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Plein air

1890 · Oil on canvas

A woman sits at a café table in the open air on the outskirts of Paris, painted by the young Casas during his years in Montmartre.

ArtistRRamon Casas
MuseumMMuseu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
MovementIImpressionism
LocationBarcelona, Spain
Dimensions50.5 × 65.5 cm
SourceWikidata Q3202358

Why it matters

Ramon Casas won a gold medal at the Madrid Universal Exhibition with this painting, whose title refers to painting in the open air.

Did you know?

  • It was painted in 1890.
  • It measures 51 × 66 cm.
  • It is in the MNAC in Barcelona.

Based on the French Wikipedia article Plein Air (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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