New Figuration

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, Its steep, Gabrielle Rul

Gabrielle Rul

Painting . 31 x 23 x 0.1 cm Painting . 12.2 x 9.1 x 0 inch

CHF 390

Painting, A Door Open, Gabrielle Rul

Gabrielle Rul

Painting . 31 x 23 x 0.1 cm Painting . 12.2 x 9.1 x 0 inch

CHF 390

Painting, Float, Gabrielle Rul

Gabrielle Rul

Painting . 32 x 24 cm Painting . 12.6 x 9.4 inch

CHF 390

Painting, Childhood, Kane Mclay

Kane Mclay

Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

CHF 546

Fine Art Drawings, Through the week, Gabrielle Rul

Gabrielle Rul

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 11.7 x 0 inch

CHF 390

Painting, Luminous self, Natalya Mougenot

Natalya Mougenot

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

CHF 390 CHF 332

Painting, Inner bloom, Natalya Mougenot

Natalya Mougenot

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

CHF 390 CHF 332

Fine Art Drawings, Femme assise, Changzheng Zhu

Changzheng Zhu

Fine Art Drawings . 38 x 38 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15 x 15 x 0 inch

CHF 127

Painting, Crisis, Carmen Cañadas

Carmen Cañadas

Painting . 33.5 x 18.5 cm Painting . 13.2 x 7.3 inch

CHF 1,220

Painting, Golden Pool, Klimenko Olena

Klimenko Olena

Painting . 27 x 17 x 2 cm Painting . 10.6 x 6.7 x 0.8 inch

CHF 268

Painting, Femme fatale, ShuJie Wang

ShuJie Wang

Painting . 35 x 27 cm Painting . 13.8 x 10.6 inch

CHF 156

Sculpture, Joe, Odin Pigelet

Joe

Odin Pigelet

Sculpture . 35 x 20 x 10 cm Sculpture . 13.8 x 7.9 x 3.9 inch

CHF 439

Fine Art Drawings, Isolde - Yseult, Catherine Clare

Catherine Clare

Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

CHF 781

Fine Art Drawings, Summer, Kateryna Ocheredko

Kateryna Ocheredko

Fine Art Drawings . 46 x 34 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.1 x 13.4 x 0 inch

CHF 725

Painting, Nereid, Kateryna Ocheredko

Kateryna Ocheredko

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

CHF 499

Painting, Paloma, Marcos Rodrigo

Marcos Rodrigo

Painting . 40 x 40 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 inch

CHF 478

Painting, Medrana, Carmen Cañadas

Carmen Cañadas

Painting . 27 x 10 cm Painting . 10.6 x 3.9 inch

CHF 1,220

Painting, Dance, Kateryna Ocheredko

Kateryna Ocheredko

Painting . 30 x 21 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.8 inch

CHF 317

Fine Art Drawings, Venus couleur, Brigitte Derbigny

Brigitte Derbigny

Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

CHF 488

Painting, Baigneuse, Catherine Clare

Catherine Clare

Painting . 46 x 38 x 0.1 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 0 inch

CHF 634