This image features two abstract, Cubist-inspired landscape paintings placed side by side. The painting on the left presents a stylized village scene with geometric, mosaic-like structures in soft pastel hues—pinks, yellows, blues, and greens—interspersed with simplified trees and angular fields, creating a rhythmic, puzzle-like composition. The terrain is fragmented into patterned planes and bold lines that guide the viewer’s eye across the canvas. On the right, the painting depicts a similarly abstracted coastal village with white and terracotta-roofed buildings nestled among organic, flowing forms resembling hills and trees, all framed by a calm blue sea and distant mountains. This composition uses earthy tones and intricate linework to convey a layered, dreamlike environment. Both works emphasize structure and surface texture, merging natural and architectural elements into complex, almost tapestry-like visual forms.
Nikos Ghika, Hydra landscape (c.1950s) + John Craxton, Landscape, Hydra (1961)
In the 1950s, Craxton often stayed at Ghika’s house on the Greek island of Hydra.
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