Abstract Landscape Paintings
Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.
Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.
Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.
Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.
Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.
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2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Paper, Pastel
1960s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil, Acrylic, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Watercolor
1990s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Monotype
1990s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Monotype
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Wood, Birch, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Metal
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Metal
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Metal
1940s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Metal
Early 2000s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Mixed Media
1950s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1970s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Masonite, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Encaustic
Artist Comments
The grass and trees below are painted in muted greens, set against a darkening sky. Meandering through the scene, a stream adds movement and a touch of romantic...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Metal
1950s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Metal
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Acrylic, Board
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Acrylic, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil, Wood
Artist Comments
Subtle spring colors dominate this abstract piece. The composition suggests a grassy field under the morning sky. The painting features a grid of organic shapes...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
Artist Comments
A stream winds its way through a wispy grassland, enhancing the idyllic setting. Above, the pale blue sky stretches over the landscape. Soft tones and wistful s...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Metal
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Gold Leaf
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
1990s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Metal
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Lacquer, India Ink, Acrylic, Pigment
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil