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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Mid-20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Gold Leaf
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Copper, Gold Leaf
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Acrylic, Oil
1960s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Linen, Spray Paint, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Artist Comments
Layers of muted colors depict islands and mountains, its softness exuding a calming peace. Artist Jenn Williamson painted this composition after spending time o...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
1970s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1940s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Shades of blue and peach evoke an image of sunset on ridges. Inspired by the unassuming elevations in West Texas, artist Jennifer Hanson...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
Late 20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Masonite, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Paper, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Rag Paper
1960s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Watercolor
Artist Comments
As the dawn breaks on a tranquil morning, the silvery sunlight casts a sheen on still waters. Artist Kip Decker painted two sailboats resting just off the harbor ready for the day ahead. In the short distance, shadowed mountains...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Pastel
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1970s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
This abstract painting invites quiet reflection, evoking the stillness of a misty landscape mirrored in calm waters. A gentle palette of greens and blues wash...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Paper, Acrylic, Monotype
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
1950s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Resin, Epoxy Resin, Oil Pastel
Late 20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings
Pastel
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil Crayon, Dye, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil, Lithograph
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Gold Leaf
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media
Late 20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Chalk, Tempera
Early 20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings
Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil, Board
Mid-20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Dye, Oil
1960s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Resin, Wood, Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Ink, Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Mixed Media