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Landscape Paintings For Sale
Vintage French Impressionist Female Figurative Beach Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3061 Impressionistic Seascape,a figurative Impressionistic style , oil on board displayed in a gilt wood frame, signed by Millian lower left.Image size 13.5 H x 13.25 W
Category
1980s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
French 20th Century Abstract Composition Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924)
signed and dated verso
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas size: 20 x 20 inches
condition: overall very...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1930's French Impressionist Pretty Provencal Hill Top Village Blossom Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Provence Blossom
French School, circa 1930's
signed watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed
painting: 10.75 x 8.25 inches
condition: very good
provenance: private collecti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
XX century Spanish school oil on burlap painting landscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil on burlap.
Oil measures 50x65 cm.
Frameless.
Category
1940s Post-War Landscape Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Oil
Pink beach
Located in THOMERY, FR
The artist works on a philosophy of freedom, the pleasure of living and the senses in line with 'Praise of Idleness' by Bertrand Russel. It is about reconnecting with nature, with on...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Heart & Soul Opens No. 1 - Photorealistic Painting of Powerful Ocean Waves
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Steven Nederveen's art is a testament to the complex and ever-evolving relationship between humans and nature. His vivid nature scenes, often seemingly uplifting and idyllic, also reveal the darker aspects of our connection with the natural world. Through his work, Nederveen explores the dualities of our relationship with nature - the love and destruction that can coexist within us. His masterful use of color and light illuminates the beauty and mystery of natural environments such as oceans and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Love in May (floral acrylic on canvas, wild pink flowers, poppies, bouquet)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Love in May is a vibrant depiction of a wild flower bouquet against a sky blue background.
Comes unframed and ready to hang.
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ed Bearden Oil on Canvas 'Edge of the Woods in Fall' 1974 Texas Artist
Located in Dallas, TX
Ed Bearden
Edge of the woods in Fall
Oil on canvas
Texas, 1974
A Dallas native, Edward Bearden became a painter, teacher, graphic and commercial ar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Bird Song and Summer
Located in Deddington, GB
My interest is to convey elements of the classical arcadian landscape paintings of the 17th and 18th century, inviting the viewer to reflec...
Category
2010s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Drifting Harmony II - Original Minimalist Blue Mountains Landscape 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
Sir Alfred Munnings, December Morning, Cornwall
Located in London, GB
Signed lower left.
Image dimensions: 51cm x 61cm / 20 inches x 22 inches
Framed dimensions: 64cm x 74cm / 25 inches x 29 inches
Painted whilst Munnings was living in Cornwall, 'Dece...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Plein Air Masterpiece – Schultzberg's Kolbotten in Autumn, Nacka
Located in Stockholm, SE
This evocative autumnal scene, painted in 1885, coincided with Schultzberg’s breakthrough at the Royal Academy’s Spring Exhibition. At only 23 years old, he garnered the attention of...
Category
1880s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Masonite
Landscape 106 by Jean Krille - Oil on masonite 100x100cm
By Jean Krille
Located in Geneva, CH
Jean Krillé’s paintings are known for their expressive use of color and dynamic, abstract forms, blending realism with abstraction in his depictions of nature. His landscapes often f...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine Large 19th Century Rural Traditional Landscape Signed Oil Painting Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Country lane
by Frans Hopfner (1840-1893) German
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 23.5 x 41.5 inches
canvas: 18 x 36 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very...
Category
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Lake Como, original impressionist Italian marine landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
Set in the luxurious Italian lake region of northern Italy, Lake Como is famously popular for it's exclusive resorts and private hideaways, frequented by jet setting crowds. It's ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Showers Today" San Francisco's Chinatown on an Overcast Day Original Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
"Showers Today" San Francisco's Chinatown on an Overcast Day Original Watercolor
A two sided watercolor on Arches paper by San Francisco and Maryland artist Harolod Gretzner (America...
Category
1970s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Village Scene with Strolling Figures
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Village Scene with Strolling Figures
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 8.25 x 10.75 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unfra...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Italian Rural Landscape Oil Painting 1940
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6022 Antique Italian rural landscape oil painting,
Set in a period gilt frame
Image size 8x9"
Signed lower left
Category
1940s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Looking Down at the Ranch, Abstract Expressionist Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Heavily textured, 1962 abstracted landscape by Humbolt area artist Alma B. Leamey (American, 1901-1996). The viewer looks out over a valley, with a ranch at the focal point. In the d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dandelion
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is featured in the Makk Family book, "Vision of Life on page 102.
Eva Makk has been called “the world’s foremost living impressionist painter...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lavender Bouquet Painting Thick Brushstrokes Expressive Floral Artwork
Located in Zofingen, AG
A beautiful lavender bouquet painting, crafted with bold, textured brushstrokes. The vibrant colors and rich layers give it a lifelike feel, bringing a touch of natural elegance to y...
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Ocean View from the West Coast by Swedish Artist Herman Österlund, 1916
Located in Stockholm, SE
Herman Österlund (1873-1964) Sweden
Ocean View from the West Coast, 1916
oil on canvas
signed and dated Herman Österlund 1916
canvas dimensions 14.37 x 16.73 inches (36.5 x 42.5 cm...
Category
1910s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique European Olive Grove Landscape Signed Impressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Brightly colored impressionist landscape oil painting by William H. Partridge (1858 - 1938). Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 24H by 29L.
Category
1960s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Solitude, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Rich blues and teal streaks suggest the depth of the sea, while cream and white accents mimic light piercing the water. Thick paint applied using drywall knives...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Thomas Spinks (1847-1927) - Framed Oil, The Falls at Pandy Mill
By Thomas Spinks
Located in Corsham, GB
This atmospheric oil painting by Thomas Spinks (1847-1927) depicts the rushing falls near Pandy Mill, Bettws-y-coed, with turbulent waters cascading over large rocks. The painting ha...
Category
Late 19th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Soothing Symphony - Blue Ocean Landscape Skyscape Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jodi Miller captivates with her atmospheric landscapes, inspired by the vast skies of her prairie upbringing and her global travels in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Influenced by the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Early Morning"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Lauded by critics and collectors alike, the art of Gary Ernest Smith resonates in the mind and memory of contemporary America. Over the past years the artist’s one-man shows have attracted the attention of collectors from coast to coast. His three year exhibit, “Journey I Search of Lost Images” hung in 22 museums and institutes across the United States. In an exhibit curated by the Brooklyn Museum of Art, his work toured the New Orleans Contemporary Art Center, San Jose Museum of Art, the Palm Springs Desert Museum and many more prestigious art institutions. Although he must strictly limit the number of commissions he accepts, his mural size paintings are highly prized by corporate collectors.
Gary Ernest Smith was born and raised in a relatively isolated farm community 25 miles northeast of Baker City, Oregon. His interests and intensity for painting began at an early age and progressed through college degrees, numerous commissions and awards to a full time pursuit of painting.
The commission work that dominated the early years eventually stifled his creativity. Dissatisfaction with this career direction forced him to reach inward and search beyond popular style and accepted artistic norms to a personal vision.
Following years of artistic training and experimentation, subject matter began to emerge based on the artist’s background of a rural life-style that celebrates the values of hard work and self-reliance. These aspects of Smith’s life came together and became the catalyst for his distinctive style. Living in the west, his work is primarily of that region, but it is not western in the traditional sense.
Although it defies precise classification, the artist considers his style “minimal” and seeks to express the essence and simplicity of each subject. Whatever the focus might be, his work expresses the artistic elements of bold form and color. These two components become the vehicle that melds the style and subject into a symbolic visual language, expanding the artistic appeal beyond the west...
Category
2010s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Winter's Song" (2023), Original Oil Painting by Kevin Weckbach
Located in Denver, CO
Kevin Weckbach's (US based) "Winter's Song" is an original, hand-made oil painting that depicts a secluded snowy forest in the early morning sunlight.
Artist Statement:
"Subject mat...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Blue Barn Green Field - landscape, Canadian, contemporary, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
For Canada’s beloved pop artist, Charles Pachter, the barn reimagined in graphic form is a reminder of Canada’s early rural history and the pioneers that helped shape this country. T...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
By the pool. Figurative Acrylic Painting, Minimalism, Pop art, Polish art
By Joanna Woyda
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative acrylic on canvas painting by Polish artist Joanna Woyda. Painting is in minimalistic, pop art style. The artwork depicts a woman in bathing suit sitting by t...
Category
2010s Pop Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Seashore, Coastal Original oil Painting, Large Size Ready to hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Coastal Original oil Painting, Large Size Ready to hang
Artist: Karen Darbinyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2019
Style: C...
Category
2010s Academic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tranquil Normandy River Seine Landscape at Vernon near Giverny Impressionist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Banks of the Seine, Vernon (near Giverny, Normandy)
French School, signed and dated 1991
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 24.5 x 27.5 inches
canvas : 18 x 21 inches
Provenance: private ...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Green door With Wisteria" Contemporary Impressionist Oil of Provence
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Green Door With Wisteria" is an exceptional oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures a timeless scene in the South of ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Anomalous Light, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Lush green lily pads and pink water lilies float calmly on a pond. Gentle ripples reflect the early morning sunlight, with the mist adding to the glow. Painte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Madonna Scarsella Paint Oil on canvas Old master 16/17th Century Raffaello Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Ippolito Scarsella, known as Lo Scarsellino (Ferrara, around 1550 - 1620) workshop
Altarpiece depicting the Madonna and Child, St. James the Greater and the donor in armour
Technique: oil on panel
Measurements: 93 x 72 cm./with frame 109 x 86 cm.
Provenance: Prato, Farsetti, auction of 28.10.2016, lot 261 (link)
A majestic Madonna in Glory occupies the upper register of the canvas, seated on a blanket of iridescent clouds surrounded by angels, flanked by a cherub who scatters flowers contained in a cornucopia towards the infant Christ as a sign of abundance, naked and supported with both hands from the mother.
In the lower part of the composition stands the figure of San Giacomo Maggiore, one of the twelve apostles, standing on the right side of the altarpiece, represented dressed in a humble tunic; one arm holds the open Gospel book, while the other holds a cross pilgrimage staff.
A particular aspect of the table is the presence in the central part, to indicate its importance, of the figure of the donor, kneeling on a cushion, with his hands joined in prayer and his face observing the Virgin in an attitude of devotion, while on the opposite lectern is placed a prayer book; depicted with the features of a young leader in armor, with a sword and a rich iridescent red cloak, elements which, combined with his authoritarian composure, enhance his ennoblement.
Unlike the medieval altarpieces, the knight is here included in the space of the painting and has proportionate dimensions to those of the other characters, returning to all intents and purposes in the sacred scene, with a pose that cannot but evoke the detail of the 'Montefeltro altarpiece' made by Piero della Francesca for Federico da Montefeltro, kneeling in front of the sacred group in the guise of a leader.
On the right, the view recedes into depth highlighting the background of an urban landscape set on a hill behind which a mountain range stands out, with the peculiarity of the arched aqueduct that runs along the entire landscape. Presumably among these expanses were the donor's own possessions and his hometown.
It is a quality table, imbued with the late Mannerist style still resistant in the second half of the 16th century, characterized by a 'sweet and affable religiosity, rendered through a manner of studied simplicity and grace', which highlights the unmistakable stylistic and chromatic connotations of the produced...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Merton Beds 2, Original Abstract Landscape Painting, Naïve Floral Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
This large dramatic oil painting was made as part of a landscape panorama which measures 7m across in total. Although the four pieces were made as a complete work, they made be hung ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Barker Original painting on canvas cityscape, Paris street view, Signed, framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This painting depicts a classic Parisian street scene, likely from a historical or romanticized perspective. The architecture, with its mansard roofs and ornate windows, is iconic of...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Shady Pool - Scottish Edwardian Impressionist art landscape oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely Scottish Edwardian Impressionist exhibited landscape oil painting is by noted artist George Whitton Johnstone. Painted in 1901 it was exhibited at the Royal Scottish Acad...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Big Turquoise Wave-Original impressionism seascape painting- modern Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Silver Ripples" invites you to journey into a realm of coastal serenity, captured with exquisite detail in this original seascape painting by Lenny Cornforth. Executed in oil on can...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Missouri American Modernist famous in Europe - abstracted mid century Venice
Located in Norwich, GB
Meet the genuinely exciting modernist William Einstein, who is probably better known in Europe, where numerous publications on his work have been written, than in his native US!
Eins...
Category
1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1850’s English Fox Hunting Classic Countryside Scene Huntsman on Horseback
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
19th Century English School
oil painting on copper, framed
framed: 18 x 14 inches
board: 13 x 8 inches
provenance: private collection, Derbyshire...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"NEAR SAN SABA" TEXAS BLUEBONNET
By CLIFF CAVIN
Located in San Antonio, TX
Cliff Cavin "Near San Saba" Texas
Texas Artist
Size: 14 x 18
Frame: 22.25 x 26.25
Medium: Oil
2021
"Near San Saba"
Biography
Cliff Cavin
Cliff Cavin, a native of San Antonio, Texas,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Helen Howells, Distant Stillness, Seascape Art, Contemporary Art, Art Online
Located in Deddington, GB
Helen Howells
Distant Stillness
Original Oil Painting on Canvas
Oil Paint on Canvas
Canvas size: H 91cm x W 91cm x D 3.5cm
Sold – Unframed
(Please note that in situ images are purely...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winter Scene (Framed Antique Landscape Oil Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Every now and then, even we dealers get fooled. This painting was sold to me as by George Gardner Symons. It bears his signature. At some point, the FBI (yes!) showed up at my door t...
Category
1890s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950's French Village Hillside On Green Rolling Hills Oil Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Verdant Hills
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original oil on artist paper
size: 19 x 26 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
Description: This expressive ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original Oil-GoldLeaf on canvas-British Awarded Artist-Landscape Memory Abstract
Located in London, GB
Landscape Memories-Sunlit Series captures the summer Dahlias under the morning warm glow in her herbaceous border.
This painting is Shizico’s artistic exploration with and around th...
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
flowers painting stilllife Prosperity
Located in Roma, GB
abstract flowers
acrylic, oil on canvas
one-of-a-kind
Full size 108x192cm
the painting will be shipped rolled
without stretcher bars.
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Early 20th Century Tonalist Pastel Landscape
By William Henry Chandler
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century Tonalist Pastel Landscape
Beautiful tonal landscape, c.1915, by pastel artist William Henry Chandler (American, 1854-1928). The viewer looks out over a serene riv...
Category
1910s Tonalist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Impressionist Antique American Oil Painting Philadelphia Female Artist 1918
By Clara Elizabeth Sackett
Located in Buffalo, NY
A stunning impressionist oil painting by listed female artist Clara Elizabeth Sackett.
Category
1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Emerald Manner - Contemporary Still Life Flowers Fruit Landscape Green, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary oil painting on canvas, a bright and inviting interior scene is set with a still life arrangement of flowers in a green bottle, painted patterned china and fruit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Traditional English Oil Country Cottage Children Playing in Lane & Chickens
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Country Lane
by Les Parsons (British b. 1945) * see below
signed
oil on canvas, framed in swept gilt frame.
framed: 15.5 x 19.5 inches
canvas: 12 x 16...
Category
20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Framed 20th Century Oil - Summertime
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful oil painting of a large riverside town with figures foraging and children playing on a bright summer's day. The oil has been illegibly signed to the lower right corner. ...
Category
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
City of Hope - British Abstract oil painting cityscape mapping green
By Stanza
Located in London, GB
To celebrate Stanza's three recent solo exhibitions at HNF in Paderborn Germany 2023, Deutsches Museum 2023 and Samek Art Museum USA we are pleased to present thirty of his works for...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique Pre Raphaelite Woman and Butterfly French Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French important portrait oil painting by Achilles Theodore Cesbron (1849 - 1915). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 21 by 29 inches overall and 12 by 20 painting alone.
Category
1880s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Impressionist seaside oil painting on paper "Dreaming of the south of France"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This acrylic painting makes part of my series dedicated to the scenes of a summer period.
This landscape painting called "Dreaming of the South of France" is done in a modern contem...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
"BLUEBONNETS WEST OF COPPERAS COVE TEXAS"
Located in San Antonio, TX
Dwight Holmes
(1900-1986)
Fort Worth, San Angelo Artist
Image Size: 9 x 12
Frame Size: 12 x 18
Medium: Oil
Dated 1967
"West of Copperas Cove" Texas
Dwight Holmes (1900-1986)
Dwight C...
Category
1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
[Grazing Cattle by a Haystack]
Located in Boston, MA
Signed and dated lower left: "E. BURRILL. /96."
Edward Burrill is best-known today as one of the seven Lynn Beach Painters. However, his career as a painter began, not with the be...
Category
Late 19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Impasto Oil Painting of Moor in English Countryside by British Landscape Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Impasto Oil Painting of a Moorland in the English Countryside by British Landscape Artist. Original on Canvas. Expressive and atmospheric depiction of a stormy.
Art measures 26 x ...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton, Varnish, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Wood, Wood Pan...
Shop Landscape Paintings on 1stDibs
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).
Adding a landscape painting to your home can introduce peace and serenity within the confines of your own space. (Some may think of it as an aspirational window of sorts rather than a canvas.) Abstract landscape paintings by the likes of Korean painter Seungyoon Choi or Georgia-based artist Katherine Sandoz, on the other hand, bring pops of color and movement into a room. These landscapes refuse to serve as a background. Elsewhere, Adam Straus’s technology-inspired paintings highlight how our extreme involvement with our devices has removed us from the glory of the world around us. Influenced by modern life and steeped in social commentary, Straus’s landscape paintings make us see our surroundings anew.
Whether you’re seeking works by the world’s most notable names or those authored by underground legends, find a vast collection of landscape paintings on 1stDibs.