Famous landscape paintings

Here's my guide to visiting the ravishing Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris. The Marmottan Monet is the premiere destination for Impressionism in Paris. The Marmottan has the greatest collection of Claude Monet paintings in the world, with an especially beautiful collection of his famed water lilies.

Constable's dramatic landscape leads your eye across the Suffolk countryside, along the winding River Stour, to Dedham village and the estuary beyond. This view from Gun Hill looking towards Dedham church, near his father's watermill, was a favourite subject and also features in a smaller painting of 1802 (Victoria and Albert Museum). The composition, with prominent foreground trees, was partially inspired by Claude's Hagar and the Angel (National Gallery, London). The cloudy sky and details…

Claude Monet - The cliffs of the Porte d'Aval (near Étretat) [1885] PC Barberini on view in Potsdam near Berlin, Museum Barberini from 29th of February to 1st of June 2020

Download free image of Vincent van Gogh's Olive Trees (1889) famous landscape painting. Original from the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. about van gogh, vintage landscape, vincent van gogh, olive trees, and illustration 3868065

Read on for an overview of landscape art, as well as 12 famous landscape artists spanning from the 7th century to the contemporary world.

There is much beauty to be found in the world around us. There is so much to enjoy on this Earth, so much to see, yet so much is often left overlooked. From modern towns to wide-open ranges of nothing but nature, landscape painting attempts to capture it all. This style of painting gives a lot of room for creativity to go wild. Landscape paintings can capture a moment for what it is — a passing thing — and create an opportunity to enjoy the view.

thomas cole, 1842 | oil on canvas | 134.3x194.9 | despite the huge success of his american views cole could never rid himself of the old belief in the supremacy of content in art | his four-part series the voyage of life, for example, traces the journey of an intrepid hero along the river of life, reaching his apotheosis as his battered vessel comes to rest in the sea | national gallery of art, washington dc

oil on canvas, 61.6 x 91.4 cm, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe.