LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS: Adoring the Mother Earth

The Sea of Ice aka Polar Sea, also known as The Wreck of Hope in reference to an early North Pole Expedition. by Caper David Friedrich

History of Landscape Paintings

This art of landscape paintings had got its fullest recognition as a genre in fifteenth century. The artists used the natural scenes to depict the religious imagery and human activities before this period, too. The medieval paintings like Garden of Eden and Sea of Galilee or the artworks like Flight into Egypt, the Journey of the Magi are the evidences of the importance of putting the landscapes on canvas. The Miniature painters in India, too, used flora and fauna and the landscape scenes for decorating their frames during the medieval period. (Image courtesy By Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) Description German painter, draughtsman and etcher Date of birth/death 5 September 1774(1774-09-05) 7 May 1840(1840-05-07) Location of birth/death Greifswald Dresden Work location Berlin, Greifswald, Rügen, Dresden (1798) [public domain], from Wikimedia Commons)

Until the period of 18^th century the art of painting the landscapes was confined to four walls of the artists’ studios. There after the painters went outside of their studios with their easels and colours and brushes to fill their canvases. They were full of feeling to reflect their attitudes towards the nature and the place of the human race in the nature. These artists honoured and celebrated the looks of the natural environment and they honoured that in every possible ways.

LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS BY THE MASTER PAINTERS

The works of the masters are the most valuable guide to the artists. The master artists have put their imaginations and labour to adore the landscapes they chose to paint. The names appearing in the links given in the right sidebar cannot be a complete list of these memorable painters; but we can have an idea about who had ploughed into this artistic land called at the art of painting landscapes. The articles given here are representatives of the concepts the landscape painters follow while delivering something through their art.