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“Plein-Aire Painter”
“Plein-Aire Painter”

Eugene Sparkman Jr.“Plein-Aire Painter”, Circa 1975

$2,200Sale Price|31% Off

H 13.25 in W 21.25 in D 1 in

“Plein-Aire Painter”

Located in Southampton, NY

and permanent public museum collections world-wide, such as, the Butler Institute of American Art

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1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

Reclining Nude en Plein Aire
Reclining Nude en Plein Aire

Raymond DebieveReclining Nude en Plein Aire, circa 1960s

$1,806Sale Price|40% Off

H 22.45 in W 26.38 in

Reclining Nude en Plein Aire

By Raymond Debieve

Located in London, GB

'Reclining Nude en Plein Aire', gouache on art paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1960s). The

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1960s Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Mountain Lake - Plein Aire Landscape Acrylic on Board
Mountain Lake - Plein Aire Landscape Acrylic on Board

Mountain Lake - Plein Aire Landscape Acrylic on Board

Located in Soquel, CA

Mountain Lake - Plein Aire Landscape Acrylic on Board Lush mountain landscape by California Plein

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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

California Suburbs - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
California Suburbs - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas

California Suburbs - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas

Located in Soquel, CA

California Suburbs - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas Suburban landscape by California

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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Coyote Park" - Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Board
"Coyote Park" - Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Board

Nick White"Coyote Park" - Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Board, 2007

$556Sale Price|20% Off

H 10 in W 12 in D 0.25 in

"Coyote Park" - Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Board

Located in Soquel, CA

"Coyote Park" - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board Vibrant lake landscape by California

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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Wyoming Barn - Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Masonite
Wyoming Barn - Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Masonite

Nick WhiteWyoming Barn - Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Masonite, 2007

$636Sale Price|20% Off

H 12 in W 16 in D 0.25 in

Wyoming Barn - Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Masonite

Located in Soquel, CA

Wyoming Barn - Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Masonite Warm ranch landscape by California Plein

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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

"Evening at Vasona" - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
"Evening at Vasona" - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board

"Evening at Vasona" - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board

Located in Soquel, CA

"Evening at Vasona" - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board Vibrant river landscape by

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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Masonite

Mt. Lassen Lake - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
Mt. Lassen Lake - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas

Mt. Lassen Lake - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas

Located in Soquel, CA

Mt. Lassen Lake - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas Vibrant mountain landscape by

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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Antique American Plein Aire Impressionist Farm Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Antique American Plein Aire Impressionist Farm Landscape Framed Oil Painting

Antique American Plein Aire Impressionist Farm Landscape Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1920. Unsigned. Image size, 16L x 13H. Housed in a period frame.

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1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Elk in the Forest - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
Elk in the Forest - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board

Elk in the Forest - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board

Located in Soquel, CA

Elk in the Forest - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board Lush Western landscape by California

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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

"Natalie's" - Plein Aire Pastoral Landscape in Pastel on Sandpaper
"Natalie's" - Plein Aire Pastoral Landscape in Pastel on Sandpaper

"Natalie's" - Plein Aire Pastoral Landscape in Pastel on Sandpaper

Located in Soquel, CA

"Natalie's" - Plein Aire Pastoral Landscape in Pastel on Sandpaper Serene plein aire landscape

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Early 2000s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

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Plein Aire American Impressionist Landscape
Plein Aire American Impressionist Landscape

Plein Aire American Impressionist Landscape

Located in Buffalo, NY

A turn of the century plein aire impressionist landscape. Oil on board, circa 1910. Gorgeous

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Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Plein Aire Sketch of the Marble Mountains 1905
Plein Aire Sketch of the Marble Mountains 1905

Plein Aire Sketch of the Marble Mountains 1905

Located in Buffalo, NY

Plein Aire sketch of the Marble Mountains circa 1905. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Unsigned

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Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Plein Aire Western Landscape
Plein Aire Western Landscape

Plein Aire Western Landscape, 1940

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H 24 in W 28 in D 2 in

Plein Aire Western Landscape

Located in Buffalo, NY

Plein Aire Western mountainous landscape. Oil on board, circa 1940. Unsigned. Displayed in a

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1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Plein Aire California Landscape
Plein Aire California Landscape

Plein Aire California Landscape

By Drake Seaman

Located in Buffalo, NY

Impressionist painting of a California by Drake Seaman (1935-2000). Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Signed lower left, "Drake Seaman". Image size, 24"L x 20"H; overall, 33"L x 29"H.

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1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Canyonland - Western Plein Aire Landscape Acrylic on Board
Canyonland - Western Plein Aire Landscape Acrylic on Board

Canyonland - Western Plein Aire Landscape Acrylic on Board

Located in Soquel, CA

Canyonland - Western Plein Aire Landscape Acrylic on Board Expansive Western landscape by

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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Acrylic

Golden Field Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Linen
Golden Field Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Linen

Golden Field Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Linen

Located in Soquel, CA

Golden Field Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Linen Plein aire landscape by unknown artist C. Lucas

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1980s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Antique American Impressionist Plein Aire Seaside Landscape Signed Oil Painting
Antique American Impressionist Plein Aire Seaside Landscape Signed Oil Painting

Antique American Impressionist Plein Aire Seaside Landscape Signed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American impressionist signed original oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1920. Signed illegibly. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. Image, 10"L x 9"H.

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1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

Antique American Plein Aire Impressionist Signed Landscape Framed Oil Painting

By Thomas R. Curtin

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting by Thomas R. Curtin (1899 - 1977). Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed. Image size, 20L x 16H. Housed in a period frame.

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1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Banning Canyon, California, Plein Aire Impressionist Landscape by Frank Marshall
Banning Canyon, California, Plein Aire Impressionist Landscape by Frank Marshall

Banning Canyon, California, Plein Aire Impressionist Landscape by Frank Marshall

By Frank Howard Marshall

Located in Buffalo, NY

Impressionist landscape of Banning Canyon, California by Frank Howard Marshall (1866-1945). Oil on board, circa 1910. Signed lower right, "F. H. Marshall". Displayed in ...

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1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Plein Aire Impressionist Summer Landscape New York Oil Painting
Antique American Plein Aire Impressionist Summer Landscape New York Oil Painting

Antique American Plein Aire Impressionist Summer Landscape New York Oil Painting

By George Renouard

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American impressionist landscape painting by George Renouard (1885 - 1954). Oil on board, circa 1915. Unsigned. Displayed in an impressionist frame. Image size, 10"L x 8"H.

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Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid Century Plein Aire Abstract Forest Landscape Original Oil Painting
Vintage Mid Century Plein Aire Abstract Forest Landscape Original Oil Painting

Vintage Mid Century Plein Aire Abstract Forest Landscape Original Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. No signature found. Very finely painted. Image size, 24L x 20H. Framing options available.

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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid Century Plein Aire Abstract Forest Landscape Original Oil Painting
Vintage Mid Century Plein Aire Abstract Forest Landscape Original Oil Painting

Vintage Mid Century Plein Aire Abstract Forest Landscape Original Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. No signature found. Very finely painted. Image size, 24L x 20H. Framing options available.

Category

1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Plein Aire Impressionist Summer Landscape New York Oil Painting
Antique American Plein Aire Impressionist Summer Landscape New York Oil Painting

Antique American Plein Aire Impressionist Summer Landscape New York Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American impressionist landscape painting by George Renouard (1885 - 1954). Oil on board, circa 1915. Unsigned. Displayed in an impressionist frame. Image size, 10"L x 8"H.

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1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Plein Aire Framed Landscape Original New England Oil Painting
Antique American Plein Aire Framed Landscape Original New England Oil Painting

Antique American Plein Aire Framed Landscape Original New England Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

New England Landscape circa 1900. Atmospheric antique oil on panel depicting a tranquil landscape. TThe scene is painted in soft impressionist brushwork with warm natural tones, ...

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Early 1900s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Mid Century Signed Landscape -- Old Country Cottage with Chickens

Located in Soquel, CA

Charming mid century country landscape with cottage with thatched roof and chickens foraging. Signed "H. H." and dated "1955." Condition: good; some edge and corner wear consistent w...

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1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Room 408 - Collector Portfolio # 1 out 7 - 12 Fine Art Prints Nude photography
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By Eric Ceccarini

Located in Brussels, BE

His series "Room" or "My carnival" evokes the fantasy of the mistress, fetishist eroticism, 5 to 7, free fantasy. Eric produces erotic art without ever biting into porn-chic always b...

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2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

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Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

Red Farmhouse in a Vineyard - Horse in Rocky Meadow on Reverse Acrylic on Board
Red Farmhouse in a Vineyard - Horse in Rocky Meadow on Reverse Acrylic on Board

Red Farmhouse in a Vineyard - Horse in Rocky Meadow on Reverse Acrylic on Board

Located in Soquel, CA

Red Farmhouse in a Vineyard - Horse in Rocky Meadow on Reverse Acrylic on Board (Two Sided) Lush vineyard landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009)....

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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

1970's Surrealist Figurative -- "Two Nudes in Interior"
1970's Surrealist Figurative -- "Two Nudes in Interior"

1970's Surrealist Figurative -- "Two Nudes in Interior"

By Clayton Anderson

Located in Soquel, CA

Stark, surrealist study of two nude figures in a color saturated room by Clayton Anderson (American, 20th Century), 1970. Signed and dated by the artist, left margin. Presented in a ...

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1970s American Modern Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Neo-Impressionist Pointillist Reclining Nude Mid 20th Century Painting
French Neo-Impressionist Pointillist Reclining Nude Mid 20th Century Painting

French Neo-Impressionist Pointillist Reclining Nude Mid 20th Century Painting

By Louis Bellon

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Pointillist Female Reclining Nude by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998) signed lower right gouache painting on paper, unframed measurements: 11 x 7.5 inches provenance: private collect...

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Mid-20th Century Pointillist Nude Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Watercolor

Café de la Place
Café de la Place

Raymond DebieveCafé de la Place, circa 1970s

$1,806Sale Price|40% Off

H 30.32 in W 22.45 in

Café de la Place

By Raymond Debieve

Located in London, GB

'Café de la Place', gouache on paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1970s). A solitary stroller in a small French town crosses the street in front of a café along with his dog. With seve...

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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Breath of Dawn, 1970's Sunrise Lake Landscape
Breath of Dawn, 1970's Sunrise Lake Landscape

Bill ReynoldsBreath of Dawn, 1970's Sunrise Lake Landscape, 1970

$560Sale Price|20% Off

H 21 in W 25 in D 2 in

Breath of Dawn, 1970's Sunrise Lake Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

Gorgeous watercolor/gouache painting of a family of ducks swimming in a lake at dawn by Bill Reynolds (American, 1918-2008), 1970. The foreground is depicted in crisp detail, while t...

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1970s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

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Plein Aire Art For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the piece of plein aire art you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. There are many Impressionist and Post-Impressionist versions of these works for sale. If you’re looking for an item from our selection of plein aire art from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 19th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a choice in our collection of plein aire art to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of brown, gray, black and more. An object in our assortment of plein aire art from William De La Montagne Cary, Frank Howard Marshall, George Renouard and Drake Seaman — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Frequently made by artists working in paint, oil paint and canvas, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years. A large option in this array of plein aire art can prove too dominant for some spaces — a smaller piece of plein aire art, measuring 11 high and 1 wide, may better suit your needs.

How Much is a Plein Aire Art?

The price for a piece of plein aire art in our collection starts at $695 and tops out at $6,500 with the average selling for $1,560.

A Close Look at Impressionist Art

Emerging in 19th-century France, Impressionist art embraced loose brushwork and plein-air painting to respond to the movement of daily life. Although the pioneers of the Impressionist movement — Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Paul Cézanne, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir — are now household names, their work was a radical break with an art scene led and shaped by academic traditions for around two centuries. These academies had oversight of a curriculum that emphasized formal drawing, painting and sculpting techniques and historical themes.

The French Impressionists were influenced by a group of artists known as the Barbizon School, who painted what they witnessed in nature. The rejection of pieces by these artists and the later Impressionists from the salons culminated in a watershed 1874 exhibition in Paris that was staged outside of the juried systems. After a work of Monet’s was derided by a critic as an unfinished “impression,” the term was taken as a celebration of their shared interest in capturing fleeting moments as subject matter, whether the shifting weather on rural landscapes or the frenzy of an urban crowd. Rather than the exacting realism of the academic tradition, Impressionist paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings represented how an artist saw a world in motion.

Many Impressionist painters were inspired by the perspectives in imported Japanese prints alongside these shifts in European painting — Édouard Manet drew on ukiyo-e woodblock prints and depicted Japanese design in his Portrait of Émile Zola, for example. American artists such as Mary Cassatt and William Merritt Chase, who studied abroad, were impacted by the work of the French artists, and by the late 19th century American Impressionism had its own distinct aesthetics with painters responding to the rapid modernization of cities through quickly created works that were vivid with color and light.

Find a collection of authentic Impressionist art on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Landscape-paintings for You

It could be argued that cave walls were the canvases for the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict and elevate natural scenery through art, but there is a richer history to consider.

The Netherlands was home to landscapes as a major theme in painting as early as the 1500s, and ink-on-silk paintings in China featured mountains and large bodies of water as far back as the third century. Greeks created vast wall paintings that depicted landscapes and grandiose garden scenes, while in the late 15th century and early 16th century, landscapes were increasingly the subject of watercolor works by the likes of Leonardo da Vinci and Fra Bartolomeo.

The popularity of religious paintings eventually declined altogether, and by the early 19th century, painters of classical landscapes took to painting out-of-doors (plein-air painting). Paintings of natural scenery were increasingly realistic but romanticized too. Into the 20th century, landscapes remained a major theme for many artists, and while the term “landscape painting” may call to mind images of lush, grassy fields and open seascapes, the genre is characterized by more variety, colors and diverse styles than you may think. Painters working in the photorealist style of landscape painting, for example, seek to create works so lifelike that you may confuse their paint for camera pixels. But if you’re shopping for art to outfit an important room, the work needs to be something with a bit of gravitas (and the right frame is important, too).

Adding a landscape painting to your home can introduce peace and serenity within the confines of your own space. (Some may think of it as an aspirational window of sorts rather than a canvas.) Abstract landscape paintings by the likes of Korean painter Seungyoon Choi or Georgia-based artist Katherine Sandoz, on the other hand, bring pops of color and movement into a room. These landscapes refuse to serve as a background. Elsewhere, Adam Straus’s technology-inspired paintings highlight how our extreme involvement with our devices has removed us from the glory of the world around us. Influenced by modern life and steeped in social commentary, Straus’s landscape paintings make us see our surroundings anew.

Whether you’re seeking works by the world’s most notable names or those authored by underground legends, find a vast collection of landscape paintings on 1stDibs.

Questions About Plein Aire Art
  • 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.