Marine painters Luminism
Alfred Thompson Bricher was a painter associated with White Mountain art and the Hudson River School.
In the 1870s, he primarily did maritime themed paintings, with attention to watercolor paintings of landscape, marine, and coastwise scenery. He often spent summers in Grand Manan, where he produced such notable works as Morning at Grand Manan (1878). In 1879, Bricher was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member.
Georges-Léon-Ernest Buysse is a Belgian impressionist and luminist painter. Busset took lessons from the Ghent painter Louis Titgadt. The artist Emil Klaus, who was one of his friends, also gave him a lot of advice. He has participated in exhibitions since 1894. At the 1894 Salon of the National Society of Fine Arts in Paris, he exhibited two canvases on the theme of "snow effects". At that time, his work was focused on landscapes, views of the city of Ghent and gardens of country residences in the vicinity of Ghent. In 1904, Busset was one of the co-founders of the artistic circle Vie et Lumière. His early work was realistic or pre-impressionist. Later, his palette became - under the influence of Emile Claus and after their trip to the south of France - clearer, the work acquired impressionist and luminist features. He adhered to Luminism, in particular as a co-founder of the art circle Vie et Lumière, and used light and lighting effects in his painting.
Fitz Henry Lane (born Nathaniel Rogers Lane) was an American painter and printmaker of a style that would later be called Luminism, for its use of pervasive light.
A contemporary of the Hudson River School, he enjoyed a reputation as America's premier painter of marine subjects during his lifetime, but fell into obscurity soon after his death with the rise of French Impressionism. Lane's work would be rediscovered in the 1930s by the art collector Maxim Karolik, after which his art steadily grew in popularity among private collectors and public institutions. His work can now command at auction prices ranging as high as three to five million dollars.
Frans Mortelmans was a Belgian painter, draughtsman and engraver. He initially produced portraits, history paintings, marines and genre scenes. From 1892 onwards, he almost exclusively painted very decorative and harmoniously composed still lifes and flower pieces. It is through these works that he established his reputation. His compositions with pink roses are in particular highly valued. His work situates itself between impressionism and realism with some luminist touches. He produced many pastel works. Frans Mortelmans was a very prolific painter. To date, more than 850 of his works have been inventoried.
William Trost Richards was an American landscape artist. He was associated with both the Hudson River School and the American Pre-Raphaelite movement.
In the 1870s, he produced many acclaimed watercolor views of the White Mountains, several of which are now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Richards exhibited at the National Academy of Design from 1861 to 1899, and at the Brooklyn Art Association from 1863 to 1885. He was elected a full member of the National Academy in 1871.
