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

Les amis 2

Le petit vin blanc

Arlequine aux yeux bleus

Naiad with red peonies

Young woman at the urne

Le drap

Jazz au féminin

Il rêve d'une danseuse et ça l'énerve. Ya plein de trucs qui le piquent. La haine contre les tiques, les moustiques.

Quelque jours (femme)

Poisson à l'honneur

Le mec

DJ.L-Machine Extasy.Musik

Sea Wolf

Self-portrait as Jack Sparrow (Series Where does all this rum always disappear to?)

Without Fear and Reproach

Wewe mdogo nenda ukanunue maziwa soroni

Wakulima na mashamba

Mimi sikucheki wewe

L'affamé est l'amalgame

En avant toute pipe en avant

Face

Love

Denim

Crowned in Curiosity

Le mystérieux feu du renard roux

Plaisir à deux

Passionnément

Femme à la cigarette

Promenade

Le Sabat

Le sourire de Pan

Your love is better than any heaven

We Will

An Artist at Work (Self-portrait)

Keep Your Friends' Luck (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

The Brave Gascon (Based on A. Dumas's The Three Musketeers)

Good vibes

Feline

I'll always stand by your side

Woman with a red flower

Meditation

The more we share, the more we have

Bonding

Beauty moment

T'es triste? Arrête!

Nadia

J'y réfléchirai promis

Après ma cigarette c'est toi que je fume

Mon amour

Blue Chair !

Lecture

Regard sur l'univers

Femme à la moto

Druckchen

Mélodie

Plaisir musical

Le chat et sa maitresse

Musique en fête

Madame au piano

Plaisir

Je joue du piano debout

Irrésistible

Madame est servie

La rêveuse

Une histoire

La femme

Portrait of a Girl “Iiris”

Rêve de paix