$2,200Sale Price|31% Off
H 13.25 in W 21.25 in D 1 in
“Plein-Aire Painter”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful pastel on archival paper by the well known American pastelist, Gene Sparkman. In excellent condition and very nicely custom gallery frame. Signed lower right. Overall fram...
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
$1,720Sale Price|20% Off
H 36 in W 42 in D 0.25 in
Mountain Lake - Plein Aire Landscape Acrylic on Board
By Nick White
Located in Soquel, CA
Mountain Lake - Plein Aire Landscape Acrylic on Board Lush mountain landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009).
Acrylic, Board
$795
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.75 in
California Suburbs - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
By Nick White
Located in Soquel, CA
California Suburbs - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas Suburban landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009).
Canvas, Acrylic
$556Sale Price|20% Off
H 10 in W 12 in D 0.25 in
"Coyote Park" - Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Board
By Nick White
Located in Soquel, CA
"Coyote Park" - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board Vibrant lake landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009).
Masonite, Oil
$975
H 10 in W 8 in D 1.5 in
Calle Zuguri, Impressionism , Landscape, Framed, Plein Aire, Italy, Venice
By Virginia Vaughan
Located in Houston, TX
Calle Zughuri is part of newly released small works from V....Vaughan's collection of recent travels in Italy and France. V....Vaughan painted each of these on location "en plein ai...
Canvas, Oil
$600Sale Price|20% Off
H 16 in W 12 in D 0.25 in
"Evening at Vasona" - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
By Nick White
Located in Soquel, CA
"Evening at Vasona" - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board Vibrant river landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009).
Acrylic, Masonite
$895
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.75 in
Mt. Lassen Lake - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
By Nick White
Located in Soquel, CA
Mt. Lassen Lake - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas Vibrant mountain landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009).
Canvas, Acrylic
$750
H 12 in W 10 in D 0.25 in
Wildflower Plein Aire Landscape in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Wildflower Plein Aire Landscape in Pastel on Paper Colorful miniature landscape by California artist Jeanne Rosen Sofen (American, b. 1954).
Paper, Pastel
$975
H 8 in W 10 in D 1.5 in
Grand-Brassac, French Landscape, Oil, Plein Aire, France, Free Shipping
By Virginia Vaughan
Located in Houston, TX
BEST VIEWED ON MOBILE DEVICE Grand-Brassac is situated in the Dordogne department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It is part of newly released small works from V....Vaughan's collect...
Canvas, Oil
$850
H 6 in W 8 in D 1.5 in
Duomo at Sunset, Impressionism , Landscape, Framed, Plein Aire, Italy, Oil
By Virginia Vaughan
Located in Houston, TX
Duomo at Sunset at Piazelle Michelangelo, Florence is part of newly released small works from V....Vaughan's collection of recent travels in Italy and France. V....Vaughan painted e...
Canvas, Oil
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 18 in W 21 in D 2 in
Antique American Plein Aire Impressionist Farm Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1920. Unsigned. Image size, 16L x 13H. Housed in a period frame.
Canvas, Oil
$2,500
H 36 in W 42 in D 0.25 in
Elk in the Forest - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
By Nick White
Located in Soquel, CA
Elk in the Forest - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board Lush Western landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009).
Acrylic, Board
$795
H 12 in W 16 in D 0.25 in
"Touring Monument Valley" - Desert Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Masonite
By Nick White
Located in Soquel, CA
"Touring Monument Valley" - Desert Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Masonite Dramatic desert landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009).
Masonite, Acrylic
$1,150
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.25 in
"California Summer" Mid Century Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
"California Summer" Mid Century Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Masonite Serene landscape by Andrew Bennett (British, 20th Century). A herd of cows are gathered under oak trees in th...
Masonite, Oil
$1,560Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.25 in W 14 in D 1 in
"Natalie's" - Plein Aire Pastoral Landscape in Pastel on Sandpaper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Natalie's" - Plein Aire Pastoral Landscape in Pastel on Sandpaper Serene plein aire landscape with cows by Clive R.
Paper, Pastel
$3,800
H 9.25 in W 11.25 in D 0.75 in
Impressionist Plein Aire painting New York City Street Scene Verdi Sqaure
By Peter Mayer
Located in New York, NY
American plein air impressionist Peter Mayer was born 1887-1993. Exhibited painting of Broadway and West 72nd street in New York, Verdi Square. This painting has a beautiful textural...
Masonite, Oil
$825
H 6 in W 8 in D 1.5 in
Down River from the Pont Vecchio Bridge, Impressionism , Landscape, Plein Aire,
By Virginia Vaughan
Located in Houston, TX
Down River from the Pont Vecchio Bridge is part of newly released small works from V....Vaughan's collection of recent travels in Italy and France. V....Vaughan painted each of the...
Canvas, Oil
$520Sale Price|20% Off
H 11 in W 14 in D 0.1 in
California Plein Aire Oil Painting of Luther Burbank's Garden in Santa Rosa
Located in Soquel, CA
California Plein Aire Oil Painting of Luther Burbank's Garden Greenhouse in Santa Rosa, California A plein-air study of the Luther Burbank, a famed Santa Rosa, California Horticultu...
Oil, Archival Paper
$1,720Sale Price|20% Off
H 36 in W 42 in D 0.25 in
River in the Desert - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
By Nick White
Located in Soquel, CA
River in the Desert - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board Lush Western landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009).
Acrylic, Board
$1,150
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.25 in
"California Round Hills" Mid Century Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
"California Round Hills" Mid Century Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Masonite Serene landscape by J. Andrew Bennett (British, 19th/20th Century ). The viewer stands at the end of a v...
Masonite, Oil
$1,200
H 19 in W 23 in D 1.25 in
Golf Course by the Bay - Contemporary Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Golf Course by the Bay - Contemporary Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Canvas Serene plein aire landscape by Kat Davidson (American, b. 1952).
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$1,720Sale Price|20% Off
H 36 in W 42 in D 0.25 in
A River Runs Through It - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
By Nick White
Located in Soquel, CA
A River Runs Through It - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board Expansive canyon landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009).
Acrylic, Board
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 36 in W 42 in D 0.25 in
Bison in the Aspen Forest - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
By Nick White
Located in Soquel, CA
Bison in the Birch Forest - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board Lush Western landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009).
Acrylic, Board
$960Sale Price|20% Off
H 8 in W 10 in D 0.25 in
Sunset at Grand Teton National Park - Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Sunset at Grand Teton National Park - Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Board Vibrant plein aire landscape by Thomas Bradshaw (American, b. 1972).
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 20 in W 24 in
Women Outside Breton Hotel - Chromolithograph on Paper
By Alson Skinner Clark
Located in Soquel, CA
A landscape painter strongly influenced by the French Impressionists, Alson Skinner Clark spent much of his career traveling and living in foreign countries and then settled in South...
Laid Paper, Lithograph
Plein Aire American Impressionist Landscape
Located in Buffalo, NY
A turn of the century plein aire impressionist landscape. Oil on board, circa 1910. Gorgeous colors and detail. Gold gilt frame. Measuring 10"L x 8"H.
Canvas, Oil
Plein Aire Sketch of the Marble Mountains 1905
Located in Buffalo, NY
Plein Aire sketch of the Marble Mountains circa 1905. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Unsigned. Displayed in a period blackwood frame. Image size, 12"L x 18"H, overall 15"L x 21"H.
Canvas, Oil
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H 8 in W 6 in D 1.5 in
Little Gull, Impressionism , Landscape, Framed, Plein Aire, Birds, Texas Coast
By Virginia Vaughan
Located in Houston, TX
Little Gull is part of newly released small works from V....Vaughan's collection of recent travels in around Sargent TX on the Texas Coast.. V....Vaughan painted each of these on l...
Canvas, Oil
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H 35.5 in W 37.75 in D 1.5 in
“Late Afternoon Mountain- San Antonio” Pastel Impressionist Texas Landscape
By Alson Skinner Clark
Located in Houston, TX
He was also a photographer, plein aire painter, art educator and muralist. On March 25, 1876, he was born in Chicago, Illinois to a wealthy family.
Canvas, Oil
Plein Aire Western Landscape
Located in Buffalo, NY
Plein Aire Western mountainous landscape. Oil on board, circa 1940. Unsigned. Displayed in a modernist wood frame. Image size, 24"L x 20"H, overall 28"L x 24"H.
Canvas, Oil, Board
Plein Aire California Landscape
By Drake Seaman
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressionist painting of a California by Drake Seaman (1935-2000). Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Signed lower left, "Drake Seaman". Image size, 24"L x 20"H; overall, 33"L x 29"H.
Canvas, Oil
Reclining Nude en Plein Aire
By Raymond Debieve
Located in London, GB
'Reclining Nude en Plein Aire', gouache on art paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1960s).
Gouache, Paper
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H 36 in W 42 in D 0.25 in
Canyonland - Western Plein Aire Landscape Acrylic on Board
By Nick White
Located in Soquel, CA
Canyonland - Western Plein Aire Landscape Acrylic on Board Expansive Western landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009).
Acrylic, Board
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H 16 in W 20 in D 1.5 in
ONE FLOCK LISTENS Impressionism, Landscape, Sheep, Plein Aire
By Virginia Vaughan
Located in Houston, TX
This was taken from a plein aire painting near the castle where V....Vaughan was giving a workshop in 2022. 18 x 22 framed.
Canvas, Oil
Wyoming Barn - Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Masonite
By Nick White
Located in Soquel, CA
Wyoming Barn - Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Masonite Warm ranch landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009).
Masonite, Oil
Golden Field Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
Golden Field Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Linen Plein aire landscape by unknown artist C. Lucas (20th Century). The viewer stands in front of a gold field of grass. At the far edg...
Linen, Oil
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H 8 in W 6 in D 1.5 in
Basilica Santa Croce, Impressionism , Landscape, Framed, Plein Aire, Italy
By Virginia Vaughan
Located in Houston, TX
V....Vaughan painted each of these in plein aire on sight. Santa Croce has always played a major role in the religious and civic life of Florence, and over the centuries this impor...
Canvas, Oil
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H 16 in W 25 in D 2 in
Painting in Plein Aire by William De La Montagne Cary
By William De La Montagne Cary
Located in Buffalo, NY
Realist genre painting of an artist painting in plein aire by William De La Montagne Cary (1840 - 1922). Gouache and watercolor on paper. Signed lower left, "W.M. Cary". Displaye...
Watercolor, Gouache
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H 6 in W 8 in D 1.5 in
Lake Como Distance, Impressionism , Landscape, Framed, Colors, Plein Aire. Italy
By Virginia Vaughan
Located in Houston, TX
Lake Como Distance is part of newly released small works from V....Vaughan's collection of recent travels in Italy and France. V....Vaughan painted each of these on location "en plei...
Canvas, Oil
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H 14 in W 16 in D 2 in
Antique American Impressionist Plein Aire Seaside Landscape Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist signed original oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1920. Signed illegibly. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. Image, 10"L x 9"H.
Canvas, Oil
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H 21 in W 25 in D 2 in
Antique American California Plein Aire Woman Artist Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting by Mabel Carruthers (1886 - 1972). Oil on canvas, circa 1920. Signed. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. Image, 20"L x 16"H.
Canvas, Oil
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H 17 in W 13 in D 2 in
Antique American Plein Aire Impressionist Signed Landscape Framed Oil Painting
By Edward S Annison
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist flower landscape oil painting by Edward S Annison. Oil on board, circa 1910. Signed. Image size, 9L x 12H. Housed in a period frame.
Canvas, Oil
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H 16 in W 12 in D 2 in
Antique American Plein Aire Impressionist Signed Landscape Framed Oil Painting
By Edward S Annison
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting by Edward S Annison. Oil on board, circa 1910. Signed. Image size, 8L x 12H. Housed in a period frame.
Canvas, Oil
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H 11 in W 13 in D 2 in
Banning Canyon, California, Plein Aire Impressionist Landscape by Frank Marshall
By Frank Howard Marshall
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressionist landscape of Banning Canyon, California by Frank Howard Marshall (1866-1945). Oil on board, circa 1910. Signed lower right, "F. H. Marshall". Displayed in ...
Canvas, Oil
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H 20 in W 24 in D 2 in
Antique American Plein Aire Impressionist Signed Landscape Framed Oil Painting
By Thomas R. Curtin
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting by Thomas R. Curtin (1899 - 1977). Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed. Image size, 20L x 16H. Housed in a period frame.
Canvas, Oil
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H 12 in W 16 in D 0.25 in
"Cactus in Pastel" - Desert Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Masonite
By Nick White
Located in Soquel, CA
"Cactus in Pastel" - Desert Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Masonite Vibrant desert landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009).
Acrylic, Masonite
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H 8 in W 10 in D 1.5 in
Lake Como Boat Trails, Impressionism, Landscape, Italy, Plein Aire, Free Shipping
By Virginia Vaughan
Located in Houston, TX
BEST VIEWED ON MOBILE DEVICE Lake Como Boat Trails is part of newly released small works from V....Vaughan's collection of recent travels in Italy and France. V....Vaughan painted e...
Canvas, Oil
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H 10 in W 13 in D 2 in
Antique American Plein Aire Framed Landscape Original New England Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
New England Landscape circa 1900. Atmospheric antique oil on panel depicting a tranquil landscape. TThe scene is painted in soft impressionist brushwork with warm natural tones, ...
Canvas, Oil
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H 13 in W 15 in D 2 in
Antique American Plein Aire Impressionist Summer Landscape New York Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape painting by George Renouard (1885 - 1954). Oil on board, circa 1915. Unsigned. Displayed in an impressionist frame. Image size, 10"L x 8"H.
Canvas, Oil
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H 13 in W 15 in D 2 in
Antique American Plein Aire Impressionist Summer Landscape New York Oil Painting
By George Renouard
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape painting by George Renouard (1885 - 1954). Oil on board, circa 1915. Unsigned. Displayed in an impressionist frame. Image size, 10"L x 8"H.
Canvas, Oil
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H 20 in W 24 in D 1 in
Vintage Mid Century Plein Aire Abstract Forest Landscape Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. No signature found. Very finely painted. Image size, 24L x 20H. Framing options available.
Canvas, Oil
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H 20 in W 24 in D 1 in
Vintage Mid Century Plein Aire Abstract Forest Landscape Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. No signature found. Very finely painted. Image size, 24L x 20H. Framing options available.
Canvas, Oil
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H 16 in W 20 in D 0.75 in
Desert Ranch with Longhorn Steer - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
By Nick White
Located in Soquel, CA
Desert Ranch with Longhorn Steer - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas Vibrant desert landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009).
Acrylic, Canvas
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H 16 in W 12 in D 1 in
Big Sur Coastal Cliffs - California Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
By Nick White
Located in Soquel, CA
Big Sur Coastal Cliffs - California Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas Dramatic Pacific Ocean seascape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009).
Acrylic, Canvas
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H 40 in W 40 in
Plein Aire Provincetown RACE POINT Dunes Paintings LIGHT N SHADOW Gallery Label
Located in New York, NY
The Current painting is a Plein Aire painting that was sold through Blue Heron Gallery depicts the Dunes of Race Point Beach in Provincetown Massachusetts.
Oil, Acrylic
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H 36 in W 42 in D 0.25 in
A Pond Under an Aspen Grove - Western Plein Aire Landscape Acrylic on Board
By Nick White
Located in Soquel, CA
A Pond Under an Aspen Grove - Western Plein Aire Landscape Acrylic on Board Expansive Western landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009).
Acrylic, Board
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H 36 in W 42 in D 0.25 in
Bison in the Spring Thaw - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
By Nick White
Located in Soquel, CA
Bison in the Spring Thaw - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board Expansive Western landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009).
Acrylic, Board
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H 36 in W 42 in D 0.25 in
Red Cliffs in the Desert - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
By Nick White
Located in Soquel, CA
Red Cliffs in the Desert - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board Vibrant desert landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009).
Acrylic, Board
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H 36 in W 42 in D 0.25 in
Looking Out Over the Canyons - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
By Nick White
Located in Soquel, CA
Looking Out Over the Canyons - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board (Two Sided) Expansive canyon landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-200...
Acrylic, Board
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.