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, Grand cru, Louis Bottero

Louis Bottero

Painting . 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€4,600

Print, Sans titre, Shirley Jaffe

Shirley Jaffe

Print . 64.5 x 51 cm Print . 25.4 x 20.1 inch

€2,695

Painting, Composition, Jean Miotte

Jean Miotte

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

€18,000

Painting, Absolue, Virginia Benedicto

Virginia Benedicto

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,430

Painting, Bushfire, Thierry Corpet

Thierry Corpet

Painting . 32 x 90 x 3.5 cm Painting . 12.6 x 35.4 x 1.4 inch

€1,200 €1,080

Painting, The night of love, Eric Robin

Eric Robin

Painting . 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

Painting, Spring after summer, Woo

Woo

Painting . 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€3,250

Print, Strata #42, Petr Strnad

Petr Strnad

Print . 101.5 x 76 x 0.1 cm Print . 40 x 29.9 x 0 inch

€890

Painting, Rura Penthe, Arnaud Liard

Arnaud Liard

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 1 inch

€3,120

Painting, Coeur Fluo, Hamed ENCS

Hamed ENCS

Painting . 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,700

Painting, Murmure Floral, Valia

Valia

Painting . 100 x 81 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 0 inch

€950

Fine Art Drawings, Sans Titre, Lady K

Lady K

Fine Art Drawings . 29 x 42 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€450 €426

Painting, World Dance, Ihab Ahmad

Ihab Ahmad

Painting . 100 x 100 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 inch

€4,500

Painting, Composition, Claude Carretta

Claude Carretta

Painting . 56 x 38 x 1 cm Painting . 22 x 15 x 0.4 inch

€350 €315

Print, Pinwheel, Sumit Mehndiratta

Sumit Mehndiratta

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

€990

Print, Straec #41, Luuk de Haan

Luuk de Haan

Print . 100 x 72.5 cm Print . 39.4 x 28.5 inch

€3,079

Painting, Neon, Arnaud Liard

Arnaud Liard

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 1 inch

€3,120

Print, Sky, Chiho Aoshima

Sky

Chiho Aoshima

Print . 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Print . 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch

€950

Painting, Effets, Reland Tanari

Reland Tanari

Painting . 90 x 55.5 x 1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 21.9 x 0.4 inch

€1,355

Painting, Abstraction L29, Tehos

Tehos

Painting . 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€2,000

Painting, Terrils, Severine Dietrich

Severine Dietrich

Painting . 97 x 137 x 3 cm Painting . 38.2 x 53.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Painting, Mélodie, Shake

Shake

Painting . 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€650

Painting, Ostriconi #2, Thierry Corpet

Thierry Corpet

Painting . 70 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch

€900

Print, Human spirit, SISC

SISC

Print . 59 x 42 x 0.1 cm Print . 23.2 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€120

Painting, Le baiser, Agnès Salle

Agnès Salle

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,750

Print, Aloa, Louis Bottero

Louis Bottero

Print . 50 x 40 cm Print . 19.7 x 15.7 inch

€800

Painting, Rainbow X, Jules Engel

Jules Engel

Painting . 27.9 x 27.9 cm Painting . 11 x 11 inch

€2,288

Photography, Amnésia, Basile Crespin

Basile Crespin

Photography . 120 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch

€1,400

Painting, Equilibre Vert 2519, Kardesch

Kardesch

Painting . 195 x 97 x 2.5 cm Painting . 76.8 x 38.2 x 1 inch

€12,000

Print, Straec #39, Luuk de Haan

Luuk de Haan

Print . 100 x 72.5 cm Print . 39.4 x 28.5 inch

€3,079

Print, Tonkar 517, Vida

Vida

Print . 70 x 40.5 x 0.2 cm Print . 27.6 x 15.9 x 0.1 inch

€1,000

Painting, Simple style, Tones

Tones

Painting . 170 x 360 x 4 cm Painting . 66.9 x 141.7 x 1.6 inch

€11,069

Painting, Eli, Maxime Bruneel

Eli

Maxime Bruneel

Painting . 115 x 87 x 2 cm Painting . 45.3 x 34.3 x 0.8 inch

€4,500

Painting, Over there, Bruno Hoopka

Bruno Hoopka

Painting . 89 x 116 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 1 inch

€2,100

Painting, 1 mai 2020, Arnaud Liard

Arnaud Liard

Painting . 100 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 28.7 x 1 inch

€3,120