The development of nature paintings follows two different schools: Chinese painting and Western art. The famous nature paintings fall into various categories, from the highly realistic nature depictions, detailed watercolor illustrations of various animal species and new discoveries of the world, through to stunning examples of abstract landscapes, and the most celebrated non-figurative paintings of the 20th-century.
Nature paintings also referred to as Landscape or scenery paintings mostly shows references of mountains, trees or other natural elements. In recent times, Nature paintings have also depicted a mix of landscape paintings mixing with those of nature paintings.