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Mid Century California Plein Air Dry Creek Landscape
Mid Century California Plein Air Dry Creek Landscape

Mid Century California Plein Air Dry Creek Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

Beautiful mid-century plein air landscape of a California dry stream, by unknown artist Hatton

Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

California Plein Air Landscape Painting by Esther Smee 1930's-1940s
California Plein Air Landscape Painting by Esther Smee 1930's-1940s

California Plein Air Landscape Painting by Esther Smee 1930's-1940s

By Esther Smee

Located in San Francisco, CA

Southern California landscape Plein Air style painting in original period carved and gilded wood

Category

Mid-20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Lilies oil painting, Water Jewels, contemporary art California plein air painter
Lilies oil painting, Water Jewels, contemporary art California plein air painter

Lilies oil painting, Water Jewels, contemporary art California plein air painter

By Lynn Gertenbach

Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA

This captivating piece by Lynn Gertenbach, titled "Water Jewels," beautifully depicts blooming lilies in their summer splendor. The artist masterfully captures the delicate pink hues...

Category

2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

San Benito Creek California Landscape
San Benito Creek California Landscape

San Benito Creek California Landscape

By J.F. Snyder

Located in Soquel, CA

Gorgeous California plein air painting by J.F. Snyder (American, 20th Century), circa 1980. Signed

Category

Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

San Gabriel Mountains in Autumn Landscape California School 1930s
San Gabriel Mountains in Autumn Landscape California School 1930s

San Gabriel Mountains in Autumn Landscape California School 1930s

Located in Soquel, CA

Beautiful California plein air painting of San Gabriel Mountains in autumn with iconic Sycamore

Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

Big Sur Stream Landscape - by Weaver
Big Sur Stream Landscape - by Weaver

Big Sur Stream Landscape - by Weaver

Located in Soquel, CA

Beautiful Big Sur stream landscape by California Plein air artist Weaver (American, 20th Century

Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Still Life of Wine, Onion and Carrots
Still Life of Wine, Onion and Carrots

Still Life of Wine, Onion and Carrots

By Jack Lynn

Located in Soquel, CA

Beautiful still life painting of a table consisting of wine, onions and carrots by California plein

Category

1980s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century High Sierras Summer Splendor Landscape
Mid Century High Sierras Summer Splendor Landscape

Mid Century High Sierras Summer Splendor Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

texture also. A well done oil by a California plein air painter. Image 24"H x 30"W Oil on paper laid down

Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil, Laid Paper

American Impressionist landscape study, 1950's
American Impressionist landscape study, 1950's

American Impressionist landscape study, 1950's

Located in Kenilworth, IL

Unsigned oil on canvas California plein-air Impressionist landscape study of a California cypress

Category

Mid-20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Vintage Landscape -- Big Sur Coast
Vintage Landscape -- Big Sur Coast

Vintage Landscape -- Big Sur Coast

By Barbara Bailey-Porter

Located in Soquel, CA

11"L. Barbara Bailey-Porter is a California plein air painter and art instructor. She received her

Category

1980s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

California Canyon
California Canyon

California Canyon

By Carole Garland

Located in Palm Desert, CA

this classical landscape in the tradition of the Southern California plein air painters. The path of

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

River Passage in the Levant
River Passage in the Levant

River Passage in the Levant

Located in San Francisco, CA

explain it. Muscat ultimately found his milieu as a California plein air painter in the Bay Area.

Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Davenport, California Sunset Plein Air Landscape
Davenport, California Sunset Plein Air Landscape

Davenport, California Sunset Plein Air Landscape

By Brian Rounds

Located in Soquel, CA

Gorgeous plein air landscape in oil of the coast in Davenport, California, by Brian Rounds

Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

California Coastal Plein Air Impressionist Seascape 1979
California Coastal Plein Air Impressionist Seascape 1979

California Coastal Plein Air Impressionist Seascape 1979

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Sublime California coastal oil on canvas plein air impressionist painting signed and dated. The

Category

20th Century American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Rock On
Rock On

Carole GarlandRock On, 2023

$2,400Sale Price|20% Off

Rock On

By Carole Garland

Located in Palm Desert, CA

a spiritual aspect to her embrace of the natural world. Workshops with Plein Air oil painters Frank

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

“Bodega Bay, California”
“Bodega Bay, California”

“Bodega Bay, California”

Located in Southampton, NY

have the essence of the early California Plein Air artist's view of color and changing light, but with

Category

1980s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Beckstoffer Vineyard, Napa Valley, California
Beckstoffer Vineyard, Napa Valley, California

Beckstoffer Vineyard, Napa Valley, California

Located in San Francisco, CA

This landscape painting is by Margery Ammon, a noted California plein air artist who currently

Category

Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Brian Blood 'Country Farmhouse Provence' painting
Brian Blood 'Country Farmhouse Provence' painting

Brian Blood 'Country Farmhouse Provence' painting

By Brian Blood

Located in San Rafael, CA

University in San Francisco. Known as an important Californian Plein Air painter, Blood has showcased his

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dunes on California Coast, c 1930s
Dunes on California Coast, c 1930s

Dunes on California Coast, c 1930s

By Carl Sammons

Located in Pasadena, CA

gold leaf, designed in a museum-grade traditional California plein air style. A silk mat with a gilded

Category

1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board, ABS

"Farm To Barn" Hawaii Plein Air Painting
"Farm To Barn" Hawaii Plein Air Painting

"Farm To Barn" Hawaii Plein Air Painting

By Jacobus Baas

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

LPAPA (Laguna Plein Air Association) Jacobus is being represented by galleries in Hawaii, California

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Midday Shadows Shark Cove"  Hawaii Plein Air Painting
"Midday Shadows Shark Cove"  Hawaii Plein Air Painting

"Midday Shadows Shark Cove" Hawaii Plein Air Painting

By Jacobus Baas

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

California artist Jacobus Baas. This plein air painting exhibits the subtle touch and beautiful light that

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Red Tool Shed" Maine Plein Air Oil Painting
"Red Tool Shed" Maine Plein Air Oil Painting

"Red Tool Shed" Maine Plein Air Oil Painting

By Jacobus Baas

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

A snowy oil painted on location in Maine by noted California artist Jacobus Baas, this plein air

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Point Lobos
Point Lobos

Point Lobos

By Brian Blood

Located in San Francisco, CA

This oil on board is by the well-known California plein air artist Brian Blood (1962-). The

Category

1990s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Native American Woman with Basket
Native American Woman with Basket

Native American Woman with Basket

Located in San Francisco, CA

Harris – it was natural for him to remain in the school of the California plein air painting. His

Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Carmel Beach, Oil Painting
Carmel Beach, Oil Painting

Carmel Beach, Oil Painting

By Lisa Elley

Located in San Francisco, CA

: nature, flowers, beach, coast, California, plein air, Pacific, waves, Carmel, Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

California Stormy Sky, c. 1924
California Stormy Sky, c. 1924

California Stormy Sky, c. 1924

By Theodore Lukits

Located in Pasadena, CA

’ mastery in plein air-inspired pastel work. In the early 1920s, Lukits frequently explored California

Category

1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Pastel

European Landscape Oil Painting signed Maurice Braun
European Landscape Oil Painting signed Maurice Braun

European Landscape Oil Painting signed Maurice Braun

Located in Haddonfield, NJ

. Painted with oil on canvas, framed in a beautiful gold leaf wood frame. An established California plein

Category

Antique Early 1900s French Romantic Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

California Coast Landscape
California Coast Landscape

California Coast Landscape

By Muriel Goodfield

Located in Soquel, CA

Beautiful seascape of the rocky California coast by Carmel plein air painter Muriel Emily Goodfield

Category

1980s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Morning Has Broken; Carmel, California
Morning Has Broken; Carmel, California

Morning Has Broken; Carmel, California

By Michael Godfrey

Located in Pasadena, CA

California coast.” – Michael Godfrey Awarded Plein Air Magazine Award of Excellence presented at California

Category

2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

California Lupine Fields - Landscape with Wildflowers
California Lupine Fields - Landscape with Wildflowers

California Lupine Fields - Landscape with Wildflowers

By Kathleen Murray

Located in Soquel, CA

. Image, 16"H x 20"W. Kathleen Murray is a Monterey, California-based plein air artist, exhibiting in

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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California Plein Air For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate california plein air for your needs in our varied inventory. In our selection of items, you can find Impressionist examples as well as a Contemporary version. You’re likely to find the perfect california plein air among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 20th Century as well as those made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a california plein air to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of gray, brown, black, blue and more. Creating a california plein air has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Jacobus Baas, Brian Blood, Brian Rounds, Joseph Paul Frey and Albert King are consistently popular. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and fabric.

How Much is a California Plein Air?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a california plein air in our inventory may begin at $450 and can go as high as $14,000, while the average can fetch as much as $1,600.

Finding the Right Paintings for You

Painting is an art form that has spanned innumerable cultures, with artists using the medium to tell stories, explore and communicate ideas and express themselves. To bring abstract paintings, landscape paintings, still-life paintings and other original paintings into your home is to celebrate and share in the long tradition of this discipline.

When we look at paintings, particularly those that originated in the past, we learn about history, other cultures and countries of the world. Like every other work of art, paintings — whether they are contemporary creations or works that were made during the 19th century — can often help us clearly see and understand the world around us in a meaningful and interesting way.

Cave walls were the canvases for what were arguably the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict natural scenery through art. Portrait paintings and drawings, which, along with sculpture, were how someone’s appearance was recorded prior to the advent of photography, are at least as old as Ancient Egypt. In the Netherlands, landscapes were a major theme for painters as early as the 1500s. Later, artists in Greece, Rome and elsewhere created vast wall paintings to decorate stately homes, churches and tombs.

Today, creating a wall of art is a wonderful way to enhance your space, showcase beautiful pieces and tie an interior design together.

No matter your preference, whether you favor Post-Impressionist paintings, animal paintings, Surrealism, Pop art or another movement or specific period, arranging art on a blank wall allows you to evoke emotions in a room while also showing off your tastes and interests. A symmetrical wall arrangement may comprise a grid of four to six pieces or, for an odd number of works, a horizontal row. Asymmetrical arrangements, which may be small clusters of art or large, salon-style gallery walls, have a more collected and eclectic feel.

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Questions About California Plein Air
  • 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.
  • 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.

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