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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Photography, Washing lines, Barry Cawston

Barry Cawston

Photography . 100 x 120 x 2 cm Photography . 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,838

Photography, Pont Valentré, Eric Dujols

Eric Dujols

Photography . 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch

€1,400

Print, Thuir, Jean-Philippe Henric

Jean-Philippe Henric

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

€429

Photography, Intruder VII, Clint McDowell

Clint McDowell

Photography . 90 x 60 cm Photography . 35.4 x 23.6 inch

€1,000

Photography, Arabesque, Gina Soden

Gina Soden

Photography . 44.64 x 44.64 x 0.1 cm Photography . 17.6 x 17.6 x 0 inch

€1,460

Photography, NL #121, Charles Weber

Charles Weber

Photography . 70 x 70 cm Photography . 27.6 x 27.6 inch

€2,600

Photography, Field, Eduardo Rezende

Eduardo Rezende

Photography . 149.9 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 59 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch

€5,925

Painting, Selo F2, Ivan Tzonev

Ivan Tzonev

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€80

Photography, 94 Flats, Barry Cawston

Barry Cawston

Photography . 110 x 120 x 2 cm Photography . 43.3 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,079

Photography, 26 Flats, Barry Cawston

Barry Cawston

Photography . 110 x 120 x 2 cm Photography . 43.3 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,079

Painting, Mouvement, Claude Carretta

Claude Carretta

Painting . 27 x 37 x 1 cm Painting . 10.6 x 14.6 x 0.4 inch

€300

Painting, Toronto, Claude Carretta

Claude Carretta

Painting . 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€350

Photography, Blue house, Natalya Mougenot

Natalya Mougenot

Photography . 27 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography . 10.6 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€350

Photography, Visionaire, Eduardo Rezende

Eduardo Rezende

Photography . 140 x 95.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 55.1 x 37.7 x 0.1 inch

€6,381

Painting, Le Val, Nadine de Lespinats

Nadine de Lespinats

Painting . 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€600

Fine Art Drawings, Octobre rose, Isabelle Hirtzig

Isabelle Hirtzig

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€125

Photography, Dialogue 02, Matthieu Venot

Matthieu Venot

Photography . 62.5 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography . 24.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Print, Amics, Jean-Philippe Henric

Jean-Philippe Henric

Print . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Print . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€299

Print, Roma, Jean-Philippe Henric

Jean-Philippe Henric

Print . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Print . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€299

Painting, House No.2, Kamsar Ohanyan

Kamsar Ohanyan

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

€550

Photography, Luqu, China, Francoblanco

Francoblanco

Photography . 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€195

Photography, This blue dream, Rodrigo

Rodrigo

Photography . 25.9 x 34.5 x 0.1 cm Photography . 10.2 x 13.6 x 0 inch

€700

Photography, Blue Pearl, Rodrigo

Rodrigo

Photography . 26.7 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography . 10.5 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€700

Painting, Khu Van Hoa. Hanoi, Loi Duc

Loi Duc

Painting . 80 x 200 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch

€8,750

Photography, NL #123, Charles Weber

Charles Weber

Photography . 70 x 70 cm Photography . 27.6 x 27.6 inch

€2,600

Photography, Cheminées, Feng Hatat

Feng Hatat

Photography . 45 x 30 x 1 cm Photography . 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€600

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