Definition of plein-air in English:

plein-air

adjective plɛn ˈɛːplɛn ɛʀpleɪnˈɛr

Denoting or in the manner of a 19th-century style of painting outdoors, which became a central feature of French impressionism.
the French style of plein-air landscape painting
Example sentencesExamples
- They were especially attracted to plein-air painting, and their hero was the French realist Bastien Lepage.
- But by the same token, plein-air painting, arrived at with the help of Delacroix's teachings, also represented the transcendence of these teachings, their cancellation.
- Even before Parisian painters took it up, Provencal landscape artists had practiced plein-air painting.
- The connection was not immediate, however; plein-air painting had flourished for almost a century before it discovered the garden as a compelling subject.
- Among the 34 plein-air oil paintings of the Vermont woods in Martha Armstrong's show at Walter Wickiser was a small canvas of a red maple tree ablaze in autumnal light.
- In Finch's hands, what could have been a simple plein-air painting of the sky morphs into a cerebral yet poetically lively hybrid.
- Even as the animated brushwork makes them teeter on the edge of abstraction, these works have the natural light of 19 th-century plein-air paintings.
- He studied at the Slade School, 1875-80, then in Italy and Paris, where he was strongly influenced by contemporary French plein-air painting.
- Working out-of-doors, Reed makes plein-air paintings that are romantic yet surprisingly free of nostalgia.
- Yet his early plein-air sketches and impressionist paintings are known almost exclusively to his Antipodean admirers.
Synonyms
open air, out-of-doors, outside, exterior, external

Origin

From French en plein air 'in the open air'.

Rhymes

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Definition of plein-air in US English:

plein-air

adjectivepleɪnˈɛrplānˈer

attributive Denoting or in the manner of a 19th-century style of painting outdoors, or with a strong sense of the open air, that became a central feature of French impressionism.
the French style of plein-air landscape painting
Example sentencesExamples
- In Finch's hands, what could have been a simple plein-air painting of the sky morphs into a cerebral yet poetically lively hybrid.
- The connection was not immediate, however; plein-air painting had flourished for almost a century before it discovered the garden as a compelling subject.
- Yet his early plein-air sketches and impressionist paintings are known almost exclusively to his Antipodean admirers.
- He studied at the Slade School, 1875-80, then in Italy and Paris, where he was strongly influenced by contemporary French plein-air painting.
- Even before Parisian painters took it up, Provencal landscape artists had practiced plein-air painting.
- Even as the animated brushwork makes them teeter on the edge of abstraction, these works have the natural light of 19 th-century plein-air paintings.
- Among the 34 plein-air oil paintings of the Vermont woods in Martha Armstrong's show at Walter Wickiser was a small canvas of a red maple tree ablaze in autumnal light.
- They were especially attracted to plein-air painting, and their hero was the French realist Bastien Lepage.
- But by the same token, plein-air painting, arrived at with the help of Delacroix's teachings, also represented the transcendence of these teachings, their cancellation.
- Working out-of-doors, Reed makes plein-air paintings that are romantic yet surprisingly free of nostalgia.
Synonyms
open air, out-of-doors, outside, exterior, external

Origin

From French en plein air ‘in the open air’.

单词	plein-air
释义	Definition of plein-air in English: plein-air adjective plɛn ˈɛːplɛn ɛʀpleɪnˈɛr Denoting or in the manner of a 19th-century style of painting outdoors, which became a central feature of French impressionism. the French style of plein-air landscape painting Example sentencesExamples They were especially attracted to plein-air painting, and their hero was the French realist Bastien Lepage. But by the same token, plein-air painting, arrived at with the help of Delacroix's teachings, also represented the transcendence of these teachings, their cancellation. Even before Parisian painters took it up, Provencal landscape artists had practiced plein-air painting. The connection was not immediate, however; plein-air painting had flourished for almost a century before it discovered the garden as a compelling subject. Among the 34 plein-air oil paintings of the Vermont woods in Martha Armstrong's show at Walter Wickiser was a small canvas of a red maple tree ablaze in autumnal light. In Finch's hands, what could have been a simple plein-air painting of the sky morphs into a cerebral yet poetically lively hybrid. Even as the animated brushwork makes them teeter on the edge of abstraction, these works have the natural light of 19 th-century plein-air paintings. He studied at the Slade School, 1875-80, then in Italy and Paris, where he was strongly influenced by contemporary French plein-air painting. Working out-of-doors, Reed makes plein-air paintings that are romantic yet surprisingly free of nostalgia. Yet his early plein-air sketches and impressionist paintings are known almost exclusively to his Antipodean admirers. Synonyms open air, out-of-doors, outside, exterior, external Origin From French en plein air 'in the open air'. Rhymes affair, affaire, air, Altair, Althusser, Anvers, Apollinaire, Astaire, aware, Ayer, Ayr, bare, bear, bêche-de-mer, beware, billionaire, Blair, blare, Bonaire, cafetière, care, chair, chargé d'affaires, chemin de fer, Cher, Clair, Claire, Clare, commissionaire, compare, concessionaire, cordon sanitaire, couvert, Daguerre, dare, debonair, declare, derrière, despair, doctrinaire, éclair, e'er, elsewhere, ensnare, ere, extraordinaire, Eyre, fair, fare, fayre, Finisterre, flair, flare, Folies-Bergère, forbear, forswear, foursquare, glair, glare, hair, hare, heir, Herr, impair, jardinière, Khmer, Kildare, La Bruyère, lair, laissez-faire, legionnaire, luminaire, mal de mer, mare, mayor, meunière, mid-air, millionaire, misère, Mon-Khmer, multimillionaire, ne'er, Niger, nom de guerre, outstare, outwear, pair, pare, parterre, pear, père, pied-à-terre, Pierre, prayer, questionnaire, rare, ready-to-wear, rivière, Rosslare, Santander, savoir faire, scare, secretaire, share, snare, solitaire, Soufrière, spare, square, stair, stare, surface-to-air, swear, Tailleferre, tare, tear, their, there, they're, vin ordinaire, Voltaire, ware, wear, Weston-super-Mare, where, yeah Definition of plein-air in US English: plein-air adjectivepleɪnˈɛrplānˈer attributive Denoting or in the manner of a 19th-century style of painting outdoors, or with a strong sense of the open air, that became a central feature of French impressionism. the French style of plein-air landscape painting Example sentencesExamples In Finch's hands, what could have been a simple plein-air painting of the sky morphs into a cerebral yet poetically lively hybrid. The connection was not immediate, however; plein-air painting had flourished for almost a century before it discovered the garden as a compelling subject. Yet his early plein-air sketches and impressionist paintings are known almost exclusively to his Antipodean admirers. He studied at the Slade School, 1875-80, then in Italy and Paris, where he was strongly influenced by contemporary French plein-air painting. Even before Parisian painters took it up, Provencal landscape artists had practiced plein-air painting. Even as the animated brushwork makes them teeter on the edge of abstraction, these works have the natural light of 19 th-century plein-air paintings. Among the 34 plein-air oil paintings of the Vermont woods in Martha Armstrong's show at Walter Wickiser was a small canvas of a red maple tree ablaze in autumnal light. They were especially attracted to plein-air painting, and their hero was the French realist Bastien Lepage. But by the same token, plein-air painting, arrived at with the help of Delacroix's teachings, also represented the transcendence of these teachings, their cancellation. Working out-of-doors, Reed makes plein-air paintings that are romantic yet surprisingly free of nostalgia. Synonyms open air, out-of-doors, outside, exterior, external Origin From French en plein air ‘in the open air’.
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