plein air
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French plein air.
Adjective[edit]
plein air (not comparable)
- (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.