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![Painting, Pinkie with Green Marks, Liz Zorn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167996_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sonic Ripple I, Greg Angus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154653_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fune, Greg Angus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154646_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Prise de tête, David Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138811_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vestigios, Juan Ibarra](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2038431_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Only before, Deanna Sirlin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1939593_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fractal #008, Lek](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1740153_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Eglogue citadine II, Rose Passalboni](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1602864_1_grid.jpg)
Eglogue citadine II
Rose Passalboni
Painting - 25 x 25 x 3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,189
![Painting, Yo quiero... Yo quiero, Carmen Cañadas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1476954_1_grid.jpg)
Yo quiero... Yo quiero
Carmen Cañadas
Painting - 60 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$3,439
![Painting, Havana Trip 1/2, Claudia Elena](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1378230_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Voodoo Magic, Christos Patargias](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1315650_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, #1294B, Mario Sughi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/937470_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Journeys No 11, Melissa McGill](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2170723_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, TDU, Jean Serolle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147767_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ulmus - Abstraction, Jean-Louis Bellon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2134141_1_grid.jpg)
Ulmus - Abstraction
Jean-Louis Bellon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$1,817
![Painting, Antidote, Jonesy Artwork](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2068926_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vol de papillons - Abstraction, Guénola Guézo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1999221_1_grid.jpg)
Vol de papillons - Abstraction
Guénola Guézo
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,376
![Painting, Duo concerto Jian Zou, Changjian Huang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1738818_1_grid.jpg)
Duo concerto Jian Zou
Changjian Huang
Painting - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,118
![Painting, Sans titre, Pierre Saunier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1468980_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Beyond, Helena Jungermann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1420368_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 1989 Motherhood Maternité, Laurent Garcin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1214574_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Angel Descending the Staircase, Painting on Canvas, a.muse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/661584_1_grid.jpg)
Angel Descending the Staircase, Painting on Canvas
a.muse
Painting - 38.1 x 27.9 cm Painting - 15 x 11 inch
$1,800
![Painting, Trésor, Yanelis Reynaldo Carson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153588_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ville (1), Zhenlin Jiang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149333_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paysage abstrait géométrique, Henri Lainé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136759_1_grid.jpg)
Paysage abstrait géométrique
Henri Lainé
Painting - 60 x 43 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 16.9 x 0 inch
$1,118
![Print, Pote Bonheur, MAM](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135797_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Petit Christ rouge, Emilie Chauvel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1953918_1_grid.jpg)
Petit Christ rouge
Emilie Chauvel
Painting - 23.5 x 15.5 x 5 cm Painting - 9.3 x 6.1 x 2 inch
$1,007
![Painting, Printemps 7, Hanbo Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1687956_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Bernard Aubertin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530162_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Pas, Hervé Pezzini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1522740_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Liberté, Aude Milesi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1419552_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Coïncidence, Aude Milesi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1416351_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L’éveil rouge, Marianne Lefevre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/992181_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Art deco, Ellie Sanchez-Galiano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/891414_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Montagne, Li Kang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148587_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Orange Sky, Irit Epstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2062071_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Red Srata, Anders Hingel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2026059_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, 571 Glasseye school, Patrick Chevailler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2005353_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Joaquim Falcó](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1450116_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled
Joaquim Falcó
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$1,230
![Painting, Un café au mourillon, ZiB](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191842_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hope, Kotaro Machiyama](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1999740_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Somewhere in time IV, Plamen Kirilov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1102926_1_grid.jpg)
Somewhere in time IV
Plamen Kirilov
Painting - 130 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
![Painting, Burn Out, JP Vergnaud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/824715_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Dreams and memories, Albena Vatcheva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188651_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Al alba venceré, Coco Capuzzi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156448_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Wave pearl eggplant, KX2](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143926_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fons marí, Mary Heredia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137512_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, La bombasse orange Keith Haring, Capocci](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1906848_1_grid.jpg)
La bombasse orange Keith Haring
Capocci
Sculpture - 30 x 28 x 5 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 11 x 2 inch
$1,342
![Painting, Ballet floral, Cyril Destrade](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1892196_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Aloa, Louis Bottero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1887729_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dimension infinie, Roselyne Michel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1611597_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Domingo Millán](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1423008_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Geschüle Unlerwe, Kurt Josef Haas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1352874_1_grid.jpg)
Geschüle Unlerwe
Kurt Josef Haas
Painting - 122 x 102 x 2 cm Painting - 48 x 40.2 x 0.8 inch
$12,862
![Painting, Étincelle, MariBen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1021500_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Enterrado bajo las raíces del árbol sagrado, María José Vela](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1000344_1_grid.jpg)
Enterrado bajo las raíces del árbol sagrado
María José Vela
Painting - 83 x 83 x 2 cm Painting - 32.7 x 32.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
![Painting, Into the Flow II, Lia Van Leeuwen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/356887_1_grid.jpg)
Into the Flow II
Lia Van Leeuwen
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,013
![Print, Mundo Colorado, Manitoba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/300742_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Mc Lego, Helder Batista](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172291_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Janos Ber](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157377_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Buried Land 02, Elise Eekhout](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2051568_1_grid.jpg)
Buried Land 02
Elise Eekhout
Painting - 149.9 x 220 x 0.3 cm Painting - 59 x 86.6 x 0.1 inch
$13,398
![Painting, Couple Goals, Meshach Samo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174576_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Le Monde n°24097, Jean-François Dubreuil](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2141712_1_grid.jpg)
Le Monde n°24097
Jean-François Dubreuil
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 60 x 5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch
$1,510
![Painting, Blue Moon, Cynthia Ligeros](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2045226_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming) - Puyurru, Nazareth Collins Jangala](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1947588_1_grid.jpg)
Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming) - Puyurru
Nazareth Collins Jangala
Painting - 40 x 40 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$559
![Painting, Her disappointed kiss, Andrew Weir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1938609_1_grid.jpg)
Her disappointed kiss
Andrew Weir
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,230
![Painting, Magnetic 2, Hilary Winfield](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1830426_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Meditation, Miquel Angel Benejam](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1635528_1_grid.jpg)
Meditation
Miquel Angel Benejam
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2.8 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.1 inch
$1,901
![Painting, Deep Blue #15, Isthme](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1507863_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Marseille, Lionel Borla](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1434201_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cosmo Podos, Marie Christine Palombit](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1371075_1_grid.jpg)
Cosmo Podos
Marie Christine Palombit
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,237
![Painting, La Vida es Bella, Mauricio Paz Viola](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1189506_1_grid.jpg)
La Vida es Bella
Mauricio Paz Viola
Painting - 40 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,013
![Painting, Serie The Landscape No.1, Qing-Chun Diao](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1180068_1_grid.jpg)
Serie The Landscape No.1
Qing-Chun Diao
Painting - 60 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$1,454
![Painting, 1979 Green Abstraction Verte, Jean-Pierre Verdeille](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1176204_1_grid.jpg)
1979 Green Abstraction Verte
Jean-Pierre Verdeille
Painting - 30 x 40 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 inch
$2,181
![Painting, The world, Cinzia Hochstrasser](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1125102_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mild Blush, Max Kulich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2170674_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Groundswell, Matthew Dibble](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2170666_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portal of Aligned Manifestation, Liz McDonough](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167979_1_grid.jpg)
Portal of Aligned Manifestation
Liz McDonough
Painting - 50 x 150.1 x 4.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$1,311
![Painting, Untitled, Johnny Semaan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161343_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Drive the line, Remi Bertoche](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2098281_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue Comet, Julia Niiazbekova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2069295_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Flower, Irini Karpikioti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2061990_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Aegean Blues, Ifigenia Christodoulidou](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2061612_1_grid.jpg)
Aegean Blues
Ifigenia Christodoulidou
Painting - 61 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$2,050
![Painting, Evening, Henadzi Havartsou](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2059836_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Coexisting #01, Haydee Torres](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2059710_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Groundplan III_2, Geert Lemmers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2058936_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Love, Eva Hoffmann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2054823_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Take Your Places, Denise Souza Finney](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2050239_1_grid.jpg)
Take Your Places
Denise Souza Finney
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1.5 inch
$1,360
![Painting, Embrace 04, Darlene Watson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2045724_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Seascape at Sunset in Spain, Cristina Stefan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2045160_1_grid.jpg)
Seascape at Sunset in Spain
Cristina Stefan
Painting - 81.3 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 32 x 24 x 1.5 inch
$1,852
![Painting, Tango, Christiane Papé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2044938_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Infinity, Anamaria Cepoi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2026032_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fields of color 02, Marike Koot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1936854_1_grid.jpg)
Fields of color 02
Marike Koot
Painting - 100 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
$1,476
![Painting, Serie lethal harmony E13, Manolo Oyonarte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1930665_1_grid.jpg)
Serie lethal harmony E13
Manolo Oyonarte
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,667
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?