Colored artworks

Painting, Poésie, Emmanuelle Vroelant

Poésie

Emmanuelle Vroelant

Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm

$1,019

Painting, Colorful Clouds, Nikolaos Schizas

Colorful Clouds

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting - 76 x 56 cm

$951

Painting, Bauhaus Revolutions. Full Moon, Slawomir Kuszczak

Bauhaus Revolutions. Full Moon

Slawomir Kuszczak

Painting - 50 x 70 x 3 cm

$1,925

Painting, Minimal Forms 03, Poonam Choudhary

Minimal Forms 03

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 76.2 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm

$650 $553

Painting, Composition No. 453, Sumit Mehndiratta

Composition No. 453

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting - 97 x 135 x 3 cm

$1,472

Painting, Bathed in Light, Fintan Whelan

Bathed in Light

Fintan Whelan

Painting - 80 x 65 x 4 cm

$2,026

Painting, I love soap, Alessandra Bisi

I love soap

Alessandra Bisi

Painting - x cm

$1,811 $1,449

Painting, Peinture 10-2020-100, Alain Bécanne

Peinture 10-2020-100

Alain Bécanne

Painting - 150 x 120 x 4.5 cm

$1,925

Painting, A l'infini, Agnès Tiollier

A l'infini

Agnès Tiollier

Painting - 116 x 73 x 2 cm

$3,396

Painting, Mademoiselle 41, Kaige Yang

Mademoiselle 41

Kaige Yang

Painting - 50 x 30 x 1 cm

$1,698

Painting, Tant qu'il aura des fleurs, David Jamin

Tant qu'il aura des fleurs

David Jamin

Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm

$962

Painting, Carrés fleuris, Ghislaine Chapuis

Carrés fleuris

Ghislaine Chapuis

Painting - 100 x 100 x 1 cm

$1,472

Painting, Amazonia, Benoît Guérin

Amazonia

Benoît Guérin

Painting - 61 x 46 x 2 cm

$623

Painting, Take a breath (clipping series - Be conveyed), Kotaro Machiyama

Take a breath (clipping series - Be conveyed)

Kotaro Machiyama

Painting - 65.2 x 53 x 2 cm

$1,730

Painting, Lumière du soir III, Agnès Tiollier

Lumière du soir III

Agnès Tiollier

Painting - 81 x 130 x 2 cm

$3,962

Painting, 0striconi #2, Thierry Corpet

0striconi #2

Thierry Corpet

Painting - 70 x 70 x 3.5 cm

$1,358

Painting, Perspectives Manhattan, Daniel Castan

Perspectives Manhattan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm

$2,094

Print, Virgo energy, Insane 51

Virgo energy

Insane 51

Print - 45 x 80 cm

$1,075

Sculpture, Le couple, Lothar Vigelandzoon

Le couple

Lothar Vigelandzoon

Sculpture - 55 x 33 x 20 cm

$24,849

Print, Angels, Menashe Kadishman

Angels

Menashe Kadishman

Print - 53 x 73 x 0.5 cm

$1,680

Painting, Danaé, Maude Ovize

Danaé

Maude Ovize

Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm

$2,717

Sculpture, Glace 1, Christian Michaud

Glace 1

Christian Michaud

Sculpture - 50.8 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm

$760

Painting, Woobles, Tic

Woobles

Tic

Painting - 120 x 75 x 1.8 cm

$1,302

Painting, Sana n°2305, Saname

Sana n°2305

Saname

Painting - 107 x 145 x 0.2 cm

$1,132

Photography, Bleed # 202351, Paul Snell

Bleed # 202351

Paul Snell

Photography - 90 x 60 x 8 cm

$5,033

Painting, L´enfance, Mara Toledo

L´enfance

Mara Toledo

Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm

$385 $346

Painting, Citizens in Colour, Julia Whitehead

Citizens in Colour

Julia Whitehead

Painting - 50 x 60 x 4 cm

$1,523

Painting, The Call of the Unknown, Tanya Ro

The Call of the Unknown

Tanya Ro

Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm

$1,075

Painting, Sans titre, Bengt Lindström

Sans titre

Bengt Lindström

Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm

$5,660

Painting, Là-bas, Yannick Bernard

Là-bas

Yannick Bernard

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm

$1,800

Painting, Les oiseaux, Eurgal

Les oiseaux

Eurgal

Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm

$1,087

Painting, Rhetoric, Orioye Samuel

Rhetoric

Orioye Samuel

Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm

$3,200

Painting, Printemps 16, Qiong qiong Shao

Printemps 16

Qiong qiong Shao

Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm

$1,585

Painting, Dreaming of the Future, Abiodun Nafiu Azeez

Dreaming of the Future

Abiodun Nafiu Azeez

Painting - 86.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm

$1,550

Painting, Passaggi in laguna olio su tela, Antonino Puliafico

Passaggi in laguna olio su tela

Antonino Puliafico

Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm

$1,245

Painting, Flames Within, Nemanja Nikolic

Flames Within

Nemanja Nikolic

Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2 cm

$1,358

Painting, Xxl large scale painting space dreamy fantasy fascinating masterpiece, Ovidiu Kloska

Xxl large scale painting space dreamy fantasy fascinating masterpiece

Ovidiu Kloska

Painting - 150 x 120 x 3 cm

$2,264 $1,811

Painting, Baby Love, Virginia Benedicto

Baby Love

Virginia Benedicto

Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm

$1,071

Painting, Black Camo, Aney

Black Camo

Aney

Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm

$1,994

Painting, Blue vibes, James Chiew

Blue vibes

James Chiew

Painting - 170 x 70 x 5 cm

$14,151

Painting, Sans titre, Jacques Dominioni

Sans titre

Jacques Dominioni

Painting - 80 x 100 x 5 cm

$2,151

Sculpture, Sweet Love, Virginia Benedicto

Sweet Love

Virginia Benedicto

Sculpture - 36 x 17 x 7 cm

$1,302

Painting, Building a Home, Lilly Muth

Building a Home

Lilly Muth

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm

$1,811

Print, Madonna, Mr Brainwash

Madonna

Mr Brainwash

Print - 70 x 50 x 0.05 cm

$4,415

Print, L'Ecuyere, Marc Chagall

L'Ecuyere

Marc Chagall

Print - 34 x 48 x 0.1 cm

$1,358

Painting, Le timide en veste à fleurs, Jéko

Le timide en veste à fleurs

Jéko

Painting - 140 x 107 x 0.2 cm

$4,075 $3,668

Painting, Abstract Impressions, Vlas Ayvazyan

Abstract Impressions

Vlas Ayvazyan

Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm

$600

Print, Dodécatinte orange, Vinça Monadé

Dodécatinte orange

Vinça Monadé

Print - 65 x 65 cm

$906

Painting, JP Belmondo, Martin

JP Belmondo

Martin

Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm

$792

Painting, Le Passage Secret, Christiane Hess

Le Passage Secret

Christiane Hess

Painting - 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm

$906

Painting, Les arbres 02.12.23, Laurent Bouro

Les arbres 02.12.23

Laurent Bouro

Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm

$3,849

Painting, Balanced by Light, Katharina Husslein

Balanced by Light

Katharina Husslein

Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm

$1,811

Painting, The dance of a star, Saverio Filioli Uranio

The dance of a star

Saverio Filioli Uranio

Painting - 100 x 100 x 1.5 cm

$1,245 $996

Painting, Koriace, Arsen

Koriace

Arsen

Painting - 63 x 63 x 3 cm

$1,358

Painting, La palette de Basquiat-Duduss (1), Toctoc

La palette de Basquiat-Duduss (1)

Toctoc

Painting - 56 x 78 x 1 cm

$1,585

Print, Studland bay, Damien Hirst

Studland bay

Damien Hirst

Print - 120 x 90 x 1 cm

$10,868

Painting, Coup de coeur, Genny B

Coup de coeur

Genny B

Painting - 60 x 60 x 1 cm

$340

Painting, Danza del dragón, Iñaki Oreja

Danza del dragón

Iñaki Oreja

Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm

$2,264

Painting, Bataille poétique, Âme Sauvage

Bataille poétique

Âme Sauvage

Painting - 81 x 100 x 2.4 cm

$1,132

Painting, Lime Arc Over Pink Red, Simon Findlay

Lime Arc Over Pink Red

Simon Findlay

Painting - 175 x 140 x 2 cm

$2,264

Painting, Stepping out, Reasons of life, Gor Avetisyan

Stepping out, Reasons of life

Gor Avetisyan

Painting - 110 x 95 x 2 cm

$4,528

Painting, INNER GARDEN - II, Sophie Mangelsen

INNER GARDEN - II

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 120 x 100 x 2.5 cm

$1,075

Painting, Out of the tube, Patrick Chevailler

Out of the tube

Patrick Chevailler

Painting - 61 x 91 x 2 cm

$928

Painting, Lecture en bleu majeur, Sophie Dumont

Lecture en bleu majeur

Sophie Dumont

Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm

$2,253

Painting, Pourquoi pas, steHp

Pourquoi pas

steHp

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm

$1,358

Painting, Almaz, Eric Robin

Almaz

Eric Robin

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm

$1,698

Painting, Floral Symphony, Narek Qochunc

Floral Symphony

Narek Qochunc

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm

$900

Painting, Le jour J..., David Jehan (B.boss)

Le jour J...

David Jehan (B.boss)

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm

$679

Painting, Ballet, Stéphane Cantin

Ballet

Stéphane Cantin

Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm

$453

Painting, 30 janvier 2024, Raymond Attanasio

30 janvier 2024

Raymond Attanasio

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm

$2,830

Painting, Réf. 115, Frédérique Barba

Réf. 115

Frédérique Barba

Painting - 146 x 114 x 2 cm

$1,925

Painting, Les Bidules, VHE

Les Bidules

VHE

Painting - 50 x 50 x 5 cm

$623

Painting, Sans titre, Talon

Sans titre

Talon

Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm

$679

Painting, Paysage, Dominique Kennel

Paysage

Dominique Kennel

Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm

$589

Photography, Les architectures de l'ombre V.XXXXI, Geraldine Wilcke

Les architectures de l'ombre V.XXXXI

Geraldine Wilcke

Photography - 40 x 30 x 3 cm

$1,358

Print, Le Metamorphe, Kiss Dust

Le Metamorphe

Kiss Dust

Print - 60 x 120 x 0.3 cm

$1,698

Painting, In folio I, Ilgvars Zalans

In folio I

Ilgvars Zalans

Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm

$1,698

Painting, Equinoxe du Printemps, Sange

Equinoxe du Printemps

Sange

Painting - 50 x 73 x 2 cm

$996

Painting, Ancient City, Muraz Martirosyan

Ancient City

Muraz Martirosyan

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm

$1,131

Fine Art Drawings, Tree Of Life I - The Sun, Kyle Andrew Szpyrka

Tree Of Life I - The Sun

Kyle Andrew Szpyrka

Fine Art Drawings - 48 x 36 cm

$3,396

Painting, Pinkie with Green Marks, Liz Zorn

Pinkie with Green Marks

Liz Zorn

Painting - 86.4 x 78.7 x 2.5 cm

$1,575

Painting, Lilac and Pears, Ania Pieniazek

Lilac and Pears

Ania Pieniazek

Painting - 60 x 80 x 10 cm

$1,192

Painting, Red wall, Yichao Sun

Red wall

Yichao Sun

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm

$5,434

Painting, 2002/PP31, Claude Viallat

2002/PP31

Claude Viallat

Painting - 62 x 44.5 x 1 cm

$6,792

Painting, The Light, Anna Selina

The Light

Anna Selina

Painting - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm

$2,038

Painting, Lettres colonnes, Paul Kallos

Lettres colonnes

Paul Kallos

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm

$2,264

Painting, Quatre Saisons (Eté), Sylvain Lang

Quatre Saisons (Eté)

Sylvain Lang

Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm

$1,698

Painting, Geometry with curves, Marek Uhlir

Geometry with curves

Marek Uhlir

Painting - 59.9 x 59.9 x 2.5 cm

$960

Painting, Abstract Art Twenty-Three, Lynne Taetzsch

Abstract Art Twenty-Three

Lynne Taetzsch

Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm

$1,995

Fine Art Drawings, Enchanted Glade, Gaëlle Wagner

Enchanted Glade

Gaëlle Wagner

Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 2 cm

$2,377

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? 

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