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, Sans titre, Jacques Rouby

Jacques Rouby

Painting . 102 x 80 cm Painting . 40.2 x 31.5 inch

€4,500

Painting, Garden of Eden, Ahmed Zaibi

Ahmed Zaibi

Painting . 75 x 60 x 4.5 cm Painting . 29.5 x 23.6 x 1.8 inch

€1,800

Painting, Inward Journey, Art By Theo

Art By Theo

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

€3,900

Painting, Immensité, Sandrine Hirson

Sandrine Hirson

Painting . 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€450

Painting, Sin título, Emilio Tejada

Emilio Tejada

Painting . 50 x 61 x 5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 24 x 2 inch

€780

Painting, Calm, Xanda McCagg

Xanda McCagg

Painting . 76.2 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting . 30 x 24 x 0.7 inch

€3,771

Painting, Urban Garden II, COMO

COMO

Painting . 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€1,750

Painting, Meta 3, Allan S

Allan S

Painting . 90 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,433

Painting, Intervals, Virginia Cole

Virginia Cole

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

€688

Painting, Entrelacs 4, Sophie Dumont

Sophie Dumont

Painting . 27 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 10.6 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€990

Painting, Normandie, Sophie Dumont

Sophie Dumont

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

€990

Painting, Nuances, Sophie Dumont

Sophie Dumont

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

€1,100 €935

Painting, Atelier 5, Sophie Dumont

Sophie Dumont

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

€2,200

Painting, Glowing Red, Petra Schott

Petra Schott

Painting . 70 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€3,130

Painting, Skyline, Slava Ilyayev

Slava Ilyayev

Painting . 76 x 61 x 3 cm Painting . 29.9 x 24 x 1.2 inch

€9,301

Painting, Blue 777, Kseniya Rai

Kseniya Rai

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

€900

Painting, Cosmos 3, Richard Vildeman

Richard Vildeman

Painting . 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€660

Painting, Adequate, Nguyen The Dung

Nguyen The Dung

Painting . 89 x 116 x 1 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 0.4 inch

€11,750

Painting, Matter, Ana Costov

Ana Costov

Painting . 59.9 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,523

Painting, Voyage, Lu Ma

Lu Ma

Painting . 51 x 35 x 3 cm Painting . 20.1 x 13.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Painting, Mon atelier, Sophie Dumont

Sophie Dumont

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

€1,500

Painting, fantasia, Sophie Dumont

Sophie Dumont

Painting . 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,990

Painting, Series Red No.3, Luo Yi

Luo Yi

Painting . 60 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€4,300

Painting, Hope, Tetiana Chubukova

Tetiana Chubukova

Painting . 30 x 20 x 1.6 cm Painting . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch

€903

Painting, The church, Ralph Resch

Ralph Resch

Painting . 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€890

Painting, Space mountain, Ralph Resch

Ralph Resch

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

€1,050

Painting, Powder, Oksana Reva

Oksana Reva

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

€800

Painting, Watch Your Step, Craig Moran

Craig Moran

Painting . 35.6 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Painting . 14 x 18 x 0.1 inch

€492

Painting, La Marche, Francis Moreau

Francis Moreau

Painting . 50 x 65 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

€800

Painting, Cafe Scene VI, Isaac Maimon

Isaac Maimon

Painting . 102 x 78 x 3 cm Painting . 40.2 x 30.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,280

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