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, Hongui, Gaelle Beyaert

Gaelle Beyaert

Print . 30 x 45 x 2 cm Print . 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€340

Print, Tulip Path, Paul Gilbert

Paul Gilbert

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

€250

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

Print, Enfance, Maude Ovize

Maude Ovize

Print . 49 x 48 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.3 x 18.9 x 0 inch

€300

Print, Confidences, Maude Ovize

Maude Ovize

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

€300

Painting, A Walk, Nataliia Svitlychna

Nataliia Svitlychna

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

€866

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, Palimpsest verd, David Casals

David Casals

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

€2,600

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

Print, Clapotis II, Maude Ovize

Maude Ovize

Print . 47 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 18.5 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€300

Painting, Solitude, Sandra Bédu

Sandra Bédu

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

€900

Painting, Ellie, Pol Ledent

Pol Ledent

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

€1,200

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, Living Life, Jacob Burda

Jacob Burda

Painting . 92 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Print, Le 4 Juillet, Hugo Pondz

Hugo Pondz

Print . 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Print . 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch

€1,650

Print, The king, Maude Ovize

Maude Ovize

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

€300

Painting, Mariage Street art, SmaK-titi

SmaK-titi

Painting . 195 x 97 x 3 cm Painting . 76.8 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Painting, California, Michel Das

Michel Das

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

€1,999

Print, Composition, Gianni Bertini

Gianni Bertini

Print . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€250

Painting, It's Wet, Alexander Shandor

Alexander Shandor

Painting . 31 x 60 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12.2 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€547

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, Paule, Isabelle Hirtzig

Isabelle Hirtzig

Painting . 29.7 x 21 cm Painting . 11.7 x 8.3 inch

€148