Abstract Landscape Paintings
Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.
Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.
Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.
Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.
Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.
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1910s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil, Paper
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Late 20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings
Pastel
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Panel
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Board
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Charcoal, Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Paper, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Paper, Acrylic
Artist Comments
The last moments of daylight in a residential neighborhood. Woman walking her dog. Cool blues and purple in the landscape rest on a muted peach sky. Expressi...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1980s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Wood, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Janet Dyer displays a sunny landscape of Provence, France. A scenic woodland stretches toward a grove of trees flourishing over the terrain. "This fiel...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Varnish, Mixed Media
Artist Comments
Gestural and textured techniques infuse the painting with a delightful sense of organic garden forms. Intricate drawings and lines come to life as acrylics an...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Paper, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Clay, Acrylic
1950s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Paper, Gouache
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Linen, Paint, Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Artist Comments
A blaze of color warms sunset clouds. "It was early autumn and the leaves turned into yellow, orange, and pink, but some were still very green," explains arti...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
Early 2000s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Paint, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Artist Comments
Red wildflowers line the Pacific Coast in this sunny scene of the Monterey Bay in California. Artist Lisa Elley says she is greatly inspired by Monet's work, ...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media
Late 20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
1960s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Wood Panel, Pigment
Artist Comments
Artist George Peebles embodies solemnity in a calm and pensive seascape. He envisions the composition reflecting on a dream by the water. Deep ocean waves rhythmically drift along the tantalizing vista. George displays the brief electric moment in nature entirely from his imagination.
About the Artist
Award-winning artist, George Peebles specializes in contemporary panoramic scenes. Breathtaking combinations of brilliant hues and gradients of rich skies map out his paintings. “My art is a reflection of the place inside each of us where we connect to nature,†says George. Based in Michigan, he draws inspiration from electric moments within his environment. Each stroke is an inward expression of his emotions as he paints from memory. George, being colorblind views his work as a lifelong process that leads him to new concepts and ideas best expressed on his canvas. When he’s out of the studio, George works as a chef at their local hospital. His work is represented in eighteen healthcare facilities.
Words that describe this painting: water, sky, clouds, dreamy, moody, dramatic, waves, water, seascape, expressionism, abstract, oilpaint, calm, tranquil, still, peaceful, expressionism, seascape, oil painting
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Acrylic, Paper
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Clay, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Digital
1960s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Masonite, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Early 2000s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic