
Blue comme j'aime
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 162 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 63.8 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,616
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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Painting - 162 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 63.8 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,616
Painting - 108 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 42.5 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$4,095
Painting - 98 x 56 x 3 cm Painting - 38.6 x 22 x 1.2 inch
$3,744
Painting - 99 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 39 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$4,095
Painting - 99 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 39 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$4,095
Painting - 99 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 39 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$4,095
Painting - 99 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 39 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$4,095
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,393
Painting - 130 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$3,744
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 60 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$994
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,223
Painting - 40 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,755
Print - 50 x 40 cm Print - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
$1,977
Print - 60 x 43 x 0.2 cm Print - 23.6 x 16.9 x 0.1 inch
$2,223
Painting - 65 x 55 x 1.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,287
Painting - 120 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$4,563
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$918
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$778
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$760
Painting - 78 x 48 x 6 cm Painting - 30.7 x 18.9 x 2.4 inch
$2,925
Painting - 50 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$29,250
Print - 38.7 x 57 x 1 cm Print - 15.2 x 22.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,053
Print - 50 x 40 cm Print - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
$2,691
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,161
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.7 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch
$936
Painting - 30 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,053
Painting - 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,521
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,785
Painting - 80 x 53 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 20.9 x 1.6 inch
$2,925
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$363
Painting - 150 x 101 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.8 inch
$105,299
Design - 30 x 9 x 8.5 cm Design - 11.8 x 3.5 x 3.3 inch
$643
Painting - 32 x 21 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12.6 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$913
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,393
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,223
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$714
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
$585
Painting - 21.1 x 30.6 x 0.1 cm Painting - 8.3 x 12 x 0 inch
$462
Painting - 98 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 38.6 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,404
Painting - 98 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 38.6 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,404
Painting - 100 x 73 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,111
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 1 inch
$60,840
Painting - 114 x 146 x 2.5 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 1 inch
$1,755
Painting - 89 x 115 x 4 cm Painting - 35 x 45.3 x 1.6 inch
$1,579
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,785
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,925
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,790
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,223
Print - 55 x 50 x 2 cm Print - 21.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,808
Painting - 106 x 76 x 0.2 cm Painting - 41.7 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch
$43,875
Painting - 97 x 34.5 x 7.6 cm Painting - 38.2 x 13.6 x 3 inch
$40,950
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 31 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 12.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,053
Painting - 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,111
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,350
Painting - 35.5 x 28.3 x 4 cm Painting - 14 x 11.1 x 1.6 inch
$18,720
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