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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Fine Art Drawings, Jeux d'ombre, Agnès Tiollier

Agnès Tiollier

Fine Art Drawings . 100 x 70 x 0.25 cm Fine Art Drawings . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

CHF 1,262

Painting, Lorry Station, Ablade Glover

Ablade Glover

Painting . 101.6 x 154.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 40 x 61 x 2 inch

CHF 24,892

Painting, Mer d'huile, Bridg'

Bridg'

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

CHF 670

Photography, Dunk, Rodrigo

Rodrigo

Photography . 23.1 x 35.6 x 0.1 cm Photography . 9.1 x 14 x 0 inch

CHF 2,911 CHF 2,329

Photography, Early Moon, Heike Bohnstengel

Heike Bohnstengel

Photography . 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch

CHF 553

Photography, Silent Movie I, Laurence Winram

Laurence Winram

Photography . 84.1 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography . 33.1 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch

CHF 566

Photography, Himmel #3, Serge Hamad

Serge Hamad

Photography . 101.6 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography . 40 x 30 x 0.1 inch

CHF 1,600

Photography, Smiles, Guilhem Ribart

Guilhem Ribart

Photography . 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography . 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

CHF 971

Photography, NL #34, Charles Weber

Charles Weber

Photography . 70 x 70 cm Photography . 27.6 x 27.6 inch

CHF 2,524

Painting, Radiant Being, Natalya Mougenot

Natalya Mougenot

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

CHF 340 CHF 306

Painting, Flurry Times, Karin Goeppert

Karin Goeppert

Painting . 80 x 80 x 1.8 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.7 inch

CHF 711

Painting, Flux, Juliette June

Juliette June

Painting . 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting . 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

CHF 1,165

Painting, QCAC 4, Caroline Leca

Caroline Leca

Painting . 65 x 54 x 3 cm Painting . 25.6 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch

CHF 388

Painting, Eruption, Khadija El Haouchi

Khadija El Haouchi

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

CHF 631

Photography, Serpentage, Guilhem Ribart

Guilhem Ribart

Photography . 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

CHF 1,941

Painting, Wanaka, Juliette June

Juliette June

Painting . 97 x 130 x 4 cm Painting . 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch

CHF 2,621

Painting, N80, Anne-Marie Mary

N80

Anne-Marie Mary

Painting . 33 x 22 x 2.5 cm Painting . 13 x 8.7 x 1 inch

CHF 291

Photography, Icon, Laurence Winram

Laurence Winram

Photography . 84.1 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm Photography . 33.1 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch

CHF 566

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