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![Painting, Surf, Stéphane Cantin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207151_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marine Abstraite 2022-19, Fred Boutet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1555041_1_grid.jpg)
Marine Abstraite 2022-19
Fred Boutet
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,039
![Photography, L'indien à la feuille, Géraldine Rué](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1440171_1_grid.jpg)
L'indien à la feuille
Géraldine Rué
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$966
![Painting, Ambiance bleutée - série Abstraction, Francine Cordier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1169151_1_grid.jpg)
Ambiance bleutée - série Abstraction
Francine Cordier
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,512
![Painting, Synchronicity, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2234821_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Colourful feast, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2234433_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sunny summer day XL 18, Peter Nottrott](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229422_1_grid.jpg)
Sunny summer day XL 18
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 155 x 105 x 4 cm Painting - 61 x 41.3 x 1.6 inch
$3,798
![Painting, The source, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229396_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, City lights, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229384_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marco Polo's journey, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229370_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Generous colours, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229324_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sealife, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229322_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sweet memories, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229320_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Balance of time, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229319_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Green minded, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229318_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Neos, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229231_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The show must go on, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229132_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A colourful game, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229028_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nocturnal wandering, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2229015_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Banana Republic #89 (Oeuvre unique), Karl Kox](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228857_1_grid.jpg)
Banana Republic #89 (Oeuvre unique)
Karl Kox
Print - 75 x 70 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.5 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$566 $396
![Painting, The orgasm of Aphrodite, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228780_1_grid.jpg)
The orgasm of Aphrodite
Pol Ledent
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,270
![Painting, Abstract still life, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228649_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Connections, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228500_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The ride of the Valkyries, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228291_1_grid.jpg)
The ride of the Valkyries
Pol Ledent
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,616
![Painting, Holyday time, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2228143_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Colourful abstract landscape 77, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2227863_1_grid.jpg)
Colourful abstract landscape 77
Pol Ledent
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,270
![Painting, Colourful bunches, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2227703_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The blue chess game, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221453_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The antithesis of Pierre Soulage, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221444_1_grid.jpg)
The antithesis of Pierre Soulage
Pol Ledent
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,270
![Painting, Urban life, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221433_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La lune et la rivière, Liying Xie](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221365_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue vision, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221153_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Colourful trees, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221105_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Floating dwellings, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2221047_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue night, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2220643_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Looking through the window, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2220375_1_grid.jpg)
Looking through the window
Pol Ledent
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,385
![Painting, Bachanales, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2220098_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dancing whales, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2220060_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hephaistos' workplace, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2220055_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract bull head, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2219744_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dancing dots, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2219723_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The victory of Spartacus, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2219409_1_grid.jpg)
The victory of Spartacus
Pol Ledent
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,270
![Painting, Solar impulse, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2219407_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Let the sun shine, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2219052_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Meditation, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2219041_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Brazilia, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218886_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Candles, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218595_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A brand new city, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218585_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Austerlitz, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218584_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Stormy sailing, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218557_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Euclydian draft paper, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218555_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sweet waking up, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218549_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vibrant delight, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218546_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Deep sea, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218538_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The winning race of Phoebus, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218433_1_grid.jpg)
The winning race of Phoebus
Pol Ledent
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,270
![Painting, Nightswimming, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218426_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nostradamus' vision, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218350_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The jealousy of Louis XIV, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218297_1_grid.jpg)
The jealousy of Louis XIV
Pol Ledent
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,385
![Painting, Quarks' migration, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218210_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nature adventure XL 18, Peter Nottrott](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216571_1_grid.jpg)
Nature adventure XL 18
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 105 x 155 x 4 cm Painting - 41.3 x 61 x 1.6 inch
$2,759
![Painting, Simone Veil, PyB](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214004_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Mujer, Alberto Ricardo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212880_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tigre, Sax (Henry Blache)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212772_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Enigmatic Cat, Lilith Gurekhyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212240_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, On dirait le Sud, Julien Jubault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211901_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La musique prend vie, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188085_1_grid.jpg)
La musique prend vie
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 89 x 130 x 2.4 cm Painting - 35 x 51.2 x 0.9 inch
$1,501
![Painting, Composition No. 457, Sumit Mehndiratta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173856_1_grid.jpg)
Composition No. 457
Sumit Mehndiratta
Painting - 86 x 137 x 3 cm Painting - 33.9 x 53.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,731
![Painting, Composition No. 456, Sumit Mehndiratta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173855_1_grid.jpg)
Composition No. 456
Sumit Mehndiratta
Painting - 86 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 33.9 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$1,847
![Painting, Diptyque, Zokatos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166171_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Woobles, Tic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165611_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Plage de Tahiti, Carantec, Franck Dupire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157877_1_grid.jpg)
Plage de Tahiti, Carantec
Franck Dupire
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,731
![Painting, Composition No.418, Sumit Mehndiratta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151394_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition No.417, Sumit Mehndiratta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151390_1_grid.jpg)
Composition No.417
Sumit Mehndiratta
Painting - 83 x 94 x 3 cm Painting - 32.7 x 37 x 1.2 inch
$1,270
![Painting, Composition No. 440, Sumit Mehndiratta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2141691_1_grid.jpg)
Composition No. 440
Sumit Mehndiratta
Painting - 76 x 112 x 3 cm Painting - 29.9 x 44.1 x 1.2 inch
$1,270
![Painting, Composition 438, Sumit Mehndiratta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2126733_1_grid.jpg)
Composition 438
Sumit Mehndiratta
Painting - 84 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 33.1 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,847
![Painting, Composition no. 435, Sumit Mehndiratta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2126544_1_grid.jpg)
Composition no. 435
Sumit Mehndiratta
Painting - 36 x 62 x 3 cm Painting - 14.2 x 24.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,193
![Painting, My way 09, Karina Antonczak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2074020_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Régate bleue, Fred Boutet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2012349_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Heaven in a Wild Flower, Katharina Husslein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1949184_1_grid.jpg)
Heaven in a Wild Flower
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 170 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 66.9 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,194
![Painting, Guidel II, Franck Dupire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1918155_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Orangeade, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1833570_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le village, Charlotte Abecassis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1738272_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ciel orageux, Fred Boutet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1735128_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Utopia, Sumit Mehndiratta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1293333_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition 314, Sumit Mehndiratta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1293330_1_grid.jpg)
Composition 314
Sumit Mehndiratta
Painting - 84 x 135 x 0.1 cm Painting - 33.1 x 53.1 x 0 inch
$1,731
![Painting, Composition 307, Sumit Mehndiratta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1293321_1_grid.jpg)
Composition 307
Sumit Mehndiratta
Painting - 100 x 152 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.8 x 0 inch
$2,078
![Print, Visual Healing 17, Sumit Mehndiratta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1238676_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dialogue de sourds, Antony Squizzato](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1165932_1_grid.jpg)
Dialogue de sourds
Antony Squizzato
Painting - 49 x 49 x 2 cm Painting - 19.3 x 19.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,478
![Painting, Let it be, Michelle Kranz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2233402_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Feeling good like I should, Michelle Kranz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2233393_1_grid.jpg)
Feeling good like I should
Michelle Kranz
Painting - 120 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 63 x 0.8 inch
$13,852
![Painting, Red poppy, Stanislav Lazarov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2232614_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Expanded Place 9., Petr Strnad](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2230569_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Expanded Place 8., Petr Strnad](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2230566_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?