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Poetic Landscapes

A long tradition in European painting, poetic landscapes as a genre can be perceived as complex. Often credited with elevating the status of watercolor paintings, the poetic landscape presents the viewer with an imaginary setting. In one sense, the artist is given free rein to depict mythical fantasy upon the geography of the landscape— slotting Roman architecture ruins amongst mountain landscapes where there weren't any, for instance. By idealizing and tweaking the subject, artists like Richard Wilson redesigned buildings and exaggerated geographic features to counter the more banal topographical records of the landscape. 

As noted by author W.G. Leszl, this genre is based on the idea from the aesthetic theory in the Poetics of Aristotle in that the actual is imperfect whilst the idealized (because it embodies harmonious proportions and can be used to express elevated moral ideas) is the proper subject of art. Today, as the relationship between the landscape and those that inhabit it becomes more and more strained, artists such as Salvatore Mangione (Salvo) and Nick Vivian depict the landscape in its most simplistic form – to remind us of the source for our existence.

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Painting, Guidel, Franck Dupire

Guidel

Franck Dupire

Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Rue des Gras, Rob Buntin

Rue des Gras

Rob Buntin

Painting - 91 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 35.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Burgundy Ride, Rob Buntin

Burgundy Ride

Rob Buntin

Painting - 50 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

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Painting, Buoy 835, Rob Buntin

Buoy 835

Rob Buntin

Painting - 122 x 122 x 4 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.6 inch

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Painting, Brown Street, Rob Buntin

Brown Street

Rob Buntin

Painting - 92 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 36.2 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

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Painting, Vast sea, Elena Lukina

Vast sea

Elena Lukina

Painting - 50 x 70.1 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Montagne, Walter Krebs

Montagne

Walter Krebs

Painting - 83 x 69 x 0.3 cm Painting - 32.7 x 27.2 x 0.1 inch

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Painting, The Haven, Gill Bustamante

The Haven

Gill Bustamante

Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.5 inch

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Fine Art Drawings, Marsh, Jean-Raymond Delpech

Marsh

Jean-Raymond Delpech

Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 16.2 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 6.4 x 0.1 inch

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Fine Art Drawings, Landscape, Jean-Raymond Delpech

Landscape

Jean-Raymond Delpech

Fine Art Drawings - 26.3 x 22.2 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.4 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch

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Painting, Lion, Leon Devenice

Lion

Leon Devenice

Painting - 101.6 x 127 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 50 x 1 inch

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Painting, Wave 02, Garry Arzumanyan

Wave 02

Garry Arzumanyan

Painting - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

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