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.
Cintia García
Fine Art Drawings . 150.9 x 147.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 59.4 x 58.1 x 0.1 inch
$3,056
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Fine Art Drawings . 90 x 80 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,275
Minako Asakura
Fine Art Drawings . 50.5 x 60.6 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.9 x 23.9 x 1 inch
$2,217
Kateryna Malomuzh
Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$293
J/Y Delaunay-Israël
Fine Art Drawings . 124 x 94 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 48.8 x 37 x 0.4 inch
$1,943
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Fine Art Drawings . 60 x 40 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,144
Alina Smuchinskaia
Fine Art Drawings . 42.3 x 30.3 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.7 x 11.9 x 0 inch
$705
Sumit Mehndiratta
Fine Art Drawings . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
$1,039
Clara Crespin
Fine Art Drawings . 77 x 65 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 30.3 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,050
Quentin Badran
Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 29.7 x 0.002 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$3,734
Mihail Chemiakin
Fine Art Drawings . 61.5 x 46 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 24.2 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$14,003
Frédéric Bourret
Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,400
Clotaire Lehoux
Fine Art Drawings . 60 x 80 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,517
Cintia García
Fine Art Drawings . 148.1 x 147.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 58.3 x 57.9 x 0.1 inch
$3,056
Tanya Sviatlichnaya
Fine Art Drawings . 55 x 55 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.7 x 21.7 x 0 inch
$1,984
Jean-Claude Desmerges
Fine Art Drawings . 109 x 79 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 42.9 x 31.1 x 0.4 inch
$4,551
Agustín Español Viñas
Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$3,267
Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Fine Art Drawings . 27.9 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 8 x 0.1 inch
$3,211
Soniart Akouavi Soniart Setono Djedatin
Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 92 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,750
Jean-Claude Coutaz
Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$1,233
Barthélémy Grossmann
Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 29.7 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,883
Clotaire Lehoux
Fine Art Drawings . 130 x 195 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 51.2 x 76.8 x 0 inch
$2,334
Miquel Angel Benejam
Fine Art Drawings . 46.5 x 63.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.3 x 25 x 0 inch
$700
Geneviève Seillé
Fine Art Drawings . 119 x 90 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 46.9 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$4,551
Jean-Claude Desmerges
Fine Art Drawings . 109 x 79 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 42.9 x 31.1 x 0.4 inch
$4,551
Sirio Pellegrini
Fine Art Drawings . 37 x 33.5 x 0.4 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14.6 x 13.2 x 0.2 inch
$2,334
Olivier Furter
Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$1,400
Kateryna Malomuzh
Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$293
