Serge Ovcaruk
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil
People Also Browsed
1870s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Board
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil
Vintage 1910s French Paintings
Paint
1870s Tonalist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Board, Oil
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Calm waters meet the rocky shore in this view of the Great Lakes. A soft orange glow peeks behind the clouds, giving faint illumination to the scene. The detail...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
1930s Modern Landscape Paintings
Watercolor
Antique Late 19th Century Russian Victorian Paintings
Giltwood, Paint
2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Oil, Board, Wood
Mid-20th Century Russian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Canvas, Wood
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Oil
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Russian Decorative Art
Giltwood
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
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.