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

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Mountains - steps to heaven

Telephone

Dream

Owl woman

Lamp woman

Bugs woman

Perséphone

Dream city

Boy Bee

Secret, Dream

Portrait

La laitière revisitée

Odalisque Hommage à Matisse

Profil d'un Toréro

Femme à l'éventail, jardin au bord du Nil

French School - Road Line III New York City oil Painting

Paris La défense

Le Cavalier Bleu

Le stratège

Queen Moth

Old Mirro

Portrait of Maria

The course is the same, The same path

Breathing in Perfumes and Mists

Self-portrait in Knight's Armor (based on the painting by Anthony van Dyck)

I Will Carry Out My Plan (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

Miracle Balm (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

The Secret of Porthos (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

I Rarely Laugh (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

Letter from the Queen (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

Paris is not paved with handkerchiefs (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

My Strength is in My Weakness (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

Ring of Athos (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

And Don't Forget the Pendants (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

Aramis's Golden Dreams (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

Cardinal's Money (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

You Made a Mistake (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

Maybe in the Future (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

Provincial Air (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

The Evening Ceases to Be Languid (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

In Anticipation (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

Soft spring

Waiting for calmness in the ocean waves

La prêtresse rouge

La danse d'un fou et d'un roi

Sans titre

Hécate

Le faune

Reine mère aux regrets

Les beaux sentiments

Buna

Kiss your Flower

Love is Love

Dance Dance Dance

La pointe du Gaou

Admission

King

6 (1)

Fonds marins

Vivaces, inspiré des Racines de Van Gogh

L'esprit farceur

7UP

Cactus in the sun

Portrait PS 93 Debbie Blondie XL - French school

Portrait PS223 Tsunami (Large) French School oil painting Basel