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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Summer in La Baule VI - Sun Bathing LA french school artist basel
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.4 inch
$520
Couple de paons N°7, orange
Catherine Clare
Print - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$405
Couple de paons N°2, jaune
Catherine Clare
Print - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$405
Le sourire complice des amants
Timothy Archer
Painting - 160 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$8,322
Les secrets de la dame patronnesse
Timothy Archer
Painting - 160 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 63 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$8,322
La reine de Saba
Timothy Archer
Painting - 149.5 x 149.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 58.9 x 58.9 x 0 inch
$6,820
Le faune et la dernière colonne
Timothy Archer
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$6,704
Hécate et la loi du triple retour
Timothy Archer
Painting - 150 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 2 inch
$7,513
Le souper d'Hécate
Timothy Archer
Painting - 150 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 2 inch
$7,513
Le sylvain silencieux
Timothy Archer
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$7,976
La sarabande des esprits fous
Timothy Archer
Painting - 160 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 63 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$8,322
La botaniste exaltée
Timothy Archer
Painting - 160 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 63 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$8,322
La grande métamorphose
Timothy Archer
Painting - 150 x 280 x 0.1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 110.2 x 0 inch
$10,403
Chimère à trois têtes
Timothy Archer
Painting - 160 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 63 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$8,322
L'après-midi d'un faune
Timothy Archer
Painting - 150 x 300 x 0.1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 118.1 x 0 inch
$17,916
Les veilleurs roses
Timothy Archer
Painting - 170 x 205 x 2 cm Painting - 66.9 x 80.7 x 0.8 inch
$17,916
Blue-jeans frog
Catherine Clare
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 18 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 7.1 x 0 inch
$520
The little diamond in a coal mine
Angelo Pioppo
Painting - 46 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$913
Sculpture Shetani
George Lilanga
Sculpture - 63 x 15 x 10 cm Sculpture - 24.8 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch
$2,890
Sculpture Shetani
George Lilanga
Sculpture - 65 x 15 x 10 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch
$1,734
Poire volante N°3 inspirée de Magritte
Catherine Clare
Design - 15 x 9 x 9 cm Design - 5.9 x 3.5 x 3.5 inch
$439
Poire volante N°2 inspirée de Magritte
Catherine Clare
Design - 15 x 9 x 9 cm Design - 5.9 x 3.5 x 3.5 inch
$439
Poire volante N°1, inspirée de Magritte
Catherine Clare
Design - 15 x 9 x 9 cm Design - 5.9 x 3.5 x 3.5 inch
$439
Encre #5
Timothy Archer
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$982
Le swing du saxophoniste
Odin Pigelet
Painting - 46 x 37 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 14.6 x 0 inch
$139
Ugly man
Odin Pigelet
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$104
La femme et l'enfant sur les racines de l'arbre
Amor de Agua
Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$925
He's got a dream too
Angelo Pioppo
Painting - 42 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.6 x 0 inch
$798
Une grande intelligence
Odin Pigelet
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$150
Choco l'homme des bois
Odin Pigelet
Painting - 90 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$433
Crazy
Odin Pigelet
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$208
The end
Odin Pigelet
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$289
Portrait souligné de mascara sur les yeux
Robert Combas
Painting - 138 x 96.5 x 3 cm Painting - 54.3 x 38 x 1.2 inch
$104,029