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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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Fine Art Drawings, Carnations, Isabelle Hirtzig

Isabelle Hirtzig

Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$192

Painting, Acorns Trio, Schagen Vita

Schagen Vita

Painting . 13 x 18 x 0.2 cm Painting . 5.1 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch

$197

Painting, Strike, Voichenko Sergiy

Voichenko Sergiy

Painting . 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,069

Photography, Hana04_5062, Yasuo Kiyonaga

Yasuo Kiyonaga

Photography . 48.3 x 32.9 x 0.1 cm Photography . 19 x 13 x 0 inch

$697

Painting, Tulips spring, Monica Noar

Monica Noar

Painting . 20 x 20 x 4 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch

$486

Painting, Tulips purple, Monica Noar

Monica Noar

Painting . 20 x 20 x 4 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch

$486

Painting, Gold of Lanka, AreiRa

AreiRa

Painting . 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

$697

Painting, Fruit, Anatoly Tarabanov

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting . 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$726

Fine Art Drawings, Bouquet, Isabelle Hirtzig

Isabelle Hirtzig

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

$145

Painting, Pepper, Asya Feoktistova

Asya Feoktistova

Painting . 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$5,808

Painting, Olive branch, Schagen Vita

Schagen Vita

Painting . 29.5 x 21 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.6 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

$290

Painting, Gladioli, Alexandra Laskina

Alexandra Laskina

Painting . 61 x 45 x 2 cm Painting . 24 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,110

Painting, Two, Anatoly Tarabanov

Two

Anatoly Tarabanov

Painting . 75 x 95 x 2 cm Painting . 29.5 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch

$581

Fine Art Drawings, Lilies, Isabelle Hirtzig

Isabelle Hirtzig

Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

$134