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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Crowned in Curiosity
Armen Vahramyan
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
Le mystérieux feu du renard roux
Catherine Clare
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$775
Cyanotypie Herbier sous marin N°1
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 100 x 148 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 58.3 x 0.6 inch
$1,526
Quelque jours (homme)
Robert Combas
Painting - 97 x 35 x 7.6 cm Painting - 38.2 x 13.8 x 3 inch
$41,724
Plaisir à deux
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$453
Passionnément
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$453
Femme à la cigarette
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 29 x 23 x 1 cm Painting - 11.4 x 9.1 x 0.4 inch
$393
Le marcheur lourd avance pas à pas au milieu du chaos. Danger coups de couteau.
Robert Combas
Painting - 35.5 x 28.3 x 4 cm Painting - 14 x 11.1 x 1.6 inch
$19,074
Une vue superbe
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 60 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$584
Your love is better than any heaven
Julia Ruf
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$775
An Artist at Work (Self-portrait)
Bulat Valeriy
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$715
Keep Your Friends' Luck (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)
Bulat Valeriy
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$715
The Brave Gascon (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)
Bulat Valeriy
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$715
Geometrical shapes XII
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 30.5 x 14.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12 x 5.7 x 0 inch
$417
Dive into painting - Letters N°2
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 22.9 x 9.8 x 0.1 cm Painting - 9 x 3.9 x 0 inch
$298
Dive into painting - Letters N°1
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 22.9 x 9.8 x 0.1 cm Painting - 9 x 3.9 x 0 inch
$298
Des nouvelles d'Eéa
Timothy Archer
Painting - 210 x 300 x 5 cm Painting - 82.7 x 118.1 x 2 inch
$23,246
Ecorces de platane
Catherine Clare
Painting - 130 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,265
Color contact N°3
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 60 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$536
Landscape mountain N°1
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 5 x 8.2 x 0.3 cm Painting - 2 x 3.2 x 0.1 inch
$215
L i n e s - Ink Lagoon
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 21.3 x 25.2 x 0.1 cm Painting - 8.4 x 9.9 x 0 inch
$417
Pêcherie aux arbres
Pierrick Tual
Painting - 46 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,788
I'll always stand by your side
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
$691
Woman with a red flower
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$775
The more we share, the more we have
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 27 x 35 x 1.5 cm Painting - 10.6 x 13.8 x 0.6 inch
$691
Still life with an orange tablecloth
Catherine Clare
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$894
Après ma cigarette c'est toi que je fume
G. Carta
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$715
Pianiste au collier de perles
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$453
Blue Chair !
Robert Combas
Painting - 49 x 32 x 2 cm Painting - 19.3 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch
$41,724 $38,386
Regard sur l'univers
Irene Mahon
Painting - 60 x 60 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch
$668 $601
Femme à la moto
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
$453
Infini - huit - cycle vie - harmonie
Adélaïde Leferme
Painting - 120 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,623
Tree of life - Gold - Cercle
Adélaïde Leferme
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,729
Diptyque Iris au jardin
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 20 x 29.8 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.7 x 0.4 inch
$536
Plaisir musical
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$453