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Landscape Paintings For Sale
Huge Spanish/ French Oil Painting Beautiful Blue Coastline Seascape & Houses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Blue Sea
by Maria Tort Xirau (Catalan, 1924-2018)
signed lower corner
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 29 x 36 inches
framed: 32 x 39.5 inc...
Category
1990s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mexican Market with Couple
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Mexican Market with Couple" 1976 is an oil painting on canvas by Mexican artist Antonio Vasquez Parra, 1927-1984. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by th...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Latest Touches Of The Sun - sunset landscape painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
A sunny summer impressionistic landscape is painted en plein air, the artwork is created in different green colours, combinations of warm and cold shades are professionally captured ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Broadway- 21 st Century Contemporary Painting of the city New York (USA)
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Gineke Zikken
Broadway
115 x 100 cm
Oil on canvas
( not framed but if you would like a frame, please contact us)
Gineke Zikken likes to paint everywhere she goes. This painting she...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge British Hunting Scene Oil Painting Red Coat Huntsman on Horseback & Hounds
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: British School, 20th century, signed by the artist, Charles Rodger 89.
Title: The Hunt.
Medium: oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 31 x 43 inches
Painting: 14 x 36 inc...
Category
20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Neon Valley - Abstract Colorful Original Landscape Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elisabeth Grace, a visionary artist based in Denver, CO (USA), is renowned for her immersive large-scale paintings, collages, murals, and installation art. With a BA in oil painting ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Color Pencil, Canvas
Ora by Ramon Enrich - Contemporary painting, landscape, architecture, red, vivid
By Ramon Enrich
Located in Paris, FR
Ora is a unique acrylic on canvas painting by contemporary artist Ramon Enrich, dimensions are 40 × 30 cm (15.7 × 11.8 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes with a cer...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Provençal Landscape
Located in London, GB
'Provençal Landscape', oil on canvas, by Anna Costa (circa 1950s). This is an exceptional landscape painted by the artist in vibrant colours in an Impressio...
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wildlife Collection: Pocket Green Woodpecker, Original Painting, Animal Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Wildlife Collection: Pocket Green Woodpecker is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Spanish school landscape oil on board painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Spanish school - Landscape - Oil on board
Oil size 22x28 cm.
Frame size 35x40 cm.
Category
1980s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Loch Lomond, View of the Jetty, Antique Scottish Oil Painting Sunset, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Loch Lomond, View of the Jetty, Antique Scottish Oil Painting Sunset, Signed
by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950)
signed, lower corner left hand corner
oil painting on canvas, fram...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian 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
1940's Provence Painting French Bright Landscape - Post Impressionist artist
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provencal Landscape
by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998)
signed
From a batch of similar work where most were dated 1942-1947
watercolour painting on paper, unframed
measurements: 8 x ...
Category
19th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Military 18th century Painting Soldiers Cavalry Wood panel
Located in PARIS, FR
18th century painting
Cavalry
Oil on wood panel
16 x 21.5 cm
Category
18th Century Dutch School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Frances Swan - Backyard Garden Painting Patterned Quilt Trees Green Grass, 2023
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary, lush garden landscape oil painting on panel, a large, colorful patterned quilt in red, black, pink, white, blue and yellow hangs on a clothesline in front of tr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wissous - French Impressionist Landscape near Paris Road Haystack Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful signed and dated 1901 oil on paper laid on board by Auguste Grass-Mick, the French impressionist painter who was friends with Edgar Degas and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec.
Gr...
Category
1890s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board
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
19th Century British "On the Medway. Morning"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Masterfully executed 19th century British oil on canvas. This fabulous piece depicts a possible battle scene at Medway, which in the 1600s the Dutch had a huge victory against the Br...
Category
19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
HUGE 17thC ITALIAN OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING - KING & COURT FIGURES ROMAN BUILDING
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Italian School, 17th century.
Title: A King and Queen before court figures, amidst a classical landscape with Roman columns.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed
...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil painting, Impressionist Late 20th century landscape with trees, Surrey, UK
Located in Woodbury, CT
FIne impressionist 20th-century oil on board of an English landscape, with trees and blustery clouds.
Charles Bertie Hall painted marine scenes, landscapes, and town scenes in both America, Uk, and Europe. He exhibited his paintings mostly in the UK from the mid 1980s
The artist has indicated this piece was painted 'En Plein air', or outdoors after a long walk near the Box Hill...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Sunflowers of Provence, Abstract Expression 20th C/early 21st C Scottish
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Abstract expression of the Sunflowers in Provence sets the traditional fields ablaze with orange. Painted by Scottish artist Sheila McNab MacMillan, who is known for bold outlines of...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Abstract Original Painting - Blue Calligraphy on Crimson Water
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Abstract Original Painting - Blue Calligraphy on Crimson Water in Oil and Tempera on Paper
Wonderful Bay Area abstract composition by San Francisco's artist Honora Berg ...
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Tempera
American Impressionist Artist Karl Rudolph Krafft oil painting Winter Scene
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Winter Scene
oil/canvas
20 x 24 image size, 23.75 x 27.50 framed
Here is a very nice winter snow scene oil painting on canvas by Midwest American Artist Karl Rudolph Krafft. Origina...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Impressionist Upstate New York Regionalist Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 27 by 31 inches overall and 21.5 by 26 painting alone.
Category
1890s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine Antique Scottish Oil Painting Mother & Child Walking Romantic Highland View
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Highland Walk
Scottish artist, late 19th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 24.5 x 20.5 inches
canvas: 18 x 14 inches
provenance: private colle...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Boundless Flight I - Original Minimalist Blue Landscape Mountains Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The organic aesthetic and textures of Peter Kuttner’s original boho minimalist artworks are the result of patient layering and unique uses of media. Through a combination of collage ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Tranquil Pastoral Riverbank Grazing Cows Antique 19thC Painting Nottinghamshire
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cows Grazing At The Riverbank
On the River Trent, near Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire
inscribed to the label verso, dated 1853
Oil on Canvas, framed
Framed: 21.5 x 24.5 inches
Canvas: ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Peaceful Misty Riverside in the English Countryside with Cows & Tree Reflections
Located in Preston, GB
Peaceful Misty Riverside in the English Countryside with Cows & Tree Reflections by 20th Century British Artist. Unique Vintage Original, Oil on Canvas, Signed.
Art measures 30 x 2...
Category
1990s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Cotton, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"Palais Garnier" Post-Impressionist Parisian Street Scene Oil Painting Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil painting on canvas by the French artist Georges Gerbier, depicting a tremendously vivid and alive street scene from Paris in the 20th Century with a view of "Palais G...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Windsor Castle from the River Thames. An antique oil painting
By William Hart
Located in St. Albans, GB
William M. Hart
American 1823 - 1894
Outside Frame Size: 36 x 49" (90 x 122cm)
Canvas Size: 28 x 41" (70 x 102)
Provenance: H.V. Allison Galleries, New York
Born in 1823 in Paisley...
Category
1850s Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Le Jardin du Luxembourg
Located in London, GB
'Le Jardin du Luxembourg', oil on canvas, by Marie de Nivouliès de Pierrefort (circa 1910). Parisians are not equivocal about their park preferences. Some clearly favour the Tuileries, while others stand firmly with feet planted in the Jardin du Luxembourg. Perhaps this is analogous to residents' strongly-held preferences for either the Café Deux Magots or the Café de Flore, just down the Boulevard Saint-Germain. Back to the gardens though, I have always been captivated by the Luxembourg Gardens. It's the lawns, tree-lined promenades, tennis courts, flowerbeds, model sailboats on its octagonal Grand Bassin, as well as the picturesque Medici Fountain...
Category
1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Looking For Respite" (2008) By Jennifer McChristian, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Jennifer McChristian's "Looking For Respite" (2008) is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a busy sidewalk with people walking and bus...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Mid Century French Picture Frame Original Montparnasse Period Shabby Chic
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French mid 20th century
Wood and plaster frame
Internal measurement (to house painting or mirror): 39.75 x 19.75 inches
Overal outer measurements: 48 x 28 inches
Provenance: from a c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Lovers in the forest oil painting european art landscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Lovers - Oil on canvas on board
Oil measurements 38x46 cm.
Frameless.
Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan painter, ne...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Board
Impressionist view of people in St. Marks Square in Venice
By Pam Masco
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful Impressionist view of St. Marks Square, Venice.
Pam Masco was an American from Massachusetts, and a graduate of the School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (1976). She was married to the English artist John Heseltine. Her work is in well-known private and corporate collections and has been shown at the Royal Society of British Artists, the Royal Watercolour Society and other London Galleries as well as in the Provinces. She travelled throughout the U.S.A. and Europe and painted American and European subjects, portraits, landscape and figure compositions, still life and interiors. From 1978 she was involved in drawing, painting, technical painting courses, watercolour and graphic design. She illustrated for major British and American publishers until 1988. Authors include Bruce Chatwin...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Seascape of Capri, Amalfi Coast
Located in Soquel, CA
Luminous early 20th Century seascape of Capri on Amalfi Coast by Albert Wenk (German, 1863-1934), 1913. Signed and dated lower left corner. Cond...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Unto the Hills
Located in Spokane, WA
Measures
Painting 20 x 16 inches
Framed 27 x 23 inches
This lovely early 20th century William Wendt (1865 - 1946) painting c. 1909 features a Pasadena California landscape domina...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Gentle Scene, Fresh Abstract Painting on Paper, Pastel Tones Urban Nature, 2024
Located in Barcelona, ES
In this series, Perrine explores the profound relationship between light and color, both essential elements in her artistic expression. Without light, there would be no colors, and i...
Category
2010s Street Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Rag Paper
Water lily inspiration
Located in Zofingen, AG
In creating this painting, I was inspired by the tranquil beauty of water lilies. I aimed to capture their serene essence and the dynamic interplay of light on water. This piece blen...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Summer Day, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Valerie Berkely presents a dreamy summer seascape. The warm color palette and gentle movements stir sun-soaked memories and carefree beach vacations. W...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage oil painting on Canvas, Tropical landscape, Signed, Dated, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This beautiful original vintage oil painting on canvas depicts a tropical landscape. It is nicely framed and signed indistinctly in the lower right corner, possibly dated "'89."
Con...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Lake in the Mountains', Arthur G. Nebra (1880-1955) oil on canvas c1930
Located in Frome, Somerset
Arthur G. Nebra (1880-1955) Swiss. 'Lake in the Mountains' circa 1930's.
oiil on canvas 54cm x 73cm including the original frame.
Romantic Realism iso...
Category
1930s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine Edwardian Signed Oil Painting - Country River Landscape Picnic Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, signed and dated 1903 lower corner.
Title: The Winding River
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed.
Size: painting: 18 x 24 inches
Provenance...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape, Original Oil Paint on Paper , One of a kind Large size, Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
Oil Paint on Paper
Fabriano Paper
70x50cm
2025
Original Art
Marilina Marchica, born in Agrigento, where she works and lives,
she graduated in Painting at the Academy of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
English Harvest - Vintage Impressionist Landscape Painting with Horses & Figures
Located in Preston, GB
English Harvest - Vintage 20th Century Impressionist Oil Painting with Horses & Figures by British Artist, David Hyde
Art measures 16 x 12 inches
Frame m...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Marlin Catch, Guy Harvey
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Guy Harvey (1955-)
Title: Marlin Catch
Year: Circa 2010
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 40 x 30 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed by t...
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Midnight Hour. Contemporary Seascape Oil Painting
By Penny Rumble
Located in Brecon, Powys
It is the middle of summer and a strong southerly kicks up the sea so that it pounds against the shore. On a balmy, moonlit night in July, spray fills the air and a silvery reflectio...
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Melodies of the Sky - Impressionist Evening Landscape Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sabrina Zhou’s Melodies of the Sky, a 24-inch square original oil on canvas painting, captures the poetic essence of nature through her mastery of color, light, and texture. Known fo...
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large 1970s Modern Sailing in Sunshine, Colorful Vintage, Abstract
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
" Sailing in Sunshine ", circa 1970s
Oil on Canvas
50" x 40"
Housed in a Slat-wood frame
Overall Size: 50 1/2" x 40 3/4"
Appears to be in very good condition.
We are looking f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Port-Villez Neige Original French Landscape Impressionistic Riverscape Painting
Located in Preston, GB
French Landscape Impressionistic Riverscape Painting by Modern French Artist, Georges Charles Robin (1903-2003). View of the River Seine, France, during the snow melt. Oil on Canvas, Signed on the lower right (faintly). Presented in an authentic period frame with canvas slip.
Art measures 29 x 23 inches
Frame measures 36 x 30 inches (approx.)
Born in Paris in 1903, Georges Charles Robin was a student of Paul Michel Dupuy...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Gesso
Antique Dutch 19th century ships at sea, fishing boats, men rowing.
Located in Woodbury, CT
A very well-painted Dutch 19th century marine scene. The small boat is full of men who are rowing hard to get to the larger vessels, possibly to either take goods on or off the large...
Category
1870s Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Oil Painting of Tranquil Greek Landscape with Villa and Cypress Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Painting of Tranquil Greek Landscape with Villa and Cypress Trees
Artist: Roland Pichard
Signed: Bottom right
Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card
Size: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Below South Ferry
By Franz Kline
Located in New York, NY
Signed (at lower right): KLINE
EXHIBITED: Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, November 1–30, 1960, The November Show, as “Moonlight in Lower Manhattan” // Pratt Institute, Brooklyn...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Resurrection of Christ. Study of the Master of the Prodigal Son. Ca. 1550.
Located in Firenze, IT
Resurrection of Christ
Attributed to the Master of the Prodigal Son / Jan Mandyn (1500-1560)
Oil on panel, 73 x 56 cm (without frame), 81 x 63 cm (with frame)
The work was exa...
Category
16th Century Mannerist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Board
Massachusetts Coastal Painting by Wayne Morrell, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Wayne Beam Morrell (American, 1923-2013)
Untitled (Coastal Scene, Massachusetts), 20th century
Oil on board
15 1/2 x 20 in.
Framed: 24 x 27 1/3 in.
Signed lower right
Wayne Morrell ...
Category
20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Along Lake Galena" New Britain Bucks County PA Twilight Snow Scene Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
Impressionist winter pastoral scene of a quaint lake side snow covered home by New Britain, Bucks County PA. Willett has portrayed this charming scene in a most intimate, yet energet...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Ancient Stock Route - original surrealism landscape painting - contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online."
"Ancient Stock Route" by George Callaghan is a mesmerizing j...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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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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