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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Print, Tulip Path, Paul Gilbert

Paul Gilbert

Print . 38 x 36 cm Print . 15 x 14.2 inch

€250

Photography, Les Gardiennes, Regis Duvignau

Regis Duvignau

Photography . 115 x 76 x 2 cm Photography . 45.3 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Print, Summer game, Maude Ovize

Maude Ovize

Print . 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.3 x 0 inch

€300

Painting, Paris, Michel Das

Michel Das

Painting . 92 x 72 x 3 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.3 x 1.2 inch

€2,000

Painting, Unique, Isabelle Hirtzig

Isabelle Hirtzig

Painting . 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€175

Painting, Le Matin, Pascal Perrin

Pascal Perrin

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

€5,000

Painting, Art Rock, David Jamin

David Jamin

Painting . 146 x 114 x 2.5 cm Painting . 57.5 x 44.9 x 1 inch

€5,200

Painting, Le Bain, Julien Raynaud

Julien Raynaud

Painting . 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,500

Painting, Danaé, Maude Ovize

Maude Ovize

Painting . 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€2,200

Painting, Cafe Scene V, Isaac Maimon

Isaac Maimon

Painting . 102 x 78 x 3 cm Painting . 40.2 x 30.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,280

Painting, Pop Design N°4/20, Lydi

Lydi

Painting . 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€190 €171

Photography, Night in SoHo (M), Streety

Streety

Photography . 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€350

Painting, Cornélia, Pascal Perrin

Pascal Perrin

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

€5,000

Painting, Monjes Camboya, M. Muro

M. Muro

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

€2,000

Painting, L'afrique, Marcos Zrihen

Marcos Zrihen

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

€800

Photography, Movida Massala, Sarah Caron

Sarah Caron

Photography . 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€2,500

Painting, Le Vent Magenta, Hugo Pondz

Hugo Pondz

Painting . 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€12,500

Painting, Days of freedom, Betty Acquah

Betty Acquah

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 10.2 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 4 inch

€4,163

Print, Les baigneuses, Maude Ovize

Maude Ovize

Print . 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€300

Painting, Elle, Albena Vatcheva

Albena Vatcheva

Painting . 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€899