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, Sans titre, Matthieu Dorval

Matthieu Dorval

Painting . 32 x 42 x 1 cm Painting . 12.6 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch

CHF 1,457

Painting, Sans titre, Matthieu Dorval

Matthieu Dorval

Painting . 35 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

CHF 1,749

Painting, Dingle, Matthieu Dorval

Matthieu Dorval

Painting . 46 x 61 x 1 cm Painting . 18.1 x 24 x 0.4 inch

CHF 2,137

Painting, Paris de nuit, Phil

Phil

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

CHF 826

Painting, Plongeon 21, Elise Barat

Elise Barat

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

CHF 1,166

Painting, S1E3, Anne-Marie Mary

Anne-Marie Mary

Painting . 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

CHF 1,117

Photography, Haiti (2), José Nicolas

José Nicolas

Photography . 127 x 190.5 cm Photography . 50 x 75 inch

CHF 1,457

Painting, Exil, Nicolas Ruelle

Nicolas Ruelle

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

CHF 972

Painting, Le voyage rouge, Eric Munsch

Eric Munsch

Painting . 50 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting . 19.7 x 39.4 x 1 inch

CHF 1,545

Painting, Warm Day, Alexander Shandor

Alexander Shandor

Painting . 35 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting . 13.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

CHF 445

Painting, Coldly, Alexander Shandor

Alexander Shandor

Painting . 19 x 24 x 0.3 cm Painting . 7.5 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch

CHF 445

Painting, Instant, Alexander Shandor

Alexander Shandor

Painting . 17 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting . 6.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

CHF 445

Fine Art Drawings, Sedona Cathedral, Daniel Clarke

Daniel Clarke

Fine Art Drawings . 61 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 24 x 18 x 0.1 inch

CHF 263

Painting, Montefeltro I, Karin Goeppert

Karin Goeppert

Painting . 40.1 x 40.1 x 3 cm Painting . 15.8 x 15.8 x 1.2 inch

CHF 427

Photography, Tropics, Rodrigo

Rodrigo

Photography . 35.6 x 23.4 x 0.1 cm Photography . 14 x 9.2 x 0 inch

CHF 1,700

Painting, Reflection, Borko Petrovic

Borko Petrovic

Painting . 80 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

CHF 1,554

Painting, Etude 8, Alexander Shandor

Alexander Shandor

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

CHF 445

Painting, Backwater, Alexander Shandor

Alexander Shandor

Painting . 34 x 39 x 0.2 cm Painting . 13.4 x 15.4 x 0.1 inch

CHF 445

Painting, Summer garden, Yehor Dulin

Yehor Dulin

Painting . 100 x 140 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

CHF 4,627