

Curatorial Narrative The painting “Plain with Bare Mountain” by Ernst Schiess stands at the threshold of a pivotal moment in post-war European art. Emerging from the avant-garde movements of the 1960s and 70s, Schiess’s work embodies the spirit of modernity while simultaneously resisting the dogma of abstraction. His unique employment of impasto brushwork imbues the canvas with a tactile, almost sculptural quality that defies the illusionistic conventions of traditional landscape painting. The bold, expressive strokes serve to disrupt the serene atmosphere, introducing an element of tension that pervades the entire composition.As “Plain with Bare Mountain” is enlarged to 60×44, its spatial structure and chromatic structure come into sharp focus. The palette, characterized by a range of blues, greens, yellows, and browns, assumes a new level of complexity, as if the mountain itself has been thrust forward from the surrounding plain.
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