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, Legato, Anatoly Tarabanov

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting . 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,350

Painting, Monet garden, Tharwet Kamoun

Tharwet Kamoun

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 1 inch

€1,500

Painting, Untitled, Lea Kramhöller

Lea Kramhöller

Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

€500

Painting, Calendar 1, Macha Poynder

Macha Poynder

Painting . 52 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 20.5 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€2,052

Painting, Bitch 2, Nolwenn Samson

Nolwenn Samson

Painting . 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Painting, Cut Off Virus, Spaco

Spaco

Painting . 140 x 45 x 5 cm Painting . 55.1 x 17.7 x 2 inch

€600

Painting, Nina Hagen, 2Kyff

2Kyff

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

€890

Painting, Dry Season, Ines Khadraoui

Ines Khadraoui

Painting . 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,500

Painting, Street art - 10, SmaK-titi

SmaK-titi

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

€1,400 €1,120

Painting, Instinctive Care, Ani Hovak

Ani Hovak

Painting . 55 x 45 x 1 cm Painting . 21.7 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,371 €1,097

Painting, City 4, Yichao Sun

Yichao Sun

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

€2,500

Painting, Versatile, Sabine Louriac

Sabine Louriac

Painting . 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Painting, Axial Rose, Florence Boré

Florence Boré

Painting . 72 x 98 cm Painting . 28.3 x 38.6 inch

€3,500 €3,150

Painting, Sud, Pierre Calogero

Sud

Pierre Calogero

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

€1,460

Painting, Gold and Blue, CT Artist

CT Artist

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

€3,290

Painting, Sans titre I, Pinto

Pinto

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch

€1,800

Painting, Chameleon, Craig Moran

Craig Moran

Painting . 35.6 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 14 x 18 x 1 inch

€978

Painting, Colors, Hayvon

Hayvon

Painting . 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€280

Painting, La Peppina, Yrak

Yrak

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

€3,850

Painting, Bygone Era, Kris Haas

Kris Haas

Painting . 121.9 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 30 x 1 inch

€3,337

Painting, Sub (XI), Lazare Cobalt

Lazare Cobalt

Painting . 165 x 30 x 1.9 cm Painting . 65 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch

€3,000

Painting, Chaos 02, David Pasquinelli

David Pasquinelli

Painting . 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch

€1,500

Print, Black Bull, Philippe Dias

Philippe Dias

Print . 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Print . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

€2,400

Painting, Elements n°15, Alice Maier

Alice Maier

Painting . 145 x 104 x 0.5 cm Painting . 57.1 x 40.9 x 0.2 inch

€890

Print, Untitled, Tadaaki Kuwayama

Tadaaki Kuwayama

Print . 31.4 x 40.7 x 0.1 cm Print . 12.4 x 16 x 0 inch

€1,000

Painting, Dreamy, Petra Schott

Petra Schott

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

€3,750

Print, Eraser, Claes Oldenburg

Claes Oldenburg

Print . 74 x 51 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.1 x 20.1 x 0 inch

€1,680

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, Mademoiselle 32, Kaige Yang

Kaige Yang

Painting . 50 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Painting, Bauplan, Andrea Lein

Andrea Lein

Painting . 25 x 32.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 9.8 x 12.8 x 0 inch

€1,100

Painting, BWM504222, André Nadal

André Nadal

Painting . 60 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€4,300

Painting, Talisman (10), Salamandra

Salamandra

Painting . 89 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 35 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€5,500

Painting, Twister, Ludovic Mercher

Ludovic Mercher

Painting . 89 x 146 x 2 cm Painting . 35 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Painting, Beach day, Ivo Petrov

Ivo Petrov

Painting . 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€950

Painting, Rura Penthe, Arnaud Liard

Arnaud Liard

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 1 inch

€3,120

Painting, Terra rosa, Sophie Dumont

Sophie Dumont

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

€2,900

Photography, Un peu de Rouge, Paul Marnef

Paul Marnef

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

€1,490

Painting, A 12 - 1, Julien Jubault

Julien Jubault

Painting . 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

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