Koloman Moser Prints – Mountains, Forests & Patterned Colour
Koloman Moser prints include landscapes in which slopes, clouds and tree trunks become broad bands or repeated patterns. Other works turn towards individual figures and imagined scenes. Explore the collection through its outdoor colour and clear arrangements, alongside landscape art and geometric abstract prints for comparison.
The hillside as bands of colour
Mountain Slopes sets overlapping slopes beneath a pale blue sky, with purple, pink and green following the contours of the ground. The sparse foreground gives each band a clear edge. The scene remains recognisable as mountain country while placing unusual emphasis on the arrangement of its coloured surfaces.
Repeated cloud marks above the peaks
Snowy Mountain Peaks at Dusk raises a dark mountain beneath a sky broken into short purple and yellow strokes. Pale snow separates the upper slopes from the surrounding forms. The repeated sky marks create a patterned field above the more solid peaks, making both parts of the image equally active.
A rhythm of close tree trunks
Coniferous Forest in the Snow brings vertical trunks across a pale snowy ground. Small dark branches and warmer marks break their surfaces, while the repeated stems close off a broad distant view. Compare this enclosed arrangement with the open mountain scenes to see how repetition can organise very different spaces.
Related artists and collections
Compare patterned surfaces in Gustav Klimt, angular natural forms in Egon Schiele and expressive mountain colour in August Babberger. Further landscape prints follow the outdoor subjects, while geometric abstracts offer a comparison with works built more directly from repeated forms and coloured divisions.
Read more in our guide to Koloman Moser.

























































