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Expressive Plein Air Study from Engelsberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
This intimate plein air study by Olof Arborelius captures the quiet beauty of a sunlit forest edge
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1880s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

Painter En Plein Air - Lithograph by Raoul Dufy - 1920
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Roma, IT
Painter "En plein Air"is a vintage lithograph realized after Raoul Dufy in 1920. Good conditions
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1920s Contemporary Antique Plein Air

Materials

Lithograph

1910 Colorado Plein Air Landscape Sketch – Mountains, Valley Field Drawing
By Charles Partridge Adams
Located in Denver, CO
valley, rendered in soft graphite tones that highlight Adams' plein air technique and his deep connection
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1910s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Graphite

20th Century Plein Air Painting Northern Village Fall Landscape
By Peter Clapham Sheppard
Located in Toronto, ON
One of P.C. Sheppard's plein air paintings, this fall landscape captures the magic of the changing
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

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
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1920s Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Very Good 19th Century Italian Plein Air Macchiaioli School Landscape
By Piero Manzoni
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A finely executed 19th century Italian ‘plein air’ forested landscape, demonstrating a highly
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1870s Italian Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Wood, Paint

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
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Charles Partridge Adams, Colorado Landscape Gouache, 20th-Century Plein Air Art
By Charles Partridge Adams
Located in Denver, CO
This original circa 1910s plein air field study by celebrated Colorado landscape painter Charles
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1910s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Gouache

Plein Air American Oil Painting Rainstorm Signed Original Modern Impressionist
Located in Buffalo, NY
vintage plein air painting with a fresh and timeless sensibility. Though the exact identity of the artist
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1920s American Modern Antique Plein Air

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Wilfred Gabriel de Glehn, British Impressionist plein air oil landscape
By Wilfred Gabriel de Glehn
Located in Harkstead, GB
corresponds to the plein air tradition of painting on the spot. Interestingly, it is signed " von Glehn" which
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Winter on the Farm - Plein Air Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene winter landscape by an unknown artist. A dusting of freshly fallen snow covers the landscape. Two large trees are in the forefront of the composition, with a small farmhouse b...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

A Fine 20th C. British Watercolor Plein Air Landscape by Henry John Kinnaird
By Henry John Kinnaird
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A finely executed early 20th century 'plein air' landscape by noted British landscape artist Henry
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Early 20th Century British Edwardian Antique Plein Air

Materials

Other

Original Ernest Lawson Plein Air New York Painting of Wooded Landscape
By Ernest Lawson
Located in Tustin, CA
Beautiful original plein air impressionistic and realistic style, oil on canvas painting, features
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Early 20th Century American Other Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas

Early 20th Century Plein Air Study for Homesteader Colorado Mountain Painting
By Frank Tenney Johnson
Located in Soquel, CA
painting through the plein air sketches ("studies") by the artist prior to its painting. Frank Tenney
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Early 1900s Hudson River School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil Crayon, Laid Paper

Painting en plein air - Impressionist Figure in Landscape Oil by Charles Angrand
By Charles Angrand
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Seurat in plein air painting on La Grande Jatte island. Angrand's implementation of Pointillist
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1880s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Ploughing on the Hillside" Jean-Charles Cazin, Plein Air Landscape Sketch
By Jean-Charles Cazin
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Charles Cazin Ploughing on the Hillside Signed lower left Oil on board 6 1/2 x 6 inches The son of a well-known doctor, FJ Cazin, he was born at Samer, Pas-de-Calais. After st...
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Mid-19th Century Tonalist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

CHARLES CURTELIN (FRENCH 1859-1912) EN PLEIN AIR IMPRESSIONIST OIL - WOODLAND
By CHARLES CURTELIN (FRENCH 1859-1912
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Charles Curtelin (French, 1859-1912) Title: Woodland Scene Medium: oil painting on board, unframed. Size: painting: 13.5 x 18.5 inches Provenance: from a privat...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The "En Plein Air" Painter - Pencil by Charles Des Bordes - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
"The Painter", 1880s, is an original pencil drawing glued on ivory paper realized by Charles Des Bordes (1863-1909) . In very good condition. Hand-signed on the lower left corner.
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1880s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Pencil

Coastline, Dorset / A plein air watercolor sketch of row boats beached along Eng
Located in Middletown, NY
Watercolor and graphite on heavy gauge watercolor paper, 6 x 9 1/2 inches (152 x 241 mm), the full sheet. Scattered light foxing, otherwise in good condition. Sophia Beale was born...
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Mid-19th Century English School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

Shepherdess at the edge of the forest
Located in Gent, VOV
"Robbe Louis, “Plein air” Animal Painter" ROBBE Louis Born in Courtrai on November 17, 1806, died
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Mid-19th Century Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century Coastal Landscape: Women Picking Flowers, Oil on Panel
Located in Stockholm, SE
A fine small plein air study of three women picking flowers on the meadow next to white cliffs and
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Oil, Cardboard

Pair Framed Watercolor Landscape Paintings, Provence, France, 1920 s
Located in Chappaqua, NY
Pair Framed Watercolor Landscape Paintings, Provence, France, 1926. Charming 'plein air' paintings
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1920s French French Provincial Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper

Atmospheric French Impressionist Oil Painting Early 20th century Woodland Lake
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Impressionist School, early 20th century most likely a working sketch 'en plein air' oil
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Antique American Hudson River School New England Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
of immediacy and atmosphere, suggesting it may have been painted en plein air. Presented in a period
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Early 1900s Hudson River School Antique Plein Air

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Canvas, Oil

"Young Dreams” Genre Painting after James Clarke Hook
Located in Savannah, GA
Hookscapes, Hooke sought out coastal areas around Scotland, Wales, Devon and Cornwall to create his plein air
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1890s European Other Antique Plein Air

Materials

Wood, Paint

Harry Aiken Vincent Framed Oil On Board
Located in Essex, MA
Harry Vincent a noted Cape Ann painted known for his plein air style of painting. This painting
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Early 20th Century American Antique Plein Air

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

Figure in a Field - Antique English Impressionist Summer Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
in a field. Charming and very well painted en plein air work in lovely original condition. Unsigned
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

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Canvas, Oil

Wide Landscape With Horses
Located in PARIS, FR
colors, often working in "plein air".
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Mid-19th Century Neo-Expressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

"The Lake of Terni" by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot; lithograph
By Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Located in Chesterfield, MI
plein-air innovations of Impressionism. This lithograph is plate signed and plate dated as "janvier
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1860s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Lithograph

Pine trees in a river valley with the Blue Ridge Mountains - American School
Located in Middletown, NY
An unfinished but spirited plein-air composition of what appears to be the Shenandoah or Potomac
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

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Crayon, Watercolor, Board

French Impressionist Sunset Seascape Vintage Original Landscape Painting, 1930s
Located in Bristol, GB
, confident brushstrokes, possibly painted en plein air. Indistinctly signed to the lower left, possibly
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Early 20th Century French Antique Plein Air

Materials

Wood, Paint

Victorian Barbazon School Landscape Oil Painting Cows and Calves in a Meadow
Located in ludlow, GB
in a landscape by Pablo Martinez, second half of the 19th century. This French plein air painting
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19th Century Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Early 1900 s English Impressionist Oil Painting Beautiful Sunset Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English landscape, painted with tremendous spontaneity and fluid brushwork - no doubt painted en plein air
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

French Barbizon Oil Painting of Cattle Herd by Pablo Martinez del Rio, 1870s
By Pablo (Pierre) Martinez Del Rio
Located in Atlanta, GA
) Martinez Del Rio, second half of the 19th century. This French plein air painting features an exquisite
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Late 19th Century French Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas

French Barbizon Painting of a Shepherd with His Herd of Sheep, Late 19th Century
By Pablo (Pierre) Martinez Del Rio
Located in Atlanta, GA
Martinez Del Rio from the late 19th century in giltwood frame. This French Barbizon plein-air painting
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Late 19th Century French Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas

Capri
Located in Täby, SE
January 1872. The majority of his works during his stay in Italy are plein air studies. During the summer
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1880s Naturalistic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Monumental Framed Oil on Canvas Pastural Landscape
Located in Essex, MA
reminiscent of the plein air and fete champetre movements of the French, 18th century court painters, Boucher
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Late 18th Century Neoclassical Antique Plein Air

Materials

Other

Rare 19th Century Russian Oil Portrait Bearded Man with Staff Signed Gilt Frame
Located in Stockholm, SE
RARE museum-quality example of a 19th‑century Russian plein‑air oil study on canvas, executed with
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Late 19th Century Realist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil, Cardboard

Les Enfants à la Fenêtre - Etching by Alfred Renaudin - Early 20th Century
By Alfred Renaudin (Naudy)
Located in Roma, IT
for his detailed plein-air landscapes of the Lorraine countryside.
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Early 20th Century Modern Antique Plein Air

Materials

Etching

Working Horses - Oil on Canvas by Alessandro Lupo - 1913
Located in Roma, IT
famous also for his market scenes and en plein air landscapes.
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1910s Naturalistic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

17th Century Oil Painting School of Claude Lorrain
By (after) Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)
Located in 263-0031, JP
A copy of the 1636 painting “River Ford” by the French proto-plein-air painter Claude Lorrain (1600
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17th Century European Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas

Painting School of Barbizon 19th Century Rural Scene with Peasant Girl and Goats
Located in Berlin, DE
the plein-air-style typical for the French School of Barbizon. The painting is framed with a
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Late 19th Century French Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

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Canvas, Wood

Oil Sketch From Rome Called Ruins of Ancient Rome, c. 1870-72
Located in Stockholm, SE
This beautiful oil sketch, painted en plein air, was created by Swedish artist Olof Arborelius
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1870s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

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Paper, Oil, Cardboard

"Study of Flowers in the Green, Impressionist Oil on Canvas, Framed"
Located in Stockholm, SE
, direct rendition of the flowers suggests it was painted plein air, likely during the early years of the
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Harvest Time Surrey England
By John Horace Hooper
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
1851-1906 England. Known for his captivating plein air landscape paintings. Hooper made his debut in
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1880s English School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Ruins of the Theatre at Taormina, Sicily
Located in Stockholm, SE
significantly to the promotion and sale of fine art in Sweden. Essay: This charming plein air study captures
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Late 19th Century Romantic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

"Cottage by the Sea" - Framed 19th-Century Antique Watercolor Seascape Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
, you might want to have a new mat cut. The frame is a nice gilt plein-air wood frame. Dimensions given
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

Figure resting with Wild Clematis landscape, in Monte Solaro, Capri, 1889
Located in Woodbury, CT
, atmospheric palette characteristic of late Victorian plein-air painting. The brushwork is animated yet
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1880s Victorian Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Antique American Coastal Modernist Seascape Framed Figural River Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
. Loose, painterly brushwork captures the atmosphere of plein-air painting, with soft greens, sandy ochres
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1920s Modern Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Summer Trees by River and Path
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Hillsborough, NC
natural scenes. Pissaro (1830-1903) mastered plein air scenes of trees in moments of stillness and
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1920s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Summer Trees by River and Path
Summer Trees by River and Path
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Impressionistic Venice Scene by W. von Gegerfelt, c. 1880s
By Wilhelm von Gegerfelt
Located in Stockholm, SE
the composition an earthy undertone and enhancing its lively, plein air character. The painting
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1880s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Original Oil Painting Depicting a Farmstead in Dalarna, Sweden, 1864
Located in Stockholm, SE
. Karin Dahlbom. Essay: This oil study was painted en plein air, a technique evident from the pinholes in
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1860s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board, Laid Paper

Le Bateau Mouche, Paris, France, Cityscape, Park, Children
By François Gall
Located in Wiscasset, ME
work was influenced by the Impressionists and their plein-air approach to painting. In “Le Bateau
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pasture with Cows
By Rémy Cogghe
Located in Atlanta, GA
detail while painting en plein air.
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Early 1900s Academic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Paul Strisik Marine Painting American Impressionist National Academy Rockport
By Paul Strisik
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
, 1998) was an American plein air painter. The painting and frame are in excellent condition but could
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Cows in Summer Landscape (California Coastal Ranch, Carmel Valley), c. 1914
By Angel De Service Espoy
Located in Pasadena, CA
, suggesting a plein air vantage point familiar to artists painting above Carmel or Pacific Grove during the
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Masonite, Oil, Panel

Triptych: Three Highland Mountain and River Views, 1871
By Alfred de Breanski Sr.
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Triptych of Highland Mountains and River comprises three oil paintings by famed plein air artist
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1870s Naturalistic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Antique Plein Air For Sale on 1stDibs

Find the exact antique plein air you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. You can easily find an example made in the abstract style, while we also have 19 abstract versions to choose from as well. Making the right choice when shopping for an antique plein air may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 19th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right antique plein air is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes brown, gray, black and blue. An antique plein air from Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, Cindy Shaoul, Steven Guy Bilodeau, James Hartman and Ronald Tinney — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Frequently made by artists working in paint, oil paint and fabric, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much is a Antique Plein Air?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — an antique plein air in our inventory may begin at $235 and can go as high as $191,750, while the average can fetch as much as $2,261.
Questions About Antique Plein Air
  • 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.