The artwork titled “GRASSHOPPER,” created by Peter Doig in 1999, belongs to the Magic Realism art movement and is categorized under the genre of genre painting.
The artwork vividly renders an outdoor scene, characterized by an ethereal and somewhat dreamlike quality. The composition features a forest with slender, leafless trees against a backdrop of diffuse blues, creating a serene and mysterious atmosphere. The foreground is dominated by abstract forms painted in earthy orange and soft peach hues, which merge seamlessly into the tall grass that occupies the lower part of the canvas. The juxtaposition of the organic natural elements with the surreal and almost apparition-like quality of the forest exemplifies the Magic Realism movement, inviting viewers to contemplate the interplay between the real and the fantastical.