Leo Deck Abstract Forest Scene
A vivid, semi-abstract forest composition by Swiss artist Leo Deck. This signed and numbered work, 59/60, appears to be an original color print, possibly with additional hand-worked passages. Tree trunks, branches and foliage are reduced to bold, overlapping forms, with vivid expressionist passages of orange, yellow and red set against olive green, charcoal grey and touches of violet. Strong vertical lines and angular shapes give the composition a lively sense of movement and depth.
30.9.1908 Bern - 1.6.1997
The Swiss painter Leo Deck studied in Paris at La Grande Chaumière and participated in his first group exhibit in 1945 in a show of “Young Artists of Bern” together with Rudolf Mumprecht, Ricco and Fritz Ryser. His work is in the tradition of the landscapes of Ferdinand Hodler and Cuno Amiet, but he took particular interest in depicting the landscape of Switzerland’s lakes and the surrounding regions. Deck’s Switzerland is a landscape of flat horizontal planes, marshes, sailboats, still waters.