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"Rainy Mountains" - Impressionist Landscape, Oil Painting on Panel
"Rainy Mountains" - Impressionist Landscape, Oil Painting on Panel

"Rainy Mountains" - Impressionist Landscape, Oil Painting on Panel

By Hazel Z Weckbach

Located in Denver, CO

What I find particularly interesting in human intervention in nature is how we are still intertwined with it. Roads, buildings, and farmlands bend with the natural curves of mountain...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Long Trail" - Impressionist Landscape and Still-Life, Oil Painting on Panel
"Long Trail" - Impressionist Landscape and Still-Life, Oil Painting on Panel

"Long Trail" - Impressionist Landscape and Still-Life, Oil Painting on Panel

By Hazel Z Weckbach

Located in Denver, CO

What I find particularly interesting in human intervention in nature is how we are still intertwined with it. Roads, buildings, and farmlands bend with the natural curves of mountain...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

"Thorns of Charm (Santa Fe)" - Impressionist Floral Still-Life, Oil Painting
"Thorns of Charm (Santa Fe)" - Impressionist Floral Still-Life, Oil Painting

"Thorns of Charm (Santa Fe)" - Impressionist Floral Still-Life, Oil Painting

By Hazel Z Weckbach

Located in Denver, CO

What I find particularly interesting in human intervention in nature is how we are still intertwined with it. Roads, buildings, and farmlands bend with the natural curves of mountain...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Descent into Blue– Downward Path into Clear Water
Descent into Blue– Downward Path into Clear Water

Descent into Blue– Downward Path into Clear Water

By Elena Khokhryakova

Located in Zofingen, AG

The soft light dancing across the waves, and the disappearing path, invite the viewer to pause and reflect — to imagine where this road leads. Details Artist: Elena Khokhryakova Yea...

Category

2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Brooklyn Shops (Brooklyn)" - Impressionist Cityscape, Mixed Media Painting
"Brooklyn Shops (Brooklyn)" - Impressionist Cityscape, Mixed Media Painting

"Brooklyn Shops (Brooklyn)" - Impressionist Cityscape, Mixed Media Painting

By Hazel Z Weckbach

Located in Denver, CO

What I find particularly interesting in human intervention in nature is how we are still intertwined with it. Roads, buildings, and farmlands bend with the natural curves of mountain...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

"Night Out (Times Square)" - Impressionist Cityscape, Oil Painting on Panel
"Night Out (Times Square)" - Impressionist Cityscape, Oil Painting on Panel

"Night Out (Times Square)" - Impressionist Cityscape, Oil Painting on Panel

By Hazel Z Weckbach

Located in Denver, CO

What I find particularly interesting in human intervention in nature is how we are still intertwined with it. Roads, buildings, and farmlands bend with the natural curves of mountain...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

"Farmer's Market (Brooklyn)" - Impressionist Cityscape, Oil Painting on Panel
"Farmer's Market (Brooklyn)" - Impressionist Cityscape, Oil Painting on Panel

"Farmer's Market (Brooklyn)" - Impressionist Cityscape, Oil Painting on Panel

By Hazel Z Weckbach

Located in Denver, CO

What I find particularly interesting in human intervention in nature is how we are still intertwined with it. Roads, buildings, and farmlands bend with the natural curves of mountain...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

"Stream of Color" (Foxton, CO) - Impressionist Landscape, Watercolor Painting
"Stream of Color" (Foxton, CO) - Impressionist Landscape, Watercolor Painting

"Stream of Color" (Foxton, CO) - Impressionist Landscape, Watercolor Painting

By Hazel Z Weckbach

Located in Denver, CO

What I find particularly interesting in human intervention in nature is how we are still intertwined with it. Roads, buildings, and farmlands bend with the natural curves of mountain...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

"Sun and Rain (Queens)" - Impressionist Cityscape, Oil Painting on Panel
"Sun and Rain (Queens)" - Impressionist Cityscape, Oil Painting on Panel

"Sun and Rain (Queens)" - Impressionist Cityscape, Oil Painting on Panel

By Hazel Z Weckbach

Located in Denver, CO

What I find particularly interesting in human intervention in nature is how we are still intertwined with it. Roads, buildings, and farmlands bend with the natural curves of mountain...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

"Buried Wall (Old Lyme)" - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting on Panel
"Buried Wall (Old Lyme)" - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting on Panel

"Buried Wall (Old Lyme)" - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting on Panel

By Hazel Z Weckbach

Located in Denver, CO

What I find particularly interesting in human intervention in nature is how we are still intertwined with it. Roads, buildings, and farmlands bend with the natural curves of mountain...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Venice
Venice

Venice

By Ken Howard

Located in Stratford-Upon-Avon, GB

Howard even claimed that a man in the Falls Road biddably blew up a car to make it more picturesque for his brush.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Warm Light (Ghost Ranch)" - Impressionist Watercolor Painting on Paper
"Warm Light (Ghost Ranch)" - Impressionist Watercolor Painting on Paper

"Warm Light (Ghost Ranch)" - Impressionist Watercolor Painting on Paper

By Hazel Z Weckbach

Located in Denver, CO

What I find particularly interesting in human intervention in nature is how we are still intertwined with it. Roads, buildings, and farmlands bend with the natural curves of mountain...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Observing Change (Englewood, CO)" - Impressionist Landscape, Oil Painting
"Observing Change (Englewood, CO)" - Impressionist Landscape, Oil Painting

"Observing Change (Englewood, CO)" - Impressionist Landscape, Oil Painting

By Hazel Z Weckbach

Located in Denver, CO

What I find particularly interesting in human intervention in nature is how we are still intertwined with it. Roads, buildings, and farmlands bend with the natural curves of mountain...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Winter's Song" - Impressionist Winter Forest Landscape, Oil Painting
"Winter's Song" - Impressionist Winter Forest Landscape, Oil Painting

"Winter's Song" - Impressionist Winter Forest Landscape, Oil Painting

By Hazel Z Weckbach

Located in Denver, CO

What I find particularly interesting in human intervention in nature is how we are still intertwined with it. Roads, buildings, and farmlands bend with the natural curves of mountain...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Old Balance (Flatbush, Brooklyn) - Cityscape Watercolor Painting on Paper
"Old Balance (Flatbush, Brooklyn) - Cityscape Watercolor Painting on Paper

"Old Balance (Flatbush, Brooklyn) - Cityscape Watercolor Painting on Paper

By Hazel Z Weckbach

Located in Denver, CO

What I find particularly interesting in human intervention in nature is how we are still intertwined with it. Roads, buildings, and farmlands bend with the natural curves of mountain...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Cabo Run (Cabo, Mexico) - Impressionist Floral Still-Life, Oil Painting
"Cabo Run (Cabo, Mexico) - Impressionist Floral Still-Life, Oil Painting

"Cabo Run (Cabo, Mexico) - Impressionist Floral Still-Life, Oil Painting

By Hazel Z Weckbach

Located in Denver, CO

What I find particularly interesting in human intervention in nature is how we are still intertwined with it. Roads, buildings, and farmlands bend with the natural curves of mountain...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Kerrera #2 by Jon Rowland, Landscape painting, abstract painting, original art
Kerrera #2 by Jon Rowland, Landscape painting, abstract painting, original art

Kerrera #2 by Jon Rowland, Landscape painting, abstract painting, original art

Located in Deddington, GB

Kerrera # 2 by Jon Rowland 2018 original and hand signed by the artist Acrylic on board Image size: H:60 cm x W:60 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:60 cm x D:1.5cm ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Astbury Church English Village Gothic Architecture Watercolour Painting
Astbury Church English Village Gothic Architecture Watercolour Painting

Astbury Church English Village Gothic Architecture Watercolour Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The scene has all the appeal of a traditional English village view, combining ecclesiastical architecture, rural setting and local topographical interest. The road and pathway draw t...

Category

Mid-20th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Rollesboise - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Maximillien Luce
Rollesboise - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Maximillien Luce

Rollesboise - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Maximillien Luce

By Maximilien Luce

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

His figures set him apart from other Neo-Impressionists, as he genuinely wanted to share the cares and troubles of the people, and showed this in the attitudes of the road workers, t...

Category

1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Bachata of Shadows — Through the Forest Light
Bachata of Shadows — Through the Forest Light

Bachata of Shadows — Through the Forest Light

By Elena Khokhryakova

Located in Zofingen, AG

I am inspired by the natural forms of nature, the plasticity of the curves of roads and branches, the lines of crowns and clouds, the trembling of the air in the morning fog and the ...

Category

2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Framed Late 19th Century Oil - The Farmer's Cart
Framed Late 19th Century Oil - The Farmer's Cart

Framed Late 19th Century Oil - The Farmer's Cart

Located in Corsham, GB

A late 19th-century pastoral landscape depicting a farmer travelling by horse and cart along a serene country road. Presented in an elaborate scrolling acanthus frame with pierced de...

Category

Late 19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Town Church Spire Architectural Ink Wash Painting
French Town Church Spire Architectural Ink Wash Painting

French Town Church Spire Architectural Ink Wash Painting

By Bernard Labbe

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Executed in ink and warm reddish brown watercolour wash, the composition combines fluid painterly passages with assured architectural drawing. The winding road creates a natural entr...

Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

To the End of Time II - Colorful Rural Landscape Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
To the End of Time II - Colorful Rural Landscape Mixed Media Painting on Canvas

To the End of Time II - Colorful Rural Landscape Mixed Media Painting on Canvas

By Jodi Miller

Located in Los Angeles, CA

REPRESENTATION Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2025 “Country Roads”, County Creative Gallery, Prince Edward, Ontario Jodi Miller Feature Art...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite

"Over Earth" - Abstract Expressionist Landscape, Oil Painting on Board
"Over Earth" - Abstract Expressionist Landscape, Oil Painting on Board

"Over Earth" - Abstract Expressionist Landscape, Oil Painting on Board

By Hazel Z Weckbach

Located in Denver, CO

What I find particularly interesting in human intervention in nature is how we are still intertwined with it. Roads, buildings, and farmlands bend with the natural curves of mountain...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Over Earth II" - Abstract Expressionist Landscape, Oil Painting on Board
"Over Earth II" - Abstract Expressionist Landscape, Oil Painting on Board

"Over Earth II" - Abstract Expressionist Landscape, Oil Painting on Board

By Hazel Z Weckbach

Located in Denver, CO

What I find particularly interesting in human intervention in nature is how we are still intertwined with it. Roads, buildings, and farmlands bend with the natural curves of mountain...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Vintage Autumn Countryside Scene with Thatched Barn - Original Oil Painting
Vintage Autumn Countryside Scene with Thatched Barn - Original Oil Painting

Vintage Autumn Countryside Scene with Thatched Barn - Original Oil Painting

Located in Soquel, CA

Vintage Autumn Countryside Scene with Thatched Barn - Original Oil Painting Impressionist-style landscape painting signed by Louis Van (der) Veen (20th Century.) A dirt road extends...

Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Stretcher Bars, Canvas

"Foxton" - Impressionist Forest Landscape, Oil Painting on Panel
"Foxton" - Impressionist Forest Landscape, Oil Painting on Panel

"Foxton" - Impressionist Forest Landscape, Oil Painting on Panel

By Hazel Z Weckbach

Located in Denver, CO

What I find particularly interesting in human intervention in nature is how we are still intertwined with it. Roads, buildings, and farmlands bend with the natural curves of mountain...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

French Village Church Hill Bare Trees Sepia Ink Watercolour Landscape
French Village Church Hill Bare Trees Sepia Ink Watercolour Landscape

French Village Church Hill Bare Trees Sepia Ink Watercolour Landscape

By Bernard Labbe

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The bold trunks and branches of the foreground trees create an expressive natural frame, leading the eye across the open road and towards the cluster of buildings and church beyond.

Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

"Casa di iris, giacinti e margherite"
"Casa di iris, giacinti e margherite"

"Casa di iris, giacinti e margherite"

By Elina Bilous

Located in Edinburgh, GB

Since childhood, walks have been a place of meditation and inspiration; I realised that I belong to the road, I belong to the path. My life is a constant journey towards beauty.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mountaintop, Sound of the Wind
Mountaintop, Sound of the Wind

Mountaintop, Sound of the Wind

Located in Deddington, GB

The light was disappointing but the feeling of being on the mountain road again and clambering by the stream made me see, hear and feel everything around me so differently.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

French school Landscape Rural path, signed, school of Barbizon
French school Landscape Rural path, signed, school of Barbizon

French school Landscape Rural path, signed, school of Barbizon

Located in Zofingen, AG

Beginning in the foreground and extending toward the horizon, this road serves as the principal compositional device, guiding the viewer into the landscape and creating a powerful se...

Category

Early 1900s Barbizon School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Oil, Stretcher Bars, Canvas

Chemin a Travers les Collines - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Othon Friesz
Chemin a Travers les Collines - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Othon Friesz

Chemin a Travers les Collines - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Othon Friesz

By Achille-Émile Othon Friesz

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

After his demobilisation, as well as in his studio in Paris, Friesz spent time in his house in Toulon, returned to Normandy and Le Havre and continued to make frequent, often local, ...

Category

Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Holloway by Elaine Fox, Abstract art, Landscape painting, Original art
Holloway by Elaine Fox, Abstract art, Landscape painting, Original art

Holloway by Elaine Fox, Abstract art, Landscape painting, Original art

Located in Deddington, GB

Holloway [2022] original and hand signed by the artist Oil on Cradled Panel Image size: H:20 cm x W:20 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:20 cm x W:20 cm x D:4cm Sold Unframed...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Duclair - La Seine - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Robert Pinchon
Duclair - La Seine - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Robert Pinchon

Duclair - La Seine - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Robert Pinchon

By Robert Antoine Pinchon

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

To the foreground a horse and cart is travelling along a road that rund alongside the river. The banks are filled with trees and shrubs in autumnal colours of red, brown and orange.

Category

1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Haitian Surrealism Jacmel Harbor Early Work Oil on Masonsite
Haitian Surrealism Jacmel Harbor Early Work Oil on Masonsite

Haitian Surrealism Jacmel Harbor Early Work Oil on Masonsite

Located in Miami, FL

Without regard to traditional Western perspectives, he connects the floating section to the mountainous mainland via roads and footbridges. A tranquil scene of sailboats occupies the...

Category

1960s Surrealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Moonlit Path, Original Painting
Moonlit Path, Original Painting

Moonlit Path, Original Painting

By Janet Dyer

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist CommentsA road winds through the woods, dipping and rising toward the distant horizon.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Acrylic

A River Landscape - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Gaston Balande
A River Landscape - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Gaston Balande

A River Landscape - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Gaston Balande

By Gaston Balande

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Museum and Gallery Holdings Alençon: The Seine at Port-Mort Dijon: The Meuse at Namur Fontenay-le-Comte: The Esnande Road; Old Pouzauges Gap: Espalion Bridge La Rochelle (MBA)...

Category

1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Caroline Chappell, Coastal Blue, Abstract Seascape Painting, UK art
Caroline Chappell, Coastal Blue, Abstract Seascape Painting, UK art

Caroline Chappell, Coastal Blue, Abstract Seascape Painting, UK art

By Caroline Chappell

Located in Deddington, GB

"Living in the heart of England my local landscape includes bridle paths and drovers’ roads, ancient burial sites and stone circles, tracks and old hollow ways.

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Coucher de Soleil - Rotterdam - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Maximillien Luce
Coucher de Soleil - Rotterdam - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Maximillien Luce

Coucher de Soleil - Rotterdam - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Maximillien Luce

By Maximilien Luce

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

His figures set him apart from other Neo-Impressionists, as he genuinely wanted to share the cares and troubles of the people, and showed this in the attitudes of the road workers, t...

Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

A Quiet Saunter -Contemporary realism London cityscape oil painting-original art
A Quiet Saunter -Contemporary realism London cityscape oil painting-original art

A Quiet Saunter -Contemporary realism London cityscape oil painting-original art

By Joey Mánaplaz

Located in London, Chelsea

In "A Quiet Saunter," Joey Manlapaz invites us into a moment of calm within the bustling cityscape of Lancaster Road. The painting captures a sunny day, drawing the viewer's eye to a...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

Orchard in Bloom, Original Painting
Orchard in Bloom, Original Painting

Orchard in Bloom, Original Painting

By Janet Dyer

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist CommentsFlowering white trees spread through an orchard in Provence, France, in springtime. A dirt road cuts through the landscape, leading through a field, rolling hills, and...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Acrylic

Carol Young, "Blackberry and Lime", 40x40 Colorful Barn Landscape Oil on Board
Carol Young, "Blackberry and Lime", 40x40 Colorful Barn Landscape Oil on Board

Carol Young, "Blackberry and Lime", 40x40 Colorful Barn Landscape Oil on Board

By Carol Young

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

I continued my passion for drawing and illustration throughout my high school years but after graduating from the College of New Rochelle, NY as a fine art major, I became a Graphic ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Limitless II - Original Colorful Rural Landscape Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
Limitless II - Original Colorful Rural Landscape Mixed Media Painting on Canvas

Limitless II - Original Colorful Rural Landscape Mixed Media Painting on Canvas

By Jodi Miller

Located in Los Angeles, CA

REPRESENTATION Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2025 “Country Roads”, County Creative Gallery, Prince Edward, Ontario Jodi Miller Feature Art...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite

Carl Johansson Ångermanland Landscape Oil on Panel 1938
Carl Johansson Ångermanland Landscape Oil on Panel 1938

Carl Johansson Ångermanland Landscape Oil on Panel 1938

By Carl Johansson

Located in Stockholm, SE

This landscape from 1938 depicts the countryside around Ramsele in Ångermanland, northern Sweden. A winding country road leads the viewer into the composition, passing open fields an...

Category

1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Inshore Wind
Inshore Wind

Inshore Wind

Located in Middletown, NY

This canvas was painted during Uré's years spent in England, were she had a studio on London Road, Cambridge, in the 1960s.

Category

Mid-20th Century English School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Cyclists on the Chelsea Embankment by Albert Bridge, London' oil painting
'Cyclists on the Chelsea Embankment by Albert Bridge, London' oil painting

'Cyclists on the Chelsea Embankment by Albert Bridge, London' oil painting

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

Although Albert Bridge itself is not visible within the composition, the location has been identified through the distinctive architecture of one of the surviving buildings and the c...

Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Road Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of road paintings available on 1stDibs. Browse a selection of Impressionist, Contemporary or Post-Impressionist versions of these works for sale today — there are 99 Impressionist, 53 Contemporary, 25 Abstract, 13 Modern and 7 Post-Impressionist examples available. There are many variations of these items available, from those made as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a road paintings that pops against an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include that feature elements of gray, brown, black, blue and more. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by Harry Orlyk, Willard Dixon, Janet Dyer, James Hartman and Gina Phillips are often thought to be among the most beautiful. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and fabric. Large road paintings can be an attractive addition to some spaces, while the smaller iterations available — each spanning 5 inches in width — may make for a better choice for a more modest living area.

How Much are Road Paintings?

Prices for pieces in our collection of road paintings start at $200 and top out at $618,750 with the average selling for $2,733.

Finding the Right Landscape Paintings for You

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.