Framed Contemporary Landscapes

Many people enjoy viewing images of landscapes because of the vastness and the portrayal of the beauty of the natural world. This makes framed contemporary landscape art a popular choice for art enthusiasts. Landscape art can be appealing for a variety of reasons, such its portrayal of a particular location, the way a piece captures certain colors, or showing unusual geographic features.

Landscapes have been portrayed in art for thousands of years, but the tradition as we currently understand it began with Dutch and Flemish painters in the seventeenth century. “Winter Landscape” by Esaias van de Velde is a classic example of an early work that influenced later framed contemporary landscape art paintings. In the nineteenth century, British painter J.M.W. Turner became famous for his landscapes such as “Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth,” which can be seen on display at the Tate Gallery in London.