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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, Forestscape, Ablade Glover

Ablade Glover

Painting . 152.4 x 152.4 x 10.2 cm Painting . 60 x 60 x 4 inch

€42,686

Painting, Imagination, Vera Hoi

Vera Hoi

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

€557 €501

Painting, Starry Night, Laura Spring

Laura Spring

Painting . 94 x 88.9 x 0.3 cm Painting . 37 x 35 x 0.1 inch

€1,114

Painting, Respite, Betty Acquah

Betty Acquah

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 2 inch

€4,454

Painting, River rise, Dan Louth

Dan Louth

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch

€1,531

Painting, Better world, Peter Max

Peter Max

Painting . 121.92 x 60.96 x 2.54 cm Painting . 48 x 24 x 1 inch

€93,281

Painting, Green Thumb, Zaira Dzhaubaeva

Zaira Dzhaubaeva

Painting . 101.6 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 40 x 60 x 1.5 inch

€7,656

Painting, Lorette, Tracy Burke

Tracy Burke

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

€259

Painting, Coastal Vision,, Sam Soles

Sam Soles

Painting . 61 x 91.4 x 6.4 cm Painting . 24 x 36 x 2.5 inch

€3,482

Photography, Polyptych 40, Rodrigo Etem

Rodrigo Etem

Photography . 109 x 157 x 0.3 cm Photography . 42.9 x 61.8 x 0.1 inch

€2,320

Painting, Forest and Sea, Nestor Toro

Nestor Toro

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

€956

Painting, Canoe, Vahe Yeremyan

Vahe Yeremyan

Painting . 60 x 55 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,050

Painting, Reflections, Betty Acquah

Betty Acquah

Painting . 101.6 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting . 40 x 30 x 2 inch

€5,104

Painting, Headache I, Michael Grine

Michael Grine

Painting . 91.4 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting . 36 x 24 x 1.5 inch

€1,856

Painting, Delta, Michael Grine

Michael Grine

Painting . 60.5 x 121.4 x 6.1 cm Painting . 23.8 x 47.8 x 2.4 inch

€3,712

Painting, Serenity 23, Poovi Art

Poovi Art

Painting . 124.5 x 88.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 49 x 35 x 2 inch

€742 €557

Painting, Dreamy Bloom, Poovi Art

Poovi Art

Painting . 88.9 x 66 x 2.5 cm Painting . 35 x 26 x 1 inch

€464 €394

Painting, The beach, Le Closier

Le Closier

Painting . 91.4 x 121.9 x 2 cm Painting . 36 x 48 x 0.8 inch

€1,809

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

€1,749

Painting, Niagara #3, Joan Blumenfeld

Joan Blumenfeld

Painting . 76.2 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting . 30 x 40 x 1.5 inch

€2,691

Painting, Spring glimmer, Nestor Toro

Nestor Toro

Painting . 88.9 x 55.9 x 1.3 cm Painting . 35 x 22 x 0.5 inch

€2,014

Painting, Drawn to the sun, Bill Stone

Bill Stone

Painting . 61 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting . 24 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€2,134

Painting, Winter green, Bill Stone

Bill Stone

Painting . 61 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting . 24 x 36 x 1.5 inch

€1,856

Painting, Autumn vortex, Bill Stone

Bill Stone

Painting . 91.4 x 121.9 x 2 cm Painting . 36 x 48 x 0.8 inch

€3,294

Painting, Columns, Bill Stone

Bill Stone

Painting . 91.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting . 36 x 48 x 1 inch

€3,294

Painting, Corpuscles, Michael Grine

Michael Grine

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

€278

Painting, For Me, Michael Grine

Michael Grine

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.9 cm Painting . 20 x 16 x 0.75 inch

€278

Painting, Holy Hell, Michael Grine

Michael Grine

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

€278

Painting, Urge, Michael Grine

Michael Grine

Painting . 40.6 x 50.8 x 1.9 cm Painting . 16 x 20 x 0.75 inch

€278

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