Classic landscape paintings by world master painters

The creative process allows artists to blend reality and imagination, creating landscape paintings that give the viewer an almost otherworldly feel.

Below are landscape paintings that are said to be "surreal, weaving stories beyond the visible horizon," according to Click121, a website specializing in painting and photography.

"Cafe at Night" by Vincent Willem Van Gogh (1888)

Titled “Cafe Terrace At Night,” the painting perfectly captures the Post-Impressionist movement. Van Gogh soon began incorporating his signature “night effect” into more of his work. Started in 1888, “night effect” has become an iconic addition to Van Gogh’s work.

"Japanese Bridge and Water Lily Pond" by Claude Monet (1899)

Green water lily leaves are scattered around the pond and can be seen on the water's surface. Many water lilies are in full bloom, poking out of the water. Although the flowers are mostly white, Monet gives us a few glimpses of other colors, including blue, pink, red, and yellow.

"Traveler between mountains and rivers" by Pham Khoan (1000)

The giant landscape painting "Traveler Between Mountains and Rivers" set a standard that later artists often looked to for inspiration. Pham Khoan used angular contour lines to depict the mountains and slopes and raindrop-like brushstrokes to paint them, emphasizing the majestic and timeless features...

"Irises" by Vincent Willem Van Gogh (1889)

This is the first painting Van Gogh made while in a mental asylum. There are many colors in this painting, and they all seem to blend together. While the blues and greens dominate the landscape, the pops of yellow and white complete the masterpiece.

"The Sea of Ice" by Caspar David Friedrich (1824)

One of Friedrich’s greatest works, it is considered confusing because of its unique subject matter and radical composition. According to Friedrich, the Arctic resembles a sea of ice, hence the name. Small icebergs are stacked in the foreground of the painting, giving them the appearance of a staircase. However, the icebergs blend together to form a tower of ice in the background.

"Wivenhoe Park" by John Constable (1816)

No one captures the natural beauty of England like John Constable. This almost photographic environment exudes a sense of calm and harmony. The artist’s imaginative synthesis of the real place is evident in the vast expanses of bright sunlight and cool shade, the sweeping lines of hedgerows and the lovely balance of trees, meadows and river.

"Olive Tree with Sun and Yellow Sky" by Vincent Willem Van Gogh (1889)

Van Gogh wanted to depict olive trees differently. Van Gogh's legacy is captured in this painting, and it is an undeniable masterpiece.

"The Hermitage at Pontoise" by Camille Pissarro (1867)

The painting depicts a winding country road at the foot of the Hermitage, the village in Pontoise, France, where the artist Camille Pissarro lived from 1866 to 1882. He chose the rural setting of the provincial capital for several large-scale landscapes that became his early masterpieces.

"The Abbey in the Oak Forest" by Caspar David Friedrich (1810)

Friedrich depicts a historic abbey in the center of the painting. By showing people carrying coffins towards the abbey, Friedrich is trying to evoke a sense of time passing. The idea is that no matter what we do, nature will always win, take over the buildings and outlast humanity.

"The Ninth Wave" by Ivan Aivazov (1850)

Showing a sea after a storm at night and people clinging to the wreckage of a shipwreck in an attempt to save themselves from certain death. The debris is shaped like a cross, seemingly a Christian allegory of deliverance from sin on earth. The warm colors in the artwork soften the ominous tone of the sea, making it more likely that the people will survive. Both the devastation and the beauty of nature are depicted in this painting.

"Kind Spirits" by Asher B. Durand (1849)

Essentially a nostalgic work of art. Durand, a friend of Cole and Bryant, depicted his friends in a setting that both Cole and Bryant referenced in their artwork. The painting depicts the idea of connecting with nature by combining two locations – Kaaterskill and Clove Falls – in an idealized way.

"View of Toledo" by El Greco (1600)

One of the two surviving landscape paintings by El Greco, along with “View and Fruits of Toledo”, is titled “View of Toledo”. Black, white and deep blue are among the strong colors in the painting. It is entirely earthy in tone. The stark color contrast between the deep blue of the sky above and the brilliant green of the hills below is most striking. “View of Toledo” conveys to the visitor the impression of Toledo being gloomy or gloomy. In the vicinity of the city, the observer can see the sky becoming unusually overcast.

"The Oxbow" by Thomas Cole (1836)

When looking at The Oxbow, one can see that Cole has divided the composition into two unequal parts by drawing a diagonal line from the bottom right to the top left. The left side of the painting is a breathtaking scene that inspires a sense of danger. Dark storm clouds appear to be pouring rain down on the nearby middle area. This area of the painting represents a wild, untouched landscape, full of wilderness.

"Wheat Field with Cypresses" by Vincent Willem Van Gogh (1889)

Golden wheat fields, a towering Provençal cypress standing like a green obelisk on the right, paler green olive trees in the middle distance, hills and mountains clearly visible in the background, and white clouds swirling in the clear blue sky, all are depicted in the painting. Van Gogh considered it one of his “greatest” summer landscapes…

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