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
€1,600
Shota Imerlishvili
Fine Art Drawings . 61 x 86 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 33.9 x 0 inch
€3,000
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
€594
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
€539
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
€799
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
€632
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
€567
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
€539
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
€539
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
€576
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
€604
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings . 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch
€1,393
Manuel Santelices
Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
€1,393
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
€650
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
€1,000
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
€502
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
€2,080
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
€2,250
J/Y Delaunay-Israël
Fine Art Drawings . 89 x 125 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 35 x 49.2 x 0.4 inch
€1,560
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
€446
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
€483
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
€288
