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

Woman in a dreamy mood

Boy in the blue cap with sunglasses

My little sweet boy on the playground

Let's play tennis

Enjoying a carefree childhood

Woman in a red dress

Frida wearing a blue necklace and blue earrings

Woman in a red blouse

Pré fleuri

El Festejo

Encre #3

Mon grimoire de couleurs

L'Andalouse

Autoportrait

On se retrouve à la pause

La couleur préférée de Jordan-Emilien est turquoise et on s'en branle

Je te casse en deux, y'a quoi?

Claudy aimait pécher le mérou

Charles Auxences était Duc mais surtout un Trouduc

Trop de Get27 dans le sang

Les Dahlias

Printemps

Madame Butterfly

Ballets blancs

Golfe du Tonkin

Valentin

Première leçon

Sans Titre

Indiana

Peonies

Warm Evening with Tea

Evening tea

Portrait VI

Portrait VII

Lion

Peonies

Ballerina pointe shoes

Portrait III

An apple, for her life

Colorful summer

Twilight

Otara

Seahorse N°4

L'Homme Animal

Animal Cat L'oeil qui ne contemple NSWE

Au pays du soleil

La joie dans le coeur

Kraken poulpe pieuvre monde universe monstre red earth ecologie

Ordalie langue parole or communication

Le cri

Sans titre

Dance of trees

Floral inspiration

Trees of gratitude

Serenity in the mountains

Enjoying my summer morning

My lovely place to be

Red apples, red flowers and a cup of coffee

Summer peaches and one red apple

Le Mourillon La Source

It's time for football

Magic place from my childhood

My sweet summer Provence

Summer nature

Irises in bloom

The beauty of pink almond flowers in bloom