plein-airistadj.n.
/pleɪnˈɛːrɪst/, U.S. /pleɪnˈɛrəst/ Art.
A. adj.
Of, resembling, or characteristic of the plein-air school of painting; = plein-airish adj. at plein-air adj. Derivatives.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > late 19th and 20th centuries > [adjective] > impressionist
impressionist1876
impressionistic1886
impressionary1889
plein-airist1890
plein-air1894
intimist1903
plein-airish1932
1890 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 756/2 Some four or five years ago the pleinairiste party became conscious of a subtle and powerfully malefic influence.
1959 Listener 9 Apr. 633/2 Go careful with the washing tub And do not spill the crystal slops Lest any of the escaping drops Should water down the pleinairiste Delights of Lady Tristram's feast!
1992 Irish Times (Nexis) 11 Nov. 12 They are lush, leafy and very pleinairiste, with every sign that they were painted on the spot, out of doors.
B. n.
A painter of the plein-air school.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > late 19th and 20th centuries > [noun] > impressionism > form of > artist
plein-airist1891
intimist1903
1891 Academy 6 June 544/3 ‘Impressionists’, ‘tâchistes’, ‘plein airistes’, and ‘pointillistes’, to use the jargon of the day.
1893 Sketch 6 Sept. 321/1 Admirers may..get a glimpse of the great pleinairist as he passes.
1900 Edinb. Rev. July 193 The English plein-airists are too well known to need special mention.
1978 Times 17 Oct. 10/6 Some really wonderful paintings by the plein-airists of the 1880s on, whether it be McTaggart..or Guthrie.
2003 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 28 July 90 Our first generation of plein airists were topographical artists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1890