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California Landscape Plein Air

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

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2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Farm in the Valley - Plein Air California Landscape
Farm in the Valley - Plein Air California Landscape

Farm in the Valley - Plein Air California Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

Farm in the Valley - Plein Air California Landscape Beautiful mid century landscape of a

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20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Pacific Surf', California Plein Air Woman Artist, Santa Cruz, Carmel
'Pacific Surf', California Plein Air Woman Artist, Santa Cruz, Carmel

'Pacific Surf', California Plein Air Woman Artist, Santa Cruz, Carmel

By Jane McCullough

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

. Jane McCullough was an avid California plein air painter, exhibiting and took art classes at the Fresno

Category

1980s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Northern California Coastal Santa Cruz County Ocean Waves 1950 Plein Air
Northern California Coastal Santa Cruz County Ocean Waves 1950 Plein Air

Northern California Coastal Santa Cruz County Ocean Waves 1950 Plein Air

Located in Soquel, CA

Northern California Coastal Santa Cruz County Ocean Waves 1950 Plein Air Santa Cruz Sandstone

Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

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

Big Sur Stream Landscape - by Weaver, 2000

$476Sale Price|20% Off

H 11.75 in W 11.75 in D 0.07 in

Big Sur Stream Landscape - by Weaver

Located in Soquel, CA

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

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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

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Arizona Mountains
Arizona Mountains

Paul LauritzArizona Mountains, circa 1920

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H 24.19 in W 38.38 in

Arizona Mountains

By Paul Lauritz

Located in Graton, CA

of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Commission and President of the California Art Club, plein air

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Seated Woman in Blues 20th Century Gouache

Seated Woman in Blues 20th Century Gouache

By Sam Hugh Harris

Located in San Francisco, CA

California plein air landscape painter. Sam graduated from the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles and the

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Couple in Venice 20th Century Watercolor & Pastel
Couple in Venice 20th Century Watercolor & Pastel

Couple in Venice 20th Century Watercolor & Pastel

By Sam Hugh Harris

Located in San Francisco, CA

California plein air landscape painter. Sam graduated from the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles and the

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Watercolor

Bright & Whimsical Abstraction 20th Century Watercolor
Bright & Whimsical Abstraction 20th Century Watercolor

Bright & Whimsical Abstraction 20th Century Watercolor

By Sam Hugh Harris

Located in San Francisco, CA

California plein air landscape painter. Sam graduated from the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles and the

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

"Mediterranean Sun" 20th Century Oil
"Mediterranean Sun" 20th Century Oil

"Mediterranean Sun" 20th Century Oil

By Sam Hugh Harris

Located in San Francisco, CA

distinguished himself as an early California plein air landscape painter. Sam graduated from the Otis Art

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

California Plein Air
California Plein Air

Philip ThorngateCalifornia Plein Air, 1960

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H 17 in W 13 in D 1.5 in

California Plein Air

By Philip Thorngate

Located in Soquel, CA

Gorgeous California plein air panting of an Oak tree and ranch fence by Philip Thorngate (American

Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Plein Air California Shoreline Painting Signed
Plein Air California Shoreline Painting Signed

Plein Air California Shoreline Painting Signed

Located in San Francisco, CA

Plein Air California Shoreline Painting Signed lower right with Asian characters Oli on canvas

Category

20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Midday Shadows" Central California Plein Air Painting
"Midday Shadows" Central California Plein Air Painting

"Midday Shadows" Central California Plein Air Painting

By Jacobus Baas

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

California by noted California artist Jacobus Baas. This plein air painting exhibits the subtle touch and

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Rural Mailboxes" Central California Plein Air Painting
"Rural Mailboxes" Central California Plein Air Painting

"Rural Mailboxes" Central California 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 Golf Cart"  California Plein Air Painting
"Red Golf Cart"  California Plein Air Painting

"Red Golf Cart" California Plein Air Painting

By Jacobus Baas

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

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

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Old Eucalyptus" California Plein Air Oil Painting
"Old Eucalyptus" California Plein Air Oil Painting

"Old Eucalyptus" California Plein Air Oil Painting

By Jacobus Baas

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

, California and Hawaii. A founding board member of LPAPA (Laguna Plein Air Association) Jacobus is being

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Old Farm Truck" Central California Plein Air Painting
"Old Farm Truck" Central California Plein Air Painting

"Old Farm Truck" Central California 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

"Perfect Wave" Laguna Beach California Plein Air Painting
"Perfect Wave" Laguna Beach California Plein Air Painting

"Perfect Wave" Laguna Beach California Plein Air Painting

By Jacobus Baas

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

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

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Clear Day, Cherry Cove"  California Plein Air Painting
"Clear Day, Cherry Cove"  California Plein Air Painting

"Clear Day, Cherry Cove" California Plein Air Painting

By Jacobus Baas

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

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

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"High Tide" California Plein Air Painting by Jacobus Baas
"High Tide" California Plein Air Painting by Jacobus Baas

"High Tide" California Plein Air Painting by Jacobus Baas

By Jacobus Baas

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

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

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

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South of San Luis Obispo, California Landscape
South of San Luis Obispo, California Landscape

South of San Luis Obispo, California Landscape

By Mike Wright

Located in Soquel, CA

A beautiful, heavy impasto landscape of a scene south of San Luis Obispo, California by Mike Wright (American, b.1959). Signed "M. Wright 17" lower right corner. Presented in a giltw...

Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Lovely California Landscape Painting by listed artist John Thomas Nolf, ca 1920s
Lovely California Landscape Painting by listed artist John Thomas Nolf, ca 1920s

Lovely California Landscape Painting by listed artist John Thomas Nolf, ca 1920s

Located in Baltimore, MD

John Thomas Nolf was born in Allentown, Pa. in 1872. He had his academic studies in Chicago at the Art Institute. He exhibited often at the Institute, the Pennsylvania Academy , the ...

Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid-Century Big Sur Rocky Seascape
Mid-Century Big Sur Rocky Seascape

Mid-Century Big Sur Rocky Seascape

Located in Soquel, CA

Dynamic seascape along rocky Big Sur beach with surf by Willard Little (American, 20th century), circa 1940. Aqua blue water, both shallow and deep, reflects the golden sunlight. Are...

Category

1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Antique American Impressionist Hudson River School Coastal Seascape Oil Painting
Antique American Impressionist Hudson River School Coastal Seascape Oil Painting

Antique American Impressionist Hudson River School Coastal Seascape Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique impressionist painting of a coastal seascape. Oil on canvas, circa 1900. Signed illegibly. Framed. Image size, 18L x 12H.

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1890s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Signed Antique American Impressionist Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Signed Antique American Impressionist Framed Landscape Oil Painting

Signed Antique American Impressionist Framed Landscape Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Charles Sutton, “April Afternoon,” Oil on Board, Framed Landscape Painting Warmly toned impressionist oil painting by Charles Sutton, titled April Afternoon. The work captures a tra...

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1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century Original Oil Painting Landscape -- High Sierras Alpine Meadow
Early 20th Century Original Oil Painting Landscape -- High Sierras Alpine Meadow

Early 20th Century Original Oil Painting Landscape -- High Sierras Alpine Meadow

Located in Soquel, CA

Early 20th Century Original Oil Painting Landscape -- High Sierras Spring Alpine Meadow by Frederick Carl Smith This painting is a classic example of early 20th-century American lan...

Category

1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Early 20th Century American Impressionism -- Old Lyme New England Farm
Early 20th Century American Impressionism -- Old Lyme New England Farm

Early 20th Century American Impressionism -- Old Lyme New England Farm

By George M. Bruestle

Located in Soquel, CA

Gorgeous early 20th Century American Impressionist landscape of New England Farm by George M. Bruestle (American, 1871 - 1939), Circa 1914. Signed lower left and on verso. Presented ...

Category

1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

French Impressionist River and Park Landscape
French Impressionist River and Park Landscape

French Impressionist River and Park Landscape

Located in Cotignac, FR

A French Impressionist oil on canvas view of a river in parkland by the noted French artist Albert Uriet. The painting is signed and dated bottom right and is presented in a fine car...

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American School Impressionist Landscape Nicely Framed Oil Painting
Antique American School Impressionist Landscape Nicely Framed Oil Painting

Antique American School Impressionist Landscape Nicely Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Impressive early American impressionist landscape painting. Oil on board. Housed in a period impressionist giltwood frame. Excellent condition.

Category

1910s Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Landscape Painting by Arvid Nyholm, Impressionist, Swedish American, Chicago
Landscape Painting by Arvid Nyholm, Impressionist, Swedish American, Chicago

Landscape Painting by Arvid Nyholm, Impressionist, Swedish American, Chicago

Located in Grand Rapids, MI

Arvid Frederick Nyholm (Swedish-American, 1866-1937) Signed: A Nyholm (Lower, Right and Lower, Left) " Mother and Child in a Landscape ", circa 1910-1920 Oil on Canvas 25" x 30"...

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1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Colorado Ghost Town Oil Painting by Harold Skene, Western Landscape
Vintage Colorado Ghost Town Oil Painting by Harold Skene, Western Landscape

Vintage Colorado Ghost Town Oil Painting by Harold Skene, Western Landscape

By Harold Vincent Skene

Located in Denver, CO

“Ghost Town” by Harold Skene (1883–1978) is a compelling vintage oil painting that evokes the quiet drama of Colorado’s mining past. This atmospheric Western landscape depicts a lone...

Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

California Plein Aire Oil Painting of Luther Burbank's Garden in Santa Rosa
California Plein Aire Oil Painting of Luther Burbank's Garden in Santa Rosa

California Plein Aire Oil Painting of Luther Burbank's Garden in Santa Rosa

Located in Soquel, CA

California Plein Aire Oil Painting of Luther Burbank's Garden Greenhouse in Santa Rosa, California A plein-air study of the Luther Burbank, a famed Santa Rosa, California Horticultu...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Archival Paper

1900's Horses at the Trough
1900's Horses at the Trough

William Lemos1900's Horses at the Trough, 1900

$1,200Sale Price|20% Off

H 13.5 in W 19.5 in D 0.65 in

1900's Horses at the Trough

By William Lemos

Located in Soquel, CA

Charming mid century oil painting of two horses at watering trough by William M. Lemos, Santa Cruz and San Francisco artist (American, 1861-1942), circa 1900. Writing on verso is in ...

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Early 1900s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

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 (American, 20th century). Presented in a wooden frame. Signed "MEO" lower right an...

Category

1980s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, 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 tree in foreground. Circa 1960. Unsigned. Presented in vintage gilt-toned carved wood ...

Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

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California Landscape Plein Air For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the california landscape plein air you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. There are many Impressionist and Contemporary versions of these works for sale. You’re likely to find the perfect california landscape 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 landscape 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. There have been many interesting california landscape plein air examples over the years, but those made by Jacobus Baas, Brian Blood, Brian Rounds, Joseph Paul Frey and Albert King are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these — often created in paint, oil paint and fabric — can elevate any room of your home. If space is limited, you can find a small california landscape plein air measuring 8 high and 9 wide, while our inventory also includes works up to 48 across to better suit those in the market for a large california landscape plein air.

How Much is a California Landscape Plein Air?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a california landscape 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.

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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.

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