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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, Ubu King, Isabelle Vougny

Ubu King

Isabelle Vougny

Painting . 80 x 80 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 inch

€2,600

Painting, Crossing over, Vera Hoi

Crossing over

Vera Hoi

Painting . 20 x 20 x 7 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 2.8 inch

€220

Photography, Nocturna, Paul Marnef

Nocturna

Paul Marnef

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

€1,940

Print, Le cap, Sophie Griotto

Le cap

Sophie Griotto

Print . 90 x 90 x 3 cm Print . 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€589

Painting, Sunset, Aloyzas Smilingis

Sunset

Aloyzas Smilingis

Painting . 135 x 135 x 2 cm Painting . 53.1 x 53.1 x 0.8 inch

€7,500

Photography, NL #121, Charles Weber

NL #121

Charles Weber

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

€2,600

Painting, Bien rangés, Marco

Bien rangés

Marco

Painting . 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

€460

Painting, La lune II, Cécile Girard

La lune II

Cécile Girard

Painting . 24 x 22 x 1 cm Painting . 9.4 x 8.7 x 0.4 inch

€400

Painting, Forest Dreams, Trayko Popov

Forest Dreams

Trayko Popov

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

€2,300

Painting, Green Forest, Thime

Green Forest

Thime

Painting . 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

€3,190

Photography, Polyptych 40, Rodrigo Etem

Polyptych 40

Rodrigo Etem

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

€2,229

Painting, Espace, Joëlle Darmon

Espace

Joëlle Darmon

Painting . 13 x 13 x 2 cm Painting . 5.1 x 5.1 x 0.8 inch

€350

Painting, Le Roi de la plage, Marco

Le Roi de la plage

Marco

Painting . 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€460

Painting, Sunny landscape, Enric Correa

Sunny landscape

Enric Correa

Painting . 50 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch

€450

Painting, Winter Evening, Iryna Bondar

Winter Evening

Iryna Bondar

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

€440