Mark Buchmann – Winter Landscape
Winter Landscape
Acrylic on Paper
Signed and Dated [19] 54
This winter landscape by Mark Buchmann (1922-2007) presents a pared-back, almost musical interpretation of the snowy countryside. Broad, confident brushstrokes define the terrain: rolling snowdrifts, skeletal trees, and simplified architectural forms sit beneath a heavy, slate-blue sky. The palette is restrained but expressive, built around cool whites, greys, and deep indigo blues, warmed by earthy browns and ochres that trace branches, fences, and structural lines.
Rather than aiming for literal realism, Buchmann reduces the scene to its essential rhythms and contrasts. Snow becomes a sequence of layered planes; trees are suggested through angular, calligraphic marks; buildings dissolve into blocks of color. The surface shows visible brushwork and overlaps, giving the composition a sense of movement and immediacy, as if the landscape were observed quickly but with great sensitivity. The overall effect is quietly contemplative, evoking the stillness and clarity of winter while retaining a strong emotional charge through color and gesture.
Dimensions: 51 X 36 cm
(Burgeln 1922 – 2007 Kusnacht)
Mark Buchmann
Born in Thurgau, Mark Buchmann grew up in Zurich where he studied Art History and wrote his dissertation on Vincent Van Gogh’s use of color. His first private art teacher was Ernst Georg Heussler and he later interned with Johannest Itten and other artists at Zurich’s School of Applied Arts and Museum of Fine Arts and eventually served as director of that school from 1964 to 1973. From 1975 onwards he devoted himself exclusively to his work as an artist, including paintings, drawings, engravings as well as mosaics and murals. He lived and worked for much of his career in Kusnacht with his wife, the painer and poet Monika Buchmann-Helbing. Influences on Buchmann’s work include Cezanne and Chinese brush painting. His works can be found in the collections of the Kunstmuseum Thurgau and the graphic collection of ETH Zürich.
The artist’s signature and the date [19] 54.
