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"The Central Square of Ravières" Oil painting
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
much admired among plein-airists in such scenic places as Colorado, California, and Wyoming. In our era
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"On a Bright Winter Day" Oil painting
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
much admired among plein-airists in such scenic places as Colorado, California, and Wyoming. In our era
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Old Town Auburn, Vintage California Landscape Watercolor by Les Anderson
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
and was known for his plein air watercolor paintings and abstracts in oil. Les studied at the
Category
1970s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Mission San Juan Bautista, 1971 - Original Oil Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
photographer. Woody is well known for his landscape and plein air paintings.
Category
1970s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Morning Shadow on the Sand Among the Cliffs. Landscape Paintings
Located in Oslo, NO
· textured painting · tropical light
This large plein air painting (15x22 in) was created in late spring on
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Finland Cabin" (2023)", Original Winter Landscape - Oil Painting on Linen
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
, Cologne, Germany, with Gallery LEO.COPPI.
PRESS, PUBLICATIONS
Plein Air Magazine; Southwest Art Magazine
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Sunset at The Horse Barn" Contemporary Naturalistic Pastoral Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
, Nancy started painting at a very early age when she won a scholarship to study drawing and later
Category
2010s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Snowy Creek" (2024), Original Snowy Landscape, Oil Painting on Linen
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
much admired among plein-airists in such scenic places as Colorado, California, and Wyoming. In our era
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Midnight Sun on the Karelian Lakes" Oil Painting
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
.
2015: Art.Fair, Cologne, Germany, with Gallery LEO.COPPI.
PRESS, PUBLICATIONS
Plein Air Magazine
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Old Mill" Naturalistic Green Toned Pastoral Country Oil Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
since early in the century and it was the birthplace for California Plein-Air School, which was still
Category
20th Century Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Midnight Sun in Finland (Last Snow)" Oil painting
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
much admired among plein-airists in such scenic places as Colorado, California, and Wyoming. In our era
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
"January Snow" (2023), Original Winter Forest Landscape - Oil Painting on Linen
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
LEO.COPPI.
PRESS, PUBLICATIONS
Plein Air Magazine; Southwest Art Magazine; Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"March Melting Snow" (2024), Original Forest Landscape - Oil Painting on Linen
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
much admired among plein-airists in such scenic places as Colorado, California, and Wyoming. In our era
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Olvera (Spanish Town)" (2023), Original City/Landscape, Oil Painting on Linen
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
.
2015: Art.Fair, Cologne, Germany, with Gallery LEO.COPPI.
PRESS, PUBLICATIONS
Plein Air Magazine
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Summer on the Lake" (2022), Original Landscape Oil Painting on Linen
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
.
2015: Art.Fair, Cologne, Germany, with Gallery LEO.COPPI.
PRESS, PUBLICATIONS
Plein Air Magazine
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Stormy Day Northern Lakes" (2022), Original Landscape Oil Painting on Linen
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
.
2015: Art.Fair, Cologne, Germany, with Gallery LEO.COPPI.
PRESS, PUBLICATIONS
Plein Air Magazine
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Burgundy in Spring (Fulvy)", (2022), Original Landscape Oil Painting on Linen
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
much admired among plein-airists in such scenic places as Colorado, California, and Wyoming. In our era
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Coast at Primelin (Brittany)" (2023), Original Landscape Oil Painting on Linen
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
much admired among plein-airists in such scenic places as Colorado, California, and Wyoming. In our era
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Autumn Evening (Lakes of Finland)" (2022), Original Oil Painting on Linen
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
, where he has become much admired among plein-airists in such scenic places as Colorado, California, and
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"View over Tonnerre (Burgundy)" (2025), Original Landscape Oil Painting on Linen
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
much admired among plein-airists in such scenic places as Colorado, California, and Wyoming. In our era
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Before Spring in Ravières" (2025), Original Landscape Oil Painting on Linen
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
much admired among plein-airists in such scenic places as Colorado, California, and Wyoming. In our era
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Souvenirs from New Mexico and Georgian Icons" Oil Painting
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
, Cologne, Germany, with Gallery LEO.COPPI.
PRESS, PUBLICATIONS
Plein Air Magazine; Southwest Art Magazine
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Looking For Respite" (2008) By Jennifer McChristian, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
gouache. She has an
affinity for painting ‘en plein air’ and also enjoys creating studio works using her
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
"View from my Cottage First days of Spring" Oil painting
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
oil painting that depicts an impasto, plein air depiction of a winter landscape framed by bright red
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Observatory Overhaul" By Jennifer McChristian, Original Oil Painting of City
Located in Denver, CO
paints in oils and occasionally watercolors and gouache. She has an
affinity for painting ‘en plein air
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Dunbrody at New Ross (Ireland)" (2023), Original Oil Painting on Linen
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
, where he has become much admired among plein-airists in such scenic places as Colorado, California, and
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"By the Armançon River" (2025), Original Snowy Landscape, Oil Painting on Linen
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
much admired among plein-airists in such scenic places as Colorado, California, and Wyoming. In our era
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"At the Bridge (In Perrigny, Burgundy)" (2025), Original Oil Painting on Linen
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
much admired among plein-airists in such scenic places as Colorado, California, and Wyoming. In our era
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Vézelay in the Fog" (2025), Original Misty Landscape Oil Painting on Linen
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
.
2015: Art.Fair, Cologne, Germany, with Gallery LEO.COPPI.
PRESS, PUBLICATIONS
Plein Air Magazine
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"The Morning After Snowfall" (2018) By Ulrich Gleiter, Original Oil Painting
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
, Cologne, Germany, with Gallery LEO.COPPI.
PRESS, PUBLICATIONS
Plein Air Magazine; Southwest Art Magazine
Category
2010s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Hoarfrost (Sweden)" (2021) By Ulrich Gleiter, Original Oil Painting on Linen
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
.
2015: Art.Fair, Cologne, Germany, with Gallery LEO.COPPI.
PRESS, PUBLICATIONS
Plein Air Magazine
Category
2010s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Autumn Day, Nothern Lakes (Finland)" (2022) By Ulrich Gleiter, Oil Painting
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
, Cologne, Germany, with Gallery LEO.COPPI.
PRESS, PUBLICATIONS
Plein Air Magazine; Southwest Art Magazine
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"View From the Porch - Winter Evening in Sweden" Oil Painting
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
much admired among plein-airists in such scenic places as Colorado, California, and Wyoming. In our era
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Summer Day in a French Town" (2011), Original Cityscape - Oil Painting on Linen
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
LEO.COPPI.
PRESS, PUBLICATIONS
Plein Air Magazine; Southwest Art Magazine; Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
JUST BEFORE SUNSET, Original Signed Contemporary Realist Landscape Painting
By Jim Lamb
Located in Boston, MA
Invitational Plein Air Painting Competition held each October. In 2015, at the 37th Annual Salmagundi Club’s
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Board
"In a Croatian Village - Last Moments of Sunset" Oil painting
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
, where he has become much admired among plein-airists in such scenic places as Colorado, California, and
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Winter in Lapland" (2020) By Ulrich Gleiter, Original Oil Painting on Linen
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
, Cologne, Germany, with Gallery LEO.COPPI.
PRESS, PUBLICATIONS
Plein Air Magazine; Southwest Art Magazine
Category
2010s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"The Layers of Time" (2024) By Tibor Nagy, Original Cityscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
impressionistic style, going out of doors and painting en plein air, from life.
This painting style led Mundy to
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Riverscape Impressionist Oil Painting by George Thompson Pritchard, Framed
By George Thompson Pritchard
Located in Encino, CA
true collector. An impressively calming nature of this plein-air painting draws you into the scene as
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
General Store in Aguanga Baking in the Sun, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
galleries, participating in open markets and plein air painting events, and joining monthly exhibitions
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Sky a Muse for the Sea I , oil painting Abstract Expressionism 31" x 31"
Located in Houston, TX
style.
The artist finds inspiration in her abstract paintings in the coastlines of California where she
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Paris, La Seine
The Eiffel Tower" (2024) By C.W. Mundy, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
impressionistic style, going out of doors and painting en plein air, from life.
This painting style led Mundy to
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ponderosa, Sugar and White Pine (Tree Study), c. 1915
Located in Pasadena, CA
.
Signed "J. Bond Francisco" on lower right
Description
This vibrant plein air oil painting by California
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Golden Wedding" Contemporary Gold Leaf Naturalistic Floral Still Life Painting
Located in Houston, TX
. Growing up in Ft. Worth, Texas, Nancy started painting at a very early age when she won a scholarship to
Category
2010s Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Dreams in Black and White 2" Contemporary Still Life Realistic Drapery Painting
Located in Houston, TX
. Worth, Texas, Nancy started painting at a very early age when she won a scholarship to study drawing and
Category
2010s Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mt. Diablo Deep and Wide, Original Painting
By Catherine McCargar
Located in San Francisco, CA
the lower foothills turn a soft golden yellow. She captures the view en plein air from a location in
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Watercolor
Palo Colorado, South of Carmel, c. 1934
By Albert Thomas DeRome
Located in Pasadena, CA
by plein air painters of the Monterey region.
This work stands as a superb example of DeRome’s
Category
1930s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Bodega Bay, c 1906
By Jessie Arms Botke
Located in Pasadena, CA
Arizona and California in exchange for paintings depicting scenes of the West. The style and vantage point
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Convict Lake, High Sierra
By Earl Graham Douglas
Located in San Francisco, CA
California. His long career as a plein air artist lasted for more than 50 years until his death on July 11
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Winter Scene, " George Gardner Symons, Snowy Hill Landscape, Pennsylvania
By George Gardner Symons
Located in New York, NY
noted plein-air painters who combined styles of impressionism and realism. His works are cited for their
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Morning Between Storms - Hawaiian Seascape, Ocean Waves, American Art
Located in Oslo, NO
art · plein air · realism · natural light
"This painting captures a rare calm morning during the
Category
2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Forest Pool), c. 1915
By Lorenzo Palmer Latimer
Located in Pasadena, CA
Latimer" on lower right
Description
This intimate plein air watercolor captures a quiet, shaded pool
Category
1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Untitled (Smoke Tree; Palm Springs Desert), c. 1940s
By George Sanders Bickerstaff
Located in Pasadena, CA
California’s plein air tradition, it bridges the tonal romanticism of earlier painters with the bolder color
Category
1930s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Bayou in Blue
Gold" Landscape
By Max Flandorfer
Located in Soquel, CA
"H x 16"W.
Primarily a plein air painter, Max is an avid outdoorsman and is always seeking to
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Birches in Spring
Located in Oslo, NO
spring landscape, birch trees, sunlight, plein air, small painting, nature, American art
A plein
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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