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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Sculpture, La grotte aux ours, Wabé

Wabé

Sculpture . 50 x 35 x 30 cm Sculpture . 19.7 x 13.8 x 11.8 inch

€4,500

Painting, Mout, Koa

Koa

Painting . 7 x 7 x 2 cm Painting . 2.8 x 2.8 x 0.8 inch

€80 €56

Painting, Giratoire, Marie-Aude Molin

Marie-Aude Molin

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.35 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€480

Painting, Tree of Life #4, Selene Art

Selene Art

Painting . 59.9 x 59.9 x 1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€670

Painting, Swing V, Sia Aryai

Sia Aryai

Painting . 152.4 x 111.8 x 0.5 cm Painting . 60 x 44 x 0.2 inch

€2,688

Painting, L'Amore, Alexander Daniloff

Alexander Daniloff

Painting . 40 x 28 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11 x 0 inch

€280

Painting, Zise, Kusbudiyanto

Kusbudiyanto

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

€3,800

Painting, Space surf, Seb Paul Michel

Seb Paul Michel

Painting . 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€99

Photography, Croix Joseph, Paul Marnef

Paul Marnef

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

€1,940

Photography, Bleu Eternel, Paul Marnef

Paul Marnef

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

€1,940

Painting, Da 'ath, Rémi Bénard

Rémi Bénard

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€2,880

Painting, Unicorn, Voichenko Sergiy

Voichenko Sergiy

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

€830

Painting, Masque #1, Zahra Zeinali

Zahra Zeinali

Painting . 122 x 153 x 5 cm Painting . 48 x 60.2 x 2 inch

€7,200

Print, 8 a.m., Roberto Matta

Roberto Matta

Print . 55.9 x 73.7 cm Print . 22 x 29 inch

€2,743

Painting, Rêverie, Albena Vatcheva

Albena Vatcheva

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

€179 €171

Painting, The Guardian, Helen Spoon

Helen Spoon

Painting . 35 x 25 x 0.5 cm Painting . 13.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch

€411

Painting, Isabelle, Albena Vatcheva

Albena Vatcheva

Painting . 23.5 x 23.5 x 2 cm Painting . 9.3 x 9.3 x 0.8 inch

€239 €228

Sculpture, La chute d'Alice, Wabé

Wabé

Sculpture . 130 x 65 x 50 cm Sculpture . 51.2 x 25.6 x 19.7 inch

€10,500

Painting, Dans la nature, Loha

Loha

Painting . 46 x 38 x 1 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0.4 inch

€200 €180

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