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![Painting, Ref 672, Nicolas Dubreuille](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2007735_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ref 671, Nicolas Dubreuille](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2007720_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ref 670, Nicolas Dubreuille](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2007690_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ref 656, Nicolas Dubreuille](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1938585_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ref 653, Nicolas Dubreuille](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1938582_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ref 665, Nicolas Dubreuille](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1938579_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Caché derrière, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1788123_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ref 653, Nicolas Dubreuille](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1745394_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ref 664, Nicolas Dubreuille](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1745391_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ref 666, Nicolas Dubreuille](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1745388_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Je suis fatigué patron, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1721244_1_grid.jpg)
Je suis fatigué patron
Yohan Storti
Painting - 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,678
![Painting, Ecouter Barbara, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1688403_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Saint Antohan, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1441392_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Johnny Jane, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1388616_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A Collision of Energy, Candice Grant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1361463_1_grid.jpg)
A Collision of Energy
Candice Grant
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 1.5 inch
$480
![Print, Squeezed Blue Fiddle, Arman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1156497_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Aztec, Brian Bartlett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/852543_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le jeu du rêve, Jean Miotte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/250861_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Poissons, Albena Vatcheva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198743_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Eclaircie I, Anval](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186817_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme au chapeau rose, Martine Fauve Dechavanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181918_1_grid.jpg)
Femme au chapeau rose
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 90 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,007
![Painting, Wanderlust, Lilly Muth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177321_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fugue 5/26, J/Y Delaunay-Israël](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173063_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Flow 124, Stephanie Rivet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157512_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marine abstraite, Fred Boutet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156415_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les arbres 02.12.23, Laurent Bouro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155263_1_grid.jpg)
Les arbres 02.12.23
Laurent Bouro
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,803
![Painting, Marine abstraite 2023-46, Fred Boutet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148190_1_grid.jpg)
Marine abstraite 2023-46
Fred Boutet
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$727
![Painting, L'ange, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2104380_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dembow, Goddog](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2028330_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Traces II, Richard Saint-Amans](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1761270_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le gendre idéal, Gauthier Bruel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1699986_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marine Abstraite 2022-24, Fred Boutet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1622520_1_grid.jpg)
Marine Abstraite 2022-24
Fred Boutet
Painting - 81 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$951
![Painting, Lune de jour, Goddog](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1581075_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Osmose, Emma Konc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1505319_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Break of Down, Goddog](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1484802_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Left (paper) pieces : an endless flow, Hansol Yoon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1468659_1_grid.jpg)
Left (paper) pieces : an endless flow
Hansol Yoon
Painting - 77.4 x 26.7 x 1 cm Painting - 30.5 x 10.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,622
![Painting, Fête de la musique, Martine Fauve Dechavanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1447404_1_grid.jpg)
Fête de la musique
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,644
![Painting, Esquitxos, Tomàs Sunyol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1315617_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sister Delaunay, Edvarda Braanaas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1307553_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, MP 167, Bram van Velde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1260066_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Multi Seen, Seen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1123806_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Alessandro Michele, Manuel Santelices](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1019673_1_grid.jpg)
Alessandro Michele
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 40.6 x 29.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 16 x 11.75 x 1 inch
$1,200
![Print, Composition #3, Jean Miotte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/924471_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Eloignement, Bram van Velde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/773856_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dreams pink, Emily Starck](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203656_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Golden Fish, Aurélien Buttin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193727_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Suisse: Printemps, Odile Pinto-Corbin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192260_1_grid.jpg)
Suisse: Printemps
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,230
![Photography, Iguazu, Aurélien Buttin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191906_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Ukraine, Aurélien Buttin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191897_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Alhambra, Aurélien Buttin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191519_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Duo Jazzy, Jacques Guillet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189245_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Abiodun Nafiu Azeez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2150959_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, C'est si bon, Cédric Bouteiller](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2128717_1_grid.jpg)
C'est si bon
Cédric Bouteiller
Painting - 130 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch
$21,810
![Print, Sans titre, Bram van Velde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2117949_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Découvre, JonOne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1971306_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans titre, Bram van Velde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1969638_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans titre, Bram van Velde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1969602_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Ecoute, Bram van Velde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1969581_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nasty, Cumbone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1900476_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract-132, Nivas Kanhere](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1876062_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans titre, Bram van Velde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1797294_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans Titre, Bram van Velde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1724724_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The block 02, Angelica Tcherassi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1692333_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Désertique, Bram van Velde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1679358_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pastel Dreams 2, Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1579146_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans Titre, Bram van Velde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1531116_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans Titre, Bram van Velde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1489257_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans Titre, Bram van Velde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1450383_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled Abstract, George Pinder](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1417617_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled Abstract
George Pinder
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3.8 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.5 inch
$1,658
![Painting, Skyscrappers, Lilly Lillà](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1417449_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 7731 GAR LEM Opus 1, Jacques Le Brusq](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1267092_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le pays des sources N°21, Gauthier Bruel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1079934_1_grid.jpg)
Le pays des sources N°21
Gauthier Bruel
Painting - 130 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
![Painting, Everydayness 5., Petr Strnad](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202923_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Make love not war, Peter Kilb](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197652_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sylvester, Peter Kilb](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197636_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Everydayness 4., Petr Strnad](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194738_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rediscovered 4., Petr Strnad](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192051_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178338_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178335_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178313_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178311_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hidden Legacies, Fintan Whelan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175657_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Transformations, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173000_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Keeping On, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172999_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bloom, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172994_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Optichromie 122, Felipe Pantone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166474_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Frozen Dreams, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165964_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Stardust, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165957_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, What Now?, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165954_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Delirium, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156474_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Las risas en mis sueños, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151195_1_grid.jpg)
Las risas en mis sueños
Nikolaos Schizas
Painting - 130 x 97 x 0.1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0 inch
$4,899
![Print, Sans-titre, Claude Viallat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144966_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Claude Viallat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144965_1_grid.jpg)
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?