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![Painting, Golconde IV, David Cumps](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1678293_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Banc de poissons #12, David Jehan (B.boss)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1630638_1_grid.jpg)
Banc de poissons #12
David Jehan (B.boss)
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$727 $654
![Painting, Tender voice of dreams II, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1626654_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Discord, Thandiwe Muriu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1603053_1_grid.jpg)
Discord
Thandiwe Muriu
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.2 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
$14,540
![Photography, Ascension, Thandiwe Muriu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1603035_1_grid.jpg)
Ascension
Thandiwe Muriu
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.2 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
$19,014
![Painting, Alfons Family XX, David Cumps](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1589895_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Movement, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1580478_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Missing, Skio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1555509_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Poloca #2, Edmund Sumner](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1547802_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Crow Slab II, Larry Zox](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1543677_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Green Composition I, Larry Zox](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1543671_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Green card sound I, Larry Zox](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1543668_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Grey Sweep I, Larry Zox](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1543665_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Crow Slab I, Larry Zox](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1543662_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Bonac II, Larry Zox](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1543659_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Camo 47, Thandiwe Muriu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1540572_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Universe Within, Sarah Arensi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1512750_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dolce Vita 9, Aimee Hillman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1461615_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Alalia I, Thierry Corpet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1452141_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Jellyfish eyes-white, Takashi Murakami](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1433757_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Source of Life, Sarah Arensi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1411833_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Removing Obstacles, Sarah Arensi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1388763_1_grid.jpg)
Removing Obstacles
Sarah Arensi
Painting - 107 x 145 x 0.1 cm Painting - 42.1 x 57.1 x 0 inch
$25,669
![Painting, Fleurs d'ornement, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1378818_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tierra Dos, Ruth Arbiser](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1375236_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled 4, Larry Zox](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1368747_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sounds Cut I, Larry Zox](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1368744_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Scissors Jack 2, Larry Zox](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1368741_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rotation I, Larry Zox](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1368735_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Green Card Sound II, Larry Zox](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1368723_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Green Card Sound I, Larry Zox](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1368720_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Bonac I, Larry Zox](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1368714_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The Red Horse, Max Papart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1368681_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Prehistoria II, Max Papart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1368672_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Magique, Max Papart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1368663_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Composicion con Paloma, Max Papart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1368657_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Chromatic Composition, Max Papart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1368651_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Acrobat, Max Papart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1368645_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Shadow of City, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1334985_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Instant Sentiment of Dreams, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1331472_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Autumn Sounds, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1326684_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sparkles of Joy IV, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1321761_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lagon, Céline Weber](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1207203_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Demain, peut-être, il fera beau, Thérèse Bosc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1200861_1_grid.jpg)
Demain, peut-être, il fera beau
Thérèse Bosc
Painting - 100 x 100 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 inch
$1,633
![Painting, Les petites lumières de nos vies, Sophie Petetin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1183386_1_grid.jpg)
Les petites lumières de nos vies
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$2,119
![Painting, Macrochips 2, Antony Squizzato](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1165920_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Macrochips 1, Antony Squizzato](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1165914_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fleur de Mei 1, Fan Lin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1108839_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Jardin d'Eden, Claude Gean](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1032846_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Compostion III, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1014753_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Burnished, Ian Lawrence](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/613548_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, In a Pink Blouse, Isabelle Hirtzig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203509_1_grid.jpg)
In a Pink Blouse
Isabelle Hirtzig
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$207
![Fine Art Drawings, Terrasse Malévitch, Agathe Lemaire Thalazac](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201881_1_grid.jpg)
Terrasse Malévitch
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 120 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$5,592
![Painting, Le château des ombres - Les Dieux aussi…, Julie Ruelle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198793_1_grid.jpg)
Le château des ombres - Les Dieux aussi…
Julie Ruelle
Painting - 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,145
![Painting, Spiro, Julie Ruelle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190673_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Chaleur Humaine - Fruit Défendu, Julie Ruelle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190136_1_grid.jpg)
Chaleur Humaine - Fruit Défendu
Julie Ruelle
Painting - 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
$3,579
![Painting, Vulve-monde - Fruit Défendu, Julie Ruelle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183442_1_grid.jpg)
Vulve-monde - Fruit Défendu
Julie Ruelle
Painting - 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
$4,250
![Painting, Collection Rêveries d'automne - "On the move 1", Thomas Jeunet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178150_1_grid.jpg)
Collection Rêveries d'automne - "On the move 1"
Thomas Jeunet
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch
$1,678
![Print, Nature morte, Fernand Léger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177116_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, No Title #1317, Jochen Cerny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173065_1_grid.jpg)
No Title #1317
Jochen Cerny
Photography - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,181
![Painting, Pink storm, Le Hai Linh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167875_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Unapologetically Pink 1, Laura Spring](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167685_1_grid.jpg)
Unapologetically Pink 1
Laura Spring
Painting - 88.9 x 83.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 35 x 33 x 0.1 inch
$1,550
![Painting, Euphoria, Rémy Demestre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160831_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Escalade, Françoise Dugourd-Caput](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152101_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Call of the vibrance II, Sreya Gupta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2119467_1_grid.jpg)
Call of the vibrance II
Sreya Gupta
Painting - 59.7 x 59.7 x 0.3 cm Painting - 23.5 x 23.5 x 0.1 inch
$671
![Painting, Brut II, Jazzu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2099832_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Océan de feu, Olivier Ebel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2086665_1_grid.jpg)
Océan de feu
Olivier Ebel
Painting - 100 x 153 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 60.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,033 $4,530
![Painting, Fluides, Olivier Ebel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2064612_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Poussières de sable du Sahara, Emily Starck](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2054298_1_grid.jpg)
Poussières de sable du Sahara
Emily Starck
Painting - 119.4 x 119.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47 x 47 x 1 inch
$3,659
![Painting, Don't pay attention, Emily Starck](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2054262_1_grid.jpg)
Don't pay attention
Emily Starck
Painting - 109.2 x 78.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 43 x 31 x 1 inch
$2,383
![Painting, La danse des scarabées, Emily Starck](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2054223_1_grid.jpg)
La danse des scarabées
Emily Starck
Painting - 83.8 x 104.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 33 x 41 x 1 inch
$2,633
![Painting, Happy life, Emily Starck](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2054187_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract Sunset Landscape VIII, Behshad Arjomandi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2037543_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract Sunset Landscape VIII
Behshad Arjomandi
Painting - 50 x 100.1 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,030
![Painting, Abstract Landscape #29, Behshad Arjomandi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2037537_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract Landscape #29
Behshad Arjomandi
Painting - 100.1 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,130
![Painting, Serenity, Behshad Arjomandi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2037462_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue Expressions III, Behshad Arjomandi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2037441_1_grid.jpg)
Blue Expressions III
Behshad Arjomandi
Painting - 81 x 100.1 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,090
![Painting, Spring Blue, Behshad Arjomandi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2037438_1_grid.jpg)
Spring Blue
Behshad Arjomandi
Painting - 100.1 x 162.1 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 63.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,990
![Painting, Dancing, Behshad Arjomandi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2037420_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Symphony of dreams, Behshad Arjomandi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2037417_1_grid.jpg)
Symphony of dreams
Behshad Arjomandi
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,140
![Painting, Sampati, Françoise Dugourd-Caput](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2027301_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, XXL Stillwater Reflections, Susan Wooler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1875465_1_grid.jpg)
XXL Stillwater Reflections
Susan Wooler
Painting - 100.1 x 100.1 x 4.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$3,037
![Painting, Purple Serenade, Behshad Arjomandi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1866837_1_grid.jpg)
Purple Serenade
Behshad Arjomandi
Painting - 50 x 100.1 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$880
![Painting, Green Abstract Composition II, Behshad Arjomandi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1866798_1_grid.jpg)
Green Abstract Composition II
Behshad Arjomandi
Painting - 100.1 x 100.1 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,460
![Painting, Fantasy Landscape II, Behshad Arjomandi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1859244_1_grid.jpg)
Fantasy Landscape II
Behshad Arjomandi
Painting - 100.1 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
![Painting, In the middle flows the river, Olivier Ebel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1807707_1_grid.jpg)
In the middle flows the river
Olivier Ebel
Painting - 35 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,461 $2,215
![Painting, Arcades, Olivier Ebel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1807695_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le propanolol monégasque, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1788075_1_grid.jpg)
Le propanolol monégasque
Yohan Storti
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$2,461
![Print, Radiant Lotus, Shepard Fairey (Obey)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1755543_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Couleur M.I.R., Olivier Ebel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1728555_1_grid.jpg)
Couleur M.I.R.
Olivier Ebel
Painting - 70 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,132 $2,819
![Painting, Grace Kelly (Triptyque), Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1688400_1_grid.jpg)
Grace Kelly (Triptyque)
Yohan Storti
Painting - 100 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$4,474
![Painting, Du coin de l'oeil, Olivier Ebel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1678926_1_grid.jpg)
Du coin de l'oeil
Olivier Ebel
Painting - 70 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,132 $2,819
![Painting, Bouteilles bleues, Christian Jodin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1674126_1_grid.jpg)
Bouteilles bleues
Christian Jodin
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$895
![Painting, Vue sur la mer, Martine Fauve Dechavanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1648155_1_grid.jpg)
Vue sur la mer
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,250
![Painting, Lotus, Hung Ngo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1627437_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?