"Noyac" Landscape, Impressionist, Plein Air
By Nelson H. White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
"Black Point Connecticut" Landscape, Impressionist, American
By Nelson H. White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Bagno Martinelli Italian Beaches 4" x 11" $2500 Palette Knife
By Nelson H. White
Located in Houston, TX
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsca...
Oil, Wood Panel
Versilia, Italy 01.31.2020
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsca...
Oil, Panel
Bagno la Salute, Viareggio
By Nelson H. White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Cable Beach Nassau Bahamas 12.23.2004
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Coopers Beach, Southampton NY (August 12, 2019)
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
The Marsh, Waterford 11.05.2020
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Viareggio, Italy
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Bagno Paradiso Italy 06.05.2015
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Bagno La Salute 9.27.2019
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Sea and Sky 09.19.2021
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil, Panel
$11,500
"Bagno La Salute, Viareggio 09.26.2021" Italian beach with umbrellas, impasto
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil, Panel
The Woods Shelter Island 09.29.2020
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Bagno La Salute 09.16.2019
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Bagno La Salute 01.01.2016
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Bagno Artiglio 10.7.2019
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Bagno Artiglio 10.11.2019
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Dering Harbor 07.30.2022
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil, Panel
The Creek Shelter Island 09.20.2020
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Bagno Artiglio No. 2
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Healdsburg Ca 11.08.2009
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Blue Shadows, Celerina, Switzerland
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Noyac 08.02.2008
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Bagno Paradiso 09.07.2015
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Brant Point Light
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Long Beach, Sag Harbor
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Sunset Sea & Sky 02.21.2021
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Field of Poppies
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Tellaro Italy
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Nantucket Harbor
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Mashomack Point, 2012
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
The Sea Harmony 05.26.2019
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Galilee, RI 01.08.1988
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Sea and Sky
By Nelson H. White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
The Waves 09.29.22
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Alpi Apuane 12.03.2021
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil, Panel
Ogunquit Maine, 03.13.2020
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
"Coopers Beach III 09.01.2020" impressionist beachscape of Southampton, NY
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
$2,400
"Cooper's Beach Long Island 12.17.2021" Southampton, NY, Impressionist Seascape
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Canvas, Oil
$8,000
"The Yellow Umbrellas" american impressionist beachscape with blue sky, impasto
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsca...
Oil
Sunset Lido Di Torre Del Lago 04.25.2003
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Coopers Beach Southampton LI 07.26.2020
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Bagno Martinelli 10.20.2018
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil, Panel
Alpi Apuane 12.07.2021
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil, Panel
Sunset Sea Sky 11.20.2021
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Canvas, Oil
$2,400
"The Waves 09.27.22" contemporary american impressionist seascape w custom frame
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil, Panel
The Waves Coopers Beach 09.21.2020
By Nelson H. White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
$11,500
"Shelter Island, Long Island, NY 01.01.2000" American Impressionist landscape
By Nelson H. White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil, Panel
Venice, Italy
By Nelson H. White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil, Panel
Long Beach, Sag Harbor, NY
By Nelson H. White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
The Yellow Umbrella
By Nelson H. White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Fishermans Wharf, San Francisco
By Nelson H. White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
Bagno La Salute
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Linen, Oil
Bahamas
By Nelson H. White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil, Panel
$2,400
"Sunset (Shelter Island) 06.06.2021" watercolor of colorful seascape and sky
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Watercolor
$1,800
"Alpi Apuane, Italy" american impressionist watercolor painting of Swiss Alps
By Nelson H. White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Watercolor
The Yellow Rose
By Nelson H. White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil, Panel
"Tranquility 04.05.2008" oil painting moody abstraction of beach horizon, framed
By Nelson H. White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Oil
$5,500
"The Wild Rose Hip Bush 06.23.2020" contemporary oil painting - impressionism
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landsc...
Linen, Oil
Emerging in 19th-century France, Impressionist art embraced loose brushwork and plein-air painting to respond to the movement of daily life. Although the pioneers of the Impressionist movement — Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Paul Cézanne, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir — are now household names, their work was a radical break with an art scene led and shaped by academic traditions for around two centuries. These academies had oversight of a curriculum that emphasized formal drawing, painting and sculpting techniques and historical themes.
The French Impressionists were influenced by a group of artists known as the Barbizon School, who painted what they witnessed in nature. The rejection of pieces by these artists and the later Impressionists from the salons culminated in a watershed 1874 exhibition in Paris that was staged outside of the juried systems. After a work of Monet’s was derided by a critic as an unfinished “impression,” the term was taken as a celebration of their shared interest in capturing fleeting moments as subject matter, whether the shifting weather on rural landscapes or the frenzy of an urban crowd. Rather than the exacting realism of the academic tradition, Impressionist paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings represented how an artist saw a world in motion.
Many Impressionist painters were inspired by the perspectives in imported Japanese prints alongside these shifts in European painting — Édouard Manet drew on ukiyo-e woodblock prints and depicted Japanese design in his Portrait of Émile Zola, for example. American artists such as Mary Cassatt and William Merritt Chase, who studied abroad, were impacted by the work of the French artists, and by the late 19th century American Impressionism had its own distinct aesthetics with painters responding to the rapid modernization of cities through quickly created works that were vivid with color and light.
Find a collection of authentic Impressionist art on 1stDibs.
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.