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.

“Northern Lights,” now open at the Beyeler Foundation, features 74 landscape paintings by Scandinavian and Canadian artists, all made between 1888 and 1937. “These artists all share the nature of the ...