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plein-air adjective. L19.
[from French EN PLEIN AIR.]
Designating a style or school of impressionist painting originating in France during the late 1860s, which sought to represent the transient effects of atmosphere and light by direct observation from nature. Also, designating a work painted out of doors or representing an outdoor scene and painted with a spontaneous technique.

plein-airisme [-ism] noun the theories and practices of the plein-airistes M20.
plein-airiste [-ist] noun a painter of the plein-air school L19.