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, New-York love, Rico Sab

Rico Sab

Painting . 150 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€900

Painting, Summer Park, COMO

COMO

Painting . 120 x 90 x 1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

€2,200

Painting, Rush hour, Leonard Ngure

Leonard Ngure

Painting . 90.5 x 102.5 x 2 cm Painting . 35.6 x 40.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,700

Painting, Lyon yeah....!, Rico Sab

Rico Sab

Painting . 150 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€900

Painting, Selo F, Ivan Tzonev

Ivan Tzonev

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€540

Painting, Vent de liberté, ZiB

ZiB

Painting . 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,950

Painting, Brazil, Christelle Bauduin

Christelle Bauduin

Painting . 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,150

Painting, Afterglow, Slava Ilyayev

Slava Ilyayev

Painting . 61 x 122 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 48 x 1 inch

€11,750

Painting, Parasols bleus, Mark Kaplan

Mark Kaplan

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

€9,000

Photography, Venezia, Italy, Francoblanco

Francoblanco

Photography . 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€195

Painting, Honfleur, Samiran Boruah

Samiran Boruah

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

€1,400

Photography, Poplanco #3, Edmund Sumner

Edmund Sumner

Photography . 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€2,296

Painting, Milan, Michel Das

Michel Das

Painting . 92 x 74 x 3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 29.1 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Painting, Amazing Lyon, Rico Sab

Rico Sab

Painting . 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch

€950

Painting, La route -1, Ivan Tzonev

Ivan Tzonev

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

€225

Painting, Salvador, Christelle Bauduin

Christelle Bauduin

Painting . 40 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€700

Painting, Les tagueurs, Pierre Barillot

Pierre Barillot

Painting . 90 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch

€2,300

Painting, Urban Illusion, GraffMatt

GraffMatt

Painting . 29 x 19 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11.4 x 7.5 x 0.2 inch

€270

Painting, White town, 8, Ingrid Knaus

Ingrid Knaus

Painting . 61 x 78.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 31 x 1 inch

€2,151

Painting, N5, Florence Malcombe

N5

Florence Malcombe

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€140

Painting, Good vibes Lyon, Rico Sab

Rico Sab

Painting . 120 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€650

Painting, Golden Streets, Jacob Burda

Jacob Burda

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

€1,950

Painting, Ville (1), Zhenlin Jiang

Zhenlin Jiang

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

€800

Painting, Dust & Light, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

Painting, Destino, Olga Afanasiadi

Olga Afanasiadi

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

€1,400

Photography, Poloca #2, Edmund Sumner

Edmund Sumner

Photography . 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€2,296

Painting, La Ciotat, Sophie Louiset

Sophie Louiset

Painting . 81 x 100 x 2.4 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch

€1,900

Painting, Skyline, Slava Ilyayev

Slava Ilyayev

Painting . 76 x 61 x 3 cm Painting . 29.9 x 24 x 1.2 inch

€9,336