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House with a Flower Garden
Located in Sheffield, MA
/ frame 21 ½ by 25 ¼ in Signed lower right A plein-air painter of landscapes and florals, Maude Kaufman
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Seascape Fishing Boat Oil Painting by Award Winning Artist Michael Budden
By Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
plein air on location in Pt Pleasant, NJ and completed in the studio as stated verso back in 2007 and
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Boats on the shore, Naples 1868
By Alessandro La Volpe
Located in Paris, IDF
. He returned from the expedition with studies made en plein air, in which he demonstrated his ability
Category

Late 19th Century Italian School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Gloucester Harbour - American Impressionist Landscape Oil by Abram Molarsky
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
near Nutley, where he and his wife often worked plein air. During the summers, they often painted in
Category

1920s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

1890 s French Impressionist Oil Painting Lady Walking Country Landscape Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Impressionist oil painting, dated 'Mai 1890'. The work is most likely an en plein air work, executed in situ by
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Winter in California 1927
Located in Pasadena, CA
artist's impressionistic style and the size of the panel, the painting was most likely created en plein air
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Panel

The Church Tower
By Nancy Maybin Ferguson
Located in Milford, NH
for her plein-air paintings of colorful townscapes, street scenes and genre depictions of Provincetown
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Panel

Antique French Impressionist Oil Painting "Place des Vosges" Paris Paul de Frick
By Paul de Frick
Located in Portland, OR
often painted plein air in Paris and this is one of six such Parisian scenes Bloomsbury Fine Art
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

Early 20th Century Pacific Coast Summer Landscape
By Margaret Wherry Ziegler
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful early 20th century plein air-style landscape by Margaret Wherry Ziegler (American, 1909
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th century French Barbizon school painting Elegant group outdoors
By Jules Coignet
Located in Aartselaar, BE
naturalistic approach, becoming one of the early French artists to paint directly from nature. His plein-air
Category

19th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Panel

"In the Garden"
By Whitney Myron Hubbard
Located in Southampton, NY
was Frank Vincent DuMond, whom Hubbard followed to Lyme, Connecticut for summer plein-air painting
Category

1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

Winter Landscape Oil Painting by Michael Budden Winter Sun
By Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
like in the snow and water reflections here in this plein air study done on a farm near my studio
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

19th C. French Barbizon School Oil on Canvas Landscape in Giltwood Frame Signed
Located in Dallas, TX
and bears hallmarks of the Barbizon School, particularly in its plein-air treatment of light, woodland
Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Plein Air

Materials

Giltwood, Canvas

Hyde Park, London, 1900s by American artist Richard Hayley Lever, oil on canvas
By Richard Hayley Lever
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
freshness and immediacy of direct observation, a hallmark of Lever’s early plein-air technique. Born in
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Un Coin de Seine a Vetheuil (Le Matin)
By Leon Joubert
Located in New York, NY
naturalistic, plein-air tradition that shaped Léon Joubert’s work, echoing the tonal subtlety and compositional
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Basse Cour Alexandre Defaux (1826/1900)
Located in GOUVIEUX, FR
tradition de la peinture de plein air tout en affirmant un regard personnel, précis et attendri, sur les
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

19th Century, "August Autumn Landscape" Oil on Canvas - Signed
Located in Atlanta, GA
following the American Civil War and the height of European plein air painting. Measures: 19.25" w x
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19th Century British Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Lucien Hector JONAS (1880-1947) Dijon French Post Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Holywell, GB
Lucien Hector JONAS (1880-1947) Dijon France 1938 A stylish “en plein air” painting of the town
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Marine
By Paul Emile Pissarro
Located in New York, NY
desire to work en plein air, much like his Impressionist forebears, while enabling him to explore a more
Category

Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Pastel

Marine
Marine
Price Upon Request
La Denise au Potager
By Paul Emile Pissarro
Located in New York, NY
desire to work en plein air, much like his Impressionist forebears, while enabling him to explore a more
Category

Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Pastel

California Mountain Landscape With Cows by Carl Henrik Jonnevold (1856-1955)
By Carl Henrik Jonnevold
Located in Centennial, CO
" Ready to hang and enjoy! The old canvas has been secured in a contemporary plein-air style black and
Category

Early 20th Century American Belle Époque Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Paint

"A Dutch Canal" Impressionist Oil Painting on Wood Panel French-American Artist
Located in New York, NY
. Under acknowledged as one of French-America's most active Plein air artists, Albert Munghard achieved
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Original Louis Ritman Impressionist Still Life Oil Painting of Flowers in a Vase
By Louis Ritman
Located in Tustin, CA
. Ritman was part of the second generation of American plein air artists to paint in Giverny, France, home
Category

Early 20th Century French Other Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas

Vue de Mantes - Etching after C. Corot by C. Pinet - 19th Century
By (after) Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Located in Roma, IT
. Corot's landscapes and plein air sketches also served to inspire Impressionist painters. Devoted to
Category

19th Century Old Masters Antique Plein Air

Materials

Etching

British 19th Century drawing of a nude by Edward Stott
By Edward Stott
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Stott of Oldham and Edward William Stott. The four men had in common the love French plein air painting
Category

19th Century Academic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Crayon, Pastel

Flamenco Dancers - Ink Drawing on Paper by H. Somm - Late 19th Century
By Henry Somm
Located in Roma, IT
25, 1885. Somm left a large number of drawings and watercolors of Paris made in plein air.
Category

Late 19th Century Modern Antique Plein Air

Materials

Ink

"Clara with Charles" Impressionistic Oil Painting Of Mother and Child
By Martha Walter
Located in New York, NY
the time. Known for her bright plein air beach scenes and domestic portraits, she studied under
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Antique 1920s Danish Realist Oil Painting Fish Market Scene Copenhagen Signed
Located in Stockholm, SE
stall where a fisherman and a woman - presumably his wife - sell his freshly caught haul. This plein air
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

19th Century French Landscape Painting Signed Corot in Original Giltwood Frame
By Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Located in Dallas, TX
tonal gradations and luminous effects. His plein-air studies inspired generations of artists including
Category

Mid-19th Century French Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

19th Century Oil Painting Sussex Coast Fishermen Returning Maritime Scene
Located in Stockholm, SE
mercurial weather patterns. The artist's handling of light demonstrates competent understanding of plein air
Category

Mid-19th Century Realist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

19th C. French Oil Painting with Herd in Carved Frame Signed Théodore Levigne
By Theodore Levigne
Located in Dallas, TX
detailed landscapes, animal studies, and mural commissions. His works combine Barbizon-style plein air
Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Plein Air

Materials

Giltwood

John Yeend King, well-listed British painter. Oil on canvas. Two boys fishing.
Located in København, Copenhagen
French plein-air technique and Impressionism. His works combine realistic detail with a soft, atmospheric
Category

Late 19th Century British Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas

Victorian Maritime Oil HMS Ganges anchored, Sailors alighting off Fishing Boats
Located in ludlow, GB
signed bottom right hand and dated. This is an important work, painted "en plein air". In the 1860's HMS
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Italian Mountainous River Landscape - French 19th Century Neo Classical art
Located in Hagley, England
encouraged the practice of plein air to his students, and it later it became a respected genre in its own
Category

19th Century Old Masters Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Emmanuel Costa Riverside Town Landscape Painting
By Emmanuel Costa
Located in New York, NY
surrounding countryside. He would make preliminary en plein air sketches of the sites and architecture, then
Category

Late 19th Century French School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Large-Leaf Rhododendron Botanical Illustration by Louis van Houtte, 19th Century
Located in Langweer, NL
"plein air" suggests that this rhododendron thrives in outdoor conditions, typical of its natural
Category

1850s Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper

"Shelter Island, Long Island" Julian Onderdonk New York Coastal Landscape
By Julian Onderdonk
Located in New York, NY
to New York City to attempt to make a living as an en plein air artist. While in New York he met and
Category

Late 19th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Overview, Summer Farm Landscape with Tree, Cleveland School Artist
By George Adomeit
Located in Beachwood, OH
work done outdoors in Zoar, Ohio, a popular plein air painting locale for artists interested in rural
Category

Early 20th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Shaker Lakes, Ohio Summer Landscape w/ Trees, Cleveland School Artist
By George Adomeit
Located in Beachwood, OH
work done outdoors in Zoar, Ohio, a popular plein air painting locale for artists interested in rural
Category

Early 1900s Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Venetian Scene with Gondoliers by Swedish Artist Allan Österlind
Located in Stockholm, SE
and freshness typical of plein air painting—a style he embraced during his time in France. This piece
Category

1880s Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

Portraits - Original Ink Drawings on Paper by H. Somm - Late 19th Century
By Henry Somm
Located in Roma, IT
25, 1885. Somm left a large number of drawings and watercolors of Paris made in plein air.
Category

Late 19th Century Modern Antique Plein Air

Materials

Ink

Passing Clouds, Before The Storm: A Dramatic Belle Époque Landscape
By Paul Leon Felix Schmitt
Located in Norwich, GB
This striking oil landscape is dominated by a vast, cinematic sky, rendered with the rapid, "plein
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1890s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

German Artist Hermann Brücke "Neapolitan Fishing Family" , Signed and Dated 1863
By Hermann Brücke
Located in CH
German academic training and Italian plein-air study. Artist Biography: Hermann Brücke was the son of
Category

Mid-19th Century German Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas

Evening on the Lake - Scottish Edwardian Impressionist landscape oil painting
By Alexander Jamieson
Located in Hagley, England
. Influenced by Manet and the plein-air painters as well as Constable. Member of the International Society 1904
Category

1910s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Snake Tail - Ink Drawing on Paper by H. Somm - Late 19th Century
By Henry Somm
Located in Roma, IT
plein air.
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Late 19th Century Modern Antique Plein Air

Materials

Ink

Woman - Original Ink Drawing on Paper by H. Somm - Late 19th Century
By Henry Somm
Located in Roma, IT
plein air.
Category

Late 19th Century Modern Antique Plein Air

Materials

Ink

Alpine Landscape in Piedmont , Munich School Professor
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
later turned to genre painting, which he often carried out in the style of plein-air painting. Blum
Category

1910s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board

Ponderosa, Sugar and White Pine (Tree Study), c. 1915
Located in Pasadena, CA
. Signed "J. Bond Francisco" on lower right Description This vibrant plein air oil painting by California
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cape Ann Coast, Seascape/Landscape Western Massachusetts, Cleveland School
By George Adomeit
Located in Beachwood, OH
work done outdoors in Zoar, Ohio, a popular plein air painting locale for artists interested in rural
Category

1920s Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

19th Century French Landscape Oil Painting in Giltwood Frame Signed E. Laval
By Eugene Galien-Laloue
Located in Dallas, TX
or Barbizon school, movements that valued natural light and "plein-air" painting. His style and
Category

Late 19th Century French Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

Texas Nightshade Botanical Illustration by Louis van Houtte, 19th Century
Located in Langweer, NL
, typical of the nightshade family. The term "plein air" suggests that this plant is suited to growing in
Category

1850s Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper

20th Century Landscape of a Barn with Haystacks, Cleveland School Artist
By George Adomeit
Located in Beachwood, OH
exhibition was of work done outdoors in Zoar, Ohio, a popular plein air painting locale for artists
Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

“Young Farmer with Draft Horses and Favorite Dog” Paul Junghanns (1876-1958)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
preferred painting in plein air and in his compositions, he enhances the very close relationship between
Category

1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A French Barbizon Garden by Swedish Artist Carl Skånberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
the truthfulness of outdoor scenes. He was later hailed in Sweden as a trailblazer in plein-air
Category

1870s Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Early 20th Century Summer Landscape, Cleveland School Artist
By George Adomeit
Located in Beachwood, OH
work done outdoors in Zoar, Ohio, a popular plein air painting locale for artists interested in rural
Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Side View Seated Female Nude
By Frank Duveneck
Located in Fairlawn, OH
figures in interiors to plein air canvases of figures in landscape and often included the depiction of low
Category

1890s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Graphite

French Impressionist Early 2000th Century Harbour Scene, Fishermen, Boats, Fish
Located in Woodbury, CT
sensitivity to local life and his embrace of the Impressionist desire to paint en plein air, recording not
Category

1910s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

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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.