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

Blue signs

Paysage d'encre N°5

Blue fresh

Geometrical shapes X

Landscape swatch N°3

Pink Pines - Loving trees N°5 Part 3

Cartographie P.oceanica

Encrage n°1

Paysages d'encre N°1

Petit Lacanau 2

Landscape swatch N°2

La vague

La fontaine des Girondins

Geometrical shapes VII

Ecume N°2

Spring on the horizon

Reclamo a azul

Reclamo a marillo

Le sourire de Pan

Ecorces de platane

Promenade au bord de l'eau

Man with a bow

Village ensoleillé

Lecture

Rivage ensoleillé

Mouillage au sud

Entre les vagues

Bleu Orange et Citron

Anémones

Venetian Blinds

Le cri

Woman portrait - Garden of Her Heart

Mélodie

Plaisir musical

Des nouvelles d'Eéa

Pasion flower

The Lost Words

Cloud

Les amis 2

Le chat et sa maitresse

Musique en fête

Queue

Madame au piano

Plaisir

Je joue du piano debout

Irrésistible

Madame est servie

La rêveuse

Lady and Triangles

Une histoire

La femme

Promenade Azuréenne

Despair - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Floral, Men Love, Dotted Green

The Mosaic of Colors

Whirlwind of summer flowers

Canvas 146

Canvas 138

Canvas 131

Canvas 145

Canvas 147

Canvas 144

Canvas 142

Canvas 1

Canvas 2

Canvas 139

Canvas 135