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Plein Air Heritage: A Swiss Landscape
In this piece, Calame eschews the scenes of snow-capped peaks that dominate his oeuvre in favor of a quieter view of the landscape. Rather than forbidding and awe-inspiring, the effect is ...
Plein Air Heritage: Art for the Common People
Born on a farm near Dunavant, Kansas, John Steuart Curry (1897–1946) believed that art should appeal to ...
A Cultural Heritage Plein Air Event
Enjoy a mini recap from the Johnson County Center for the Arts.
Loose and Luminous in Long Island: Our Plein Air Heritage
In the late 1800's, plein air painting was still relatively new to the United States, but growing rapidly in popularity...
Plein Air Heritage: Thomas Fearnley (1802-1842)
As a plein air painter, you are part of one of the largest art movements in history. Learn about historic artist Thomas Fearnley, who alternated between large, composed landscapes meant for exhibition and smaller, plein air oil sketches.
Plein Air Heritage: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
As a plein air painter, you are part of one of the largest art movements in history. Learn about artist James McNeill Whistler here.
Plein Air Heritage: Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900)
As a plein air painter, you are part of one of the largest art movements in history. Learn about artist Frederic Edwin Church here.
Plein Air Heritage: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875)
As a plein air painter, you are part of one of the largest art movements in history. Learn about artist Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot here.
Plein Air Heritage: A Ranch Hand, Cowboy, Artist
As a plein air painter, you are part of one of the largest art movements in history. Learn about those who have helped start this movement in some way, and be inspired to continue your own journey.
Plein Air Heritage: Artist Alfred Sisley (1839-1899)
As a plein air painter, you are part of one of the largest art movements in history. Learn about artist Alfred Sisley (1839-1899) here.
Plein Air Heritage: American Artist Henry Ward Ranger
The American artist Henry Ward Ranger (1858-1916) studied in Europe, and when he returned to ...
Plein Air Heritage: Artist Charles Dana Gibson
As a plein air painter, you are part of one of the largest art movements in history. Learn about artist Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944) here.
Plein Air Heritage: Science Needs Art
Starting in the late 1880s, many natural history museums established a practice of showcasing animals in dioramas that would allow visitors to see the specimens in an exact location rather than a generic scene. Meet a master who painted those dioramas from plein air sketches.
June 4: Art Crime & Cultural Heritage Symposium
The NYU Law School will host a symposium with museum and provenance experts discussing the hot topics of art crime and cultural heritage from...
Up Close: The Legacy of the West, at the Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Museum
Debra Joy Groesser knew she had to depict the three palm trees in "Laguna Cliffs" to balance the composition. She also knew they shouldn't...
New Issue Sneak Peek: PleinAir Magazine, April/May ’24
Hot off the press > Expert insight and advice from today's plein air masters; News on art competitions; Interesting historical perspectives on landscape art; and more!
Plein Air Landscapes as a Form of Portraiture
Aiming to stay true to nature, Abbott Handerson Thayer painted scenes en plein air, most often finding inspiration in views of Mount Monadnock, which overlooked his studio.
New Issue Sneak Peek: PleinAir Magazine, Feb/March ’24
Hot off the press > Expert insight and advice from today's plein air masters; News on art competitions; Interesting historical perspectives on landscape art; and more!
Always a Student
Whether you’re an artist, collector, or art enthusiast, I hope you’ll learn something new in this issue that expands and enriches your enjoyment of plein air painting, or landscape art in general.
Icebound in 1889: A Historic Plein Air Painting
A plein air painting by an artist who often explored the quiet beauty of a snowy landscape, finding the icy terrain conducive to contemplation and regeneration.