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, Summertime, Albena Vatcheva

Albena Vatcheva

Painting . 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€525

Painting, Léon, Albena Vatcheva

Albena Vatcheva

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€545

Painting, Lotus, Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

Painting . 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,750

Painting, Connected-1, SmaK-titi

SmaK-titi

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

€700

Painting, Temples, Albena Vatcheva

Albena Vatcheva

Painting . 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€699

Painting, Woman in a hat, Ilia Filatov

Ilia Filatov

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

€2,367

Painting, Rêverie, Albena Vatcheva

Albena Vatcheva

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

€750

Painting, Trois, Albena Vatcheva

Albena Vatcheva

Painting . 50 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 1 inch

€699

Painting, Ensemble, Albena Vatcheva

Albena Vatcheva

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

€699

Painting, The Golden Gaze, Ara Gasparyan

Ara Gasparyan

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

€182 €146

Painting, Abstraction, Sergey Khachatryan

Sergey Khachatryan

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

€7,738 €6,577

Painting, Rêverie, Albena Vatcheva

Albena Vatcheva

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€179

Painting, Profil, Albena Vatcheva

Albena Vatcheva

Painting . 15 x 15 x 2 cm Painting . 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch

€99

Painting, Isabelle, Albena Vatcheva

Albena Vatcheva

Painting . 23.5 x 23.5 x 2 cm Painting . 9.3 x 9.3 x 0.8 inch

€239

Painting, Câlins, Albena Vatcheva

Albena Vatcheva

Painting . 35 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€499

Painting, Connected-4, SmaK-titi

SmaK-titi

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

€700

Painting, Constellations, Albena Vatcheva

Albena Vatcheva

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

€349 €332

Painting, L'oiseau, Albena Vatcheva

Albena Vatcheva

Painting . 18.5 x 18.5 x 2 cm Painting . 7.3 x 7.3 x 0.8 inch

€139

Painting, Harmonie, Albena Vatcheva

Albena Vatcheva

Painting . 35 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€249

Sculpture, No. 1 Primula, Maria Makarova

Maria Makarova

Sculpture . 16 x 15.5 x 5 cm Sculpture . 6.3 x 6.1 x 2 inch

€228 €205

Painting, Gémeaux, Albena Vatcheva

Albena Vatcheva

Painting . 43 x 43 x 0.3 cm Painting . 16.9 x 16.9 x 0.1 inch

€399

Painting, Reflections, Gagik Ghazanchyan

Gagik Ghazanchyan

Painting . 140 x 200 x 2 cm Painting . 55.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

€8,000 €6,720

Painting, Untitled, Gagik Ghazanchyan

Gagik Ghazanchyan

Painting . 160 x 200 x 2 cm Painting . 63 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

€8,000 €6,800

Painting, La chaise, Albena Vatcheva

Albena Vatcheva

Painting . 33 x 41 x 2 cm Painting . 13 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch

€275

Painting, Autumn, Gegham Hunanyan

Gegham Hunanyan

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

€410 €349

Painting, Gladiator, Gegham Hunanyan

Gegham Hunanyan

Painting . 50 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€319

Painting, Face 5, Samiran Boruah

Samiran Boruah

Painting . 30 x 24 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch

€300

Painting, Poised, Erika Vilimaityte

Erika Vilimaityte

Painting . 110 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 43.3 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,300

Painting, Mahal, Clotaire Lehoux

Clotaire Lehoux

Painting . 180 x 160 x 0.5 cm Painting . 70.9 x 63 x 0.2 inch

€4,000

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