The leader of "La Figuration Libre" is known for his spontaneous approach to paintings, illustrated humanity, war, religions, mythology, music and other cross boundaries multi-cultures genres through saturated canvases. With the black outline setting against vivid colors, the subject stands out with intense visual impact, sometimes it is a little horrendous, sometimes it is filled with humor; without any bias while embracing multicultures makes up the uniqueness of his works.

Robert Combas was born in Lyon, France. Combas was the leader of "La Figuration Libre" movement of the 80s in France, and is regarded as one of the most prolific artists of today. Combas is a multi-talented artist in painting, sculpting, poetry, and music. The amount of energy and passion Combas has for arts is just the same as for guitar, as he once said that "mine painting is rock (Ma peinture c'est du rock)". It is easy to see that he would excel in them as both activities allow him to express his imaginations wildly and spontaneously. For Combas who turned the age of sixty, there're mere traces on the appearances, and his avant-garde minds with unconventional styling reveals the mischievous and energetic side of him. Combas is continuously evolving and in search of new inspirations, as a result, his creations are rich and innovative.

Ever since the term of "Art Brut'' was invented by Jean Dubuffet in the 1960s, to the birth of "La Figuration Libre" of the 1980s, we have been through the rise of rock-androll, graffiti, freedom of speech, as people seek for freedom of expressions as their core values. The result of this social phenomenon gave birth to the rise of "La Figuration Libre''. Combas draws inspiration from his surroundings, and often depicts various kinds of people as his centre theme; he uses bold black contour lines and protruding eyes to depict the world he sees. The studio of Combas was situated at Barbés near the Gare du Nord of Paris, an area that is surrounded with multi-cultures and ethnicity groups; whether it be the brightly-colou red African clothing, 1 exaggerated Japanese comics, or Buddhist influences and Muslim beliefs, they all turned into the resourceful inspirations base for Combas. Some of his works are filled with colorful yet violent scenes, sometimes it possesses a humorous look as a mockery of the society, whichever it may be, they all send the same message, which is how diverse each and every one of us is.

Combas had his first solo exhibition when he was only 23, and held a major retrospective at the age of 27, the realization of his style got more sophisticated during 1984-1988, in which the canvases are completely filled with colors leaving no space at all. In a way it is saying that each and every corner of the society needs someone to care for, and each and every layer is interr elated. Following the black bold contour lines on top of saturated strong colors, his style is absolutely uninhibited, meanwhile it gives the viewers a very powerful visual sensation. His works was chosen to be shown at the 2018 March exhibition "L'époque, la mode, la morale, la passion - Aspects de l'art d'aujourd'hui 1977-1987" at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Not long before he met his muse, Geneviève Boteilla the very same year, who continued to be his model and partner.

The main reason to the growing popularity of Combas' works is because he's able to speak the language of the world, across boundaries through his works. Combas composes his work by integrating humanity, historical war, religions, mythology and music spontaneously and simultaneously, and finally forming the love-hate relationship of art. Major museums such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Cartier Foundation in Paris, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and Yung Tu Museum of Art in Tainan all have works of Combas in their collection.