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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
Category

1870s Naturalistic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French impressionist landscape, Barbizon forest, Paris with river and cows
Located in Woodbury, CT
rejected the studio environment to paint ‘En Plein Air’ creating his characteristic atmospheric
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1890s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Paolo Sala, Parliament Square in London, Signed Watercolor on Paper
Located in CH
painter from Lombardy. Sala specialized in city views and genre scenes, often painting dal vero (en plein
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Late 19th Century Italian Belle Époque Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper

A Fine 19th C. Barbizon Inspired Landscape by W.E. Atkinson, Canadian OSA. ARCA
By William Edwin Atkinson
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A finely executed 19th century ‘plein air’, Barbizon School inspired landscape by noted Canadian
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Late 19th Century Canadian Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

1920s Pastel by Fred Wagner Scene in Tunis Evocative Portrait
Located in Lomita, CA
painterly technique deliver both atmosphere and emotion—hallmarks of his Impressionist influence and plein
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Early 20th Century American American Classical Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Antique French Print of Archway and Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
and early 20th century, specializing in plein air painting. He also produced prints of his work
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Late 19th Century French School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Lithograph, Laid Paper

Rare Large Oil Painting of Les Lavandières by Sir William Llewellyn PRA
Located in London, GB
Llewellyn worked in the broad brush plein air manner in the French countryside, especially in Brittany, with
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1880s British Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Paint

French Barbizon School Framed Oil on Canvas Pastoral Painting Signed Th. Linsyer
Located in Atlanta, GA
workers in the background are occupied with their respective tasks. With its plein-air technique and
Category

Early 20th Century French Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Impressionist Oil on Paper: Man Crossing a Stream, Late 19th Century
Located in Stockholm, SE
Opponents movement of the 1880s and drew influence from the French Barbizon school of plein-air naturalism
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board, Laid Paper

Romantic Moonlight River Landscape, Vintage Original Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Bristol, GB
reflecting in a river surrounded by trees. Painted in an impressionist style, possibly en plein air, with
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Early 20th Century French Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Impressionist oil painting by Karl Adam Heinisch, 1847 – 1923 Landscape
Located in Berlin, DE
landscape painting. A late-Impressionist approach to painting, typical of Munich's plein air painting
Category

Early 19th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Early 20th Century Oil Painting Julius Junghans Young Boy with Cows
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Junghanns to take a lectureship for plein-air painting at the highly regarded Düsseldorf Academy of Arts
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Early 20th Century European Romantic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Fruitwood, Paint

A Mountain Dwelling: 19th Century landscape bearing Corot signature on verso
By Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Located in Norwich, GB
relevant as if it had been created yesterday. Painted certainly in plein air on the motif, the work
Category

Mid-19th Century Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

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
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1920s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Interior of Stable, 1889
Located in Milan, IT
plein air", soprattutto dei luoghi delle sue origini, le valli piemontesi, caratterizzando i suoi scorci
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19th Century Other Art Style Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Sir William Blake Richmond - An Angel - 19th Century British Drawing
By Sir William Blake Richmond
Located in London, GB
and Giovanni Costa and became a devotee of plein air landscape painting. He was also a designer of
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Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Antique Plein Air

Materials

Pencil

Large Middle Eastern Figurative Oil Painting Resting Along Algerian Water Canal
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
commonly North Africa, especially Algeria, where he wintered in 1888. Theriat’s plein-air scenes showed
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Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Adolphe Valette, Small Landscape Oil on Panel, Late 19th Century
By Adolphe Valette
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
of plein-air technique, blending lively brushwork with a subtle sense of depth. It offers a rare
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Late 19th Century French Antique Plein Air

Materials

Giltwood, Paint

Italian Beech and Green Velvet Traveling Stool, 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
painter's "en plein air" in france and in Italy. the stool allows to find the correct seating position
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1910s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Plein Air

Materials

Velvet, Beech

Afternoon Mood – Wallén’s Skagen-like Swedish Coastal Masterpiece
Located in Stockholm, SE
came of age in the late 19th century amid a shift toward realism and plein-air painting. Born in
Category

1880s Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Forest Pool), c. 1915
By Lorenzo Palmer Latimer
Located in Pasadena, CA
Latimer" on lower right Description This intimate plein air watercolor captures a quiet, shaded pool
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1910s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Impressionistic Farm Landscape Oil Painting by Michael Budden Beautiful Light
By Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Beautiful Light oil/canvas panel 11 x 14 image, 12.38 x 15.38 framed A beautiful plein air painting
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Victorian Landscape in Swiss Village with Figures and Geese Large Oil Painting
Located in ludlow, GB
and Switzerland which were all painted "en plein air". Thomas Bowman Garvie was a Northumbrian artist
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

A Summers Day in the Country
By Henry John Yeend King
Located in Naples, Florida
. Yeend King was a fine late-Victorian oil painter of rustic genre, but his robust plein air technique and
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Early 20th Century Realist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

French Moonlit Landscape with Brushwood Gatherer (1872)
Located in Stockholm, SE
Landscape with Brushwood Gatherer (1872), a jewel-like oil painting executed en plein air. Modest in scale
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1870s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Early Twentieth Century Landscape Seascape Pastel Drawing of Bellagio Lake Como
By John Terrick Williams
Located in ludlow, GB
"en plein air" study that has beautiful light and shadows placing it firmly in the School of Post
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil Pastel

"Forest Snow" George Gardner Symons, Snowy Winter Landscape, Pennsylvania
By George Gardner Symons
Located in New York, NY
, George Symons was one of America's more noted plein-air painters who combined styles of impressionism and
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1920s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Afternoon Mood – Wallén’s Skagen-like Swedish Coastal Masterpiece
Located in Stockholm, SE
came of age in the late 19th century amid a shift toward realism and plein-air painting. Born in
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1880s Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French School 19th century, Animated dune landscape, oil on panel
Located in Paris, FR
condition Framed : 19 x 36 cm This beautiful little painting is typical of the plein air painting practised
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1850s Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Study of an Angel by British Pre-Raphaelite artist Sir William Blake Richmond
By Sir William Blake Richmond
Located in London, GB
under the influence of Frederic Leighton and Giovanni Costa and became a devotee of plein air landscape
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1890s Pre-Raphaelite Antique Plein Air

Materials

Pencil

Barbizon School of Painters: Corot by David Thomson, Bookplate Thos. Barratt
Located in valatie, NY
the mid-19th century and a pivotal figure in plein-air innovations of Impressionism. NPT Books a
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19th Century English Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper

Portrait of Whistler with the Monacle.
By Paul César Helleu
Located in Plano, TX
paint en plein-air in an Impressionist style and Degas invited him to exhibit at the Impressionist
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19th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Drypoint

"Winter Scene, " George Gardner Symons, Snowy Hill Landscape, Pennsylvania
By George Gardner Symons
Located in New York, NY
noted plein-air painters who combined styles of impressionism and realism. His works are cited for their
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

California Landscape Oil Painting. Impressionist Green Winding Road Landscape.
By William Wendt
Located in Marco Island, FL
organization that reflected his commitment to plein-air painting of the California landscape. Wendt's work
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Flowers In Bloom, Still Life Oil Painting Maria Modok Hungarian Jewish Artist
By Maria Modok
Located in Surfside, FL
diverse subject matter. By 1935, Maria had moved well beyond the plein air and landscapes of her early
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Impressionist Vegitation Study from Stäket, Stockholm, 1859
Located in Stockholm, SE
leaves and timber. The small format and inscribed date suggest the work was painted en plein air on that
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1850s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Oil

The Memorial Stone, Uppland (Swedish Bautasten i Uppland) 1901
By Olof Hermelin
Located in Stockholm, SE
, Italy, and Belgium, he absorbed the influence of the Barbizon school and introduced plein-air painting
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Metal

Dutch Town Landscape Painting, Oil on Wood, Circa 1875-1880
Located in Stockholm, SE
, suggesting an image likely painted en plein air or derived from on-the-spot sketches. Fine touches articulate
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1870s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

California Stormy Sky, c. 1924
By Theodore Lukits
Located in Pasadena, CA
en plein air during Lukits’ two-year exploration of the American Southwest (1922–1924), shortly after
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1920s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Pastel

Monterey Coast , California Impressionist, Paris, St. Ives, Laguna Beach, AIC
By George Gardner Symons
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
early American plein-air painter combined Impressionism and Realism in works that are notable for their
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1920s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

California Landscape, c. 1940 s
Located in Pasadena, CA
departs from traditional plein air brushwork, leaning toward a modern, painterly abstraction while still
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Panel

Portrait of A Man Wearing A Top Hat , attributed to Tom Roberts 1888
By Tom Roberts
Located in Gavere, BE
, he joined Frederick McCubbin in founding the Box Hill artists' camp, the first of several plein air
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1880s Realist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Gold Leaf

Ipswich Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, Early 20th Century, Framed
By Theodore Wendel
Located in New York, NY
began to paint with a combination of Plein Air motifs and Impressionist techniques. He focused primarily
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Early 20th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Die Tapferen Zehntausend - Original Rare Book Illustrated by Max Slevogt - 1921
Located in Roma, IT
the plein air style. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer
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1920s Symbolist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Die Tapferen Zehntausend - Original Rare Book Illustrated by Max Slevogt - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Max Liebermann, one of the foremost representatives in Germany of the plein air style. His work was
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1920s Symbolist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Die Zauberflote - Original Rare Book Illustrated by Max Slevogt - 1924
Located in Roma, IT
foremost representatives in Germany of the plein air style. His work was part of the painting event in the
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1920s Symbolist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Etching

Convict Lake, High Sierra
By Earl Graham Douglas
Located in San Francisco, CA
California. His long career as a plein air artist lasted for more than 50 years until his death on July 11
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Hamilton Hamilton "Country Road"
By Hamilton Hamilton
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
France in 1878-79 and painted with artists identified with the Barbizon School and plein-air method of
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Early 20th Century American Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Impressionist French Harbor or Port with fishing boats at sea landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
plein air or as a studio study derived from direct observation. Presented in a finely carved and gilded
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Early 1900s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

Washerwomen in Landscape
Located in Hinsdale, IL
, Théodore Rousseau, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, and Charles-François Daubigny. Their approach to plein-air
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1850s Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Barbizon School 19th Century Oil Painting Sunlit Forest Path Birch Trees Framed
Located in Buffalo, NY
also suggests kinship with German and Austrian plein-air schools of the late 19th century. The
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1890s Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century Oil Painting of Woman in Garden of Luxembourg Paris Framed
Located in Buffalo, NY
reflects the plein-air traditions and Impressionist influences that flourished across Europe in the late
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1890s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hills of Point Pleasant
By Edward Willis Redfield
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
painting en plein air in the cold of winter. The plein air tradition pioneered by the French
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Devon Farm
By Walter Elmer Schofield
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
plein air, the energetic brushwork and thick impasto effectively communicate the rapidity with which
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Children Bathing by a Rocky Shore, Skagen, 1892
Located in Stockholm, SE
the sunlit Jutland coast, an ambitious plein air composition capturing a lively group of nude children
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1890s Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Camille Corot Follower 19th Century Italian Landscape
By Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Located in Roma, IT
output simultaneously referenced the Neo-Classical tradition and anticipated the plein-air innovations of
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Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Plein Air

Materials

Wood

Picking Flowers, 19th c. British, Impressionist, Landscape, England, Children
By John Buxton Knight
Located in Wiscasset, ME
his career, as well as in Berlin and Paris. Knight worked primarily au plein air. "Mr Knight in his
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

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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.