Colors Photographies for Sale

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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Photography, Edinburgh Iron 1, Ian Jones

Ian Jones

Photography . 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€850

Photography, Dodgems lockdown, Andrew Lever

Andrew Lever

Photography . 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography . 40 x 60 x 0.1 inch

€964

Photography, 23 Flats, Barry Cawston

Barry Cawston

Photography . 82.5 x 90 x 2 cm Photography . 32.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,646

Photography, L'ancien temps, Marick

Marick

Photography . 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€350

Photography, Incandescence, Eric Dujols

Eric Dujols

Photography . 80 x 64 x 1 cm Photography . 31.5 x 25.2 x 0.4 inch

€1,750

Photography, Discord, Thandiwe Muriu

Thandiwe Muriu

Photography . 120 x 120 x 0.2 cm Photography . 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch

€13,000

Photography, Mont Cook, Nicolas Issaly

Nicolas Issaly

Photography . 70 x 105 x 2 cm Photography . 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,660

Photography, Bleed # 202321, Paul Snell

Paul Snell

Photography . 180 x 115 x 0.1 cm Photography . 70.9 x 45.3 x 0 inch

€7,131

Photography, Stories #3, Edmund Sumner

Edmund Sumner

Photography . 54 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography . 21.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€2,316

Photography, Materia set #15, Mikael Kenta

Mikael Kenta

Photography . 224.8 x 300 x 0.3 cm Photography . 88.5 x 118.1 x 0.1 inch

€30,040

Photography, Bleed # 202305, Paul Snell

Paul Snell

Photography . 180 x 115 cm Photography . 70.9 x 45.3 inch

€7,131

Photography, Un peu de Rouge, Paul Marnef

Paul Marnef

Photography . 80 x 80 x 2 cm Photography . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,490

Photography, Pub, Regis Duvignau

Pub

Regis Duvignau

Photography . 115 x 70 x 2 cm Photography . 45.3 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,400 €1,190

Photography, Shifting Sands, Emily Latimer

Emily Latimer

Photography . 37.5 x 53 x 1 cm Photography . 14.8 x 20.9 x 0.4 inch

€3,800

Photography, Colores, Tere Duro

Tere Duro

Photography . 76 x 135 cm Photography . 29.9 x 53.1 inch

€1,250

Photography, Magnificent, Maïlys Derville

Maïlys Derville

Photography . 75 x 50 x 0.27 cm Photography . 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€650

Photography, Sans titre 13, Sylva Sylva

Sylva Sylva

Photography . 30 x 20 x 1 cm Photography . 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€260

Photography, Bleed # 202172, Paul Snell

Paul Snell

Photography . 180 x 115 cm Photography . 70.9 x 45.3 inch

€7,131

Photography, Pailles, Eric Dujols

Eric Dujols

Photography . 45 x 75 x 1 cm Photography . 17.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch

€1,480