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![Painting, Bleu wave, Théo MHS](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1699155_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le retour des cigales, Sigrid M.](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1588131_1_grid.jpg)
Le retour des cigales
Sigrid M.
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,042
![Sculpture, Ref 290, Nicolas Dubreuille](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/398404_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Off to the Field of dreams 5, Thein Shwe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325706_1_grid.jpg)
Off to the Field of dreams 5
Thein Shwe
Painting - 120 x 180 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 0.4 inch
$14,690
![Painting, Wall street monsters and other tales, Mideo M. Cruz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1311843_1_grid.jpg)
Wall street monsters and other tales
Mideo M. Cruz
Painting - 53 x 43 x 1 cm Painting - 20.9 x 16.9 x 0.4 inch
$964
![Painting, Veille Propice, Thomas Delalande](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1333107_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, You lose control, Lucile Callegari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1455879_1_grid.jpg)
You lose control
Lucile Callegari
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,290
![Painting, Lavender, Marco Saporiti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173051_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vivre Ensemble, Christiane Hess](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154319_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Yellow birds - édition rose, Bishop Parigo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1997427_1_grid.jpg)
Yellow birds - édition rose
Bishop Parigo
Print - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,702
![Painting, Un jour ailleurs, Catherine Tapon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1730229_1_grid.jpg)
Un jour ailleurs
Catherine Tapon
Painting - 150 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
$3,392
![Painting, Untitled, Bara Sketchbook](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1527456_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fontaine Pradier, Raluca Vulcan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1335552_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Danse avec les fleurs, Khatis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/844233_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Camo 42, Thandiwe Muriu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1463571_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Happy Day I, Michail Ashkhotov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1436505_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, ConSorT, DelBorn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1412265_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Love Cats, Studio Art Inspirada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176010_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Fragance, Françoise Dedon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138821_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, R.3.C., Rutger de Vries](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1779474_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Greetings IV, Greg Bogin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1423059_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Platonic Moon, Franz West](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1077423_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Signature, Sylvie B.](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193236_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, High Flyer, Kelly Jenkins](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1320432_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Crash III, Zoonchez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1235802_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Burning, Gabriel Dia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1330533_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Yellow flower, Sandra Szaja](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1283565_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstraction D, Brigitte Thonhauser-Merk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/993369_1_grid.jpg)
Abstraction D
Brigitte Thonhauser-Merk
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,155
![Painting, Portrait I, Jinxian Yang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2097591_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Collegiate, Tina Loiodice](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1309383_1_grid.jpg)
Collegiate
Tina Loiodice
Fine Art Drawings - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$907
![Painting, Havre de paix, Prisca Toulon (Priscart)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1087188_1_grid.jpg)
Havre de paix
Prisca Toulon (Priscart)
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
$993
![Painting, La Transformación del Deseo - Explosión de Apetito, Mari Ito](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151367_1_grid.jpg)
La Transformación del Deseo - Explosión de Apetito
Mari Ito
Painting - 97 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch
$10,708
![Painting, Aggregate #20 (Large Abstract Contemporary Painting), G. Campbell Lyman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1471347_1_grid.jpg)
Aggregate #20 (Large Abstract Contemporary Painting)
G. Campbell Lyman
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 1 inch
$4,910
![Painting, Ibiza Nights, Kon Art](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1267176_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Arrecifes, Juan Ibarra](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2040741_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Color sound in the golden light, Mi Jean Kang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1479636_1_grid.jpg)
Color sound in the golden light
Mi Jean Kang
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,722
![Painting, Sans titre, Pierre Saunier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1468980_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 750 T10 Lords, Jocelyn Akwaba Matignon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1340109_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Voodoo Magic, Christos Patargias](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1315650_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bordeaux, B. Yaghi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1300116_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, In our Intimate Moments - 02, Bruno Palisson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1081773_1_grid.jpg)
In our Intimate Moments - 02
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
$1,475
![Painting, Danza del dragón, Iñaki Oreja](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183226_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The thing about this place, Ngahina Belton-Bodsworth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1456476_1_grid.jpg)
The thing about this place
Ngahina Belton-Bodsworth
Painting - 64 x 53 x 3 cm Painting - 25.2 x 20.9 x 1.2 inch
$2,359
![Painting, Papier huilé 4, Françoise Paressant-Tual](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1443558_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, RV Float, Xanda McCagg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1225272_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition 103, Brian Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/978999_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paysage 14, Qiong qiong Shao](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160458_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Caminho Percorrido, Leiga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/173011_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ciel flamboyant Ref BDNW10739, Jacques Poncet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1530651_1_grid.jpg)
Ciel flamboyant Ref BDNW10739
Jacques Poncet
Painting - 50 x 65 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
$1,702
![Painting, Young woman with earrings, Claudia Talavera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1377366_1_grid.jpg)
Young woman with earrings
Claudia Talavera
Painting - 145 x 110 x 2.5 cm Painting - 57.1 x 43.3 x 1 inch
$4,912
![Painting, Atlantic Roses, Micowel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1308210_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, #IR_4358, Paolo Salmaso](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1996893_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Printemps 8, Hanbo Li](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1687965_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sadako, La Pointe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1618329_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lumière Etrange, Jean Duquoc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1478967_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cargo Traffic City Landscape, Vlado Vesselinov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1435956_1_grid.jpg)
Cargo Traffic City Landscape
Vlado Vesselinov
Painting - 50 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,155
![Painting, Tierra Dos, Ruth Arbiser](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1375236_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Disco Ball, Lose](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1307112_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Emotion, Martine Fauve Dechavanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1285719_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Astéroïde, Mireille Guérin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1250112_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Attelage de rêve, Marabout](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139137_1_grid.jpg)
Attelage de rêve
Marabout
Painting - 114 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$11,911 $10,719
![Sculpture, Doggy dog, Jean-Marc Calvet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147377_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Petit Christ rouge, Emilie Chauvel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1953918_1_grid.jpg)
Petit Christ rouge
Emilie Chauvel
Painting - 23.5 x 15.5 x 5 cm Painting - 9.3 x 6.1 x 2 inch
$1,021
![Painting, Dancing out the door, Newel Hunter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1859139_1_grid.jpg)
Dancing out the door
Newel Hunter
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 0.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.2 inch
$1,700
![Painting, Autour de l'étang, Clemyart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1412787_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Structure, Fei Wang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1223016_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme au tuyau - série portrait de femme, Karine Azoulay (1kazou)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193271_1_grid.jpg)
Femme au tuyau - série portrait de femme
Karine Azoulay (1kazou)
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,702
![Painting, Untitled, Anselm Reyle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1094874_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The scent of grass during a summer storm, Meriem Delacroix](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171211_1_grid.jpg)
The scent of grass during a summer storm
Meriem Delacroix
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$2,042
![Print, Vâhana XXXVI, Più Vicino del Paradiso, Achao](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157761_1_grid.jpg)
Vâhana XXXVI, Più Vicino del Paradiso
Achao
Print - 194 x 59.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 76.4 x 23.4 x 0 inch
$1,021
![Painting, Onde vibratoire jaune, Jean-François Contremoulin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148077_1_grid.jpg)
Onde vibratoire jaune
Jean-François Contremoulin
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,588
![Painting, Yellow blossom, Andrada Anghel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2026113_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming) - Puyurru, Nazareth Collins Jangala](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1947588_1_grid.jpg)
Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming) - Puyurru
Nazareth Collins Jangala
Painting - 40 x 40 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$567
![Painting, Sunrise 59, Hilary Winfield](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1830912_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Appreciate the little things, Ashu Pine](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1331934_1_grid.jpg)
Appreciate the little things
Ashu Pine
Painting - 41 x 32 x 3 cm Painting - 16.1 x 12.6 x 1.2 inch
$6,806
![Painting, 1952 Abstraction, Raymond Duncan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1207917_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dispersed Dense Lines, Ya-Ping Dong](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1137399_1_grid.jpg)
Dispersed Dense Lines
Ya-Ping Dong
Painting - 50 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,815
![Painting, Untitled 11, Marcy Rosenblat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1114449_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Let Go Let Live #2, Niki Stearman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186377_1_grid.jpg)
Let Go Let Live #2
Niki Stearman
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$1,800
![Painting, Cnidaria,, Nicholas Kriefall](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186348_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dark Clouds Painting, Nadia NL](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2185198_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nanas, Pepita](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174527_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Painted soul, Milan Knizak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2097105_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Here Comes the Night II--Blue, Jo Moore](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2068608_1_grid.jpg)
Here Comes the Night II--Blue
Jo Moore
Painting - 50.8 x 121.9 x 2 cm Painting - 20 x 48 x 0.8 inch
$1,800
![Painting, Flower, Irini Karpikioti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2061990_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Aegean Blues, Ifigenia Christodoulidou](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2061612_1_grid.jpg)
Aegean Blues
Ifigenia Christodoulidou
Painting - 61 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$2,050
![Painting, Volcano, Tekla Aleksieva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1919475_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Confidentiel, M. Cohen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1745646_1_grid.jpg)
Confidentiel
M. Cohen
Fine Art Drawings - 51 x 51 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.1 x 20.1 x 0.2 inch
$1,928
![Painting, Africa. Pintado, Ljubow Jung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1738773_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lov u, Amandine André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1609542_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Burst of happiness, Weronica Dylag](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1529523_1_grid.jpg)
Burst of happiness
Weronica Dylag
Painting - 50 x 50 x 0.6 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$2,189
![Print, La casa di Beba, Giosetta Fioroni](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1503780_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Identità marine 02, Antonio Bettuelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1477569_1_grid.jpg)
Identità marine 02
Antonio Bettuelli
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,189
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?