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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Diptych Silent night, holy night
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£700
Intermezzo 4.
Bernadette Van Baarsen
Painting - 20 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
£700
Le chaos climatique
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
£3,454
Watkins Glen State Park in New York City. Impasto impressionism painting.
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£875
Série : Les monts Taihang - Tableau No 9
Zhen Hao He
Painting - 60 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 2 inch
£1,935
Série : Les monts Taihang - Tableau No 6
Zhen Hao He
Painting - 60 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 2 inch
£2,089
Série : Les monts Taihang - Tableau No 5
Zhen Hao He
Painting - 60 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 2 inch
£2,089
Le printemps, lithographie originale avec un passage au carborundum
Claude Gaveau
Print - 57 x 71 x 0.05 cm Print - 22.4 x 28 x 0 inch
£429
Le couple transportant du bois sec
Edivaldo Barbosa
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£2,449
Le massacre des innocents
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£1,399
On the Bow Bridge at Central Park
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.9 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.75 inch
£1,152
Les maisons vertes
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
£700
Le transport de noix de coco
Edivaldo Barbosa
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
£2,799
La vallée des couleurs
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
£1,137
Covid party in Times Square
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
£1,889
Randonnée nordique
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 30 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
£787
Scarlet breath of the autumn
Ulyana Korol
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£2,624
La favorite, Paris
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 0.75 inch
£1,843
London, Evening Promise
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.75 inch
£1,920
l'Ile Rousse, lithographie originale
Claude Gaveau
Print - 73 x 55 x 0.3 cm Print - 28.7 x 21.7 x 0.1 inch
£332
Genets sauvages, lithographie originale
Claude Gaveau
Print - 56 x 72.5 x 0.3 cm Print - 22 x 28.5 x 0.1 inch
£332
La ronde aquatique
Laurelle Bessé
Sculpture - 41 x 31 x 12 cm Sculpture - 16.1 x 12.2 x 4.7 inch
£656
Moonrise with French Pines
Rob Buntin
Painting - 81 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 31.9 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
£3,061
L'océan au fond du jardin
Laurelle Bessé
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
£656
Série : Le soir - 16ème tableau
Zhen Hao He
Painting - 40 x 50 x 5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 2 inch
£1,968
Série : Le soir - 13ème tableau
Zhen Hao He
Painting - 40 x 50 x 5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 2 inch
£1,784
Série : Les arbres - 3ème tableau
Zhen Hao He
Painting - 85 x 45 x 5 cm Painting - 33.5 x 17.7 x 2 inch
£2,113
Série : Les monts Taihang - Tableau No 8
Zhen Hao He
Painting - 60 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 2 inch
£2,089
Série: Les monts Taihang - Tableau No 1
Zhen Hao He
Painting - 60 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 2 inch
£1,935
Lumières de la Somme
Philippe Maillebuau
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
£441
Ouessant - série bord de mer
Philippe Maillebuau
Painting - 52 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 20.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£577
Chêne de Bastigales
Bernadette Van Baarsen
Painting - 20 x 20 x 0.2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
£638
Série : Le soir - 8ème tableau
Zhen Hao He
Painting - 40 x 50 x 5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 2 inch
£2,309
Bambin dans les bras, Côte d’Ivoire
Louis Toffoli
Print - 76 x 56 x 0.2 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch
£350
Japanese meadow daisies
Elena Lukina
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
£455
Les iris, lithographie originale
Claude Gaveau
Print - 71.5 x 54 x 0.3 cm Print - 28.1 x 21.3 x 0.1 inch
£332
To the Sound of Waves
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 30 x 0.75 inch
£3,225
Beyond the door
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 0.75 inch
£2,304
La poire ouverte, lithographie originale
Claude Gaveau
Print - 72 x 56 x 0.3 cm Print - 28.3 x 22 x 0.1 inch
£332
A sky full of stars
Laëtitia Giraud
Painting - 50 x 61 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 1.2 inch
£1,049
Paris Corner Cafe - with gold embellishment
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.75 inch
£2,918
Cocktail - with gold embellishment
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.75 inch
£2,457
Pink Cherry Blossoms - with gold embelishment
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 30 x 0.75 inch
£2,380
Maison Sauvage, Paris - with gold embellishment
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.75 inch
£3,225
Porcelaine blanche, lithographie originale
Claude Gaveau
Print - 73 x 55 x 0.3 cm Print - 28.7 x 21.7 x 0.1 inch
£332
Pink blossom - spring, flowers garden
Ulyana Korol
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£612
Plage de Normandie
Philippe Maillebuau
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£556