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, Où vient de son, Lu Ma

Lu Ma

Painting . 40 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,700

Painting, Baignade à Toulon, ZiB

ZiB

Painting . 46 x 61 x 1.7 cm Painting . 18.1 x 24 x 0.7 inch

€910

Painting, Sin título, Emilio Tejada

Emilio Tejada

Painting . 46 x 55 x 5 cm Painting . 18.1 x 21.7 x 2 inch

€650

Fine Art Drawings, Amour troublé, Marion Lachant

Marion Lachant

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 50 x 3.4 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.3 inch

€500

Painting, Lumières, Clotaire Lehoux

Clotaire Lehoux

Painting . 137 x 230 x 0.5 cm Painting . 53.9 x 90.6 x 0.2 inch

€4,000

Painting, Untitled, Mansour El Habre

Mansour El Habre

Painting . 30 x 21 x 0.5 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.2 inch

€800

Painting, La route C, Ivan Tzonev

Ivan Tzonev

Painting . 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€490 €441

Painting, Coastal Vision,, Sam Soles

Sam Soles

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

€3,421

Painting, Cormoran, Samiran Boruah

Samiran Boruah

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

€1,300

Painting, Landscape, Marilina Marchica

Marilina Marchica

Painting . 63.5 x 43.2 x 2 cm Painting . 25 x 17 x 0.8 inch

€1,423

Painting, Blooming spring, Pol Ledent

Pol Ledent

Painting . 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€600

Painting, Panier, Manuela Ferreira

Manuela Ferreira

Painting . 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€230 €207

Painting, Paysage 119, Jean Krillé

Jean Krillé

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

€1,694

Painting, Remote houses, Pol Ledent

Pol Ledent

Painting . 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€900

Painting, In the desert, Pol Ledent

Pol Ledent

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

€1,200

Painting, Les Tufs, Pascal Herrmann

Pascal Herrmann

Painting . 60 x 200 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 78.7 x 1 inch

€4,000

Painting, Magic Provence, Pol Ledent

Pol Ledent

Painting . 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€850

Painting, Douceur, Florence V. Henric

Florence V. Henric

Painting . 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€850

Painting, Summer dance, Pol Ledent

Pol Ledent

Painting . 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€800

Painting, Sunday, Sandrine Hirson

Sandrine Hirson

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

€98

Fine Art Drawings, Entre deux, Agnès Tiollier

Agnès Tiollier

Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.25 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€800

Painting, Green spring, Pol Ledent

Pol Ledent

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

€650

Painting, Orchard in spring, Pol Ledent

Pol Ledent

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

€1,000

Painting, Beyond the gaze, Pol Ledent

Pol Ledent

Painting . 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€800

Painting, Red poppies 6625, Pol Ledent

Pol Ledent

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

€800

Painting, Summer landscape, Pol Ledent

Pol Ledent

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

€1,100

Painting, My river, Pol Ledent

Pol Ledent

Painting . 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€800

Painting, Warm Touch, Oksana Reva

Oksana Reva

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

€600

Painting, Sans titre I, Loïc Brun

Loïc Brun

Painting . 60 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€3,000

Painting, Pour toi, Sandrine Hirson

Sandrine Hirson

Painting . 55 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€600

Painting, Naissance, Maylis Bourdet

Maylis Bourdet

Painting . 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€480

Painting, Automne I, Lu Ma

Lu Ma

Painting . 50 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Painting, Landes 2, AE2

AE2

Painting . 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€300 €270

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