Contemporary Urban Landscapes

An urban landscape revolves around the energy of the city, its individual houses, squares and vehicle-lined streets… The contemporary urban landscape artist uses color and light to highlight an ever-changing setting. The origins of this movement arguably lie in the Middle Ages with architecture used as a backdrop in paintings but by the 17th century, it  became popular among Dutch painters. The likes of Hayden, Goyen, Reisdahl and of course Vermeer, depicted everyday life framed by the urban landscape. It is through such artists that the viewer can be aided in imagining a cityscape prior to electricity and mass-industrialization. 

Today artists such as Raluca Vulcan and Jerome Bauduin now capture a cityscape belonging not just to them but to everyone in it. Bauduin is a true poet of urban nights, showing bright neon-lit halos and liquid colors as he attempts to capture our feeling about the city. Simultaneously, Vulcan has also been dealing with contemporary urban landscapes, scenes of life, in a colorful, luminous and intense vision. In what can be perceived as a complex subject matter, the artists of urban landscape are archivists for a record of human interaction with its environment and they construct and inhabit the color and light filled spaces within it…

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Painting, Sans titre, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

$2,912

Painting, En route, Rudyard Heaton

Rudyard Heaton

Painting - 60 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 1 inch

$910

Painting, Montañas, Charo Velasco

Charo Velasco

Painting - 70 x 90 x 5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 2 inch

$910 $774

Painting, London, Veronika Benoni

Veronika Benoni

Painting - 120 x 62 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 24.4 x 0.8 inch

$2,669

Fine Art Drawings, Bidonville, Frank De Blok

Frank De Blok

Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch

$146

Fine Art Drawings, Au bal costumé, Mario Avati

Mario Avati

Fine Art Drawings - 54 x 44.2 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.3 x 17.4 x 0 inch

$3,640

Painting, Cab 733, Marc Taraskoff

Marc Taraskoff

Painting - 130 x 98 x 1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.6 x 0.4 inch

$10,314

Painting, Intervention, Dyala Khodary

Dyala Khodary

Painting - 36 x 32 x 2 cm Painting - 14.2 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch

$900

Print, Venice, Veronika Benoni

Veronika Benoni

Print - 32 x 62 x 2 cm Print - 12.6 x 24.4 x 0.8 inch

$595

Fine Art Drawings, Study 6, Dyala Khodary

Dyala Khodary

Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 15.7 inch

$300

Painting, Le départ, Fred Boutet

Fred Boutet

Painting - 40 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

$910

Painting, Sans titre, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 120 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

$2,245

Painting, Sans titre, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 90 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

$1,456

Painting, Sans titre, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 90 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

$1,456

Painting, Sans titre, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

$4,247

Painting, Sans titre, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

$4,247

Painting, Sans titre, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 80 x 160 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 63 x 1.6 inch

$5,460

Painting, Sans titre, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 90 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

$1,456

Painting, Régate V.518, Fred Boutet

Fred Boutet

Painting - 50 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

$789

Painting, Horizon, Fred Boutet

Fred Boutet

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

$789

Painting, City 1, Fred Boutet

Fred Boutet

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

$1,031

Painting, City C, Fred Boutet

Fred Boutet

Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

$1,456

Painting, Sans titre, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

$4,247

Painting, Sans titre, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

$4,247

Painting, Sans titre, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

$4,247

Painting, Sans titre, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 40 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

$2,245

Painting, Sans titre, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 40 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

$2,245

Painting, Régate bleue, Fred Boutet

Fred Boutet

Painting - 40 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

$910

Painting, Sans titre, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

$2,912