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

Morning in the Backlighting

Between the Trees

Trees

Lily flowers

Summer daisies

Time Square

Nuit sur Time Square NY

Streets London

The Cat

Scene

Garden Abstraction

Fragments of Still Life

Rugged Heights

Art of Everyday Beauty

Magnolias

Forêt d'Iraty

Nymphéas sous l'eau

Orage à Punta-Cana

Lyon 2070

Lyon 2100

Nymphée bleu

Evanescence

Vierge Au Manteau Bleu

Paris 3

Nues V

Motive

Le dernier retour de la lune

Dans un monde en noir et blanc

Le coup de pied aux étoiles

Le traceur de ligne

Verge

Blue winter field

Evening in St. Petersburg

Autumn

Spring memories Watercolor painting with Tulips

Summer light Watercolor painting with Roses

Spring day

Les iles diaprées

Estuary in changing Weather

Au jardin

Humidifier

Fleur de dragons

Eglogue citadine II

Soleil d'hiver

Voiliers

Paris 2

Fragmented Rhythm

Royan n°19 (mer, landes)

Royan n°15 (mer, landes)

Ile d'Oléron n°1 (paysage marin, ciel, mer, nuages, vagues, océan)

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un Faune II (coucher de soleil)

Mélodie Céleste II (ciel, nuages, orage)

Rural Vibrant Impressions

United souls

Whispers of Spring

Evening cafe

Frühlingssymphonie I (paysage marin, ciel, mer, nuages, vagues)

Moment of nature

Evening coast of Riomaggiore

Magic of the Forest

Sunlight - Tranquil River at Dawn Oil Painting Peaceful Landscape with Misty Waters and Gentle Sunrise Hues

Sans titre (Côtes d'Armor)

Etude 2

Etude 55

Snowy Slope

Côtes d'Armor