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Expressive Plein Air Study from Engelsberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
This intimate plein air study by Olof Arborelius captures the quiet beauty of a sunlit forest edge
Category

1880s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

Painter En Plein Air - Lithograph by Raoul Dufy - 1920
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Roma, IT
Painter "En plein Air"is a vintage lithograph realized after Raoul Dufy in 1920. Good conditions
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1920s Contemporary Antique Plein Air

Materials

Lithograph

1910 Colorado Plein Air Landscape Sketch – Mountains, Valley & Field Drawing
By Charles Partridge Adams
Located in Denver, CO
valley, rendered in soft graphite tones that highlight Adams' plein air technique and his deep connection
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1910s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Graphite

FRANCIS DRAPER Santa Barbara Calif Plein Air Landscape Santa Ynez Mountains 1922
By Francis Draper Jr.
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
A lovely Santa Barbara, California Plein Air Landscape oil painting of the Santa Ynez Mountains
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1920s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

20th Century Plein Air Painting 'Northern Village' Fall Landscape
By Peter Clapham Sheppard
Located in Toronto, ON
One of P.C. Sheppard's plein air paintings, this fall landscape captures the magic of the changing
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

Santa Barbara California Ocean Waves Coastal Scene Impressionist Plein Air #0-99
By Francis Draper Jr.
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
........ PLEASE INQUIRE ABOUT THE ENTIRE COLLECTION OF THESE WONDERFUL CALIFORNIA PLEIN AIR IMPRESSIONIST
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1910s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Plein Air Masterpiece – Schultzberg's Kolbotten in Autumn, Nacka
Located in Stockholm, SE
location, emphasizing his commitment to plein air painting regardless of canvas size. His works from
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1880s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Masonite

A Very Good 19th Century Italian Plein Air Macchiaioli School Landscape
By Piero Manzoni
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A finely executed 19th century Italian ‘plein air’ forested landscape, demonstrating a highly
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1870s Italian Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Wood, Paint

The River Silverån in Hässleby, Sweden, Plein air
By Elias Erdtman
Located in Stockholm, SE
A fine small river landscape "Silverån" painted "en plein air" by Elias Erdtman, (1862-1945
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1880s Naturalistic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

Santa Barbara California Plein Air Landscape Adobe House Mountain Colorful #0-94
By Francis Draper Jr.
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
A lovely Plein Air impressionist oil painting of an adobe house in Santa Barbara California with
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1910s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Plein Air Old Laguna Beach Cabin & Eucalyptus Trees California Landscape 1930s
By Andrew Lund
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
A lovely plein air landscape painting from the 1930s of a cabin amongst the eucalyptus trees in Old
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Monterey', California Plein Air, Laguna Beach Art Association, New York ASL
By Dedrick Stuber
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
bay towards lavender coastal hills. This luminous California plein-air painting happily retains its
Category

1920s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Plein Air American Oil Painting Rainstorm Signed Original Modern Impressionist
Located in Buffalo, NY
vintage plein air painting with a fresh and timeless sensibility. Though the exact identity of the artist
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1920s American Modern Antique Plein Air

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Wilfred Gabriel de Glehn, British Impressionist plein air oil landscape
By Wilfred Gabriel de Glehn
Located in Harkstead, GB
corresponds to the plein air tradition of painting on the spot. Interestingly, it is signed " von Glehn" which
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Canvas

After the storm, the blue canoe: Impressionist plein air river scene
Located in Norwich, GB
impressionism. Painted en plein air in the banks of the Seine, its main subject is a humble blue canoe and the
Category

1870s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Winter on the Farm - Plein Air Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene winter landscape by an unknown artist. A dusting of freshly fallen snow covers the landscape. Two large trees are in the forefront of the composition, with a small farmhouse b...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

A Fine 20th C. British Watercolor Plein Air Landscape by Henry John Kinnaird
By Henry John Kinnaird
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A finely executed early 20th century 'plein air' landscape by noted British landscape artist Henry
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Early 20th Century British Edwardian Antique Plein Air

Materials

Other

Original Ernest Lawson Plein Air New York Painting of Wooded Landscape
By Ernest Lawson
Located in Tustin, CA
Beautiful original plein air impressionistic and realistic style, oil on canvas painting, features
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Early 20th Century American Other Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas

19th C En plein air oil on canvas Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Beautiful European landscape. Flowing brushwork. Perfect palette. Signed illegibly. Some age is apparent but adds to the overall feel of this wonderful painting. H23.5” W27.5”
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Early 20th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas

19th C En plein air oil on canvas Landscape
19th C En plein air oil on canvas Landscape
H 23.5 in W 27.5 in D 0.75 in
1910 Colorado Canyon Sketch, Plein Air Graphite Landscape Drawing
By Charles Partridge Adams
Located in Denver, CO
This original circa 1910 graphite drawing by renowned Colorado landscape artist Charles Partridge Adams captures a dramatic and intimate view of a solitary tree clinging to the edge ...
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1910s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Graphite

Lovely 19th Century American Artist’s Easel “en Plein Air” Oil on Board, ca 1890
Located in Baltimore, MD
plein air set-up in a landscape. The easel, stool and paint box all fall within the welcomed shadow of a
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Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Early 20th Century Plein Air Study for Homesteader Colorado Mountain Painting
By Frank Tenney Johnson
Located in Soquel, CA
painting through the plein air sketches ("studies") by the artist prior to its painting. Frank Tenney
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Early 1900s Hudson River School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil Crayon, Laid Paper

Colorado Mountain Landscape with Birds, Plein Air Graphite Field Sketch
By Charles Partridge Adams
Located in Denver, CO
An original early 20th-century graphite drawing by acclaimed Colorado landscape artist Charles Partridge Adams (1858–1942). This evocative composition features two birds soaring abov...
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1910s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Graphite

Painting en plein air - Impressionist Figure in Landscape Oil by Charles Angrand
By Charles Angrand
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Seurat in plein air painting on La Grande Jatte island. Angrand's implementation of Pointillist
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1880s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Road To Cliff Fowey Cornwall Lamorna Valley Colony Cornish Plein Air Art
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
the open air, carrying on the long-held plein air tradition of the Lamorna artists. In 1938 the
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

Crestone Peaks, Southern Colorado Field Sketch, 1910 Plein Air Graphite Drawing
By Charles Partridge Adams
Located in Denver, CO
This rare, original circa 1910 graphite drawing by renowned Colorado landscape artist Charles Partridge Adams (1858–1942) captures the dramatic beauty of Crestone Peak, one of Colora...
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1910s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Graphite

"Ploughing on the Hillside" Jean-Charles Cazin, Plein Air Landscape Sketch
By Jean-Charles Cazin
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Charles Cazin Ploughing on the Hillside Signed lower left Oil on board 6 1/2 x 6 inches The son of a well-known doctor, FJ Cazin, he was born at Samer, Pas-de-Calais. After st...
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Mid-19th Century Tonalist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Canvas

CHARLES CURTELIN (FRENCH 1859-1912) EN PLEIN AIR IMPRESSIONIST OIL - WOODLAND
By CHARLES CURTELIN (FRENCH 1859-1912
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Charles Curtelin (French, 1859-1912) Title: Woodland Scene Medium: oil painting on board, unframed. Size: painting: 13.5 x 18.5 inches Provenance: from a privat...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The "En Plein Air" Painter - Pencil by Charles Des Bordes - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
"The Painter", 1880s, is an original pencil drawing glued on ivory paper realized by Charles Des Bordes (1863-1909) . In very good condition. Hand-signed on the lower left corner.
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1880s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Pencil

"Soir dans une gorge Boisee" Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Plein-Air Landscape
By Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Located in New York, NY
surrounding area with them to paint in the open air. Corot would return to Italy twice (1834 and 1843), and
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1850s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Panel

Storm in the Rockies, Colorado Mountain Landscape, Plein Air Ink Field Drawing
By Charles Partridge Adams
Located in Denver, CO
Own a rare, original vintage field study drawing by renowned Colorado artist Charles Partridge Adams. This atmospheric ink-on-paper composition captures the raw beauty of a storm swe...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Ink

Santa Barbara California Coastal Ocean Scene Plein Air Waves Impressionist #0-90
By Francis Draper Jr.
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Estate signed verso. Painted between the years 1916 and 1926. In a genuine gold leaf, had carved frame. This painting is identified in the Francis Draper Jr. archives as #0-90........
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1920s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

British impressionist en plein air scene of Windmill on the Norfolk Broads
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very attractive impressionist scene of a windmill on the Norfolk Broads painted with wonderful bold brushworks giving the image a lovely impasto effect. Campbell Archibald Mellon ...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

Shepherdess at the edge of the forest
Located in Gent, VOV
"Robbe Louis, “Plein air” Animal Painter" ROBBE Louis Born in Courtrai on November 17, 1806, died
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Mid-19th Century Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Landscape with Women Picking Flowers, Possibly on Island of Mön
Located in Stockholm, SE
A fine small plein air study of three women picking flowers on the meadow next to white cliffs and
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Oil, Cardboard

Pair Framed Watercolor Landscape Paintings, Provence, France, 1920's
Located in Chappaqua, NY
Pair Framed Watercolor Landscape Paintings, Provence, France, 1926. Charming 'plein air' paintings
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1920s French French Provincial Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper

Atmospheric French Impressionist Oil Painting Early 20th century Woodland Lake
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Impressionist School, early 20th century most likely a working sketch 'en plein air' oil
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

"Young Dreams” Genre Painting after James Clarke Hook
Located in Savannah, GA
Hookscapes, Hooke sought out coastal areas around Scotland, Wales, Devon and Cornwall to create his plein air
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1890s European Other Antique Plein Air

Materials

Wood, Paint

FRANCIS DRAPER Nasturtium Flowers Red Orange 1920 Santa Barbara California oil
By Francis Draper Jr.
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
. Estate........ PLEASE INQUIRE ABOUT THE ENTIRE COLLECTION OF THESE WONDERFUL CALIFORNIA PLEIN AIR
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1920s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Stanzione - Recco "Six children play with a Great Dane and a goldfinch, en pleinair."
Located in Milano, IT
- 1660 circa) "Sei bambini giocano con un alano e un cardellino, en plein air" Olio su tela, cm 155 x
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17th Century Italian Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas

Harry Aiken Vincent Framed Oil On Board
Located in Essex, MA
Harry Vincent a noted Cape Ann painted known for his plein air style of painting. This painting
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Early 20th Century American Antique Plein Air

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

Harry Aiken Vincent Framed Oil On Board
Harry Aiken Vincent Framed Oil On Board
H 23.38 in W 27.25 in D 1.75 in
"The Lake of Terni" by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot; lithograph
By Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Located in Clinton Township, MI
plein-air innovations of Impressionism. This lithograph is plate signed and plate dated as "janvier
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1860s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Lithograph

Pine trees in a river valley with the Blue Ridge Mountains - American School
Located in Middletown, NY
An unfinished but spirited plein-air composition of what appears to be the Shenandoah or Potomac
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Crayon, Watercolor, Board

Victorian Barbazon School Landscape Animal Oil Painting Cattle watering in Field
Located in ludlow, GB
Martinez, second half of the 19th century. This French plein air painting features an exquisite depiction
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19th Century Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

French Barbizon Oil Painting of Cattle Herd by Pablo Martinez del Rio, 1870s
By Pablo (Pierre) Martinez Del Rio
Located in Atlanta, GA
) Martinez Del Rio, second half of the 19th century. This French plein air painting features an exquisite
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Late 19th Century French Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas

French Barbizon Painting of a Shepherd with His Herd of Sheep, Late 19th Century
By Pablo (Pierre) Martinez Del Rio
Located in Atlanta, GA
Martinez Del Rio from the late 19th century in giltwood frame. This French Barbizon plein-air painting
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Late 19th Century French Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas

Early 1900's English Impressionist Oil Painting Beautiful Sunset Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English landscape, painted with tremendous spontaneity and fluid brushwork - no doubt painted en plein air
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Capri
Located in Täby, SE
January 1872. The majority of his works during his stay in Italy are plein air studies. During the summer
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1880s Naturalistic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Capri
Capri
H 15.75 in W 21.66 in D 1.58 in
Monumental Framed Oil on Canvas Pastural Landscape
Located in Essex, MA
reminiscent of the plein air and fete champetre movements of the French, 18th century court painters, Boucher
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Late 18th Century Neoclassical Antique Plein Air

Materials

Other

"Plaisirs de l'été" Lakeside Landscape Oil Painting Canvas of Figures w Flowers
By Suzanne Demarest
Located in New York, NY
, seasides, and much more. Under acknowledged as one of America's most active Plein air artists, Demarest
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Les Enfants à la Fenêtre - Etching by Alfred Renaudin - Early 20th Century
By Alfred Renaudin (Naudy)
Located in Roma, IT
for his detailed plein-air landscapes of the Lorraine countryside.
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Early 20th Century Modern Antique Plein Air

Materials

Etching

Paolo Sala, Parliament Square in London, Signed Watercolor on Paper
Located in CH
, that is, en plein air. He was also known for his ability to paint animals in rural scenes. He founded
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Late 19th Century Italian Belle Époque Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper

Working Horses - Oil on Canvas by Alessandro Lupo - 1913
Located in Roma, IT
famous also for his market scenes and en plein air landscapes.
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1910s Naturalistic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

17th Century Oil Painting School of Claude Lorrain
By (after) Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)
Located in 263-0031, JP
A copy of the 1636 painting “River Ford” by the French proto-plein-air painter Claude Lorrain (1600
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17th Century European Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas

Early 20th Century French Impressionist Landscape, 'On the Banks of the Seine'.
Located in Cotignac, FR
a carved period gilt frame. In all likelihood painted 'en plein air' in autumn or winter the
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Painting School of Barbizon 19th Century Rural Scene with Peasant Girl and Goats
Located in Berlin, DE
the plein-air-style typical for the French School of Barbizon. The painting is framed with a
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Late 19th Century French Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Oil Sketch From Rome Called Ruins of Ancient Rome, c. 1870-72
Located in Stockholm, SE
This beautiful oil sketch, painted en plein air, was created by Swedish artist Olof Arborelius
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1870s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Oil, Cardboard

Harvest Time Surrey England
By John Horace Hooper
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
1851-1906 England. Known for his captivating plein air landscape paintings. Hooper made his debut in
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1880s English School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

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Find the exact antique plein air you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. You can easily find an example made in the abstract style, while we also have 19 abstract versions to choose from as well. Making the right choice when shopping for an antique plein air may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 19th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right antique plein air is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes brown, gray, black and blue. An antique plein air from Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, Cindy Shaoul, Steven Guy Bilodeau, James Hartman and Ronald Tinney — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Frequently made by artists working in paint, oil paint and fabric, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much is a Antique Plein Air?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — an antique plein air in our inventory may begin at $235 and can go as high as $191,750, while the average can fetch as much as $2,261.
Questions About Antique Plein Air
  • Lilac Gallery Ltd.March 18, 2021
    The 'Plein air' is a French expression that means “in the open air.” And it is a term used by artists to describe when the painting was executed outside or outdoors, in contrast to painting inside of a studio. This method became very relevant in the 19th-century when French impressionism was centered in painting outdoors, with a strong sense of the open air, capturing landscapes or cityscapes on-site, at the location where the subject depicted was painted.
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 17, 2021
    A plein air frame is a simple, unembellished wooden frame, usually gold-colored. These frames are typically used to mount plein air paintings, which are painted outdoors. Because of the constraints of painting in nature, the paintings and accompanying frames tend to be small.