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Landscape Paintings For Sale
Style: Abstract
Style: Old Masters
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18th century English portrait of a Hound or Gun Dog in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
This exquisite early 19th-century English portrait of a gun dog or foxhound by Thomas Weaver is a masterpiece of sporting art that offers both historical...
Category
1790s Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wild Summer Flowers in Champagne, Blooming Prairie, Illustration Style Poppies
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Wild Summer Flowers in Champagne" is an abstract expressionist painting by Romina Milano where a landscape of black gestures unfolds across colorful brushstrokes infused with raw em...
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
1980's French Expressionist Painting Rolling Hills and Valleys Verdant Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924)
signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
inscribed verso
dated 85'
canvas size: 35 x 46 inches
condition: ov...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Morning Mist, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A two-toned contemporary abstract piece features a textured surface. In her signature style, artist Janet Hamilton applied thick layers of paint using drywall...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original-Dahlias-Impasto-Jardin d'Hiver Series-British Awarded Artist-Impression
Located in London, GB
-In light of new tariffs, we’ve applied a 20% discount off the market price of this piece to support our collectors in facing potential added costs. At the gallery, we work closely w...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Antique American School Modernist Signed Abstract Expressionist Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American school modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas board. Signed.
Category
1960s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge 18th Century French Oil Painting Dogs Fighting Medieval Castle Wooden Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fighting Dogs
French Provincial School, 18th century
oil on canvas, framed in period antique wooden frame (walnut?)
Framed: 26 x 51 inches
Canvas : 19 x ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Midnight Jasmine-Original Oil with Gold Leaf-British Awarded Artist-Expression
Located in London, GB
-In light of new tariffs, we’ve applied a 20% discount off the market price of this piece to support our collectors in facing potential added costs. At the gallery, we work closely w...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Very Large Antique French Classical Romantic Oil Painting Ancient Ruin Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 19th century
Title: Classical Landscape with figures amongst ancient ruins.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed.
canvas: 24.5 x 36 inches
P...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted American modernist abstract painting. Oil and watercolor on paper. Framed. Image size, 14 by 27 inches.
Category
1990s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pink and Blue Sea Diptych, Unique Monotype Painting of Fish Patterns, Art Brut
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series by Enric Servera explores the relationship of humans to salt and seawater. The intention of these works is to submerge us into the sea, a salty treasure that surrounds us...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Monotype
Cascade - Original Earth Tone Abstract Impasto Nature Landscape Painting
By Dana Cowie
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Using an impasto, painterly technique Dana Cowie creates cubist-inspired farm and rural landscapes. Working within controlled color schemes, her artworks appear abstract up close and...
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil on Panel Angelic Visitation to Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Angelic Visitation
Dutch School, mid 17th century
circle of Rembrandt (Dutch 1606-1669)
oil on wooden panel, framed in faux tortoiseshell style frame.
framed: 25 x 28.75
painting...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Historical Italian painter - 19th century figure painting - Allegory
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (19th century) - Satirical allegory of the papacy and Austrian empire.
28.5 x 24 cm without frame, 32 x 26.5 with frame.
Oil on panel, in gilded wooden frame.
Cond...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Instant suspendu Abstract Landscape, Seaside, Beach, Contemporary Modern French
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Choose the color of the frame: black or light wood frame
In Instant Suspendu, Sophie Dumont transports us to a quiet, windswept shoreline where the sea and sky merge in an eternal di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage American Impressionist Signed Beach Scene Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted American impressionist beach scene. A nice summer view with a figures playing near the shore. Signed lower right illegibly. Framed handsomely in a wide gold ...
Category
1960s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large French 20th Century Abstract Expression Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Marie Deloume (French born 1942)
signed
oil painting on paper stuck on canvas, unframed
canvas size: 20 x 24 inches
condition: overall very good...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
After Hendrick MOMMERS (1623-1693) Haarlem Vegetable Market c1750
Located in Holywell, GB
After Hendrick MOMMERS (1623-1693) Haarlem Vegetable Market c1750
An early copy c1750, of an entertaining Dutch vegetable market scene in an Italianate landscape. The original was p...
Category
1750s Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Salmon Fishermen Nova Scotia Canada
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
James Floyd Clymer (1893-1982), ca.1930. Watercolor and pencil on paper measures 15 x 20 inches. Signed lower margin.
James Floyd Clymer ( 1893-1982 ) known for his Regionalist st...
Category
Early 20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil
"Floruit" (abstract green, pink, floral, landscape, oil painting, cotton canvas)
Located in Paris, IDF
FLORUIT
2024
Paris, France
This complex and layered floral painting of an abstract vase of flowers presents an energetic and mesmerizing subject. This original painting on cotton ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Dye, Ink, Oil Crayon, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
A groom with a saddled bay hunter and dogs in an extensive landscape
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Thomas Stringer (1722-1790)
A groom with a saddled bay hunter and dogs, in an extensive landscape
Dated 1754 lower left
Oil on canvas
Unframed size 25 x 36 in
Framed size 31 x 42 in
...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
French 20th Century Vibrant Abstract Swirls of Orange, Yellow Green and Blue
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924)
signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
dated 93
canvas size: 22 x 18 inches
condition: overall very good, ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Landscape, Oil on Masonite by Female Artist Miriam Bromberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Abstract Landscape
Miriam Bromberg
Date: circa 1960
Oil on Masonite
Size: 7.5 x 9.25 in. (19.05 x 23.5 cm)
Frame Size: 13 x 15 inches
Category
1960s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Small abstract impressionist nature oil painting on paper "Windy summer day"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This intimate abstract Impressionist piece, "Windy Summer Day", is the work of French artist Natalya Mougenot. Part of her ongoing series dedicated to...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Abstract R 2504
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this artwork, I chose to explore the vibrant dance of emotions and nature's untamed beauty through abstract expressionism. Each stroke of acrylic paint embodies a fusion of chaos ...
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Vitnage American Modernist Abstract Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 10H by 10L.
Category
1980s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cattle watering in an open landscape
By Joshua Shaw
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Joshua Shaw (Billingborough 1776-1860 New Jersey)
An open landscape with cattle watering
signed and dated 'J. Shaw. 1810' lower right
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size 36 x 51 in
Framed Siz...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Covey of Partridges in a landscape
By Stephen Elmer
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Stephen Elmer (Farnham 1715-1796)
A Covey of Partridges in a landscape
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size 28 x 36 in
Framed Size 32 x 43 in
Elmer resided at Farnham, Surrey, where he was a m...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Barn 17 October 11:31 - Modern Expressive Landscape, Nature Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chesley Lake Comfort - Abstract Colorful Rural Landscape Impasto Painting
By Dana Cowie
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Using an impasto, painterly technique Dana Cowie creates cubist-inspired farm and rural landscapes. Working within controlled color schemes, her artworks appear abstract up close and...
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Les lopins, Green Landscape, Expressionism, Textured, Fields, Oil on canvas
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Choose the color of the frame: black or wood
Framed dimensions: 72 x 88 cm (28.3 x 34.6 in)
Signed by the artist and a certificate is delivred.
In Les Lopins, French painter Sophie ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original-Dahlias in Dusk-British Awarded Artist-Exhibition Collection-gold leaf
Located in London, GB
With strokes of Gold, Oil, Gesso and Acrylic, Shizico orchestrates a visual symphony of abstract expression in this on-going series [Landscape Memories]; it's a part of her [Sunlit S...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Flowers by the Sea, original abstract expressionist Italian landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
When the flowers by the sea begin to bloom and catch the wind, summer will soon be in full swing with a potpourri of fragrances in the air! In this exciting garden paradise, an abst...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Small abstract expressive nature painting wood frame "Spring on the horizon"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract expressive nature painting, created by French artist Natalya Mougenot, bursts with color and emotion. "Spring on the Horizon" captures the fresh energy of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
All Roads Are Winding, nature, orange, beige, navy blue, Joan Mitchell, red
Located in Jönköping, SE
This painting is from my series titled "The Untethered Soul." This series delves into the transformative power of nature, capturing the essence of what one feels rather than sees. In...
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Raw Linen, Acrylic
Fine Early 1800's English Romantic Sunset Landscape Oval Panel Christies prov.
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Romantic Sunset Landsca
English School, early 1800's period
oil on wood panel, framed in antique gilt frame
framed: 27 x 31.5 inches
panel: 16 x 21.5 inches
provenance: private colle...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Coral Bouquet - Abstracted Underwater Scene in Acrylic on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
Coral Bouquet - Abstracted Underwater Scene in Acrylic on Masonite
High contrast abstract composition by an unknown artist (20th Century). Vibrant scene composed of abstract shapes ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Untitled 01 - Contemporary, Organic, Black, Minimalist, Abstract, Monochrome
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Untitled 01, 2017
Black adhesive and black oil on canvas
(Signed on reverse)
31 1/2 H x 23 5/8 H in.
80 H x 60 W cm
Zsolt Berszán treats the first layer of the drawing as a substrat...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Adhesive, Oil
Putti Landscape Field Boucher Paint 18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
French School of Francois Boucher (Paris, 1703 - 1770)
Putti as Fishermen (Allegory of Water)
18th century
Oil on canvas
65 x 146 cm. - In frame 77 x 157 cm.
We present a splendid...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Calvary - Large 19th Century Italian Oil Painting Jerusalem City & Crucifixion
By Pietro Sassi
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
'Calvary' by Pietro Sassi (1834-1905).
This monumental exhibition oil painting – which depicts the Light of Heaven shining upon Christ at Calvary with thousands of people outside t...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Nicely Framed Modernist Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive early American abstract expressionist painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Housed in a wonderful period wide modernist frame.
Category
1940s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rujuh 9 - atmospheric, colourful, abstract landscape, acrylic, resin on panel
By Jay Hodgins
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A vast, stormy cloud advances through an azure sky in this moody landscape by Jay Hodgins. Layers of curated colors coated in a glossy resin create depth and light in this atmospheri...
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Resin, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Abstract fusion
Located in Roma, GB
110x180cm (114x184 cm full size)
original painting on canvas
hand signed
one-of-a-kind
One of a kind.
The canvas is shipped rolled, not framed
Katarina's works are in private colle...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Original Set-Dahlias, Gladiolus in Bloom-Brit Awarded Artist-Abstract Expression
Located in London, GB
-In light of new tariffs, we’ve applied a 20% discount off the market price of this piece to support our collectors in facing potential added costs. At the gallery, we work closely w...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Hawaii Beach Series", RK43, Landscape Painting, Acrylic and Clay, 21st Century
By Roger König
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany. König combines modern painting with acrylic with old techniques and in this way, h...
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Clay, Acrylic
Shepherd with Sheep, Cows and a Goat in a Landscape by Jan Frans Soolmaker
Located in Stockholm, SE
This painting depicts a pastoral scene that is attributed to the artist Jan Frans Soolmaker, an artist known for his Italianate landscapes and scenes that often feature equestrian and Arcadian elements. The painting is not signed but is attributed to Soolmaker, relating it to a known signed work by the artist that was sold at Sotheby’s London in 1999.
The scene is suffused with the warm glow of a setting or rising sun, casting a soft light that is characteristic of Soolmaker’s landscapes. It shows a shepherd guiding a group of cattle across a shallow stream, with the animals taking center stage in the composition. The animals are rendered with careful attention to their forms and the play of light on their bodies, which is a hallmark of Soolmaker's work. The landscape is composed of a rocky terrain with trees and shrubbery, creating a sense of depth and natural beauty that invites the viewer to explore the scene further.
The background suggests a vast, open landscape with distant mountains, which adds to the Italianate feel of the painting. The sky is dramatic, with clouds catching the light of the sun, contributing to the overall serene yet dynamic atmosphere of the work.
The provenance of the painting is notable, having been in the possession of significant historical figures such as Swedish Prince Fredrik Adolf, and later The collection of Pär Ulmgren, The collection of Gösta Stenman, and Engineer and politician Gustaf Henry Hansson.
Potential buyers have the option of choosing between a newly made gold frame or an older brown frame, which allows for personalization in how the work is presented.
Soolmaker’s work is often compared to that of Dutch painter Nicolaes Berchem, whose style he emulated. Soolmaker's landscapes reflect a similar sensitivity to light and composition, making his works sought after for their beauty and historical significance. Despite the smaller body of work left by Soolmaker, due to his short career, his paintings are valued for their craftsmanship and the legacy of the artist’s brief but impactful contribution to the Dutch Italianate landscape genre.
Information:
Jan Frans Soolmaker (Flanders 1635‑1685)
Shepherd with Sheep...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Waterloo Battlefield with 3 Monuments - Butte du Lion, Antique Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Battlefield of Waterloo
English School, 19th century
original oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 12 x 15.5 inches
framed: 17.5 x 20.5 inches
condition: overall very good and presentable, some former restoration and signs of retouching visible.
provenance: from a private collection
A very rare and historically important early painting, depicting the Waterloo battle...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Departure - Large Framed Original Blue and White Abstract Landscape Painting
By Greet Helsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Belgian artist Greet Helsen masterfully layers acrylic paint with the effervescent transparency of watercolors in her large mixed-media abstract paintings. Reminiscent of abstract ex...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Mixed Media
Antique American Impressionist California Santa Monica Large Landscape Framed
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist landscape oil painting by Fritz Wilhelm Anton Kocher (1904 - 1973). Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 23H by 31L.
Category
1960s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Couleurs éphemeres, landscape, oil on canvas, expressionism, multicolor, french
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
"couleurs ephemeres" by Sophie Dumont, presented on a canvas measuring 27x35 cm (approximately 10.6x13.8 inches), is a captivating journey into France countryside. The artist's bold ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape
By Andre Elbaz
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Andre Elbaz (b.1934). Landscape, ca. 1980 . Oil on card panel, image measures 14 x 20 inches; 18.5 x 24.5 inches framed. Signed lower right. Excellent condition.
André Elbaz (born April 26, 1934, El Jadida, Morocco) is a famous Moroccan painter and filmmaker.
Elbaz studied art and theatre in Rabat and Paris from 1950 to 1961. He started painting only at the age of 21, until which age he had been interested mainly in theatre. A few years later, he managed to combine his two passions into a new approach in art-therapy, inventing together with his wife, a psychiatrist, the Pictodrame, which brought him world recognition.
His first exhibition, which was very successful, took place in Casablanca in 1961 and earned him an appointment as Professor at the Beaux-Arts school in Casablanca. Years later, in 1976, he exhibited his paintings at the Tel-Aviv Museum.
In parallel to his career as a painter, Elbaz is also known as a filmmaker. He produced several short films in France, Canada and the United States. One of them, La nuit n'est jamais complète (The night is never complete), won a prize at the "5th Biennale de Paris in 1967" .[citation needed] Among the themes chosen for the many films he produced, there was a short one about the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, as well as a series of drawings entitled Seuls (Alone), with texts written by both Elie Wiesel...
Category
1970s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
Antique American Naturescape Abstract Modernist Landscape Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American exhibited oil painting by Grace McFarren. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 29 by 49 inches overall and 26 by 46 painting alone.
Category
1960s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 19th Century Norwich School oil painting of figures by a river
Located in Harkstead, GB
An incredibly atmospheric oil painting of two figures sitting chatting by a woodland stream . A rare work by this master of early 19th century English painting. A very handsome piece...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oak, Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
Warm Sand and Beautiful Clouds, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Joanie Ford depicts a few beachgoers enjoying a relaxing day out by the shore. Clouds provide a cool shadow from the sun's summer heat as a gentle bree...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
A l'orée des champs, abstract, vert, expressionism, oil on canvas, countryside
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Abstract countryside landscape with colored plots worked in oil on linen canvas..
The construction takes precedence over the motif, the artist works on his composition until he finds...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Kulicke Frame Signed
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 12H by 16L.
Category
1960s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
City Sketches 2
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this vibrant canvas, I've melded acrylics, oils, oil pastels, and colored pencils to capture the pulsating energy of urban life. The abstract and expressive strokes create a symph...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Old Master Painting, Flemish School from 1600s, Saint Nicholas of Tolentino
Located in Stockholm, SE
This small Flemish painting, measuring only 24.5 x 18.5 cm and executed on a copper plate, depicts Saint Nicholas of Tolentino. Created in the 17th century, the artist remains unknow...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Copper
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It could be argued that cave walls were the canvases for the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict and elevate natural scenery through art, but there is a richer history to consider.
The Netherlands was home to landscapes as a major theme in painting as early as the 1500s, and ink-on-silk paintings in China featured mountains and large bodies of water as far back as the third century. Greeks created vast wall paintings that depicted landscapes and grandiose garden scenes, while in the late 15th century and early 16th century, landscapes were increasingly the subject of watercolor works by the likes of Leonardo da Vinci and Fra Bartolomeo.
The popularity of religious paintings eventually declined altogether, and by the early 19th century, painters of classical landscapes took to painting out-of-doors (plein-air painting). Paintings of natural scenery were increasingly realistic but romanticized too. Into the 20th century, landscapes remained a major theme for many artists, and while the term “landscape painting” may call to mind images of lush, grassy fields and open seascapes, the genre is characterized by more variety, colors and diverse styles than you may think. Painters working in the photorealist style of landscape painting, for example, seek to create works so lifelike that you may confuse their paint for camera pixels. But if you’re shopping for art to outfit an important room, the work needs to be something with a bit of gravitas (and the right frame is important, too).
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