This serene abstract landscape by Piet Althers, Untitled (Horizon Driftscape), is a masterful blend of collage, acrylic, and soft atmospheric layering. Althers creates a drifting horizon composed of misty turquoise, sienna, sand, charcoal, and pearl-toned fields, using both textured collage elements and feathered airbrush-like gradations. Horizontal bands evoke sky, water, land, and light, forming a dreamlike, modernist panorama. Signed “Althers,” this vintage European–American mixed-media work exemplifies the artist’s signature use of subtle color, layered motion, and meditative spatial depth.
This work presents a sweeping, stratified horizon built from horizontal bands of muted turquoise, cool grey, soft sand, sienna, and charcoal. Unlike Althers’ more gestural pieces, this composition embraces tranquil expansiveness—a meditative environment where color fields merge into subtle gradients.
Althers uses a combination of:
Airbrushed or feathered acrylic gradients
Collaged textured papers integrated into the layers
Hand-applied opaque accents
Soft-edged atmospheric washes
The result is a multi-depth landscape abstraction that floats between seascape, desert plain, and cloud horizon. Thin linear accents create the impression of distant geological formations or islands, while layered pastel hues evoke evaporating mist or shifting light.
The palette—sage, pale turquoise, ochre, charcoal, and muted coral—suggests a coastline at dawn or dusk, though Althers avoids literalism. His goal is not depiction, but capturing the emotional resonance of space and light.
Signed “Althers” at lower right.
This piece aligns with Althers’ 1980s atmospheric abstraction period, in which he explored horizon structures and soft-sweeping gradients influenced by Spanish coastlines and his travels across Europe.
Piet Althers was born in 1930 in Holland into a multi-generational lineage of Dutch artists, becoming the fifth generation of painters and sculptors in his family. His earliest education came under the guidance of his father, who trained him in classical draftsmanship, composition, and tonal sensitivity.
At age twelve, Althers emigrated with his family to Spain, where Mediterranean light and the Spanish school of lyrical modernism profoundly shaped his aesthetic. By 1951, he had his first solo exhibition, launching a career that would span decades and a wide geographic range across Europe.
Throughout the 1950s–70s, Althers traveled and exhibited widely in Spain, France, the Netherlands, and Italy. His parallel work in ceramics and tapestry design contributed to the unique textural layering seen in his mature mixed-media pieces.
Althers moved to the United States in 1980, where he quickly gained recognition for his finely modulated use of color, aerodynamic movement, atmospheric horizon bands, and elegant, meditative abstraction. His works often evoke natural forces—wind currents, ocean horizons, desert light—without resorting to literal depiction, revealing a lifetime of studying the interplay between color, motion, and emotional resonance.
Today, Althers is celebrated for his delicacy of technique, sophisticated European training, and ability to merge texture, light, and movement into uniquely serene modernist compositions.
Piet Althers (Dutch–Spanish–American, b.1930)
Untitled (Horizon Driftscape), c.1970s–1980s
Collage, acrylic & mixed media on paper
Approx. 36 × 24 in.
Signed lower right “Althers.”
Soft atmospheric abstraction with layered horizon bands in turquoise, sienna, sand, and grey. A fine example of Althers’ European modernist landscape abstractions.
Provenance: Acquired in NYC; Artfind Gallery, Washington, DC.
Artist: Piet Althers (b.1930, Holland)
Title: Untitled (Horizon Driftscape) (attributed)
Date: c.1970s–1980s
Medium: Collage, acrylic & mixed media on paper
Dimensions: approx. 36 × 24 in.
Signature: Signed “Althers,” lower right
Description:
Atmospheric horizontal abstraction featuring layered color fields in turquoise, sand, grey, and sienna. Incorporates collage elements and soft airbrushed gradients characteristic of Althers’ mature style. Evocative of shifting horizons and coastal light.
Authenticity:
Signature, composition, palette, and material execution are consistent with recognized works by Piet Althers.
Condition:
Very good vintage condition. Minor, expected surface toning consistent with age; no tears or structural defects. Suitable for archival framing.
Provenance:
Piet Althers (Artist Studio)
Private Collection, New York City
Artfind Gallery, Washington, DC (current owner)
Piet Althers (Artist Studio)
Private Collection, New York City
Artfind Gallery, Washington, DC — Current Owner
Piet Althers Untitled Horizon Driftscape, Mixed Media Abstract Landscape, 36×24
Mixed-media abstract landscape by Piet Althers (b.1930) featuring layered horizon bands in turquoise, sand, and grey with collage textures and atmospheric gradients. Signed and acquired in NYC. Available through Artfind Gallery, Washington DC.
This serene abstract landscape by Piet Althers, Untitled (Horizon Driftscape), is a masterful blend of collage, acrylic, and soft atmospheric layering. Althers creates a drifting horizon composed of misty turquoise, sienna, sand, charcoal, and pearl-toned fields, using both textured collage elements and feathered airbrush-like gradations. Horizontal bands evoke sky, water, land, and light, forming a dreamlike, modernist panorama. Signed “Althers,” this vintage European–American mixed-media work exemplifies the artist’s signature use of subtle color, layered motion, and meditative spatial depth.
This work presents a sweeping, stratified horizon built from horizontal bands of muted turquoise, cool grey, soft sand, sienna, and charcoal. Unlike Althers’ more gestural pieces, this composition embraces tranquil expansiveness—a meditative environment where color fields merge into subtle gradients.
Althers uses a combination of:
Airbrushed or feathered acrylic gradients
Collaged textured papers integrated into the layers
Hand-applied opaque accents
Soft-edged atmospheric washes
The result is a multi-depth landscape abstraction that floats between seascape, desert plain, and cloud horizon. Thin linear accents create the impression of distant geological formations or islands, while layered pastel hues evoke evaporating mist or shifting light.
The palette—sage, pale turquoise, ochre, charcoal, and muted coral—suggests a coastline at dawn or dusk, though Althers avoids literalism. His goal is not depiction, but capturing the emotional resonance of space and light.
Signed “Althers” at lower right.
This piece aligns with Althers’ 1980s atmospheric abstraction period, in which he explored horizon structures and soft-sweeping gradients influenced by Spanish coastlines and his travels across Europe.
Piet Althers was born in 1930 in Holland into a multi-generational lineage of Dutch artists, becoming the fifth generation of painters and sculptors in his family. His earliest education came under the guidance of his father, who trained him in classical draftsmanship, composition, and tonal sensitivity.
At age twelve, Althers emigrated with his family to Spain, where Mediterranean light and the Spanish school of lyrical modernism profoundly shaped his aesthetic. By 1951, he had his first solo exhibition, launching a career that would span decades and a wide geographic range across Europe.
Throughout the 1950s–70s, Althers traveled and exhibited widely in Spain, France, the Netherlands, and Italy. His parallel work in ceramics and tapestry design contributed to the unique textural layering seen in his mature mixed-media pieces.
Althers moved to the United States in 1980, where he quickly gained recognition for his finely modulated use of color, aerodynamic movement, atmospheric horizon bands, and elegant, meditative abstraction. His works often evoke natural forces—wind currents, ocean horizons, desert light—without resorting to literal depiction, revealing a lifetime of studying the interplay between color, motion, and emotional resonance.
Today, Althers is celebrated for his delicacy of technique, sophisticated European training, and ability to merge texture, light, and movement into uniquely serene modernist compositions.
Piet Althers (Dutch–Spanish–American, b.1930)
Untitled (Horizon Driftscape), c.1970s–1980s
Collage, acrylic & mixed media on paper
Approx. 36 × 24 in.
Signed lower right “Althers.”
Soft atmospheric abstraction with layered horizon bands in turquoise, sienna, sand, and grey. A fine example of Althers’ European modernist landscape abstractions.
Provenance: Acquired in NYC; Artfind Gallery, Washington, DC.
Artist: Piet Althers (b.1930, Holland)
Title: Untitled (Horizon Driftscape) (attributed)
Date: c.1970s–1980s
Medium: Collage, acrylic & mixed media on paper
Dimensions: approx. 36 × 24 in.
Signature: Signed “Althers,” lower right
Description:
Atmospheric horizontal abstraction featuring layered color fields in turquoise, sand, grey, and sienna. Incorporates collage elements and soft airbrushed gradients characteristic of Althers’ mature style. Evocative of shifting horizons and coastal light.
Authenticity:
Signature, composition, palette, and material execution are consistent with recognized works by Piet Althers.
Condition:
Very good vintage condition. Minor, expected surface toning consistent with age; no tears or structural defects. Suitable for archival framing.
Provenance:
Piet Althers (Artist Studio)
Private Collection, New York City
Artfind Gallery, Washington, DC (current owner)
Piet Althers (Artist Studio)
Private Collection, New York City
Artfind Gallery, Washington, DC — Current Owner
Piet Althers Untitled Horizon Driftscape, Mixed Media Abstract Landscape, 36×24
Mixed-media abstract landscape by Piet Althers (b.1930) featuring layered horizon bands in turquoise, sand, and grey with collage textures and atmospheric gradients. Signed and acquired in NYC. Available through Artfind Gallery, Washington DC.
