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York Harbor, Coast of Maine, oil on canvas by Martin Johnson Heade, 1877; in The Art Institute of Chicago. Lane, Fitz Henry: Off Mount Desert Island Duncanson, Robert S.: Landscape Mural
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luminism: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

John Wilmerding, American Light: The Luminist Movement, 1850–1875 (1980, reprinted 1989).

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Add new Web site: Art Encyclopedia - Luminism. Aug 07, 2015
Added images of Fitz Hugh Lane's Off Mount Desert Island and Robert S. Duncanson's Landscape Mural. Feb 09, 2010
Article revised. Jan 18, 2002
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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