Gallen-Kallela was attempting to make distinctively Finnish art on his side of the border, while Shishkin, also known as the “tsar of the forest,” said his landscapes portrayed “Russian wealth.” To ...

A landscape painting called Wheat Field with Cypresses painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1889 Landscape painting is a well-known type of art that often shows a scene from nature, such as the countryside.

South Dakota’s natural beauty has inspired the art now on display in a Sioux Falls show from Brookings painter Karen Kinder. “I grew up in the eastern part, Day County,” Kinder said. “Rolling hills, ...