Luminism

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Luminism is a 19th-century American landscape painting style characterized by serene, detailed depictions of nature with an emphasis on light, atmosphere, and tranquil, often luminous skies.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Luminism canonical 21
luminism 2
Luminism (American art) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement ⓘ
landscape painting style ⓘ
painting style ⓘ
artisticGoal convey spiritual or transcendental qualities of nature ⓘ
create a sense of contemplative stillness ⓘ
artPeriod 19th century ⓘ
associatedRegion American coastlines ⓘ
Hudson River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Hudson Valley

New England ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
distinguishedBy less visible brushwork than Impressionism ⓘ
more precise detail than Impressionism ⓘ
distinguishedFrom French Impressionism ⓘ
linked to: Impressionism
genre landscape painting ⓘ
influenced American Tonalism ⓘ
linked to: Tonalism

late 19th-century American landscape painting ⓘ
influencedBy Dutch Golden Age landscape painting ⓘ
European Romantic landscape painting ⓘ
Hudson River School ⓘ
mainCharacteristic calm water surfaces ⓘ
clarity of light ⓘ
emphasis on atmosphere ⓘ
emphasis on light ⓘ
highly detailed rendering ⓘ
luminous skies ⓘ
serene depictions of nature ⓘ
smooth, almost invisible brushwork ⓘ
stillness and silence in scenes ⓘ
tranquil compositions ⓘ
notableArtist Fitz Henry Lane ⓘ
Jasper Francis Cropsey ⓘ
John Frederick Kensett ⓘ
Martin Johnson Heade ⓘ
Robert Salmon ⓘ
Sanford Robinson Gifford ⓘ
recognizedAs distinct trend within 19th-century American art ⓘ
relatedTo Hudson River School ⓘ
technique careful modulation of light and color ⓘ
low horizon lines ⓘ
precise linear perspective ⓘ
strong horizontal compositions ⓘ
suppression of visible brushwork ⓘ
use of small, controlled brushstrokes ⓘ
timePeriod circa 1850s–1870s ⓘ
typicalSubject coastlines ⓘ
distant mountains ⓘ
harbors ⓘ
lakes ⓘ
quiet rural scenes ⓘ
rivers ⓘ
sunsets ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

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

Cotopaxi (painting) → movement → Luminism ⓘ
subject linked to: Cotopaxi
Frederic Edwin Church → associatedWith → Luminism ⓘ
subject linked to: Frederic
Albert Bierstadt → movement → Luminism ⓘ
George Caleb Bingham → movement → Luminism ⓘ
Sorolla y Bastida → movement → Luminism ⓘ
Albert Bierstadt → movement → Luminism ⓘ
subject linked to: Albert
Stump Speaking → movement → Luminism ⓘ
Twilight in the Catskills → artisticStyle → luminism ⓘ
linked to: Luminism
Morning in the Adirondacks → artStyle → luminism ⓘ
linked to: Luminism
Kaaterskill Clove → associatedWithMovement → Luminism (American art) ⓘ
linked to: Luminism
Martin Johnson Heade → movement → Luminism ⓘ
Fitz Henry Lane → movement → Luminism ⓘ
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida → movement → Luminism ⓘ
subject linked to: Sorolla
The Horse’s Bath → movement → Luminism ⓘ
Vision of Spain → movement → Luminism ⓘ
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida → movement → Luminism ⓘ
subject linked to: Bastida