What are the top 5 Cityscape Paintings nowadays?

For all of us with a taste for a visual illustration of life, the cityscape paintings are easily eye candy. One picture can tell many stories and the observed events are different for different people. This is why cityscape paintings are still relevant to this day. If you are looking for a few good examples of abstract cityscape paintings and nonabstract ones too, then keep on reading because below you can find the five most famous ones from history with the stories behind them. 

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1. The Boulevard Montmarte by Camille Pissaro (1897)

This masterpiece is an impressionist oil on canvas Abstract Cityscape Painting. It is currently present in National Gallery London. The piece is painted to show a glimpse of a calm and serene city at night. The effects created by the use of oil paints combined with the rough glare of city lights on the road and blurry buildings perfectly describe the time after rain in the city. This ultimately gives the explanation of how cities used to be deserted on a rainy night unlike now.

2. View of Delft by Johannes Vermeer (1659-1661)

This is another oil painting created by a Dutch artist. It is the depiction of his hometown. The painting shows a morning scene with the sun on the east illuminating protestant New Church before its bells were replaced in 1660. Basically, the painting describes the political and religious challenges in the region by small symbols which tell the whole story.

3. Paris Street Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte (1877)

Now comes the sort of painting we all love. Yes, it’s a Paris cityscape painting made with oil paints on canvas. The piece illustrates huge buildings of the city with wet streets and people walking with umbrellas. Overall, it is the demonstration of a typical rainy day in Paris but for shrewd observers, there are small hidden stories in the piece. A couple in love or in a hurry can be seen walking on the side and a guy is walking alone in the middle of the road. This tells the story of having someone to walk life with and having the strength to walk through the challenges of life alone. You can see the painting and make your own story out of it.

4. Cityscape I by Richard Diebenkom (1963)

This piece of creative work describes a street in California and the painter took care in making the large planes of bright color with expressive brushwork and plotted within a grid-like plane. One of the perks of this Cityscape Painting is that it’s overall a cityscape or landscape but the viewer can cordon off almost any rectangular part of the picture to enjoy almost totally abstract painting in miniature.

5. The Little Street by Johannes Vermeer (1657-58)

This is another elegant piece from the Dutch artist. The painting shows a quiet street, depicts the typical aspect of the life in Dutch Golden Age. Straight angles are alternate with the triangle of the house and of the sky giving the composition a certain vitality. The walls, stones, and brickwork are painted in a thicker paint layer, such that it makes them almost palpable.