Tonalism

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American art movement art movement

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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Tonalism canonical	21
American Tonalism	2
American Tonalist movement	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American art movement ⓘ art movement ⓘ
artisticGoal	create harmonious tonal unity ⓘ evoke mood rather than depict detail ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Julian Alden Weir ⓘ surface form: J. Alden Weir James McNeill Whistler ⓘ John Henry Twachtman ⓘ Leon Dabo ⓘ Ralph Albert Blakelock ⓘ
influenced	Abstract expressionism ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

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California Impressionism → relatedMovement → Tonalism ⓘ

William Merritt Chase → movement → Tonalism ⓘ

James McNeill Whistler → movement → Tonalism ⓘ

George Inness → movement → Tonalism ⓘ

George Inness → influenced → Tonalism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Tonalism

John White Alexander → movement → Tonalism ⓘ

American Impressionism → relatedTo → Tonalism ⓘ

Luminism → influenced → Tonalism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Tonalism

Granville Redmond → style → Tonalism ⓘ

George Inness Jr. → movement → Tonalism ⓘ

Inness → movement → Tonalism ⓘ

subject surface form: George Inness

Peace and Plenty → movement → Tonalism ⓘ

Peace and Plenty → artisticStyle → Tonalism ⓘ

Peace and Plenty → creatorMovement → Tonalism ⓘ

Early Autumn, Montclair → movement → Tonalism ⓘ

Sunset on the River → movement → Tonalism ⓘ

Sunset on the River → associatedWith → Tonalism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Tonalist movement

The Home of the Heron → movement → Tonalism ⓘ

The Storm → movement → Tonalism ⓘ

The Storm → creatorArtMovement → Tonalism ⓘ

Autumn Oaks → movement → Tonalism ⓘ

Autumn Oaks → artisticMovementOfCreator → Tonalism ⓘ

The Coming Storm → movement → Tonalism ⓘ

George Fuller (painter) → movement → Tonalism ⓘ