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

Deep Contemplation

Cypress by the coast

Song of summer irises

Summer's orange bloom

Sunny sunflowers

Narcissus of spring

Mi amor

Batman et Catwoman kiss Marvel pop art bleu amour love

I Deny Everything and That Is My Essence (Mephistopheles)

An Artist at Work (Self-portrait)

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

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

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

Portrait Jimi Hendrix Can you see me? Kehinde Wiley Chut les Barbizons! NSWE

Almond tree in bloom

A bouquet of roses

Spring colors

Fairy tale Serenity

Grande Ourse enfants espoir magie reve dream

Unique apprivoisée

Forêt tropicale au Costa Rica

Toucans, ara rouge et colibris du Costa Rica

Couple d'aras rouges du Costa Rica

Toucan du Costa Rica

Nage de poireaux

Campagne et gourmandises

Bus Stop

Mustang in the sky

Pique-nique

White roses

Carroussel Cosaques

Goéland en Antartique

Wake up

Magic bus in Kathmandu 70s

Le moulin enchanté d'après Franz Marc

Ukraina

Narcisse et Goldmud

Geisha au kimono rose

Vignes et oliviers

Cactus en fleurs

Palms of spring

Village amérindiens

Garden under the sea

Temple d'Isis à l'île sacrée de Philae

Eden magic mountain

Nature morte aux callistemons et céramique

La barque solaire

Mechanic body

Le traversée des miroirs #2

Distorsion des signaux #2

Le lieu-dit des non-dits #3

Déroger à la règle #1

Imbrications #1

Le lieu-dit des non-dits #1

Picasso kissing face

Regarder les choses avec distance #2

My green apple bowl

Before the mirror

Behind green eyes

La plantation du bonheur #1

L'imperceptible battement du coeur #1

Effet miroir #1

Sisters

Bound by embrace

Simone Veil femme forte héroïne célébrités paix liberté figure pop art Wahrol

Colombe paix Frida Kahlo Miroir pop art libre