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, Rift 4, Veronika Obushikhina

Veronika Obushikhina

Painting . 60 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch

€640

Sculpture, Cithaerias pierta, Yann Crenn

Yann Crenn

Sculpture . 60 x 60 x 6 cm Sculpture . 23.6 x 23.6 x 2.4 inch

€4,000

Painting, The Soft Side, Hal Mayforth

Hal Mayforth

Painting . 116.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 46 x 30 x 0.1 inch

€4,626

Painting, Blocs, Dam Domido

Dam Domido

Painting . 30 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

€970

Painting, The keys, Voichenko Sergiy

Voichenko Sergiy

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Painting, Divisions, Stefan Fierros

Stefan Fierros

Painting . 31 x 31 x 4.1 cm Painting . 12.2 x 12.2 x 1.6 inch

€299

Painting, Escape, Juffrouw Springtouw

Juffrouw Springtouw

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

€2,100

Painting, Heather, Rich Moyers

Rich Moyers

Painting . 20.3 x 20.3 x 1 cm Painting . 8 x 8 x 0.4 inch

€320

Painting, The Nest of a Horse, Hongda

Hongda

Painting . 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€3,500

Painting, Title n°351, Agur

Agur

Painting . 29 x 38 x 3 cm Painting . 11.4 x 15 x 1.2 inch

€450

Painting, Bug Zapper I, Michael Grine

Michael Grine

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 0 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.01 inch

€274

Painting, Control, Almo

Almo

Painting . 34.8 x 24.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 13.7 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch

€731

Painting, Open the door, Almo

Almo

Painting . 34.8 x 24.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 13.7 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch

€731

Painting, Ambivalent, Almo

Almo

Painting . 34.8 x 24.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 13.7 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch

€731

Painting, Unwilling, Almo

Almo

Painting . 34.8 x 24.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 13.7 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch

€731

Print, Orage, Joël Chasseriau

Joël Chasseriau

Print . 60 x 60 x 2 cm Print . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€960

Print, Cumul, Joël Chasseriau

Joël Chasseriau

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

€1,060

Painting, Malobeo, Valérie Lamarre

Valérie Lamarre

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,060

Painting, Narquoise, Sabine Louriac

Sabine Louriac

Painting . 61 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€860

Painting, Beyond Adversity, Esteban Vera

Esteban Vera

Painting . 149.9 x 199.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 59 x 78.7 x 2 inch

€4,983

Painting, Abstrait 24-20, Thomas Danel

Thomas Danel

Painting . 110 x 110 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

€2,700

Painting, Stimulus 1, Gina Vor

Gina Vor

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

€400

Painting, Connected-4, SmaK-titi

SmaK-titi

Painting . 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€700 €560

Painting, Do me a favor, Almo

Almo

Painting . 34.8 x 24.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 13.7 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch

€731

Painting, Estrellita, Almo

Almo

Painting . 34.8 x 24.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 13.7 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch

€731

Painting, Sometimes, Almo

Almo

Painting . 34.8 x 24.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 13.7 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch

€731

Painting, Behold, Almo

Almo

Painting . 34.8 x 24.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 13.7 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch

€731

Photography, AB78, Gilles Gourmaud

Gilles Gourmaud

Photography . 40 x 71 x 3 cm Photography . 15.7 x 28 x 1.2 inch

€750

Print, #6-Alistro, Thierry Corpet

Thierry Corpet

Print . 80 x 60 x 0.25 cm Print . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€490

Painting, Stockage, Monique Dardeau

Monique Dardeau

Painting . 93 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 36.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,850

Painting, LA, Dean Tavoularis

LA

Dean Tavoularis

Painting . 41 x 33 x 1 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 0.4 inch

€3,000

Sculpture, Totem Africa, Dominique Combe

Dominique Combe

Sculpture . 64 x 24 x 14 cm Sculpture . 25.2 x 9.4 x 5.5 inch

€960

Painting, 0306, Alejandra Quintanilla

Alejandra Quintanilla

Painting . 160 x 120 x 0.3 cm Painting . 63 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch

€4,571

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