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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Painting, Imagine, Rico Sab

Rico Sab

Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch

€320

Painting, Simpler days II, Rico Sab

Rico Sab

Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch

€320

Painting, Support, Inna Sych

Inna Sych

Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€900

Painting, Pray for Ukraine, Inna Sych

Inna Sych

Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Painting, Reminder, Inna Sych

Inna Sych

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,000

Print, Les muses, Catherine Clare

Catherine Clare

Print - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

€1,080

Painting, Exaltation, Irene Mahon

Irene Mahon

Painting - 80 x 105 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 41.3 x 1.2 inch

€980 €882

Painting, Entre deux mondes, Irene Mahon

Irene Mahon

Painting - 140 x 158 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 62.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,100 €1,890

Painting, Carnaval, Irene Mahon

Irene Mahon

Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch

€950 €855

Painting, Persée, Adélaïde Leferme

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting - 115 x 89 x 3.5 cm Painting - 45.3 x 35 x 1.4 inch

€800

Painting, Minuit, Julien Calot

Julien Calot

Painting - 162 x 130 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 inch

€9,800

Painting, Sable, Irene Mahon

Irene Mahon

Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€470 €423

Painting, Pez, Cacou

Pez

Cacou

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€850

Painting, Silent Disco, Cacou

Cacou

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€850

Painting, Le parfum, Cacou

Cacou

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€850

Painting, Meditation, Natalya Mougenot

Natalya Mougenot

Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

€580

Painting, Venus, Natalya Mougenot

Natalya Mougenot

Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€580

Painting, Red, Iglesias15680

Red

Iglesias15680

Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€1,300

Painting, Pink, Iglesias15680

Iglesias15680

Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

€1,300

Painting, L'oiseau bleu, Julien Calot

Julien Calot

Painting - 148 x 114 x 5 cm Painting - 58.3 x 44.9 x 2 inch

€8,200

Painting, Portrait, Gago Chtchyan

Gago Chtchyan

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€890

Painting, Frida Kahlo, Julia Ruf

Julia Ruf

Painting - 75 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€750

Photography, Les Moais, Aurélie Trabaud

Aurélie Trabaud

Photography - 29.3 x 21 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.5 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€210

Painting, Hécate, Timothy Archer

Timothy Archer

Painting - 65 x 50 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 inch

€3,500

Painting, Le faune, Timothy Archer

Timothy Archer

Painting - 65 x 50 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 inch

€3,500

Painting, Mademoiselle Pop, Cacou

Cacou

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€850

Painting, Famille, Max Rovira

Max Rovira

Painting - 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch

€3,900

Painting, Famille de coeur, Max Rovira

Max Rovira

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch

€3,900

Painting, Hot trip, Ia Liparteliani

Ia Liparteliani

Painting - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€800

Painting, My Angel, Ia Liparteliani

Ia Liparteliani

Painting - 53 x 53 x 3 cm Painting - 20.9 x 20.9 x 1.2 inch

€800

Painting, Face, Iglesias15680

Iglesias15680

Painting - 47 x 37 x 2.5 cm Painting - 18.5 x 14.6 x 1 inch

€800

Painting, Love, Iglesias15680

Iglesias15680

Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€800

Painting, Denim, Iglesias15680

Iglesias15680

Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€800

Painting, Mon amour, Cacou

Cacou

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€550

Painting, Kiss me, Cacou

Cacou

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€550

Painting, Rencontre, Irene Mahon

Irene Mahon

Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€520 €468