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, Calmness, Mariam Baidoshvili

Mariam Baidoshvili

Painting . 42 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€2,000 €1,800

Painting, Claim 137, Mark Hellbusch

Mark Hellbusch

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

€850

Painting, Suspension, Victoria Horkan

Victoria Horkan

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

€3,862

Painting, Afterglow, Angela Wakefield

Angela Wakefield

Painting . 12.7 x 17.8 x 0 cm Painting . 5 x 7 x 0.01 inch

€1,177

Painting, Fluctuat, Corinne Foucouin

Corinne Foucouin

Painting . 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,650

Painting, Colourful meadow, Pol Ledent

Pol Ledent

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

€1,100

Print, Lake Zahara 2, Jane Munro

Jane Munro

Print . 80 x 100 x 1 cm Print . 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€950 €855

Painting, Pont du Gard, Natalia Kuruch

Natalia Kuruch

Painting . 80 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,210

Painting, Claim 161, Mark Hellbusch

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,560

Painting, Blooming spring, Pol Ledent

Pol Ledent

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€600

Painting, Green spring, Pol Ledent

Pol Ledent

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

€650

Painting, Nightfall, Alexander Shandor

Alexander Shandor

Painting . 19.5 x 24.5 x 3 cm Painting . 7.7 x 9.6 x 1.2 inch

€549

Painting, Trees, Alexander Shandor

Alexander Shandor

Painting . 18 x 32 x 3 cm Painting . 7.1 x 12.6 x 1.2 inch

€549

Painting, In the desert, Pol Ledent

Pol Ledent

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

€1,200

Painting, Magic Provence, Pol Ledent

Pol Ledent

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

€850

Painting, Summer dance, Pol Ledent

Pol Ledent

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

€800

Painting, At dusk, Pol Ledent

Pol Ledent

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

€500

Painting, Summer blow, Pol Ledent

Pol Ledent

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

€500

Painting, Summer feast, Pol Ledent

Pol Ledent

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

€1,200

Painting, Visiting, Alexander Shandor

Alexander Shandor

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

€3,291