Tonalism
Sign in to saveTonalism was an artistic style that emerged in the 1880s.
Key facts
- Art movement.name
- Tonalism
- Art movement.image
- Whistler-Nocturne in black and gold.jpg
- Art movement.caption
- James McNeill Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket, c. 1875; oil on panel; 60.3 × 46.4 cm
- Art movement.yearsactive
- from the 1880s into the early 20th century
- Art movement.country
- United States
- Art movement.influences
- French Barbizon school, Hudson River School
- Art movement.majorfigures
- Albert Pinkham Ryder, George Inness, John Henry Twachtman, James McNeill Whistler
- Art movement.influenced
- Milton Avery, the Color Field painters, the circle of artists around Alfred Stieglitz, and etchers like Edith Loring Getchell
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Tonalism was an artistic style that emerged in the 1880s.
== French origins == The French Barbizon school artists emphasized mood and shadow. The movement was eventually eclipsed by Impressionism and European modernism.
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