Tonalism Movement

Artists by Movement:
Tonalism

America, circa 1880 to 1910 Tonalism is a style of painting in which landscapes are depicted in soft light and shadows, often as if through a colored or misty veil. Imported to the U.S. by American painters inspired by Barbizon School landscapes, it was a forerunner to the many schools and colonies of American Impressionism which arose in the first part of the 20th century. The most influential practitioners of the style were George Inness, whose roots were in landscape painting, and James McNeill Whistler, whose approach was primarily aesthetic, aiming for elegance and harmony in the colors of a painting. Tonalism's soft-edged realism also had an influence on the photography of the early 20th century - specifically on Alfred Stieglitz and his circle.

Chronological Listing of Abstract Expressionists

George Fuller	1822-1884	American Painter
William Morris Hunt	1824-1879	American Painter
George Inness	1825-1894	American Painter	Art Prints
James McNeill Whistler	1834-1903	American Painter/Printmaker	Art Prints
John La Farge	1835-1910	American Painter	Art Prints
Homer Dodge Martin	1836-1897	American Painter
Alexander Helwig Wyant	1836-1892	American Painter
Maria A'Becket	1840-1904	American Painter
Robert Swain Gifford	1840-1905	American Painter	Art Prints
John J. Enneking	1841-1916	American Painter	Art Prints
Ralph Albert Blakelock	1847-1919	American Painter
Albert Pinkham Ryder	1847-1917	American Painter	Art Prints
Charles Melville Dewey	1849-1937	American Painter
Dwight W. Tryon	1849-1925	American Painter
Charles Harry Eaton	1850-1901	American Painter
Thomas Wilmer Dewing	1851-1938	American Painter	Art Prints
Ben Foster	1852-1926	American Painter
Julian Alden Weir	1852-1919	American Painter	Art Prints
T. Alexander Harrison	1853-1930	American Painter	Art Prints
John Francis Murphy	1853-1921	American Painter	Art Prints
John Henry Twachtman	1853-1902	American Painter	Art Prints
Lowell Birge Harrison	1854-1929	American Painter	Art Prints
Leonard Ochtman	1854-1934	Dutch/American Painter
Charles Harold Davis	1856-1933	American Painter
Franklin de Haven	1856-1934	American Painter
Charles Appel	1857-1928	American Painter
Bruce Crane	1857-1937	American Painter
Charles Warren Eaton	1857-1937	American Painter
Henry Ward Ranger	1858-1916	American Painter
Elliott Daingerfield	1859-1932	American Painter
William Langson Lathrop	1859-1938	American Painter
Charles Paul Gruppe	1860-1940	Canadian/American Painter
Arthur Frank Mathews	1860-1945	American Painter	Art Prints
Karl Emil Termohlen	1863-1938	Danish/American Painter
Leon Dabo	1865-1960	French/American Painter
Louis Paul Dessar	1867-1952	American Painter
Chauncey F. Ryder	1868-1949	American Painter
Henry Percy Gray	1869-1952	American Painter
Xavier Martinez	1869-1943	Mexican/American Painter
Granville Redmond	1871-1935	American Painter
Aaron Harry Gorson	1872-1933	American Painter
Max Meldrum	1875-1955	Scottish/Australian Painter