The artwork titled “Summer,” created by Eyvind Earle in 1983 in the United States, belongs to the Magic Realism art movement and the landscape genre. The artwork embodies a serene and stylized depiction of a summer landscape.
The composition features a series of rolling hills adorned with meticulously detailed trees that cast elongated shadows across the golden terrain. A gentle gradient transitions the scene from a lush, dark foreground to the hazy blue layers of distant hills, evoking depth and tranquility. The prominent inclusion of a solitary, intricately rendered tree in the center foreground is a focal point, drawing the viewer’s gaze and reinforcing the harmonious balance between nature’s elements. The stylization and precision of the lines and shapes create a magical quality, characteristic of the Magic Realism movement, blending realistic detail with an ethereal, dreamlike atmosphere.