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	En plein air - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		En plein air is a French expression which means "in the open air", and is particularly used to describe the act of painting in the outside environment rather than indoors (such as in a studio).
		The popularity of painting en plein air increased with introduction in the 1870s of paints in tubes (resembling modern toothpaste tubes).
		Impressionist painters such as Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir advocated en plein air painting, and much of their work was done outdoors.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plein_air (246 words)

	Plein Air Florida
		Plein Air Florida is a network of Florida artists who paint on location.
		Plein Air Florida is a great resource for artists and collectors alike.
		This is the place for lovers of plein air painting to keep informed about unique original art in Florida.
	www.pleinairflorida.org (87 words)

	About Plein Air Painting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Plein air, French for "open air," painting became popular in the early nineteenth century when paint manufacturers made available for the first time a wide range of pre-mixed oil pigments.
		Plein air is best known as a California or Western art movement, but it is, in fact a fully American art movement.
		Plein air societies, painter’s workshops and books and articles on plein air painters and technique are found throughout the US.
	www.pleinairamerica.com /PleinAir.html (323 words)

	Plein Air Austin
		Plein Air Austin is a group of Austin artists who paint together on location throughout the Texas Hill Country.
		Plein Air Austin is composed of serious artists dedicated to the tradition of painting on location in a direct manner.
		Plein air painting (literally "in open air") finds its roots with the Impressionists who took their materials out-of-doors to experience the effects of natural sunlight on their subject matter.
	www.pleinairaustin.org (699 words)

	Plein Air, Painting the American Landscape (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Plein Air, Painting the American Landscape is a timely program of personal discovery giving public television viewers an educational and engaging look at painting "en plein air"— landscape painting on location.
		Audiences will become acquainted with the historical and cultural events that have shaped American Impressionism and the Plein Air School of painting as they gain an understanding and appreciation of contemporary American landscape artists and their role as interpreters and chroniclers of our rich and varied natural settings.
		Plein Air will educate and elevate viewers of all ages as they rediscover the beautiful and varied American landscape as seen through the eyes of the plein air painter and better understand our need to further protect our nation’s environments.
	www.pleinairamerica.com (399 words)

	The Plein Air Scene
		Plein air painting is making a huge comeback in California some 75 years after the Early California Impressionists dominated the California art scene.
		The Six were a group of East Bay plein air painters who joined together in 1917 to form a dynamic and mutually beneficial painting association that lasted until the Great Depression.
		Eventually, a whole new generation of plein air painters was spawned when Pam Glover and Jerrold Turner began teaching dozens of students who flocked to their workshops.
	www.thepleinairscene.com /magazine/march1999.html (1249 words)

	En Plein Air (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Plein air is a French term for outside.
		The en plein air artist must work quickly to capture the mood before the shadows and clouds change.
		When painting en plein air, the artist also faces hazards such as rain, snow, wind, insects and animals.
	www.en-plein-air.com (101 words)

	Arts Sojourn - Plein Air Painting in Italy
		Plein air is the term used to describe painting that is done outdoors, “in the open air”.
		Plein air painters work directly from nature, seeking to capture the varied, shifting effects of light and atmosphere on the landscape.
		Although some people associate plein air painting with Impressionism, plein air painting does not conform to any one style, subject, approach, or philosophy.
	www.artssojourn.com (262 words)

	Plein Air Painting - Art of James Few, KA, PSA
		Plein air, a French word, literally translates as 'open air', and is defined as painting or drawing done outside, in the open air.
		(Plein Air - continued) The term is largely associated with the Impressionist artists of the late 1800s, a time when artists began to paint subject matter not normally seen: real people doing real, everyday things (genre paintings), and they came out of their studios into the open air to create their works.
		The popularity of plein air painting was aided by the development of easily portable painting equipment and materials, including paints sold in tubes.
	jimfew.home.mchsi.com /PA.htm (634 words)

	plein-air on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The secret of success: never settle: although talent, understanding, and experience elevate John Budicin's plein air and studio landscapes, it is his determination to continually grow that distinguishes his efforts....
		Exposition en plein air sous forme de 60 colonnes Morris pour rappeler en images et en textes, les moments forts de la Libér.
		Poules élevées en plein air Une part importante de la volaille vendue aux Etats-Unis est porteuse de bactéries résistantes.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/p1/pleinair.asp (709 words)

	PAINT PLEIN AIR
		Plein air at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, GA. The creek must get its name from the color of the water when the sunlight strikes it.
		Plein Air at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit.
		Plein Air at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, GA. 11 x 14 Soft Pastel on Wallis Sanded paper.
	www.paintpleinair.com (722 words)

	The Plein Air Scene (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Painting “en plein air” can be traced to an engraving from about 1630 depicting a painter at work in the open air.
		Plein air painting was fully in bloom by 1800 in and around Rome.
		Today the term “plein air” generally means a painting completed outside or completed mostly out-of-doors and finished in the studio.
	thepleinairscene.com.thepterodactyl.com /magazine (551 words)

	Welcome to The Ohio Plein Air Society! - ohio, plein, air, society, art, artist, fine art, painting, oil, canvas, ...
		In a relatively short time, OPAS has managed to bring together a growing society of plein air painters who were formerly unknown to each other.
		Our membership includes beginning plein air painters, experienced career artists, and patrons who are simply interested in fostering the tradition of this difficult art form.
		A Project of the Ohio Plein Air Society And Paint Ohio LLC In cooperation with The Ohio Historical Society.
	www.ohiopleinairsociety.com (372 words)

	plein air
		Plein Air is a French term meaning in the open air.
		He was obsessed with capturing the effects of light on the landscape in a nearly scientific way, also in capturing the atmospheric “envelope” of the landscape.
		American artists began making the pilgrimage to Monet’s home at Giverny, and plein air painting began to take root in the States, though in the twenty to forty years after its heyday in France.
	www.brianmahieu.com /plein_air.html (730 words)

	Plein Air Painting
		To draw or paint en plein air is a relatively recent development in art history and some suggest it began with the great English landscape artist John Constable (1776-1837).
		In America colonies of plein air painters began to spring up in the locales where the light was best, notably on the East and West coasts and in the Southwest.
		Like the artists before them, most don't complete their works outside, but to be considered plein air, the essentials of the works are completed before the finishing touches are added at the studio.
	home1.gte.net /vze88r17/patsilvafineartist/id4.html (705 words)

	En plein air -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Artists have long painted outdoors, but in the mid- (Click link for more info and facts about 1800s) 1800s working in natural light became particularly important to the (Click link for more info and facts about Barbizon school) Barbizon school and (A painter who follows the theories of impressionism) impressionist painters.
		The popularity of painting en plein air increased with introduction in the (The decade from 1870 to 1879) 1870s of paints in tubes (resembling modern toothpaste tubes).
		The (A painter who follows the theories of impressionism) impressionist painters, including (French impressionist painter (1840-1926)) Claude Monet, (Click link for more info and facts about Camille Pissarro) Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, advocated en plein air painting, and much of their work was done outdoors.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/en/en_plein_air.htm (203 words)

	Plein Air Painting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Robert Lewis Gallery presents a collection of new plein air and studio paintings based on and inspired by Robert's recent trip to France and the Bordeaux countryside.
		Plein air paintings are painted outdoors, where the scene is, and they are finished the same day.
		A plein air painting is painted outside in the open air.
	www.robertlewisgallery.com (605 words)

	Plein Air Paint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Art lovers can learn what goes into the creation of a plein air painting by attending a special program at the museum on Tuesday, Oct. 18 at which the artists will discuss the process and technique of creating these works.
		Sedona Plein Air Festival 2005, presented by Sedona Arts Center October 24 – 30, 2005, will provide a celebration of Sedona’s extraordinary beauty as seen through the eyes of 33 of the finest plein air painters in the country.
		Plein Air New Mexico is pleased to sponsor the Plein Air New Mexico Invitational, an exhibition of superior plein-air works.
	www.pleinairpaint.com (5714 words)

	Fine Art Connisseur
		Plein Air Paintings of Italy Exhibit in Maryland
		Recently Plein Air appeared at Barnes&Noble stores and broke all industry records exceeding average launch purchases by 50% in the US and 75% in Canada.
		Plein Air Magazine publisher B. Eric Rhoads delivered a speech on May 5, 2005 entitled "The End of Modernism and the Return to the Classics" to a group of collectors and artists at the Salon d' Arts hosted by Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art in San Antonio.
	www.pleinairmagazine.com (2277 words)

	About Telluride Plein Air (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		From June 28th through July 4th, visitors and locals alike will have the unique opportunity to observe some of the nation's best plein air artists as they capture the area's flower-filled meadows, majestic mountain views and historic downtown dating to the turn of the last century.
		Plein air or outdoor painting dates from the 19th century, when Englishman John Constable and the French Barbizon painters rejected traditional artistic formulas and sought to depict everyday subjects in natural settings.
		Today, there are more than 500 registered plein air artists in the United States working en plein air to capture the light and colors particular to the location.
	www.sheridanoperahouse.com /2005_website/about.html (393 words)

	favourite art directory - plein air
		Painter of landscapes, paints in the open air, travels the world looking for beauty, loves life and the opportunity to share the land she loves through her art.
		Charlene Marsh, plein air oil painter, Backpacking her easel and oil paints out into the woods and hills of Brown County, Charlene paints plein air landscapes in oils.
		Paintings by major Plein Air artists featuring antique silverwork by William Spratling, Hector Aguilar and Georg Jensen as well as an exceptional collection of early Bakelite jewelry from the 1930's....
	www.engelen.com /links/pleinair.html (775 words)

	plein air (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		One of the largest selections of plein air paintings and plein air fine art in California.
		Description: Carol Taschek is a passionate painter who paints landscapes en plein air where she lives in northern New Mexico.
		'''Air''' is a name for the mixture of gases present in the Earth's atmosphere.
	ranoc.com /plein_air.htm (912 words)

	Sonoma Plein Air: Plein Air
		The Sonoma Plein Air Foundation, was founded in 2002 by artist Keith Wicks, has donated a total of $25,000.
		The 2005 Sonoma Plein Air: A Celebration of Outdoor Painting is scheduled for the week of September 5 – 10, 2005.
		Other Plaza events will include the Sonoma Plein Air Painters and a select group of artists from Pixar Animation Studios participating in a two-hour “Quick Draw”, where they will capture the Plaza on canvas.
	www.sonomapleinair.com /pleinair.html (562 words)

	Antiques Roadshow/Antique Speak: Plein Air
		Literally meaning "open air" in French, the term plein air is generally used to refer to paintings executed out of doors.
		Nan Chisholm of Sotheby's used the term at the Tucson ANTIQUES ROADSHOW to describe the paintings of Edgar A. Payne, a landscape painter of the American West during the early 20th century, who spent many years in California.
		By painting in the open air, Impressionist artists were in turn following a tradition begun by the Barbizon School of painters, a group of landscape artists from the 1830s to the 1870s associated with the town of Barbizon, France.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/roadshow/speak/pleinair.html (359 words)

	Plein Air Workshop with Ron Johnson on Paros, Greece
		The air and light of Greece has attracted artists for a longer time than any other place known to mankind.
		Ron Johnson, well known plein air painter and instructor from Cincinnati, Ohio has teamed with Michael and Karin Shepherd, hoteliers of Paros, Greece, to offer superior instruction and hospitality in an incomparable setting.
		Ron will be teaching "plein air" techniques that allow the artist to complete a painting on site.
	parosparadise.com /Page7.htm (793 words)

	plein air - about plein air
		Plein Air Painting Workshops on Monhegan Island, Madeira Island, St. Lucia, West Indies, Mt. Desert Island/Acadia National Park and Niagara Falls Peninsula, Canada.
		Tailored for the artist who is willing to recognize that knowledge precedes execution, will engage in a condensed period of intensive study and will break out of the mold of traditional painting workshops.
		Dry air is roughly 79% nitrogen, 20% oxygen, and 1% argon.
	artmam.net /plein_air.htm (675 words)

	Plein Air Oil Paintings By Ivan Brauer
		Today plein air painters are taught to work on location rather than to paint from photographs in the studio.
		In order to capure the fleeting light of the moment and to remain "fresh," plein air paintings must develop quickly and necessarily small ranging commonly from 8 x10 to 11x14 inches.
		Larger paintings can then be painted in the studio using the plein air artwork as reference material rather than using photographic materials.
	members.aol.com /imap8ntr/imap8ntr (227 words)

	The Plein Air Colorist Tradition: "The Outsiders"
		Their name reflects both the form of painting they do - outdoor or plein air - and also their placement away from more traditional landscape and scene painters.
		Thus, a tradition which began in the 19th Century is undergoing a renaissance on the eve of the 21st.
		Plein air painters like the Outsiders and others are capturing a disappearing California in paint for future generations.
	www.tfaoi.com /articles/beserra/b2.htm (1398 words)

	Plein Air Paint-outs and Exhibits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Marilyn Rose is part of the April exhibit of small landscapes at 20th Street Gallery in Sacramento, in which she is showing seven plein air paintings of the Sierra Nevada foothills and other Northern California locations.
		The show is titled “Plein Air Passages”, in which the two women will be exhibiting plein air paintings of the Sierra Nevada foothills and other Northern California locations.
		Paintings by some of the Nevada County Plein Air Painters may be seen at the Happy Apple Kitchen at 18532 Colfax Highway in Chicago Park.
	pages.sbcglobal.net /mmrose/_wsn/page10.html (492 words)

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