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András Bernát

Landscape

1995

Oil on canvas

134 × 196 × 3 cm

Unique

Location: TOULOUSE, France

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About the artwork

Dark, earthy tones dominate the horizontal expanse of the canvas, which features a diagonal slash of luminous green cutting through shadowed, churning masses. The surface treatment combines layered oil pigments applied with varied brushwork to produce an ambiguous spatial depth. Created in 1995, the composition bridges the artist's earlier figurative landscape references and the fully non-objective explorations that characterized his output later in the decade. The interplay between dense, light-absorbing dark areas and brighter chromatic streaks generates a sense of internal movement without relying on traditional perspective.

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This canvas exemplifies the transitional phase of the artist's 1990s oeuvre, wherein recognizable natural motifs dissolve into shifting fields of abstract illusionism. Within the broader context of Central European contemporary painting, the piece reflects a sustained engagement with atmospheric depth and surface texture. Market reception for this period remains steady among regional collectors focusing on late twentieth-century abstraction.

About the artist

András Bernát was born in Törökszentmiklós, Hungary, in 1957. He completed his formal education at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts between 1980 and 1986, studying under the direction of Ignác Kokas and Gábor Dienes. Following his graduation, he established himself within the contemporary Hungarian art scene, participating in numerous institutional exhibitions both domestically and internationally. His career evolved from dark, structurally sparse figurative works in the 1980s toward increasingly abstract, atmospheric surfaces during the 1990s. This stylistic transition focused on organic forms, spatial illusions, and light diffusion across textured planes. His output includes well-documented series such as the Object and Space study groups, which have been collected by major public institutions including the Hungarian National Gallery.

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