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, River rise, Dan Louth

Dan Louth

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

€1,499

Painting, Sakura II, Jessica Fleurentin

Jessica Fleurentin

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

€2,000

Painting, Soja Fresca, Ulpiano Carrasco

Ulpiano Carrasco

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

€10,500

Painting, Jardin d'Eden, Artize

Artize

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

€1,200

Painting, Untitled, Imad Fakhry

Imad Fakhry

Painting . 100 x 68 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 26.8 x 0.8 inch

€3,400

Painting, Fleurs, Joan Copons

Joan Copons

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

€1,650

Painting, Village 3, Jeff Engberg

Jeff Engberg

Painting . 60 x 60 x 5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch

€800

Painting, Sans titre 5, Loïc Brun

Loïc Brun

Painting . 46 x 38 x 3 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Painting, Printemps 8, Qiong qiong Shao

Qiong qiong Shao

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

€1,400

Painting, Intitled, Alexis Akrithakis

Alexis Akrithakis

Painting . 34.5 x 49.5 x 1 cm Painting . 13.6 x 19.5 x 0.4 inch

€6,900

Painting, Emerald Lake, Olena Kishkurno

Olena Kishkurno

Painting . 75 x 95 x 2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Print, The Orchard, Angela Cameron

Angela Cameron

Print . 55.9 x 55.9 x 0.5 cm Print . 22 x 22 x 0.2 inch

€1,072

Painting, Lotus II, Zhongnan Chen

Zhongnan Chen

Painting . 136 x 35 x 1 cm Painting . 53.5 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€1,200

Painting, Suspension, Victoria Horkan

Victoria Horkan

Painting . 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€3,841

Photography, NL #42, Charles Weber

Charles Weber

Photography . 70 x 70 cm Photography . 27.6 x 27.6 inch

€2,600

Painting, Lâcher prise, Navema

Navema

Painting . 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€960

Print, Eaux-bonnes, Laura Nieto

Laura Nieto

Print . 33.4 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Print . 13.1 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€695

Painting, Chapelle, Tsia

Tsia

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

€580

Painting, Untitled, Ghada Jamal

Ghada Jamal

Painting . 45 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,350

Painting, Humming Letter #86, Ji-an Kwon

Ji-an Kwon

Painting . 162.2 x 130.3 x 4 cm Painting . 63.9 x 51.3 x 1.6 inch

€24,000

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

€7,497

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