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

The warm glow of sunshine in the morning

Cherries, apples and flowers

Gorgeous cactus flowers

Inner strength

Interior with arums, inspired by Duffy.

Downtown N° 2

Downtown N°3

Downtown N°1

Lou

Young Ballerina

St Francis Giving his Mantle to a Poor Man

Sisters

Ukraine, l'Urne Funéraire

Dérèglements épisodiques #2

Disparitions/ Extinctions #1

Traverser les épreuves #7

Totem d'ubiquité

L'homme oiseau

Le satyre

In her eyes, a lifetime

Pré fleuri

Etoiles

Brillant

El Festejo

Warm hugs

There is nothing here

Au pays du soleil

La joie dans le coeur

Le fakir maladroit

Arya

Printemps

Madame Butterfly

Ballets blancs

Golfe du Tonkin

Valentin

Première leçon

Le passeur

Indiana

Made with louve loup enfants jumeaux mythologie

Andromaque ou l'abandon amer,

Rêve de famille, Bambi

La petite sirène

Le Mourillon La Source

Portrait VI

Portrait VII

Portrait III

Animal Cat L'oeil qui ne contemple NSWE

Tête de tigre #3

Parrot «Heart of the Tropics».

Peonies

Warm Evening with Tea

Evening tea

Lion

Peonies

Ballerina pointe shoes

Roses in flower

Roses bloom

Encre #2

Gris du gabon en discussion

Tête de tigre #5

Tête de tigre #4

Tete de tigre #2

Tête de tigre #1

Sans titre

Should we love again or not ?

An apple, for her life