Rich and colorful figurations

Pigments were invented about 40,000 years ago and since then have been used by artists as a visual element to form works of art. From the use of red in ancient Egypt to blue being more sought after than gold in the middle ages, the use of color and its value has shifted through the ages. This has led to the subsequent color theory in art. It was the German poet Jonathan Wolfgang Goethe who first developed a theory about color (1810). According to him, colors are composed of both light and shadow. Later, the Impressionists would disregard the classic visual elements of painting and indeed figurations and focus on the essence of color, using colors that compliment and capture light rather than use dark colors for shadow. At the turn of the 20th century Vassily Kandinsky created a grid for colors, which associated emotions and sounds with 10 colors. In our selection of works the use and admiration of color is still being explored with Guive Khosravi's works, high in vivid colors are juxtapositions of images mixing well-known characters and images whilst Robert Combas, who in the early 80s invented a new figurative painting (Free Figuration), uses color to manipulate daily life.

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Painting, Old Mirro, Bulat Valeriy

Bulat Valeriy

Painting - 70 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€875

Sculpture, Hybrid Lamb, Catherine Clare

Catherine Clare

Sculpture - 50 x 35 x 20 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 13.8 x 7.9 inch

€1,200

Painting, Storyteller, Olga Oreshnikov

Olga Oreshnikov

Painting - 96.5 x 96.5 x 3.8 cm Painting - 38 x 38 x 1.5 inch

€4,380

Painting, Support, Inna Sych

Inna Sych

Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€900

Painting, Pray for Ukraine, Inna Sych

Inna Sych

Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Painting, Reminder, Inna Sych

Inna Sych

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Print, Les muses, Catherine Clare

Catherine Clare

Print - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,080

Painting, Exaltation, Irene Mahon

Irene Mahon

Painting - 80 x 105 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 41.3 x 1.2 inch

€980 €882

Painting, Entre deux mondes, Irene Mahon

Irene Mahon

Painting - 140 x 158 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 62.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,100 €1,890

Painting, Carnaval, Irene Mahon

Irene Mahon

Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch

€950 €855

Painting, Sisters, Natalya Mougenot

Natalya Mougenot

Painting - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€350

Painting, Minuit, Julien Calot

Julien Calot

Painting - 162 x 130 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 inch

€9,800

Fine Art Drawings, Mange ta main, Brigitte Derbigny

Brigitte Derbigny

Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 32 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch

€300

Painting, Dream Girl, Rem Pirumov

Rem Pirumov

Painting - 55 x 30 cm Painting - 21.7 x 11.8 inch

€450

Painting, My pet bull, Nguyen Dinh Vu

Nguyen Dinh Vu

Painting - 185.4 x 139.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 73 x 55 x 2 inch

€4,824

Painting, Fleeting beauty, Julia Ruf

Julia Ruf

Painting - 24 x 18 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.8 inch

€220

Painting, L'oiseau bleu, Julien Calot

Julien Calot

Painting - 148 x 114 x 5 cm Painting - 58.3 x 44.9 x 2 inch

€8,200

Painting, Movement, Klimenko Olena

Klimenko Olena

Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€305

Painting, Red, Iglesias15680

Red

Iglesias15680

Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€1,300

Painting, Pink, Iglesias15680

Iglesias15680

Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€1,300

Painting, Pez, Cacou

Pez

Cacou

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€850

Painting, Silent Disco, Cacou

Cacou

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€850

Painting, Le parfum, Cacou

Cacou

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€850

Painting, Hello:), Gago Chtchyan

Gago Chtchyan

Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,900

Painting, Portrait, Gago Chtchyan

Gago Chtchyan

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€890

Painting, Flowers II, Olga Oreshnikov

Olga Oreshnikov

Painting - 53.3 x 109.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 21 x 43 x 1.5 inch

€3,140

Painting, Flowers I, Olga Oreshnikov

Olga Oreshnikov

Painting - 53.3 x 109.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 21 x 43 x 1.5 inch

€3,140

Painting, Le ruisseau, Julien Calot

Julien Calot

Painting - 65 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€3,800