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Allégorie de fertilité
Anne-Marie Vesco
Painting - 33 x 26 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 10.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,697
Faded glory
Jacob Kwesi Bennett
Painting - 51.1 x 100.1 x 4.1 cm Painting - 20.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,033
Menorca. Paysage #6
Egor Plotnikov
Painting - 100 x 120 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.4 inch
$3,621
Suisse dernières neiges
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,980
Couleurs du vent
Paule Bernard Roussel
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$2,263
Perspective et lumière
Paul Natter
Painting - 60 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,811
December 11, snowy path in Mézenc
Anne Baudequin
Painting - 50 x 72.9 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,300
One for All, All for One
Bisco Smith
Painting - 61 x 46 x 0.1 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$2,829
Le pont II
François-Xavier de Boissoudy
Painting - 100 x 125 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 49.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,205
Dragon Sleeps in the Heaven of Flowers
Li Lei
Painting - 150 x 100 x 0.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
$23,764
Pines in the Twilight World
Rebecca Klementovich
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$3,200
Terra di Siena
André Laurenti
Painting - 146 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$9,053 $8,148
Enigmatic Landscape
Andrée De Frémont
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$6,224
Un jour ailleurs
Catherine Tapon
Painting - 150 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
$3,384
Bord de mer et voilier
Armand Cacheux
Painting - 54 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,107
Together, together.
Myeonghyeon An
Painting - 40.9 x 27.3 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 10.7 x 0.8 inch
$260
Dames en conversation
John Reitz
Painting - 36.5 x 29 x 0.3 cm Painting - 14.4 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
$993
Réflexion de l'arbre II
Yongmin Huang
Painting - 100 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$3,169
Bord de rivière
Michel Trapezaroff
Painting - 38 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$11,271
Le chemin
Véronique Bourgeois-Noury
Painting - 146 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$3,395
Depuis Cologny avec vue sur le Jura
Jean Viollier
Painting - 33 x 45.5 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 17.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,825
De la série 'Motherland' N°918
Hossein Khoshraftar
Painting - 139 x 118 x 5 cm Painting - 54.7 x 46.5 x 2 inch
$4,527
Arbre la nuit - série Abstraction
Danielle Lamaison
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch
$1,358
The jewel of the river
Gill Bustamante
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.5 inch
$2,794
Jardins villa Barbarigo (Série reflets)
Ellen Geerts
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$792
Dimanche pluvieux
Gustave Francois
Painting - 42.5 x 56 x 2 cm Painting - 16.7 x 22 x 0.8 inch
$2,327
Certitude - série Paysage
Ursula Durr-Land
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,697
Sans titre 4 - série "paysages projetés"
Clara Ramirez Katz
Painting - 50 x 61 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 1.2 inch
$1,245
Village en hiver
Danielle Launay
Painting - 120 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,263
Champs de blé au pied du Salève
Harry Urban
Painting - 26.5 x 38.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.4 x 15.2 x 0.2 inch
$1,027
In Dark Blue Forest
Vladimir Volosov
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1 inch
$1,200
Dunham Massey National Trust Outbuildings painting
Gav Banns
Painting - 39.9 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$905
Tranquility
Nandita Bhattacharya
Painting - 120 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$3,621
The olive tree
Silvia Karamfilova
Painting - 29 x 29 x 2 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,697
Marché de Plainpalais, Genève
Sergio Cecchi
Painting - 46.5 x 61.5 x 2 cm Painting - 18.3 x 24.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,540
Le bois de bouleaux - Paysage et forêt
Dorothée Denquin
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,697
L'éveil - Paysage et spiritualité
Espolisto
Painting - 54 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,556
September snowfall
Aleksandr Petelin
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,909
Fleuriront toujours les champs de coquelicots
Brigitte Cailleau
Painting - 90 x 90 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,037
Landscape. Villa Borghese (Rome, Italy)
Giulio Turcato
Painting - 44 x 52 x 0.1 cm Painting - 17.3 x 20.5 x 0 inch
$21,501
Paysage lac et montagne visage
Berthe Du Bois-Favre
Painting - 47 x 74 x 2 cm Painting - 18.5 x 29.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,392
Chemin au bord du lac
Louis Charles Jules Crosnier
Painting - 26 x 36 x 0.3 cm Painting - 10.2 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,129
Femme au panier de fleurs sauvages
Edouard Duparc
Painting - 50 x 76 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,426
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Tree Paintings for Sale
In painting, just as in poetry, trees bend but do not break. They offer an array of symbolism: the tree of life, of knowledge, the world's axis and symbol of evolution. They are an omnipresent figure, constant throughout the shifting eras and dominating canvases with their overwhelming grandeur. Trees are as compelling to painters as they are to viewers, seeming to extend their branches almost into the heavens.
For a long time, the tree was only represented as a biblical symbol, the catalyst in the fall of man. Later, in classical paintings, the tree was often relegated to a background object, serving only to prop up other, more important subjects, although some artists like Poussin did make them the focus. Cézanne's The Great Pine, however, is perhaps the best example of a composition entirely dedicated to the tree as a subject, they fill the frame with solid trunks and thick, twisting branches. In a landscape, trees are a sign of splendour and power, towering over the tiny figures of men. In Rubens' The Tempest, they are almost threatening.
The splendour of trees in paintings is greatly affected by the arrangement of the rest of the composition. Sometimes trees seems to support the canvas, marking out the confines of the space. Many painters use trees to give an indication of perspective and depth in the canvas, such as Hodler's Autumn Evening. Trees can also be used to give an indication of where the painting is set: palm trees indicate an exotic setting, lending the canvases an edge of luxury and excitement – as seen in the work of Douanier Rousseau.
The tree can also serve as a metaphor, signifying strength, rootedness, and a sort of natural power that – like even the strongest man – can still end up broken. Anselm Kieffer painted his canvas Varus in memory of the atrocities suffered by Germany in the 20th century; the composition depicts a bloodied forest in reference to the Roman war featured in Tacitus' Germania. The tree can also stand as a symbol for the ceaseless changing of the seasons, often placed in parallel to the human cycle of life. While Hokusai honoured the magnificent cherry blossoms of his native Japan, Monet repeatedly painted his gardens at Giverny, often under the bright light of full summer. Autumn, with its shimmering colours, crisp light, and myriad textures, is an unfailing source of inspiration for artists. Most recently artists have taken to abstracting the form of trees, stripping them back to their most basic elements, like in the works of Raoul Dufy.
In contemporary art, the motif of a tree is most often found in sculpture and installation art because it's so easy to translate into three dimensional media. Traditional art has yet to let trees go, though, and you need to look no further than Mondrian's canvases to see that trees remain a vital element of art history. Browse Artsper's collection of art centred around trees.