Category: Landscapes

Landscapes by American artist Edward Bright. Living from 1879 to 1943, he was also the director of the Public Works of Art Project and the Treasury Relief Art Project, New Deal relief efforts that provided work for artists in the United States during the Great Depression of the 1930s.

"A Tuscan Farm." ca. 1926-1931.
“A Tuscan Farm.” ca. 1926-1931. Oil on wood. Image © Smithsonian Art Museum. Fair use license. via https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/tuscan-farm-2998
"In the Cascade Mountains." 1931. Oil on canvas.
“In the Cascade Mountains.” 1931. Oil on canvas. Image © Smithsonian Art Museum. Fair use license. via https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/cascade-mountains-2995
"The Appian Way." ca. 1929.
“The Appian Way.” ca. 1929. Oil on canvas on panel. Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Image © Cleveland Museum of Art. Fair use license. via https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1958.128?search_api_views_fulltext=&created_date_op=%3D&created_date=&between_start=&between_end=&page=8&f%5B0%5D=field_collection:824

Out at twilight with French artist François Charles Cachoud. Living from 1866 to 1943, he painted landscapes, many of them lit by the moon. A pupil of Elie Delaunay and Gustave Moreau.

Nocturnal scene with figures in front of an inn. No date.
Nocturnal scene with figures in front of an inn. No date. Oil on board. Signed “F Cachoud” on the lower right. Image © Bonhams 2001-2020. Fair use license. via https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22469/lot/5021/?category=list
"Rue Saint Vincent in Montmartre at Night."
“Rue Saint Vincent in Montmartre at Night.” No date. Oil on canvas. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.tumblr.com/search/fran%C3%A7ois%20charles%20cachoud
"Aix-les-Bains/les marais." 1906.
“Aix-les-Bains/les marais.” 1906. Signed “F Cachoud.” Image © Auction Zip 2003 – 2020. Fair use license. via https://www.auctionzip.com/auction-lot/FRANCOIS-CHARLES-CACHOUD-1866-1943_100412CAEE/

Landscapes of a California that isn’t there anymore. One in Oregon but it fits right in. American. Julian Rix, artist (1850-1903).

"Sunset." No date.
“Sunset.” No date. Image © Christopher Queen Galleries. Fair use license. via http://christopherqueengallery.com/sunset/
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“Sunset in Yosemite.” No date. Oil on canvas. Signed “Julian Rix” on the lower left. Image © 2019 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.lotsearch.de/lot/julian-walbridge-rix-21206006
"Encampment below Mount Hood, Oregon." No date.
“Encampment below Mount Hood, Oregon.” No date. Oil on canvas. Signed “J.W. Rix” on the lower left. Image © Bonhams. Fair use license. via https://www.lotsearch.de/lot/julian-walbridge-rix-1850-1903-39802717
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“Sacramento River at Sunset.” No date. In the public domain due to age. via https://americangallery.wordpress.com/2012/08/18/julian-rix-1850-1903/
"La Barranca Honda, Carmel Valley, Monterey." No date.
“La Barranca Honda, Carmel Valley, Monterey.” No date. In the public domain due.to age. via https://americangallery.wordpress.com/2012/08/18/julian-rix-1850-1903/

Watery landscapes, some with a few tiny people or their boats. Very atmospheric. Thomas Doughty, artist (1793-1856). Associated with the Hudson River School and member of the Pennsylvania Academy.

"Harbor Landscape." 1834. Oil on canvas.
“Harbor Landscape.” 1834. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Brooklyn Museum. Photo credit: Photograph by Katie Chao. Cc0 License 2.0. via https://cdn.britannica.com/90/133490-050-37FC4386/Harbor-Landscape-oil-canvas-Thomas-Doughty-New-1834.jpg
"Denning’s Point, Hudson River." 1839.
“Denning’s Point, Hudson River.” 1839. Image © 2002 – 2019 Art Experts Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.artexpertswebsite.com/artist/doughty/
"In the Catskills." ca. 1835. Oil on canvas.
“In the Catskills.” ca. 1835. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem. Image © Reynolda House Museum of American Art. Fair use license. via https://www.reynoldahouse.org/collections/object/in-the-catskills
"Three Men Fishing." 19th c. Oil on canvas. I
“Three Men Fishing.” 19th c. Oil on canvas. In the public domain. via http://en.buypopart.com/BuyPopArt.nsf/A?Open&A=8CEH27

Glacier art. Swiss. Caspar Wolf, painter (1735-1783). All up in the Alps. Loved to paint frozen waterfalls, too.

"Unterer Grindelwaldgletscher nach dem Vorstoß von 1770." 1774.
“Unterer Grindelwaldgletscher nach dem Vorstoß von 1770.” 1774. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Unterer_Grindelwaldgletscher.jpg
"View of the Bänisegg over the Lower Grindelwald Glacier." 18th c.
“View of the Bänisegg over the Lower Grindelwald Glacier.” 18th c. Photo credit: Jörg Müller. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.apollo-magazine.com/gallery-caspar-wolf-at-the-kunstmuseum-basel/#jp-carousel-171532
"Lower Grindelwald Glacier, with the Lütschine River and Mettenberg." ca. 1775. Oil on canvas.
“Lower Grindelwald Glacier, with the Lütschine River and Mettenberg.” ca. 1775. Oil on canvas. Image courtesy Museum Oskar Reinhart, Winterthur. Photo credit: SIK-ISEA (Philip Hitz). Fair use license. via https://alaintruong2014.wordpress.com/2014/12/29/kunstmuseum-basel-presents-exhibition-of-works-by-swiss-landscape-painter-caspar-wolf/
"La Caverne du Dragon pres de Stans." 18th c.
“La Caverne du Dragon pres de Stans.” 18th c. Gouache. Collection of the Aarau, Aargau Kunsthaus. Photo Credit: Jörg Müller, Aarau. Fair use license. via https://alaintruong2014.wordpress.com/2014/12/29/kunstmuseum-basel-presents-exhibition-of-works-by-swiss-landscape-painter-caspar-wolf/

More from the top of the world, these in summer. Norwegian. Harald Sohlberg, artist (1869-1935). Studying at the Royal School of Art and Design of Christiania he was a Neo-romantic painter.

"Spring Evening, Akershus Fortress." 1913.
“Spring Evening, Akershus Fortress.” 1913. Collection of Akershus Fortress, Oslo. Image ©2019 Creative Boom Ltd. Fair use license. via https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/painting-norway-celebrates-one-of-the-greatest-masters-of-landscape-painting-in-the-history-of-norwegian-art/
"Flower Meadow in the North." 1906.
“Flower Meadow in the North.” 1906. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Artwork in the public domain due to age. Image ©2019 Creative Boom Ltd. Fair use license. via https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/painting-norway-celebrates-one-of-the-greatest-masters-of-landscape-painting-in-the-history-of-norwegian-art/
"Modne Jorder" (Ripe Fields). No date. Oil on canvas.
“Modne Jorder” (Ripe Fields). No date. Oil on canvas. Signed “Sohlberg” on the lower right. Titled in Norwegian on the back. Image © 2019 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/19th-century-european-paintings-2/harald-sohlberg-modne-jorder-ripe-fields

Mountain pictures that mostly look cold, by Austrian artist Bruno Hess who lived from 1888 to 1949. All of them calling for mittens and snow pants.

"Entrance to the Gesäuse." 1937. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated.
“Entrance to the Gesäuse.” 1937. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated. Stamped “The Alps Mirrored over the Centuries in Painting and Prints”on the back. Inscribed”Bruno Hess Gesäuse-Eingang Frau Hess Salzburg Römergasse” in handwriting. Image © 2019 Dorotheum GmbH & Co KG. Fair use license. via https://www.dorotheum.com/en/l/4417879/
Panorama of the Zell am See in Salzburg, Starzerhaus auf dem Gundstein. Vintage postcard.
Panorama of the Zell am See in Salzburg, Starzerhaus auf dem Gundstein. Vintage postcard. Image © akpool.co.uk. Fair use license. via https://www.akpool.co.uk/postcards/27290129-kuenstler-postcard-hess-bruno-zell-am-see-in-salzburg-starzerhaus-auf-dem-gundstein-panorama
"In the Sulzkar." 1933. Oil on board.
“In the Sulzkar.” 1933. Oil on board. Image © 2019 MutualArt Services, Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/-In-the-Sulzkar———/4E72367C754B8DD7