Search ?
  • Street art
  • Abstract Painting
  • Landscape
  • Bronze Sculpture
  • Portrait
  • Surrealism
  • Street art
What are you searching for?
  • Street art
  • Abstract Painting
  • Landscape
  • Bronze Sculpture
  • Portrait
  • Surrealism
  • Street art

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.

Read more

Saved search

Your search is accessible from the favorites tab > My favorite searches

Unsaved search

A problem occurred

Painting, Hanabi. 21, Sia Aryai

Hanabi. 21

Sia Aryai

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.5 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.2 inch

€948

Painting, Harvest, Jo Moore

Harvest

Jo Moore

Painting . 61 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 24 x 36 x 1.5 inch

€2,166

Painting, Vista, Tejinder Kanda

Vista

Tejinder Kanda

Painting . 153 x 127 x 3 cm Painting . 60.2 x 50 x 1.2 inch

€6,800

Painting, Rave #15, Tadas Zaicikas

Rave #15

Tadas Zaicikas

Painting . 100.3 x 80 x 1.8 cm Painting . 39.5 x 31.5 x 0.7 inch

€9,689

Painting, Magenta #2, Naoko Paluszak

Magenta #2

Naoko Paluszak

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1.5 inch

€1,264

Painting, Oceanic 3, Lisa Bolin

Oceanic 3

Lisa Bolin

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch

€357

Painting, Tidal II, Katja Wittmer

Tidal II

Katja Wittmer

Painting . 50.8 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting . 20 x 20 x 1 inch

€1,470

Painting, Vignoble, Petar Kras

Vignoble

Petar Kras

Painting . 140 x 105 x 0.5 cm Painting . 55.1 x 41.3 x 0.2 inch

€1,450

Painting, Dripping French, Ninu

Dripping French

Ninu

Painting . 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Painting, Still Life, Paul Nicholls

Still Life

Paul Nicholls

Painting . 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Painting, Ancestors, Elena Acero

Ancestors

Elena Acero

Painting . 116 x 89 x 1.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.6 inch

€2,300

Painting, Basalt Caves_02, Zsolt Bukta

Basalt Caves_02

Zsolt Bukta

Painting . 21 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 8.3 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€850

Painting, Tropicana, Vision

Tropicana

Vision

Painting . 60 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch

€1,300

Painting, Istlant, Y. Aslan

Istlant

Y. Aslan

Painting . 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Painting, Into the Light, Fusako Ekuni

Into the Light

Fusako Ekuni

Painting . 70 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,100

Painting, Bold, Shannon Ewing

Bold

Shannon Ewing

Painting . 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 1 inch

€993

Painting, Volcanique, Bald

Volcanique

Bald

Painting . 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,850

Painting, Ohne Titel, Gerd Kanz

Ohne Titel

Gerd Kanz

Painting . 39 x 25 x 2 cm Painting . 15.4 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Painting, Thicket, Artis Bute

Thicket

Artis Bute

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

€585

Painting, Les tuiles bleues, Yrak

Les tuiles bleues

Yrak

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

€4,200

Painting, Nuée, Irene Mahon

Nuée

Irene Mahon

Painting . 80 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€810

Painting, L'odyssée, Ralph Resch

L'odyssée

Ralph Resch

Painting . 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,050

Painting, Untitled, Mieke Baak

Untitled

Mieke Baak

Painting . 60 x 70 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

€2,500

Painting, June Evening, Martin Bradley

June Evening

Martin Bradley

Painting . 97 x 130 x 0.2 cm Painting . 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.1 inch

€4,200

Painting, Sunset, Olga Dzurova

Sunset

Olga Dzurova

Painting . 66 x 63 x 2 cm Painting . 26 x 24.8 x 0.8 inch

€925

Painting, Untitled, Derek Aylward

Untitled

Derek Aylward

Painting . 60.96 x 45.72 x 2.54 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1 inch

€7,669

Painting, Talisman (8), Salamandra

Talisman (8)

Salamandra

Painting . 89 x 130 x 2 cm Painting . 35 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

€5,500

Painting, Golden Sunset, Barry Wilson

Golden Sunset

Barry Wilson

Painting . 98 x 98 x 2 cm Painting . 38.6 x 38.6 x 0.8 inch

€3,318

Painting, Afterglow, Angela Wakefield

Afterglow

Angela Wakefield

Painting . 12.7 x 17.8 x 0 cm Painting . 5 x 7 x 0.01 inch

€1,176

Painting, Abstract-117, Nivas Kanhere

Abstract-117

Nivas Kanhere

Painting . 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 48 x 48 x 1 inch

€1,444

Painting, Sans titre, Bengt Lindström

Sans titre

Bengt Lindström

Painting . 64.5 x 54.5 x 0.5 cm Painting . 25.4 x 21.5 x 0.2 inch

€11,500

Painting, Composition 104, Brian Chen

Composition 104

Brian Chen

Painting . 62 x 55 x 1 cm Painting . 24.4 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch

€900

Print, Sans-titre, Henri Goetz

Sans-titre

Henri Goetz

Print . 25 x 18.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 9.8 x 7.3 x 0 inch

€250

Painting, Angel, Bela Riera

Angel

Bela Riera

Painting . 232 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting . 91.3 x 35 x 1 inch

€6,000

Painting, Depth of Heart, Laura Spring

Depth of Heart

Laura Spring

Painting . 61 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 24 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€1,733

Painting, Prosperity, Alina Chalaya

Prosperity

Alina Chalaya

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

€542

Painting, Sunset, Dorette Polnauer

Sunset

Dorette Polnauer

Painting . 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€3,800

Painting, Blue sunset, Odette Muller

Blue sunset

Odette Muller

Painting . 80 x 80 x 4.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.8 inch

€2,000

Painting, Camomille, Nazik Aslanyan

Camomille

Nazik Aslanyan

Painting . 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€5,500

Painting, Fiction, Christophe Ausello

Fiction

Christophe Ausello

Painting . 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€6,150

Painting, Parsons, Gayle Fitzpatrick

Parsons

Gayle Fitzpatrick

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,034

20/100

Discover other selections of artworks

Masterpieces

Spanish artists

American artists

French artists

Master Artists

Japanese artists

Emerging artists

Mexican artists