A Swiss Modernist Painter

Landscape, 1935, oil on hardboard, 47.5 x 51.5 cm (R.), 30 x 35 cm (top right)

Landscape, 1935

The painting depicts a gentle, idyllic landscape dominated by a vibrant green palette. The foreground opens onto a wide green plain, through which a narrow path winds and leads into the depth of the picture. The surroundings are framed by dense groups of trees, rendered with expressive brushstrokes that lend the work a lively texture. The sky above the scene is bright, yet streaked with soft clouds, giving the work a calm, almost meditative atmosphere.
The work can be stylistically placed within the period in which Evard moved between figurative landscape depictions and abstract forms. Here, his love of nature is evident in an almost impressionistic approach, in which colours and forms are interpreted not naturalistically but as a harmonious interplay of colour and light. The painting conveys a balance between reality and artistic freedom, typical of Evard’s spirit of experimentation during this creative phase.