“Landscape in the South of France” is an artwork created by Graham Sutherland circa 1950, belonging to the Neo-Romanticism art movement. The genre of this artwork is cityscape.
The artwork depicts a colorful and stylized view of a southern French landscape. Dominated by warm hues and expressive brushstrokes, the scene features a prominent palm tree on the left, which is juxtaposed against a backdrop of bright, almost fiery, red and pink sky. A pathway meanders through the composition, leading towards a collection of structures characterized by their geometric forms and textured surfaces. A stone wall topped by a railing is present on the right side, suggesting a terrace of sorts, with vegetation subtly integrated into the scene. The use of color and form in the artwork evokes a sense of surreal tranquility and poignancy, emblematic of Sutherland’s Neo-Romantic style.
