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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Sculpture, Rising Up, Menashe Kadishman

Menashe Kadishman

Sculpture . 40 x 24 x 12 cm Sculpture . 15.7 x 9.4 x 4.7 inch

€6,017

Painting, Sans Titre, Matthieu Dorval

Matthieu Dorval

Painting . 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting . 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Painting, View of Bass Rock, Mike Hall

Mike Hall

Painting . 37 x 30 x 1 cm Painting . 14.6 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

€956

Sculpture, Virgule, Daniel Jung

Daniel Jung

Sculpture . 30 x 35 x 25 cm Sculpture . 11.8 x 13.8 x 9.8 inch

€1,500

Painting, Wild West End, David Tycho

David Tycho

Painting . 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Painting, Untitled 81, Issa Halloum

Issa Halloum

Painting . 35 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,783

Painting, Spring begins, Nerza Villegas

Nerza Villegas

Painting . 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Fine Art Drawings, Evidence, Natalya Mougenot

Natalya Mougenot

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€280

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

€650

Painting, Untitled, Winifred Wilson

Winifred Wilson

Painting . 27.9 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Painting . 11 x 14 x 1 inch

€223

Painting, Philosophie, Sophie Dumont

Sophie Dumont

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

€1,800

Painting, Earth memory, Sophie Dumont

Sophie Dumont

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

€1,850

Painting, Ecru, Sophie Dumont

Sophie Dumont

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

€1,750

Painting, Champs, Sophie Dumont

Sophie Dumont

Painting . 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,080

Painting, Victoria, Gaëlle Wagner

Gaëlle Wagner

Painting . 40 x 40 x 4 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

€690

Painting, Brume matinale, Sophie Dumont

Sophie Dumont

Painting . 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Painting, Les mots bleus, Sophie Dumont

Sophie Dumont

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

€1,750

Painting, Grimoire, Sophie Dumont

Sophie Dumont

Painting . 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€850