Landscape Paintings

A LOOK AT

Some of the earliest examples of landscape paintings can be found in archeological sites in Turkey and Greece. Primitive frescos dating back to 1500 BCE decorate the walls of homes and various other buildings.

THE HISTORY OF LANDSCAPE PAINTING

During the late 19th century, Impressionism materialized and become one of the most famous movements in art history. Nature played a vital role in the Impressionist movement.

DEVELOPMENT

THE 14 MOST FAMOUS LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS

Hunters in the Snow (1565)  Pieter Bruegel the Elder

View of Toledo (c. 1596 – 1600)  El Greco

Le Printemps (c. 1660 – 1664)  Nicolas Poussin

Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog (1818)  Caspar David Friedrich

The Hay Wain (1821)  John Constable

Fuji, Mountains in Clear Weather (Red Fuji) (c. 1830 – 1832)  Katsushika Hokusai

The Fighting Temeraire (1839)  J. M. W. Turner

Impression, Sunrise (1872)  Claude Monet

The Starry Night (1889)  Vincent van Gogh

Hyde Park, London (1890)  Camille Pissarro

Mont Sainte-Victoire (c. 1904 – 1906)  Paul Cézanne

The Dream (1910)  Henri Rousseau

Landscape with Two Poplars (1912)  Wassily Kandinsky

Agrigente (1954)  Nicolas de Staël