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, 2007/087, Claude Viallat

Claude Viallat

Painting . 143 x 106 cm Painting . 56.3 x 41.7 inch

€20,000

Painting, Exercice, Grems

Grems

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€2,150 €1,720

Painting, Flow with Joy, Michelle Hold

Michelle Hold

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

€1,300

Painting, Weaven 3, Cristina Ghetti

Cristina Ghetti

Painting . 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€1,328

Painting, La vie en rose, Toctoc

Toctoc

Painting . 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,500

Painting, World Dance, Ihab Ahmad

Ihab Ahmad

Painting . 100 x 100 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 inch

€4,500

Fine Art Drawings, Toro, Philippe Dias

Philippe Dias

Fine Art Drawings . 77 x 58 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 30.3 x 22.8 x 0.1 inch

€500

Painting, Wild blue, Mosko

Mosko

Painting . 40 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,300

Painting, Resonance, Câline Farah

Câline Farah

Painting . 72 x 72 x 2.2 cm Painting . 28.3 x 28.3 x 0.9 inch

€1,186

Painting, Les brides de verre, Yrak

Yrak

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

€3,200

Painting, Blue silence, H-Nguyen

H-Nguyen

Painting . 75 x 95 x 2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,360

Painting, Les Bonh'ommes XL, VHE

VHE

Painting . 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€400 €360

Painting, La cène, Frany La Chipie

Frany La Chipie

Painting . 50 x 150 x 5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 59.1 x 2 inch

€3,250

Painting, Céleste, Scimoc

Scimoc

Painting . 86 x 86 x 4 cm Painting . 33.9 x 33.9 x 1.6 inch

€2,900

Painting, MB 85, Méryl B

Méryl B

Painting . 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€950 €855

Painting, The Happy Place, Samantha Malone

Samantha Malone

Painting . 87 x 200 x 0.1 cm Painting . 34.3 x 78.7 x 0 inch

€1,500 €1,275

Painting, Obey Icon, Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Shepard Fairey (Obey)

Painting . 68 x 53 x 0.5 cm Painting . 26.8 x 20.9 x 0.2 inch

€11,500 €10,350

Painting, Akiko, La Pointe

La Pointe

Painting . 100 x 74 cm Painting . 39.4 x 29.1 inch

€1,200

Painting, Lush Summer/2, Helen Mount

Helen Mount

Painting . 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€1,500

Painting, Eden, Poovi Art

Poovi Art

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 2 inch

€1,226

Painting, Paysage 6, Fabien Delaube

Fabien Delaube

Painting . 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,100 €1,045

Painting, Laberintos, Alec Franco

Alec Franco

Painting . 144.8 x 144.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 57 x 57 x 0.1 inch

€5,948

Painting, Maniac's Struggle 4, Skwak

Skwak

Painting . 20.32 x 29.21 x 0.1 cm Painting . 8 x 11.5 x 0 inch

€1,200

Painting, L'étincelle, Jadis

Jadis

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

€900

Painting, Itinérance, Elena Feteanu

Elena Feteanu

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

€900

Painting, Continuum II, Tejinder Kanda

Tejinder Kanda

Painting . 46 x 36 x 3 cm Painting . 18.1 x 14.2 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Painting, VII, Luis Prada

VII

Luis Prada

Painting . 80 x 120 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 inch

€2,400

Painting, W.F, Florian Leduc

W.F

Florian Leduc

Painting . 210 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 82.7 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€26,000

Painting, Tracking 5, Virginia Ryan

Virginia Ryan

Painting . 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€2,100

Painting, Save the World, Valerian Lenud

Valerian Lenud

Painting . 100 x 150 x 4.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.8 inch

€5,990

Painting, RESPIRE 02, Nicole Decote

Nicole Decote

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

€950

Sculpture, Ofrendas, Carlos Anzola

Carlos Anzola

Sculpture . 182 x 12 x 12 cm Sculpture . 71.7 x 4.7 x 4.7 inch

€2,600

Painting, Soul Dance, Tatiana Yartseva

Tatiana Yartseva

Painting . 20 x 27 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch

€470

Painting, Prosperity, Alina Chalaya

Alina Chalaya

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

€549 €494

Painting, Tracking 2, Virginia Ryan

Virginia Ryan

Painting . 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€2,100

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