Explosions of Color

Artists invented the earliest pigments over 40,000 years ago, using natural materials like soil, chalk, and animal fat. Back then, the color palette available to artists was limited: the only colors they were able to produce were red, black, white, brown and yellow. Since those times, artists' discoveries and scientific advances have resulted in a far wider scope of colored pigments. Artists now have the choice of almost every color imaginable or visible to the human eye, from shades of black to the most vivid hues

In modern and contemporary art, artists have taken advantage of the range of colors available to them in the modern age. Many abstract artists have used color as a principal focus of their work, one example being Sonia and Robert Delaunay's art movement Orphism. These works reject any notion of naturalism and perspective, favoring flat, abstract planes of bright color. 

Today, many artists continue the legacy of modernist artists that placed bright and vivid colors at the center of their work. Artsper has curated a selection of contemporary artists whose works are characterized by explosions of color, including Tiberiu Soos and Susanne Herbold. Join us today to discover their works, among many others, today!

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Painting, Art water, Âme Sauvage

Âme Sauvage

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

£1,089

Fine Art Drawings, Enchanted Glade, Gaëlle Wagner

Gaëlle Wagner

Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

£2,179

Painting, Wolf sounds II, J. Paudert

J. Paudert

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

£1,861

Painting, Fragments, Lenta Markevich

Lenta Markevich

Painting - 90 x 90 x 5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 2 inch

£635

Painting, La tâche verte, Roy G Sfeir

Roy G Sfeir

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

£5,447

Painting, Le grand final, Âme Sauvage

Âme Sauvage

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

£1,089

Painting, Orangeade, Âme Sauvage

Âme Sauvage

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.9 inch

£726 £639

Painting, Danse infinie, Âme Sauvage

Âme Sauvage

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.9 inch

£726

Painting, Liquide, Âme Sauvage

Âme Sauvage

Painting - 65 x 92 x 2.4 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.9 inch

£681

Painting, Grand bateau, Âme Sauvage

Âme Sauvage

Painting - 60 x 60 x 2.4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.9 inch

£545

Painting, GX3SY, Gaëlle Wagner

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

£1,770

Painting, Package, Âme Sauvage

Âme Sauvage

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.9 inch

£726

Painting, Le mental, Âme Sauvage

Âme Sauvage

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.9 inch

£726

Painting, Clouds, Gaëlle Wagner

Gaëlle Wagner

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

£1,906

Painting, Dazzle me !, Gaëlle Wagner

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch

£2,179

Painting, New Born, Gaëlle Wagner

Gaëlle Wagner

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

£2,088 £1,879

Painting, Le roi perdu, Âme Sauvage

Âme Sauvage

Painting - 81 x 60 x 2.4 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.9 inch

£617

Painting, Carré rouge, Âme Sauvage

Âme Sauvage

Painting - 54 x 73 x 2.4 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 0.9 inch

£499

Painting, Eclosion, Âme Sauvage

Âme Sauvage

Painting - 60 x 60 x 2.4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.9 inch

£545

Painting, Ailes de nuit, Âme Sauvage

Âme Sauvage

Painting - 54 x 73 x 2.4 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 0.9 inch

£499