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, David, Zeta Yeyati

Zeta Yeyati

Painting . 70 x 34 x 1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 13.4 x 0.4 inch

€309

Painting, Chita la payasa, Patopalomo

Patopalomo

Painting . 50 x 70 x 0.24 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

€520

Painting, Nobility, Nada Kelemenova

Nada Kelemenova

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€5,950

Painting, Small Kim, Alfredo Scaroina

Alfredo Scaroina

Painting . 30.5 x 30.5 x 3.8 cm Painting . 12 x 12 x 1.5 inch

€200

Painting, Black sails, Marco Saporiti

Marco Saporiti

Painting . 60 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€280

Painting, Cellscape, Flora B

Flora B

Painting . 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€2,842

Painting, Renacer, V. Misle

V. Misle

Painting . 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Painting, Splash 44, Mark Hellbusch

Mark Hellbusch

Painting . 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

€790

Painting, Inner Landscape, Anna Flaga

Anna Flaga

Painting . 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,800

Painting, Lumière gris, Yichao Sun

Yichao Sun

Painting . 100 x 125 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 49.2 x 0.4 inch

€5,500

Painting, Swing XVV, Sia Aryai

Sia Aryai

Painting . 111.8 x 111.8 x 0.5 cm Painting . 44 x 44 x 0.2 inch

€2,419

Painting, Stallion X, Sia Aryai

Sia Aryai

Painting . 76.2 x 50.8 x 0.5 cm Painting . 30 x 20 x 0.2 inch

€1,721

Painting, Untitled, Maria Esmar

Maria Esmar

Painting . 51 x 51 x 4 cm Painting . 20.1 x 20.1 x 1.6 inch

€750

Painting, Light step, Julia Hacker

Julia Hacker

Painting . 50.8 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting . 20 x 20 x 1.5 inch

€711

Painting, Green portrait, Barbara Kroll

Barbara Kroll

Painting . 29.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.6 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€575

Photography, Rosh, Olivier Attar (Attoli)

Olivier Attar (Attoli)

Photography . 126 x 95 x 0.1 cm Photography . 49.6 x 37.4 x 0 inch

€950

Painting, Paysages 508, Yongmin Huang

Yongmin Huang

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

€4,800 €2,400

Painting, Keep Going, Raphaelle Emery

Raphaelle Emery

Painting . 24 x 18 x 0.01 cm Painting . 9.4 x 7.1 x 0 inch

€375

Painting, Hokkaido, Brigitte Millet

Brigitte Millet

Painting . 124 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 48.8 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€750

Painting, I Can't Hear You!, Nadia NL

Nadia NL

Painting . 61 x 48.3 x 1.3 cm Painting . 24 x 19 x 0.5 inch

€388

Painting, Image no. 5, Sean Hemeon

Sean Hemeon

Painting . 50.8 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Painting . 20 x 18 x 0.1 inch

€703

Painting, Untitled III, Rodrigo Etem

Rodrigo Etem

Painting . 50.8 x 40.4 x 0.3 cm Painting . 20 x 15.9 x 0.1 inch

€2,054

Painting, Font-eyes, Thomas Berthier

Thomas Berthier

Painting . 75 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

Painting, Univer, Yichao Sun

Yichao Sun

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

€5,500

Painting, Untitled, Joaquim Falcó

Joaquim Falcó

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

€7,200

Painting, Regard, Yichao Sun

Yichao Sun

Painting . 120 x 150 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€5,500

Painting, Purple Sea, Yichao Sun

Yichao Sun

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

€4,800

Painting, Ella, Zeta Yeyati

Zeta Yeyati

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€309

Painting, Silent Geometry, Tori Grin

Tori Grin

Painting . 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting . 24 x 18 x 1 inch

€548

Painting, Bliss Roots, Flora B

Flora B

Painting . 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting . 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€2,842

Painting, Flamme bleue, Yichao Sun

Yichao Sun

Painting . 150 x 200 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

€7,000

Painting, Coral gardens, Andrada Anghel

Andrada Anghel

Painting . 137.2 x 137.2 x 0.3 cm Painting . 54 x 54 x 0.1 inch

€3,853

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