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![Painting, Apaisement II, Anval](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207479_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dreams pink, Emily Starck](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203656_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ondulations, Anval](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199651_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les arbres 01.03.24, Laurent Bouro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189462_1_grid.jpg)
Les arbres 01.03.24
Laurent Bouro
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,949
![Painting, Traditional Communications, JonOne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177791_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Out of the tube, Patrick Chevailler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175735_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Paradise in a Flower Field, Takashi Murakami](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148484_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Letter lover, Nasty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135439_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Perle du sud, Eric Munsch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1808163_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L’envolée, Eric Munsch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1808154_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Traces II, Richard Saint-Amans](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1761270_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, L'Adieu (G Appolinaire), Richard Saint-Amans](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1761261_1_grid.jpg)
L'Adieu (G Appolinaire)
Richard Saint-Amans
Print - 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.3 x 0 inch
$363
![Painting, Pastel Dreams 2, Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1579146_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bout de paradis, Eric Munsch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1410462_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Straec #41, Luuk de Haan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1337298_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le doux voyage, Eric Munsch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1333380_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 7731 GAR LEM Opus 1, Jacques Le Brusq](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1267092_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Garage doors, Barry Cawston](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/920406_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Silma, Eric Robin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/882834_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, From dusk till dawn, Yaz Tazi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210881_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La fantaisie des flotteurs, Véronique Baleste](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204588_1_grid.jpg)
La fantaisie des flotteurs
Véronique Baleste
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$681
![Painting, Seul dans ce monde de... - série animaux marins fantaisistes, Alain Arnouil](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190399_1_grid.jpg)
Seul dans ce monde de... - série animaux marins fantaisistes
Alain Arnouil
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$993
![Print, Sans-titre, Claude Viallat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144966_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Claude Viallat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144965_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Claude Viallat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144964_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Claude Viallat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144963_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Claude Viallat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144962_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Claude Viallat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144961_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Claude Viallat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144958_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Claude Viallat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144957_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Claude Viallat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144956_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans-titre, Claude Viallat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143554_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Elbrouz, Victor Vasarely](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2141419_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bouthan, Ralph Resch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1709418_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Coloramax 6, Keny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1615515_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Coloramax 14, Keny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1615467_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Gaze Into The Lake 02, Angelica Tcherassi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1591989_1_grid.jpg)
Gaze Into The Lake 02
Angelica Tcherassi
Print - 149.9 x 119.9 x 0.3 cm Print - 59 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
![Painting, Geometrical shapes III, Aurélie Trabaud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1330641_1_grid.jpg)
Geometrical shapes III
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 19 x 27 x 0.1 cm Painting - 7.5 x 10.6 x 0 inch
$658
![Print, Composition #3, Jean Miotte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/924471_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Passion for Life, Mercedes Lagunas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207018_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Collection Rêveries d'automne - "Mini - Grid to play", Thomas Jeunet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202473_1_grid.jpg)
Collection Rêveries d'automne - "Mini - Grid to play"
Thomas Jeunet
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$329
![Painting, Collection Rêveries d'automne - "Mini - Just a kiss", Thomas Jeunet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202469_1_grid.jpg)
Collection Rêveries d'automne - "Mini - Just a kiss"
Thomas Jeunet
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$329
![Painting, Landscape 89, Li Dongfeng](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193418_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Paradise Lost., Shepard Fairey (Obey)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189051_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Carte de l'Amérique, M.Chat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187509_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Java, Rémy Demestre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160838_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Landscape I, Lu Ma](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159494_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Grenade, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140931_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marilyn Pop CodeBarre, Elmago](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2047560_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rien de rien, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2027430_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Chaleur tropicale, Martine Fauve Dechavanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1992261_1_grid.jpg)
Chaleur tropicale
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 81 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,836
![Painting, Points et lignes, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1980939_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les oiseaux bleus, Charlotte Abecassis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1741710_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Audace, Emilie Serris](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1738950_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Printemps 11, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1729992_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fleur 22, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1729653_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lotus 9, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1729617_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fleur 20, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1681962_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les amours cachés, Charlotte Abecassis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1648365_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les yeux revolver, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1611687_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Jardin de lotus, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1571334_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ab Ovo, Vladimir Kolosov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1471869_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Just a blue dream, Eric Munsch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1470360_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Life in Colors 72, Veronica Vilsan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1381962_1_grid.jpg)
Life in Colors 72
Veronica Vilsan
Painting - 60 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$1,021 $664
![Painting, Je reviens te chercher, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1376622_1_grid.jpg)
Je reviens te chercher
Yohan Storti
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,361
![Painting, Color Your Life, Onemizer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1309935_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition 500, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1204710_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Côté ombre, Agnès Tiollier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1186287_1_grid.jpg)
Côté ombre
Agnès Tiollier
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 70 x 0.25 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,270
![Painting, Composition 489, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1185306_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition 307, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1160886_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition 305, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1160871_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition 302, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1160862_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Colour bomb, Daniela Schweinsberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1148832_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Damier 20152, Martin Reyna](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1131783_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paysage 214, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1107969_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, City Lights, Gina Vor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1069824_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Beach beauty, Sumit Mehndiratta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1063623_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Milieu hostile 1, Levalet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/846660_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'éternelle fragilité, Thomas Mainardi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/684597_1_grid.jpg)
L'éternelle fragilité
Thomas Mainardi
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,475
![Painting, The car, Isabelle Hirtzig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217671_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, L'Ecuyere, Marc Chagall](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179793_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178335_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Interactions III, Paulo Gnecco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175008_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Maniac's Struggle 4, Skwak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172787_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Moderne VI, Yrak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160780_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Graffiti all stars, Vincent Bardou](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156307_1_grid.jpg)
Graffiti all stars
Vincent Bardou
Painting - 80 x 116 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 45.7 x 1.6 inch
$2,949
![Painting, MB 71, Méryl B](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2129593_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cool, fun et miaooo, Seb Paul Michel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2041386_1_grid.jpg)
Cool, fun et miaooo
Seb Paul Michel
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,242
![Painting, Untitled SE Bubble Raw, Seen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1955727_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled 8551, Seen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1927500_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Week-end en amoureux, Martine Fauve Dechavanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1787373_1_grid.jpg)
Week-end en amoureux
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,155
![Painting, Flowers, Moshe Leider](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1723536_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition X, Martine Lallement](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1543014_1_grid.jpg)
Colored artworks
The work of color is central in any artistic work. It is even one of the first tools of the artist. It is difficult to imagine a work that would exist without the working of color - even if it is the absence of color that the artist chooses to present.
Through the ages and artistic movements, the use and meaning attributed to color evolves, but the essence of color remains the same. Every artist must master the properties of color in order to control his composition. In the restoration of paintings, color even becomes a science, because it is necessary to know the different molecules to find the colors and mixtures originally used by the artist.
In the history of art, the importance of color fluctuates according to periods and geographical areas. During the Italian Renaissance, for example, there was a debate (called Paragone) between the authority of color versus drawing: according to the schools, it is the color, and not the line, that creates the emotion and visual power of a work of art. The colors thus take on an immense importance, and assume certain meanings: white symbolizes purity for example, and blue (systematically used to clothe the Virgin Mary) is associated with divinity. These symbols are not thought of randomly: the purple for example, is used since the Byzantine era to signify the highest rank of royalty. Unlike ochre, the purple pigment came from a specific shell, and was extremely difficult - and therefore rare, and expensive - to obtain.
More generally, colors can be divided into three categories: warm, cool, and neutral. As their name implies, these classes of colors give off an atmosphere that the painter can use to influence the emotion of his work. Baroque art, for example, manipulates the contrasts between warm and cold colors to capture the power of bodies. The play of light is exalted by the effects of color. For a long time, the traditional Western school of painting required painters to reproduce the colors of the environment around them. It was the Impressionists, in the 19th century, who explored other ways of seeing - and therefore of transcribing on canvas - their chromatic environment. By avoiding complex mixtures and painting spontaneously, in the open air, the Impressionists reinvented the use of color to reproduce reality.
It was not until abstract and subjective painting that art devoted itself to color as a subject. Mark Rothko, precursor of the Colorfield Painting movement and of abstract expressionism, sees in his paintings a living organism whose color is human and whose format is transcendent. Piet Mondrian, on the other hand, sought in his paintings to approach the very essence of nature through the purity of primary colors, to achieve abstraction. The founder of the Russian avant-garde movement of Suprematism, Kasimir Malevich, will disturb the senses of everyone with his work "White square on white background", in which the color is painted only for itself. Contemporary art, photography, collage, or pop art also use in their respective ways the resources of color, exploring indefinitely all its pluralities. As Picasso said, "When I have no blue, I use red."
Artsper writes art in color: discover below a great selection of works that honor color and its properties. What better way to brighten up an interior?