Maria de Echevarria (B. 1944, Argentina)
The earliest Buddhist texts explain that the four primary properties of nature are cohesion (water), solidity or inertia (earth), expansion or vibration (air) and energy (fire). Echevarria’s work focus on semi-abstract serene landscapes that combine the four classical elements.
Born in Buenos Aires, Maria’s fascination with landscapes began at an early age. Living in a coastal city provided her with many sunrises and sunsets over the Atlantic Ocean. The movement and reflection of colors awakened a passion to capture the emotions and energy released from such serene landscapes. Because Buenos Aires lies in the grassy prairie of the Pampa region, Maria was presented with a variety of shades of greens with which to practice her techniques and enjoy her new found love. Maria has studied under the Peruvian painter Reynaldo Bisetti and has taken classes at the Art Student League of New York, but she considers herself primarily self-taught. The world of landscape art has two traditions, springing from Western painting and Chinese art, both traditions going back well over a thousand years. A major contrast between landscape painting in the West and East Asia has been that while landscape in the West occupied a low position in the accepted hierarchy of genres until the 19th century, in East Asia the classic Chinese mountain- water ink painting was traditionally the most prestigious form of visual art.
The earliest Buddhist texts explain that the four primary properties of nature are cohesion (water), solidity or inertia (earth), expansion or vibration (air) and energy (fire). Echevarria’s work focus on semi-abstract serene landscapes that combine the four classical elements.
Born in Buenos Aires, Maria’s fascination with landscapes began at an early age. Living in a coastal city provided her with many sunrises and sunsets over the Atlantic Ocean. The movement and reflection of colors awakened a passion to capture the emotions and energy released from such serene landscapes. Because Buenos Aires lies in the grassy prairie of the Pampa region, Maria was presented with a variety of shades of greens with which to practice her techniques and enjoy her new found love. Maria has studied under the Peruvian painter Reynaldo Bisetti and has taken classes at the Art Student League of New York, but she considers herself primarily self-taught. The world of landscape art has two traditions, springing from Western painting and Chinese art, both traditions going back well over a thousand years. A major contrast between landscape painting in the West and East Asia has been that while landscape in the West occupied a low position in the accepted hierarchy of genres until the 19th century, in East Asia the classic Chinese mountain- water ink painting was traditionally the most prestigious form of visual art.
Echevarria, Maria de
Maria de Echevarria - Autumn House - 24 x 30 in. - Oil on Canvas - Ref: 471 MDE
$2,400.00
$2,400.00
Maria de Echevarria - Encounter #1 - 24 x 30 in. - Oil on Canvas - Ref: 288 MDE
$2,400.00
$2,400.00
Maria de Echevarria - High Lake #2 - 20 x 24 in. - Oil on Canvas - Ref: 445 MDE
$2,200.00
$2,200.00
Maria de Echevarria - Music - 40 x 30 in. - Oil on Canvas - Ref: 281 MDE
$3,800.00
$3,800.00
Serenity
$0.00
$0.00
Serenity #2 (diptych)
$0.00
$0.00
Maria de Echevarria - Silence - 24 x 30 in. - Oil on Canvas - Ref:
$2,400.00
$2,400.00
Maria de Echevarria - Summer Storm - 24 x 36 in. - Oil on Canvas - Ref: 1223 MDE
$2,550.00
$2,550.00
Maria de Echevarria - Swimmers - 36 x 36 in. - Oil on Canvas - Ref: 475 MDE
$3,800.00
$3,800.00