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Lovis Corinth "Alphütte 1923" Color Lithograph, German Impressionist, Signed
By Lovis Corinth
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
plein air painting. In 1880, he transferred to the Munich Academy. Works from his Munich period
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1920s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Lithograph

Lovis Corinth, Badeanstalt 1920, Lithograph, Hand-Signed , German Impressionist
By Lovis Corinth
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
introduced him to Weimar plein air painting. In 1880, he transferred to the Munich Academy. Works from his
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1920s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Lithograph

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

"A View from Highland Inn, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania" Charlotte Buell Coman
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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1910s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Desert in Bloom (San Bernardino Mountains), c. 1925
Located in Pasadena, CA
California, he became associated with the California Art Club, where he embraced the plein air approach and
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1920s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Pastel, Archival Paper

Morning Walk in the Sorgenfri Park, Oil on canvas 19th Century
Located in Stockholm, SE
. Painted en plein air, during the latter half of the 19th century, the composition captures both the
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Oil

"Florence´s Bridge", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Antonietta Brandeis
By Antonietta Brandeis
Located in Madrid, ES
. During this period of intense activity painting landscapes en plein air and genre scenes, Brandeis also
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1890s Realist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century Late Afternoon Monterey Landscape by James Everett Stuart
By James Everett Stuart
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning plein air California landscape of Natividad (part of unincorporated Monterey Country) in
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1910s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ariccia Bridge Landscape Painting, Oil on Paper, Circa 1850s
Located in Stockholm, SE
View of the Ariccia Bridge and the Alban Hills This finely executed plein air landscape depicts the
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1850s Other Art Style Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Cardboard, Paper

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

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Dwelling by the Nile - Original Sketch for Orientalist Painting, 19th Century
By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner
Located in London, GB
. These en plein air works have an immediate spontaneity that is lost in a piece finished back at the
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19th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Graphite

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

Materials

Paper, Graphite

A Moment s Rest, 19th Century Graphite 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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19th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Street Tailors in Cairo - Original Sketch, 19th Century
By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner
Located in London, GB
. These en plein air works have an immediate spontaneity that is lost in a piece finished back at the
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19th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Paper, Graphite

"Cherry Trees in Bloom on the Seine" Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968)
By Raymond Thibesart
Located in SANTA FE, NM
much of his early life. From Martin, he learned the technique of “plein air" painting who was a master
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1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Pastel

“View of Villefranche-sur-Mer” Raymond Thibesart Raymond Thibesart (1874-1968)
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

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Lady Sewing - British 19th century art Newlyn School oil painting
By Walter Langley
Located in Hagley, England
founder of the Newlyn School of plein air artists. He was born in Birmingham and his father was a
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1890s Realist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

French art painting by Alfred Smith - Bordeaux, a Tramway, collector piece.
Located in PARIS, FR
executed in his studio. Conversely, some of his works were painted en plein air, earning him the nickname
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Studies of Young Breton Women by Eugène Louis Boudin (1824 – 1898)
Located in Knokke, BE
, particularly marine scenes and skies. As one of the first French artists to paint en plein air, Boudin’s work
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

Constant David Ludovic Artz (Paris 1870 – 1951 Soest) - Family of Ducks
By Constant David Ludovic Artz
Located in Knokke, BE
known. He painted them en plein air, fascinated by nature, much like his father. However, he would truly
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

"Venetian Town Scene" Romantic Impressionist Oil Painting Street Scene Figures
By Luigi Cagliani
Located in New York, NY
and it comes comes housed in a beautiful museum quality gold tone plein air frame with hanging wire on
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

"On the Forest s Edge" Impressionist Lush Landscape Oil Painting Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
and France. Through his paintings, he demonstrated spontaneity and enthusiasm for the plein-air
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Landscape with Trees
By Louis Aston Knight
Located in Atlanta, GA
the show (26 December issue) and described his fame and plein-air approach: A group of new landscapes
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19th Century Realist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Emilio Donnini Tuscan Landscape, Oil on Canvas with Gilt Frame
By Emilio Donnini
Located in Prato, IT
between the Island of Elba, the Lazio and Tuscan countryside to paint landscapes en plein air, in the
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Plein Air

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Canvas, Wood

Mango Trees, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
By Reynolds Beal
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
plein air spontaneity. In the foreground left, a flourishing mango tree fans its lush canopy, its deep
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1920s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

River in Autumn
By Louis Aston Knight
Located in Sheffield, MA
show (26 December issue) and described his fame and plein air approach. Aston Knight was a favorite of
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Girl in White (Seated Figure) - American Impressionist Portrait Painting, 1896
By Frank Weston Benson
Located in Palm Desert, CA
-filled plein air paintings of his daughters in their gauzy summer frocks depict idealized young creatures
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Twin Cypress"
By Charles Dorman Robinson
Located in Southampton, NY
20 years of his Yosemite works. A prolific plein air painter, Robinson followed in the tradition of
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Winter in St. Ives" Hayley Lever, Post-Impressionist, Thick Impasto Snowy Scene
By Hayley Lever
Located in New York, NY
. Lever was a plein air painter particularly interested in the effect of sunlight on the sea. He painted
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Women Outside Breton Hotel - Chromolithograph on Paper
By Alson Skinner Clark
Located in Soquel, CA
took up plein-air painting. The couple also spent time at Giverny in 1910, and Clark painted with his
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1910s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Laid Paper, Lithograph

“Olive Trees and Farm: Cannes.” 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

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Canvas, Oil

"French Landscape" Wilson Irvine, American Impressionist Rural French Town
Located in New York, NY
arrived in the area, Impressionism and plein air painting were well established. That Irvine had achieved
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Seine Under the Morning Snow " Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968)
By Raymond Thibesart
Located in SANTA FE, NM
much of his early life. From Martin, he learned the technique of “plein air" painting who was a master
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1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

The Channel Wells Next the Sea Norfolk Landscape - British 1931 exh oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
, Cornwall, between 1890 and 1910, where he came to paint 'en plein air' with artists such as Stanhope Forbes
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1910s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

"Winter Landscape" Wilson Irvine, Atmospheric Impressionist Snowy Hills
Located in New York, NY
arrived in the area, Impressionism and plein air painting were well established. That Irvine had achieved
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1910s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Springtime: Almond Tree in Bloom (Printemps:Amandier en Fleur) Raymond Thibesart
By Raymond Thibesart
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Martin, he learned the technique of “plein air" painting who was a master of the discipline. Proficiency
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1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Henri Harpignies (1819-1916) A Barrier on the hedge, study, signed drawing
By Henri Joseph Harpignies
Located in Paris, FR
work of this generation of plein-air painters of the Barbizon school, so attached to the countryside
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1860s Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

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Chalk, Charcoal

The Mischievous Little Artists by Edgard Farasyn (1858 – Antwerp – 1938)
Located in Knokke, BE
to plein air painting. His artistic activities were concentrated primarily in Antwerp, where he
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Late 19th Century Romantic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Floral Still Life with Two Apples" Hayley Lever, Modernist Still Life Painting
By Hayley Lever
Located in New York, NY
Olsson and Algernon Talmage. Lever was a plein air painter particularly interested in the effect of
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Early 20th Century Modern Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French school Spectacular Landscape near a pond Signed oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
reverence for nature and the plein-air tradition of direct observation. The prominent dead tree in the
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1890s Tonalist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Au Bord Du Ruisseau By William-Adolphe Bouguereau
By William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Located in New Orleans, LA
local models en plein air before finishing his canvases in Paris. Unlike other artists in the 19th
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19th Century Academic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rocky Inlet
By Karl Albert Buehr
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Monet in Giverny, his work became decidedly characteristic of that plein-air style but he began focusing
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1910s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

"Concarneau, Brittany, France" Hayley Lever, American Impressionism
By Hayley Lever
Located in New York, NY
painting with Albert Julius Olsson and Algernon Talmage. Lever was a plein air painter particularly
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Panel

Cardinal in His Though by Georges Croegaert ( Antwerp 1848 - 1923 Paris )
Located in Knokke, BE
genre scenes painted en plein air. However, it was in Paris that he found his true voice as an artist
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Late 19th Century Realist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Constant Troyon Shepherdess After The Storm Large Oil Painting
By Constant Troyon
Located in Dallas, TX
Constant Troyon (French 1810-1865) Shepherdess After The Storm. A large and powerful plein air
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1850s Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Clearing after a Shower" Guy Wiggins, Impressionist Gloucester Schooners
By Guy Wiggins
Located in New York, NY
to his impressionist technique of plein-air painting and broken brushwork. Ironically, although his
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1910s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

"Washington Square" Guy Wiggins, New York City, Impressionist Winter Scene
By Guy Carleton Wiggins
Located in New York, NY
country-side was conducive to his impressionist technique of plein-air painting and broken brushwork
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1920s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Thoughtful Moment
By Daniel Ridgway Knight
Located in Missouri, MO
for his plein-air style. Knight's works during the 1870's and 1880's focused on the peasant at work
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Late 19th Century Abstract Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Panel

House in the Countryside - Impressionist Oil Painting, c. 1888
By Piet Mondrian
Located in Palm Desert, CA
into the artist's pre-abstraction period, likely executed "en plein air." This intimate painting, one
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Late 19th Century Dutch School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

American Impressionist Portrait Painting of "Pearl" Monhegan Island Maine Coast
By Abraham Jacob Bogdanove
Located in Portland, OR
one of Maine's most celebrated painters, who also painted both murals and plein-air scenes of the
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

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Canvas, Oil

Standing Male Nude (recto) Study of the Head of the Standing Male Nude (verso)
By William Merritt Chase
Located in Fairlawn, OH
School and who he encouraged to paint in the modern plein air style favored by the French Impressionists
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1870s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Graphite

"Sail Boats in Harbor"
By Edward Willis Redfield
Located in Lambertville, NJ
with a multitude of colors. These large plein-air canvases define the essence of Pennsylvania
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1890s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"In Port"
By Edward Willis Redfield
Located in Lambertville, NJ
with a multitude of colors. These large plein-air canvases define the essence of Pennsylvania
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Ladies Sketch Club" Pauline Palmer, Female American Impressionist Provincetown
By Pauline Palmer
Located in New York, NY
abandoned the plein-air manner for a Fauve-like expressionism. Palmer never stopped learning: after her
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1920s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

Jean-Achille Benouville (1815-1891) Rome, View of the Forum, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
impressive. This is most probably a drawing done en plein air on the spot. We follow the artist's gaze as he
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1860s Romantic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Carbon Pencil

Standing Male Nude (recto) Study of the Head of the Standing Male Nude (verso)
By William Merritt Chase
Located in Fairlawn, OH
School and who he encouraged to paint in the modern plein air style favored by the French Impressionists
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1870s American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Graphite

Portrait of a Man Facing Left
By William Merritt Chase
Located in Fairlawn, OH
encouraged to paint in the modern plein air style favored by the French Impressionists. Although Chase was
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1890s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Monoprint

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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.