Art Studio Elbe - Verband freischaffender Künstler.

  Author- Brian Hawkeswood.                                                                      Nach unten scrollen für die deutsche Übersetzung Plein air painting , the practice of painting directly in the open air rather than in the confines of the studio, represents one of the most significant steps in the development of Western art. It was more than a technical change of working method; it was a philosophical reorientation, a new way of perceiving and representing the world. At its heart lay the belief that the most authentic vision of nature and life could only be captured by confronting it directly, with brush and canvas set up under the very skies and amidst the very fields the painter sought to depict. The story of plein air painting is not a sudden leap but a gradual unfolding, a chain of precursors ...