...masters? I have seen wonderful landscapes painted by artists in the 1700's. Why isn't anyone painting like this anymore? Is it because no one knows how ? It's out of style? I have searched online and can not find any current artist that create equal paintings.

They're definitely out there. Clearly you haven't looked hard enough. In fact, there are so many of them, that's why you never hear of any "masters," because so many people have "mastered" landscape painting. Walk along the sidewalk in front of the metropolitan museum of art, there are dozens of artists selling their wares, landscape painters among them. Look up galleries and call and ask if they have any landscapes on display. Lastly, google "modern landscape painters" and browse personal websites. There are so many out there, you just have to sift through the not-so-good ones to find the best.

well maybe since it was in the 1700s the art style has been lost and some try to mimick it but nothing can be as good as the paintings back then.

New era. I am sure some artist's still paint landscapes but you are just looking in the wrong places. It is a different time frame.

Landscapes are out of fashion because people take photographs now.
There are some landscapes to be found, most notably by Thomas Kincade, who is considered too commercial to be a real artist.
To find original landscapes, you need to seek out art galleries near national parks. Artists are now painting landscapes of familiar national parks, because that is where the money is in terms of landscape art. Second would be landscapes or 'cityscapes", that is, landscape paintings of famous cities such as Paris, London, or New York. You would have to do a search of artists near places like Yosemite, Yellowstone, and communities surrounding national parks for galleries containing current landscape painters.
Good luck.

http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/glenda/bierstadt/bierstadt.html
this artist painted landscapes of Yosemite in 1902 ish.

http://www.nationalparksart.com/index.html is a current painter of Yosemite and other national park landscapes.

i would imagine its easier' not' to make the bed. modern art is just by way of excusing your self for having no talent. .......that's what i think any way......I'l very likely get death threats now. (or told that I'm a trogladite or something)

Theres not really a reason to do it anymore, no one has the time to paint them.

what an enlightening question you are unique 11-11