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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, Untitled, Rebeccah Klodt

Rebeccah Klodt

Painting . 58 x 58 x 2 cm Painting . 22.8 x 22.8 x 0.8 inch

€4,880

Fine Art Drawings, Octobre rose, Isabelle Hirtzig

Isabelle Hirtzig

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€125

Painting, TDC V, Seb Paul Michel

Seb Paul Michel

Painting . 53 x 57 x 1 cm Painting . 20.9 x 22.4 x 0.4 inch

€450

Painting, A Bruges, Moreno Pincas

Moreno Pincas

Painting . 97 x 116 x 10 cm Painting . 38.2 x 45.7 x 3.9 inch

€13,800

Painting, Selo - N, Ivan Tzonev

Ivan Tzonev

Painting . 29 x 29 x 2 cm Painting . 11.4 x 11.4 x 0.8 inch

€160

Painting, Pulsion, Christiane Guerry

Christiane Guerry

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

€4,200

Painting, Rote Tulpen, Mela

Mela

Painting . 40 x 28 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11 inch

€437

Painting, Eclaté, Jacques Yankel

Jacques Yankel

Painting . 94 x 83 x 5 cm Painting . 37 x 32.7 x 2 inch

€5,500

Painting, Penblu, Stefano Mazzolini

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting . 160 x 210 x 1 cm Painting . 63 x 82.7 x 0.4 inch

€8,000 €7,200

Painting, Bettle, Stefano Mazzolini

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting . 160 x 210 x 1 cm Painting . 63 x 82.7 x 0.4 inch

€6,000 €5,400

Painting, Corchi, Stefano Mazzolini

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting . 160 x 210 x 1 cm Painting . 63 x 82.7 x 0.4 inch

€6,000 €5,400

Painting, Palagal, Stefano Mazzolini

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting . 160 x 160 x 1 cm Painting . 63 x 63 x 0.4 inch

€6,000 €5,400

Painting, Poltava, Stefano Mazzolini

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting . 160 x 160 x 1 cm Painting . 63 x 63 x 0.4 inch

€6,000 €5,400

Painting, Kerch, Stefano Mazzolini

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting . 160 x 150 x 1 cm Painting . 63 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch

€6,000 €5,400

Painting, Super Girls, Veronica Vilsan

Veronica Vilsan

Painting . 88.9 x 180.3 x 10.2 cm Painting . 35 x 71 x 4 inch

€2,715

Painting, Sun Island, Diane Bellier

Diane Bellier

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

€2,500

Painting, Pisky, Stefano Mazzolini

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting . 160 x 160 x 1 cm Painting . 63 x 63 x 0.4 inch

€6,000 €5,400

Painting, Seashell, Ljubow Jung

Ljubow Jung

Painting . 50 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch

€736

Painting, Blue flowers, Ljubow Jung

Ljubow Jung

Painting . 50 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch

€736

Painting, Cornflowers., Ljubow Jung

Ljubow Jung

Painting . 50 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch

€736

Painting, Bells, Ljubow Jung

Ljubow Jung

Painting . 50 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch

€736

Painting, TDC III, Seb Paul Michel

Seb Paul Michel

Painting . 53 x 57 x 1 cm Painting . 20.9 x 22.4 x 0.4 inch

€450

Print, Rêverie, Albena Vatcheva

Albena Vatcheva

Print . 21 x 15 x 0.01 cm Print . 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch

€50 €48

Painting, Oiseau sur l'espoir, M.Cros

M.Cros

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€200

Painting, Formy, Stefano Mazzolini

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting . 150 x 200 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

€8,000 €7,200

Painting, Alienata, Stefano Mazzolini

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting . 150 x 200 x 1 cm Painting . 59.1 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch

€8,000 €7,200

Painting, Volcan 2, Véro Mazurek

Véro Mazurek

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

€1,440

Painting, Twilight, Harry Ergott

Harry Ergott

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

€6,800

Painting, Cum Kitty, Mideo M. Cruz

Mideo M. Cruz

Painting . 160 x 132 x 1 cm Painting . 63 x 52 x 0.4 inch

€12,250

Painting, Dating, Luong Trung

Luong Trung

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

€7,250

Sculpture, Art Attack, David Gerstein

David Gerstein

Sculpture . 78 x 169 x 12 cm Sculpture . 30.7 x 66.5 x 4.7 inch

€13,500

Fine Art Drawings, Untitled 3, Doïna Vieru

Doïna Vieru

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€700

Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Doïna Vieru

Doïna Vieru

Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€700

Print, Mon ami, Albena Vatcheva

Albena Vatcheva

Print . 26 x 21 x 0.1 cm Print . 10.2 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€59 €57

Painting, Candy, BB.Queen

BB.Queen

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

€1,200

Print, Love, Albena Vatcheva

Albena Vatcheva

Print . 21 x 15 x 0.01 cm Print . 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch

€50 €48

Photography, Thank you, Juan Pablo Castro

Juan Pablo Castro

Photography . 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography . 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch

€2,784

Painting, At Dusk, Oleksandr Vynnyk

Oleksandr Vynnyk

Painting . 21 x 13 x 1 cm Painting . 8.3 x 5.1 x 0.4 inch

€167