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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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Print, Fish Rider, Mario Avati

Fish Rider

Mario Avati

Print - 5 x 6 x 0.2 cm Print - 2 x 2.4 x 0.1 inch

$358

Print, Blowing, Mario Avati

Blowing

Mario Avati

Print - 5 x 6.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 2 x 2.6 x 0 inch

$358

Print, Clock, Mario Avati

Clock

Mario Avati

Print - 5 x 6 x 0.1 cm Print - 2 x 2.4 x 0 inch

$358

Painting, Roma, Veronika Benoni

Roma

Veronika Benoni

Painting - 42 x 102 x 2 cm Painting - 16.5 x 40.2 x 0.8 inch

$2,265

Painting, Venice, Veronika Benoni

Venice

Veronika Benoni

Painting - 62 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 24.4 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

$2,146

Painting, Marina, Frank De Blok

Marina

Frank De Blok

Painting - 52 x 60 cm Painting - 20.5 x 23.6 inch

$250

Painting, Looking up, Frank De Blok

Looking up

Frank De Blok

Painting - 20 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

$250

Painting, La Tempête, Frank De Blok

La Tempête

Frank De Blok

Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$2,027

Painting, Le Maghreb, Frank De Blok

Le Maghreb

Frank De Blok

Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$1,669

Painting, The Bridge, Frank De Blok

The Bridge

Frank De Blok

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

$1,550

Print, Kamhan Deli, Garner

Kamhan Deli

Garner

Print - 33 x 48.3 x 0.1 cm Print - 13 x 19 x 0 inch

$715

Painting, Honfleur, Mike Hall

Honfleur

Mike Hall

Painting - 30 x 35 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

$1,122

Painting, Morning Light, Mike Hall

Morning Light

Mike Hall

Painting - 30 x 35 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

$1,122

Painting, View of Portsoy, Mike Hall

View of Portsoy

Mike Hall

Painting - 35 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

$1,122

Painting, Volcán I, Charo Velasco

Volcán I

Charo Velasco

Painting - 100 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 x 2 inch

$1,311

Painting, Dismantled, Dyala Khodary

Dismantled

Dyala Khodary

Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$2,400

Painting, Montañas, Charo Velasco

Montañas

Charo Velasco

Painting - 115 x 146 x 5 cm Painting - 45.3 x 57.5 x 2 inch

$1,431