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Santa Barbara s Channel Islands - Deep Blue Pacific
By Lockwood de Forest
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
California’s expansive coastline made portable... Presenting a plein air painting of the Santa
Category

1910s American Realist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Palm Springs
By Lockwood de Forest
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
States, Alaska, all over the Middle East, through India and Korea. His plein air paintings, most of
Category

Early 1900s American Realist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Archival Paper, Oil

At the pond
By Leon Richet
Located in New Orleans, LA
refined the “plein air” technique of capturing the atmosphere of the scene in “situ,” only perfecting the
Category

Late 19th Century Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

From Main-Street Wharf, Nantucket", 1925
By Volnay Richardson
Located in New York, NY
Richardson’s easy, bright Impressionist style is best displayed in his plein air oil paintings
Category

1920s Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Au bord de l eau
By Raymond Jean Verdun
Located in New Orleans, LA
Harpignies, his teacher, who insisted his students follow the plein air technique. Again and again Harpignies
Category

19th Century Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Other Medium

Trees in the Carmel Valley Paradise
By Dedrick Stuber
Located in Graton, CA
"Silver Mining" in a private collection was thought to have been done in 1915. He did his "plein air
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Walter Baum, Sellersville, PA, Oil on Board, Signed
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Doylestown, PA
Schofield, his style was bold and painterly. Many of his canvases were painted using the plein-air style
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

Arnold Marc Gorter Oil on Canvas 20" x 25.5" Signed "Vordense Beek"
By Arnold Marc Gorter
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
’ Orsay, and his plein air studies have become very sought after around the globe.
Category

Late 19th Century Naturalistic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

"Gypsy Family Cooking" Oil on Panel 6 1/4 x 9 3/4 Painted in Russia
By Nicholas Haritonoff
Located in Dallas, TX
Gypsy Plein Air painting small oil on board painted on location in Russia Haritonoff studied at
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Early 20th Century Academic Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Panel

Nicholas V. Haritonoff, "Gypsy Family doing Crafts" Oil on Panel 7 x 11
By Nicholas Haritonoff
Located in Dallas, TX
Gypsy Plein Air painting small oil on board painted on location in Russia Haritonoff studied at
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Early 20th Century Realist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Panel

Still life with Chrysanthemums - Chris van der Windt (1877-1952) - Leidse School
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
'en plein air' and believed that the watercolour technique was also very suitable for depicting the
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Panel

Antoine Grivolas Oil on Canvas, Spring Flower 1902 French
By Antoine Grivolas
Located in Amsterdam, NL
and flowers, etc., affirming the importance of working outdoors, en plein air. Grivolas was one of the
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1870s Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Walter Baum, Lehigh County, Oil on Board, Signed
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Doylestown, PA
Schofield, his style was bold and painterly. Many of his canvases were painted using the plein-air style
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

Walter Baum, Sellersville - Trumbauersville Road, Oil on Canvas, Signed
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Doylestown, PA
were painted using the plein-air style. Baum captured the now largely developed Pennsylvania
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Afternoon by the Water by Whitney Myron Hubbard (1875-1965, American)
By Whitney Myron Hubbard
Located in New York, NY
landscapes and marine subjects painted en plein-air in an impressionistic style. Hubbard was born in
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Paysage de Neige
Located in London, GB
, who painted at Moret-sur-Loing in the 1890s. Martin was frequently seen painting en plein-air
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

Walter Baum, Easton - Trumbauersville Road, Oil on Canvas, Signed
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Doylestown, PA
Walter Schofield, his style was bold and painterly. Many of his canvases were painted using the plein-air
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Capel Curig, Snowdonia, Thomas Hart FSA
By Thomas Hart
Located in Sidcup, GB
’s, Thomas travelled widely in the UK and also in Europe gathering ideas and working “Plein Air”. he
Category

1870s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

Port in Provence
By Marcel Dyf
Located in La Jolla, CA
footsteps of the great plein air painters Monet and Renoir, Dyf’s style and atmosphere are entirely
Category

Early 20th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Morning Light, Provence
By Marcel Dyf
Located in La Jolla, CA
footsteps of the great plein air painters Monet and Renoir, Dyf’s style and atmosphere are entirely
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Wheat Fields
By Marcel Dyf
Located in La Jolla, CA
footsteps of the great plein air painters Monet and Renoir, Dyf’s style and atmosphere are entirely
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Floral in Bright Colors
By Marcel Dyf
Located in La Jolla, CA
footsteps of the great plein air painters Monet and Renoir, Dyf’s style and atmosphere are entirely
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

L Etang dans la foret de Barbizon
By Henri Joseph Harpignies
Located in New Orleans, LA
impressive view of a pond in the lush forest. True to the principle of painting “en plein air” while
Category

19th Century Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gamper Arch and the Longships Light House by Thomas Hart FSA
By Thomas Hart
Located in Sidcup, GB
“Plein Air”. he spent 2 months on most years from 1880 to the early 1900’s in Odda, Norway, where he set
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1870s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

Lion Rock and the Lizard from Kynance Cove by Thomas Hart FSA
By Thomas Hart
Located in Sidcup, GB
and working “Plein Air”. he spent 2 months on most years from 1880 to the early 1900’s in Odda
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1860s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

St Michael s Mount from the Causeway by Thomas Hart FSA
By Thomas Hart
Located in Sidcup, GB
gathering ideas and working “Plein Air”. he spent 2 months on most years from 1880 to the early 1900’s in
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1870s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

Gamper Arch, The Lands End and Longships Lighthouse by Thomas Hart FSA
By Thomas Hart
Located in Sidcup, GB
“Plein Air”. he spent 2 months on most years from 1880 to the early 1900’s in Odda, Norway, where he set
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1770s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

The Vro and Gull Rock, Mullion’by Thomas Hart F.S.A
By Thomas Hart
Located in Sidcup, GB
’s, Thomas travelled widely in the UK and also in Europe gathering ideas and working “Plein Air”. he
Category

1870s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

The Night Boat on Hardangerfjord Odda, Norway Watercolour Painted by Thomas Hart
By Thomas Hart
Located in Sidcup, GB
also in Europe gathering ideas and working “Plein Air”. he spent 2 months on most years from 1880 to
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1890s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

St Michael s Mount from Marazion by T Hart FSA
By Thomas Hart
Located in Sidcup, GB
travelled widely in the UK and also in Europe gathering ideas and working “Plein Air”. he spent 2 months on
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1860s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

Christiania Norway From the Hill behind the town by Thomas Hart FSA
By Sydney Ernest Hart
Located in Sidcup, GB
“Plein Air”. he spent 2 months on most years from 1880 to the early 1900’s in Odda, Norway, where he set
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1890s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

The Devils Frying Pan, Cadgewith
By Thomas Hart
Located in Sidcup, GB
gathering ideas and working “Plein Air”. he spent 2 months on most years from 1880 to the early 1900’s in
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1860s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

Wreckers at Gunwalloe
By Thomas Hart
Located in Sidcup, GB
’s, Thomas travelled widely in the UK and also in Europe gathering ideas and working “Plein Air”. he
Category

1870s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

Mullion Harbour from Polbream
By Thomas Hart
Located in Sidcup, GB
also in Europe gathering ideas and working “Plein Air”. he spent 2 months on most years from 1880 to
Category

1870s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

Sunset at St Michael s Mount, Cornwall
By Thomas Hart
Located in Sidcup, GB
gathering ideas and working “Plein Air”. he spent 2 months on most years from 1880 to the early 1900’s in
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1880s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

Harvest Time at Sandvin Saeter Hardanger Fjord by Thomas Hart
By Thomas Hart
Located in Sidcup, GB
“Plein Air”. he spent 2 months on most years from 1880 to the early 1900’s in Odda, Norway, where he set
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1890s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

The Fish Seller by Thomas Hart
By Thomas Hart
Located in Sidcup, GB
travelled widely in the UK and also in Europe gathering ideas and working “Plein Air”. he spent 2 months on
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1880s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

Wrecker on the Beach at Lion Rock by Thomas Hart painted 1864
By Thomas Hart
Located in Sidcup, GB
travelled widely in the UK and also in Europe gathering ideas and working “Plein Air”. he spent 2 months on
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1860s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

Emil Wennerwald, "Snowy Village" Painting
By Emile August Theodor Wennerwald 1
Located in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
landscapes. He was influenced by the en plein air movement of his era, focusing on the realist depiction of
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1890s Danish Neoclassical Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas

Nahant, Massachusetts
By Hendricks A. Hallett
Located in New York, NY
this technique were dubbed “Impressionists”, and Hallett was very likely exposed to the trend for plein
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Late 19th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Arizona Mountains
By Paul Lauritz
Located in Graton, CA
, Colorado, and Arizona. At first, he did plein air painting but discovered that he got a stronger light on
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

20th Century Impressionism Albert Laurens Female Portrait Oil on Canvas Yellow
By Paul Albert Laurens
Located in roma, IT
plein air (in the open air), the fleeting and colorful brush strokes aimed at fixing on the canvas the
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Early 1900s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

S.S Prinzessin Victoria Louise at Odda Fjord, Norway
By Thomas Hart
Located in Sidcup, GB
travelled widely in the UK and also in Europe gathering ideas and working “Plein Air”. he spent 2 months on
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Early 1900s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

Cape Cornwall From Carn Gloose Road Watercolour Painted in 1880 by Thomas Hart
By Thomas Hart
Located in Sidcup, GB
gathering ideas and working “Plein Air”. he spent 2 months on most years from 1880 to the early 1900’s in
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1880s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

Coastal View Near Marseilles France Watercolour Painted 1850 by Thomas Hart FSA
By Thomas Hart
Located in Sidcup, GB
travelled widely in the UK and also in Europe gathering ideas and working “Plein Air”. he spent 2 months on
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1850s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

Kynance Cove by Thomas Hart FSA 1873
By Thomas Hart
Located in Sidcup, GB
gathering ideas and working “Plein Air”. he spent 2 months on most years from 1880 to the early 1900’s in
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1870s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

Countryside
By Charlotte Buell Coman
Located in East Hampton, NY
and Charles Daubigny, who frequented the French village of Barbizon and did plein-air painting in
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1880s Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Morning by the Lake” California Oil painting circa 1920s-30 s by Dedrick Stuber
By Dedrick Stuber
Located in Santa Monica, CA
1878, and is best known for his quiet, plein air pastoral California landscape and marine paintings
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil, Board

Ferdinand Heilbuth, Woman lying on the shore, watercolor and gouache on paper
By Ferdinand Heilbuth
Located in BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, FR
cueillies au cours d'une promenade. Elle est caractéristique des élégantes scènes de plein air invitant à la
Category

1880s Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Le plus court chemin
By Augustin Marie Paul Marcotte de Quivières
Located in New Orleans, LA
impractical for the plein air setting. She grasps her skirt and is looking downward, uncertain, probably
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Late 19th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Carbon Pencil

Springtime, Impressionist Landscape by Wilson Irvine (1869 - 1936, American)
Located in New York, NY
opportunity for him to combine his technical skill with his passion for plein air painting.
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19th Century Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Buer Brac Glacier near Odda, Norway Watercolour Painted 1880 by Thomas Hart FSA
By Thomas Hart
Located in Sidcup, GB
also in Europe gathering ideas and working “Plein Air”. he spent 2 months on most years from 1880 to
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1880s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

Dartmouth Castle at the entrance to Dartmouth Harbour by Thomas Hart
By Thomas Hart
Located in Sidcup, GB
gathering ideas and working “Plein Air”. he spent 2 months on most years from 1880 to the early 1900’s in
Category

1870s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

At the Spring
By Leon Richet
Located in New Orleans, LA
“plein air” technique of capturing the atmosphere of the scene in “situ,” only perfecting the
Category

Late 19th Century Barbizon School Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Doorway on Cape Cod
By George Adomeit
Located in Hudson, NY
exhibition was of work done outdoors in Zoar, Ohio, a popular plein air painting locale for artists
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1920s American Realist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Oil

Yosemite Falls, Lower Yosemite Valley
By Hermann Ottomar Herzog
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
his most important works. It was almost certainly painted en plein air during his 1873 expedition to
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19th Century Antique Plein Air

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The White Ladye at Odda Norway by Thomas Hart
By Thomas Hart
Located in Sidcup, GB
travelled widely in the UK and also in Europe gathering ideas and working “Plein Air”. he spent 2 months on
Category

1890s Impressionist Antique Plein Air

Materials

Watercolor

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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.