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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Painting, L'apéro vert, Perrine Vilmot

Perrine Vilmot

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,800 €1,620

Painting, Printemps, Albena Vatcheva

Albena Vatcheva

Painting . 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,450 €1,378

Painting, Square, Alexander Shandor

Alexander Shandor

Painting . 70.1 x 59.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 23.6 x 1 inch

€2,370

Painting, A Moment Of Rest, Leo Ray

Leo Ray

Painting . 30 x 40 x 2.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 1 inch

€1,048

Painting, Eclaboussures, Pier

Pier

Painting . 44 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 17.3 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Painting, Rush hour, Leonard Ngure

Leonard Ngure

Painting . 90.5 x 102.5 x 2 cm Painting . 35.6 x 40.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,700

Painting, Deux ou trois, Perrine Vilmot

Perrine Vilmot

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,200 €1,980

Painting, Désert, Sylvie Pulur

Sylvie Pulur

Painting . 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,560

Painting, Red flags (2), Helen Spoon

Helen Spoon

Painting . 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€820

Painting, Beach day, Ivo Petrov

Ivo Petrov

Painting . 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€950

Painting, Two jumps, Ilia Filatov

Ilia Filatov

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,370

Painting, Exuberance, Agi Petrova

Agi Petrova

Painting . 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Painting, Afterglow, Slava Ilyayev

Slava Ilyayev

Painting . 61 x 122 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 48 x 1 inch

€11,750

Painting, Cajas, Milagros Elorz

Milagros Elorz

Painting . 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,950

Painting, Still Life, Vivaldo Martini

Vivaldo Martini

Painting . 40 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,014

Painting, Play, Erika Vilimaityte

Erika Vilimaityte

Painting . 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Painting, Parasols bleus, Mark Kaplan

Mark Kaplan

Painting . 73 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€9,000

Painting, Bain de juin, Perrine Vilmot

Perrine Vilmot

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,800 €1,620

Painting, L’Air, Ben Brotherton

Ben Brotherton

Painting . 190 x 122 x 3 cm Painting . 74.8 x 48 x 1.2 inch

€9,500

Painting, Emerald shine, Andrei Sitsko

Andrei Sitsko

Painting . 140 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€3,200

Painting, Mystery, Penyo Ivanov

Penyo Ivanov

Painting . 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,350

Painting, Cafe Scene VII, Isaac Maimon

Isaac Maimon

Painting . 102 x 78 x 3 cm Painting . 40.2 x 30.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,280

Painting, Expectation, Eugene Petrov

Eugene Petrov

Painting . 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€950

Painting, Bolas, Milagros Elorz

Milagros Elorz

Painting . 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,950

Painting, Kassumay, Raquel Adan

Raquel Adan

Painting . 65 x 54 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 inch

€1,400

Painting, Partage secret, Maude Ovize

Maude Ovize

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

€2,400

Painting, She Draws, Sergey Davidovich

Sergey Davidovich

Painting . 99.1 x 119.4 x 3 cm Painting . 39 x 47 x 1.2 inch

€1,174

Painting, Lucky, Ilia Filatov

Ilia Filatov

Painting . 110 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,282

Painting, Joy, Maude Ovize

Joy

Maude Ovize

Painting . 116 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Painting, Goodbye, Dad, Helen Spoon

Helen Spoon

Painting . 42 x 30 x 5 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.8 x 2 inch

€1,103

Painting, Lumière, Catherine Jonville

Catherine Jonville

Painting . 50 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€850

Painting, Sustainability, Mara Toledo

Mara Toledo

Painting . 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Painting, Skyline, Slava Ilyayev

Slava Ilyayev

Painting . 76 x 61 x 3 cm Painting . 29.9 x 24 x 1.2 inch

€9,298

Painting, Diffraction IV, Maude Ovize

Maude Ovize

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

€1,800

Painting, Paseo, José Pirès

José Pirès

Painting . 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,430

Painting, Violon, Christiane Dumon

Christiane Dumon

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Painting, Misha, Joël Monnier

Joël Monnier

Painting . 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

Painting, Jeux d'été, Maude Ovize

Maude Ovize

Painting . 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,600