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En Plein Air
Currently there is a lot of emphasis on enjoying the outdoors and en plein air (a French expression) means “in the open air”, and is particularly used to describe the act of painting outdoors.
Artists have long painted outdoors, but in the mid-19th century working in natural light became particularly important to the Barbizon school and [...]
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