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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2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Lacquer, Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Metal
1970s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Masonite, Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil, Acrylic
20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings
Pastel
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
A calm, misty landscape emerges in this abstract piece. The still water below mirrors the scene above, creating a peaceful reflection. The simplified forms and ...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings
Pastel
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Acrylic, Wood Panel
1970s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Late 20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings
Pastel
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
1990s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Clay, Acrylic
Early 2000s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Metal
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
1950s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Wax, Oil
Artist Comments
Winter inspires a quiet contemplation as limited colors evoke the crisp chill and silence of the woods. The scene suggests snow covering the forest floor and fo...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
1990s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Metal
Artist Comments
Artist Joey Korom expresses a modern abstraction of the changing colors of October. The yellow-orange field suggests autumn, specifically the middle period of...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, 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
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings
Pastel
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Acrylic, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Fabric, Textile, Canvas, Linen, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Fabric, Textile, Canvas, Linen, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil, Linen
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Resin
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Metal
1950s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Cardboard, Oil, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings
Pastel
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Gesso, Oil, Acrylic