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![Painting, Metaphorical speech 05, Ayoung JO](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1537740_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, CoCreate 03, Angelica Tcherassi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1529505_1_grid.jpg)
CoCreate 03
Angelica Tcherassi
Print - 149.9 x 119.9 x 0.3 cm Print - 59 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,500 $1,350
![Print, He Said 02, Angelica Tcherassi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1469823_1_grid.jpg)
He Said 02
Angelica Tcherassi
Print - 149.9 x 119.9 x 0.3 cm Print - 59 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,500 $1,350
![Painting, Green, Viktoria Ganhao](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1445292_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sweet thing, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1286004_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Large test pattern 7, Tom McGlynn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1225038_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Witness Series, Guy Ghazanchyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1103229_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, #10 from Witness of 2020 Series, Guy Ghazanchyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1103208_1_grid.jpg)
#10 from Witness of 2020 Series
Guy Ghazanchyan
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,154 $1,039
![Painting, Impulsion III, Martine Lallement](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1097724_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Autumn in the wood 44, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2236180_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Summer feast, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2235984_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pink spring, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2235909_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Red poppies and daisies, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2235906_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Earth Landscapes (For Sale), Alexander Lufer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2232037_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Earth Landscapes (Valley Road), Alexander Lufer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2232030_1_grid.jpg)
Earth Landscapes (Valley Road)
Alexander Lufer
Painting - 45 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$519
![Painting, Blue, Eric Doisy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217485_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A 231 - 6, Julien Jubault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212169_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Erakis, Eric Robin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171945_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ankar, Eric Robin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171942_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Menkar 2, Eric Robin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171936_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Variation d'un paysage 7, Sophie André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144079_1_grid.jpg)
Variation d'un paysage 7
Sophie André
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,212
![Painting, Krafttraining, Nina Lanner](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2107176_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Schoonbron, Dorine van der Ploeg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2007294_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, MP132 - Libération, Bram van Velde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1985001_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Solo Sunset, Inès V. Fortuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1686831_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Shining bright, JonOne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1674465_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Big Box 03.08.22, Eric Robin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1572681_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Big Box 02.08.22, Eric Robin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1572678_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme sur le lit, Brito Esteves](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1444815_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, In deep thoughts, Bruno Hoopka](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1180164_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, This vicious circle might be broken, Bruno Hoopka](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1142748_1_grid.jpg)
This vicious circle might be broken
Bruno Hoopka
Painting - 130 x 162 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 1 inch
$4,386
![Painting, Garden Party, Gaëlle Wagner](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1134798_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Réfraction, Jonathan Pradillon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/478579_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Place Within Reach 27., Petr Strnad](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207124_1_grid.jpg)
Place Within Reach 27.
Petr Strnad
Painting - 50.8 x 40.4 x 0.1 cm Painting - 20 x 15.9 x 0 inch
$358
![Painting, Bat girl is a heroe, Sara Chelou](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202233_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Style crayons 04.24, Bernard Saint-Maxent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200618_1_grid.jpg)
Style crayons 04.24
Bernard Saint-Maxent
Painting - 29 x 89 x 7 cm Painting - 11.4 x 35 x 2.8 inch
$1,616 $1,519
![Painting, À la merci, Pierre Alechinsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198380_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N6, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197492_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Spring sunset #4, Laura Dujoncquoy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182769_1_grid.jpg)
Spring sunset #4
Laura Dujoncquoy
Painting - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,731
![Painting, Spring sunset #3, Laura Dujoncquoy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182767_1_grid.jpg)
Spring sunset #3
Laura Dujoncquoy
Painting - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,731
![Painting, Exotica, M.Cros](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149583_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Amplitudes, Nora Ampova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2009343_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Parce que c'est toi, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1951677_1_grid.jpg)
Parce que c'est toi
Yohan Storti
Painting - 130 x 95 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,886
![Painting, 7 Aout 2022, Raymond Attanasio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1920873_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract-132, Nivas Kanhere](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1876062_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dispacus fullonum, Nora Ampova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1792221_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Traces II, Richard Saint-Amans](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1761270_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, L'Adieu (G Appolinaire), Richard Saint-Amans](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1761261_1_grid.jpg)
L'Adieu (G Appolinaire)
Richard Saint-Amans
Print - 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.3 x 0 inch
$369
![Painting, Deus, Cécile Jaunet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1728591_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Libre Cours, Nicolas Ruelle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1592316_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tactile memory #134, Natasha Zupan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1513032_1_grid.jpg)
Tactile memory #134
Natasha Zupan
Painting - 24.1 x 19.1 x 7.6 cm Painting - 9.5 x 7.5 x 3 inch
$2,150
![Painting, Marine abstraite 04-2022-05, Fred Boutet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1456095_1_grid.jpg)
Marine abstraite 04-2022-05
Fred Boutet
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$462
![Painting, Marine abstraite 04-2022-01, Fred Boutet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1456071_1_grid.jpg)
Marine abstraite 04-2022-01
Fred Boutet
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$462
![Painting, Daylight, Nicolas Ruelle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1455738_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pep’s, Nat Stresser](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1416318_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 7731 GAR LEM Opus 1, Jacques Le Brusq](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1267092_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, CHR 53 90 BR Pay Flo, Jacques Le Brusq](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1267047_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition 404, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1197876_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition 402, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1197873_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Orchard in spring, Pol Ledent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2230934_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Au fil de l’eau, Agnès Tiollier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190918_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lianes 1, Corinne Foucouin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189420_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pink Butterfly, Marta Zawadzka](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181874_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La tête dans un pull en marche arrière, Nep-](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175300_1_grid.jpg)
La tête dans un pull en marche arrière
Nep-
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,348
![Print, Paradise in a Flower Field, Takashi Murakami](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148484_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'ensemble est invariable, Nep-](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139151_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, MB 71, Méryl B](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2129593_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, MB 70, Méryl B](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2114949_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rednight, Goddog](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2028207_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Kyklos, Goddog](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2028171_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Michel, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2002764_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Colombes en liberté, Dam Domido](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1989474_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'orage arrive, Dam Domido](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1963965_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Turquoise way, Dam Domido](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1963839_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Time’s up, Sven](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1954281_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nasty, Cumbone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1900476_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marais, Corinne Foucouin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1898997_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Forever prefers to last, Jacqueline Dey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1879923_1_grid.jpg)
Forever prefers to last
Jacqueline Dey
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1.8 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch
$650
![Painting, Papillon, Françoise Dugourd-Caput](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1762224_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paradisier, Françoise Dugourd-Caput](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1762221_1_grid.jpg)
Paradisier
Françoise Dugourd-Caput
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,108
![Painting, Bouquet, Françoise Dugourd-Caput](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1762209_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Spacecolour 14, Udo Zembok](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1732515_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Énergie, Dam Domido](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1682064_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Impulse N°8, Dam Domido](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1674963_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Passage, Corinne Foucouin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1601328_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le timide - Jeux d'enfants, Nacks](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1556850_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Promenade au parc, Corinne Foucouin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1515612_1_grid.jpg)
Promenade au parc
Corinne Foucouin
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,905
![Painting, Osmose, Emma Konc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1505319_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Break of Down, Goddog](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1484802_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Left (paper) pieces : an endless flow, Hansol Yoon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1468659_1_grid.jpg)
Left (paper) pieces : an endless flow
Hansol Yoon
Painting - 77.4 x 26.7 x 1 cm Painting - 30.5 x 10.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,674
![Painting, Rêverie, Corinne Foucouin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1458630_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, On sort les voiles, Sophie Petetin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1374906_1_grid.jpg)
On sort les voiles
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 60 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,674
![Painting, Funny landscape, Dam Domido](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1360377_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?