AMERICAN LIGHT- THE LUMINIST MOVEMENT (1850-1875)

Washington., National Gallery of Art., 1980. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1980. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 4to oblong. 330 pp., illus. (some col.), biblio., index; 23 x 28 cm. With contributions by Lisa Fellows Andrus, et al. Near-fine. Tight, clean copy. Wraps lightly rubbed. American "luminist" paintings, to be distinguished from European Impressionism, are notable for a having a certain structure and a prevailing tone governing each picture. In her essay, Novak writes, "that there are few pure luminist artists. But there are pure luminist works." Includes many of the leading American landscape painters of their time: Fitz Hugh Lane, Sanford Gifford, John F. Kensett, Martin Johnson Heade, and Frederic Edwin Church. Profusely illustrated. Exhibition Catalogue.