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

Petit port du sud

Les Bouées Jaunes

Dune océane

Crique isolée

Radiate positive

Goldorak Go

Fashionista Good vibes

Be Porsche yeah

Le Bain

A babord - Ecume N°2

Colonne swatch

Colors of the summer horizon

River among mountains

The Rhythm of life

Floral emotion

Floral vitality

Provençal Coastal Charm

Southern France serenity

Sous les pins - Edition

Unbreakable bond

L’homme Jaune

Au milieu de nous, la folie

La vague

Inversion

Jeux d'enfants

Le Baiser dans les jonquilles - Tribute to Brancusi - Abstrait nu N°16

Une époque sans règle #1

Botanical sceneries - Petit palais Sévilles

Blue rose

Mes plus belles vacances

Village en bord de mer

Soft

Poésie

Rêve bleu

Stop

Les arbres du bonheur

Pins Six Fours

Octobre

Le roi dec

Le jeu

Feu, n°2

Jeu de dames

Poissons

Beauté

L i n e s - Wolf

L i n e s - stars

Madame

Princesse

Femme au chapeau

Summer flowers of joy

Irises in the garden

Demain

Lines - Magnetic fields

Ouareau Forest

Feuilles de Néflier - Shadows are blue

Ginkgo biloba - Collection botanique

Twenty one Moons Until Solstice - Day 11

Twenty one Moons Until Solstice - Day 3

Les pins du Gaou

Sous la surface : Posidonia australis

Sous la surface : Posidonia oceanica

Lacanau océan

Sans titre

Port ostréicole

Au village

Thalie la florissante