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, World Dance, Ihab Ahmad

Ihab Ahmad

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

€4,500

Print, Hard Reset IV, Heng

Heng

Print . 42 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 16.5 x 11.6 x 0 inch

€100

Photography, Scorch, Eric Dujols

Eric Dujols

Photography . 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch

€1,400

Painting, Les Bonh'ommes XL, VHE

VHE

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

€400 €360

Painting, Ava, Géraldine G.

Ava

Géraldine G.

Painting . 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€3,400

Painting, Foresaken, Karl Bielik

Karl Bielik

Painting . 62 x 49 x 0.1 cm Painting . 24.4 x 19.3 x 0 inch

€2,419

Painting, Lightness, Gillian Brin

Gillian Brin

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

€550

Painting, Fleur 8, Chao Li

Chao Li

Painting . 58 x 43 x 1 cm Painting . 22.8 x 16.9 x 0.4 inch

€800

Sculpture, Nyrï, Saône De Stalh

Saône De Stalh

Sculpture . 30 x 49 x 11 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 19.3 x 4.3 inch

€1,600

Painting, Sans titre III, Loïc Brun

Loïc Brun

Painting . 46 x 38 x 3 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Painting, L'étincelle, Jadis

Jadis

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

€900

Painting, Chat, Juan Li

Juan Li

Painting . 47 x 36 x 1 cm Painting . 18.5 x 14.2 x 0.4 inch

€800

Painting, Lush Summer/2, Helen Mount

Helen Mount

Painting . 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€1,500

Painting, Marrakech, Véro Blaise

Véro Blaise

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€550

Painting, MB 85, Méryl B

Méryl B

Painting . 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€950 €855

Painting, Itinérance, Elena Feteanu

Elena Feteanu

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

€900

Painting, Peonies I, Ania Pieniazek

Ania Pieniazek

Painting . 70 x 60 x 10 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 3.9 inch

€1,028

Painting, Maniac's Struggle 4, Skwak

Skwak

Painting . 20.32 x 29.21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 8 x 11.5 x 0 inch

€1,200

Painting, Fluo 2, Ninu

Ninu

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

€1,200

Painting, Going Home, Luong Trung

Luong Trung

Painting . 50 x 77 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 30.3 x 0.4 inch

€2,550

Painting, Joy, Erika Vilimaityte

Joy

Erika Vilimaityte

Painting . 110 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Painting, Rockpool II, Megan Yelets

Megan Yelets

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

€1,149

Painting, Cha 5, Cha Sun

Cha Sun

Painting . 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€920

Painting, Ecstasy, Dostena Lavergne

Dostena Lavergne

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

€3,450

Painting, Sans tître 4, Robert Mus

Robert Mus

Painting . 61 x 83 x 3 cm Painting . 24 x 32.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,600

Painting, Back Doors, JonOne

JonOne

Painting . 100 x 85 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

€14,000

Painting, Continuum II, Tejinder Kanda

Tejinder Kanda

Painting . 46 x 36 x 3 cm Painting . 18.1 x 14.2 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Painting, Expired, Robert Tillberg

Robert Tillberg

Painting . 152.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 60 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€2,876

Painting, Là-bas, Yannick Bernard

Yannick Bernard

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

€1,590

Painting, Second life, Shanon Bee

Shanon Bee

Painting . 73 x 116 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch

€990

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