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, SF 89-153, Sam Francis

Sam Francis

Painting . 67 x 51 cm Painting . 26.4 x 20.1 inch

€85,000

Painting, Breakup, Stéphanie Bardy

Stéphanie Bardy

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

€2,600

Print, Perspective, Renato Livi

Renato Livi

Print . 64 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print . 25.2 x 18.5 x 0 inch

€200

Painting, Box 25.04, Eric Robin

Eric Robin

Painting . 24 x 24 x 3 cm Painting . 9.4 x 9.4 x 1.2 inch

€400

Sculpture, Blossom 1, Byeong Sam Jeon

Byeong Sam Jeon

Sculpture . 53 x 53 x 7 cm Sculpture . 20.9 x 20.9 x 2.8 inch

€5,200

Painting, The time, Gotcha Gaios

Gotcha Gaios

Painting . 79 x 50 x 4 cm Painting . 31.1 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€900

Print, Lenox Lounge, JonOne

JonOne

Print . 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,200

Painting, Wishbone, Karl Bielik

Karl Bielik

Painting . 140 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 47.2 x 0 inch

€6,035

Sculpture, Seven Sevens, Janet Sherman

Janet Sherman

Sculpture . 233.7 x 58.4 x 5.1 cm Sculpture . 92 x 23 x 2 inch

€6,217

Painting, Peinture sur papier, JonOne

JonOne

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€5,500

Painting, Élan Solaire, Maria Ruisi

Maria Ruisi

Painting . 49.9 x 49.9 x 3 cm Painting . 19.6 x 19.6 x 1.2 inch

€900

Painting, Le temps d'amour, Amphora

Amphora

Painting . 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€400

Photography, Breath, Yuhao Pan

Yuhao Pan

Photography . 70 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Painting, Depth, Gotcha Gaios

Gotcha Gaios

Painting . 60 x 45 cm Painting . 23.6 x 17.7 inch

€1,100

Painting, Peinture sur papier, JonOne

JonOne

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€5,500

Sculpture, Galibia, Isabelle Braud

Isabelle Braud

Sculpture . 95 x 43 x 43 cm Sculpture . 37.4 x 16.9 x 16.9 inch

€1,400

Painting, La haie, Alphée

Alphée

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

€1,100

Painting, Nomade, Sophie Petetin

Sophie Petetin

Painting . 50 x 65 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch

€440

Painting, Big Box 35-B30, Eric Robin

Eric Robin

Painting . 33 x 33 x 3 cm Painting . 13 x 13 x 1.2 inch

€800

Photography, Ivresse, Yuhao Pan

Yuhao Pan

Photography . 70 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€1,200

Fine Art Drawings, Tondo, Catalin Guguianu

Catalin Guguianu

Fine Art Drawings . 90 x 90 cm Fine Art Drawings . 35.4 x 35.4 inch

€5,600