Semi-abstract Landscape Artists

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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Semi-abstract Landscape Artists

Still life with melon

Bouquet of lilac

Vernazza Cinque Terre iItaly - impasto sea landscape, Italian coast

Plum tree-Medium size fruit painting, color blue painting

Lilies

Lilac

White Water Lilies, Impasto Painting, Monet inspired Lily Art, Blue art

Water Lilies

Tuscan landscape at sunset, - Italy art, European landscape, Large Oil painting

Before the Rain

Peaches on the tree

Water Lilies

Night lights of Prague

Field of flowers

Vineyard-autumn fruits

Apples in the garden-fruity summer landscape

Bouquet of Chamomiles

Bouquet of wild flowers

Sunflower field

The magic of Menton

Night in New York

Moonlight

Sunset by the river

Autumn Symphony

Last rays of the sun

Evening in the mountains

Before the rain

Golden shine

Tree of Life

Smell of spring

Red moon time

Evening Garden

Smell of spring

In the shade of trees

Last days of autumn

Spring garden

In dreams

Yachts

Storm

Before the storm

Shine of space

Night in the bay

Sea Lights

Streets of Los Angeles

Stormy Sea

Sea coast of Australia

Rocky coast

Night shine

The playful power of water

Coast Monterey

Charles Bridg in the evening

Dialog

Twelve Apostles, Australia

Navagio Beach Greece

Vernazza Cinque Terre

Coast Nusa Penida

Hallstatt Lake

Lofoten Islands

Blooming street Greece

Santa Maria della Salute

Yachts in harbor

Krema

Vitralo

Se jeter à l'eau

Talisman V

Talisman II