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Landscape Paintings For Sale
"St. Tropez" Parisian Marine Harbor Scene Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
"St. Tropez" Parisian Marine Harbor Scene Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas

"St. Tropez" Parisian Marine Harbor Scene Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas

By Lucien Delarue

Located in New York, NY

As a French Impressionist artist, most of the Delarue's works were produced in the Mid-20th Century. He was known for his charming compositions and with a passion to portray life by ...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Grey Clouds In Blue Skies
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Grey Clouds In Blue Skies

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Grey Clouds In Blue Skies

By Elisabeth Hahn

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021), Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...

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20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Land of Don Quixote Spain oil on canvas painting
Land of Don Quixote Spain oil on canvas painting

Land of Don Quixote Spain oil on canvas painting

By Ignacio Gil Sala

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Title: Land of Don Quixote Artist: Ignacio Gil Sala (1913-2003) Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 28.7 x 36.2 in (unframed) Condition: Excellent preservation, unframed Descriptio...

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1970s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Time and Space
Time and Space

Time and Space

By Donna McGinnis

Located in Burlingame, CA

Donna McGinnis is a painter and draftsman whose work is celebrated for its refined sensitivity and observational clarity. Her drawings have been exhibited widely and are included in ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Village Green, " Abstract Landscape Painting
"Village Green, " Abstract Landscape Painting

"Village Green, " Abstract Landscape Painting

By Elwood Howell

Located in Westport, CT

This abstract landscape statement painting by Elwood Howell features a yellow and orange-hued landscape with a high horizon line and warm undertones. What appears to be a small white...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Ink

"Along the River" 20th Century American Colorful Oil Painting of Landscape Trees
"Along the River" 20th Century American Colorful Oil Painting of Landscape Trees

"Along the River" 20th Century American Colorful Oil Painting of Landscape Trees

Located in New York, NY

A wonderful depiction of a colorful landscape with puffed trees by the country side. For this beautiful depiction, we find distinct elements that are unique to the earlier works of O...

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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vistula River V - Contemporary Atmospheric Landscape,  Modern Nature Painting
Vistula River V - Contemporary Atmospheric Landscape,  Modern Nature Painting

Vistula River V - Contemporary Atmospheric Landscape, Modern Nature Painting

By Grzegorz Wójcik

Located in Hallein, AT

A few words of the artist about his art: When i painting landscapes, I usually choose simple geometric arrangements, contrasts of verticals and levels. I juxtapose the smooth surfac...

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Ian Hornak, Transparent Barricades: Sunrise and Moonrise, 1985
Ian Hornak, Transparent Barricades: Sunrise and Moonrise, 1985

Ian Hornak, Transparent Barricades: Sunrise and Moonrise, 1985

By Ian Hornak

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite acrylic painting by Ian Hornak (1944–2002), titled Transparent Barricades: Sunrise and Moonrise, was executed in 1985. The masterfully conceived composition exemplifies Hornak’s celebrated series of multiple-exposure landscape paintings, a body of work that transformed conventional landscape imagery into complex meditations on memory, perception, and the passage of time. Through the seamless fusion of distinct moments within a single visual field, Hornak creates a dreamlike yet convincing reality in which sunrise and moonrise coexist simultaneously, dissolving traditional boundaries between day and night, observation and recollection. The silhouetted tree forms, luminous celestial light, and brilliantly layered sky are rendered with extraordinary precision, producing an image that is at once visually breathtaking and intellectually engaging. By combining photographic realism with poetic invention, Hornak invites viewers to contemplate the fluid nature of time and experience, presenting multiple realities within a unified composition. Executed during a pivotal period in the artist’s career, the painting demonstrates Hornak’s remarkable ability to synthesize technical mastery, environmental observation, and metaphysical inquiry into a singular and unforgettable vision of the natural world. Executed in acrylic on canvas, this work measures 30 x 40 inches (76.2 x 101.6 cm). Signed by the artist. Artwork Details: Artist: Ian Hornak (1944–2002) Title: Transparent Barricades: Sunrise and Moonrise Medium: Acrylic on canvas Dimensions: 30 x 40 inches (76.2 x 101.6 cm) Inscription: Signed by the artist Date: 1985 Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Provenance: Armstrong Gallery, New York, New York About the Artist: Ian Hornak (1944–2002) was an American painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and pioneering force in Photorealism and Hyperrealism whose extraordinary technical mastery, visionary imagination, and innovative approach to realism established him as one of the most distinctive and original artists of the late twentieth century. Widely recognized as a founding member of both the Photorealist and Hyperrealist movements, Hornak helped redefine the possibilities of contemporary realism by combining photographic precision with symbolism, romanticism, mythology, environmental awareness, art historical references, and metaphysical inquiry, creating a body of work that stands apart within postwar American art for both its visual brilliance and intellectual ambition. Born in Philadelphia and raised in Michigan before establishing his career in New York and East Hampton, Hornak emerged during one of the most transformative periods in modern art and developed a highly individual visual language that transcended conventional artistic categories. While many of his contemporaries focused on strict photographic transcription, urban imagery, or detached observation, Hornak utilized realism as a foundation for exploring profound themes of memory, beauty, mortality, spirituality, environmental fragility, and humanity’s relationship with nature, producing works that operate simultaneously as visual spectacles and philosophical meditations. His artistic vision reflects an awareness of the revolutionary innovations introduced by Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray, while simultaneously drawing inspiration from the Hudson River School, particularly Frederic Edwin Church, Martin Johnson Heade, Thomas Cole, and Albert Bierstadt, as well as the spiritual landscapes of Caspar David Friedrich and the botanical precision of Dutch Golden Age masters such as Jan van Huysum and Rachel Ruysch. Through this extraordinary synthesis of influences, Hornak created a visual language that united scientific observation, photographic realism, romantic grandeur, allegorical symbolism, and philosophical reflection into a form entirely his own. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Hornak emerged as one of the earliest artists associated with the newly developing Photorealist movement, producing panoramic landscapes of astonishing complexity and technical sophistication that challenged prevailing assumptions regarding realism and representation. These groundbreaking paintings incorporated the visual effects of multiple-exposure photography, allowing Hornak to present numerous viewpoints, shifting perspectives, and compressed moments in time within a single composition, years before such approaches became commonplace in contemporary art. He was also among the first contemporary artists to extend pictorial imagery beyond the edges of the canvas and onto elaborately painted frames, dissolving the boundary between artwork and object and anticipating later developments in installation art and expanded-field painting. These innovations earned widespread critical acclaim and positioned Hornak alongside major contemporaries such as Chuck Close, Richard Estes, Audrey Flack, Ralph Goings, Robert Bechtle, Malcolm Morley, Richard McLean, and Don Eddy, yet his work remained distinguished by its emotional resonance, romantic sensibility, and deep engagement with both art history and the natural world. As his career evolved, Hornak increasingly moved beyond the concerns of mainstream Photorealism and developed a more personal and ambitious artistic vision, culminating in the monumental botanical, allegorical, and symbolic masterpieces of the 1980s and 1990s that many scholars regard as the pinnacle of his achievement. These extraordinary paintings combined hyperreal floral imagery, celestial phenomena, rare minerals, birds, insects, architectural motifs, mythological references, and complex still-life arrangements into dazzling visual orchestrations that reward prolonged viewing and intellectual engagement. Major works such as Raphael’s Stairway, Echo Loses Narcissus, Hannah’s Mirror, Very Baroque Flowerpiece, and the celebrated Last Song series transformed traditional genres into contemporary meditations on beauty, mortality, history, science, religion, art history, and the cosmos. Unlike many photorealists whose work remained rooted primarily in observation, Hornak elevated realism into a vehicle for symbolic and philosophical exploration, creating paintings that function simultaneously as technical masterpieces, visual narratives, intellectual puzzles, and poetic reflections on existence itself. Throughout his career, Hornak was represented by influential galleries including Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Fischbach Gallery, and Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, exhibiting extensively in New York and internationally. His work received praise from leading critics and publications, including The New York Times, which described him as being “right at the top of romantically descriptive painters today.” His paintings entered important private, corporate, and institutional collections, and his reputation has continued to grow through significant posthumous exhibitions at institutions including the Forest Lawn Museum, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, D.C., the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, the Anton Art Center, and the Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art. Hornak’s influence extends far beyond Photorealism into later generations of realist, hyperrealist, symbolic, environmental, and representational painters who continue to explore the intersection of photography, illusion, narrative, environmental awareness, and metaphysical content. Today, his paintings, drawings, and prints remain highly sought after by collectors who recognize their rarity, beauty, technical excellence, and historical importance, while his personal papers are preserved in the Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art, affirming his place within the broader narrative of twentieth-century American art. As international interest in museum-quality realism continues to expand and collectors increasingly seek historically significant artists whose scholarly importance exceeds their current market valuations, Hornak’s work has attracted growing attention for its originality, ambition, and uniqueness within American art. His highest recorded sale was achieved in 2017, when Large Orchid Bouquet (1988) was sold in a private transaction conducted in association with the heir of the Ian Hornak estate to the Van Andel family, co-owners of Amway, for US$165,000 ($219,168.11 USD, calculated for inflation in 2025), underscoring the growing recognition of an artist whose significance within the history of American realism continues to expand. Ian Hornak Transparent Barricades: Sunrise and Moonrise, Ian Hornak multiple exposure landscape, Ian Hornak acrylic on canvas, Ian Hornak 1985 painting, Ian Hornak sunrise landscape, Ian Hornak moonrise painting...

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1980s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

HuiMin Wang Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "Mountain Scenery"
HuiMin Wang Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "Mountain Scenery"

HuiMin Wang Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "Mountain Scenery"

By Huimin Wang

Located in New York, NY

Title: Mountain Scenery Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 19.5 x 23.5 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: Thi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Autumn Clouds Over Aker Brygge, Impressionistic Oil Painting, 60x73 cm
Autumn Clouds Over Aker Brygge, Impressionistic Oil Painting, 60x73 cm

Autumn Clouds Over Aker Brygge, Impressionistic Oil Painting, 60x73 cm

Located in Oslo, NO

In this artwork, I've harnessed the fleeting beauty of a vibrant sky, as it blankets an idyllic harbor scene. The texture of the oil paint captures the dynamic clouds and glistening ...

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2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Crossing, Greenwich Village - original impressionism cityscape painting
Crossing, Greenwich Village - original impressionism cityscape painting

Crossing, Greenwich Village - original impressionism cityscape painting

By David Farren

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Hiver, abstract landscape, monochrome, minimalism, white expressionism, oil
Hiver, abstract landscape, monochrome, minimalism, white expressionism, oil

Hiver, abstract landscape, monochrome, minimalism, white expressionism, oil

By SOPHIE DUMONT

Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR

Oil on canvas – 35.04 × 45.66 in (89 × 116 cm) Size framed : 37.79 x 48.42 in (96 × 123 cm) (light wood or black choose) Framed in natural wood – ready to hang Year: 2012 – Signed o...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Between Two Shores
Between Two Shores

Between Two Shores

Located in Zofingen, AG

shipped in roll This work speaks about a meeting – a moment in which trust begins to emerge. It can be a meeting with another person or a meeting with oneself. It is a subtle state...

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2010s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Munich, Original Acrylic Painting on Wood Panel, Contemporary 2018
Munich, Original Acrylic Painting on Wood Panel, Contemporary 2018

Munich, Original Acrylic Painting on Wood Panel, Contemporary 2018

By Marc Tanguy

Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR

"Munich, parc", oil on wood panel, original painting by Marc Tanguy, 2018 35 x 35 x 2 cm Signed and date on the back Framed with a natural oak floating frame (40 x 40 x 3,5 cm frame...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

la Plage de Kerhostin, Morbihan French Impressionist Beach Scene of figures
la Plage de Kerhostin, Morbihan French Impressionist Beach Scene of figures

la Plage de Kerhostin, Morbihan French Impressionist Beach Scene of figures

By Maxime Maufra

Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Framed size: 32.5" x 40.5" - Signed bottom right Painted circa 1907, this luminous coastal landscape offers a serene glimpse of Kerhostin beach in Morbihan, Brittany. In the foregrou...

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20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Backseat Driver - Surging Ocean Impressionist Painting
Backseat Driver - Surging Ocean Impressionist Painting

Backseat Driver - Surging Ocean Impressionist Painting

By Dina Gardner

Located in Boston, MA

Backseat Driver 10.0 × 8.0 × 1.0, 2.0 lbs Pastel on archival paper Hand signed by the artist Artist's Commentary: "I watched this one as it approached the shore and it was a bit ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Pastel

Temps calme — Abstract Landscape, Expressionism, Oil Painting, Contemporary
Temps calme — Abstract Landscape, Expressionism, Oil Painting, Contemporary

Temps calme — Abstract Landscape, Expressionism, Oil Painting, Contemporary

By SOPHIE DUMONT

Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR

Oil on canvas – 54 x 65 cm (21.3 x 25.6 in) Framed dimensions: 61 x 72 cm (24 x 28.3 in) Framed in natural wood or black floater frame (your choice) Signed – Certificate of authentic...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Salvador Murillo "Solitary Figure on a Road" - Framed Antique Landscape Painting
Salvador Murillo "Solitary Figure on a Road" - Framed Antique Landscape Painting

Salvador Murillo "Solitary Figure on a Road" - Framed Antique Landscape Painting

By Salvador Murillo

Located in New Orleans, LA

I actually prefer this painting to the very slightly larger one by Murillo that sold for $11,600 at auction (Hargesheimer & Günther) in 2009. Another couple of paintings sold at auct...

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1870s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Breathe Slowly/3
Breathe Slowly/3

HELEN MOUNTBreathe Slowly/3, 2024

$933Sale Price|20% Off

Breathe Slowly/3

By HELEN MOUNT

Located in Zofingen, AG

“Breathe Slowly/3” by Helen Mount immerses us in a tranquil dawn over dense forests and soft waves of mist drifting through the valleys. The light of the morning sky, colored in deli...

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Animated landscape, a stopover for travelers on horseback
Animated landscape, a stopover for travelers on horseback

Animated landscape, a stopover for travelers on horseback

Located in Genève, GE

Work on canvas Plaster and gilded wood frame 89.5 x 105 x 7 cm

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Late 18th Century Italian School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Water Meets Air II - Abstract Soft Colorful Landscape Original Painting
Water Meets Air II - Abstract Soft Colorful Landscape Original Painting

Water Meets Air II - Abstract Soft Colorful Landscape Original Painting

By Bettina Mauel

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Bettina Mauel expresses vitality and sensuality in her abstract impressionist contemporary landscape, seascape, and figurative paintings. Her artworks often incorporate a sophisticat...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Linen

Atmospheric Abstract Landscape Painting 'The Vale', Oil on Canvas
Atmospheric Abstract Landscape Painting 'The Vale', Oil on Canvas

Atmospheric Abstract Landscape Painting 'The Vale', Oil on Canvas

By Jennifer L. Baker

Located in Silverthorne, CO

The world of my imagination is vast. It unfolds before me, with valleys and rivers and seas, wind, and rain and sunlight. It holds limitless stories and poems, passages of time and s...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Folk Art Naive English Oil Painting Country Gentleman on Horseback with Hounds
Folk Art Naive English Oil Painting Country Gentleman on Horseback with Hounds

Folk Art Naive English Oil Painting Country Gentleman on Horseback with Hounds

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

English Naive/ Folk Art School, 20th century oil on board, framed framed: 12 x 16 inches board: 11.5 x 14 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: overall very good

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20th Century Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Roses and jasmine"
"Roses and jasmine"

"Roses and jasmine"

By Anastasiia Grygorieva

Located in Edinburgh, GB

Painting is painted from real bush of roses in my garden. I was inspired by the freshness of the scarlet roses. Painting size 140x140cm/oil on canvas/ 2018 Signed on the front and ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Go Softly, Abstract Painting
Go Softly, Abstract Painting

Go Softly, Abstract Painting

By Dorothy Gaziano

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Shades of blue, gray, and black blend to create a serene, misty seascape. Gentle brushstrokes give the impression of a ship or a city in the distance. The overall effect evokes a sense of tranquility and open space.


About the Artist
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Ranch Road Near Cimarron, Original Painting
Ranch Road Near Cimarron, Original Painting

Ranch Road Near Cimarron, Original Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A ranch road winds through the hills, with a few outbuildings nestled in the landscape. Blurred details achieved through a dry-brush technique and pastel marks ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

An Afternoon Stroll Impressionist Landscape Painting of two figures, dog, wood
An Afternoon Stroll Impressionist Landscape Painting of two figures, dog, wood

An Afternoon Stroll Impressionist Landscape Painting of two figures, dog, wood

By Pierre Eugène Montezin

Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Framed size: 35" x 35" An Afternoon Stroll by Pierre Montezin. This painting unfolds a peaceful, sun-dappled moment along a shaded path, where figures leisurely walk under a canopy ...

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20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Saturday Afternoon at the Tide Pools
A Saturday Afternoon at the Tide Pools

A Saturday Afternoon at the Tide Pools

By Stephen Mirich

Located in Pasadena, CA

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed "Mirich" on lower right Exhibited A Collector's Feast, American Legacy Fine Arts, November 16 – December 15, 2018...

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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Sunshine on the Waterfront
Sunshine on the Waterfront

Sunshine on the Waterfront

By Carl Thorp

Located in San Francisco, CA

We’ve all seen the practical, plain and dreary structures of a fishing village somewhere at water’s edge. And we recognize the mindset: in lean circumstances something is good enough...

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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

"Vessels" (2013) By Michael DeVore, Impressionist Still-Life, Oil Painting
"Vessels" (2013) By Michael DeVore, Impressionist Still-Life, Oil Painting

"Vessels" (2013) By Michael DeVore, Impressionist Still-Life, Oil Painting

By Michael DeVore

Located in Denver, CO

Michael DeVore’s "Vessels" (2015) is a masterfully executed original still-life oil painting which depicts a variety of ceramic and glass vases. This piece measures at 14 x 18 in., a...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Sunset on Lake Landscape Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Sunset on Lake Landscape Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

Sunset on Lake Landscape Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang

Located in Granada Hills, CA

Artist: Garry Nalbandyan Title: Sunset on lake Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2026 Style: Impressionism Dimensions: 11" x 17.5" x 0.8" inch (28 x 44x 2cm) Presentation: Unframed, Galler...

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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Snowy Mountains

Snowy Mountains

By Theodore Waddell

Located in Bozeman, MT

Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...

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1990s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media

Through the Fog

Through the Fog

By Victoria Veedell

Located in Napa, CA

Victoria Veedell captures the essence of nature by examining the effects of light on form in the natural world in her softly glowing landscape paintings. Inspired by her travels thr...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Wood Panel

Agros, Oil Painting on Linen, Abstract Landscape with Color Fields, 2023
Agros, Oil Painting on Linen, Abstract Landscape with Color Fields, 2023

Agros, Oil Painting on Linen, Abstract Landscape with Color Fields, 2023

By SOPHIE DUMONT

Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR

This original oil painting on linen is by Sophie Dumont, a French contemporary painter whose work is held in both private and museum collections worldwide. Known for her richly layer...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

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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).

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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.