My research on compositional solutions.

Disclaimer: All images are from the book “Landscape Painting Now. From Pop Abstraction to New Romanticism”, edited by Todd Bradway, essay by Barry Schwabsky, contributions by Robert R. Shane, Louise Sørensen, and Susan A. Van Scoy. Published by Thames & Hudson, 2019;

Types of compositional solutions:

Emphasis on one large front element

Below: Davos, Gerhard Richter, 1981, oil on canvas.

Below: 4 pm, Alex Katz, 2014, oil on canvas ( 356.8*273.3 cm)

Below: Barn Door View, Lois Dodd, 2009, oil on linen,

Tunnel view with strong perspective

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A Closer Winter Tunnel, February-March, 2006, David Hockney, oil on six canvases, 91.4*121.9 each, 182.9* 356.7 cm overall.

Late Spring Tunnel, David Hockney, May, 2006, oil on two canvases ( overall size is 121.9*182.9 cm)

Perspective, wide panoramic view.

Below: Under the Trees, David Hockney, 2010-2011, oil on twenty canvases each 91.4*121,9 each, 356.7*609.6 overall.

Below: High Definition, Luiz Zerbini, 2010, acrylic on canvas, 250 *400 cm;

No perspective, flat, “wallpaper” style.

Above: Untitled/Án titils (Barnarót), Eggert Pétursson, 2011-12, oil on canvas (100*80 cm)

Above: Untitled, Eggert Pétursson, 2015-18, oil on canvas (190*260 cm)

I did some schematic sketches on paper to help me in my reflection on compositional elements structures.