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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Painting, Blue tulip, Olga Dzurova

Olga Dzurova

Painting . 25 x 24 x 1 cm Painting . 9.8 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch

€130

Painting, Au jardin, David Jamin

David Jamin

Painting . 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Painting, Danse et jeunesse, Lu Ma

Lu Ma

Painting . 100 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€7,000

Painting, The garden IV, Andrei Sitsko

Andrei Sitsko

Painting . 100 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€854

Painting, Mallows, Yehor Dulin

Yehor Dulin

Painting . 80 x 70 x 1.8 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.7 inch

€2,019

Painting, Blooms II, Anastassia Skopp

Anastassia Skopp

Painting . 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€350

Painting, Lilac Blossoms, Yehor Dulin

Yehor Dulin

Painting . 45 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,009

Painting, Scilla Lucilii, Simon Kozhin

Simon Kozhin

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

€2,399

Painting, Humidifier, Lu Ma

Lu Ma

Painting . 100 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€7,000

Painting, Good-bye, Emmanuelle Vroelant

Emmanuelle Vroelant

Painting . 80 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€4,600

Print, Ramage P1, Sophie Duplain

Sophie Duplain

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

€300

Painting, New garden, Dam Domido

Dam Domido

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

€1,450

Painting, Dawn is coming..., Dam Domido

Dam Domido

Painting . 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,780

Fine Art Drawings, Strange garden, Gilles Alliaume

Gilles Alliaume

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€340

Painting, The garden, Andrei Sitsko

Andrei Sitsko

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

€1,470

Painting, Movement, Anastassia Skopp

Anastassia Skopp

Painting . 110 x 52.5 x 4 cm Painting . 43.3 x 20.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,500

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