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

Dualité

Exubérance

Shine

Joie du printemps

Reflets du printemps II

Automne sur le lac

Miroir d'eau

La table d'été II

Rive de Bretagne

Tropiques

Absolut V

Spring Miracle

Floral Breath

La rencontre

Magnolia

Sunny Silence

Détail Majorelle

L'instant Majorelle VII

Vineyards in the mountains. Corfino

Heart III

Les Baux de Provence

Rural scene

Still life - Lilacs

Competition

Pear 2

Lumière de l'Aube - Paysage celeste

Sweet cherry

Retour

Shamane

Rêveuse Amandine

Shine

Manhattan bridge

Place St Jean, Lyon

Backstage

Dialog

A Few Random Thoughts on a Sunny Afternoon

Rio

Still going Strong

Defiant Garden

What I think about in Winter

Coronation

Autumn Glow

3 Scoops

Clear Blue Place

Wrap yourself around Me

Whatever

Never Mind!

String theory

Sans titre (Côtes d'Armor)

Storm

Sans titre (Côtes d'Armor)

"Evening" oil painting - Sunset Over the River Captivating Oil Painting Warm Hues and Tranquil Waters

"Evening moment" - Misty Evening Mountain Stream riginal Oil Painting with Soft Twilight Hues and Gentle Flowing Water

Dusk by the river near the pier

Evening river-small sunset landscape

Evening glow-small sunset river landscape

Evening river-Evening river landscape, sunset mountains, yellow, blue painting

Spring time

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

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