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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Painting, Sans titre, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

CHF 2,351

Painting, En route, Rudyard Heaton

Rudyard Heaton

Painting - 60 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 1 inch

CHF 735

Painting, Montañas, Charo Velasco

Charo Velasco

Painting - 70 x 90 x 5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 2 inch

CHF 735

Painting, London, Veronika Benoni

Veronika Benoni

Painting - 120 x 62 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 24.4 x 0.8 inch

CHF 2,155

Painting, View of Bass Rock, Mike Hall

Mike Hall

Painting - 37 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 14.6 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

CHF 899

Fine Art Drawings, Au bal costumé, Mario Avati

Mario Avati

Fine Art Drawings - 54 x 44.2 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.3 x 17.4 x 0 inch

CHF 2,939

Painting, Cab 733, Marc Taraskoff

Marc Taraskoff

Painting - 130 x 98 x 1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.6 x 0.4 inch

CHF 8,328

Painting, Intervention, Dyala Khodary

Dyala Khodary

Painting - 36 x 32 x 2 cm Painting - 14.2 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch

CHF 757

Print, Venice, Veronika Benoni

Veronika Benoni

Print - 32 x 62 x 2 cm Print - 12.6 x 24.4 x 0.8 inch

CHF 480

Fine Art Drawings, Study 6, Dyala Khodary

Dyala Khodary

Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 15.7 inch

CHF 252

Painting, Le départ, Fred Boutet

Fred Boutet

Painting - 40 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

CHF 735

Painting, Régate V.518, Fred Boutet

Fred Boutet

Painting - 50 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

CHF 637

Painting, Horizon, Fred Boutet

Fred Boutet

Painting - 50 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1 inch

CHF 637

Painting, City 1, Fred Boutet

Fred Boutet

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

CHF 833

Painting, City C, Fred Boutet

Fred Boutet

Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

CHF 1,176

Painting, Sans titre, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 120 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

CHF 1,812

Painting, Sans titre, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 90 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

CHF 1,176

Painting, Sans titre, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 90 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

CHF 1,176

Painting, Régate bleue, Fred Boutet

Fred Boutet

Painting - 40 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

CHF 735

Painting, Sans titre, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

CHF 3,429

Painting, Sans titre, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

CHF 3,429

Painting, Sans titre, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 80 x 160 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 63 x 1.6 inch

CHF 4,409

Painting, Sans titre, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 90 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

CHF 1,176

Painting, Blue abstract II, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

CHF 4,409 CHF 4,188

Painting, Blue not blues, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

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

CHF 3,429

Painting, Sans titre, Daniel Castan

Daniel Castan

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

CHF 3,429