Colored artworks

Painting, Cypriam, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Cypriam

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Painting - 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€810

Painting, Fuite impromptue au paradis des octaves, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Fuite impromptue au paradis des octaves

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Painting - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€810

Painting, Génésis, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Génésis

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Painting - 54 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 21.3 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,260

Painting, Interiorité, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Interiorité

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

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

€790

Painting, Lezarde, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Lezarde

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

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

€790

Design, Rainbow, Alice Aladjem

Rainbow

Alice Aladjem

Design - 150 x 165 x 25 cm Design - 59.1 x 65 x 9.8 inch

€1,800

Painting, MS - L - F, Sébastien Preschoux

MS - L - F

Sébastien Preschoux

Painting - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,750

Painting, MS - L - D, Sébastien Preschoux

MS - L - D

Sébastien Preschoux

Painting - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,750

Painting, MS - L - C2, Sébastien Preschoux

MS - L - C2

Sébastien Preschoux

Painting - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,750

Painting, Netherlands, Vern Rollin

Netherlands

Vern Rollin

Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1.5 inch

€1,151

Painting, Veil of Whispers, Loretta Kaltenhauser

Veil of Whispers

Loretta Kaltenhauser

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

€1,733

Painting, Coldfire, Vern Rollin

Coldfire

Vern Rollin

Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1.5 inch

€1,117

Painting, Human Nature # I, Elisa Costa

Human Nature # I

Elisa Costa

Painting - 130 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,161

Painting, Blooming Love Story, Elisa Costa

Blooming Love Story

Elisa Costa

Painting - 119.9 x 100.1 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,170

Painting, Pressure, Michael K Davis

Pressure

Michael K Davis

Painting - 91.9 x 91.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 36.2 x 1 inch

€1,233

Painting, Traversière, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Traversière

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

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

€960

Painting, Sycomore, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Sycomore

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

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

€960

Painting, Immuable, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Immuable

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

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

€960

Painting, Queen Marta, Yannick Aaron

Queen Marta

Yannick Aaron

Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

Painting, Winter, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Winter

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

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

€1,660

Print, Kyoto: Korin, Takashi Murakami

Kyoto: Korin

Takashi Murakami

Print - 76.25 x 72 cm Print - 30 x 28.3 inch

€3,175

Painting, Color Swatch N°1, Aurélie Trabaud

Color Swatch N°1

Aurélie Trabaud

Painting - 14 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting - 5.5 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€240

Print, SFE-080RC, Sam Francis

SFE-080RC

Sam Francis

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

€8,500

Painting, L'abri légendaire, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

L'abri légendaire

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Painting - 30 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€680

Painting, La reine paisible, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

La reine paisible

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Painting - 30 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€680

Print, Gate of heaven, Takashi Murakami

Gate of heaven

Takashi Murakami

Print - 70 x 70 cm Print - 27.6 x 27.6 inch

€5,950

Print, Ami-ennemi, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Ami-ennemi

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Print - 80 x 100 cm Print - 31.5 x 39.4 inch

€1,260

Print, Canal I, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Canal I

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Print - 80 x 100 cm Print - 31.5 x 39.4 inch

€1,260

Painting, Composition Abstraite Ref AB0783, Jean-Marie Ledannois

Composition Abstraite Ref AB0783

Jean-Marie Ledannois

Painting - 46 x 55 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 inch

€1,200

Print, Poursuite, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Poursuite

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Print - 100 x 80 cm Print - 39.4 x 31.5 inch

€1,260

Painting, Landscape 5, Gauthier Bruel

Landscape 5

Gauthier Bruel

Painting - 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,500

Painting, Eclosions géométriques, Arthur Dorval

Eclosions géométriques

Arthur Dorval

Painting - 140 x 200 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch

€9,500

Print, Les coquelicots, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Les coquelicots

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

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

€1,260

Print, Hautain, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Hautain

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

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

€1,260

Print, Eclaircie, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Eclaircie

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

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

€1,260

Sculpture, Sentiment de papillon N°14, Aurélien Finance

Sentiment de papillon N°14

Aurélien Finance

Sculpture - 50 x 50 x 6 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 19.7 x 2.4 inch

€1,900

Print, Untitled (SF-106A), Sam Francis

Untitled (SF-106A)

Sam Francis

Print - 72 x 102 cm Print - 28.3 x 40.2 inch

€7,500

Painting, Angel, Ramiro Baptista

Angel

Ramiro Baptista

Painting - 100 x 100 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 inch

€1,280

Painting, Happy Diptych in "Washi", Jan Sullivan Fowler

Happy Diptych in "Washi"

Jan Sullivan Fowler

Painting - 76.2 x 152.4 x 3.81 cm Painting - 30 x 60 x 1.5 inch

€1,678

Painting, Tendem, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Tendem

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

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

€650

Painting, Pause mémoire 2, Ezan Franck

Pause mémoire 2

Ezan Franck

Painting - 150 x 105 cm Painting - 59.1 x 41.3 inch

€4,000

Painting, Pause mémoire 1, Ezan Franck

Pause mémoire 1

Ezan Franck

Painting - 140 x 140 cm Painting - 55.1 x 55.1 inch

€5,000

Painting, Métamorphose 1, Ezan Franck

Métamorphose 1

Ezan Franck

Painting - 120 x 90 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 inch

€3,500

Painting, The forest for the trees, Nick Warren

The forest for the trees

Nick Warren

Painting - 76 x 101.5 x 3.5 cm Painting - 29.9 x 40 x 1.4 inch

€3,060

Painting, Le gardien de l'espoir, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Le gardien de l'espoir

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Painting - 30 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€725

Painting, Petite fille à la balançoire, Edmond Li Bellefroid

Petite fille à la balançoire

Edmond Li Bellefroid

Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Painting, Bella, Edmond Li Bellefroid

Bella

Edmond Li Bellefroid

Painting - 60 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,250

Print, The Red Horse, Max Papart

The Red Horse

Max Papart

Print - 74.9 x 95.3 cm Print - 29.5 x 37.5 inch

€1,151

Print, Prehistoria II, Max Papart

Prehistoria II

Max Papart

Print - 53.3 x 101.6 cm Print - 21 x 40 inch

€1,438

Print, Magique, Max Papart

Magique

Max Papart

Print - 64.8 x 48.3 cm Print - 25.5 x 19 inch

€911

Print, Composicion con Paloma, Max Papart

Composicion con Paloma

Max Papart

Print - 76.2 x 55.9 cm Print - 30 x 22 inch

€1,151

Print, Chromatic Composition, Max Papart

Chromatic Composition

Max Papart

Print - 75.6 x 101.6 cm Print - 29.75 x 40 inch

€1,438

Print, Acrobat, Max Papart

Acrobat

Max Papart

Print - 76.2 x 106.7 cm Print - 30 x 42 inch

€1,630

Painting, Untitled, Gauthier Bruel

Untitled

Gauthier Bruel

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

€1,540

Painting, Le passage des ombres, Dominique Prévots

Le passage des ombres

Dominique Prévots

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

€2,200

Painting, Untitled 3, Gauthier Bruel

Untitled 3

Gauthier Bruel

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

€1,500

Sculpture, WILD KONG 80 TAG mat, Richard Orlinski

WILD KONG 80 TAG mat

Richard Orlinski

Sculpture - 80 x 65 x 33 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 25.6 x 13 inch

€29,900

Painting, Blu Tindari, Antonino Puliafico

Blu Tindari

Antonino Puliafico

Painting - 70 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Painting, Circulation-308, Sooman Moon

Circulation-308

Sooman Moon

Painting - 20 x 20 x 4 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch

€150

Painting, After Party, Daniel Freaker

After Party

Daniel Freaker

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

€2,694

Painting, Nako, La Pointe

Nako

La Pointe

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

€1,200

Painting, 25 Têtes, Pitu

25 Têtes

Pitu

Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€5,000

Painting, Fronde azzurre 3, Antonino Puliafico

Fronde azzurre 3

Antonino Puliafico

Painting - 112 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting - 44.1 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€1,800

Print, Composition, Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Composition

Albert Ràfols-Casamada

Print - 47 x 36 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.5 x 14.2 x 0 inch

€600

Painting, 6RV, Xanda McCagg

6RV

Xanda McCagg

Painting - 23 x 30.5 cm Painting - 9.1 x 12 inch

€857

Photography, Broken celebrity #7, Zoltan Gerliczki

Broken celebrity #7

Zoltan Gerliczki

Photography - 64.8 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 25.5 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€2,109

Painting, 87, Homek & Jerome Mesnager

87

Homek & Jerome Mesnager

Painting - 46 x 33 x 4 cm Painting - 18.1 x 13 x 1.6 inch

€1,000

Painting, The king of light on his skate, Themanfromthefuture Urano

The king of light on his skate

Themanfromthefuture Urano

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

€750

Painting, Breathing Mountain, Antonino Puliafico

Breathing Mountain

Antonino Puliafico

Painting - 100 x 115 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 45.3 x 0 inch

€1,750

Photography, Synesthetic Letters - T, Dasha Pears

Synesthetic Letters - T

Dasha Pears

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

€780

Painting, Innocence, Edmond Li Bellefroid

Innocence

Edmond Li Bellefroid

Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€900

Painting, Dervisci Rotanti, Antonino Puliafico

Dervisci Rotanti

Antonino Puliafico

Painting - 115 x 140 x 0.1 cm Painting - 45.3 x 55.1 x 0 inch

€2,000

Painting, Untitled 66, Wissam Beydoun

Untitled 66

Wissam Beydoun

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

€1,247

Painting, Zenjiro, La Pointe

Zenjiro

La Pointe

Painting - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€1,250

Painting, Wakame, La Pointe

Wakame

La Pointe

Painting - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€767

Painting, Satoko, La Pointe

Satoko

La Pointe

Painting - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€800

Painting, Saburo, La Pointe

Saburo

La Pointe

Painting - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€800

Painting, Nakatsu, La Pointe

Nakatsu

La Pointe

Painting - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€800

Painting, Motoka, La Pointe

Motoka

La Pointe

Painting - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€767

Painting, Misato, La Pointe

Misato

La Pointe

Painting - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€800

Painting, Iruka, La Pointe

Iruka

La Pointe

Painting - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€767

Painting, Monte di fuoco, Antonino Puliafico

Monte di fuoco

Antonino Puliafico

Painting - 110 x 140 x 0.1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 55.1 x 0 inch

€2,000

Photography, Wind in Her Hair, Dasha Pears

Wind in Her Hair

Dasha Pears

Photography - 70 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€1,180

Painting, ST 7, Gauthier Bruel

ST 7

Gauthier Bruel

Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,900

Painting, Sans titre N°5, Gauthier Bruel

Sans titre N°5

Gauthier Bruel

Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,900

Painting, Sans titre N°3, Gauthier Bruel

Sans titre N°3

Gauthier Bruel

Painting - 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,900

Painting, Entre deux mondes, Rita Vandenherrewegen

Entre deux mondes

Rita Vandenherrewegen

Painting - 12 x 12 x 2 cm Painting - 4.7 x 4.7 x 0.8 inch

€190

Painting, Souvenirs 1, Ivan Tzonev

Souvenirs 1

Ivan Tzonev

Painting - 150 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€900

Painting, Nazdrave, Ivan Tzonev

Nazdrave

Ivan Tzonev

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

€800

Painting, The bird, Martin

The bird

Martin

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

€780

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? 

Read more