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En plein air (pronounced [ɑ̃ plɛ.n‿ɛʁ]; French for 'outdoors'), or plein-air [1] painting, is the act of painting outdoors. This method contrasts with studio painting or academic rules that might create a predetermined look.
In the summer of 1885–86, Roberts began establishing "artists' camps" on the outskirts of Melbourne for the purpose of capturing en plein air the rural life and native bushland of Australia, as well as its light, heat, space and distance. [2]
The intellectual stimulating atmosphere of the city reinforced his vision, he painted many landscapes en-plein-air, but truly loved drawing and painting from live models. These studies reveal the artist's developing style, characterised by the flow and economy of line as well as a sense of elongation.
An example of his White Mountain subjects is Mount Lafayette in Winter. Hill acquired the technique of painting en plein air. These paintings in the field later served as the basis for larger finished works. In plein air means to “paint outdoors and directly from the landscape”, [5] which Hill incorporated into many of his paintings. Hill ...
Rackstraw Downes (born 1939) is a British-born realist painter and author.His oil paintings are notable for their meticulous detail accumulated during months of plein-air sessions, depictions of industry and the environment, and elongated compositions with complex perspective.
Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and Her Son, sometimes known as The Stroll (French: La Promenade) is an oil-on-canvas painting by Claude Monet from 1875. The Impressionist work depicts his wife Camille Monet and their son Jean Monet in the period from 1871 to 1877 while they were living in Argenteuil, capturing a moment on a stroll on a windy summer's day.
En plein air painting is an artistic style involving painting outdoors, with the landscape or subject directly in front of the artist. [2] [3] [16] This technique is used primarily by Impressionists. [3] However, abstract impression deviates from traditional en plain air artworks [2] as the level of exactness or realism in the painting is seen ...
The Gust of Wind (French: Le grand vent), alternatively titled Le Coup de Vent or High Wind, is an oil-on-canvas painting completed in 1872 by the French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir.