Last updated: 19 Dec 2024
Upper Village
July 1998
Brush and paper
Watercolour
Landscape
Impressionism
A view of a road to Artoon as seen from our Donbelid house
1. Medium: Watercolor on paper
2. Shapes and objects: A mountainous landscape with rolling hills and fields. There's a cluster of cypress or similar tall, slender trees in the middle ground. The foreground shows a rocky or sandy area with some sparse vegetation. The background features mountains of varying heights. The sky is painted with loose, expressive brushstrokes suggesting clouds.
3. Colours: The sky is a mix of blue and yellow, creating a sense of atmospheric depth. The hills and fields are painted in various shades of yellow, beige, and light green, suggesting a dry or arid climate. The cypress trees are dark green. The mountains in the background use shades of grey and purple. The foreground area is painted in browns and greys.
4. Narrative: This painting captures the essence of a Mediterranean or similar warm, dry landscape. The cypress trees, iconic to regions like Tuscany or parts of the Middle East, provide a focal point and vertical contrast to the horizontal layers of the hills and mountains. The loose, expressive style of the sky and landscape gives a sense of movement and atmosphere. There's a feeling of vast open space and the timeless beauty of a rugged, sun-baked terrain. The painting evokes a sense of serenity and the enduring nature of these ancient landscapes.
5. Original Artist: While this is an original work by Mehrdad Fahimi, the style and subject matter are reminiscent of the landscapes painted by Paul Cézanne, particularly his later works depicting Mont Sainte-Victoire and the surrounding Provence countryside. Cézanne was known for his structural approach to landscape painting, often reducing natural forms to their geometric essentials.
However, Fahimi's looser, more fluid watercolor technique also brings to mind some of the landscape works of British artist J.M.W. Turner, especially in the treatment of the sky and the atmospheric quality of the distant mountains.
A comparable work might be Cézanne's "Mont Sainte-Victoire" series, though Fahimi's painting has its own unique elements and a more contemporary feel. Cézanne's works can be found in major museums worldwide, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
While Fahimi's painting is clearly his own, it seems to blend influences from both Post-Impressionism and Romantic landscape traditions, creating a scene that feels both structurally composed and atmospherically rich.
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Created At
09 May 2023