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Item Ships From: Continental Europe
Landscape the Ligurian Coast
By Ezelino Briante
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Golden wooden frame
33 x 28.5 x 4 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian School Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Alpine Valley Landscape with High Hills and River 19th Century Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
This artwork captures all the beauty of the German valley in the lower Alps, showcasing a breathtaking scenery that includes ruins atop high hills, hazed mountains in the distance, s...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Escena Urbana - Óleo sobre tela - Año: 1998.
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
PHILIP STANTON (Oiho, Estados Unidos - 1962).
Escena Urbana - 1998.
Firmado y fechado a mano.
Óleo sobre lienzo.
Medidas: 97 x 147 cm.
Esta fascinante obra del pintor Philip Stanton...
Category
1990s Contemporary Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Foehn Wind Over the Soujet" by Claude Sauthier - Oil on Canvas - 130x130 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Claude Sauthier was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1929 and passed away in the same city in 2016. He studied at the Geneva School of Decorative Arts and initially worked as a graphi...
Category
1970s Modern Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
River Bank - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Landscape with Water and Rocks
By Marein Konijn
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Marein Konijn won the "Prix de Norvège" together with Esther Schlebos in 2019 when she graduated.
Her landscapes show a silence and tonal calm. Thanks to this prize she recently mad...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Dawn. Contemporary Oil Abstract Landscape Painting, Polish artist
By Barbara Hubert
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative oil on canvas painting by Polish artist Barbara Hubert. Artwork depicts landscape or even waterscape painted in an abstract manner. It has subtle colors with ...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape Hunt Miel Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Flemish Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Jan Miel (Antwerp, 1599 - Turin, 1663)
attributable
Return from the Hunt
Oil on canvas (51 x 66 cm Framed 74 x 89 cm)
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The wor...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Paysage Fluvial Animé E Thevenet 1853
Located in GOUVIEUX, FR
Paysage fluvial animé E Thevenet 1853 Huile sur toile XIXe siècle Dim sans cadre 61/50 cm Dim avec cadre 80/69 cm Ecole française Signé bas droite E Thevenet 1853 Très belle lumière ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spring mood
Located in Riga, LV
Spring mood
oil/canvas, 51x68. cm., 1995.
Category
1990s Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beside The Sea - Oil Painting Colors White Yellow Blue Brown Green
By Petya Deneva
Located in Sofia, BG
"Beside The Sea" is a painting by Maestro impressionist Petya Deneva.
The painting is unframed.
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Maestro Petya Deneva was born in 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria
EDUCATION
2000 - 2006 National Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
Master of Fine Arts degree
Field of Specialization: Painting
1995 - 2000 High School of Fine Arts “Dobry Hristov”, Varna
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Solo Exhibitions:
2019 - "Garden", Tea Alba Gallery, Sofia
2018 - "Forest and Town", collaborating project with Teodora Doncheva-Techwoo, Labyrinth Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2018 - "Light", Le Papillon Art...
Category
2010s Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Giorgi Kukhalashvili - View from my Window
By Giorgi Kukhalashvili
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Giorgi Kukhalashvili is a Georgian artist born in 1982 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. He's founder of the organization “Language of Art". In 2002, he finishe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Holy Baptism, Bible Scene, Early 18th Century, Florentine School
Located in Sofia, BG
Holy Baptism, Oil painting on canvas by an unknown artist
About the artwork:
Bible Scene, Early 18th Century, Florentine School
TECHNIQUE: oil pai...
Category
Early 18th Century Victorian Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sunny day in Dacia" Summer , Impressionist, cm. 55 x 65 Olio 1990
By Gleb Savinov
Located in Torino, IT
Sunny , Dacia,Summer,Russian,Sun
GLEB SAVINOV (Charkev, 1915 – St. Petersburg, 2000)
Works by Gleb Savinov can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, United Sta...
Category
1990s Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Serenite abstraite, abstract, geometric oil on canvas, french, contemporary
By SOPHIE DUMONT
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
artwork created in oil on linen canvas, measuring 60 x 60 cm (23.62 x 23.62 in). This abstract piece offers a fascinating exploration of color and form, captivating the eye with its ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
" Luna dietro alle nuvole" cm. 37 x 26 1940 ca
Located in Torino, IT
Opera onirica ,luna piena sul mare
L'opera non è firmata ma è stata esposta al Museo d'arte Contemporanea di Rovereto il MART per una mostra monografica -Thayaht Futurista irregolar...
Category
1940s Symbolist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Boats at the coast. 1975, cardboard, oil, 37x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Boats at the coast. 1975, cardboard, oil, 37x40 cm
Fishing village by the sea. Painting in blue colors. Сalm harmonious seascape
Category
1970s Naturalistic Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Naturalistic Continental painter - 19th century Continental landscape painting
Located in Varmo, IT
Continental painter (19th century) - Sailing boat on the lake.
46 x 77 cm.
Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame.
Condition report: Lined canvas. Good condition of the pic...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Landscape" Original Oil Paint on Canvas , Made in Italy
By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
Oil Paint on Canvas
30x42 cm
2023
Original Art Ready to Hang
Marilina Marchica, born in 1984, was born in Agrigento, where she lives and works. She graduated in Painting...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Capriccio and characters at the water's edge
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Molded frame in wood and gilded plaster
66 x 76.5 x 4 cm
Category
19th Century Italian School Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sunset in the Forest, c. 1910
Located in Stockholm, SE
This luminous painting by Oscar Lycke captures a tranquil sunset scene deep within a Nordic forest. The warm, golden light of the setting sun filters through the dense spruce trees, ...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
It's In Your Eyes
Located in Jönköping, SE
In keeping with my passion of nature, this collection focusses on the movement and structure of nature. Movement of water, vegetation and even sound. I am fascinated in seeing thing...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
YARDIN COROT 19th French countryside Landscape orchard chicken Picardy Salon
Located in PARIS, FR
Paul René YARDIN
(Active 1830s to 1850s)
Oil on cardboard
32.5 x 41 cm (53 x 61 cm with frame)
Signed lower left “Yardin”
Exhibition label at the Salon des Artistes Français at the t...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
The crossing of the Red Sea, 17th century Antwerp, studio Frans Francken
By Frans Francken II
Located in PARIS, FR
Crossing of the Red Sea
Workshop of Frans Francken II (1581-1642)
17th century Antwerp School
Oil on oak panel
Dimensions: h. 49.5 cm, w. 64.5 cm (19.49 in x 25.39 in)
Moulded and blackened wooden frame with wide mouldings, with inverted profile from the later period.
Framed dimensions: h. 82 cm, w. 97 cm (32.28 x 38.19 in)
Our panel illustrates one of the episodes of the Old Testament, recounted in the book of Exodus. After crossing the Red Sea...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Yellow house in the snow" Snow, Forest, Winter, White Oil cm. 39 x 50 1964
By Leonid VAICHILIA
Located in Torino, IT
snow ,winter,white landscape,russian art
LEONID VAICHLIA (St. Petersburg, 1922)
Works by Leonid Vaichlia can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, United Stat...
Category
1960s Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
House on the Hill (Cubist Composition) - Original oil on canvas, Handsigned
By Georges Terzian
Located in Paris, IDF
Georges Terzian
House on the Hill (Cubist Composition)
Oil on canvas
Signed bottom right
Signed and titled on the back
On Canvas 55 x 46 cm (c. 22 x 1...
Category
1990s Cubist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Noise. Acrylics Painting, Waterscape & Abstract, Green & blue, Polish artist
By Tomek Mistak
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary acrylic on canvas painting by Polish artist Tomek Mistak. Painting depicts landscape reflection on the water surface. Painting is almost an abstraction. Main colors are ...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Large "View of The Doge's Palace Venice", 19th C. Oil on Canvas by Karl Kaufmann
By Karl Kaufmann
Located in Madrid, ES
KARL KAUFMANN
Austrian, 1843 - 1901
VIEW OF VENICE OF THE DOGE'S PALACE, VENICE
signed & dated "K. Kaufmann 1894" (lower right)
oil on canvas
38-3/4 x 56-1/8 inches (98 x 142 cm.)
fr...
Category
1890s Naturalistic Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Representation of the Countryside - Acrylic by C. Bissatti - 1980s
By Claudio Bissattini
Located in Roma, IT
Representation of the Countryside is an original Contemporary artwork realized in the 1980s by Claudio Bissattini.
Original Acrylic on canvas.
Tit...
Category
1980s Contemporary Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Dream Rome - Original Oil on Canvas by Laura D'Andrea - 2018
By Laura D'Andrea
Located in Roma, IT
Dream Rome (Roma Sogno) is an original artwork realized by Laura D'Andrea in 2018.
Original oil on canvas.
Authenticated by the artist.
Perfect conditions.
Very lovely and magica...
Category
2010s Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract silence, landscape, oil on canvas, contemporary, French artist, modern
By SOPHIE DUMONT
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie Dumont transports us to a peaceful realm through her painting "Abstract Silence." With soft tones of beige, green, and orange, she evokes the tranquility of the dune landscape...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Road to the home at summer evening. 1973, oil on cardboard, 49x69 cm
By Alfejs Bromults
Located in Riga, LV
Road to the home at summer evening.
1973, oil on cardboard, 49x69 cm
Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I)
His first professional education was at National University at studies...
Category
1970s Realist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Mountain View Baroque Capriccio Landscape 17th century Oil Painting Old Master
Located in Stockholm, SE
Along the road, we see several travelers: some are walking at a leisurely pace, others are engaged in animated conversations. At the top of one mountain, a small castle stands proudl...
Category
17th Century Realist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Canvas
Florentine Neoclassical Allegory Landscape Painting from a Villa tempera canvas
Located in Florence, IT
The work, tempera on canvas in a great state of conservation, is part of a series of four big paintings of various authors documented in origin in the Villa La Zambra in Sesto Fioren...
Category
1780s Other Art Style Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Tempera
Street scene
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Golden wooden frame
32 x 39 x 3 cm
Category
19th Century Italian School Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Battle Horsemen Landscape Graziani Paint Oil on canvas 17th Century Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Francesco Graziani, known as Ciccio Napoletano
(active in Naples and Rome in the second half of the 17th century)
Battle with clash of horsemen
Oil on canvas
95 x 130 cm
In period ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Interior - Stairs 1
Located in Milano, MI
Urbex is the English acronym for urban exploration and is an activity that consists of searching for and locating abandoned infrastructure with the goal of visiting, photographing an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Sandstone
"Sailboats, Brittany" , France Oil cm. 65 x 54 1930
By Henry Maurice CAHOURS
Located in Torino, IT
Sailboats, Ocean, France , grey, blue, azure,landscape France
Henry Maurice CAHOURS (Paris, 1889 – Vence, 1974)
He was born in Paris but spent his childhood and adolescence in Amie...
Category
1930s Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Color Bloom, Bauhaus Vertical Painting in Purple & Turquoise Arches Grid, Paper
By Natalia Roman
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series of abstract geometric paintings by Natalia Roman draws its inspiration from the sleek grids and curves of Bauhaus architecture, while at the same time exploring bright an...
Category
2010s Analytic Cubist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
Venise
By André Georges Barbier
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
André BARBIER (1883-1970)
Venise
Oil on cardboard mounted on canvas
Dimensions of the painting: 38 x 46 cm
Signed lower right
Painting in perfect condition.
Very beautiful carved a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
View of Paris from Montmartre. 1955, oil on canvas, 38x46 cm
By Mykola Krychevsky
Located in Riga, LV
View of Paris from Montmartre. 1955, oil on canvas, 38x46 cm
Category
1950s Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Impressionist Autumn Landscape with Lake / - Diffuse Concretion -
Located in Berlin, DE
Wilhelm Feldmann (1859 Lüneburg - 1932 Lübeck), Impressionist autumn landscape with lake, around 1905. Pastel on cardboard, 46 cm x 31 cm (inside dimension), 52 cm x 37 cm (frame), s...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
23 Landscapes of South of France
Located in PARIS, FR
Wissour
circa 1850
23 landscapes in the South of France
Oil on paper
112,6 x 173,9 cm with the frame
Signed on severals paper on the back
Category
Mid-19th Century Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Church in Rome - Italian oil on canvas painting, Alfonso Pragliola
By Alfonso Pragliola
Located in Napoli, IT
CHURCH IN ROME - Italian oil on canvas painting cm.100x100, Alfonso Pragliola Italia 2010
Category
2010s Modern Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Galante Scene Vermeer d'Utrecht Paint Oil on canvas 18th Century Flemish Old Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Flemish painter of the 18th century - Follower of Jan van der Meer, called Vermeer d'Utrecht (Schoonhoven, verses 1630 - 1692)
Courtship scene at the entrance of an inn
oil on canvas, 70 x 62 cm. (with frame 80 x 72 cm.)
This pleasant genre scene, depicting a young innkeeper conversing amiably with a gentleman as she prepares to serve him wine in a glass goblet that she still holds in her hand, is inspired by the painting made in 1653 by the Dutch painter Jan van der Meer, known as Vermeer d'Utrecht, and today kept in Paris at the Louvre Museum.
Set outside an inn or a post station, the scene illustrates the theme of seduction, with the young waitress being courted by the client, a charming traveler with a changing red cloak, who tries to charm her.
Yes, it is a work that harmoniously combines the painter's Dutch origins, with the stylistic characters learned during his training in his homeland, with the Italian-like characters learned during his trip to Italy around 1655. In Rome, in particular, he met and collaborated with various authors of the Bamboccianti school, first of all Jan Miel...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Painting by Louis LeJeune. North German Landscape. Oil on canvas.
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique oil painting by Louis LeJeune. North German landscape.
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions without frame.
Including certificate of authenticity.
Louis Ignaz Paul Lejeune (born Februa...
Category
Early 20th Century Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Step Carefully" Colorful And Vivid Orange Contemporary Abstract By Steffen Bue
By Steffen Bue
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
"Step Carefully" is a contemporary abstract painting by Danish artist Steffen Bue who invites you to experience a vivid and dynamic creation. Its vib...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Turbulence, water, abstract expressionism, blue, white, gold, yellow, nature
Located in Jönköping, SE
In keeping with my passion of nature, this collection focusses on the movement and structure of nature. Movement of water, vegetation and even sound. I am fascinated in seeing thing...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
View of a park
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
Mid-20th Century Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Triumph Trinity Christ De Matteis Paint 17/18th Century Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Paolo De Matteis (Piano del Cilento, 1662 - Naples, 1728)
attributed/ workshop
Triumph of the Trinity with Our Lady, Saint Joseph, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Ignatius, Saint Fran...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Normandy , landscape, oil on canvas, expressionism, multicolor, french, fields
By SOPHIE DUMONT
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
"Normandy" transports viewers on a visual journey through the captivating landscapes of Normandy. Executed with masterful command of oil on canvas technique and palette knife, this a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Encounter with a bird - Acrylic figurative painting, Landscape, Vibrant Green
By Rafał Bojdys
Located in Warsaw, PL
RAFAŁ BOJDYS (born in 1967) Bojdys studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow at the Graphics Department in Katowice. He graduated from project atelier of Tomasz Jury and painting...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
ROGANEAU Early 20th century Symbolist painting French Wolves Acropolis Athens
Located in PARIS, FR
François Maurice ROGANEAU
Bordeaux, 1883 - Aix-en-Provence, 1973
Oil on canvas on cardboard
44 x 32 cm (55 x 44 cm with frame)
Signed lower left “FMR”
Mount Lycabettus opposite to t...
Category
Late 19th Century Symbolist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Joy II - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Sea View, Realism, Joyful, Child
By Julita Malinowska
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey
"Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Whispers of Wild Bloom
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, I've captured a vibrant, blossoming meadow under a soft, sweeping sky. Using oil paints, I blended the techniques of impressionism and realism to evoke the wild, un...
Category
2010s Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunrise on Rome - Original Oil on Canvas by Laura D'Andrea - 2018
By Laura D'Andrea
Located in Roma, IT
Sunrise on Rome (Alba sulle cupole di Roma) is an original artwork realized by Laura D'Andrea in 2018.
Original painting; oil on canvas.
Authenticated by the artist.
Perfect condi...
Category
2010s Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Extra-Large "The Everyday Journey" Abstract Landscape Painting By Steffen Bue
By Steffen Bue
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
An extra-large contemporary figurative landscape.
Signed: Steffen Bue
Dated: 2024
Titled: "The everyday journey"
Ready to hang.
14 day return period.
With its earthy deep brown a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Landscape 152 by Jean Krille - Oil on Masonite 80x100 cm
By Jean Krille
Located in Geneva, CH
Jean Krillé’s paintings are known for their expressive use of color and dynamic, abstract forms, blending realism with abstraction in his depictions of nature. His landscapes often f...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Late Summer River Landscape / - Realistic Impression -
By Jan Hillebrand Wijsmüller
Located in Berlin, DE
Jan Hillebrand Wijsmuller (1855 Amsterdam - 1925 ibid.), Late Summer River Landscape, oil on canvas, relined, 34 x 56 cm (inside measurement), 43 x 64 cm (frame), signed J[an] H[illebrand] Wijsmuller at lower right.
- in good condition, the frame with isolated bumped spots
- Realistic Impression -
About the artwork
The panoramic landscape format shows a river landscape, with the course of the river, which curves to the right, leading the eye into the depths of the picture and tempting it to continue the landscape in the imagination beyond the visible area. At the same time, however, the fact that the landscape is not visible through the bend in the river focuses our gaze on the entirety of the landscape depicted, without prompting us to focus on distant details. Accordingly, the brushstroke is not designed to render details with realistic precision. In the front left area of the river there is even a completely free brushwork, trained by Impressionism, which nevertheless remains committed to representational and convincingly suggests the movement of the water.
Regardless of the distance of the observer, the entire picture is painted with the same broad brushstroke, so that the landscape is given as an impression. And yet this impression is not ephemeral, as in the case of French Impressionism, to put it exaggeratedly, but reveals to us the essence of the landscape in all its richness. This is why the Dutch variant of Impressionism is always also a realism, although the pictures appear less progressive, but still contain a dimension of landscape painting that is lost with progress.
In the impression, the reality of the landscape is revealed, and this happens as we experience the landscape in the visual impression. Wijsmuller does not depict houses or people in order to allow the experience of the landscape to fully unfold. The experience is determined first and foremost by the river, which does not flow into the picture from our point of view, but towards us. Where the river begins to bend, the water is churned by a rapids. Toward us, the riverbed widens and the water comes to rest, covering the entire width of the foreground like a mirror.
The stillness of the water corresponds to the evening mood of the late summer landscape, in which the warm tones of the evening light blend with the yellow and brown tones of the plants. A gentle, almost idyllic reality, carried by the brushstroke, yet animated by a liveliness that is also made visible by the brushstroke. The broad, dynamically placed brushstrokes evoke the movement of the treetops and animate even the immobile reeds, while the trunks on the right bank, executed in virtuoso white strokes that seem like markings, make the sunlight shine. On the other bank, a carpet of light also spreads out, its energetic effect again expressed in the brushstroke. The dynamic of the landscape is further enhanced by the complementary color contrasts between the greens, yellows, and browns on the one hand and the blue of the all-encompassing sky on the other. A contrast that is intensified by the reflection in the water.
The evening coming to rest of the landscape is thus at the same time an all-encompassing contrasting and yet in itself harmonious movement. This reality becomes accessible to us as an experience in the impression of the landscape.
About the artist
Jan Hillebrand Wijsmuller entered the Royal Academy of Arts in Amsterdam in 1876 and studied under the innovative Professor August Allebé, who was famous for the Amsterdam Impressionism, also known as the Allebé School.
In 1877, Wijsmuller transferred to the Hague Academy of Art, and thus to the Hague School, and then completed his studies at the Brussels Academy of Art. Returning to the Netherlands, Wijsmuller opened his own studio in Amsterdam.
In 1883 he won the prestigious Young Artist Award, donated by Willink van Collen, which made Wijsmuller a well-known and sought-after artist.
Wijsmuller was a member of the Societät Arti et Amicitiae Amsterdam and the Pulchri Studio in The Hague.
Wijsmuller belongs to the second generation of the Hague School. While Vincent van Gogh described the protagonists of the first generation to his brother Theo as "the great gray people," the second generation, and Wijsmuller in particular, used a much more colorful palette. His oeuvre makes him a major player in Dutch Impressionism...
Category
1890s Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas