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![Painting, Narcisse, Jean-Paul Agosti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133964_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Aeon 10, Jason Lincoln Jeffers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2068005_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vignoble, Petar Kras](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1439340_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Colorisation, P4NEL](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1271853_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Meskel Durag, Maisha Marshallende](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1209351_1_grid.jpg)
Meskel Durag
Maisha Marshallende
Photography - 90 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,121
![Painting, Universal language, Karin Lowney Seed](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1859295_1_grid.jpg)
Universal language
Karin Lowney Seed
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$1,145
![Painting, 852, Pinto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1600002_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lost, Mike Thebridge](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1460172_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Space Patrol #2, Volker Mayr](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1376892_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Bungle Bungle, Ken Done](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/52167_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Galerie de Portraits, Sophie Duplain](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191268_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, I've Dreamed 45, Soos Roxana Gabriela](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1852239_1_grid.jpg)
I've Dreamed 45
Soos Roxana Gabriela
Painting - 80 x 140 x 4.1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch
$1,170
![Painting, Rivedoux - rouge, Thomas Berthier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1593978_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans titre, Shirley Jaffe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1260027_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, 2091 Pixels, Gaëlle Wagner](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1134807_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Computer, Nep-](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175841_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract n° 1146, Patrick Salamone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1330017_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract n° 1146
Patrick Salamone
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$2,691
![Painting, Métamorphose, Guy Delaroque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1225014_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Binic, Marie Vandooren](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199254_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Hugo Isaac](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177443_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N° VP0223P, Kyung-Ae Hur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156843_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The purpose, Jacqueline Dey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2062392_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Ze tabouret, Olivier Ebel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1479321_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blockhouse, Severine Dietrich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1434612_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Dream bubble, Nef](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1297098_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Crossing Horizons, Melanie Graham](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1876152_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Neverland 8, Hervé Perdriel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1588365_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sensitive Spirit, Abhishek Kumar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1471488_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Red sea, Ellie Sanchez-Galiano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1330179_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Bougainvillea, Charlotte Yonga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1473591_1_grid.jpg)
Bougainvillea
Charlotte Yonga
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,457
![Painting, Absolu, Valérie Dragacci](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1052148_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Petit déjeuner II, Françoise Bircher](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195912_1_grid.jpg)
Petit déjeuner II
Françoise Bircher
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$392
![Painting, Beba, Well Rimo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1947168_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Melt 1, Hoel Gwern](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1939332_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Globos de colores, Ernest Carneado Ferreri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1699761_1_grid.jpg)
Globos de colores
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 100 x 72 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,570
![Painting, Let'me jump in your game #3, Paulo Canilhas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1149495_1_grid.jpg)
Let'me jump in your game #3
Paulo Canilhas
Painting - 100 x 70 x 0.3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,018
![Painting, Alice, Cédric Bouteiller](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2128702_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Catch the stars (Standard Edition III), El Pez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1934562_1_grid.jpg)
Catch the stars (Standard Edition III)
El Pez
Print - 54.5 x 38 x 0.2 cm Print - 21.5 x 15 x 0.1 inch
$561
![Painting, Deur, Romina Schimpf](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1469178_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Mona Bruxella, David Cumps](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/943395_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, SOS, Ana Costa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192226_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Beyond The Rain Drenched Streets #4, Michèle Laurence Prévost](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162153_1_grid.jpg)
Beyond The Rain Drenched Streets #4
Michèle Laurence Prévost
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,242
![Painting, Ballons, Martine Lallement](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1910166_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Circus bells, Trevor Kiernander](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1893705_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue x3, Willy B](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1313145_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Haut perché, Maurice Estève](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/773208_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flammarion. Photograph intervened by the artists., Hunter & Gatti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/622905_1_grid.jpg)
Flammarion. Photograph intervened by the artists.
Hunter & Gatti
Photography - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,080
![Painting, Nénuphars, Françoise Augustine](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212282_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Nature of Things III, Gordon Carmichael](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1489179_1_grid.jpg)
The Nature of Things III
Gordon Carmichael
Painting - 49.5 x 41 cm Painting - 19.5 x 16.1 inch
$1,345
![Painting, ZDZ1085, Thierry Zdzieblo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151453_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dive in Pi, VeraD](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1514211_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Evasion, Françoise Dugourd-Caput](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1462005_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, My Microcosm 4, Winnie Kim](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1363110_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ronds dans l'eau, Rony](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1421757_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Piece of Cake, Jean-Marc Calvet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171076_1_grid.jpg)
Piece of Cake
Jean-Marc Calvet
Painting - 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
$7,175 $6,458
![Painting, Les poissons pois, Laurence Leccia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1743264_1_grid.jpg)
Les poissons pois
Laurence Leccia
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,009
![Print, Human I, Svätopluk Mikyta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1680252_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Exploded Landscape, Marion Sagon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1562232_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Senegal Sun, Clemente Vergara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1303869_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue Iris, Yoojin Shin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1100133_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Azurite, Alice-Anne Augustin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1932396_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Scarpette rosse due, Ugo Nespolo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1803921_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Golden blue, Tamar Mindia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/967215_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'éternelle fragilité, Thomas Mainardi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/684597_1_grid.jpg)
L'éternelle fragilité
Thomas Mainardi
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,457
![Painting, The Call of the Unknown, Tanya Ro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179833_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dervish, Karin Goeppert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1842648_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Pays minier, Pierre Alechinsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1446975_1_grid.jpg)
Pays minier
Pierre Alechinsky
Fine Art Drawings - 97.5 x 63 cm Fine Art Drawings - 38.4 x 24.8 inch
$35,875
![Painting, Taciturne mais doux, M. Cohen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1412790_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'automne, Fan Lin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1118307_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nina Hagen, 2Kyff](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173550_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, In Honour Of God - The Creator 8, Soumitra Bhattacharya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1293792_1_grid.jpg)
In Honour Of God - The Creator 8
Soumitra Bhattacharya
Painting - 213 x 137 x 5 cm Painting - 83.9 x 53.9 x 2 inch
$4,316
![Painting, Metaphorical speech 03, Ayoung JO](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1483410_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Color 13, Brian Edenel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1435152_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Stonehinged #1, Rand Carmichael](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1359399_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Beyond the Visible, Yaacov Agam](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/876879_1_grid.jpg)
Beyond the Visible
Yaacov Agam
Fine Art Drawings - 25.4 x 27.9 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 11 inch
$2,000
![Painting, Collines brésiliennes, Robson Barros](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159637_1_grid.jpg)
Collines brésiliennes
Robson Barros
Painting - 80 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,345
![Painting, Fée, Zwy Milshtein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1571001_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Trouble N1, Jade Mouge](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1370688_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The spinning twins, Lord Wilmore](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1291728_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bleu wave, Théo MHS](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1699155_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Family tree, Leo Labelle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1367331_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Emotional color field 2, Kyong Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1025889_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Journey 001, Angelica Tcherassi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153331_1_grid.jpg)
The Journey 001
Angelica Tcherassi
Painting - 39.9 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,400
![Painting, Oru switch I, Stoul](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1950498_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Dargelos, Agathe Lemaire Thalazac](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206782_1_grid.jpg)
Dargelos
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Fine Art Drawings - 73 x 56 x 1.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28.7 x 22 x 0.6 inch
$5,606
![Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178296_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Gliiter, Lakshman Kabadi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1767807_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre 30, Frappis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1581705_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'Infante Marie Marguerite, Jules Milhau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1453086_1_grid.jpg)
L'Infante Marie Marguerite
Jules Milhau
Painting - 200 x 200 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch
$17,938
![Print, Straec #39, Luuk de Haan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1337286_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Shinju, Philippe Seigle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1562451_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La lecture, Pierre-Marie Brisson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1435584_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Prism, Lose](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1307226_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?