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The winter of our discontent when we took the bar to the ebb , Newport, Wales
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
detail, often painting outdoors (or "en plein air") to capture the essence of the landscape at a
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19th Century Victorian Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

American Impressionist Landscape, attributed to Charles Harold Davis ca 1920’s
By Charles Harold Davis
Located in Baltimore, MD
this plein air scene. The colors are bright, the light is well directed and shadowed in places and the
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1920s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

William Keith Original Tonal Oil Painting Flock of Sheep by a Pond Landscape
Located in Tustin, CA
famous for his plein air California landscapes, characterized by how the landscapes captured feelings and
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Late 19th Century American Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Wood, Canvas

Pierre Montezin large French Impressionist painting harvesting scene and poplars
By PIERRE EUGÈNE MONTEZIN, 1874 - 1946
Located in Harkstead, GB
, almost exclusively working en plein air, capturing the countryside surrounding Paris and those who
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Garden with Blooming Chestnut Trees, France
Located in Stockholm, SE
breakthrough of Swedish plein-air painting. His free-spirited approach and radicalism place him alongside the
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1870s Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

On the Dock
By Yarnall Abbott
Located in Sheffield, MA
studio, although he predominantly worked en plein air. He was instrumental in the formation of the
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Early 20th Century Expressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

"Colossi of Memnon, Egypt" Rare Orientalist Landscape Painting by F.A. Bridgman
By Frederick Arthur Bridgman
Located in Queens, NY
worked mostly "plein air" - painting on the spot. He also executed views of the ruins at Abu Simbel in
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19th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Canvas

“Autumn Landscape, c. 1910” American Impressionist New England Fall Oil Signed
Located in Yardley, PA
embraced plein-air color. Howard belongs to the generation that carried Impressionist light into regional
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Theodore Rousseau COUCHE De Solei Oil Painting
By Théodore Rousseau
Located in Dallas, TX
Meindert Hobbema. Beginning to work en plein air during the 1820s, Rousseau first travelled to the Forest
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1840s Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Laid Paper

Bathing in the Forest by V Gilbert Early 20th Century Impressionist Oil Painting
By Victor Gabriel Gilbert
Located in St. Albans, GB
nineteenth century and the vibrant technique of plein-air light and brushwork that emerged in his paintings
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

"Spanish Mission in Florida, " Anthony Thieme, Cape Ann Impressionist
By Anthony Thieme
Located in New York, NY
, Thieme favored painting en plein air, or outside, because it allowed him to better capture the
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pierre Montezin large French Impressionist painting, Scene near Barbizon
By PIERRE EUGÈNE MONTEZIN, 1874 - 1946
Located in Harkstead, GB
war he returned to his painting, almost exclusively working en plein air, capturing the countryside
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Other Side of Town (Leading to Pigeon Cove)" Anthony Thieme, Rockport Cape Ann
By Anthony Thieme
Located in New York, NY
career, Thieme favored painting en plein air, or outside, because it allowed him to better capture the
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Arroyo Seco, Near Pasadena, c 1900
Located in Pasadena, CA
subject. A rare and atmospheric example of Judson's plein air work in Southern California, this
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Early 1900s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Fallen Leaf Lake; Lake Tahoe Region, c. 1916
By Lorenzo Palmer Latimer
Located in Pasadena, CA
–1941) was a foundational figure in early 20th-century California plein air painting, especially known
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1910s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Dutch School Military Painting off the Coast Landscape Dutch Netherlands
By The Dutch Touch Painting Inc.
Located in Valladolid, ES
, influenced by the French plein air style, which allowed for a much more faithful and realistic representation
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1880s Dutch Romantic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

A Huntsman and a Pointer Dog. Oil painting on canvas
By Theodore Levigne
Located in St. Albans, GB
. His teaching was known for emphasizing the importance of working en plein air (outdoors) to capture
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Late 19th Century Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

"Brume Sur La Seine (Mist On The Seine)" Pastel Raymond Thibesart (1874-1968)
By Raymond Thibesart
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Impressionist Henri Martin for much of his early life. From Martin, he learned the technique of “plein air
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1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Pastel, Laid Paper

Impressionist Winter Landscape from 1928
Located in Stockholm, SE
academic tradition and modern plein air naturalism while inspiring a new generation of Nordic painters
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1920s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sunset in a Winter Forest by Cornelis Kuijpers ( 1864 – 1932 ) Dutch Painter
Located in Knokke, BE
School. His forest scenes, painted en plein air, reflected his deep connection to nature. Kuijpers’ late
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Siesta by Lon Megargee 1929, Archival Pigmrnt Print
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Design during 1909 – 1910. The now well-trained student took his first trip to paint “en plein air
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1920s Antique Plein Air

Materials

Archival Pigment

Young Women Portrait by Alfred Schmidt, 1920
Located in Vo , Veneto
to create a small, genre-like idyll”(2). His art is a commitment to plein air painting. He openly
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1920s German Art Deco Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas

Vue du Viviers (View of Viviers)
Located in London, GB
-Impressionist techniques. The work has been painted en plein air, an approach that was only made possible by the
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

Hopi by Lon Megargee, Original Signed Block Print ca. 1920s
Located in Phoenix, AZ
of good fortune during his early plein-air period, Megargee had the opportunity to paint with premier
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1920s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Woodcut

The Sheepherder by Lon Megargee
Located in Phoenix, AZ
trip to paint “en plein air” (outdoors) to the land of Hopi and Navajo peoples in northern Arizona
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Woodcut

The Bronc by Lon Megargee
Located in Phoenix, AZ
trip to paint “en plein air” (outdoors) to the land of Hopi and Navajo peoples in northern Arizona
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Woodcut

Light Through the Trees (Lumière à Travers l Arbre) Raymond Thibesart-1874-1968
By Raymond Thibesart
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Impressionist Henri Martin for much of his early life. From Martin, he learned the technique of “plein air
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1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Pastel

"Barque sur la Seine (Boat on the Seine)" Pastel, Raymond Thibesart (1874-1968)
By Raymond Thibesart
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Impressionist Henri Martin for much of his early life. From Martin, he learned the technique of “plein air
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Pastel

"Funchal, le Port (Port of Funchal, Portugal)" Pastel Raymond Thibesart
By Raymond Thibesart
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Impressionist Henri Martin for much of his early life. From Martin, he learned the technique of “plein air
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1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil Pastel

"Les Trois Arbres (The 3 Trees)" pastel by Raymond Thibesart (1874-1968)
By Raymond Thibesart
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Martin for much of his early life. From Martin, he learned the technique of “plein air" painting who as a
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1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Pastel

"Arbre à l Automne à Saint Paul" pastel by Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968)
By Raymond Thibesart
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Martin, he learned the technique of “plein air" painting who as a master of the discipline. Proficiency
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1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Pastel

"Le Jardin à Vaux" circa 1920s Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968) Pastel
By Raymond Thibesart
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Impressionist Henri Martin for much of his early life. From Martin, he learned the technique of “plein air
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1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Pastel, Paper

"Collines de Provence" circa 1920s Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968) Pastel
By Raymond Thibesart
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Martin for much of his early life. From Martin, he learned the technique of “plein air" painting who as a
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1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Pastel

View from Månberget, Källvik (1912)
Located in Stockholm, SE
emerging influences of plein-air impressionism. Kallstenius’s art is most celebrated for its evocative
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1910s Romantic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sunset on the Seine (Coucher de Soleil sur la Seine) Raymond Thibesart.
By Raymond Thibesart
Located in SANTA FE, NM
his early life. From Martin, he learned the technique of “plein air" painting who was a master of the
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1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Brookline Village in Snow
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
plein air landscapes of New England were exhibited during his lifetime in such Boston venues as the Doll
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1890s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Les deux soeurs by Federico Zandomeneghi
By Federico Zandomeneghi
Located in New Orleans, LA
Italian artists dedicated to executing landscape paintings en plein air. Zandomeneghi embraced the
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19th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lågvatten i Nilen (Low Water on the Nile), c. 1915–1920
Located in Stockholm, SE
Arctic seascapes, Nordic twilight, or southern sunlight. Her method, rooted in plein air painting
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1910s Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

Woodland Interior
By William Trost Richards
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
deeply grounded in actual perception.1 Woodland Interior was painted en plein air, as were all of
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Mid-19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Chrysanthemums" Anne Ramsdell Congdon, Pink Impressionist Flowers Still Life
Located in New York, NY
with Frank Swift Chase (1886-1958) on Nantucket, and she rapidly became a plein air painter in the bold
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

The Jewellers, 19th Century Orientalist Graphite Sketch
By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner
Located in London, GB
method. These en plein air works have an immediate spontaneity that is lost in a piece finished back at
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Mid-19th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Graphite

View of the Dome of the Rock, 19th Century Orientalist Sketch
By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner
Located in London, GB
method. These en plein air works have an immediate spontaneity that is lost in a piece finished back at
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Early 19th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Entrance to the Al-Azhar Mosque, 19th Century Orientalist Sketch
By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner
Located in London, GB
method. These en plein air works have an immediate spontaneity that is lost in a piece finished back at
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Mid-19th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Graphite

The Barbers, 19th Century Orientalist Graphite Sketch
By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner
Located in London, GB
method. These en plein air works have an immediate spontaneity that is lost in a piece finished back at
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Mid-19th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Saddler s Workshop in Cairo, Graphite on Paper, 19th Century Orientalist
By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner
Located in London, GB
method. These en plein air works have an immediate spontaneity that is lost in a piece finished back at
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Mid-19th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Vaulted Interior, 19th Century Orientalist Sketch, Graphite on Paper
By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner
Located in London, GB
method. These en plein air works have an immediate spontaneity that is lost in a piece finished back
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Mid-19th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Graphite

At the Fountain, Graphite Orientalist sketch, Mid-19th Century
By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner
Located in London, GB
method. These en plein air works have an immediate spontaneity that is lost in a piece finished back at
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Mid-19th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Dome of the Holy Rock, 19th Century Graphite Orientalist
By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner
Located in London, GB
greatest artworks, and provide a fascinating insight into his method. This en plein air work has an
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19th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Graphite

The visit of the King of Persia Mozaffar al-Din Shah Qajar to the Ostend hippodr
By Carlo Brancaccio
Located in Roma, RM
production, the illustration of lively everyday life scenes painted “en plein air” becomes more spontaneous
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1890s Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Victorian Nottingham City Landscape 1887 - British 19th century art oil painting
By Sir John Arnesby Brown
Located in Hagley, England
plein air' with artists such as Stanhope Forbes and Adrian Stokes. He was highly respected in Cornwall
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19th Century Realist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Period Italian Signed Landscape Watercolor
Located in Roma, IT
paper. The painting depicts a beautiful and poetic ‘en plein air’ scene, with a placid river in the
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Late 19th Century Italian School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Portrait of a woman
Located in PARIS, FR
consacre entièrement à la peinture de plein air. Exception faite de quelques portraits et sculptures
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1890s French School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Giverny
By John Leslie Breck
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
, became emblematic of Breck’s mature painting style. Painted en plein air, this work reveals the extent of
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1880s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vibrant Varieties: Showcasing Red and Yellow Maize in Botanical Art, c. 1875
Located in Langweer, NL
: - Original Text: "Zea Mâis (Varietates) - Variétés - Plein air." - Translation: "Zea Maize (Varieties
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1870s Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper

“Covered Bridge, Kingston, NY, 1927” by Walter Koeniger, Snowy Winter Landscape
By Walter Koeniger
Located in Yardley, PA
shadows of the impressionist aesthetic. A plein-air painter, even in winter, Koeniger would reportedly
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1920s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bronc by Lon Megargee, Woodblock Print ca. 1920s with Handmade Saguaro Rib Frame
Located in Phoenix, AZ
took his first trip to paint “en plein air” (outdoors) to the land of Hopi and Navajo peoples in
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Early 20th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Woodcut

Lovis Corinth "Burg am See 1923" Color Lithograph, German Impressionist, Signed
By Lovis Corinth
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
in Königsberg, where he studied under Otto Günther, who introduced him to Weimar plein air painting
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1920s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Lithograph

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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.