Abstract Landscape

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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Painting, Instant, Alexander Shandor

Alexander Shandor

Painting . 17 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting . 6.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

$538

Photography, Anti-Atlas, Rodrigo

Rodrigo

Photography . 25.4 x 16.9 x 0.1 cm Photography . 10 x 6.7 x 0 inch

$1,540

Painting, MH.01, Joëlle Cabanne

Joëlle Cabanne

Painting . 84 x 57.5 cm Painting . 33.1 x 22.6 inch

$4,741

Painting, Etude 8, Alexander Shandor

Alexander Shandor

Painting . 20 x 20 x 0.2 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

$538

Photography, Life on Mars?, Rodrigo

Rodrigo

Photography . 66 x 88.1 x 0.1 cm Photography . 26 x 34.7 x 0 inch

$2,962

Photography, The Camargue, Rodrigo

Rodrigo

Photography . 51.9 x 69.2 x 0.2 cm Photography . 20.4 x 27.2 x 0.1 inch

$2,369

Painting, Colline 2, Charlotte Pivard

Charlotte Pivard

Painting . 80 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

$711

Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Ernest Salvadó

Ernest Salvadó

Fine Art Drawings . 82 x 54 cm Fine Art Drawings . 32.3 x 21.3 inch

$526

Photography, Meraki, Rodrigo

Rodrigo

Photography . 44.7 x 31.5 x 0.1 cm Photography . 17.6 x 12.4 x 0 inch

$2,725

Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Ernest Salvadó

Ernest Salvadó

Fine Art Drawings . 54 x 82 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.3 x 32.3 inch

$526

Photography, Lunar, Rodrigo

Rodrigo

Photography . 40 x 30 x 0.01 cm Photography . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$1,481

Fine Art Drawings, Evidence, Natalya Mougenot

Natalya Mougenot

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

$332

Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Ernest Salvadó

Ernest Salvadó

Fine Art Drawings . 54 x 82 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.3 x 32.3 inch

$526

Painting, Verdant Peaks, Vlas Ayvazyan

Vlas Ayvazyan

Painting . 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$325 $276

Fine Art Drawings, Santa Ynez Valley, Daniel Clarke

Daniel Clarke

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 18 x 0.1 inch

$231

Fine Art Drawings, Malibu Surf, Daniel Clarke

Daniel Clarke

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 18 x 0.1 inch

$235

Fine Art Drawings, Three Travelers, Daniel Clarke

Daniel Clarke

Fine Art Drawings . 30.5 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 12 x 18 x 0.1 inch

$279

Photography, Steppes walk, Guilhem Ribart

Guilhem Ribart

Photography . 60 x 40 x 2 cm Photography . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$593