George Inness (1825 - 1894) American tonalist painter, a leading exponent
of luminism, noted for his handling of outdoor light.
Exponents
of Luminism included frontier painters like Missouri man George Caleb Bingham (1811 - 1879), as well as wilderness or coastal landscape artists - from the Hudson River School and other groups / locations from around America - including Fitz Hugh Lane (1804 - 1865)(Nathaniel Rogers Lane), Martin Johnson Heade (1819 - 1904), Frederic Edwin Church (1826 - 1900), as well as John F. Kensett (1816 - 72), Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823 - 1900), Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823 - 80), Albert Bierstadt (1830 - 1902), William Trost Richards (1833 - 1905), Norton Bush (1834 - 94), Edmund Darch Lewis (1835 - 1910), Alfred T. Bricher (1837 - 1908), Thomas Moran (1837 - 1926), George Tirrell, Henry Walton, and JW Hill.
Friedrich's mystical approach was a precursor to several American art groups, such as the Hudson River School of New England - exemplified by the works of Thomas Cole (1801 - 48) and Frederic Edwin Church (1826 - 1900)- and the mini-movements
of Luminism and the Rocky Mountain School.
A sub-group of Hudson River artists introduced the style
of Luminism, active 1850 - 75.
Not exact matches
Kim Keever's painterly, panoramic photographs represent the evolution
of landscape painting embodied by the Hudson River School,
Luminism, and Romanticism.
His DayGlo canvases hover somewhere between
luminism and appropriation, like geometry caught in the act
of cross-dressing.
Albert Bierstadt (1830 - 1902) German - born landscape artist
of Hudson River School,
Luminism style.
During its period
of activity, it spawned several other painting styles, including
Luminism and the Rocky Mountain School.
19th century American landscape painting, depicting the American wilderness (including movements like Hudson River School and
Luminism) is a particular strength
of the museum and includes works by Frederic Church (1826 - 1900) and Thomas Cole (1801 - 48).
Later in the century it gave rise to an offshoot, known as
Luminism, as exemplified by the Missouri frontier landscapes
of George Caleb Bingham (1811 - 1879).
For exponents
of Romantic landscape painting influenced by Turner, see: Hudson River School (fl.1825 - 75) and
Luminism (fl.1850 - 75).
Another Karolik donation, in 1947,
of American paintings produced between 1815 and 1865, secured numerous works by artists
of the Hudson River school and its offshoot
Luminism, along with a series
of American genre paintings.
In due course, the unique quality
of Bingham's landscape art was recognized and given the name «
Luminism» by John Baur, director
of the Whitney Museum
of American Art, New York.
Sullivan Goss is pleased to announce a new exhibit
of works by Lockwood De Forest, a painter whose works vary between Orientalism,
Luminism and the American Hudson River School.
AMERICAN LANDSCAPE ART Romantic scenic painting in America was exemplified by the Hudson River School
of landscape painting, and
Luminism.
As it was,
luminism (an American painting style) came before Impressionism (a French style), and both movements evolved quite independently
of each other.
The luminist movement was profiled in «American
Luminism» (Perspectives USA, Autumn 1954), while in 1989 it was the subject
of a definitive exhibition at the National Gallery
of Art, Washington DC.
Luminism Definition, Characteristics
of American Landscape Painting Style.
In America, Romanticism was exemplified by the Hudson River School
of landscape painting (1825 - 75) and
Luminism (1850 - 75).
Like French Impressionism,
luminism is all about the depiction
of light, but its treatment is very different.
In Strange Muses I, the figure as a veil - like apparition is reinforced with a prismatic
luminism employed by Hudson River School painters like Frederic Church; the aura surrounding the figure, although a product
of the lenticular lens, takes us into the transcendental world
of the Hudson River School painters.