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Landscape Paintings For Sale
Style: Minimalist
Style: Expressionist
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'Waves off the Coast', Monterey, California, Large Modernist Seascape
By Alberto Conti
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right "A. Conti" for Alberto Conti (Italian, 1895-1982) and painted circa 1960.
A dramatic Expressionist style coastal scene showing a view of a breaking wave off the c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Haystacks on the riverbank. Cardboard, oil, 50x59.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Haystacks on the riverbank. Cardboard, oil, 50x59.5 cm
Jurgis Skulme (1928-2015) – painter, art scientist.
1954 – The graduating State Art Academy of Latvia, the monumental departm...
Category
1980s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Summer - figurative painting, landscape painting
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful minimalist round figurative painting by Ana is from her latest body of works.
It is acrylic on canvas, 60 cm in diameter and comes signed dated along with a certificat...
Category
2010s Minimalist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fish bowl - figurative painting, landscape painting
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful minimalist round figurative painting by Ana is from her latest body of works.
It is acrylic on canvas, 60 cm in diameter and comes signed dated along with a certificat...
Category
2010s Minimalist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Snowman in a fairy forest
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this oil painting, I've captured a whimsical snowman, the embodiment of winter joy. The expressive strokes and vibrant palette evoke the crisp, enlivening air of a snowy forest. T...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Takla Bey's Garden in Alese" - Expressionist Landscape
By Gloria Takla
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant depiction of an interior garden by Gloria Takla (American/German, b. 1940). Composed of saturated colors, this piece shows a simple snapshot of a palm tree framed by a bright pink wall. The palm is planted in an enclosed area of blue, set in the yellow ground. The tree is framed by an opening in the wall, with decorative elements on either side.
Signed in the lower middle.
Signed and titled on verso.
No frame.
Canvas size 36"H x 36"W
Gloria Lerch-Takla (German, b. 1940) was born in Berlin and began her art education at night school there. Later she studied art at Western Wyoming College, the University of Alberta in Canada, and Roane State University in Tennessee. She also was a master class student of Hassel Smith at the College of Notre Dame (now Notre Dame de Namur University) in Belmont.
A San Mateo resident, Takla often paints outdoors around the Bay Area, both along the coast and in city locations.
Selected Exhibitions:
1983 - P.ART.A Galleries, San Mateo, CA
1985 - Oak Ridge Community Art Center, Oak Ridge, TN
1990 - Center for Integrated Systems, Stanford, CA
1998 - “Chroma” Two-Woman Exhibit - Gallery House, Palo Alto, CA
2005 - “Lieder in Color” - Gallery House, Palo Alto, CA
Artist’s Statement:
“As I have been traveling extensively, my subject matters are all unfolding like a picture book; special moments, views bypassing, caught by my eye from a car window, discarded or stored for later evaluation. I paint the past - events that I have lived through and places I have seen. I experience them first, then at a later time reflect on them, feel them through, then my interpretations of events and impressions are put on canvas.”
"I paint in the German Expressionism style...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winter Shadows 31, Eleanor Woolley, Original Night Time Painting, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Winter Shadows 31 [October 2021]
original
Oil Paint on Canvas
Image size: H:15 cm x W:15 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:15 cm x W:15 cm x D:3cm
Sold Unframed
Please note t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Beautiful Rose Garden by the Sea
Located in Zofingen, AG
In crafting this serene seascape, I layered vibrant oils to capture the tranquil interplay of rose-laden breezes with the gentle splash of distant sails. I aimed to express a synthes...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Countryside. 1990. Paper, watercolor, 28x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Countryside. 1990. Paper, watercolor, 28x30 cm
Dzidra Bauma (1930)
Dzidra Bauma works in watercolor technique. She paint figural compositions, portraits...
Category
1990s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Bee utiful Sunny Delight #4 by Lucy Moore
By Lucy Moore
Located in Deddington, GB
original
Acrylic on Linen
Image size: H:60 cm x W:60 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:60 cm x D:1.5cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indicat...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Winter evening. 1950. Oil on canvas and cardboard, 29x23 cm
By Milda Grinfelde
Located in Riga, LV
Winter evening. Oil on canvas and cardboard, 29x23 cm
Category
1950s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
'Field of Flowers', Monterey Coast, California Expressionist, Carmel, Stanford
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper left, 'Canete' for Robert Canete (American, born 1948) and painted circa 2005.
A panoramic view of flower-filled fields overlooking the Pacific Ocean near Monterey, Ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
David's pool at night - figurative painting, landscape painting
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful minimalist figurative painting by Ana is from her latest body of works.
It is acrylic on canvas and comes signed dated along with a certificate of authenticity.
"I pai...
Category
2010s Minimalist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Patterned Soul, " Acrylic on Canvas, 2022
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in the tradition of Renaissance masters. With strong command of the human form, Surdo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
'Coastline', Expressionist California Landscape, San Francisco Woman Artist
By Alice Beamish
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A dramatic, Expressionist Coastal landscape showing a view of white-capped jade green breakers crashing against a rocky shoreline, with a distant mountain painted in shades of scarlet, slate blue, and indigo rising in the background.
Signed lower right, "Beamish", titled verso and painted circa 1960.
Provenance: The Vincent Price Collection...
Category
1950s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Monica Angle Contemporary Painting Large Scale Tree Line Series Abstract
By Monica Angle
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original acrylic on paper by American contemporary artist Monica Angle from the artist's Tree Line series created in 2014.
This work is being sold unframed. Wholesale framing is...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Lage Zwaluwe - landscape painting
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful landscape painting by Jeroen Allart is part of his minimalist landscape painting he did in his home country the Netherlands.
IA farm stan...
Category
2010s Minimalist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Red trees. 1991, oil on canvas, 60x80 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Red trees. 1991, oil on canvas, 60x80 cm
Bright, colorful landscape with trees in red colors
Valdis Bush (1924-2014)
studied at the Art academy of Latvia (1945 – 1950), his favorit...
Category
1990s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Shadows Draw Longer, Expressionist Style Landscape Painting, Original Art
By Adele Riley
Located in Deddington, GB
Adele Riley is a British contemporary land and seascape artist working primarily in acrylic and acrylic inks. Her artistic process usually begins with a loose idea of what she wants ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
Sheepscombe Morning, Landscape Painting, Green Contemporary Expressionist Art
By Rupert Aker
Located in Deddington, GB
Sheepscombe Morning is an original painting by Rupert Aker. It depicts an english countryside scene with rolling hills and trees. The thick layers and brush marks give the painting a...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sea, Evening
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, I capture the fleeting magic of twilight over the sea. Using expressionist and impressionist techniques, I layered vibrant oil colors to evoke the bold spirit of th...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Sea, Evening 2
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, I capture the fleeting magic of twilight over the sea. Using expressionist and impressionist techniques, I layered vibrant oil colors to evoke the bold spirit of th...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Bude Shadows, costal, beach, summertime, landscape, seascape, swimming, Cornwall
Located in Deddington, GB
Bude Shadows is an Original Painting by Eleanor Woolley Painted in the Artist's Gloucestershire Studio, Bude Shadows is Inspired by a trip to Cornwall last Summer. Photographs were t...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
City Dagda. 1984. Oil on canvas and cardboard, 50x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Dagda, city in Latvia. Oil on canvas and cardboard, 50x70 cm
Bright, colorful cityscape
Valdis Bush (1924-2014)
studied at the Art academy of Latvia (1945 – 1950), his favorite pr...
Category
1980s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Contrast, Contemporary Representational Art, Landscape, Canadian Artist
By Marie Rioux
Located in Houston, TX
Contrast is Contemporary Representational Art of a Canadian Landscape with a twist of Abstract.
“Whatever my particular aim is, atmosphere is a...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th Century Modernist; 'Meadow Landscape with Wildlife' Expressionist oil
Located in Frome, Somerset
A fine Modernist/Expressionist oil by listed Swedish artist Sune Blomqvist (1919-1989)
'Meadow Landscape with Wildlife' circa 1950-60.
oil on canvas 33cmx41cm
gallery frame 40cmx48cm...
Category
1950s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Color-Field Work on Canvas, Les Champs
Located in Cotignac, FR
A large contemporary Abstract Expressionist Color-Field work on canvas by French artist, Christian Manoury. Signed and dated to the back of the canvas.
Inspired by the wonderful cou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cardigan Bay, Montbretia, Cornish Seascape Painting, Coastal Art Cornwall
By Rupert Aker
Located in Deddington, GB
A splash of orange Montbretia against the blue sea of Cardigan Bay.
Rupert Aker artist sells his works online and in our art gallery at Wychwood Art. Rupert Aker is a Cotswold based ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Welcombe Beach
By Rupert Aker
Located in Deddington, GB
Welcombe Beach by Rupert Aker [2021]
original
Acrylic on canvas
Image size: H:30 cm x W:40 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:40 cm x D:2cm
Frame Size: H:33 cm x W:43 cm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Polzeath
By Rupert Aker
Located in Deddington, GB
Polzeath, evening [2021]
original
Acrylic on canvas
Image size: H:40 cm x W:50 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:40 cm x W:50 cm x D:2cm
Frame Size: H:43 cm x W:53 cm x D:3cm
Sol...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Wandering Wood, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A small path winds through a quiet woodland, reimagined with bold color and subtle texture. The few bare trees create visual tension. The rest of the forest tak...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Porthtowan winter swimmers, beach, costal, swimming, Cornwall, people, nature
Located in Deddington, GB
Porthtowan winter swimmers is an Original painting by Eleanor Woolley Painted on the beach in Porthtowan this painting depicts some cold water swimmers braving the water. The headlan...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fauvist Harbor, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Vibrant colors fill the sky and water, setting a lively and energetic tone for the harbor scene. Bold brushstrokes and color replace literal representation, cap...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Mid Century French Expressionist Oil on Canvas, Vers La Durance
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Expressionist oil on canvas of a river and mountain landscape by Gisele Grant-Gapail. The painting is initialled bottom right, signed and dated to the back of the canvas and t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
NV5, Abstract Minimalist Print, Unique Contemporary Blue and White Artwork
Located in Deddington, GB
Jonathan Moss NV5 Bright Contemporary Art Unique Relief Print printed on Somerset, 300gsm, paper. Sheet Size: H 76cm x W 111cm x D 0.1cm Sold unframed Please note that in-situ images...
Category
2010s Minimalist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Monoprint
"What is Joy, " Acrylic on Canvas Autumnal Landscape signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"What is Joy" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece in the lower right.
11" x 14" art
Contemporary African American and Native ...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Helen Howells, Light across the Estuary, Original Oil Painting, Seascape Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Helen Howells
Light across the Estuary
Original Oil Painting on Canvas
Oil Paint on Canvas
Canvas size: H 76 cm x W 102 cm x D 3.5cm
Sold – Un...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Village road. 2003, oil on canvas and cardboard, 50x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Village road. 2003, oil on canvas and cardboard, 50x70 cm
Bright, colorful landscape in pink colors
Valdis Bush (1924-2014)
studied at the Art academy of...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
'Untitled ' oil on canvas by Masri
Located in Carmel, CA
A Lebanese born, Italian artist ,Masri has developed a style that captures mideastern mood with A Lucien Freud brush touch. His work is varied and known e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Green Garden, Janet Keith, Original Abstract Forest Artwork, Affordable Art
By Janet Keith
Located in Deddington, GB
Green Garden by Janet Keith [2020]
original
acrylic paint on heavy watercolour paper
Image size: H:100 cm x W:70 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:100 cm x W:70 cm x D:0.10cm
Sol...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
Cherries bloom. 2010, acrylic on paper, 49x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Cherries bloom. 2010, acrylic on paper, 49x70 cm
Dzidra Bauma (1930)
Dzidra Bauma works in watercolor technique. She paint figural compositions, portraits, landscapes, flowers and ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Stroud Valley
Located in Deddington, GB
Stroud Valley is an Original Painting by Eleanor Woolley. Stroud valley is a bright colourful depiction of one of the artist's favourite places. It shows the end of the Cotswold esca...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Before the Harvest by Eleanor Woolley, Landscape painting, Countryside, Impasto
Located in Deddington, GB
Before the Harvest [June 2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Oil Paint on Canvas
Image size: H:25 cm x W:25 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:25 cm x W:25 cm x D:2.8cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
Before the Harvest is an Original Oil Painting by Eleanor Woolley. Painted when the fields a green and deep with the summers wheat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Forest Calm by Amanda Horvath, Landscape, Trees, Botanical, Expressionist
Located in Deddington, GB
Forest Calm [2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Acrylics on canvas
Image size: H:76 cm x W:76 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:76 cm x W:76 cm x D:3.5cm
Sold Unfra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Popping Sunrise Meadows #2, Abstract Floral Painting, Original Landscape Art
By Lucy Moore
Located in Deddington, GB
Popping Sunrise Meadows #2 - A whimsical meadow bursting with Sunshine. An Original semi-abstract painting by Lucy Moore. Using her signature string grass technique Lucy has created ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sunny terrace
Located in Zofingen, AG
I poured my soul into this piece, capturing the warmth of the sun and the serene beauty of nature. My brushstrokes evoke a sense of peace and invite the viewer to step into a tranqui...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard, Giclée
Paris roofs. 1957, oil on canvas, 67, 5 x 50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Paris roofs. 1957, oil on canvas, 67,5 x 50 cm
Category
1950s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Landscape Cloud Dr. 06
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a framed original drawing on paper.
Theodore Waddell's sophisticated modernist paintings have attracted widespread recognition. A native Montanan cattle rancher, Waddell most often paints freely-rendered range animals roaming the vast plains of Eastern Montana. In his work he draws a deliberate parallel between his subject and the elements of abstract art: cattle and horses...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Fair Wind
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, I've melded acrylic and oil to capture the ephemeral beauty of a seascape bathed in the soft glow of twilight. The gentle undulations of the sea and the serene sail...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Cardboard
"Promenade" (2024) by Leigh Ann Van Fossan, Original Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Leigh Ann Van Fossan's "Promenade" is an original acrylic depicting an abstracted adobe landscape.
Van Fossan was born in Vail, Colorado, and began oil painting at the age of 12. S...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Favorite Venice
Located in Zofingen, AG
In creating this piece, I sought to capture the ethereal beauty of light dancing on water, using a blend of acrylic and oil to achieve a rich, textured impressionism. This artwork re...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
Untitled (seasonal series) - landscape painting, minimalist painting
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful landscape painting by Olga is part of her Pandemic series she did during the Covid 19 pandemic.
As oppose to the chaos the world is experiencing due to the pandemic, h...
Category
2010s Minimalist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Silver Wood
Located in Deddington, GB
Silver Wood by Amanda Horvarth [2022]
original
Acrylics on canvas
Image size: H:60 cm x W:60 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:60 cm x D:...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Rock-A-Nore beach, Hastings
Located in Deddington, GB
Rock-A-Nore beach, Hastings by Georgie Dowling [2021]
original
Oil paint on canvas
Image size: H:25 cm x W:35 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:25 cm x W:35 cm x D:2cm
Sold Unfra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
When Summer Nights Fall by Lucy Moore, Contemporary art, Floral and Botanical
By Lucy Moore
Located in Deddington, GB
When Summer Nights Fall – By Lucy Moore [2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Acrylic on canvas
Image size: H:76 cm x W:76 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:76 cm x W:76 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Modernist Family Outing with Dog (Picnic in the Park) Ben Benn Oil Painting WPA
By Ben Benn
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern
Subject: People
Medium: Acrylic
Surface: Canvas
Country: United States
Dimensions: 20" x 24"
Scene of a family leisurely gathering together in a park to picnic and enjoying their day by the artist Ben Benn.
Ben Benn, Russian/American (1884-1983)
Ben Benn, a Russian-born American still-life and Post Impressionist landscape painter who was part of the first generation of artists in America to try to digest the lessons of Cubism Benn Benn was a pioneer American modernist whose independent style defied stylistic classification. Despite excursions into Cubism and Abstract Expressionist style, Benn “seems always to have been a ‘subject’ painter. Considering this, it is remarkable that he remained visible at all during the 50’s and early 60’s, when prejudice against the representational amounted nearly to a proscription of it.” Benn’s prominence in the art world over 6 decades was reaffirmed at a 90th birthday show at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington , D.C. in 1974.
Benn was born Benjamin Rosenberg in the town of Kamenets Podolsk in the Russian empire in 1884. This town was the regional capital of an area in what is today, SW Ukraine, and was historically known as Podolia. the Rosenberg family chose, along with thousands of others, to immigrate from Podolia to the United States in 1894 or 1899. “Between 1904 and 1908 Benn attended the National Academy of Design and he studied at the Arts Students League In New York City. He spent most of his career in New York City including memberships with the American Society of Painters and Sculptors, American Artists Congress and the Woodstock Artist Association. Academy curriculum stressed portraiture built up with broad, painterly brushstrokes, a technique that remained the foundation of Benn’s style. In his first group show, in 1913, he exhibited with Max Weber and Man Ray. By the mid teens his canvases were bolder in color and more decorative in style. In 1916, Benn participated in the important "Forum Exhibition of Modern American Painters...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Quebec City, Fauve Landscape
Located in Miami, FL
Wonderful Fauve Landscape with blocky areas of punchy bold reds and yellows. This was done the same year of the Armory Show in which both William Zor...
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Remain, Alison Johnson, Bright Art, Original Oil Painting, Dramatic Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Alison Johnson
Remain
Contemporary Seascape Painting
Oil Paint on Canvas
Framed Size: H 90cm x W 90cm x D 5cm
Sold Framed in a Black Float Frame
Please note that in situ images are p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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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.
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