Not exact matches
Katz was first exposed to the notion of
plein air painting at Skowhegan, which would prove pivotal in his development as a painter and remains a staple of his
practices today.
Grau's work is grounded in the history of
plein air painting, an in - situ
practice of landscape
painting based on direct observation that was initiated by artists such as Claude Monet, Pierre - Auguste Renoir, and Camille Pissarro in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
But despite the enclosure of the studio, Heidkamp's
practice finds precedent in the tradition of the
plein air painter, specifically those who spent time
painting in the Hamptons during the 1950s and 1960s.
Furthermore, Katz himself admitted that the Skowhegan's
plein air practice gave him a reason to devote his life to
painting.
JS: Mitchell, your
painting seems to be rooted in the
practice of
plein -
air painting.
Known for bridging the Neoclassic tradition of allegory set in nature with Realism and
plein air practice, Jean - Baptiste - Camille Corot embarked on his artistic career by studying landscape
painting.
At Skowhegan Katz was first exposed to
plein -
air painting, which would prove pivotal in his development as a painter and remains a staple of his
practice today.
KS: I've long admired your fresh take on a rather old fashioned artistic
practice:
plein air painting.
The Impressionists rejected traditional
painting practices of outlining planned compositions and working in a studio in favor of
painting en
plein air and layering on thick, wet
paint to capture a fleeting moment.
Like the earlier Glasgow Boys, such as James Guthrie (1859 - 1930) and John Lavery (1856 - 1941), the Scottish Colourist painters were ardent enthusiasts of
plein -
air painting, which they
practiced on the Cote d'Azur and in the seaside resorts of Normandy and Brittany in France, during the pre-war period.
It was Monet, however, who adhered most closely to the
practice of
plein -
air methods, continuing to refine his painterly techniques (even when plagued with failing eyesight) in his monumental series of water lily
paintings completed in his garden at Giverny, until in death in 1926.
In a period when anything hung on a wall must be instantly afforded the status of
painting, when we are confronted by «
paintings» that have been made without any recourse to
paint whatsoever, created with printers and scanners, or with the assistance of nature, bleached by the sun, stained by the rain, a pretense of process art to
painting en
plein air, and very late in the day, an engaged
practice of
painting, rather than dismissed as a thing of the past, is ever more present.
Her passion for
plein air painting — a fundamental
practice for the Impressionists — in tandem with her deep reverence for Classical and Renaissance
painting, spills onto her canvases to create abstract works that interweave echoes of history with the contemporary in a fresh and enduring way.
A contemporary artist with a focus on
plein air landscape
painting in pastel and oil, and a studio
practice in the Old World egg tempera technique.
While
plein air painting goes back further among individuals, it was with the invention of tin
paint tubes and the portable «Box Easel» in the 19th century that
painting en
plein air, or «in the plain
air» became the
practice of significant numbers of artists.
His
painting blog serves as a companion to his book, «Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice», is a national bes
painting blog serves as a companion to his book, «Landscape
Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice», is a national bes
Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques for
Plein Air and Studio
Practice», is a national bestseller.