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Schloss Ort Insel, Traunsee - Austria
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 42 x 59 cm Painting - 16.5 x 23.2 inch
€1,400 €1,260
In The Blooming Garden - sunny spring landscape painting
Nikolay Dmitriev
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Landscape painting, Impasto olive trees
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€1,200
Mysterious gardens N°947
Keyvan Roshanbin
Painting - 110 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€1,000
The Impossible Dream
Anika Manuel
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
Tronco 016
Felisa Esteban - Maifx
Painting - 67 x 48 x 1 cm Painting - 26.4 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch
€1,350
Restez avec nous
Michèle Magnien (Mileg)
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€790
After the rain
Cecile Gonne Victoria
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€1,650
Derrière les arbres
Charlotte Abecassis
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€900
Cimes et racines / Cephalanthra
Akira Inumaru
Painting - 180 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 70.9 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
€6,200
Diptyque Epanouissement
Jeong Min Lee
Painting - 73 x 108 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 42.5 x 0.8 inch
€900
Proliferation
Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€750
Contemporary portrait "In the Wood"
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 75 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
€1,300
Samodiva's lake
Gergana Balabanova
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,040
Visions through the dark window
Gergana Balabanova
Painting - 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€1,230
Luce e uliveto
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,050
Autumn in carpatian
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 89.9 x 110 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 43.3 x 1 inch
€2,639
Coiffe de dentelle dans le soir tombant - série les poupées
Pierre Jarraud
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
€1,875
Italian courtyard
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 80 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€2,063
Warm autumn
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 59.9 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€2,255
Loin du bruit du monde
Geraldine Bandiziol
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€700
Ruisseau dans la neige
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,300
Young Manila Singer Island
Peter Hoffer
Painting - 182 x 92 x 5 cm Painting - 71.7 x 36.2 x 2 inch
€9,800
Sur la rue Donskoï
Yuriy Demiyanov
Painting - 40 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
€1,900
N°150-03 13 (NG28)
Nicolas Galtier
Painting - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
€5,800
Woman in white light (1)
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€4,000
Everything is perfect Art. 280932
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 135 x 95 x 0.1 cm Painting - 53.1 x 37.4 x 0 inch
€1,850
Spring behind the fence
Yuriy Demiyanov
Painting - 45 x 55 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,700
Corse II - Paysage de bord de mer
Michèle Capitani Manzo
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,070
Morning rose garden
Deborah Cushman
Painting - 45 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
Sandlewood Cresent
George Pinder
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3.6 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch
€4,090
Le Cannet by night
Linda McCluskey
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,950
Blooming Cherry - original sunny landscape, painting
Nikolay Dmitriev
Painting - 25 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€930
Landscape du pays nord west de la Chine 9
Li Dongfeng
Painting - 33 x 33 x 1 cm Painting - 13 x 13 x 0.4 inch
€550 €495
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Tree Paintings for Sale
In painting, just as in poetry, trees bend but do not break. They offer an array of symbolism: the tree of life, of knowledge, the world's axis and symbol of evolution. They are an omnipresent figure, constant throughout the shifting eras and dominating canvases with their overwhelming grandeur. Trees are as compelling to painters as they are to viewers, seeming to extend their branches almost into the heavens.
For a long time, the tree was only represented as a biblical symbol, the catalyst in the fall of man. Later, in classical paintings, the tree was often relegated to a background object, serving only to prop up other, more important subjects, although some artists like Poussin did make them the focus. Cézanne's The Great Pine, however, is perhaps the best example of a composition entirely dedicated to the tree as a subject, they fill the frame with solid trunks and thick, twisting branches. In a landscape, trees are a sign of splendour and power, towering over the tiny figures of men. In Rubens' The Tempest, they are almost threatening.
The splendour of trees in paintings is greatly affected by the arrangement of the rest of the composition. Sometimes trees seems to support the canvas, marking out the confines of the space. Many painters use trees to give an indication of perspective and depth in the canvas, such as Hodler's Autumn Evening. Trees can also be used to give an indication of where the painting is set: palm trees indicate an exotic setting, lending the canvases an edge of luxury and excitement – as seen in the work of Douanier Rousseau.
The tree can also serve as a metaphor, signifying strength, rootedness, and a sort of natural power that – like even the strongest man – can still end up broken. Anselm Kieffer painted his canvas Varus in memory of the atrocities suffered by Germany in the 20th century; the composition depicts a bloodied forest in reference to the Roman war featured in Tacitus' Germania. The tree can also stand as a symbol for the ceaseless changing of the seasons, often placed in parallel to the human cycle of life. While Hokusai honoured the magnificent cherry blossoms of his native Japan, Monet repeatedly painted his gardens at Giverny, often under the bright light of full summer. Autumn, with its shimmering colours, crisp light, and myriad textures, is an unfailing source of inspiration for artists. Most recently artists have taken to abstracting the form of trees, stripping them back to their most basic elements, like in the works of Raoul Dufy.
In contemporary art, the motif of a tree is most often found in sculpture and installation art because it's so easy to translate into three dimensional media. Traditional art has yet to let trees go, though, and you need to look no further than Mondrian's canvases to see that trees remain a vital element of art history. Browse Artsper's collection of art centred around trees.