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![Painting, Sans titre, Medra](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204234_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Limit, The Catman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192287_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les Mannequins (The Supermodels) 2, Alawaye Tope](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213992_1_grid.jpg)
Les Mannequins (The Supermodels) 2
Alawaye Tope
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 inch
€1,795
![Painting, L'oeil du cyclone, Edwige Leprin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213618_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Amarylis rouge, Virginie Cadoret](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212675_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Movement I, Sarah Elqa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198301_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Maestria, Luz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177968_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Whispers of the Sea, Narek Qochunc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217086_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre 47, Guntduth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216605_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue pines - Loving trees N°3, Aurélie Trabaud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215173_1_grid.jpg)
Blue pines - Loving trees N°3
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€765 €689
![Painting, Silence, on tourne, Sabine Louriac](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208597_1_grid.jpg)
Silence, on tourne
Sabine Louriac
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€500
![Painting, Réflexion printanière, Sylvie Julkowski-Egard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216419_1_grid.jpg)
Réflexion printanière
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Lazy Sunday, Leo Ray](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212174_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Saturación, Luminosidad & Destornillador. From The Composition with Tools series, Jose Ricardo Contreras Gonzalez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208263_1_grid.jpg)
Saturación, Luminosidad & Destornillador. From The Composition with Tools series
Jose Ricardo Contreras Gonzalez
Sculpture - 129.8 x 25.9 x 19.8 cm Sculpture - 51.1 x 10.2 x 7.8 inch
€1,843
![Painting, Window view 11 - Wipe left, Low Bros](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181203_1_grid.jpg)
Window view 11 - Wipe left
Low Bros
Painting - 130 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
€8,600
![Painting, N°556, Pierre-Luc Poujol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191394_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Saint Michel Terrassant le dragon, Xavier Albert Fiala](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191237_1_grid.jpg)
Saint Michel Terrassant le dragon
Xavier Albert Fiala
Painting - 49.7 x 38 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.6 x 15 x 0.2 inch
€1,092
![Painting, Mademoiselle 43, Kaige Yang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182447_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Plane crash landscape 2, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191772_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Adriana Vogue, Hassan Hajjaj](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215934_1_grid.jpg)
Adriana Vogue
Hassan Hajjaj
Photography - 111.8 x 76.4 x 2 cm Photography - 44 x 30.1 x 0.8 inch
€24,000
![Painting, Portrait I, Gago Chtchyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215637_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La flamme, Eric Doisy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214751_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Surfin, Lou London](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209981_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le sud nous va bien, Sophie Petetin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208773_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Flux clair, Shen Yongji](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155787_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Grit and bone, Dr. Love](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211818_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ocean Love, Silvia Calmejane](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210750_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le vol des perroquets, Raimundo Bida](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215763_1_grid.jpg)
Le vol des perroquets
Raimundo Bida
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,200
![Fine Art Drawings, Otras dimensiones, Paco Simón](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215500_1_grid.jpg)
Otras dimensiones
Paco Simón
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 105 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0 inch
€2,600
![Painting, Le chat et le papillon, Vincent Bardou](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213343_1_grid.jpg)
Le chat et le papillon
Vincent Bardou
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€2,800
![Painting, Toutbillon, Ghislaine Chapuis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205503_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme au tuyau - série portrait de femme, Karine Azoulay (1kazou)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193271_1_grid.jpg)
Femme au tuyau - série portrait de femme
Karine Azoulay (1kazou)
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
![Painting, Por do Sol - Aporador, Jane Grieco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210138_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Arcade, Olivier Ebel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196193_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les vagues de barbade, Chouette Nia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215700_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Réal heart, cObo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200722_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Écrite, Bernard Quentin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197176_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Energiepool, Nina Lanner](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210255_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Signature, Sylvie B.](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193236_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Beodo, Iñaki Oreja](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186508_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Eau et fusain 2, LN Le Cheviller](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216032_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The girl with golden hair, Barbara Kroll](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2037015_1_grid.jpg)
The girl with golden hair
Barbara Kroll
Painting - 99.1 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 39 x 27 x 0.1 inch
€1,649
![Painting, Nous avions l'habitude de chercher une nouvelle destination pour nos voyages, Lourdes Ral](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215422_1_grid.jpg)
Nous avions l'habitude de chercher une nouvelle destination pour nos voyages
Lourdes Ral
Painting - 35 x 27 x 4 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 1.6 inch
€250
![Painting, Cosmic (1), Cyrille Saint-Ange](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213169_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The World XXL, Caroline Vis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212930_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Breriz (Vintage series), Kobalt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206564_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Levitation II, Naoko Paluszak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2185271_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Stand Out Birds, Kev Munday](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213271_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ombre rouge, Joel Giraud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207869_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Floraison, Taiyu Zhou](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199709_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Salpiglossis, Valeri Tsvetkov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197578_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Oneness, Maria Bacha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2170483_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Floating over pink #2, Nestor Toro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1831413_1_grid.jpg)
Floating over pink #2
Nestor Toro
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 0.7 inch
€2,940
![Photography, The Tenor’s Solo, Kiritin Beyer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204416_1_grid.jpg)
The Tenor’s Solo
Kiritin Beyer
Photography - 76 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.9 x 20.1 x 0 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Horizon violet, Victorine Follana](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194114_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Arbre de vie red sky, Jean-francois Larrieu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211267_1_grid.jpg)
Arbre de vie red sky
Jean-francois Larrieu
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€14,000
![Painting, Sans titre, Julien Raynaud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199748_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L’âme et la paix, Lu Ma](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197894_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Football, Stéphane Cantin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217001_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Octagonal Composition, Giuseppe Zumbolo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199720_1_grid.jpg)
Octagonal Composition
Giuseppe Zumbolo
Painting - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€800
![Painting, Composition I, Rongge Zhu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193340_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The rhapsody of a summer dream, Alla Grande](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186485_1_grid.jpg)
The rhapsody of a summer dream
Alla Grande
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,400
![Painting, Floral mosaic, Emily Starck](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216034_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Magnolia II, Sylvain Lang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213870_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Butterflies _ n1, Les Panchyshyn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207793_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Collection été Le grand bleu - "Fifty shades of blue", Thomas Jeunet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194890_1_grid.jpg)
Collection été Le grand bleu - "Fifty shades of blue"
Thomas Jeunet
Painting - 130 x 89 x 1.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35 x 0.6 inch
€1,900
![Painting, Paysage fleuri, Albert DUCOMMUN](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216999_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Feuille vertes et rouge, Valérie Le Roux](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203684_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Assemblage 13, Georges Myral](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193077_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Persiennes, Pierre Morquin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188686_1_grid.jpg)
Persiennes
Pierre Morquin
Painting - 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch
€1,800 €1,620
![Painting, Purple Lilac and Blue Diptych, Paulo Gnecco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214537_1_grid.jpg)
Purple Lilac and Blue Diptych
Paulo Gnecco
Painting - 95 x 190 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
€5,000
![Painting, 4 for love, Frédéric Batard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212690_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Elégance, Inès V. Fortuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192354_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bomb Color Mask, Gregos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214202_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, On, Perrotte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206207_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Luz #5, Laure-Anne Lemaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205901_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Let Go Let Live #2, Niki Stearman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186377_1_grid.jpg)
Let Go Let Live #2
Niki Stearman
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch
€1,746
![Painting, Je pars, Nawel Grant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212624_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dark Clouds Painting, Nadia NL](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2185198_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Trinité Mosaïca - Série Trinité - Pop art cubisme, Nathalie Paccalet dite Nathy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216282_1_grid.jpg)
Trinité Mosaïca - Série Trinité - Pop art cubisme
Nathalie Paccalet dite Nathy
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€315
![Painting, Grand éclat argent bleu violet, Jonathan Pradillon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215987_1_grid.jpg)
Grand éclat argent bleu violet
Jonathan Pradillon
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch
€350
![Painting, Study rouge et or, Cannibal Malabar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204532_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Crépis rouge, Eurgal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204137_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait de femme, Weiquan Liu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188934_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Édition Miaooo abstract III, Seb Paul Michel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216543_1_grid.jpg)
Édition Miaooo abstract III
Seb Paul Michel
Print - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Print - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€109
![Painting, Humeur vagabonde, Dann Aubert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212887_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paysages abstraits 6, Qiong qiong Shao](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192538_1_grid.jpg)
Paysages abstraits 6
Qiong qiong Shao
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€900
![Painting, Sun and Flowers, Diane Bellier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183175_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The last days of Zion, Ziad Dib Jreige](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207763_1_grid.jpg)
The last days of Zion
Ziad Dib Jreige
Painting - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€606
![Painting, I Am Love, Nicole Daniah Sidonie](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186364_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition, Michel Cadoret](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214574_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Delphinus II, Gaelle Beyaert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210470_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Earth 81, Angel Patchamanov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199416_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?