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, Window 1, Leo Guida

Leo Guida

Print . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€340

Print, Ibiza, Josep Guinovart

Josep Guinovart

Print . 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€450

Print, After a Sunday, Le Oben

Le Oben

Print . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€280

Print, Untitled, Leonor Fini

Leonor Fini

Print . 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Print . 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€600

Print, Untitled, Leonor Fini

Leonor Fini

Print . 32 x 24 cm Print . 12.6 x 9.4 inch

€600

Print, Untitled, Leonor Fini

Leonor Fini

Print . 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Print . 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€600

Print, Untitled, Leonor Fini

Leonor Fini

Print . 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Print . 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€600

Print, Untitled, Leonor Fini

Leonor Fini

Print . 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Print . 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€600

Print, Untitled, Leonor Fini

Leonor Fini

Print . 32 x 24 cm Print . 12.6 x 9.4 inch

€600

Print, Untitled, Leonor Fini

Leonor Fini

Print . 32 x 24 cm Print . 12.6 x 9.4 inch

€600

Print, Untitled, Leonor Fini

Leonor Fini

Print . 32 x 24 cm Print . 12.6 x 9.4 inch

€600

Print, Beautiful sunshine, SISC

SISC

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

€120

Print, Trames, Renaud Perrin

Renaud Perrin

Print . 30 x 30 x 1 cm Print . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€140

Print, Olgas NT, Margaret Lees

Margaret Lees

Print . 34.5 x 35 cm Print . 13.6 x 13.8 inch

€300

Print, Sarah, Théo Tobiasse

Théo Tobiasse

Print . 106 x 72 x 0.01 cm Print . 41.7 x 28.3 x 0 inch

€1,400

Print, Glaring Shade, Jenna Gribbon

Jenna Gribbon

Print . 76.2 x 56.9 x 1 cm Print . 30 x 22.4 x 0.4 inch

€44,938

Print, Rebecca, Théo Tobiasse

Théo Tobiasse

Print . 106 x 72 x 0.01 cm Print . 41.7 x 28.3 x 0 inch

€1,400

Print, After the Shadow, Tracey Emin

Tracey Emin

Print . 65.5 x 55.5 x 0.01 cm Print . 25.8 x 21.9 x 0 inch

€14,000

Print, Me - May 2019, Tracey Emin

Tracey Emin

Print . 55.5 x 45.5 x 0.01 cm Print . 21.9 x 17.9 x 0 inch

€13,000

Print, On My Knees, Tracey Emin

Tracey Emin

Print . 60 x 76 x 0.01 cm Print . 23.6 x 29.9 x 0 inch

€16,500

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