Landscape Paintings
1980s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Artist George Peebles draws on his surroundings in Michigan but ultimately paints entirely from his imagination. In this piece, he captures the warm and vibrant...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Artist Comments
A lush expanse of lavender fields in Provence, France. Artist Janet Dyer depicts this countryside view with varying shades of violet perfectly balanced by the g...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
1930s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Marilyn Froggatt shares an impression of Morrison Landing, the largest boat dock in Big Bear. Located at the east end of ...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Artist Comments
Artist Marilyn Froggatt displays an impressionist view of the historical Riverside Art Museum. She creates the piece en plein ai...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
Artist Comments
A lively tropical scene takes place in artist Marilyn Froggatt's impressionist coastal view. She paints en plein air at the San Onofre State Beach south of San Clemente, CA. "You can almost feel the breeze on your face," states Marilyn. Tall palm trees sway in the fresh morning air perfectly framing the azure blue ocean.
About the Artist
Words that describe this painting: Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Surf, Sand, Palm Trees, San Onofre, Camp Pendleton...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Lisa Elley paints a close up view of theshores on San Francisco Bay. She often takes drives in the area and paints en plein air right on the famously rugged beach. Lisa captures the critical moment the surfers wait for the wave to hit. She features a beautiful coastal color palette applied with palette knives for thick impasto.
About the Artist
Working almost exclusively with a palette knife, Lisa Elley maneuvers her artistic blade with an uncanny fluidity. Why paint only with the knife? She says, "when I paint with a brush, which I do occasionally, I tend to focus on the detail. With a palette knife I can't focus on the detail too much, so my paintings are looser, and more gestural, with bigger sweeps and strokes." This technique is called wet-on-wet. And it seems to be quite popular, as she has been bestowed the title "Knife Queen" by her facebook fans. Fun fact: Lisa's high school art teacher told her to study harder at math, as a career in art was "impossible."
Words that describe this painting: San Francisco, ocean, beach, ,surf, surfers, surfing, California, coast, coastal, palette knife, texture, impasto, waves, shore, water, small, oilpaint, seascape, impressionism, seascape, oil painting, blue
Surfers at Ocean Beach San Francisco...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Clay, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Oil, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1960s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Masonite, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1980s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Paper, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero paints this piece based on a visit to Rome, Italy. He loves walking the streets of the venerable city where the restaurants flow out into ...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Jennifer Ross paints a sunny and cheerful still life of a robin’s nest occupied with three eggs. Nestled within a carefully woven nook of grass and twigs, three blue eggs appear within its dark recesses. The nest is set against a white surface cut by a bright complementing yellow hue. “Robin’s egg blue is one of the most beautiful colors found in nature, and one found on my palette,†says Jennifer.
About the Artist
Artist Jennifer Ross creates intimate portraits of birds, nests and horses. Jennifer grew up surrounded by the art of her mother and grandfather. Her attempt to follow in their footsteps presented detours, however, and she ended up working in art galleries selling other's work. But her desire to paint continued to grow throughout the years. In 2008, a gift certificate...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Early 2000s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
In her signature deep impasto style, artist Lisa Elley paints an emerald birch forest emerging in the sunshine. With marked palette knife work, she imparts gent...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Artist Comments
Artist Elizabeth Garat presents an impressionist autumnal pond. She works on landscapes from direct observation, inspired by the changing seasons. "This is a po...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1920s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Board
1950s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Watercolor, Gouache
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Artist Comments
Artist Melissa Gannon depicts aspen trees of various sizes and shapes flourishing during the height of fall. She imagines the timber engaging in dance, reaching...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Artist Comments
Artist Srinivas Kathoju demonstrates an expressionist landscape in dreamy hues of purple. He divides the composition into three ...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings
Oil, Board, Putty
2010s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Panel, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Gold
Artist Comments
"The dance of soft color graces the twilight sky as the sun slowly slips behind the horizon," states artist Janet Triplett. Vibran...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Pastel, Oil, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Board, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Paper, Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Ocean waves crash in warm hues of red and yellow under a violet evening glow in this expressionist seascape by artist George Peebles. He conveys a calm and drea...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Metal
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Masonite, Charcoal, Oil, Laid Paper
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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).
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.