Tonalism

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Tonalism was an American art movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries characterized by muted color palettes, soft focus, and atmospheric, often poetic landscapes.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tonalism canonical 38
American Tonalism 5
American Tonalist movement 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American art movement ⓘ
art movement ⓘ
artisticGoal create harmonious tonal unity ⓘ
evoke mood rather than depict detail ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
endTime early 20th century ⓘ
genre landscape painting ⓘ
hasCharacteristic atmospheric mood ⓘ
emphasis on tone over line ⓘ
limited color range ⓘ
lyrical treatment of nature ⓘ
misty effects ⓘ
muted color palette ⓘ
nocturnal scenes ⓘ
poetic landscapes ⓘ
soft focus ⓘ
subdued tonal contrasts ⓘ
hasNotableArtist Alexander Helwig Wyant ⓘ
Arthur Wesley Dow ⓘ
Birge Harrison ⓘ
Charles Warren Eaton ⓘ
Dwight William Tryon ⓘ
George Inness ⓘ
Henry Ward Ranger ⓘ
J. Alden Weir ⓘ
linked to: Julian Alden Weir

James McNeill Whistler ⓘ
John Henry Twachtman ⓘ
Leon Dabo ⓘ
Ralph Albert Blakelock ⓘ
influenced Abstract Expressionism ⓘ
American Impressionism ⓘ
Color Field painting ⓘ
early American modernism ⓘ
influencedBy Barbizon school ⓘ
French landscape painting ⓘ
James McNeill Whistler ⓘ
Japanese prints ⓘ
movementIn painting ⓘ
opposedTo highly detailed realism ⓘ
relatedTo Aestheticism ⓘ
Luminism ⓘ
Symbolism ⓘ
startTime late 19th century ⓘ
typicalSubject dawn and dusk light ⓘ
foggy landscapes ⓘ
marsh landscapes ⓘ
moonlit nights ⓘ
rivers and ponds ⓘ
twilight scenes ⓘ
woodlands ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (44)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Inness → movement → Tonalism ⓘ
George Inness → influenced → American Tonalism ⓘ
linked to: Tonalism
John White Alexander → movement → Tonalism ⓘ
Luminism → influenced → American Tonalism ⓘ
linked to: Tonalism
Granville Redmond → style → Tonalism ⓘ
George Inness Jr. → movement → Tonalism ⓘ
George Inness → movement → Tonalism ⓘ
subject linked to: Inness
Peace and Plenty → movement → Tonalism ⓘ
Sunset on the River → movement → Tonalism ⓘ
Sunset on the River → associatedWith → American Tonalist movement ⓘ
linked to: Tonalism
The Storm → movement → Tonalism ⓘ
The Storm → creatorArtMovement → Tonalism ⓘ
Autumn Oaks → movement → Tonalism ⓘ
The Coming Storm → movement → Tonalism ⓘ
Repose → movement → Tonalism ⓘ
The Green Girl → movement → Tonalism ⓘ
Birge Harrison → movement → Tonalism ⓘ
Birge Harrison → artisticStyle → Tonalism ⓘ
Ernest Lawson → influencedBy → American Tonalism ⓘ
linked to: Tonalism
Dwight William Tryon → movement → Tonalism ⓘ
Alexander Helwig Wyant → movement → American Tonalism ⓘ
linked to: Tonalism
Henry Ward Ranger → movement → Tonalism ⓘ
Charles Warren Eaton → movement → Tonalism ⓘ
Leon Dabo → movement → Tonalism ⓘ
Ipswich marshes landscapes → associatedWith → American Tonalism ⓘ
linked to: Tonalism
James McNeill Whistler → movement → Tonalism ⓘ
subject linked to: Whistler