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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, Totem, Christel Haag

Totem

Christel Haag

Painting . 76.2 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 37 x 1 inch

€749

Painting, Sans titre 7, Arsène Odin

Sans titre 7

Arsène Odin

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

€350

Painting, Sunny Joy, Menkiv Anatoliy

Sunny Joy

Menkiv Anatoliy

Painting . 84 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 33.1 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€630

Painting, Spring Wind, Menkiv Anatoliy

Spring Wind

Menkiv Anatoliy

Painting . 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€660

Painting, Orange Day, Menkiv Anatoliy

Orange Day

Menkiv Anatoliy

Painting . 125 x 170 x 2 cm Painting . 49.2 x 66.9 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

Painting, Dog 411, Thime

Dog 411

Thime

Painting . 81 x 116 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,190

Painting, RE 16, Mark Hellbusch

RE 16

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 120 x 150 x 1.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 59.1 x 0.6 inch

€2,800

Painting, Retreat, Manuela Karin Knaut

Retreat

Manuela Karin Knaut

Painting . 140 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 55.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€5,800

Painting, Stay one day, Floria Rey

Stay one day

Floria Rey

Painting . 91 x 189 x 0.1 cm Painting . 35.8 x 74.4 x 0 inch

€4,590

Painting, Cytoplasm, Michael Grine

Cytoplasm

Michael Grine

Painting . 20.32 x 25.4 x 2.54 cm Painting . 8 x 10 x 1 inch

€267

Painting, Happy Hours-2022, Yaki Li

Happy Hours-2022

Yaki Li

Painting . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€185

Painting, Circuito #8, Alec Franco

Circuito #8

Alec Franco

Painting . 149.9 x 149.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 59 x 59 x 0.1 inch

€5,349

Painting, Alien Hieroglyphs, Selene Art

Alien Hieroglyphs

Selene Art

Painting . 99.8 x 79.8 x 4.6 cm Painting . 39.3 x 31.4 x 1.8 inch

€682