Wags - Last Floor - The Red Hat Collection

Original work by Wags. In this composition bathed in warm, theatrical light, Wags captures a suspended moment between elegance and mystery. The feminine silhouette, captured at the threshold of an antique elevator, seems to belong to a story whose beginning or ending the spectator still does not know. The contrast between the precious woodwork, marbles, the vaporous dress, and the red hat creates a refined atmosphere where sensuality remains suggested rather than revealed. A painting that celebrates the beauty of light, silence, and the moments each person is free to imagine.

This work is part of The Red Hat Collection, a series of paintings where a mysterious silhouette wearing a red hat traverses the world’s most iconic places, leaving the viewer to imagine her story.

Title: Last Floor - The Red Hat Collection

Fine Art Print on 300g cotton paper

Dimensions: 70x50 cm

Signed and numbered by the artist

Edition 4/5

New artwork, stored flat

Delivered with a signed certificate of authenticity

All works are protected with kraft paper and shipped in extremely sturdy tubes. Shipped with insurance and tracking number.

Tags: Oil painting, oil on canvas, realistic painting, contemporary realism, figurative painting, elegant woman, bare back, glamour, sensuality, luxury hotel, antique elevator, palace, Old Hollywood, golden light, cinematic atmosphere, mystery, luxury, interior decoration, contemporary art

Biography:

Wags, born in Paris in 1970, embodies the path of a polymath artist whose creativity has unfolded from electronic music to contemporary graphic art. Coming from a family where art was already present thanks to his father, a draftsman, Wags discovers at a very young age his first passion, musical creation. This passion guides him in his youth, and his early talents lead him to take a bold decision: to invest the money intended to fund his higher education to invest it in creating his first album.

Distributed by EMI, the album did not meet the expected success, but it marked the beginning of an artistic career rich in experimentation.

Alongside his musical career, Wags entered the advertising world as a designer/writer for the iconic Playboy magazine. For many years, he put creativity at the service of the publication by creating and producing the magazine’s advertising campaigns.

The turning point in his career came in 2005 when he became a cameraman, thus exploring a new facet of the visual world. In 2007, he discovered a passion for photography, adding yet another artistic string to his bow. In 2010, he successfully founded his own photo agency, highlighting his entrepreneurial spirit.

In 2017, Wags made a radical choice to sell his agency to fully embrace graphic art, influenced by his son, who had become a major figure in global street art. A pioneer of computer-assisted art creation, Wags stands out with more than 3,000 works sold in galleries and online to date.

Wanting to explore new artistic universes, Wags is none other than Kobalt who signs under this pseudonym so as not to interfere with his usual work.

This contemporary figurative painting draws inspiration from classical realism and a modern glamorous aesthetic. Collectors who appreciate the light of Joaquín Sorolla, the mastery of Anders Zorn, the elegance of John Singer Sargent, as well as the worlds of Richard S. Johnson, Pino Daeni, Jack Vettriano, Fabian Perez, and Jeremy Lipking will find in this work an atmosphere and a treatment of light that are familiar to them.

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