Landscape Paintings
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Acrylic, Board
Artist Comments
"The Venice Jetties on the west coast of Florida is a great place to take your vessel out for a leisurely Sunday afternoon sail," says Fernando. Here, he depi...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Nancy Merkle captures a big open western sky over a grassy prairie. Large, fluffy clouds sweep up to the heavens, reflecting the pastel colors of the sun...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
1920s Pointillist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Afternoon shadows stretch across the forest floor, casting deep greens against the golden yellow, orange and umber autumn landscape. Part of Nancy's signature s...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1880s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1970s Fauvist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
The soft colors in this painting are harmonic and peaceful. The piece is painted with thick texture and expressive brushstrokes to indicate the dynamic beauty o...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1960s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Acrylic
1910s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Elizabeth Garat developed this impressionist landscape after a summer hike through the rolling hills of Southern California. She says it was a warm day beneath a dynamic sky. "I wanted to record the striking balance between the golden hill in the foreground and the deep blue mountains behind it."
About the Artist
Growing up in California and Colorado, Elizabeth spent much of her formative years outdoors. “Exposure to nature early on planted the seed of landscape painting in me,” she says. She enjoyed spending time on her grandfather’s sunny sheep ranch and going to the beach with her grandmother. Her grandmother also would bring her to art galleries in Laguna Beach, where she was first introduced to California Impressionism. Today, Elizabeth lives in Tennessee and enjoys painting both outdoors and in her studio, a detached garage at her home. She has a keen interest in working with color and capturing the effects of light.
Words that describe this painting: impressionistic, California, summer, landscape, hills, mountains, trees, clouds, sky , impressionism, landscape, representational, oil painting, blue
Santa Ana...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
"As evening becomes night, the Maritza - fueled and stocked for tomorrow's task - waits impatiently for sunrise to sail again," says artist Fernando Soler. Part...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Artist Comments
A semi abstracted autumn landscape focusing on texture and warm hues. Brilliant red rushes at the edge of a pond in the foreground. A stand of tall trees in the...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
1940s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
Artist Comments
Teresa Smith frequently hikes through the forests of San Juan Island where she lives, resulting in an ongoing series of the Lagoon. "There was movement at the l...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Suren Nersisyan painted this impressionist coastal scene en plein on the beach in Malibu, California. He says his focus was on the color and texture of t...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
A man casts off from a dock in morning sunshine, his reflection softly distorted in the lapping water below. "The fisherman prefers catching fish early in the...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
A puddled hillside path reflects the sky's brilliant light just after an afternoon shower. The light gives the fall trees a soft backlit appearance. "I love t...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1930s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1960s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Masonite, Tempera
1960s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Janet Dyer visits Harriman State Park throughout the year for inspiration for her impressionist paintings. "I was struck by the geometric shape of pink...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
1950s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Nancy Merkle spends a lot of time exploring the nature around her home in Tacoma, Washington searching for special compositions in the landscape. She looks for ...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Claudia Verciani painted this impressionist scene after seeing fishing boats in Brazil.
About the Artist
Inspired by the great Impressionist painters, Claudia uses paint emotionally to depict the beauty of life. She is most inspired by light, and as such, tends to paint en plein air frequently. Claudia strives to capture singular, transient moments in time in which the contrast between light and dark values are striking. She presents a body of work that conveys traditionally Impressionist influences across varying choices of subject matter.
Words that describe this painting: impressionism, boats, seascape, harbor, impressionism, seascape, representational, oil painting, blue
Three Amigos...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1930s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
When asked about his process for capturing these iridescent rapids, artist Benjamin Thomas smiled and said, "If you ask any artist if they have painted an image more than once to get it right and they don't lie, the answer will be yes." This painting represents a final version of Benjamin's efforts to capture the energy of the fast moving water...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Artist Comments
Spring mornings often begin with gray overcast skies that give way to bright blue sunshine mid day. This painting depicts Texas Hill Country as the sun begins...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
"Lulu Belle was once a proud shrimp trawler working the Gulf of Mexico," says artist Fernando Soler. "Today she is relegated to fishing the same waters where sh...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Sunlight cascades across old hillside barns in early morning light. Gail's inspiration for this painting came from a photograph she took near a dairy farm in eastern Tennessee. "The Smokey's are in the background - one of my favorite places," she says.
About the Artist
Gail Greene;s paintings rarely end up the way she started them. After an initial block in, she steps back and studies the canvas. Whether it;s adding a spontaneous waterfall or painting new cliffs, she;s usually tinkering with something. Her intention with art is simple ; to make the viewer feel good. When she;s not making art, Gail has her hands in many different pots. She;s a retired realtor, currently owns and operates a pet sitting service, and loves working in the garden in her spare time. The easel, though, is where Gail lets herself get lost.
Words that describe this painting: landscape, barns, farm, rural, morning, luminous, hill, field, buildings, farming, Smokey Mountains, Tennessee, impressionism, landscape, representational, oil painting, green
Blue Barns...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
An homage to the blossoms and green grass of spring in the northeast. Simplified palette of greens and pink paired with the unique compositional balance set the...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
"Late afternoon at Cortez Village is a time of quiet repose where vessels rest after a full day of hard work on the Gulf of Mexico," says Fernando. Part of hi...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
A panoramic view of peaks along the Utah/Colorado border. Crystal says she was inspired by a beautiful September hike up South Mountain in the La Sal Range in...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
Artist Comments
Coastal scene with billowing, late afternoon clouds. Sailors secure their boats after a day on the water. Inspired by classical Dutch and French harbor scenes...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Lolita sits at the Cortez Village Marina after a day's work on the rolling waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The water ripples in purples, blues and green, reflec...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
The vessel La Corona sits in its berth drying its nets after a hard day's work of fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. Part of Fernando's s...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1930s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Linen, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Watercolor
Artist Comments
Mr. Chris lies motionless in a boatyard at Cortez Village, Florida, where other vessels that have outlive their usefulness also rest. Part of Fernando's signa...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Cardboard, Oil Pastel
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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.