His hopes became centred in a large painting, which he called Plein Air, intended for exhibition in the Salon.
Claude attempted to embody his theories in a picture which he called Plein Air ("Open Air") in which he went direct to nature for inspiration, and threw aside all recognized conventions.
This was becoming more serious, and in the death of his child he saw only the subject of a picture, L'Enfant Mort, which was exhibited at the Salon and was received with even more contempt than Plein Air.
Having torn himself away from his intended masterpiece for a time, he painted L'Enfant Mort, which was exhibited in the Salon, and met with an even more contemptuous reception from the public than his Plein Air.
You will therefore make your preparations, and, among other articles for your feast or party, I recommend two fiddlers, not barbecued or roasted, but en plein vie.
I have already read them in the same way, and therefore do thank you for them, de plein coeur.
He saw the folly of his dalliance at the side of Claudia Nevill en plein jour.
They spoke of my flirtations en plein jour at Fernhurst," she continued, looking up into his face with an expression full of passionate love.
It is the wrecked and broken ship of Pleine Mer rather than the triumphant vessel of Plein Ciel that is animate.
They will have a painter there to take a sketch of the fine situation 'en plein air.
When I entered, the doors and windows were wide open; the rays of the sun darted through the filmy lace curtains; it was a "tableau en plein air" that met my eye.
The theory of the division of the tones is no more foolish than the theory of plein air or the theory of the square brushwork; it is as foolish, but not a jot more foolish.
Hence the tendency among the plein airists to leave out the sky or to do with as little sky as possible.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "plein" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
