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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Rich and colorful figurations

Le mourillon après l'orage

Le lit de la rivière #1

L'archipel des volcans laiteux

Green Portraite

Portrait

Les poissons rouges

SOS pour les oiseaux

Baignade à Toulon

Bain de soleil à l'Almanarre

Hilda

Party’s over

Cottage

Lovelorn on a gloomy afternoon

Safari

Fruity Notes

The Fleetingness of Beauty

Honey Decanter

Light Treat

Good August

Intimité de la salle de bain

Indiana

Amber Light

Silk Fire

A Smile Through the Ages

Modest

Portrait of Margarita (Series Silver is your name)

The Merchant of Venice

Fox

Carol

Gallant

Sight

We Will

Self-portrait

Keep Your Friends' Luck (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

Rochefort (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

Richelieu (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

An Image from the Past (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

Anne of Austria (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

Dream Horse

Boy on his scooter

Woman wearing a red shawl

Woman in a green dress

Marilyn on the beach

Woman with a red blanket

Woman in a red dress in the garden full of roses

Osiris, Anubis, Horus

Offrande du Pharaon suivi du Dieu Thot

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Quand passent les éléphants roses

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Safe Haven (Framed Hand Signed Screen Print)

Sunset

Pez

Silent Disco

Ifa

Gourmandise

Princesse de la jungle

Gueule cassée

Escaped body table

Dans un parfum d'émotions

Zoa