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.

Blooming flowers

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,790

Embrasser la vie avec passion

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

A contre courant

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Symphony No. 9

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

Symphony No. 6

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

Symphony No. 5

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

Symphony No. 2

Mario Henrique

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

€7,500

427/2019

Claude Viallat

Painting . 61 x 180.5 x 0.5 cm Painting . 24 x 71.1 x 0.2 inch

€18,000

Yellow balls

Jeff Engberg

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

€1,000

Untitled March

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

Printemps 18

Qiong qiong Shao

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

€1,400

Roadside Attraction

Newel Hunter

Painting . 45.7 x 61 x 0.8 cm Painting . 18 x 24 x 0.3 inch

€1,958

Artia eta Ezkurra

Iñaki Oreja

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

€2,300

The colors of happiness

Emily Starck

Painting . 105 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

ST202212312

Emily Starck

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

€2,500

Love and flowers

Emily Starck

Painting . 105 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

The power of Art

Emily Starck

Painting . 120 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Landscape swatch N°3

Aurélie Trabaud

Painting . 26 x 10 x 0.2 cm Painting . 10.2 x 3.9 x 0.1 inch

€320

Red dots

Emily Starck

Painting . 105 x 93 x 3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 36.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

Minimal beat

Emily Starck

Painting . 115 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 45.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

All these things in my head

Emily Starck

Painting . 115 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 45.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Fluctuat nec mergitur

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,750

Paysages d'encre n°3

Aurélie Trabaud

Painting . 10 x 10 x 0.1 cm Painting . 3.9 x 3.9 x 0 inch

€160

Paysages d'encre N°2

Aurélie Trabaud

Painting . 10 x 10 x 0.1 cm Painting . 3.9 x 3.9 x 0 inch

€180

New Frontier (Signed by William Shatner)

Greg Angus

Painting . 101.6 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 40 x 40 x 2 inch

€2,550

Marisco gigante / Giant shellfish

August Puig

Painting . 81 x 130 cm Painting . 31.9 x 51.2 inch

€16,000

My love

Emily Starck

Painting . 115 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 45.3 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,750

Le ruban rouge

Emily Starck

Painting . 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,150

31 août 2023

Emily Starck

Painting . 115 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 45.3 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,750

I want you back

Emily Starck

Painting . 106 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 41.7 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Un coup de maître

Emily Starck

Painting . 135 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 53.1 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Don't give up

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 98 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 38.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

Vegetal laces

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

Pote Bonheur

MAM

Print . 40 x 30 x 1 cm Print . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€70

Stormy weather

Emily Starck

Painting . 108 x 108 x 3 cm Painting . 42.5 x 42.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Tasty peaches

Emily Starck

Painting . 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€3,150

The woman with the scarf

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,750

Quadrant

Patricia Volk

Sculpture . 27 x 42 x 18 cm Sculpture . 10.6 x 16.5 x 7.1 inch

€3,900

August flowers

Emily Starck

Painting . 106 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 41.7 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Kiss me

Emily Starck

Painting . 135 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 53.1 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

The sun is shining

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,750

Sunset

Diane de Cicco

Painting . 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,500

Lucid dream

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Another pink day

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 95 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Emily in wonderland

Emily Starck

Painting . 110 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 43.3 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Incidence

François Lestrille

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

€800

21 août

Emily Starck

Painting . 135 x 96 x 3 cm Painting . 53.1 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Dream on

Emily Starck

Painting . 102 x 98 x 3 cm Painting . 40.2 x 38.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

La vie en rose

Emily Starck

Painting . 100 x 98 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 38.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

Closeness

Seyran Gasparyan

Painting . 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€4,553

Harvest of love

Ivana Olbricht

Painting . 89.9 x 95 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,367

Figurated forest

Gregg Simpson

Painting . 137.2 x 170.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 54 x 67 x 1.5 inch

€8,453

Waiting for Summer

Emily Starck

Painting . 81.3 x 81.3 x 5.1 cm Painting . 32 x 32 x 2 inch

€1,685

Retour du Midi

Emily Starck

Painting . 99.1 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39 x 30 x 1 inch

€2,416

Fingernails

Christian Valentine

Painting . 91.4 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Painting . 36 x 12 x 2 inch

€637

Promises

Angela Dierks

Painting . 51.1 x 61 x 2 cm Painting . 20.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch

€954

Plénitude

Emily Starck

Painting . 105 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 41.3 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Sans titre 29

Frappis

Painting . 61 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€950

Camélia

Emily Starck

Painting . 106 x 102 x 2 cm Painting . 41.7 x 40.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

In the Air

Nino Karumidze

Painting . 60 x 41 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 16.1 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Avalement Bleu

Jean-Roch Focant

Painting . 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Composition 314

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting . 84 x 135 x 0.1 cm Painting . 33.1 x 53.1 x 0 inch

€1,500

Abstract_009

Bernhard Lang

Painting . 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,600

On the Goryunskiy lands

Alexander Shandor

Painting . 55 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,003

Autumn Gold

Alexander Shandor

Painting . 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,003

Bouffée du fond des âges

Michele Charles Nicolas

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€2,400

Double mutant

Michael Grine

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

€1,821

Window

Michael Grine

Painting . 61 x 91.4 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 36 x 0.75 inch

€1,821

Landscape 130

Li Dongfeng

Painting . 35 x 140 x 1 cm Painting . 13.8 x 55.1 x 0.4 inch

€2,200

Cosmos I

Michael Grine

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

€1,821

Boom II

Michael Grine

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

€1,821

Boom I

Michael Grine

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

€1,821

Xantham Gum II

Michael Grine

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

€1,821

Xantham Gum I

Michael Grine

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

€1,821

Phylum II

Michael Grine

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

€1,821

Phylum I

Michael Grine

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

€1,821

Kingdom I

Michael Grine

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

€1,821

Headache II

Michael Grine

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

€1,821

Harmony

Michael Grine

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1 inch

€1,821

A Thousand Years

Michael Grine

Painting . 90.8 x 60.3 x 3.8 cm Painting . 35.75 x 23.75 x 1.5 inch

€1,821

Hemispheres

Michael Grine

Painting . 49.5 x 115.6 x 1.3 cm Painting . 19.5 x 45.5 x 0.5 inch

€1,821

Candy Part II

Michael Grine

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 0.75 inch

€1,821

Myth

Michael Grine

Painting . 61 x 91.4 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 36 x 0.75 inch

€1,821

Plunge

Michael Grine

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 0.75 inch

€1,821

Rainbow

Michael Grine

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 0.75 inch

€1,821

Monarch

Michael Grine

Painting . 61 x 182.9 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 72 x 0.75 inch

€1,821 €1,366

Lightning

Michael Grine

Painting . 61 x 91.4 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 36 x 0.75 inch

€1,821

Ice

Michael Grine

Painting . 61 x 91.4 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 36 x 0.75 inch

€1,821

War

Michael Grine

Painting . 61 x 91.4 x 1.9 cm Painting . 24 x 36 x 0.75 inch

€1,821

Mouvements de couleurs flamboyantes

Jonathan Pradillon

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

€500 €375

Composition II

Shahram Nabati

Painting . 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

Eternal Flow Acrylic on Canvas

Maria Ruisi

Painting . 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€680

Etude 555 F

Thierry Corpet

Painting . 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€350

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