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![Painting, Quickening Waters, Lauren Adams](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167708_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pink panthere, Maxime Andriot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161090_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Wanted, Maxime Andriot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161070_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Velours #1, Mathilde Polidori](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160506_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Celestial sky, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152498_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Box 25.02, Eric Robin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152414_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 4 couleurs, Jéko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145713_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Urbain II, Yichao Sun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143899_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Self-portrait, Gergana Balabanova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142129_1_grid.jpg)
Self-portrait
Gergana Balabanova
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,510
![Painting, Regard, Yichao Sun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2141223_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Self-portrait III, Gergana Balabanova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140945_1_grid.jpg)
Self-portrait III
Gergana Balabanova
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,510
![Painting, Conduciendo el caos, Sergio Moscona](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140305_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Négociations, Sergio Moscona](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140288_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Documento en blanco, Sergio Moscona](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140277_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vue, Yichao Sun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139924_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, City I, Yichao Sun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139920_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'ensemble est invariable, Nep-](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139151_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La rivière au bout du chemin à gauche, Jéko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2131999_1_grid.jpg)
La rivière au bout du chemin à gauche
Jéko
Painting - 140 x 107 x 0.2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 42.1 x 0.1 inch
$3,243
![Painting, Harmony in motion, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2126049_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rhythms of colour, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2113656_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Elegance Adorned, Mateos Sargsyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2109129_1_grid.jpg)
Elegance Adorned
Mateos Sargsyan
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,350 $1,148
![Painting, Light in the dark, James Chiew](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2090376_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, IMDO, Lenta Markevich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2089128_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, What is left to say, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2075913_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Landscape 7, Karina Antonczak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2073846_1_grid.jpg)
Landscape 7
Karina Antonczak
Painting - 70.4 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.7 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,000
![Painting, House of Indium 49, Marie Julou (Tina McCallan)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2040084_1_grid.jpg)
House of Indium 49
Marie Julou (Tina McCallan)
Painting - 66 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 26 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,219
![Painting, Beyond the sea no. 1423, Anita Kaufmann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2032959_1_grid.jpg)
Beyond the sea no. 1423
Anita Kaufmann
Painting - 81.3 x 200.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 32 x 79 x 1 inch
$1,465
![Painting, Atlantic crossing no. 17020, Anita Kaufmann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2032929_1_grid.jpg)
Atlantic crossing no. 17020
Anita Kaufmann
Painting - 48.3 x 200.7 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19 x 79 x 0.1 inch
$984
![Print, Sur mon boulevard, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2027436_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, My way, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2027433_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Marcher pas droit, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2026590_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pop art Pollock, Alexandra Romano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2025417_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, 508 Blue striped grunts school, Patrick Chevailler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2005341_1_grid.jpg)
508 Blue striped grunts school
Patrick Chevailler
Print - 71 x 107 x 2 cm Print - 28 x 42.1 x 0.8 inch
$727
![Design, Invisible man black, Olivier Ebel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2003865_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Golden rain, James Chiew](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2001987_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Leviathan, Niki Singleton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1943280_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sky Mirror, Niki Singleton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1943232_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, S08, Jean Soyer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1942596_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Believe in yourself, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1917627_1_grid.jpg)
Believe in yourself
Maria Esmar
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,013
![Painting, Threes A Crowd, Lisa Daniels](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1831611_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fusion, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1820430_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, I think of you, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1802733_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Balaye les feuilles, Jéko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1801455_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Summer blossom, James Chiew](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1779801_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Better mercutio 8, Robert Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1773795_1_grid.jpg)
Better mercutio 8
Robert Langley
Painting - 198.1 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 78 x 48 x 0.1 inch
$800
![Print, Only love can hurt like this, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1763607_1_grid.jpg)
Only love can hurt like this
Yohan Storti
Print - 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.3 x 0 inch
$313
![Painting, Muriel, Lu Mourelle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1758699_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Twilight, James Chiew](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1741947_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Chaos, James Chiew](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1741944_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Snoopy - I Love My Job (plan du métro de Paris), Fat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1686105_1_grid.jpg)
Snoopy - I Love My Job (plan du métro de Paris)
Fat
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,796 $2,516
![Painting, Painting the Surreal, Aatmica Ojha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1680726_1_grid.jpg)
Painting the Surreal
Aatmica Ojha
Painting - 100 x 75 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$2,125
![Painting, Portrait de femme, Zafi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1678614_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vague fleur, Jean Jourdan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1609662_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mixed reality, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1600695_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Neverland 14, Hervé Perdriel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1588437_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Neverland 15, Hervé Perdriel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1588431_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Neverland 16, Hervé Perdriel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1588428_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Neverland 17, Hervé Perdriel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1588425_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Neverland 12, Hervé Perdriel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1588380_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Neverland 11, Hervé Perdriel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1588377_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Neverland 10, Hervé Perdriel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1588371_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Neverland 7, Hervé Perdriel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1588359_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Neverland 6, Hervé Perdriel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1588353_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Neverland 5, Hervé Perdriel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1588347_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Neverland 4, Hervé Perdriel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1588344_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Neverland 3, Hervé Perdriel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1588341_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Neverland 1, Hervé Perdriel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1588305_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bugs Bunny (plan du métro de Paris), Fat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1586628_1_grid.jpg)
Bugs Bunny (plan du métro de Paris)
Fat
Painting - 55 x 83 x 0.2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 32.7 x 0.1 inch
$2,796
![Design, Ze Chaise Collection, Olivier Ebel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1481457_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Time travels, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1433982_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Music, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1422399_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Johnny Jane, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1422384_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Je ne peux plus dire je t’aime, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1422375_1_grid.jpg)
Je ne peux plus dire je t’aime
Yohan Storti
Print - 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.3 x 0 inch
$334
![Print, J’ai la vie qui m’pique les yeux, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1422372_1_grid.jpg)
J’ai la vie qui m’pique les yeux
Yohan Storti
Print - 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.3 x 0 inch
$334
![Painting, Cambric, Ellie Sanchez-Galiano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1375527_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bestiaire XX, J Eleme](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1337328_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, I’ve lost my brush, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327590_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Wonderland, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327575_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Flow of rivers, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1326387_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Neon Joy, Charlotte Hannah Crawford](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1320720_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bestiaire XVII, J Eleme](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1318452_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Blue Circle, Sandra Salamonová](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1304751_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Slide away, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1285983_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Don't stop me now, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1264734_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Autumn colors, Sandra Salamonová](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1259070_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Bus 60, Parc de Belleville, Camille Léage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1240173_1_grid.jpg)
Bus 60, Parc de Belleville
Camille Léage
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$200
![Print, Red Dot, Sandra Salamonová](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1231788_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Wild natura, Jo Sada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1224009_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Two White Dots, Sandra Salamonová](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1216005_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Purple Sea, Yichao Sun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1204413_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sunset Ridge, Aazam Irilian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1203477_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Summer Breeze, Aazam Irilian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1203474_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Spring Sunrise, Aazam Irilian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1203471_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?