Colored artworks

Painting, Action of Life, Gor Avetisyan

Action of Life

Gor Avetisyan

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

$2,714

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

$1,414

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

$800

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

$905

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

$905

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

$905

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

$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

$800

Painting, Holy Cry, VeraD

Holy Cry

VeraD

Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,470

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

$215

Painting, Asie, simplicité d'ailleurs, Sophie Petetin

Asie, simplicité d'ailleurs

Sophie Petetin

Painting - 50 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1 inch

$1,125

Sculpture, Porsche 911 | 80th Birthday 2024, David Gerstein

Porsche 911 | 80th Birthday 2024

David Gerstein

Sculpture - 62 x 161 x 15 cm Sculpture - 24.4 x 63.4 x 5.9 inch

$10,743

Painting, Abstraction, Babeth Puech

Abstraction

Babeth Puech

Painting - 50 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch

$656

Painting, ZDZ1099, Thierry Zdzieblo

ZDZ1099

Thierry Zdzieblo

Painting - 60 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

$611

Painting, ZDZ1100, Thierry Zdzieblo

ZDZ1100

Thierry Zdzieblo

Painting - 60 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

$611

Painting, Dynastie, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Dynastie

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

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

$780

Painting, Deforestation, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Deforestation

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

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

$1,459

Print, Ecouter Barbara, Yohan Storti

Ecouter Barbara

Yohan Storti

Print - 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.3 x 0 inch

$317

Painting, On the surface, Gergana Balabanova

On the surface

Gergana Balabanova

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

$763

Painting, Circo, Ernest Carneado Ferreri

Circo

Ernest Carneado Ferreri

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

$1,131

Painting, Pareja paseando, Ernest Carneado Ferreri

Pareja paseando

Ernest Carneado Ferreri

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

$1,131

Painting, Mujer en la noche, Ernest Carneado Ferreri

Mujer en la noche

Ernest Carneado Ferreri

Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

$905

Painting, Belleza frente a desgracia, Ernest Carneado Ferreri

Belleza frente a desgracia

Ernest Carneado Ferreri

Painting - 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

$1,131

Painting, Mujer con copa, Ernest Carneado Ferreri

Mujer con copa

Ernest Carneado Ferreri

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

$1,131

Painting, Atracción, Ernest Carneado Ferreri

Atracción

Ernest Carneado Ferreri

Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

$1,018

Painting, Busto en pedestal, Ernest Carneado Ferreri

Busto en pedestal

Ernest Carneado Ferreri

Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

$1,018

Painting, Pensamientos, Ernest Carneado Ferreri

Pensamientos

Ernest Carneado Ferreri

Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

$1,018

Sculpture, Fiat 500 | 80th Birthday in 2024, David Gerstein

Fiat 500 | 80th Birthday in 2024

David Gerstein

Sculpture - 67 x 150 x 15 cm Sculpture - 26.4 x 59.1 x 5.9 inch

$10,743

Sculpture, Graffiti heartist XL, David Gerstein

Graffiti heartist XL

David Gerstein

Sculpture - 120 x 116 x 15 cm Sculpture - 47.2 x 45.7 x 5.9 inch

$15,267

Painting, Reclamo anónimo, Ernest Carneado Ferreri

Reclamo anónimo

Ernest Carneado Ferreri

Painting - 80 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

$1,131

Painting, The black head, Pascal Marlin

The black head

Pascal Marlin

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

$622 $498

Painting, A tire d'aile, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

A tire d'aile

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

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

$633

Painting, Liberty, Julius Babilonia

Liberty

Julius Babilonia

Painting - 111.8 x 96.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 44 x 38 x 1 inch

$1,776

Painting, The precious heartbeat, Julius Babilonia

The precious heartbeat

Julius Babilonia

Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch

$1,776

Painting, El Vaquero, Julius Babilonia

El Vaquero

Julius Babilonia

Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch

$1,776

Painting, Oz dreaming, Jean David

Oz dreaming

Jean David

Painting - 61 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 2 inch

$1,250

Painting, Chedda, Jason Piken

Chedda

Jason Piken

Painting - 121.9 x 76.2 x 4.6 cm Painting - 48 x 30 x 1.8 inch

$1,650

Painting, King cone, Jason Piken

King cone

Jason Piken

Painting - 83.8 x 104.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 33 x 41 x 1 inch

$1,150

Painting, Debris, Elohim Sanchez

Debris

Elohim Sanchez

Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 inch

$1,285

Print, Color Blocks Matrix 1~9, Decheng Cui

Color Blocks Matrix 1~9

Decheng Cui

Print - 61 x 61 x 3.8 cm Print - 24 x 24 x 1.5 inch

$2,040

Print, Spaces_24, Decheng Cui

Spaces_24

Decheng Cui

Print - 61 x 61 x 2.5 cm Print - 24 x 24 x 1 inch

$2,030

Print, OM_Light_24M, Decheng Cui

OM_Light_24M

Decheng Cui

Print - 61 x 61 x 2.5 cm Print - 24 x 24 x 1 inch

$2,030

Print, Om_Ligth_Cubes_24M, Decheng Cui

Om_Ligth_Cubes_24M

Decheng Cui

Print - 61 x 61 x 2.5 cm Print - 24 x 24 x 1 inch

$2,040

Painting, Matter, Ana Costov

Matter

Ana Costov

Painting - 59.9 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

$1,670

Print, Norah Jones in july, Thierry Corpet

Norah Jones in july

Thierry Corpet

Print - 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.3 x 0 inch

$338 $170

Print, Miles Davis in july, Thierry Corpet

Miles Davis in july

Thierry Corpet

Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$338 $170

Painting, Bird, Jorge Dávalos

Bird

Jorge Dávalos

Painting - 49 x 61 cm Painting - 19.3 x 24 inch

$1,244

Painting, Mirage, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Mirage

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

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

$775

Painting, Naissance du Jour, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Naissance du Jour

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

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

$775

Painting, Lové, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Lové

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

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

$775

Print, Colorful, miracle, sparkle, Takashi Murakami

Colorful, miracle, sparkle

Takashi Murakami

Print - 71 x 71 cm Print - 28 x 28 inch

$4,806

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

$916

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

$916

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

$1,425

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

$893

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

$893

Design, Rainbow, Alice Aladjem

Rainbow

Alice Aladjem

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

$2,036

Painting, Netherlands, Vern Rollin

Netherlands

Vern Rollin

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

$1,200

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

$1,807

Painting, Coldfire, Vern Rollin

Coldfire

Vern Rollin

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

$1,165

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

$1,211

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

$1,220

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

$1,286

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

$1,086

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

$1,086

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

$1,086

Painting, Sunset, Aurélie Trabaud

Sunset

Aurélie Trabaud

Painting - 50 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

$2,375

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

$3,958

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

$1,877

Print, Kyoto: Korin, Takashi Murakami

Kyoto: Korin

Takashi Murakami

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

$3,591

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

$271

Print, SFE-080RC, Sam Francis

SFE-080RC

Sam Francis

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

$9,613

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

$769

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

$769

Print, Gate of heaven, Takashi Murakami

Gate of heaven

Takashi Murakami

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

$6,729

Print, Ami-ennemi, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Ami-ennemi

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

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

$1,425

Print, Canal I, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Canal I

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

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

$1,425

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

$1,357

Print, Poursuite, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Poursuite

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

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

$1,425

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

$1,696

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

$1,425

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

$1,425

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

$1,425

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

$2,149

Painting, Angel, Ramiro Baptista

Angel

Ramiro Baptista

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

$1,448

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

$1,750

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

$735

Painting, Pause mémoire 2, Ezan Franck

Pause mémoire 2

Ezan Franck

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

$4,524

Painting, Pause mémoire 1, Ezan Franck

Pause mémoire 1

Ezan Franck

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

$5,654

Painting, Métamorphose 1, Ezan Franck

Métamorphose 1

Ezan Franck

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

$3,958

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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