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![Painting, Indian Mercado, Mambo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221850_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Crossing Lines, Mambo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221848_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hauteville, Charlotte Abecassis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217037_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La case bleue, Charlotte Abecassis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217032_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Voyages en Arcadie N°147, Gilbert Sabatier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213976_1_grid.jpg)
Voyages en Arcadie N°147
Gilbert Sabatier
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1.8 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch
$1,467
![Painting, There's hope at the bottom of the biggest waterfall painting, Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200435_1_grid.jpg)
There's hope at the bottom of the biggest waterfall painting
Nikolaos Schizas
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,570
![Painting, Summer time mood, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2220609_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Quelques fleurs pour des amis, Joan Miró](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215250_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, MB 76, Méryl B](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206639_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Homage to Mirò, Martine Goeyens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228495_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Homage to Mirò, Martine Goeyens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228494_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Homage to Mirò, Martine Goeyens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228493_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Homage to Mirò, Martine Goeyens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228492_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract 2436, Alex Senchenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221195_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract 2436
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 150 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
$2,669 $1,869
![Painting, 3 Sheep, Menashe Kadishman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216609_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Overlook, Andrew Kinmont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214899_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Radiance, Andrew Kinmont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214896_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Aural Trick, Thierry Corpet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2227733_1_grid.jpg)
The Aural Trick
Thierry Corpet
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$2,369 $2,132
![Painting, Coffee before gardening, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2219388_1_grid.jpg)
Coffee before gardening
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 94 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37 x 37 x 1 inch
$1,015
![Painting, Just Freedom (Juste Liberté), Bruno Cantais](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217443_1_grid.jpg)
Just Freedom (Juste Liberté)
Bruno Cantais
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$671
![Painting, Le bain de soleil, Jéko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217194_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ice Cream, Viktoria Ganhao](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216530_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Islande, Bald](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214678_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Love lips, Dr. Love](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2227872_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, BRUMES 2023 120x240cm Peinture Vernis Brillant Olivier Ebel, Olivier Ebel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2220796_1_grid.jpg)
BRUMES 2023 120x240cm Peinture Vernis Brillant Olivier Ebel
Olivier Ebel
Painting - 120 x 240 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 94.5 x 0.8 inch
$6,206
![Painting, Spirituality, Aude Herlédan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217374_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 3 Sheep, Menashe Kadishman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211957_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Whimsical Wilderness, Lilly Muth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198854_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cápsula #3, Alec Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228474_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Prieres aux lunes, Christine Desplanque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2222037_1_grid.jpg)
Prieres aux lunes
Christine Desplanque
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$643
![Painting, Sarabande, Françoise Dugourd-Caput](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221188_1_grid.jpg)
Sarabande
Françoise Dugourd-Caput
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,896
![Painting, Harmony in Chaos, Vlas Ayvazyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221156_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, A Cracked Icon, Shepard Fairey (Obey)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216817_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hold Infinity in the Palm of your Hands, Katharina Husslein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211634_1_grid.jpg)
Hold Infinity in the Palm of your Hands
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,708
![Painting, Liquide, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209090_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Emmanuelle Vroelant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204235_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Whispers of the Forest, Katharina Husslein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198738_1_grid.jpg)
Whispers of the Forest
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,272
![Painting, Mirrored Dreams, Katharina Husslein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198736_1_grid.jpg)
Mirrored Dreams
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,272
![Painting, Harmony to the Horizon, Katharina Husslein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198726_1_grid.jpg)
Harmony to the Horizon
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,272
![Painting, Free Spirit, Katharina Husslein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198723_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, God gave me You, Katharina Husslein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198718_1_grid.jpg)
God gave me You
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,708
![Painting, Love without End, Katharina Husslein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198716_1_grid.jpg)
Love without End
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,708
![Painting, Big Thicket Mysteries, Katharina Husslein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198711_1_grid.jpg)
Big Thicket Mysteries
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,708
![Painting, Surrounded by Friends, Gaëtan de Séguin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195655_1_grid.jpg)
Surrounded by Friends
Gaëtan de Séguin
Painting - 90 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,498
![Painting, Conversation, Emmanuelle Vroelant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195639_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rêve bleu, Emmanuelle Vroelant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193849_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The previous day's dream, Zhivko Mutafchiev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228614_1_grid.jpg)
The previous day's dream
Zhivko Mutafchiev
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,764
![Painting, Love Adventures, Lilly Muth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206888_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Horizon of Serenity, Iryna Bondar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199894_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstraction 129, Iryna Kastsova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228014_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tropiques N°3, Aurélie Trabaud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2227587_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Smile, Mr Brainwash](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2219351_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les disques, Yrak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217493_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Napoléon, Yrak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217492_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, TAKI, Perrotte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217277_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, COCO, Perrotte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217262_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, J+ petit à petit, Gaëtan de Séguin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215414_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, J+ suivre sa route, Gaëtan de Séguin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215412_1_grid.jpg)
J+ suivre sa route
Gaëtan de Séguin
Painting - 73 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$2,482
![Painting, H37, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217911_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, H32, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217906_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vite le printemps - corps en couleurs, Danielle Lamaison](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2222325_1_grid.jpg)
Vite le printemps - corps en couleurs
Danielle Lamaison
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$338
![Painting, Kiss in dreamhouse, Frédéric Batard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221833_1_grid.jpg)
Kiss in dreamhouse
Frédéric Batard
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$858
![Painting, The Chaos Of The Soul And The Physical Destruction Of The Self, Simon Findlay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215356_1_grid.jpg)
The Chaos Of The Soul And The Physical Destruction Of The Self
Simon Findlay
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,144
![Painting, Pareja, Enrique Pichardo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210917_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ecos de la ciudad, Enrique Pichardo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208472_1_grid.jpg)
Ecos de la ciudad
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 200 x 340 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 133.9 x 0.8 inch
$13,834
![Print, Banana Republic #60, Karl Kox](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228849_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nature Expansive, Priscilla Vettese](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218354_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, H21, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213038_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, H27, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213027_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Parrots, Tiny de Bruin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209380_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Banana Republic #82, Karl Kox](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228605_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Banana Republic #47, Karl Kox](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228604_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Banana Republic #50, Karl Kox](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228598_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N°3 - Composition graphique, art brut coloré sur palette bois, Alain Ciavaldini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2222313_1_grid.jpg)
N°3 - Composition graphique, art brut coloré sur palette bois
Alain Ciavaldini
Painting - 92 x 32 x 3.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 12.6 x 1.4 inch
$677
![Painting, N°6 - Composition graphique, art brut coloré sur palette bois, Alain Ciavaldini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2222310_1_grid.jpg)
N°6 - Composition graphique, art brut coloré sur palette bois
Alain Ciavaldini
Painting - 70 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch
$779
![Painting, Vibration temporelle, Françoise Dugourd-Caput](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221193_1_grid.jpg)
Vibration temporelle
Françoise Dugourd-Caput
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$993
![Painting, Verseau, Françoise Dugourd-Caput](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221192_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Solo, Françoise Dugourd-Caput](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221190_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Luxe aquatique (avec de la feuille d'or véritable 24 carats), Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218333_1_grid.jpg)
Luxe aquatique (avec de la feuille d'or véritable 24 carats)
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 60 x 81 x 2.4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.9 inch
$1,534
![Painting, Bleu océan, Eurgal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217957_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sable d’or, Eurgal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217956_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Magik Paris 2024, Rico Sab](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214028_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Froid soleil, Charlotte Abecassis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213293_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marine abstraite 2024-52, Fred Boutet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206540_1_grid.jpg)
Marine abstraite 2024-52
Fred Boutet
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,015
![Painting, Marine abstraite 2024-58, Fred Boutet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206508_1_grid.jpg)
Marine abstraite 2024-58
Fred Boutet
Painting - 100 x 140 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 55.1 x 1 inch
$1,354
![Painting, Dreamscape Serenade, Marieta Martirosyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2220915_1_grid.jpg)
Dreamscape Serenade
Marieta Martirosyan
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$999
![Painting, Canicule, Freddy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218772_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nature Torride, Priscilla Vettese](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218349_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rugged Mosaic, Andrew Kinmont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214890_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstrait N 19, Thomas Danel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213681_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Piano bar, Christof Monnin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207859_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Wild horses, Christof Monnin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207850_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Encrypted, Antony Squizzato](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207230_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?