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En plein air

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French for "in the open air," referring to painting done outdoors rather than in a studio. Impressionists were the first to champion this practice, which they used primarily to capture the transient effects of light on a landscape.

Related Categories

Contemporary Fauvist, Atmospheric Landscapes, Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork, Landscapes, Abstract Landscape, Gestural, Nature, Dynamism, Flatness, Abstract Painting

Related Artists

Camille Pissarro, Claude Monet, Thomas Cole, Charles François Daubigny, Armand Guillaumin, Giovanni Segantini, William Lamb Picknell, William Wendt, Diana Horowitz, Edward Willis Redfield
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