation, Karin Goeppert

Karin Goeppert

Painting . 100.1 x 70.1 x 0.3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

$847

Painting, 3 Scoops, Karin Goeppert

Karin Goeppert

Painting . 70.1 x 50 x 1.8 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch

$760

Painting, China Rose, Karin Goeppert

Karin Goeppert

Painting . 70.1 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$651

Painting, Mayflowers I, Karin Goeppert

Karin Goeppert

Painting . 39.9 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch

$635

Painting, Leftover man, Bill Stone

Bill Stone

Painting . 35.6 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 11 x 1 inch

$596

Painting, Rise 2, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting . 150 x 75 x 1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch

$760

Painting, elegance, Gillian Brin

Gillian Brin

Painting . 92 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

$760

Painting, Canvas 082, Cy Seymour

Cy Seymour

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

$3,689

Painting, Grey Moons, Robert Musser

Robert Musser

Painting . 35.6 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 11 x 1 inch

$341

Painting, Whatever, Karin Goeppert

Karin Goeppert

Painting . 39.9 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch

$721

Painting, Never Mind!, Karin Goeppert

Karin Goeppert

Painting . 39.9 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch

$721

Painting, Lagoon, Karin Goeppert

Karin Goeppert

Painting . 59.9 x 59.9 x 1.8 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch

$695

Painting, Carré rouge, Petar Kras

Petar Kras

Painting . 80 x 71 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 28 x 1.2 inch

$3,508

Fine Art Drawings, Three little birds, Sely

Sely

Fine Art Drawings . 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

$1,403

Painting, Slam Book, Aatmica Ojha

Aatmica Ojha

Painting . 85 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 33.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

$468

Painting, Feeling 1, Mireille Lopez

Mireille Lopez

Painting . 100 x 100 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 inch

$4,093

Painting, Abstrait-7, Théo Le Franc

Théo Le Franc

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

$409

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Matthieu Dorval

Matthieu Dorval

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 31 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 12.2 x 0 inch

$877

Painting, A2609, Thierry Benzaid

Thierry Benzaid

Painting . 18 x 26 x 1 cm Painting . 7.1 x 10.2 x 0.4 inch

$191

Fine Art Drawings, Bear, Philippe Dias

Philippe Dias

Fine Art Drawings . 77 x 58 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 30.3 x 22.8 x 0.1 inch

$585

Painting, Souvenir, Nawel Aubert

Nawel Aubert

Painting . 40 x 30 x 2.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1 inch

$292

Photography, L'Abat-jour, Paul Marnef

Paul Marnef

Photography . 50 x 50 x 2 cm Photography . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$748

Painting, Voir, Kristina Viera Wolf

Kristina Viera Wolf

Painting . 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

$702