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'Pacific Surf', California Plein Air Woman Artist, Santa Cruz, Carmel
By Jane McCullough
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
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Jane McCullough was an avid California plein air painter, exhibiting and took art classes at the Fresno
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 20 in W 24 in D 0.75 in
'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 Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 20.25 in W 30.25 in D 0.75 in
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
"Morning View From Monterey" Southern California Plein Air Painting
By Jacobus Baas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
by noted California artist Jacobus Baas. This plein air painting exhibits the subtle touch and
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 20 in W 24 in D 1 in
"Crosswalk at Ocean" Laguna Beach California 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
H 20 in W 24 in D 1 in
'Lone Cypress', Carmel Seascape, California Plein Air, Pebble Beach, Monterey
By James March Phillips
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
in plein-air watercolor and gouache landscapes of the Monterey Peninsula, with his coastal views of
Category
1960s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
'Pacific Grove, Near Asilomar', California Plein Air, Impressionist Oil Seascape
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, Plein Air, Fine Art Connoisseur and American Artist, among numerous other national publications.
Laurie
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Carmel Coast', California Plein Air Impressionist oil, Oakland Museum, Stanford
By Francis Harvey Cutting
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
palette to compose vivid plein-air landscapes and coastal views of Northern California. Over a long career
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Canvas
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
"Garden Watering Can" California Plein Air Painting With Greens, Red Highlights
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
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
H 18.5 in W 22.5 in D 1 in
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
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Mid 20th Century California Plein Air American River Landscape Walter F Mire
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid 20th century impressionist landscape of California's American River by Walter F. Mire
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
H 9 in W 15.25 in D 0.75 in
Santa Barbara California Ocean Waves Coastal Scene Impressionist Plein Air #0-99
By Francis Draper Jr.
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
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Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
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
Category
20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
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
Category
1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Brian Blood 'Monterey Bay' Plein Air California Impressionist Seascape 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 American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 17.5 in W 20 in D 2.5 in
FRANCIS DRAPER Nasturtium Flowers Red Orange 1920 Santa Barbara California oil
By Francis Draper Jr.
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
. Estate........
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Category
1920s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
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, Cardboard
H 13 in W 17 in D 1.25 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
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
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
Brian Blood 'Fisherman's Wharf' San Francisco Plein Air Painting
By Brian Blood
Located in San Rafael, CA
important Californian Plein Air painter, Blood has showcased his work in numerous group and individual
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
H 9 in W 12 in D 1 in
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
Mid Century River Birches Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
California plein air painter in oils and watercolors.
Category
1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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
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
Full Sail - San Francisco Harbor Maritime Seascape
By Elizabeth Gregory Kent
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful California plein air seascape of sail boat in San Francisco harbor by California artist
Category
1970s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 29 in W 35.25 in D 1.5 in
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
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
20th Century Plein Air Impressionist Northern California Landscape, Farmhouse
By Jon Blanchette
Located in Denver, CO
). This vintage plein air style painting depicts a serene rural scene with a white farmhouse, barn, green
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 27.5 in W 31.5 in D 1.25 in
“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
"Palo Corona, Carmel Valley" Contemporary realist plein air painting, California
By Marc Dalessio
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Palo Corona, Carmel Valley" is a contemporary realist plein air painting in California.
Artist
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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
H 19.5 in W 23.5 in D 2 in
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
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
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
Santa Barbara California Coastal Ocean Scene Plein Air Waves Impressionist #0-90
By Francis Draper Jr.
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
WONDERFUL CALIFORNIA IMPRESSIONIST/POINTILLIST PAINTINGS.
Category
1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Listed San Diego California Artist Fidelia Taylor Plein Air Oil Painting, 1930's
Located in San Diego, CA
. Dates from the 1930s and is of Ramona's Marriage Place in Old Town. Wonderful plein air painting of the
Category
Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
H 20.5 in W 18.5 in D 1.5 in
"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
"Aspara, Honolulu Harbor " Hawaii 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
"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
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
"Hangout To Dry" Maine Plein Air Oil Painting
By Jacobus Baas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
A sunny oil painted on location in Maine by noted California artist Jacobus Baas, this plein air
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Point Clyde Reflections" Coastal Maine Plein Air Oil Painting
By Jacobus Baas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
time between Maine, California and Hawaii.
A founding board member of LPAPA (Laguna Plein Air
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 14 in W 18 in D 1 in
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
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
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
Silvio Silvestri, “Spring Thaw, Lake Tahoe”, En Plein Air Oil Painting, 2004
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large, luminous, and captivating 2004 en plein air impressionist oil painting on masonite board
Category
Early 2000s American Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint, Masonite
H 30.75 in W 36.75 in D 1.88 in
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
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
Located in Pasadena, CA
Plein Air Magazine Award of Excellence presented at California Art Club’s 111th Annual Gold Medal
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
"Treasure Island" Southern California Coastal Scene
By Jacobus Baas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
noted California artist Jacobus Baas. This plein air painting exhibits the subtle touch and beautiful
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Santa Ynez River Reflections" California Landscape Painting
By Jacobus Baas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
California by noted California artist Jacobus Baas. This plein air style painting exhibits the subtle touch
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 30 in W 40 in D 1 in
"Aliso Beach Cliffs" Southern California Seascape Painting
By Jacobus Baas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
noted California artist Jacobus Baas. This plein air style painting exhibits the subtle touch and
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Wild Coast - Big Sur" Contemporary Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
EXHIBITIONS 1995-2010:
2010 California Plein Air, Carmel Bay Company, Carmel
2010 Carmel Art Festival, Carmel
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 24 in W 48 in D 0.75 in
"Criss Cross Waves" Laguna Beach California Seascape
By Jacobus Baas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
by noted California artist Jacobus Baas. This plein air painting exhibits the subtle touch and
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Ridge Oak" Northern Mt Tamalpais California Watercolor 1991
Located in Soquel, CA
"Ridge Oak" Northern Mt Tamalpais California Watercolor 1991
Perfectly executed plein air
Category
1990s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
H 10.25 in W 14.25 in D 1 in
"80' At Divers Cove" Southern California Coastal Scene
By Jacobus Baas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
by noted California artist Jacobus Baas. This plein air painting exhibits the subtle touch and
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
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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.
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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.
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Questions About California Plein Air
- What does plein air mean?1 AnswerLilac Gallery Ltd.March 18, 2021The '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.
- What is a plein air frame?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertAugust 17, 2021A 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.
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