Colored artworks

Painting, Poséidon 2.0, Denend

Poséidon 2.0

Denend

Painting - 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

$8,388

Painting, Regardez à droite, à gauche et en face, Baptista Antunes

Regardez à droite, à gauche et en face

Baptista Antunes

Painting - 38 x 32 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch

$2,796

Fine Art Drawings, Chez rose - 10, Nicolas Blin

Chez rose - 10

Nicolas Blin

Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 16 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 6.3 x 0.1 inch

$380

Print, Tennis, Birgitte Hansen

Tennis

Birgitte Hansen

Print - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$167

Photography, Pirogue, Diane Bellier

Pirogue

Diane Bellier

Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

$224

Print, Homage to King David, Ron Agam

Homage to King David

Ron Agam

Print - 17.8 x 17.8 cm Print - 7 x 7 inch

$3,000

Painting, Mumbo Jumbo NYC#8 - Figurative Painting with Red, Orange, and Blue Colors, Francks Deceus

Mumbo Jumbo NYC#8 - Figurative Painting with Red, Orange, and Blue Colors

Francks Deceus

Painting - 76.2 x 61 cm Painting - 30 x 24 inch

$4,800

Painting, De chair et de sang, Carole Fontana

De chair et de sang

Carole Fontana

Painting - 55 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

$2,572

Sculpture, Même structure, Jaildo Marihno

Même structure

Jaildo Marihno

Sculpture - 32 x 44 x 41 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 17.3 x 16.1 inch

$13,422

Painting, Lukarrara Jukurrpa (Desert Fringe-rush Dreaming), Valentine Nakamarra White

Lukarrara Jukurrpa (Desert Fringe-rush Dreaming)

Valentine Nakamarra White

Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

$280

Photography, Terre #1, Laure Julien

Terre #1

Laure Julien

Photography - 30 x 20 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 inch

$291

Print, Soleil sur le mur, René Genis

Soleil sur le mur

René Genis

Print - 76.5 x 56.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 30.1 x 22.2 x 0 inch

$134

Painting, Espoir, Catherine Jonville

Espoir

Catherine Jonville

Painting - 28.7 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.3 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

$280

Print, Paonte, Tim Zdey

Paonte

Tim Zdey

Print - 50 x 50 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 inch

$201

Painting, The abstract truth, Paul Laufer

The abstract truth

Paul Laufer

Painting - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$671

Print, Bouquet de lys, Sylvie Riclet

Bouquet de lys

Sylvie Riclet

Print - 65 x 48 cm Print - 25.6 x 18.9 inch

$280

Print, Citta Samtana Diptych 295, James Verbicky

Citta Samtana Diptych 295

James Verbicky

Print - 112 x 150 x 5 cm Print - 44.1 x 59.1 x 2 inch

$32,000

Painting, Music, LonA

Music

LonA

Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

$78

Print, Super lucky Neonka, Happy version, Lalasaïdko

Super lucky Neonka, Happy version

Lalasaïdko

Print - 40 x 30 x 3 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

$436

Print, Tango, D.Largo

Tango

D.Largo

Print - 40 x 40 cm Print - 15.7 x 15.7 inch

$447

Print, Certon Raye, Bleue Roy

Certon Raye

Bleue Roy

Print - 80 x 60 x 0.5 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch

$671

Painting, Azul, Kiara Machado

Azul

Kiara Machado

Painting - 91.44 x 60.96 x 3.81 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1.5 inch

$6,461

Painting, Tourbillon d'été, Jessie Raveleau

Tourbillon d'été

Jessie Raveleau

Painting - 70 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch

$981

Print, Panthera tigris olea sapiens, YNY

Panthera tigris olea sapiens

YNY

Print - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Print - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

$447

Painting, ### Songe dans une nebuleuse rouge de patates célestes orangées..., Monsieur Térez

### Songe dans une nebuleuse rouge de patates célestes orangées...

Monsieur Térez

Painting - 130 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

$2,684

Print, Mon Lion, Bur

Mon Lion

Bur

Print - 40 x 30 x 3 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

$391

Print, Brandz, Vision

Brandz

Vision

Print - 30 x 40 cm Print - 11.8 x 15.7 inch

$419

Print, A good dream, Thierry Virton

A good dream

Thierry Virton

Print - 42 x 59.4 x 0.1 cm Print - 16.5 x 23.4 x 0 inch

$280

Sculpture, Encres en Transparence N°7, Yann Crenn

Encres en Transparence N°7

Yann Crenn

Sculpture - 29 x 21 x 7 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 8.3 x 2.8 inch

$3,132

Painting, Assault and battery of the human anatomy, David Pinegar

Assault and battery of the human anatomy

David Pinegar

Painting - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

$9,675

Fine Art Drawings, Felix VS LV world, Simone De Rosa

Felix VS LV world

Simone De Rosa

Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$168

Print, Chimère dans un azur vert de patates cosmiques bleues... + cadre T'es vu, patate crue!, Monsieur Térez

Chimère dans un azur vert de patates cosmiques bleues... + cadre T'es vu, patate crue!

Monsieur Térez

Print - 54 x 54 cm Print - 21.3 x 21.3 inch

$1,007

Print, Flowers of happiness, Natalia Kuruch

Flowers of happiness

Natalia Kuruch

Print - 60 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$582

Print, Magic Mandela, Marie Serruya

Magic Mandela

Marie Serruya

Print - 41.1 x 59.1 x 0.1 cm Print - 16.2 x 23.3 x 0 inch

$291

Sculpture, Señor Patator (0), Monsieur Térez

Señor Patator (0)

Monsieur Térez

Sculpture - 32 x 45 x 15 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 17.7 x 5.9 inch

$727

Print, Joy wave (copy ), Mahabbeh Mowakket

Joy wave (copy )

Mahabbeh Mowakket

Print - 30 x 30 x 0.2 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

$320

Painting, Jardin Secret, Karine Taïlamé

Jardin Secret

Karine Taïlamé

Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

$8,948

Design, Glam Box, Sylvie Cappe

Glam Box

Sylvie Cappe

Design - 31 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm Design - 12.2 x 12 x 12 inch

$313

Painting, In the moonlight, Kateryna Ocheredko

In the moonlight

Kateryna Ocheredko

Painting - 90 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,500

Fine Art Drawings, Aurelien, Kohlene Hendrickson

Aurelien

Kohlene Hendrickson

Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

$3,020

Painting, Etat de rêverie, Glodi Kasindi Malumbe

Etat de rêverie

Glodi Kasindi Malumbe

Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch

$4,362

Painting, Les 82 lunes de Saturne, Maï Fougeront

Les 82 lunes de Saturne

Maï Fougeront

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.7 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.5 inch

$1,007

Painting, Wounded Man, Karel Cerný

Wounded Man

Karel Cerný

Painting - 56 x 69 x 1 cm Painting - 22 x 27.2 x 0.4 inch

$185,664

Painting, Study for reclining, Jonathan Chapline

Study for reclining

Jonathan Chapline

Painting - 17.8 x 12.4 x 1.87 cm Painting - 7 x 4.9 x 0.7 inch

$16,500

Fine Art Drawings, Onírico, Jose Bellver

Onírico

Jose Bellver

Fine Art Drawings - 40.5 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.9 x 19.7 inch

$1,678

Print, Surrender, Kohlene Hendrickson

Surrender

Kohlene Hendrickson

Print - 64 x 80 x 0.2 cm Print - 25.2 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

$783

Photography, WF06, Gérard Duboc

WF06

Gérard Duboc

Photography - 72 x 72 x 5 cm Photography - 28.3 x 28.3 x 2 inch

$895

Print, Angel, Danielle Mano Bella

Angel

Danielle Mano Bella

Print - 60 x 40 x 0.3 cm Print - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

$1,734

Painting, Chaplin, Franck Rozet

Chaplin

Franck Rozet

Painting - 100 x 67 x 0.6 cm Painting - 39.4 x 26.4 x 0.2 inch

$2,796

Painting, Blue Lady, Mihaela Dulea

Blue Lady

Mihaela Dulea

Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,355

Painting, Sans titre, Cécile Degouy

Sans titre

Cécile Degouy

Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

$3,020

Painting, Vulnerable, Segun Aiyesan

Vulnerable

Segun Aiyesan

Painting - 92 x 92 x 4 cm Painting - 36.2 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch

$6,152

Print, Souvenirs, Audrey Faivre

Souvenirs

Audrey Faivre

Print - 30 x 30 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 inch

$185

Painting, Caryatid II, Allison Harrell

Caryatid II

Allison Harrell

Painting - 105.5 x 71.6 x 6.5 cm Painting - 41.5 x 28.2 x 2.6 inch

$8,556

Print, Le maître timide, Texto Dallas

Le maître timide

Texto Dallas

Print - 84.1 x 59.4 x 0.1 cm Print - 33.1 x 23.4 x 0 inch

$336

Painting, L'Homme post-moderne, Antonio Camaró

L'Homme post-moderne

Antonio Camaró

Painting - 130 x 91 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35.8 x 1.2 inch

Price upon request

Photography, Streets of Bamako, Mali_4 (Small format), Girma Berta

Streets of Bamako, Mali_4 (Small format)

Girma Berta

Photography - 76 x 53.7 x 5 cm Photography - 29.9 x 21.1 x 2 inch

Price upon request

Painting, Juliette, Salvador Ginard

Juliette

Salvador Ginard

Painting - 139 x 128 x 3 cm Painting - 54.7 x 50.4 x 1.2 inch

Price upon request

Fine Art Drawings, Anima Angeli, Sabine Danzé

Anima Angeli

Sabine Danzé

Fine Art Drawings - 95 x 80 cm Fine Art Drawings - 37.4 x 31.5 inch

Price upon request

Painting, Cypress Tree Sunset, Katharina Husslein

Cypress Tree Sunset

Katharina Husslein

Painting - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

$2,125

Painting, Summer Kisses, Katharina Husslein

Summer Kisses

Katharina Husslein

Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$1,901

Painting, Blooming Together, Katharina Husslein

Blooming Together

Katharina Husslein

Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$1,901

Painting, Personajes en fondo verde, Enrique Pichardo

Personajes en fondo verde

Enrique Pichardo

Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

$2,751

Painting, Kaléïdoscope, Tic

Kaléïdoscope

Tic

Painting - 210 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting - 82.7 x 47.2 x 0 inch

$2,740

Painting, The Day I Fall in, Katharina Husslein

The Day I Fall in

Katharina Husslein

Painting - 120 x 160 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 63 x 1.2 inch

$4,362

Painting, The Ocean Roar, Katharina Husslein

The Ocean Roar

Katharina Husslein

Painting - 100 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

$3,244

Painting, Sunshine on my Mind, Katharina Husslein

Sunshine on my Mind

Katharina Husslein

Painting - 90 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

$2,684

Painting, Taking it all in, Katharina Husslein

Taking it all in

Katharina Husslein

Painting - 100 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

$3,244

Painting, Summer Romance, Katharina Husslein

Summer Romance

Katharina Husslein

Painting - 100 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

$3,244

Painting, How deep is your Love, Katharina Husslein

How deep is your Love

Katharina Husslein

Painting - 90 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

$2,684

Painting, Golden Days, Katharina Husslein

Golden Days

Katharina Husslein

Painting - 90 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

$2,684

Painting, Oceans Breeze, Katharina Husslein

Oceans Breeze

Katharina Husslein

Painting - 90 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

$2,684

Painting, Retrato en fondo negro, Enrique Pichardo

Retrato en fondo negro

Enrique Pichardo

Painting - 210 x 210 x 2 cm Painting - 82.7 x 82.7 x 0.8 inch

$8,094

Painting, Retrato Fondo Azul, Enrique Pichardo

Retrato Fondo Azul

Enrique Pichardo

Painting - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

$988

Painting, You touch my Heart, Katharina Husslein

You touch my Heart

Katharina Husslein

Painting - 105 x 125 x 2 cm Painting - 41.3 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch

$1,901

Painting, Improvisación Barrio Vivo, Enrique Pichardo

Improvisación Barrio Vivo

Enrique Pichardo

Painting - 210 x 375 x 2 cm Painting - 82.7 x 147.6 x 0.8 inch

$14,474

Painting, Growing beside You, Katharina Husslein

Growing beside You

Katharina Husslein

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

$1,901

Painting, Tender Floral Kisses, Katharina Husslein

Tender Floral Kisses

Katharina Husslein

Painting - 85 x 105 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch

$1,566

Print, A Cracked Icon, Shepard Fairey (Obey)

A Cracked Icon

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Print - 91 x 61 x 0.1 cm Print - 35.8 x 24 x 0 inch

$336

Painting, Love in Bloom, Katharina Husslein

Love in Bloom

Katharina Husslein

Painting - 65 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

$671

Painting, Ballades japonaises, Charlotte Abecassis

Ballades japonaises

Charlotte Abecassis

Painting - 56 x 42 x 2 cm Painting - 22 x 16.5 x 0.8 inch

$1,566

Painting, Camp de base, Ralph Resch

Camp de base

Ralph Resch

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

$995

Painting, Inspire, David Jamin

Inspire

David Jamin

Painting - 30 x 30 x 2.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1 inch

$749

Painting, In and Out, Gergana Tabakova

In and Out

Gergana Tabakova

Painting - 90 x 80 x 3.3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 1.3 inch

$1,230

Painting, Traces, Emmanuelle Vroelant

Traces

Emmanuelle Vroelant

Painting - 100 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

$3,691

Painting, Hauteville, Charlotte Abecassis

Hauteville

Charlotte Abecassis

Painting - 56 x 42 cm Painting - 22 x 16.5 inch

$1,566

Painting, La case bleue, Charlotte Abecassis

La case bleue

Charlotte Abecassis

Painting - 56 x 42 cm Painting - 22 x 16.5 inch

$1,566

Painting, Retrato en fondo amarillo, Enrique Pichardo

Retrato en fondo amarillo

Enrique Pichardo

Painting - 152 x 122 x 2 cm Painting - 59.8 x 48 x 0.8 inch

$3,386

Painting, Colors mood, Bernard Saint-Maxent

Colors mood

Bernard Saint-Maxent

Painting - 90 x 30 x 8 cm Painting - 35.4 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch

$1,342

Painting, Hold Infinity in the Palm of your Hands, Katharina Husslein

Hold Infinity in the Palm of your Hands

Katharina Husslein

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

$2,684

Print, Euphories de la couleur, Paul Jenkins

Euphories de la couleur

Paul Jenkins

Print - 56.5 x 76.5 cm Print - 22.2 x 30.1 inch

$1,118

Painting, Au grand air, Emmanuelle Vroelant

Au grand air

Emmanuelle Vroelant

Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch

$5,145 $4,630

Painting, Enchanted Blooms, Katharina Husslein

Enchanted Blooms

Katharina Husslein

Painting - 105 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 41.3 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

$3,579

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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