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Plants, Bristol 1863 Watercolor Painting American Artist Charles DeWolf Brownell
By Charles De Wolf Brownell
Located in Surfside, FL
finished oil paintings. His Cuba paintings follow the tradition of en plein air painting that Thomas Cole
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19th Century Naturalistic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

An Old Military Road, The Road over Dovrefjell, Norway
By Carl Oscar Borg
Located in Stockholm, SE
mountains. As an early plein-air study, An Old Military Road reveals Borg’s sensitivity to light, land, and
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1890s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Miss Virginie Lupin
Located in PARIS, FR
choice of plein air, reminiscent of the English painting rediscovered by young French artists after the
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1820s Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century Japanese Nihonga Screen. Bamboo Forest.
Located in Kyoto, JP
tradition and Western-inspired plein-air observation and accurate delineation. The receding bamboo and
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Plein Air

Materials

Silk

New York Scene, Chatham Square
By Colin Campbell Cooper
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
American impressionist Childe Hassam. Cooper was also a firm proponent of plein-air painting, as this
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1910s Abstract Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

Exquisite Hand-Colored Botanical Print of a Siberian Lily (Lilium Pensylvanicum)
Located in Langweer, NL
in Horto Verschaffelt" - "Lilium Formosum (???)" - "Japon (Plein air)" - "A. Verschaffelt publ
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Mid-19th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper

Sunset behind the Trees, Romantic 19th Century Oil on Canvas, Framed
Located in Stockholm, SE
placement in a room. Probably painted "en plein air". which comes from the French and means the act of
Category

1860s Romantic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nashville at Sunrise
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Impressionist oil painting, done "plein air" (on location, outdoors) Born in Greencastle, Indiana, Griffith
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1920s Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

"Figure in the Village" British American Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
By John Clymer
Located in New York, NY
foliage and ground, which is reminiscent of Alfred Sisley's plein-air landscapes. This piece is an
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ruins of Hailes Abbey, 19th century landscape sketch
Located in London, GB
plein air and as a result, whilst the marks remain assured the drawing is also brilliantly free. Turner
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1830s Victorian Antique Plein Air

Materials

Graphite

Winter Landscape at Dusk
Located in Stockholm, SE
. Like many of Schultzberg’s landscapes, Winter Landscape at Dusk was likely painted en plein air, a
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1910s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Coastal Seascape by Charles Hopkinson, circa 1920 - Manchester, Mass
Located in Nantucket, MA
plein air painting throughout his long and illustrious career. Working outdoors with rapid, broken
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1920s American Other Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas

19th century English fisherman out fishing at sunset or sunrise, with boat
Located in Woodbury, CT
reveals a kinship with the plein-air sensibilities spreading across Europe during the latter decades of
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1890s Victorian Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"View of The Harbor" British American Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting Frame
By John Clymer
Located in New York, NY
in water and sky, which is reminiscent of Alfred Sisley's plein-air landscapes. This piece is an
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Winter Sunset - The Lys - Neo-Impressionist Landscape Oil by Jenny Montigny
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
summer of 1893, she and several other female students took his course in plein air painting. After 1895
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1910s Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

Coastal scene
Located in New York, NY
pintura à plein air, que le influiría poderosamente en sus paisajes parisinos de esos años. Un año más
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Portrait of Louis Prang" William Merritt Chase, Impressionist Portrait
By William Merritt Chase
Located in New York, NY
direction further by experimenting with pastel and plein air painting. In 1886 he married Alice Gerson, a
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1880s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Barbizon Landscape
By Henri Joseph Harpignies
Located in Sheffield, MA
the beginnings of their careers. A year later he moved outside of Paris to continue painting en plein
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Late 19th Century Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Pont Neuf Bridge, France 1906
By Clarence Keiser Hinkle
Located in Sheffield, MA
: Ruth Westphal, Plein Air Painters of California: The Southland
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

"The Pincio Fountain in Rome"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
painting aligns with the European tradition of en plein air (outdoor) painting, reminiscent of the Italian
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19th Century Realist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"British Countryside Landscape" British Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
By John Clymer
Located in New York, NY
ground, which is reminiscent of Alfred Sisley's plein-air landscapes. This piece is an excellent example
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Impressions of Nature: After Rousseau
By Théodore Rousseau
Located in Stockholm, SE
his contemporaries of the Barbizon School championed painting en plein air, directly from nature
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Oil

Mid Century Landscape Oil of Ludlow Castle Shropshire and distant Clee Hills
Located in ludlow, GB
1863 - 1939 A pair of bright bold oils painted "en plein air" and clearly showing the influence of his
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Early 20th Century Color-Field Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Mid Century View of Bridgnorth Shropshire oil painting of river and tower
Located in ludlow, GB
plein air" both of Shropshire UK, bright and bold with broad brushstrokes and clearly showing the
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Early 20th Century Color-Field Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

"The Brittany Family"
By Martha Walter
Located in Lambertville, NJ
began painting plein-air subjects, such as Ellis Island, the fishing village of Gloucester, scenes of
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Early 20th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Congregating Outside the Home, Brittany"
By Martha Walter
Located in Lambertville, NJ
began painting plein-air subjects, such as Ellis Island, the fishing village of Gloucester, scenes of
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Early 20th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

"A Day on the Beach"
By Martha Walter
Located in Lambertville, NJ
began painting plein-air subjects, such as Ellis Island, the fishing village of Gloucester, scenes of
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1810s Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

"Late Afternoon at Brighton Beach"
By Martha Walter
Located in Lambertville, NJ
began painting plein-air subjects, such as Ellis Island, the fishing village of Gloucester, scenes of
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1910s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Under the Large Striped Umbrella on a Foggy Day"
By Martha Walter
Located in Lambertville, NJ
began painting plein-air subjects, such as Ellis Island, the fishing village of Gloucester, scenes of
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1910s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

Swans in the Park, Hans Volcker, Pyrzyce, Poland 1865 – 1944 Wiesbaden, Germany
Located in Knokke, BE
recognition. In 1891, he led his own plein air painting school. The most famous pupils were german sculptor
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

By the River, Montreuil Oil Landscape 20th Century
Located in London, GB
Museum. Emanuel has created a definite sense of peace and serenity in this fine en plein air work.  His
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Early 20th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

1920 Watercolor of Honolulu Harbor from Hillside Hawai i by Arthur Merton Hazard
By Arthur Merton Hazard
Located in Soquel, CA
confident brushwork and atmospheric light, the painting exemplifies the plein-air travel watercolors
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1920s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

French Impressionist: Hillside Landscape with Dwellings oil circa 1860
Located in Frome, Somerset
on canvas 15"x21,3/4" 38cmx 55cm The original giltwood frame: 22"x28" , 56cmx 72cm. A fine plein air
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1860s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Garden Scene Called Pergola Noor by Female Artist Clara Löfgren
Located in Stockholm, SE
. The garden motif of Pergola Noor reflects the influence of plein-air painting and the 19th century’s
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1890s Realist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

"Autumn Afternoon in Luxembourg Garden"
By Martha Walter
Located in Lambertville, NJ
began painting plein-air subjects, such as Ellis Island, the fishing village of Gloucester, scenes of
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

"Lady of Summer"
By Martha Walter
Located in Lambertville, NJ
began painting plein-air subjects, such as Ellis Island, the fishing village of Gloucester, scenes of
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

"A Grandmother s Delight"
By Martha Walter
Located in Lambertville, NJ
began painting plein-air subjects, such as Ellis Island, the fishing village of Gloucester, scenes of
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor

Champ de Blé au Vivarais (Wheat Field in Vivarais)
Located in London, GB
painted his landscapes in plein air, an approach that is readily apparent within this work. It is possible
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

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Canvas, Oil

Ferme à Vivarais (Farm in Vivarais)
Located in London, GB
sky demonstrate his attention to observational painting whilst working en plein air, whilst the hazy
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

"The Meadow" Charlotte Buell Coman, Female Artist, Tonalist, American Landscape
By Charlotte Buell Coman
Located in New York, NY
Harry Thompson and Émile Louis Vernier. With Vernier she studied plein-air and watercolor painting, and
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Early 1900s Tonalist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Autumn Mood in the Garden, Impressionist Oil on Canvas, 19th Century
Located in Stockholm, SE
influenced by contemporary French academic painting and plein-air methods. She worked primarily in oil
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

19th C. Spanish Oil Painting of Cattle Signed Antonio Cortes in Giltwood Frame
By Antonio Cortes
Located in Dallas, TX
work reflects the artist’s masterful balance of naturalistic detail, tonal harmony, and plein-air
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Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Plein Air

Materials

Giltwood

George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle - Howard family in Fancy Dress - 1879
Located in London, GB
plein air watercolours of the Etruscan landscape. Howard exhibited at the Dudley Gallery from 1867 and
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1870s Realist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Ink

George Ames Aldrich
By George Ames Aldrich
Located in Dallas, TX
the American Industrial Revolution, captured with the impressionist glory of a plein air painter
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Valley View with Pines and Distant Peaks, Sierra Nevada (Possibly Yosemite)
By Carl Oscar Borg
Located in Stockholm, SE
in small studies like this one en plein air, producing many sketches in watercolor and gouache of
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Gouache

"The Kiosk of Trajan", A Rare Orientalist Landscape Painting by F.A. Bridgman
By Frederick Arthur Bridgman
Located in Queens, NY
time Bridgman worked mostly "plein air" - painting on the spot. Signed, titled and dated lower right
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19th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early Twentieth Century Newlyn School Still Life of Lobster and Glass Painting
By Garnet Ruskin Wolseley
Located in ludlow, GB
wonderfully fresh and vibrant. It is vivacious and obviously painted "en plein air", this still life to my
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

"Families near Seville, Spain" Martha Walter, Modernist Figures in Landscape
By Martha Walter
Located in New York, NY
of the Parisian schools, Walter set out on her own and began producing plein-air paintings in the
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Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Market Scene, North Africa" Martha Walter, Female Impressionist Scene of Market
By Martha Walter
Located in New York, NY
of the Parisian schools, Walter set out on her own and began producing plein-air paintings in the
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Mothers and Children, North Africa" Martha Walter, Impressionist Watercolor
By Martha Walter
Located in New York, NY
of the Parisian schools, Walter set out on her own and began producing plein-air paintings in the
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Tiffany Studios New York 7-Piece "Pond Lily" Desk Set
By Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
plein air in the woods and wetlands surrounding his father’s summer house. At his Laurelton Hall estate
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Plein Air

Materials

Bronze

European Landscape Oil Painting signed Maurice Braun
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
. Painted with oil on canvas, framed in a beautiful gold leaf wood frame. An established California plein
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Early 1900s French Romantic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Wood, Paint

"Mountain Village in Winter" Anthony Thieme, Snowy Landscape
By Anthony Thieme
Located in New York, NY
plein air, or outside, because it allowed him to better capture the atmosphere's fleeting effects. He
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Kastellet, View of Kastellholmen from Skeppsholmen, Stockholm
Located in Stockholm, SE
to Italy, where he absorbed the influence of plein air painting and the emerging Impressionist
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1870s Romantic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Main Street, Rockport, Cape Ann " Anthony Thieme, Summer Street Scene Landscape
By Anthony Thieme
Located in New York, NY
painting en plein air, or outside, because it allowed him to better capture the atmosphere's fleeting
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Entwurf zu Kleist s Penthesilea - Original Lithograph by M- Slevogt - 1904/5
Located in Roma, IT
representatives in Germany of the plein air style. Toward the end of the 1890s when he attended the French
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Early 1900s Antique Plein Air

Materials

Lithograph

Figures by a stream, Solitude in the Woods, Fontainebleau Romantic landscape
Located in Norwich, GB
dual practice of working on the motif (plein-air studies) and refining those studies in the studio
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1850s Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

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.