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Event Showcases Art, Community, Coastal Heritage
The 20th annual Forgotten Coast En Plein Air concluded recently with resounding success, bringing together artists, collectors, and art enthusiasts to celebrate the vibrant landscapes and culture of Florida’s Forgotten Coast.
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...
California Art Club Artists Discover Millard Sheets en Plein Air
Millard Sheets (1907-1989) was a renowned member of the California Art Club. The artist was a mentor and visionary, and leading proponent of ...
Painting Exercise: Familiarity Breeds Growth
Follow Lon Brauer's advice - and do this painting exercise - to move your work faster and farther down the road to success.Â
The Top Plein Air Painting Events for October 2025
Take advantage of these in-person and virtual plein air painting opportunities from our special guide!
Spotlight on Sargent: “An Out-of-Doors Study”
Inspired in part by the Impressionist works of his friend Claude Monet, the American expatriate John Singer Sargent experimented with ...