A Swiss Modernist Painter

Mountain Landscape, 1959, oil on hardboard, 27.1 x 34.8 cm

Mountain Landscape, 1959

In expressive colors, a blue mountain landscape extends over three-quarters of the composition. The massive mountain ranges are contrasted by a radiant yellow sunset in the background. Atmospherically, the cloud cover in the center of the image glows in a rich light blue. As grand and overwhelming as the mountains appear, the flowers in the lower foreground, hinted at by dabs of color, are equally delicate and charming. A narrow strip of a flower meadow stretches there, still catching some light from the setting sun.
Evard captures a brief moment here: the transition from day to night, from the vibrant to the tranquil.