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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, La Nonne, Hugues Candaës

La Nonne

Hugues Candaës

Painting . 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,660

Painting, La Vie En Rose, Christel Haag

La Vie En Rose

Christel Haag

Painting . 81.3 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting . 32 x 39 x 1 inch

€1,659

Painting, Spirits, Pierre Calogero

Spirits

Pierre Calogero

Painting . 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,860

Painting, Les Bonh'ommes XL, VHE

Les Bonh'ommes XL

VHE

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

€400

Painting, Minnie, Shokkobo Popart

Minnie

Shokkobo Popart

Painting . 25 x 25 x 0.2 cm Painting . 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch

€290

Painting, Birthday Bash, Hal Mayforth

Birthday Bash

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 35.6 x 127 x 0.3 cm Painting . 14 x 50 x 0.1 inch

€3,139

Painting, Doubt, Jennifer Ibghi

Doubt

Jennifer Ibghi

Painting . 60 x 30 x 5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 11.8 x 2 inch

€1,420

Photography, Royaume, Rodrigo

Royaume

Rodrigo

Photography . 59.1 x 41.7 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.3 x 16.4 x 0 inch

€1,999

Painting, Talisman (4), Salamandra

Talisman (4)

Salamandra

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

€5,500

Painting, Between 2, James Chiew

Between 2

James Chiew

Painting . 82 x 149 x 3 cm Painting . 32.3 x 58.7 x 1.2 inch

€14,500

Painting, Textures, Emmanuelle Vroelant

Textures

Emmanuelle Vroelant

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

€3,200

Painting, Lotus Soul 17, Jiaqing Liang

Lotus Soul 17

Jiaqing Liang

Painting . 36 x 26 x 0.3 cm Painting . 14.2 x 10.2 x 0.1 inch

€685

Painting, Silent love, Pol Ledent

Silent love

Pol Ledent

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

€1,500

Painting, Greenhouse, Ekaterina Prisich

Greenhouse

Ekaterina Prisich

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

€1,749

Painting, Matière Andalouse, Yrak

Matière Andalouse

Yrak

Painting . 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€4,000

Painting, Nina Avakian, Nina Avakian

Nina Avakian

Nina Avakian

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

€3,000

Painting, Ellie, Pol Ledent

Ellie

Pol Ledent

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

€1,200