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California Lupine Fields - Landscape with Wildflowers
By Kathleen Murray
Located in Soquel, CA
. Image, 16"H x 20"W.
Kathleen Murray is a Monterey, California-based plein air artist, exhibiting in
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
"Treasure Island" Southern California Coastal Scene
By Jacobus Baas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
noted California artist Jacobus Baas. This plein air painting exhibits the subtle touch and beautiful
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Santa Ynez River Reflections" California Landscape Painting
By Jacobus Baas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
California by noted California artist Jacobus Baas. This plein air style painting exhibits the subtle touch
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Wild Coast - Big Sur" Contemporary Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
EXHIBITIONS 1995-2010:
2010 California Plein Air, Carmel Bay Company, Carmel
2010 Carmel Art Festival, Carmel
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,400 Sale Price
20% Off
"Criss Cross Waves" Laguna Beach California Seascape
By Jacobus Baas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
by noted California artist Jacobus Baas. This plein air painting exhibits the subtle touch and
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Ridge Oak" Northern Mt Tamalpais California Watercolor 1991
Located in Soquel, CA
"Ridge Oak" Northern Mt Tamalpais California Watercolor 1991
Perfectly executed plein air
Category
1990s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Carmel Mission
, Santa Clara, California, Society Western Artists, Historical
By Henry Hank Volle
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
the California Bay area. Essentially a plein-air painter, Hank Volle painted along the California
Category
1970s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
"80
At Divers Cove" Southern California Coastal Scene
By Jacobus Baas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
by noted California artist Jacobus Baas. This plein air painting exhibits the subtle touch and
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century California Modernist Seascape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Modernist 20th Century Rocky Plein Air California Landscape
A vibrant watercolor seascape by
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Picnic At Divers Cove" Southern California Coastal Scene
By Jacobus Baas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Beach by noted California artist Jacobus Baas. This plein air painting exhibits the subtle touch and
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"BLUE HEAVEN" BLUEBONNET 1930s NEWCOMB MACKLIN FRAME 38 x 46 Framed Robert Wood
Located in San Antonio, TX
show an awareness of the then popular California Plein-Air movement. These more mature works are
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Bluebonnets Texas Hill Country"
Located in San Antonio, TX
to show an awareness of the then popular California Plein-Air movement. These more mature works are
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Big Surf, Point Lobos
California Impressionism, Carmel Art Association, Taos
By Edward Norton Ward
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
breakers rolling in towards the the rocky coast near Point Lobos, California.
This plein-air Impressionist
Category
1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"TEXAS AUTUMN" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY ROBERT WOOD
By Robert W. Wood
Located in San Antonio, TX
works started to show his awareness of the then popular California Plein-Air movement. These more mature
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Breathe Deep II" contemporary realist landscape oil painting, California cliffs
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
California Art Club.
Paquet is a Emeritus Member of The Plein Air Painters of America, The Salmugundi Club
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"AUTUMN PATH" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY RARE G. DAY SIGNATURE
By Robert W. Wood
Located in San Antonio, TX
popular California Plein-Air movement. These more mature works are distinguished by a fine sense of detail
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Quiet Stream, Small-Scale Mid Century California Landscape, 1937
By Dalzell Hatfield
Located in Soquel, CA
Quiet Stream, Small-Scale Mid Century California Landscape, 1937
Plein air painting of a
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Foam Board
$1,080 Sale Price
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"Tall Eucalytus, Sonoma" Large California Landscape Painting by Jacobus Baas
By Jacobus Baas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
time between Maine, California and Hawaii.
A founding board member of LPAPA (Laguna Plein Air
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Ole Swimmin Hole" Southern California Pond and Hills Oil on canvas board 1930s
By Clyde Eugene Scott
Located in Soquel, CA
Utah and throughout California and became active in the California Art Club, plein-air landscape
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Illustration Board
Cottage Window, Colorful Flowers, Utah Artist, American Impressionist
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Society of Plein Air Painters, a member of the Society of Plein Air Artists of America, and a member of
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Looking For Shade" oil painting of beach-goers huddling behind lifeguard stand
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
, California. Painted by award-winning plein air painter Carl Bretzke.
Framed in a traditional black frame w
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Kanan Dune Road Malibu, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By John Kilduff
Located in Yardley, PA
Large acrylic painting of Kanan Dune Road in Malibu, California. Based on a plein air watercolor
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Neptune
s Fountain at Sunset, Huntington Gardens, San Marino
By Peter Adams
Located in Pasadena, CA
, September 19, 2016
Publications
Plein Air Magazine, September 2004
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Lifting Fog" a haunting pastel painting of a endless trail in Morgan Hill CA
By Joe Mancuso
Located in Morgan Hill, CA
, Laguna Beach Plein Air Painters and The Southern California Pastel Society. He has received many
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Board
"Morgan Hill Morning" a Pastoral Morning Painting of an Oak Tree by Joe Mancuso
By Joe Mancuso
Located in Morgan Hill, CA
membership with The California Art Club, Laguna Beach Plein Air Painters and The Southern California Pastel
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Board
"Evening at Harvey Bear" a Pastoral Painting of an Oak Tree by Joe Mancuso
By Joe Mancuso
Located in Morgan Hill, CA
California Art Club, Laguna Beach Plein Air Painters and The Southern California Pastel Society. He has
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Board
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
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Barbizon School Paintings
Materials
Wood, Canvas
"Woods Cove" Contemporary Impressionist Serigraph of Laguna Beach
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
timeless scene on the California Coast. Created in plein air and contrasting the many shades of greens and
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Screen
"Woods Cove" Contemporary Impressionist Serigraph of Laguna Beach
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
timeless scene on the California Coast. Created in plein air and contrasting the many shades of greens and
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Screen
Desert Landscape -- Road to Death Valley
By Mike Wright
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous plein air California desert scene titled, "Road to Death Valley" by Mike Wright (American
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Mid Century Far Off Mountains Landscape
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
Warner of Carmel, California. Gleiforst primarily painted plein air as well as landscapes and florals.
Category
1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Mid Century Lilies and Teapot Still Life
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
traveler her favorite subjects were french scenes and figural paintings. Also an exceptional plein air
Category
1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$1,580 Sale Price
20% Off
Pacific Sundown
By Lynn Gertenbach
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
. Gertenbach is a signature member of the Oil Painters of America, the California Art Club, and the Plein-Air
Category
2010s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Looking south
By Joe Altwer
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting on the cliffs off of Moss Beach, California. Painted en plein air, Altwer embraces
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Misty Morning on the Farm, Original Painting
By Catherine McCargar
Located in San Francisco, CA
rural California. As a plein air painter, she sometimes ventures out in less-than-ideal weather
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Interior Drawings a...
Materials
Watercolor
"In Old Santa Fe" Original Oil Painting by Martin Weekly
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
continues to be California landscapes in the plein air Impressionist style. Martin has exhibited in numerous
Category
Early 2000s American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Late Afternoon Sunlight, Bruges". European Street Scene
By Jacobus Baas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
California artist Jacobus Baas. This plein air painting exhibits the subtle touch and beautiful light that
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Turquoise Pitcher and Fruit Basket Still Life
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
Walker Warner of Carmel, California. Gleiforst primarily painted plein air as well as landscapes and
Category
1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Green Pears in a Purple Bowl -Still Life in Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
, Plein Air Biennial, 2003,2005, Napa Valley, California
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
The
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$700 Sale Price
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Harbor with Church
By Edward Norton Ward
Located in San Francisco, CA
painters of California works both "plein air" and from sketches that he finds in his travels throughout the
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Bluebird Goats" Laguna Beach California Landscape Painting
By Jacobus Baas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Bluebird Goats" is a beautiful oil painted by noted California artist Jacobus Baas. This plein air
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Seated Woman in Blues 20th Century Gouache
By Sam Hugh Harris
Located in San Francisco, CA
California plein air landscape painter. Sam graduated from the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles and the
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Couple in Venice 20th Century Watercolor
Pastel
By Sam Hugh Harris
Located in San Francisco, CA
California plein air landscape painter. Sam graduated from the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles and the
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor
Bright
Whimsical Abstraction 20th Century Watercolor
By Sam Hugh Harris
Located in San Francisco, CA
California plein air landscape painter. Sam graduated from the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles and the
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Mediterranean Sun" 20th Century Oil
By Sam Hugh Harris
Located in San Francisco, CA
distinguished himself as an early California plein air landscape painter. Sam graduated from the Otis Art
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Striped Dress
By Lani Emanuel
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Southern California Plein Air Painters Association, and SCOREVIII Southern California Open Regional
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Triple Distilled Cuervo
By Rick Garcia
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
California Plein Air movement as well as his many years in commercial art Rick has created a blend that his
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spring in Marin County
By John Modesitt
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
This fine Impressionist painting is reminiscent of the Early California Plein Air style of painting
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Silvio Silvestri, “Spring Thaw, Lake Tahoe”, En Plein Air Oil Painting, 2004
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large, luminous, and captivating 2004 en plein air impressionist oil painting on masonite board
Category
Early 2000s American Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint, Masonite
Sunlit Winter Shores
Located in Whitefish, MT
Mexico (PAPNM), a member of the Laguna, California Plein Air Painters (LPAPA) and a member of the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Brian Blood California Impressionist Carmel Valley California, 2015
By Brian Blood
Located in Monterey, CA
workshops in his studio, and surrounding areas of Pebble Beach, California.
Primarily a plein-air painter
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Brian Blood California Impressionist Pebble Beach Eucalyptus
By Brian Blood
Located in Monterey, CA
California’s most important plein air impressionist artists. Married to award winning artist, Laurie Kersey
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Brian Blood California Impressionist Afternoon Reflections 2015
By Brian Blood
Located in Monterey, CA
California’s most important plein air impressionist artists. Married to award winning artist, Laurie Kersey
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Brian Blood California Impressionist Worker
s Cabin, 2013
By Brian Blood
Located in Monterey, CA
California’s most important plein air impressionist artists. Married to award winning artist, Laurie Kersey
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Brian Blood California Impressionist Pacific Grove Coastline, 2015
By Brian Blood
Located in Monterey, CA
California’s most important plein air impressionist artists. Married to award winning artist, Laurie Kersey
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Brian Blood California Impressionist Eucalyptus Twilight Blue, 2014
By Brian Blood
Located in Monterey, CA
of California’s most important plein air impressionist artists. Married to award winning artist
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
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On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate california plein air for your needs in our varied inventory. In our selection of items, you can find Impressionist examples as well as a Contemporary version. You’re likely to find the perfect california plein air among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 20th Century as well as those made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a california plein air to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of gray, brown, black, blue and more. Creating a california plein air has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Jacobus Baas, Brian Blood, Brian Rounds, Joseph Paul Frey and Albert King are consistently popular. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and fabric.
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Questions About California Plein Air
- What is a plein air frame?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertAugust 17, 2021A 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.
- What does plein air mean?1 AnswerLilac Gallery Ltd.March 18, 2021The '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.
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