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, Strata #7, Petr Strnad

Petr Strnad

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

€890

Print, Tonkar-254, Vida

Vida

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

€1,000

Painting, Exit, Tanya Lytko

Tanya Lytko

Painting . 198 x 210 x 0.2 cm Painting . 78 x 82.7 x 0.1 inch

€7,800

Painting, Wicked Game, Thierry Corpet

Thierry Corpet

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

€1,000

Painting, Ostriconi #6, Thierry Corpet

Thierry Corpet

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

€900

Painting, Alalia #11, Thierry Corpet

Thierry Corpet

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

€900

Painting, Alalia #1, Thierry Corpet

Thierry Corpet

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

€900

Print, Algajola III, Thierry Corpet

Thierry Corpet

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

€159 €128

Painting, Surfer Rosa, Thierry Corpet

Thierry Corpet

Painting . 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch

€1,100

Print, Strata #5, Petr Strnad

Petr Strnad

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

€890

Painting, Red Planet, Michael Grine

Michael Grine

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 1.9 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 0.75 inch

€2,708

Print, B1, Isthme

B1

Isthme

Print . 30 x 40 x 0.4 cm Print . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch

€250

Painting, Spirale, Jonathan Pradillon

Jonathan Pradillon

Painting . 38 x 38 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15 x 15 x 0 inch

€300

Painting, Snafu VIII, Thierry Corpet

Thierry Corpet

Painting . 150 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€2,000

Painting, Disorder, Thierry Corpet

Thierry Corpet

Painting . 140 x 140 x 5 cm Painting . 55.1 x 55.1 x 2 inch

€2,000

Painting, Tray 276 (2), Olivier Ebel

Olivier Ebel

Painting . 44 x 43 x 0.1 cm Painting . 17.3 x 16.9 x 0 inch

€350

Painting, Mask, Tarek

Tarek

Painting . 15 x 15 x 1 cm Painting . 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch

€95

Print, Hard Reset VII, Heng

Heng

Print . 42 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 16.5 x 11.6 x 0 inch

€100

Painting, Beaubourg, Nicolas Panayotou

Nicolas Panayotou

Painting . 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€7,800

Photography, AV_Adria_060, Bernhard Lang

Bernhard Lang

Photography . 80 x 106 x 0.1 cm Photography . 31.5 x 41.7 x 0 inch

€1,790

Painting, Touch 1, Remi Delaplace

Remi Delaplace

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

€2,990

Photography, Ciel 22, Feng Hatat

Feng Hatat

Photography . 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Painting, Sunny, Sophie Duplain

Sophie Duplain

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

€2,200

Print, Straec #28, Luuk de Haan

Luuk de Haan

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

€3,077

Painting, Regards street art, SmaK-titi

SmaK-titi

Painting . 110 x 103 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 40.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Painting, Sunny, Sophie Duplain

Sophie Duplain

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

€2,200

Painting, Composition 489, Xiu

Xiu

Painting . 60 x 20 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

€700

Fine Art Drawings, Art, Pieter Ceizer

Art

Pieter Ceizer

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 29.7 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.7 inch

€540

Print, Straec #24, Luuk de Haan

Luuk de Haan

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

€3,077

Print, Hub, Myre Nick Torgoff

Hub

Myre Nick Torgoff

Print . 51 x 36 cm Print . 20.1 x 14.2 inch

€150

Painting, Repro 1., Petr Strnad

Petr Strnad

Painting . 41.9 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€390

Painting, Record IV, Petr Strnad

Petr Strnad

Painting . 27.4 x 27.8 x 0.1 cm Painting . 10.8 x 10.9 x 0 inch

€160

Fine Art Drawings, Cabra, Sergio Abrain

Sergio Abrain

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 22.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 8.9 x 0.1 inch

€450

Painting, Abstract geometrik, Tarek

Tarek

Painting . 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€550

Painting, Mecanik dark, Tarek

Tarek

Painting . 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€550

Print, Straec #18, Luuk de Haan

Luuk de Haan

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

€3,077

Painting, Lilou, Virginia Benedicto

Virginia Benedicto

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

€520

Painting, Amandine, Virginia Benedicto

Virginia Benedicto

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

€520

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