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3 unusual facts about En plein air


Alfresco

En plein air (French for Alfresco), describing an activity done outside, usually painting

En plein air

In the second half of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth century in Russia, painters such as Vasily Polenov, Isaac Levitan, Valentin Serov, Konstantin Korovin and I. E. Grabar were known for painting en plein air.

Plenair

plein air (or pleinair), landscape paintings which are physically created "in the open air" rather than painted indoors based on sketches of the outdoors.


Charles F. Kimball

He along with fellow landscape artist, John Bradley Hudson, Jr., shared a passion for painting en plein air, traveling around Casco Bay and Portland with their easels and brushes painting local scenery.

Kiva Koffeehouse

The area is popular with plein air painters, and the Kiva is a regular feature of the annual Escalante Canyons Art Festival's Everett Ruess Days.


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