Colored artworks

Painting, Pixi, Perrotte

Pixi

Perrotte

Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm

$2,259

Painting, Stuck On You, Karin Lowney Seed

Stuck On You

Karin Lowney Seed

Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm

$595

Painting, Like you me so I all, Jacqueline Dey

Like you me so I all

Jacqueline Dey

Painting - 50 x 50 x 18 cm

$650

Painting, Rosa sobre tela, Juan Ibarra

Rosa sobre tela

Juan Ibarra

Painting - 130 x 120 x 5 cm

$1,962

Painting, Golden garden, Alexandra Romano

Golden garden

Alexandra Romano

Painting - 40.6 x 30.5 x 3.8 cm

$559

Painting, Happiness, Marta Rynkiewicz

Happiness

Marta Rynkiewicz

Painting - 140 x 110 x 3 cm

$4,404

Painting, Don't look for me, Marta Rynkiewicz

Don't look for me

Marta Rynkiewicz

Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm

$3,388

Painting, Agros, Sophie Dumont

Agros

Sophie Dumont

Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm

$2,823

Painting, Abstraction number 1, Martine Goeyens

Abstraction number 1

Martine Goeyens

Painting - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm

$1,129

Photography, Heartbreaker II, Jochen Cerny

Heartbreaker II

Jochen Cerny

Photography - 120.9 x 120.9 x 2.8 cm

$4,250

Painting, Fractal #015, Lek

Fractal #015

Lek

Painting - 35 x 75 x 4 cm

$1,242

Painting, Fractal #014, Lek

Fractal #014

Lek

Painting - 35 x 75 x 4 cm

$1,242

Painting, Fractal #013, Lek

Fractal #013

Lek

Painting - 35 x 75 x 4 cm

$1,242

Painting, Fractal #012, Lek

Fractal #012

Lek

Painting - 35 x 75 x 4 cm

$1,242

Painting, Fractal #011, Lek

Fractal #011

Lek

Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm

$1,242

Painting, Fractal #010, Lek

Fractal #010

Lek

Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm

$1,242

Painting, Fractal #009, Lek

Fractal #009

Lek

Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm

$1,242

Painting, Pink gold, Kaliya Ka

Pink gold

Kaliya Ka

Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm

$621

Painting, Untitled n°604 + 603 Abstract with Current News, Harry James Moody

Untitled n°604 + 603 Abstract with Current News

Harry James Moody

Painting - 152.4 x 243.8 x 5.1 cm

$26,539

Painting, Untitled n°606 Abstract Summer, Harry James Moody

Untitled n°606 Abstract Summer

Harry James Moody

Painting - 182.9 x 182.9 x 5.1 cm

$27,103

Painting, Untitled n°605 Abstract Summer, Harry James Moody

Untitled n°605 Abstract Summer

Harry James Moody

Painting - 152.4 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm

$17,956

Painting, Untitled n°603 Abstract with Current News, Harry James Moody

Untitled n°603 Abstract with Current News

Harry James Moody

Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm

$13,100

Painting, Untitled n°604 Abstract with Current News, Harry James Moody

Untitled n°604 Abstract with Current News

Harry James Moody

Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm

$13,100

Painting, No title, Miquel Angel Benejam

No title

Miquel Angel Benejam

Painting - 54 x 65 x 1.8 cm

$960

Painting, Electricity 2, Lena Ochkalova

Electricity 2

Lena Ochkalova

Painting - 92 x 76 x 0.1 cm

$2,259

Painting, Défendez-moi 82, Stratos

Défendez-moi 82

Stratos

Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm

$6,663

Painting, Défendez-moi 83, Stratos

Défendez-moi 83

Stratos

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm

$6,663

Painting, Défendez-moi 90, Stratos

Défendez-moi 90

Stratos

Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm

$6,663

Painting, Abstraction, Monika Rossa

Abstraction

Monika Rossa

Painting - 120 x 89 cm

$1,694

Print, Concerto pour la cité des Doges, Théo Tobiasse

Concerto pour la cité des Doges

Théo Tobiasse

Print - 57 x 38 x 0.2 cm

$621 $559

Painting, Paradise Carnaval, Aurélien Rupp

Paradise Carnaval

Aurélien Rupp

Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm

$1,694

Painting, Untitled, Martine Goeyens

Untitled

Martine Goeyens

Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm

$1,468

Painting, In the Air, Nino Karumidze

In the Air

Nino Karumidze

Painting - 60 x 41 x 3 cm

$1,355

Painting, Emportement 2, Francis Moreau

Emportement 2

Francis Moreau

Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm

$1,694

Painting, Alerte, Francis Moreau

Alerte

Francis Moreau

Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm

$1,694

Painting, Bateau Ivre, Francis Moreau

Bateau Ivre

Francis Moreau

Painting - 65 x 50 x 3 cm

$1,129

Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Joaquim Falcó

Untitled

Joaquim Falcó

Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$621

Painting, The tourist, Aurore Az

The tourist

Aurore Az

Painting - 60 x 40 x 1 cm

$666

Painting, Babel III, Alberto Letamendi

Babel III

Alberto Letamendi

Painting - 91.4 x 64.8 x 5.1 cm

$4,000

Painting, Page Fatta, Sos

Page Fatta

Sos

Painting - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm

$791

Print, Pourquoi écrire, Ben

Pourquoi écrire

Ben

Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$2,812

Painting, AB Pink, Bridg'

AB Pink

Bridg'

Painting - 65 x 46 x 2 cm

$621

Painting, Le parrain - Marlon Brando, Martin

Le parrain - Marlon Brando

Martin

Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm

$903

Painting, Natura, Cyrielle Schoorens

Natura

Cyrielle Schoorens

Painting - 30 x 30 x 4.5 cm

$1,242

Painting, Boomerang, Cyrielle Schoorens

Boomerang

Cyrielle Schoorens

Painting - 30 x 30 x 4.5 cm

$1,242

Painting, Cluster, Bruno Hoopka

Cluster

Bruno Hoopka

Painting - 85 x 85 x 5 cm

$2,033

Photography, Bleed # 202129, Paul Snell

Bleed # 202129

Paul Snell

Photography - 180 x 115 cm

$7,704

Painting, Abstract n°161, Harry James Moody

Abstract n°161

Harry James Moody

Painting - 127 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm

$7,792

Painting, Abstract n°162, Harry James Moody

Abstract n°162

Harry James Moody

Painting - 127 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm

$6,900

Painting, Sans titre N°235, Jean Rouzaud

Sans titre N°235

Jean Rouzaud

Painting - 73 x 55 x 2 cm

$734

Painting, Sans titre n°620, Jean Rouzaud

Sans titre n°620

Jean Rouzaud

Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm

$565

Painting, Glimpse of Sunset, Mauricio Paz Viola

Glimpse of Sunset

Mauricio Paz Viola

Painting - 50 x 40 x 4 cm

$2,033

Painting, Sans titre n°139, Jean Rouzaud

Sans titre n°139

Jean Rouzaud

Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm

$1,118

Painting, Sans titre n°212, Jean Rouzaud

Sans titre n°212

Jean Rouzaud

Painting - 92 x 73 x 2.5 cm

$1,118

Painting, Blue Shapes, Giorgio Lo Fermo

Blue Shapes

Giorgio Lo Fermo

Painting - 21 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm

$452

Painting, Colored Composition, Giorgio Lo Fermo

Colored Composition

Giorgio Lo Fermo

Painting - 21 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm

$452

Print, Couvrez ce sein que je ne saurais voir..., Paxal

Couvrez ce sein que je ne saurais voir...

Paxal

Print - 70 x 70 cm

$282

Painting, Kid and the Elephants, Cinzia Hochstrasser

Kid and the Elephants

Cinzia Hochstrasser

Painting - 50 x 70 x 4 cm

$1,976

Painting, River of Soul, Cinzia Hochstrasser

River of Soul

Cinzia Hochstrasser

Painting - 30 x 60 x 3 cm

$2,202

Painting, Elephant & People, Cinzia Hochstrasser

Elephant & People

Cinzia Hochstrasser

Painting - 50 x 40 x 3 cm

$1,694

Painting, Faces & Eyes, Cinzia Hochstrasser

Faces & Eyes

Cinzia Hochstrasser

Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm

$2,202

Painting, Sunset in the Desert, Cinzia Hochstrasser

Sunset in the Desert

Cinzia Hochstrasser

Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm

$2,202

Painting, View into the Sunset, Cinzia Hochstrasser

View into the Sunset

Cinzia Hochstrasser

Painting - 56 x 60 x 3 cm

$2,202

Painting, Abstract Beige n°477, Harry James Moody

Abstract Beige n°477

Harry James Moody

Painting - 152.4 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm

$13,500

Painting, Composition-2, JonOne

Composition-2

JonOne

Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm

$5,082

Painting, ZDZ1099, Thierry Zdzieblo

ZDZ1099

Thierry Zdzieblo

Painting - 60 x 30 x 4 cm

$610

Painting, ZDZ1100, Thierry Zdzieblo

ZDZ1100

Thierry Zdzieblo

Painting - 60 x 30 x 4 cm

$610

Painting, La Transformación del Deseo - Explosión de Apetito, Mari Ito

La Transformación del Deseo - Explosión de Apetito

Mari Ito

Painting - 97 x 130 x 4 cm

$10,661

Painting, Superman, Maxime Andriot

Superman

Maxime Andriot

Painting - 84 x 64 x 2 cm

$1,242

Print, Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, Speedy Graphito

Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe

Speedy Graphito

Print - 60 x 80 x 0.05 cm

$847

Painting, Woman with headscarf, Nicolle Menegaldo

Woman with headscarf

Nicolle Menegaldo

Painting - 74 x 60 x 4 cm

$1,580

Painting, Bronze, Yichao Sun

Bronze

Yichao Sun

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm

$791

Painting, Automne, Yichao Sun

Automne

Yichao Sun

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm

$791

Painting, Le pays de neige, Yichao Sun

Le pays de neige

Yichao Sun

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm

$791

Painting, Le monde en couleur (1), Yichao Sun

Le monde en couleur (1)

Yichao Sun

Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm

$678

Painting, Le monde en couleur, Yichao Sun

Le monde en couleur

Yichao Sun

Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm

$678

Painting, Documento en blanco, Sergio Moscona

Documento en blanco

Sergio Moscona

Painting - 120 x 80 cm

$10,728

Fine Art Drawings, Geometric #2, Tarek

Geometric #2

Tarek

Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm

$282

Painting, Origen del Deseo-Buen Rollo II, Mari Ito

Origen del Deseo-Buen Rollo II

Mari Ito

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm

$8,611

Painting, Torn Spray Can, Mr Brainwash

Torn Spray Can

Mr Brainwash

Painting - 76 x 56 x 10 cm

$9,034

Painting, Brut 4, Jazzu

Brut 4

Jazzu

Painting - 29.7 x 21 cm

$395

Painting, Brut VI, Jazzu

Brut VI

Jazzu

Painting - 29.7 x 21 cm

$395

Painting, Naif, Jazzu

Naif

Jazzu

Painting - 29.7 x 21 cm

$395

Painting, Ma Ville, Sylvie Eudes

Ma Ville

Sylvie Eudes

Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm

$6,098

Painting, Passion estivale, Stephanie Rivet

Passion estivale

Stephanie Rivet

Painting - 76 x 152 x 4 cm

$2,823

Painting, Selo - R, Ivan Tzonev

Selo - R

Ivan Tzonev

Painting - 89 x 130 x 2 cm

$1,355

Painting, Selo - D1, Ivan Tzonev

Selo - D1

Ivan Tzonev

Painting - 116 x 73 x 2 cm

$1,186

Sculpture, Meditation in primary colors, George Koutsouris

Meditation in primary colors

George Koutsouris

Sculpture - 50 x 80 x 12 cm

$1,468

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? 

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