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'Monterey', California Plein Air, Laguna Beach Art Association, New York ASL
By Dedrick Stuber
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Monterey' by Dedrick Brandes Stuber.
California Plein Air, Laguna Beach Art Association, New York
Category
1920s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$7,500
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
$1,080 Sale Price
20% Off
H 31 in W 25 in D 2 in
"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
$2,900
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
$2,600
H 20 in W 24 in D 1 in
'Carmel Coast', California Plein Air Impressionist oil, Oakland Museum, Stanford
By Francis Harvey Cutting
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
. A prolific impressionist painter, he used a bright palette to compose vivid plein-air landscapes and
Category
1940s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Canvas
$3,500
H 16 in W 12 in D 0.25 in
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
$2,200
H 16 in W 20 in D 1 in
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
$3,800
H 18.5 in W 22.5 in D 1 in
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
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
H 9 in W 15.25 in D 0.75 in
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
$1,950 Sale Price
35% Off
H 20 in W 24 in D 2 in
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
$700 Sale Price
20% Off
H 18 in W 21.5 in D 1 in
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
$2,500
H 17.5 in W 20 in D 2.5 in
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
$2,500
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
$1,200
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
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
H 24 in W 30 in D 0.07 in
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
$372 Sale Price
20% Off
H 17 in W 13 in D 0.1 in
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
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
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
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$1,072 Sale Price
35% Off
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.88 in
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
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
Early 20th Century Original Oil Painting Landscape -- High Sierras Alpine Meadow
Located in Soquel, CA
rooted in the traditions of the California plein air movement by Frederick Carl Smith (American, 1868
Category
1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$2,047 Sale Price
35% Off
H 26 in W 32 in D 2.5 in
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
$1,250
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
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
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
$1,080 Sale Price
20% Off
H 19.5 in W 23.5 in D 2 in
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
Robert K. White "To the Beach at Del Mar" 2021 Oil, Southern California Scene
Located in Miami, FL
golden shadows.
Painted in 2021, the composition blends California plein-air sensibilities with White’s
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,315 Sale Price
35% Off
H 36.125 in W 32 in D 1 in
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
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
$1,080 Sale Price
20% Off
H 20.5 in W 18.5 in D 1.5 in
Morning Light, Mt. Shasta, California, c. 1932
Located in Pasadena, CA
symbol of the West’s enduring beauty. This painting embodies the California plein air ethos of the mid
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Masonite
$14,500
H 22.5 in W 26.5 in D 1.25 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
"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
$1,850
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
Robert K. White "Emerald Drift" Signed Oil Painting of Lush Green River and Boat
Located in Miami, FL
California plein-air artists and the tonal mastery of American realists. In Emerald Drift, he channels the
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,210 Sale Price
35% Off
H 22 in W 30 in D 0.625 in
California Stormy Sky, c. 1924
By Theodore Lukits
Located in Pasadena, CA
movement, California Stormy Sky reflects Lukits’ mastery in plein air-inspired pastel work. In the early
Category
1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Coastal Landscape "Cypress Road" by Robert Kenneth White, Oil on Canvas
Located in Miami, FL
mastery of California plein air traditions and post-impressionist influences. The piece is painted in oil
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,080 Sale Price
35% Off
H 20 in W 30 in D 0.875 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
Fallen Leaf Lake; Lake Tahoe Region, c. 1916
By Lorenzo Palmer Latimer
Located in Pasadena, CA
figure in early 20th-century California plein air painting, especially known for his evocative
Category
1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$3,000
H 17 in W 0.5 in D 13.5 in
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
Untitled (Smoke Tree; Palm Springs Desert), c. 1940s
By George Sanders Bickerstaff
Located in Pasadena, CA
California’s plein air tradition, it bridges the tonal romanticism of earlier painters with the bolder color
Category
1930s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$7,500
H 30.125 in W 36 in D 1.125 in
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
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
H 16 in W 20 in D 1 in
"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
"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
$3,400 Sale Price
20% Off
H 24 in W 48 in D 0.75 in
"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
$8,000
H 30 in W 40 in D 1 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
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
H 10.25 in W 14.25 in D 1 in
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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.
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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
- 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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