On 1stDibs, there are several options of grand manan paintings available for sale. A selection of these works in the
abstract and
Impressionist styles can be found today in our inventory. These items have been made for many years, with versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. You can search the grand manan paintings that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of
brown,
gray,
black and
orange. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by
Alfred Thompson Bricher,
Harrison Bird Brown,
Sandor Bernath,
John George Brown and
Robert Swain Gifford are consistently popular. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in
paint,
oil paint and
canvas — can elevate any room of your home. If space is limited, there are small grand manan paintings measuring 11 across, while our inventory also includes pieces up to 90 inches across to better suit those in the market for large iterations.
Grand manan paintings can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $11,200, while the lowest priced sells for $700 and the highest can go for as much as $125,000.
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.
