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, Apocalypse, Monique Dardeau

Monique Dardeau

Painting . 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,850

Painting, Artwork 7, Cécile Lacombe

Cécile Lacombe

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

€550

Print, Urbain, Joël Chasseriau

Joël Chasseriau

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

€1,260

Painting, Icon #27, Ronald Hunter

Ronald Hunter

Painting . 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,599

Painting, Minéral, Scimoc

Scimoc

Painting . 148 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 58.3 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€3,600

Print, Onde, Hervé Télémaque

Hervé Télémaque

Print . 48.5 x 63.5 x 0.01 cm Print . 19.1 x 25 x 0 inch

€650

Painting, Sans titre 3, Hector Saunier

Hector Saunier

Painting . 146 x 114 x 4 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.6 inch

€12,000

Painting, Intitled, Alexis Akrithakis

Alexis Akrithakis

Painting . 34.5 x 49.5 x 1 cm Painting . 13.6 x 19.5 x 0.4 inch

€6,900

Painting, Cusi, Coha

Coha

Painting . 100 x 100 x 6 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 2.4 inch

€5,500

Painting, MB 88, Méryl B

Méryl B

Painting . 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch

€850 €765

Print, Straec #39, Luuk de Haan

Luuk de Haan

Print . 100 x 72.5 cm Print . 39.4 x 28.5 inch

€3,079

Painting, Weaven 2, Cristina Ghetti

Cristina Ghetti

Painting . 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€1,328

Painting, Ipanema, Chufy

Chufy

Painting . 116 x 89 x 1.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.6 inch

€2,300

Painting, Le lustre, Yrak

Yrak

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

€3,200

Sculpture, Ins VI, Yannick Bouillault

Yannick Bouillault

Sculpture . 34 x 27 x 26 cm Sculpture . 13.4 x 10.6 x 10.2 inch

€1,800

Sculpture, 103, Hans Dieter Zingraff

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Hans Dieter Zingraff

Sculpture . 95 x 108 x 2 cm Sculpture . 37.4 x 42.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,900

Painting, Jap's Eye 04, RK Polak

RK Polak

Painting . 140 x 100.1 x 3 cm Painting . 55.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,894

Painting, Inner eye, Martina Nehrling

Martina Nehrling

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 0.1 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 0 inch

€2,053

Painting, Le passage, Sophie Dumont

Sophie Dumont

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

€1,850

Painting, Source, Pierre Calogero

Pierre Calogero

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

€1,460

Painting, Axe interieur, Sophie Dumont

Sophie Dumont

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€6,000

Painting, Abstrait 24-08, Thomas Danel

Thomas Danel

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

€2,400

Painting, Over there, Bruno Hoopka

Bruno Hoopka

Painting . 89 x 116 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 1 inch

€2,100

Painting, SOLAR, Ludovic Mercher

Ludovic Mercher

Painting . 89 x 146 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 57.5 x 1 inch

€1,500

Painting, The sun in between, Mahra K

Mahra K

Painting . 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,350

Painting, Cadiz, Véro Blaise

Véro Blaise

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

€800

Painting, 20.024, Antonio Chacon

Antonio Chacon

Painting . 21 x 21 x 3 cm Painting . 8.3 x 8.3 x 1.2 inch

€400

Painting, Boom, Capz

Capz

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

€1,000

Painting, Parsons, Gayle Fitzpatrick

Gayle Fitzpatrick

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,048

Painting, UP23_71, Matt Neuman

Matt Neuman

Painting . 28 x 28 x 2 cm Painting . 11 x 11 x 0.8 inch

€2,100

Painting, Fougue, Muriel Charbonnier

Muriel Charbonnier

Painting . 90 x 90 x 4 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€2,200

Painting, Leif le créatif, Coha

Coha

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

€3,600

Painting, La Rose, Yrak

Yrak

Painting . 130 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 51.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€4,900

Painting, Bo kaap, Brigitte Millet

Brigitte Millet

Painting . 108 x 97 x 5 cm Painting . 42.5 x 38.2 x 2 inch

€850

Painting, Geometrik #2, Tarek

Tarek

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

€350

Painting, Journey, Raquel Adan

Raquel Adan

Painting . 60 x 92 cm Painting . 23.6 x 36.2 inch

€1,275