Talk by Professor Paul Greenhalgh - The rise of Plein Air Painting
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Professor Paul Greenhalgh, Director of the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the UEA gives a talk “The Rise of Plein Air Painting”
The idea that an artist would sit in the open air front of his or her subject and try to capture it in a single sitting belongs very much to the 19th century. The instantaneity, immediacy, and energy of many of the great landscapes and city-scapes of that period owe everything to the concept of ‘plein air’. Working in the open air became a method exploited all over Europe and North America, but perhaps the greatest moves were made in France and England. This talk will look at the rise of plein air, and map its greatest achievements.
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Organiser Paint Out
Organiser of Talk by Professor Paul Greenhalgh - The rise of Plein Air Painting
Paint Out is a multifaceted arts event that aims to attract national and international talent by its annual events that focus on the challenges imposed by creating work ‘on the spot’ in the urban environment. Paint Out is keen to see a competition that tests artists’ skill and craft to the maximum, promoting the burgeoning UK arts scene, and providing an interactive educational experience. Our expanding events have included schools, public, and professional art competitions, artwork exhibitions and auctions, talks, “Artist’s Question Time”, and open air art workshops.
