Landscape

The Earth and nature are, and always have been, an immeasurable source of inspiration. This is particularly true of our most immediate surroundings. Every artist feels an attachment to their homeland, which they strive to depict by way of photographing, drawing, or painting the natural riches and the typical scenery of their environment. Art History demonstrates a range of approaches to landscapes across the centuries and the various artistic movements that spanned them.  


Landscapes and nature are also recurrent religious themes: flora and fauna have special symbolism in Christianity. Landscapes take on many forms: realist, narrative, symbolic, idealist… each time, the artist is portraying his own relationship with nature. Some of the biggest masterpieces in painting are landscapes, it's impossible not to mention Van Gogh's Starry Night, Cézanne's Mont Sainte-Victoire, Money's Sunrise, Giorgione's The Tempest. Almost all painters have dabbled in landscapes at some point, in forests, mountains, oceans, towns… the term itself holds an infinite number of possibilities.   

Nature also provides a source of inspiration in the multitude of different visual and approaches available under the sensitive eye of the artist. Colours and landscapes are rich and varied, an infinite plurality. Nature is also a major theme in philosophy, in which the search for the truth – and knowing whether reality itself is truth –  is at the heart of the work of all philosophers. Similarly, the theme of nature traverses the ages and artistic movements, inspiring every artist. The landscape links the artist to their past and their childhood, and their individual style then gives them free reign over their personal interpretation and representation of these lasting impressions.


A bewitching evening light, a hay stack, a sunflower field, or the flowing of a river, these are the moments familiar to all of us that artists continually choose to represent.


Nowadays in Contemporary Art, the landscape itself has become the medium. Land Art is a movement which utilises nature as materials, and which has vaulted the barriers of the traditional art market to create works in the outdoors which are only accessibly in their environment. Land Art ties together the visual and the sensorial experiences, bringing the art to life in all its dimensions.


You can find a range of works depicting urban landscapes, mountains, sunrises, the rural French countryside and beyond, beautiful photos of our natural heritage, volcanoes, waterfalls, and so much more, on Artsper.

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Painting, Kaduna boy, Simeon Nwoko

Kaduna boy

Simeon Nwoko

Painting - 104.1 x 72.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 41 x 28.5 x 1 inch

$2,200

Painting, Willow, Emma Levine

Willow

Emma Levine

Painting - 85 x 61 x 3 cm Painting - 33.5 x 24 x 1.2 inch

$2,120

Painting, Solitude, Alfredo Vannotti

Solitude

Alfredo Vannotti

Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,587

Painting, Winter, Dostena Lavergne

Winter

Dostena Lavergne

Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,839

Painting, Palmiers, Omar Logang

Palmiers

Omar Logang

Painting - 73 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$2,373

Painting, Suburbs, Renzo Vespignani

Suburbs

Renzo Vespignani

Painting - 21 x 35 x 0.1 cm Painting - 8.3 x 13.8 x 0 inch

$1,898

Photography, Lunar, Thierry Despeghel

Lunar

Thierry Despeghel

Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

$937

Painting, Ascension, Mary Hrbacek

Ascension

Mary Hrbacek

Painting - 76 x 61 x 3 cm Painting - 29.9 x 24 x 1.2 inch

$4,389

Print, Sea edge, April Gornik

Sea edge

April Gornik

Print - 50 x 73 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 28.7 x 0.4 inch

$1,780

Fine Art Drawings, Landscape, Giorgio de Chirico

Landscape

Giorgio de Chirico

Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 19 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 7.5 x 0.1 inch

$12,457

Painting, Ca La Tona, Joan Peris

Ca La Tona

Joan Peris

Painting - 130 x 130 x 3.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 51.2 x 1.4 inch

$7,355

Print, Untitled, Roberto Ortuno

Untitled

Roberto Ortuno

Print - 99.5 x 75 x 0.1 cm Print - 39.2 x 29.5 x 0 inch

$1,068

Painting, Mont rose, Hugo Caddous

Mont rose

Hugo Caddous

Painting - 60 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

$1,186

Photography, Glaz XXIV, Anthony Caer

Glaz XXIV

Anthony Caer

Photography - 59 x 47 cm Photography - 23.2 x 18.5 inch

$1,305

Painting, Le Passage, Annie Madec

Le Passage

Annie Madec

Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.6 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

$297

Painting, Garden, Jaume Terrassa

Garden

Jaume Terrassa

Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

$2,371

Print, Huts, Pierre Boncompain

Huts

Pierre Boncompain

Print - 31 x 38.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.2 x 15.2 x 0 inch

$237

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