Art History

Follow paintings back to the places that shaped them—from Monet and Van Gogh to Turner, Yoshida, and artists working outdoors today.

Step into the sun-drenched fields with Vincent van Gogh and discover how painting outdoors was not just a technique, but a spiritual necessity that fueled his revolutionary art.

Plein air — also called pleinair or en plein air — started as a radical idea. The story of how outdoor artists took painting out of the studio and into the light.