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“Plein-Aire Painter”
Located in Southampton, NY
and permanent public museum collections world-wide, such as, the Butler Institute of American Art
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
$2,200 Sale Price
31% Off
H 13.25 in W 21.25 in D 1 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
Category
1960s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
$1,819 Sale Price
40% Off
H 22.45 in W 26.38 in
Canyonland - Western Plein Aire Landscape Acrylic on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Canyonland - Western Plein Aire Landscape Acrylic on Board
Expansive Western landscape by
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
$1,720 Sale Price
20% Off
H 36 in W 42 in D 0.25 in
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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
$1,720 Sale Price
20% Off
H 36 in W 42 in D 0.25 in
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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.75 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
H 10 in W 12 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
H 12 in W 16 in D 0.25 in
Calle Zuguri, Impressionism , Landscape, Framed, Plein Aire, Italy, Venice
Located in Houston, TX
travels in Italy and France. V....Vaughan painted each of these on location "en plein air" It has an
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$975
H 10 in W 8 in D 1.5 in
"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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Masonite
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
H 16 in W 12 in D 0.25 in
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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.75 in
Wildflower Plein Aire Landscape in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Wildflower Plein Aire Landscape in Pastel on Paper
Colorful miniature landscape by California
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
H 12 in W 10 in D 0.25 in
Grand-Brassac, French Landscape, Oil, Plein Aire, France, Free Shipping
Located in Houston, TX
in and around France and Italy. V....Vaughan painted each of these on location "en plein air" It has
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$975
H 8 in W 10 in D 1.5 in
Little Gull, Impressionism , Landscape, Framed, Plein Aire, Birds, Texas Coast
Located in Houston, TX
in around Sargent TX on the Texas Coast.. V....Vaughan painted each of these on location "en plein
Category
2010s American Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$825
H 8 in W 6 in D 1.5 in
Duomo at Sunset, Impressionism , Landscape, Framed, Plein Aire, Italy, Oil
Located in Houston, TX
"en plein air" It has an Impressionistic Style as seen in many of Virginia Vaughan's paintings.
The
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$850
H 6 in W 8 in D 1.5 in
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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
$2,500
H 36 in W 42 in D 0.25 in
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.
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
H 18 in W 21 in D 2 in
Antique American Plein Aire Impressionist Signed Landscape Framed Oil Painting
By Edward S Annison
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting by Edward S Annison. Oil on board, circa 1910. Signed. Image size, 8L x 12H. Housed in a period frame.
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Edward S AnnisonAntique American Plein Aire Impressionist Signed Landscape Framed Oil Painting, 1910
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
H 16 in W 12 in D 2 in
"Touring Monument Valley" - Desert Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
"Touring Monument Valley" - Desert Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Masonite
Dramatic desert
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
H 12 in W 16 in D 0.25 in
"California Summer" Mid Century Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
"California Summer" Mid Century Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Masonite
Serene landscape by Andrew
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$920 Sale Price
20% Off
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.25 in
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, ...
Category
Early 1900s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$775
H 10 in W 13 in D 2 in
"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
Category
Early 2000s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
$1,950
H 11.25 in W 14 in D 1 in
Impressionist Plein Aire painting New York City Street Scene Verdi Sqaure
By Peter Mayer
Located in New York, NY
American plein air impressionist Peter Mayer was born 1887-1993. Exhibited painting of Broadway and
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$3,800
H 9.25 in W 11.25 in D 0.75 in
Down River from the Pont Vecchio Bridge, Impressionism , Landscape, Plein Aire,
Located in Houston, TX
collection of recent travels in Italy and France. V....Vaughan painted each of these on location "en plein
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$825
H 6 in W 8 in D 1.5 in
Desert Ranch with Longhorn Steer - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Desert Ranch with Longhorn Steer - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
Vibrant desert
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.75 in
River in the Desert - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
River in the Desert - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
Lush Western landscape by
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
$2,150
H 36 in W 42 in D 0.25 in
"California Round Hills" Mid Century Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
"California Round Hills" Mid Century Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Masonite
Serene landscape by J
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$920 Sale Price
20% Off
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.25 in
Golf Course by the Bay - Contemporary Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Golf Course by the Bay - Contemporary Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Serene plein aire
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
H 19 in W 23 in D 1.25 in
A River Runs Through It - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
A River Runs Through It - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
Expansive canyon
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
$1,720 Sale Price
20% Off
H 36 in W 42 in D 0.25 in
A Pond Under an Aspen Grove - Western Plein Aire Landscape Acrylic on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
A Pond Under an Aspen Grove - Western Plein Aire Landscape Acrylic on Board
Expansive Western
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
$2,150
H 36 in W 42 in D 0.25 in
Sunset at Grand Teton National Park - Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Sunset at Grand Teton National Park - Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Board
Vibrant plein aire
Category
1990s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
$1,200
H 8 in W 10 in D 0.25 in
Bison in the Aspen Forest - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Bison in the Birch Forest - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
Lush Western
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
$2,500
H 36 in W 42 in D 0.25 in
Women Outside Breton Hotel - Chromolithograph on Paper
By Alson Skinner Clark
Located in Soquel, CA
a plein-aire painter, art educator and muralist. From there, he also traveled extensively in Mexico
Category
1910s American Impressionist More Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Lithograph
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
H 20 in W 24 in
Plein Aire American Impressionist Landscape
Located in Buffalo, NY
A turn of the century plein aire impressionist landscape. Oil on board, circa 1910. Gorgeous
Category
Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Late Afternoon Mountain- San Antonio” Pastel Impressionist Texas Landscape
By Alson Skinner Clark
Located in Houston, TX
Impressionist painter best remembered for his landscapes. He was also a photographer, plein aire painter, art
Category
1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Alson Skinner Clark“Late Afternoon Mountain- San Antonio” Pastel Impressionist Texas Landscape, 1926
$18,000
H 35.5 in W 37.75 in D 1.5 in
Plein Aire Western Landscape
Located in Buffalo, NY
Plein Aire Western mountainous landscape. Oil on board, circa 1940. Unsigned. Displayed in a
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
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.
Category
1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ONE FLOCK LISTENS Impressionism, Landscape, Sheep, Plein Aire
Located in Houston, TX
was taken from a plein aire painting near the castle where V....Vaughan was giving a workshop in
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$2,080
H 16 in W 20 in D 1.5 in
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
Category
1980s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Basilica Santa Croce, Impressionism , Landscape, Framed, Plein Aire, Italy
Located in Houston, TX
travels in Italy and France. V....Vaughan painted each of these in plein aire on sight. Santa Croce has
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$825
H 8 in W 6 in D 1.5 in
Painting in Plein Aire by William De La Montagne Cary
By William De La Montagne Cary
Located in Buffalo, NY
Realist genre painting of an artist painting in plein aire by William De La Montagne Cary (1840
Category
1880s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
$6,500
H 16 in W 25 in D 2 in
Lake Como Distance, Impressionism , Landscape, Framed, Colors, Plein Aire. Italy
Located in Houston, TX
travels in Italy and France. V....Vaughan painted each of these on location "en plein air" It has an
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$825
H 6 in W 8 in D 1.5 in
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 ...
Category
1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,425
H 11 in W 13 in D 2 in
Antique American California Plein Aire Woman Artist Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting by Mabel Carruthers (1886 - 1972). Oil on canvas, circa 1920. Signed. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. Image, 20"L x 16"H.
Category
1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mabel CarruthersAntique American California Plein Aire Woman Artist Impressionist Oil Painting, 1920
$1,695
H 21 in W 25 in D 2 in
Antique American Plein Aire Impressionist Signed Landscape Framed Oil Painting
By Edward S Annison
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist flower landscape oil painting by Edward S Annison. Oil on board, circa 1910. Signed. Image size, 9L x 12H. Housed in a period frame.
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Edward S AnnisonAntique American Plein Aire Impressionist Signed Landscape Framed Oil Painting, 1910
$1,436
H 17 in W 13 in D 2 in
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.
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Thomas R. CurtinAntique American Plein Aire Impressionist Signed Landscape Framed Oil Painting, 1940
$2,396
H 20 in W 24 in D 2 in
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.
Category
1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$795
H 14 in W 16 in D 2 in
"Cactus in Pastel" - Desert Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
"Cactus in Pastel" - Desert Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Masonite
Vibrant desert landscape
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Masonite
$575
H 12 in W 16 in D 0.25 in
Lake Como Boat Trails, Impressionism, Landscape, Italy, Plein Aire, Free Shipping
Located in Houston, TX
"en plein air" It has an Impressionistic Style as seen in many of Virginia Vaughan's paintings.
Lake
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$975
H 8 in W 10 in D 1.5 in
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.
Category
1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,195
H 13 in W 15 in D 2 in
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.
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,195
H 13 in W 15 in D 2 in
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
$795
H 20 in W 24 in D 1 in
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
$995
H 20 in W 24 in D 1 in
Big Sur Coastal Cliffs - California Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Big Sur Coastal Cliffs - California Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
Dramatic Pacific
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
$675
H 16 in W 12 in D 1 in
Plein Aire Provincetown RACE POINT Dunes Paintings LIGHT N SHADOW Gallery Label
Located in New York, NY
Current painting is a Plein Aire painting that was sold through Blue Heron Gallery depicts the Dunes of
Category
1970s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Red Cliffs in the Desert - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Red Cliffs in the Desert - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
Vibrant desert
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
$1,720
H 36 in W 42 in D 0.25 in
Bison in the Spring Thaw - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Bison in the Spring Thaw - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
Expansive Western
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
$1,720
H 36 in W 42 in D 0.25 in
Looking Out Over the Canyons - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Looking Out Over the Canyons - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board (Two Sided
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
$2,150
H 36 in W 42 in D 0.25 in
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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
- 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.
- 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.