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Beautiful British Modernist Oil Painting - Soft Green Landscape & Trees
Beautiful British Modernist Oil Painting - Soft Green Landscape & Trees

Beautiful British Modernist Oil Painting - Soft Green Landscape & Trees

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

, framed Framed: 17 x 22 inches Painting : 14 x 18 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Soft French Landscape
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Soft French Landscape

1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Soft French Landscape

By Bernard Labbe

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original watercolour/ gouache on artist

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Mid 20th Century French Landscape with Hill Top Chateau, Soft Green Colors
Mid 20th Century French Landscape with Hill Top Chateau, Soft Green Colors

Mid 20th Century French Landscape with Hill Top Chateau, Soft Green Colors

By Bernard Labbe

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

chateau, painted with lovely muted tones of soft greens and ochre colors. Medium: oil painting on canvas

Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Soft Ascension

Craig MooneySoft Ascension, 2025

$12,200

H 60 in W 48 in D 1.5 in

Soft Ascension

By Craig Mooney

Located in Napa, CA

Craig Mooney makes paintings of dramatic moments and heightened emotionality that are known for

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Soft Rain

Jeff ReedSoft Rain, 2025

$3,360

H 11 in W 15 in

Soft Rain

Located in Fairfield, CT

Represented by George Billis Gallery in Westport CT.

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Slow Soft Summer: Floral, Abstract, Contemporary, Nature, Soft tones, Original
Slow Soft Summer: Floral, Abstract, Contemporary, Nature, Soft tones, Original

Slow Soft Summer: Floral, Abstract, Contemporary, Nature, Soft tones, Original

By Karnish Art

Located in Pretoria, Gauteng

Title: Slow Soft Summer Floral, Abstract, Contemporary, Nature, Soft tones, Original, Authentic

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Glaze, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Antique Irish Oil Painting Mountain Lake Scene Soft Golden Colors & Hills
Antique Irish Oil Painting Mountain Lake Scene Soft Golden Colors & Hills

Antique Irish Oil Painting Mountain Lake Scene Soft Golden Colors & Hills

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Sunlight over the soft mountains of Ireland. Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, unframed. canvas

Category

Early 20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Mid 20th Century French Oil Painting Grand Canal Venice Muted Soft Colors
Mid 20th Century French Oil Painting Grand Canal Venice Muted Soft Colors

Mid 20th Century French Oil Painting Grand Canal Venice Muted Soft Colors

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Grand Canal, Venice French artist, mid 20th century oil on board, unframed board: 16.5 x 10.75 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: good condition For more ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Soft Harmony - Floral Symphony collection
Soft Harmony - Floral Symphony collection

Soft Harmony - Floral Symphony collection

Located in Zofingen, AG

This painting captures the tender moment when dawn kisses the earth — a meeting of light and bloom

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Symphony in Soft Green By Marc Zimmerman
Symphony in Soft Green By Marc Zimmerman

Symphony in Soft Green By Marc Zimmerman

By Marc Zimmerman

Located in Carmel, CA

amongst the palmettos. Symphony in Soft Green - Landscape Painting - Oil on Canvas By Marc Zimmerman

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Impressionist Cathedral and Bridge Scene with Soft Pastel Palette
French Impressionist Cathedral and Bridge Scene with Soft Pastel Palette

French Impressionist Cathedral and Bridge Scene with Soft Pastel Palette

By Fanch Lel

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: French Impressionist Cathedral and Bridge Scene with Soft Pastel Palette By Fanch Lel Size

Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Creek Shelter Island 09.20.2020

The Creek Shelter Island 09.20.2020

By Nelson White

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

A soft landscape painting, done en plein air painting by Nelson White. Framed dimensions: 19 x 31

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Impressionist Seascape of Sailboats and Lighthouse in Soft Pastels
French Impressionist Seascape of Sailboats and Lighthouse in Soft Pastels

French Impressionist Seascape of Sailboats and Lighthouse in Soft Pastels

By Fanch Lel

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

, hazy pastels—peach, pale green, soft blue, and cream—the painting evokes a tranquil, dreamlike mood

Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Tanager, birding, birds, blue, soft colors, bold images flowers and bird
Tanager, birding, birds, blue, soft colors, bold images flowers and bird

Tanager, birding, birds, blue, soft colors, bold images flowers and bird

By Leslie Bostrom

Located in Boston, MA

Leslie Bostrom is a Birder, and gives tours with the Audubon Society several times per year traveling the States various Seasons to find her subject matter and I feel it gives a uniq...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

EVENING LIGHT- oil on canvas - home house soft western light

EVENING LIGHT- oil on canvas - home house soft western light

By Willard Dixon

Located in Burlingame, CA

landscape still-life painting that features a blue sky, pink house, green grass. A contemplative work of

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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2000s Softly Colorful Landscape Painting
2000s Softly Colorful Landscape Painting

2000s Softly Colorful Landscape Painting, 2000s

Unavailable

H 43 in W 36 in D 2 in

2000s Softly Colorful Landscape Painting

Located in Stone Mountain, GA

Striking Southwestern landscape painting in the soak-stain manner of Helen Frankenthaler

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Soft Soft Morning
Soft Soft Morning

Susan McAlisterSoft Soft Morning, 2018

Unavailable

H 30 in W 24 in

Soft Soft Morning

Located in Charlottesville, VA

This painting was part of Field Days exhibition at Les Yeux du Monde, in which the artist painted

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

Soft Turbulences
Soft Turbulences

Linda ClergetSoft Turbulences, 2025

Unavailable

H 23.63 in W 28.75 in D 0.4 in

Soft Turbulences

Located in THOMERY, FR

In "Soft Turbulence," Linda Clerget masterfully blends the gentle chaos of nature with a symphony

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

SOFT TURBULENCE
SOFT TURBULENCE

Linda ClergetSOFT TURBULENCE, 2024

Unavailable

H 23.63 in W 28.75 in D 0.4 in

SOFT TURBULENCE

Located in THOMERY, FR

In "Soft Turbulence," Linda Clerget masterfully blends the gentle chaos of nature with a symphony

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Soft Pocket

Liza VisagieSoft Pocket

Unavailable

H 8 in W 10 in

Soft Pocket

Located in Richmond, BC

oil painting techniques. Visagie’s works consist primarily of landscape painting completed en plein

Category

2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Soft Summer

Charles GibsonSoft Summer

Unavailable

H 36 in W 48 in D 1 in

Soft Summer

By Charles Gibson

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

Acrylic on canvas

Category

2010s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Soft Field by the Sea

C.G. GaulSoft Field by the Sea, Circa 1890

Unavailable

H 12 in W 13.25 in

Soft Field by the Sea

By C.G. Gaul

Located in Nashville, TN

C.G. Gaul was a Philadelphia artist and illustrator who eventually settled in Binghamton, New York. Framed Dimensions: 13.25 x 14.25 inches

Category

Late 19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Grain Elevators and Soft Coal Docks
Grain Elevators and Soft Coal Docks

Grain Elevators and Soft Coal Docks

By Annie Pringle

Located in Vancouver, BC

Grain Elevators and Soft Coal Docks on the Montreal Harbour. An important oil on board painting of

Category

1920s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Soft Winter Light (snow, luminous, red barn)
Soft Winter Light (snow, luminous, red barn)

Soft Winter Light (snow, luminous, red barn)

By Sean Wallis

Located in Basalt, CO

As an Impressionist, Sean pays close attention to the relationship of light and color, capturing its fleeting moments with the texture of oil paint and a broad, colorful palette. His...

Category

2010s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Weathered (old barn, soft sky, symbolic, resilience, COVID 19)
Weathered (old barn, soft sky, symbolic, resilience, COVID 19)

Weathered (old barn, soft sky, symbolic, resilience, COVID 19)

Located in Basalt, CO

"I started this piece with the idea of Resilience in mind as Covid 19 was first starting to spread in the US. Using a barn image from a ranch on Woody Creek Road (Colorado) as refere...

Category

2010s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"A Clear Day" soft pastel on paper, en plein air landscape
"A Clear Day" soft pastel on paper, en plein air landscape

"A Clear Day" soft pastel on paper, en plein air landscape

By Mary Monk

Located in New Orleans, LA

This is a drawing made using soft pastels done en plein air. The scenes are all Southern landscapes

Category

2010s Other Art Style Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

The Forest for the Trees
The Forest for the Trees

Paintscape StudioThe Forest for the Trees, 2021

Unavailable

H 12 in W 12 in D 0.2 in

The Forest for the Trees

By Paintscape Studio

Located in Inglewood, CA

This is a very soft semi abstract landscape painting of a wooded scene. The artist uses the woods

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Seascape  "Sunset on the sea"
Seascape  "Sunset on the sea"

Henri Jacques DelpySeascape "Sunset on the sea"

Unavailable

H 18.12 in W 24.02 in

Seascape "Sunset on the sea"

By Henri Jacques Delpy

Located in Stuttgart, DE

nice work from DELPY, very soft and gentle Barbizon landscape . The painting has an exceptional

Category

Early 20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

View of Seneca Lake
View of Seneca Lake

View of Seneca Lake

By Robert Glisson

Located in Corning, NY

. Summer greens and soft blues dominate this landscape painting of the Finger Lakes by Robert Glisson

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Narcissus", landscape painting in soft greens and blues
"Narcissus", landscape painting in soft greens and blues

"Narcissus", landscape painting in soft greens and blues

By Marilyn Davidson

Located in New York, NY

In the painting Narcissus, in soft greens and blues, the mythological glade awaits the appearance

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Rod Goebel Signed, "Soft Light" Landscape
Rod Goebel Signed, "Soft Light" Landscape

Rod Goebel Signed, "Soft Light" Landscape

Unavailable

H 12 in W 16 in D 3 in

Rod Goebel Signed, "Soft Light" Landscape

Located in Houston, TX

. Born in Austin, Texas, Goebel became known for his landscapes, still-life and figural paintings

Category

Mid-20th Century American Rancho Monterey Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Modernist Landscape Painting Wheatfield
Modernist Landscape Painting Wheatfield

Modernist Landscape Painting Wheatfield

By Ben-Zion Weinman

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Softly colored landscape painting within fields of hay by the artist Ben-Zion Weinman

Category

20th Century Abstract Paintings

"Bucolic", pastel landscape in soft greens
"Bucolic", pastel landscape in soft greens

"Bucolic", pastel landscape in soft greens

By Marilyn Davidson

Located in New York, NY

Bucolic, pastel in soft greens, contains a feeling of high summer under the cloudy, humid sky of a

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Crayon, Pastel, Archival Paper

"Spring Snow" Contemporary Striped Painting in Blue and Green

"Spring Snow" Contemporary Striped Painting in Blue and Green

By John Guthrie

Located in Danvers, MA

landscape painting. The soft edges of the lines are sharpened through color complements and contrasts. The

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Two Views in Central Park, Oil on Canvas Panels, circa 1950
Two Views in Central Park, Oil on Canvas Panels, circa 1950

Two Views in Central Park, Oil on Canvas Panels, circa 1950

Located in Warwick, NY

This pair of soft, naïve landscape paintings of the world's greatest public park feature

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

"SHEAVES OF WHEAT"
"SHEAVES OF WHEAT"

Ben-Zion"SHEAVES OF WHEAT"

Unavailable

H 30 in W 20 in

"SHEAVES OF WHEAT"

By Ben-Zion

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Softly colored landscape painting within fields of hay by the artist Ben-Zion Weinman Ben-Zion

Category

20th Century Art

"Soft Light on the Pond, " Abstract Landscape Painting
"Soft Light on the Pond, " Abstract Landscape Painting

"Soft Light on the Pond, " Abstract Landscape Painting

By Ken Elliott

Located in Westport, CT

Ken Elliott is an abstract landscape artist based in Colorado. With over 40 years in the art

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cagnes Sur Mer Landscape Soft Colors Post Impressionist Oil
Cagnes Sur Mer Landscape Soft Colors Post Impressionist Oil

Cagnes Sur Mer Landscape Soft Colors Post Impressionist Oil

By Josine Vignon

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

French Landscape by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed on back oil painting on canvas

Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Soft Fall (Autumn) Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting

Soft Fall (Autumn) Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting

By Phillip Alder

Located in Brecon, Powys

A walk through an autumnal arboretum is often a gentle and pleasant experience. At times there can also be a slight and silvery mist so that shadows are lost and the whole seems to f...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

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Soft Landscape Painting For Sale on 1stDibs

Find the exact soft landscape painting you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. You can easily find an example made in the abstract style, while we also have 57 abstract versions to choose from as well. You’re likely to find the perfect soft landscape painting among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 18th Century as well as those made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a soft landscape painting to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of gray, brown, blue, beige and more. A soft landscape painting from Victoria Veedell, Jennifer L. Baker, Mary Monk, Robert W. Boyle and Fanch Lel — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and fabric.

How Much is a Soft Landscape Painting?

The average selling price for a soft landscape painting we offer is $1,692, while they’re typically $0 on the low end and $1,600,000 for the highest priced.

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.