A term coined mid-20th century, Luminism ambiguously defines a group of American land- and seascape painters in the late 1800's. Luminism: 1 n an artistic movement in the United States that was derived from the Hudson River school; active from 1850 to 1870; painted realistic landscapes in a style that pictured atmospheric light and the use of aerial perspective Type of: art movement, artistic movement a group of artists who agree on general principles.

Luminism lo͞o´mĭnĭz˝əm , American art movement of the 19th cent. Luminism was an outgrowth of the.

In its concern for capturing the effects of light and atmosphere it is sometimes linked to. Its practitioners included Frederick E.

(in his early career), Fitz Hugh, John F., Sanford R., and Martin Johnson. They painted majestic landscapes and seascapes bathed in the mystical light of a pristine sky with an emphasis on Nature's grand scale.See B. Novak, Nature and Culture: American Landscape and Painting, 1825–1875 (1980).The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.See more Encyclopedia articles on.

Luminism is a late-impressionist or neo-impressionist style in painting which devotes great attention to light effects.

The term has been used for the style of the Belgian (mainly Flemish) painters such as Emile Claus and Théo van Rysselberghe and their followers (Adriaan Jozef Heymans, Anna Boch, Évariste Carpentier, Guillaume Van Strydonck, Leon de Smet [nl], Jenny Montigny, Anna De Weert, George Morren (1868-1941), Modest Huys, Georges Buysse [nl], Marcel Jefferys [nl]Moviestarplanet free starcoins and diamonds. , Yvonne Serruys and Juliette Wytsman, as well as for the early pointillist work of the Dutch painters Jan Toorop, Leo Gestel, Jan Sluijters, and Piet Mondriaan.

In the Spanish painting the luminism term or Valencian luminism used for the work of a group of prominent Spanish painters led by Joaquín Sorolla, Ignacio Pinazo Camarlench, Teodoro Andreu, Francisco Benítez Mellado and Vicente Castell.

Both styles have little in common. Emile Claus's work is still close to that of the great French impressionists, especially Claude Monet, whereas Dutch luminism, characterized by the use of large color patches, is closer to fauvism.

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• Paseo a orillas del mar, de Joaquín Sorolla, 1909.

• Emparrado, de Ignacio Pinazo, 1912.

• Emile Claus
  Skaters

• Emile Claus
  First Communion

• Emile Claus
  Young peasant women at the leie

• Évariste Carpentier
  Girl with a Watering Can

• Évariste Carpentier
  Near River

• Guillaume Van Strydonck
  The Old Gardener

• Guillaume Van Strydonck
  Willows by the Scheldt

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• Juliette Wytsman
  Spirea

• Jenny Montigny
  Deurle Kindergarten

• Modest Huys
  Crossing