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.
Frédéric Bourret
Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,862
Shota Imerlishvili
Fine Art Drawings . 61 x 86 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 33.9 x 0 inch
$3,492
Barbara Kroll
Fine Art Drawings . 64.8 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.5 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch
$691
Barbara Kroll
Fine Art Drawings . 41.9 x 29.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.6 x 0.1 inch
$627
Barbara Kroll
Fine Art Drawings . 64.8 x 46.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25.5 x 18.3 x 0.1 inch
$930
Barbara Kroll
Fine Art Drawings . 49.8 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.6 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch
$736
Barbara Kroll
Fine Art Drawings . 41.9 x 29.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.6 x 0.1 inch
$660
Barbara Kroll
Fine Art Drawings . 41.9 x 29.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.6 x 0.1 inch
$627
Barbara Kroll
Fine Art Drawings . 41.9 x 29.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.6 x 0.1 inch
$627
Barbara Kroll
Fine Art Drawings . 52.8 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 20.8 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$670
Barbara Kroll
Fine Art Drawings . 35.1 x 50 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$703
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings . 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$1,621
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
$1,621
Brigitte Derbigny
Fine Art Drawings . 59.4 x 42 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.4 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$757
Michael Alan
Fine Art Drawings . 58.2 x 38.9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 22.9 x 15.3 x 0.04 inch
$1,164
Barbara Kroll
Fine Art Drawings . 24.4 x 34.3 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.6 x 13.5 x 0.1 inch
$584
J/Y Delaunay-Israël
Fine Art Drawings . 110 x 135 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 43.3 x 53.1 x 0.4 inch
$2,421
J/Y Delaunay-Israël
Fine Art Drawings . 120 x 135 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 47.2 x 53.1 x 0.4 inch
$2,619
J/Y Delaunay-Israël
Fine Art Drawings . 89 x 125 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 35 x 49.2 x 0.4 inch
$1,816
Barbara Kroll
Fine Art Drawings . 35.1 x 24.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 13.8 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
$519
Barbara Kroll
Fine Art Drawings . 41.9 x 29.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.6 x 0.1 inch
$562
Barbara Kroll
Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 21.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12.4 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
$335
