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, Red bloom, Natalya Mougenot

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

CHF 680

Painting, Clouds, Alexander Shandor

Alexander Shandor

Painting . 25 x 40 x 0.2 cm Painting . 9.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

CHF 534

Painting, Ostriky, Alexander Shandor

Alexander Shandor

Painting . 29 x 47.5 x 0.3 cm Painting . 11.4 x 18.7 x 0.1 inch

CHF 623

Painting, Sea walk, Natalya Mougenot

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

CHF 437

Painting, True self, Natalya Mougenot

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

CHF 583

Painting, True core, Natalya Mougenot

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

CHF 583

Painting, Silence, Alexander Shandor

Alexander Shandor

Painting . 20 x 47 x 0.2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 18.5 x 0.1 inch

CHF 534

Painting, Trees, Alexander Shandor

Alexander Shandor

Painting . 32 x 34 x 0.3 cm Painting . 12.6 x 13.4 x 0.1 inch

CHF 712

Painting, Etude 59, Alexander Shandor

Alexander Shandor

Painting . 20 x 25 x 0.3 cm Painting . 7.9 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch

CHF 534

Painting, Etude 83, Alexander Shandor

Alexander Shandor

Painting . 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting . 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

CHF 623

Painting, Etude 120, Alexander Shandor

Alexander Shandor

Painting . 26 x 26 x 0.3 cm Painting . 10.2 x 10.2 x 0.1 inch

CHF 712

Painting, Between us, Natalya Mougenot

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

CHF 437

Painting, Inner calm, Natalya Mougenot

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch

CHF 437

Painting, In bloom, Natalya Mougenot

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch

CHF 437

Painting, Inner being, Natalya Mougenot

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch

CHF 437

Painting, River, Alexander Shandor

Alexander Shandor

Painting . 20 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

CHF 267

Painting, Dandelion, Alexander Shandor

Alexander Shandor

Painting . 40 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

CHF 712

Painting, Contourage, Alexander Shandor

Alexander Shandor

Painting . 35 x 45 x 0.2 cm Painting . 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch

CHF 534

Painting, Tempête, Marie Line Robert

Marie Line Robert

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

CHF 146

Painting, Red Sky, Tigran Mamikonyan

Tigran Mamikonyan

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

CHF 712