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![Painting, Indigenous Royal, Janice Toulouse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1073406_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fruscio di luce, Antonino Puliafico](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/973470_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Piccola Vela, Antonino Puliafico](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/972513_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Giochi di Sabbia, Antonino Puliafico](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/971670_1_grid.jpg)
Giochi di Sabbia
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$733
![Painting, Riflesso Giallo, Antonino Puliafico](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/967887_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Baia e vento, Antonino Puliafico](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/959211_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Baia Lucente, Antonino Puliafico](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/953112_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Roccia Viva, Antonino Puliafico](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/953064_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Scoglio et Faro, Antonino Puliafico](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/953052_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Intrecci, Antonino Puliafico](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/902991_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cespuglio riflesso, Antonino Puliafico](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/890067_1_grid.jpg)
Cespuglio riflesso
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 90 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,015
![Painting, Where the dreamers hide, Etienne Quesnay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181579_1_grid.jpg)
Where the dreamers hide
Etienne Quesnay
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 1 inch
$1,805
![Painting, L'attaque des daurades, Nep-](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175853_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Promises (Triptych), Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165953_1_grid.jpg)
Promises (Triptych)
Nikolaos Schizas
Painting - 90 x 270 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 106.3 x 0 inch
$5,873
![Painting, Composition, André Lanskoy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161663_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, In The Middle Of Nowhere, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156471_1_grid.jpg)
In The Middle Of Nowhere
Nikolaos Schizas
Painting - 150 x 230 x 0.1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 90.6 x 0 inch
$14,682
![Painting, White Nights, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154697_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Who's Talking To The Water?, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147001_1_grid.jpg)
Who's Talking To The Water?
Nikolaos Schizas
Painting - 100 x 150 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 inch
$5,873
![Painting, Aires tropicales, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135849_1_grid.jpg)
Aires tropicales
Nikolaos Schizas
Painting - 150 x 190 x 0.1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 74.8 x 0 inch
$12,279
![Painting, Sweet dreams, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2130853_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, When I look into your eyes, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2130850_1_grid.jpg)
When I look into your eyes
Nikolaos Schizas
Painting - 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch
$5,873
![Painting, Yellow flowers in blue still life, Gordon Hopkins](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2125965_1_grid.jpg)
Yellow flowers in blue still life
Gordon Hopkins
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.4 inch
$6,206
![Painting, To be kind, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2117793_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rising sun, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2098632_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Nord - MP 396, Bram van Velde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1797522_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paris Subway Map III, Piotre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1791144_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paris flopes-tu?, Piotre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1775115_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paris smile, Piotre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1775112_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bus stop, Piotre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1775070_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Autoportrait en bleu, Dominique Kennel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1765851_1_grid.jpg)
Autoportrait en bleu
Dominique Kennel
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$361
![Painting, Au de la des yeux, Ahmed Zaibi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1694517_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Taylor Swift's Lipsticks (Les Rouges à Lèvres de Taylor Swift), Christian Jodin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1674267_1_grid.jpg)
Taylor Swift's Lipsticks (Les Rouges à Lèvres de Taylor Swift)
Christian Jodin
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$903
![Painting, Reverse of Syncretism – I am serious, why you don’t believe…, Graça Tirelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1607241_1_grid.jpg)
Reverse of Syncretism – I am serious, why you don’t believe…
Graça Tirelli
Painting - 51 x 51 x 2 cm Painting - 20.1 x 20.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,692
![Painting, Ever closer, Philippe Seigle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1557216_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N°512, Pierre-Luc Poujol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1518807_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Montagne blu, Antonino Puliafico](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1425810_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Life in Colors 74, Veronica Vilsan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1407663_1_grid.jpg)
Life in Colors 74
Veronica Vilsan
Painting - 160 x 200 x 0.1 cm Painting - 63 x 78.7 x 0 inch
$5,077
![Painting, Neve Bollente, Antonino Puliafico](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1356492_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Insaisissable 2, Françoise Dugourd-Caput](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1236129_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme sur la Plage, Milburn-Foster](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1186818_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rouge carmin et or, Christian Jodin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/968553_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cubes blanc et or, Christian Jodin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/968550_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Yasmina, Françoise Nielly](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/741786_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Window view 11 - Wipe left, Low Bros](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181203_1_grid.jpg)
Window view 11 - Wipe left
Low Bros
Painting - 130 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$9,703
![Painting, El Gozo de la Tribu, Enrique Pichardo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175338_1_grid.jpg)
El Gozo de la Tribu
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 204 x 340 x 2 cm Painting - 80.3 x 133.9 x 0.8 inch
$13,687
![Painting, Retrato gris en fondo azul, Enrique Pichardo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173638_1_grid.jpg)
Retrato gris en fondo azul
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 215 x 220 x 2 cm Painting - 84.6 x 86.6 x 0.8 inch
$9,332
![Painting, Les six yeux, Xavier de Vilmorin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172747_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Clair Obscur, Remi Delaplace](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171951_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre V, Yichao Sun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144674_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Couché de soleil, Yichao Sun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143898_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le monde en argent, Yichao Sun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2141218_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Trop de monde, Jéko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2134840_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The emerald spirit of Africa, Thomas Mainardi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2113164_1_grid.jpg)
The emerald spirit of Africa
Thomas Mainardi
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1 inch
$1,354
![Painting, Hope, Yichao Sun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2102229_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Coucher De Soleil, Yichao Sun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2102208_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ancestry, Diana Rosa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2050440_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La vague scélérate, Remi Delaplace](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1983219_1_grid.jpg)
La vague scélérate
Remi Delaplace
Painting - 97 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch
$2,809
![Painting, Beauty for a Moment, Nick Vivian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1967550_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Those Sunset Vibes, Nick Vivian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1967538_1_grid.jpg)
Those Sunset Vibes
Nick Vivian
Painting - 100 x 100 x 10 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 3.9 inch
$3,203
![Painting, The Vanishing Gertrude Stein, Yichao Sun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1915002_1_grid.jpg)
The Vanishing Gertrude Stein
Yichao Sun
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,257
![Painting, Les certitudes, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1788063_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sheep Pasture, Menashe Kadishman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1783956_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Plier, Deplier, Experimenter, Remi Delaplace](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1739610_1_grid.jpg)
Plier, Deplier, Experimenter
Remi Delaplace
Painting - 89 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 35 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch
$4,502
![Painting, CSRD, Stefano Mazzolini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1699056_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Touching, Touched, Remix, Remi Delaplace](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1661118_1_grid.jpg)
Touching, Touched, Remix
Remi Delaplace
Painting - 97 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,938
![Painting, Untitled, Ana Seggiaro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1623906_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bulles, Yichao Sun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1545756_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Yichao Sun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1418820_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Blue silence #2, Elena Raceala](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1418790_1_grid.jpg)
Blue silence #2
Elena Raceala
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$1,032
![Painting, Tournesols, Claude Gean](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1341264_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La lumière est !, Robert Combas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1199229_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition 306, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1160883_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La danse I, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1155402_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mer bleu II, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1155396_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mer bleu, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1153641_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paysages 211, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1107834_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Meditacion P VII, Marc Prat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1066308_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Artists Nights, 2flui](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1062567_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme au chapeau, Martine Fauve Dechavanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/994848_1_grid.jpg)
Femme au chapeau
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$621
![Painting, Plaisirs, Martine Fauve Dechavanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/994809_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Solidarity, Kusbudiyanto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/883383_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Ref 290, Nicolas Dubreuille](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/398404_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Faune et flore 1, Tathitanguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195562_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Herbe ondulante, Tathitanguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195541_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Moutonnement chamarré, Tathitanguyen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192788_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Spring Feeling, Viktoria Ganhao](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191173_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Peinture 12-2023-73, Alain Bécanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183235_1_grid.jpg)
Peinture 12-2023-73
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 89 x 146 x 4.5 cm Painting - 35 x 57.5 x 1.8 inch
$1,692
![Painting, Peinture 11-2023-65, Alain Bécanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183232_1_grid.jpg)
Peinture 11-2023-65
Alain Bécanne
Painting - 100 x 80 x 4.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.8 inch
$790
![Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179781_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, MB 75, Méryl B](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176522_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L.A., Cannibal Malabar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155270_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Way We Are (III), Godspower Odogwu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154552_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Résonance des formes, Piotre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2150005_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?