Luminism is a late-

impressionist Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passag ...

neo-impressionist Neo-Impressionism is a term coined by French art critic Félix Fénéon in 1886 to describe an art movement founded by Georges Seurat. Seurat's most renowned masterpiece, '' A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte'', marked the beginn ...

style in painting which devotes great attention to light effects. The term has been used for the style of the

Belgian Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct language ...

(mainly

Flemish Flemish (''Vlaams'') is a Low Franconian dialect cluster of the Dutch language. It is sometimes referred to as Flemish Dutch (), Belgian Dutch ( ), or Southern Dutch (). Flemish is native to Flanders, a historical region in northern Belgium ...

) painters such as

Emile Claus Emile Claus (27 September 1849 – 14 June 1924) was a Belgian painter. Life Emile Claus was born on 27 September 1849, in Sint-Eloois-Vijve, a village in West Flanders (Belgium), at the banks of the river Lys. Emile was the twelfth child i ...

and

Théo van Rysselberghe Théophile "Théo" van Rysselberghe (23 November 1862 – 13 December 1926) was a Belgian neo-impressionist painter, who played a pivotal role in the European art scene at the turn of the twentieth century. Biography Early years Born ...

and their followers (

Adriaan Jozef Heymans Adriaan Jozef Heymans (or Adrien-Joseph Heymans; 11 June 1839 in Antwerp – December 1921 in Brussels) was a Belgian impressionist landscape painter. Biography His father was a trader in window-glass, who died when Heymans was only seven. Aft ...

Anna Boch Anna Rosalie Boch (10 February 1848 – 25 February 1936) was a Belgium, Belgian Painting, painter, born in La Louvière, Saint-Vaast, Hainaut (province), Hainaut. Anna Boch died in Ixelles in 1936 and is interred there in the Ixelles Cemetery ...

Évariste Carpentier Évariste Carpentier (1845 – 1922) was a Belgian painter of genre scenes and animated landscapes. Over the years, his painting evolved from academic art to impressionism. Alongside Emile Claus, he is one of the earliest representatives of l ...

, Guillaume Van Strydonck, ,

Jenny Montigny Jeanne (Jenny) Montigny (8 December 1875, Ghent – 31 October 1937, Deurle) was a Belgian painter. Life Montigny's father was a lawyer and government official who oversaw several boards and commissions and was later Dean of the law faculty a ...

Anna De Weert Anna De Weert, née Cogen; Anna Virginie Caroline De Weert (27 May 1867 – 12 May 1950) was a Belgian painter. She would paint in the Luminist style. Life Weert was born in Ghent as Anna Virginie Caroline Cogen. Her family were prosperous with ...

, George Morren (1868–1941),

Modest Huys Modest Huys (25 October 1874, in Zulte – 30 January 1932, in Zulte) was a Flemish impressionist and luminist painter, who is regarded as one of the greatest Belgian painters of the 20th century. Personal life From a young age, he worked in h ...

, , ,

Yvonne Serruys Yvonne Serruys (26 March 1873 – 1 May 1953) was a Franco-Belgian artist. In 1920, she received the Légion d’honneur. Biography Born in Menen, West Flanders into a wealthy francophone family, Serruys studied painting and drawing with E ...

and

Juliette Wytsman Juliette Wytsman (''née'' Trullemans; 14 July 1866 – 8 March 1925) was a Belgian impressionist painter. She was married to painter Rodolphe Wytsman. Her paintings are in the collections of several museums in Belgium. Life Wytsman was bor ...

, as well as for the early

pointillist Pointillism (, ) is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image. Georges Seurat and Paul Signac developed the technique in 1886, branching from Impressionism. The term "Pointillism" wa ...

work of the

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

painters

Jan Toorop Johannes Theodorus 'Jan' TooropJan Toorop
Leo Gestel Leo Gestel (11 November 1881, Woerden – 26 November 1941, Hilversum) was a Dutch painter. His father Willem Gestel was also an artist. Leo Gestel experimented with cubism, expressionism, futurism and postimpressionism. Along with Piet Mondrian ...

Jan Sluijters Johannes Carolus Bernardus (Jan) Sluijters, or Sluyters (17 December 1881 in 's-Hertogenbosch – 8 May 1957 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter and co-founder of the Moderne Kunstkring. Sluijters (in English often spelled "Sluyters") was a leadin ...

, and

Piet Mondriaan Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan (), after 1906 known as Piet Mondrian (, also , ; 7 March 1872 – 1 February 1944), was a Dutch painter and art theoretician who is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He is known for being o ...

. After Emile Claus died in 1930, his pupil, Anna de Weert continued to paint in the luminist style at her studio near Ghent. In the

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: ** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...

painting the luminism term or

Valencian Valencian () or Valencian language () is the official, historical and traditional name used in the Valencian Community (Spain), and unofficially in the Carche, El Carche comarca in Región de Murcia, Murcia (Spain), to refer to the Romance lan ...

luminism used for the work of a group of prominent Spanish painters led by

Joaquín Sorolla Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida ( va, Joaquim Sorolla i Bastida, 27 February 1863 – 10 August 1923) was a Spanish Valencian painter. Sorolla excelled in the painting of portraits, landscapes and monumental works of social and historical themes. H ...

Ignacio Pinazo Camarlench Ignacio Pinazo Camarlench (January 11, 1849 – October 18, 1916) was a Spanish painter from Valencia. He was one of the most prominent Impressionist painters from late nineteenth century Spain. Biography Born into a poor family in Valencia, ...

, 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 Oscar-Claude Monet (, , ; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During ...

, whereas Dutch luminism, characterized by the use of large color patches, is closer to

fauvism Fauvism /ˈfoʊvɪzm̩/ is the style of ''les Fauves'' (French language, French for "the wild beasts"), a group of early 20th-century modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong colour over the Representation (arts), repr ...

References

Gallery

File:Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida - Strolling along the Seashore - Google Art Project.jpg, '' Paseo a orillas del mar'', de

, 1909. File:Ignacio Pinazo Camarlench Emparrado.jpg, ''Emparrado'', de Ignacio Pinazo, 1912. File:Emile_Claus_(1849-1924)_De_ijsvogels_(1891)_MSK_Gent_22-10-2017_11-50-59.JPG, Emile Claus
''Skaters'' File:Emile Claus - First Communion.jpg, Emile Claus
''First Communion'' File:Young peasant women at the leie, by EmileClaus.jpg, Emile Claus
''Young peasant women at the Leie'' File:Jeune fille à l'arrosoir.jpg, Évariste Carpentier
''Girl with a Watering Can'' File:Près de la rivière. Evariste Carpentier.jpg, Évariste Carpentier
''Near River'' Le vieux jardinier (Guillaume Van Strydonck).jpg, Guillaume Van Strydonck
''The Old Gardener'' File:Saules aux bords de l'Escaut (Guillaume Van Strydonck).jpg, Guillaume Van Strydonck
''Willows by the Scheldt'' File:Juliette Wytsman001.jpg,

''Spirea'' File:Jenny Montigny.Kleuterschool te Deurle.JPG, Jenny Montigny
''Deurle Kindergarten'' File:Le passage (Modest Huys).jpg, Modest Huys
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