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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Print, Rebecca, Théo Tobiasse

Théo Tobiasse

Print . 106 x 72 x 0.01 cm Print . 41.7 x 28.3 x 0 inch

€1,400

Painting, Together, Petra Schott

Petra Schott

Painting . 120 x 160 x 0.1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 63 x 0 inch

€6,150

Painting, Auprès d'elle, Zafi

Zafi

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

€7,000

Fine Art Drawings, Divinité 7, Dasz Panda

Dasz Panda

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€800

Fine Art Drawings, Divinité 9, Dasz Panda

Dasz Panda

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€800

Fine Art Drawings, Divinité 11, Dasz Panda

Dasz Panda

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€800

Fine Art Drawings, Divinité 12, Dasz Panda

Dasz Panda

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€800

Fine Art Drawings, Divinité III (7), Dasz Panda

Dasz Panda

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€800

Fine Art Drawings, Divinité 19, Dasz Panda

Dasz Panda

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€800

Sculpture, Nuance 11 (1), Jack Jacquot

Jack Jacquot

Sculpture . 55 x 44 x 1 cm Sculpture . 21.7 x 17.3 x 0.4 inch

€800

Painting, Tiki pito, Thodé

Thodé

Painting . 130 x 90 x 0.03 cm Painting . 51.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€1,580

Painting, Bellissima, Frédéric Batard

Frédéric Batard

Painting . 64.5 x 80.5 x 1.5 cm Painting . 25.4 x 31.7 x 0.6 inch

€1,082

Painting, Les 4 fantastiques, Thodé

Thodé

Painting . 92 x 146 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,950

Painting, Trace, SP

SP

Painting . 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€590 €531

Painting, Fetiche, Daniel De polignac

Daniel De polignac

Painting . 130 x 97 x 2.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 38.2 x 1 inch

€950

Painting, Promenade, Joanna Flatau

Joanna Flatau

Painting . 80 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€5,500

Fine Art Drawings, Bouche rouge, Joanna Flatau

Joanna Flatau

Fine Art Drawings . 64 x 45 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.2 x 17.7 inch

€3,200

Fine Art Drawings, Fond bleu, Joanna Flatau

Joanna Flatau

Fine Art Drawings . 64 x 45 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.2 x 17.7 inch

€3,200

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