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.
Jean-Jacques André
Fine Art Drawings . 39 x 29 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.4 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch
$443
Jean-Jacques André
Fine Art Drawings . 22 x 33 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.7 x 13 x 0.1 inch
$198
Jean-Jacques André
Fine Art Drawings . 22 x 33 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.7 x 13 x 0.1 inch
$198
Jean-Jacques André
Fine Art Drawings . 21.5 x 41.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.5 x 16.3 x 0.1 inch
$222
Jean-Jacques André
Fine Art Drawings . 21.5 x 41.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.5 x 16.3 x 0.1 inch
$222
Jean-Jacques André
Fine Art Drawings . 63 x 63 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 24.8 x 24.8 x 0.4 inch
$560
Jean-Jacques André
Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$327
Andy Berrend
Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$443 $355
Moustache Bleue
Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$140
Moustache Bleue
Fine Art Drawings . 21.5 x 16.5 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.5 x 6.5 x 0.2 inch
$76
Barbara Kroll
Fine Art Drawings . 99.1 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39 x 27 x 0.1 inch
$1,517
Kohlene Hendrickson
Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,984
Barbara Kroll
Fine Art Drawings . 99.1 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39 x 27 x 0.1 inch
$1,734
Claire Bonnet-Masimbert
Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$583
Claire Bonnet-Masimbert
Fine Art Drawings . 35 x 27 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch
$303 $288
Susan Nalaboff Brilliant
Fine Art Drawings . 35.56 x 27.94 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 14 x 11 x 0.4 inch
$3,734
Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$3,501
Isabelle Hirtzig
Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$134
Barbara Kroll
Fine Art Drawings . 69.9 x 54.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.5 x 21.6 x 0.1 inch
$889
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,759
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings . 28.2 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.1 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,759
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings . 21.1 x 28.2 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,759
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings . 28.2 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.1 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,759
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings . 21.1 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,759
Barbara Kroll
Fine Art Drawings . 41.9 x 29.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.6 x 0.1 inch
$662
Barbara Kroll
Fine Art Drawings . 49.8 x 32.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.6 x 12.8 x 0.1 inch
$586
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
$1,626
Isabelle Hirtzig
Fine Art Drawings . 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$274
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,795
Isabelle Hirtzig
Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$134