Poetic Landscapes

A long tradition in European painting, poetic landscapes as a genre can be perceived as complex. Often credited with elevating the status of watercolor paintings, the poetic landscape presents the viewer with an imaginary setting. In one sense, the artist is given free rein to depict mythical fantasy upon the geography of the landscape— slotting Roman architecture ruins amongst mountain landscapes where there weren't any, for instance. By idealizing and tweaking the subject, artists like Richard Wilson redesigned buildings and exaggerated geographic features to counter the more banal topographical records of the landscape. 

As noted by author W.G. Leszl, this genre is based on the idea from the aesthetic theory in the Poetics of Aristotle in that the actual is imperfect whilst the idealized (because it embodies harmonious proportions and can be used to express elevated moral ideas) is the proper subject of art. Today, as the relationship between the landscape and those that inhabit it becomes more and more strained, artists such as Salvatore Mangione (Salvo) and Nick Vivian depict the landscape in its most simplistic form – to remind us of the source for our existence.

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Painting, Magic River, Elena Lukina

Magic River

Elena Lukina

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

€1,700

Painting, Ligo, Elena Lukina

Ligo

Elena Lukina

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

€2,500

Painting, 60.60, Michel Rauscher

60.60

Michel Rauscher

Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

Painting, Le jardin, Patrick Marie

Le jardin

Patrick Marie

Painting - 50 x 65 x 6 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 2.4 inch

€1,600

Painting, My Galaxy, Elena Lukina

My Galaxy

Elena Lukina

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

€1,690

Painting, Seaside Play, Elena Lukina

Seaside Play

Elena Lukina

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

€1,350

Painting, Gentle roses, Elena Lukina

Gentle roses

Elena Lukina

Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,450

Painting, Pomegranate, Elena Lukina

Pomegranate

Elena Lukina

Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€920

Painting, Sea element, Elena Lukina

Sea element

Elena Lukina

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

€1,670

Painting, Coast, Elena Lukina

Coast

Elena Lukina

Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,100

Painting, Roses, Elena Lukina

Roses

Elena Lukina

Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,290

Painting, Early spring, Elena Lukina

Early spring

Elena Lukina

Painting - 40 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Painting, Snow peaks, Elena Lukina

Snow peaks

Elena Lukina

Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,150

Painting, Sunflower, Elena Lukina

Sunflower

Elena Lukina

Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,350

Painting, Spring pond, Elena Lukina

Spring pond

Elena Lukina

Painting - 55 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,090

Painting, Pond, Elena Lukina

Pond

Elena Lukina

Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€970

Painting, Snow alley, Elena Lukina

Snow alley

Elena Lukina

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

€1,680

Painting, Hot Evening, Vik Schroeder

Hot Evening

Vik Schroeder

Painting - 41 x 51 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 20.1 x 0.8 inch

€2,500