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![Painting, Summer Jazz, Sophie Mangelsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1984548_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le reflet des étoiles, Marco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/190906_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, James Bond, 2Kyff](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/277756_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Window, Maud Merouze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/144931_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mo'Kalamity, Dada Wa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/52890_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rejoy, Dada Wa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/52888_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La perle, Narôme](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1395402_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Majorelle IV, Agnès Tiollier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2029371_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tdm flower, Seb Paul Michel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/140605_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dandy rêveur, David Cumps](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/206728_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, L'Arbre Qui File, Arseneca](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/208921_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Je suis hier, Philippe Azema](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/21487_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Brighter days. Serie Albahian, Joana Choumali](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165794_1_grid.jpg)
Brighter days. Serie Albahian
Joana Choumali
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$26,843
![Painting, Black dog, long tongue, Bret McFee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1676214_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, 21.09.21 Stars in the head, Losange](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1369962_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Oposat, To Gallardo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1278624_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blob !, Lord Wilmore](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1240335_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Daft Punk Record, Jenya Pestova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1105734_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fest symphony, Dimitar Mitov - Komshin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2110074_1_grid.jpg)
Fest symphony
Dimitar Mitov - Komshin
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,790
![Painting, Into The Dark, Lukasz Kujawa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1996461_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Verso Casalena, Pio Serafini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1645395_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Somnolence, Arnaud Oosthoek](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1514184_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A walk in the wood, Marleen Stegeman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1452390_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Emilio Bielsa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1371972_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled
Emilio Bielsa
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$839
![Fine Art Drawings, Me, Léa Dedieu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1150161_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Closer I Get, Lisa H Ridabock](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167968_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tennis, Boris Gobina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166020_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, De l´eau fraîche, Ana Maria Dias](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160090_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, September, Sergeï Inkatov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159101_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mini max 5, Michèle Destarac](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1999011_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Invisibile words (In between), Gugi Goo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1865895_1_grid.jpg)
Invisibile words (In between)
Gugi Goo
Painting - 119.4 x 78.7 x 0.3 cm Painting - 47 x 31 x 0.1 inch
$1,094
![Print, Les arbres, Laurent Bouro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1731675_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Angels on the road, Momchil Mitev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1268670_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bower, Sarah Medway](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1165374_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Jewel in the Crown, Ann Bubis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153114_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Trois Primaires, Charles Bézie](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152245_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, School boy, Merenini Williams](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2006454_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paradise, Cho HuiYeon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1993341_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, In black frame, Pedro Elias Barreta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1737957_1_grid.jpg)
In black frame
Pedro Elias Barreta
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,357
![Photography, Frash-a-Dash, Maisha Marshallende](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1584528_1_grid.jpg)
Frash-a-Dash
Maisha Marshallende
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$895
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Valérie Woillet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1560159_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Valérie Woillet
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.7 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.3 inch
$671
![Print, Sans titre, Valérie Woillet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1560141_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Valérie Woillet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1560111_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Art 10205, Amisha Prakash](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1445907_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Häutungen 8, Gabriele Utech](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1438668_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nube, Laila Freidenberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1422525_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, San Pedro Mártir, Baja California, Saúl Rodríguez Montante Méndez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1419591_1_grid.jpg)
San Pedro Mártir, Baja California
Saúl Rodríguez Montante Méndez
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 46 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,196
![Painting, Cerro de la Mata, Saúl Rodríguez Montante Méndez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1419561_1_grid.jpg)
Cerro de la Mata
Saúl Rodríguez Montante Méndez
Painting - 30 x 46 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,197
![Painting, Composition, Valerio Romagnoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1353045_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Connected, Chika Idu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1213818_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Chad Keveny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1208631_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Horsepower, Rolf Saint-Agnès](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1063671_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Egon Karl Nicolaus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/951048_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 16, Franco Egalite](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158527_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Résonance, Pascale Corones](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151845_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Eruzione, Claudia Cabboi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149874_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Meteor Tres, Bebar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2027472_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Élan terreux, Hicham Amin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2017425_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Relaxing time, Krum Kostov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1961199_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Portraits Of “Áo Dài”, Chiron Duong](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1953327_1_grid.jpg)
Portraits Of “Áo Dài”
Chiron Duong
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,007
![Painting, A bittersweet light, Marine Koukoui](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1421808_1_grid.jpg)
A bittersweet light
Marine Koukoui
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,103
![Painting, Coulisse, Sylvie Lauvray](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1024932_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les dos du peintre, Marcel Bouqueton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175948_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fleur 10, Chao Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2039166_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Landscape abstraction 03, Paulina Szabra](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2029296_1_grid.jpg)
Landscape abstraction 03
Paulina Szabra
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$895
![Painting, Poudrerie d'été, Sylvie Nadeau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1927836_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Terre bleu, Tchif Tchiakpe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1684818_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Loop, Svätopluk Mikyta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1681482_1_grid.jpg)
Loop
Svätopluk Mikyta
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$2,013
![Painting, Les cinq pieds dansant, Raslain Tariffe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1267338_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Tonkar 517, Vida](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1145727_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, A Pesanteur, Shulin Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1116216_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ocean of Mind, Minji Koo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1049172_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Frida.K libertad, Cédric Lopez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152565_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract 2, Anteo Gremi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140327_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'orangé des fruits murs, De Welfes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1898715_1_grid.jpg)
L'orangé des fruits murs
De Welfes
Painting - 80 x 60 x 0.2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,454
![Painting, Mouvance, Hervé Fayolle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1845423_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Notre Dame N15, Valentin Savtcheko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1781901_1_grid.jpg)
Notre Dame N15
Valentin Savtcheko
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,237
![Painting, Le jeune homme, Giuseppe Piermatteo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1609680_1_grid.jpg)
Le jeune homme
Giuseppe Piermatteo
Painting - 81 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$2,058
![Painting, Pagi N-14, Arvydas Gaiciunas (Retne)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1601997_1_grid.jpg)
Pagi N-14
Arvydas Gaiciunas (Retne)
Painting - 106 x 140 x 0.5 cm Painting - 41.7 x 55.1 x 0.2 inch
$1,118
![Painting, Urban Ocean, Benjamin Vitrol Vautier Alvarez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1564686_1_grid.jpg)
Urban Ocean
Benjamin Vitrol Vautier Alvarez
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$671
![Print, Metamorphokromatik3, Seize Happywallmaker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1563789_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Josè Ortega Coronel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1553922_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Vivid 32 LG, Orit Fuchs](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1453275_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Connect 2111, Jiseon Han](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1367598_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Éclat, Youlia B.](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1124589_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Figures #63, Hunyoung JANG](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1070877_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Flow, Marta LlompART](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181536_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Cromovela triptych 13, Carlos Cruz-Diez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181053_1_grid.jpg)
Cromovela triptych 13
Carlos Cruz-Diez
Sculpture - 60 x 50 x 13 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 19.7 x 5.1 inch
$21,195
![Painting, Meeresrauschen, Mari Kempf](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161046_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Antepasadas II, Angelesg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158098_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Coqueiros de Klee, José Ignacio Suarez Solis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149633_1_grid.jpg)
Coqueiros de Klee
José Ignacio Suarez Solis
Painting - 89.9 x 89.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,620
![Painting, Sans titre., Jean-Louis Tauvel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138541_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled, Francisco Valverde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2122605_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?