plein air

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from French plein air.

Adjective

plein air (not comparable)

  1. (painting) done outdoors
    • 2021, Ed Tarkington, The Fortunate Ones, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, page 87:
      The next day, I began sketching out a new painting. I didn't need a photograph or a plein air study; the image was with me all the time, floating at the edge of my consciousness.

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