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, Ocean's Touch, Lyra Morgan

Lyra Morgan

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

€725 €653

Painting, Cusi, Coha

Coha

Painting . 100 x 100 x 6 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 2.4 inch

€5,500

Painting, MB 88, Méryl B

Méryl B

Painting . 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch

€850 €765

Painting, Magic Garden, Ines Khadraoui

Ines Khadraoui

Painting . 89 x 116 x 4 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,000

Painting, Wallpaper, SA Candela

SA Candela

Painting . 170 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 66.9 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€3,900

Painting, Echappée, Maylis Bourdet

Maylis Bourdet

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

€1,460

Painting, Bravely, Philippe Dias

Philippe Dias

Painting . 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€1,650

Painting, Duets, Gohar Goddard

Gohar Goddard

Painting . 65 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,935

Painting, Lion, Orlando Marin

Orlando Marin

Painting . 88.9 x 94 x 5.1 cm Painting . 35 x 37 x 2 inch

€2,200

Painting, Emerald Lake, Olena Kishkurno

Olena Kishkurno

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

€1,200

Painting, Les 3 instables, Wait

Wait

Painting . 100 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€2,400

Painting, Tulipes, Claudine Janel

Claudine Janel

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

€1,200

Painting, Sans titre, Dasz Panda

Dasz Panda

Painting . 116 x 89 x 4 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.6 inch

€1,600

Painting, U Beogradu..., Gugi Goo

Gugi Goo

Painting . 157.5 x 157.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 62 x 62 x 0.1 inch

€9,103

Painting, Adept crowd, Susanne Butcher

Susanne Butcher

Painting . 100 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

Painting, Zaratustra, Enrique Pichardo

Enrique Pichardo

Painting . 100 x 75 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch

€1,220

Painting, Sans titre #2, Block513

Block513

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

€190

Painting, La Fiesta, Myriam Eonnet

Myriam Eonnet

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,180

Painting, Fleurs I, Claire Fournier

Claire Fournier

Painting . 49 x 49 x 1 cm Painting . 19.3 x 19.3 x 0.4 inch

€450

Painting, Lao zi, Zhenhua Guo

Zhenhua Guo

Painting . 100 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Painting, Fleurs, FeiWoux Chan

FeiWoux Chan

Painting . 46 x 38 x 3 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Painting, Sans titre I, Rong Su

Rong Su

Painting . 40 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€800

Painting, Turquoise glance, Ljubow Jung

Ljubow Jung

Painting . 70 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,018

Painting, Abstrait de Snath, Snath

Snath

Painting . 120 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch

€950

Sculpture, Captain Flam, David Cumps

David Cumps

Sculpture . 54 x 52 x 4 cm Sculpture . 21.3 x 20.5 x 1.6 inch

€800

Painting, Lurra, Mari.ce

Mari.ce

Painting . 89 x 116 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 1 inch

€1,600

Painting, L'odyssée, Ralph Resch

Ralph Resch

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

€1,050

Painting, Biarritz, Isabelle Janier

Isabelle Janier

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

€1,300

Painting, Blue lagoon, Thodé

Thodé

Painting . 144 x 85 x 2 cm Painting . 56.7 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,950

Painting, Time, Sesse Elangwe Ngeseli

Sesse Elangwe Ngeseli

Painting . 91.5 x 91.5 x 1 cm Painting . 36 x 36 x 0.4 inch

€7,500

Painting, Amy, Veronica Vilsan

Amy

Veronica Vilsan

Painting . 78.7 x 78.7 x 5.1 cm Painting . 31 x 31 x 2 inch

€851

Painting, Trace 2421, Saname

Saname

Painting . 107 x 107 cm Painting . 42.1 x 42.1 inch

€800

Painting, Canvas 125, Cy Seymour

Cy Seymour

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

€2,429

Sculpture, Jagoanku, Kusbudiyanto

Kusbudiyanto

Sculpture . 75 x 70 x 30 cm Sculpture . 29.5 x 27.6 x 11.8 inch

€2,200

Painting, Sappho, Alea Pinar Du Pre

Alea Pinar Du Pre

Painting . 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€12,000

Painting, Pegasus, Robert Ieuan de Haan

Robert Ieuan de Haan

Painting . 40 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Painting, Zenjiro, La Pointe

La Pointe

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

€1,200

Painting, L'homme au gilet rouge, Zafi

Zafi

Painting . 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€17,000

Painting, Simple style, Tones

Tones

Painting . 170 x 360 x 4 cm Painting . 66.9 x 141.7 x 1.6 inch

€11,082

Painting, Weaven 2, Cristina Ghetti

Cristina Ghetti

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

€1,330

Painting, Ipanema, Chufy

Chufy

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

€2,300

Painting, Greenhouse, Ekaterina Prisich

Ekaterina Prisich

Painting . 126 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 49.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,787

Painting, Le lustre, Yrak

Yrak

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

€3,200

Painting, Confrontation 3, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting . 95 x 199.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 37.4 x 78.7 x 1 inch

€1,146

Painting, Eli, Maxime Bruneel

Eli

Maxime Bruneel

Painting . 115 x 87 x 2 cm Painting . 45.3 x 34.3 x 0.8 inch

€4,500

Painting, The Awakening, Viet Ha Tran

Viet Ha Tran

Painting . 89.9 x 89.9 x 1.8 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.7 inch

€4,583

Painting, Joy, Maude Ovize

Joy

Maude Ovize

Painting . 116 x 73 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,600

Painting, The rain, Ramonn Vieitez

Ramonn Vieitez

Painting . 64.8 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Painting . 25.5 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,833

Painting, Mike Tyson, Lavi 1331

Lavi 1331

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

€950

Painting, Complicités, Lourdes Ral

Lourdes Ral

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

€350

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