Abstract Landscape

Camille Pissarro's landscape entitled Orchards in Bloom, Louveciennes (1872) was one of the first Impressionist paintings to be displayed. The use of buildings and trees to frame paintings and the ability to capture light or fleeting cloud shadows on a hillside changed the art world forever. Can we see what the artist saw? By forgoing absolute realism, but still creating landscapes that were recognizable, the Impressionists opened the floodgates for color and shape to become the focus. By the 20th century, abstract art strived to not depict any 'likeness' to reality at all. But what if there is a middle ground, a shift away from realism in order to capture life and light in the moment but not abstract enough that color and shape denies the viewer anything recognizable – like semi-abstract landscape art? Like abstract figurative art, this movement can fall on the spectrum between realism and complete abstraction and in our selection of works, artists like Liliane Paumier paint “life itself", depicting harmony in their use of color when rendering rural motifs. Suiting vast compositions, semi-abstract landscape art can broaden the frame of the artist and allow them to take a snapshot of what the eye can't see…yet still recognizes – you only have to tumble into the abyss of artists like Christelle Desangles to find out…

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Painting, Sea Wall Medway, Terry Watts

Terry Watts

Painting . 44 x 63 x 1 cm Painting . 17.3 x 24.8 x 0.4 inch

£1,717

Painting, A2026-4, Anne-Marie Mary

Anne-Marie Mary

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

£928

Painting, Gray Leaves, Monset Virgili

Monset Virgili

Painting . 100 x 180 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 70.9 x 1.2 inch

£707

Painting, Nocturne, Nicolas Ruelle

Nicolas Ruelle

Painting . 50 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 28.7 x 1 inch

£442

Painting, coquelicots, Louis Magre

Louis Magre

Painting . 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch

£4,066

Painting, Paradise color, Eric Munsch

Eric Munsch

Painting . 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch

£1,458

Painting, Reflets 2, Daniel Jung

Daniel Jung

Painting . 100 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch

£1,193

Painting, New Orleans, Yann Letestu

Yann Letestu

Painting . 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

£1,768

Painting, Ocean, Ad Van Riel

Ad Van Riel

Painting . 100 x 100 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

£4,331

Painting, Cathedral, Dean Monogenis

Dean Monogenis

Painting . 114.3 x 152.4 x 5 cm Painting . 45 x 60 x 2 inch

£17,002

Painting, Den Bosch, Alex Claude

Alex Claude

Painting . 60 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

£1,061

Painting, Bleue regate, Louis Magre

Louis Magre

Painting . 73 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

£2,227

Painting, Marea, Felenzi

Felenzi

Painting . 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

£2,298

Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Ernest Salvadó

Ernest Salvadó

Fine Art Drawings . 80 x 55 cm Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 21.7 inch

£491

Painting, Woven Sunset, Nadin Antoniuk

Nadin Antoniuk

Painting . 100 x 200 x 0.3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.1 inch

£2,475

Painting, Le Voyage, Eric Munsch

Eric Munsch

Painting . 60 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1 inch

£875

Painting, Pousse-Moi, Antoine Josse

Antoine Josse

Painting . 99.8 x 99.8 x 5.1 cm Painting . 39.3 x 39.3 x 2 inch

£2,914

Painting, Horizon, Marie Line Robert

Marie Line Robert

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

£424

Painting, A2026-2, Anne-Marie Mary

Anne-Marie Mary

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

£742

Painting, Murmuration II, Flora B

Flora B

Painting . 60 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

£783

Painting, Gris 3, Caroline Leca

Caroline Leca

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2.3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch

£884