Dutch landscape

Summer Landscape (1872) by Lodewijk Frederik Hendrik (Louis) Apol (Dutch, 1850-1936), oil on canvas, 75 x 64 cm - Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Visiting these real-world places is like jumping into the pages of fairy tales, where castles sit on clouds and forests are carpeted with flowers.

This is the official homepage of Martin Podt. Martin lives in the beautiful Eastern part of the Netherlands. Most of his landscape and nature photos are taken there.

During the 17th century, landscape painting became a popular genre. Dutch painters showed unprecedented interest and made it an autonomous subject in painting.