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TITLE:
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The Birches
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CATEGORY:
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Paintings
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MATERIALS:
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Oil on canvas
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SIZE:
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h: 21 x w: 26 in / h: 53.3 x w: 66 cm
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STYLE:
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Impressionism (ca. 1860s-1880s)
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PRICE*:
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DESCRIPTION:
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The Birches proves that Lumis painted forms more as solid objects than did the typical French impressionist. Her original style paralleled her conviction that "America not only has an art of her own but she has an art [that] will stand as high as the contemporary art of any European country." Lumis was attempting to contradict another woman impressionist painter, Cecilia Beaux, who claimed that America had no art that was comparable to that of France. The technique of Lumis changed from a heavy application of impasto texture to a use of wash-like patches of subtle hues, contrasted with large areas of brilliant broken color. Using saturated color, she attained a natural luminism without the high-keyed palette associated with her earlier years.
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