Tonalism was an artistic style that emerged in the 1880s when American artists began to paint landscape forms with an overall tone of colored atmosphere or mist. Between 1880 and 1915, dark, neutral hues such as gray, brown or blue, often dominated compositions by artists associated with the style. During the late 1890s, American art critics began to use the term "tonal" to describe these works, as well as the lesser-known synonyms Quietism and Intimism. Two of the leading associated painters were George Inness and James McNeill Whistler. Tonalism is sometimes used to describe American landscapes derived from the French Barbizon style, which emphasized mood and shadow. Tonalism was eventually eclipsed by Impressionism and European modernism. Australian Tonalism emerged as an art movement in Melbourne during the 1910s. Associated artists Willis Seaver Adams Joseph Allworthy Edward Mitchell Bannister Clarice Beckett Ralph Albert Blakelock Emanuele Cavalli Jean-Charles Cazin Colin Colahan Paul Cornoyer Bruce Crane Leon Dabo Elliott Daingerfield Angel De Cora Charles Melville Dewey Thomas Dewing Charles Warren Eaton Henry Farrer Edith Loring Getchell Percy Gray L. Birge Harrison Arthur Hoeber George Inness William Keith Percy Leason Xavier Martinez Arthur Frank Mathews Max Meldrum Robert Crannell Minor John Francis Murphy Frank Nuderscher Fausto Pirandello Henry Ward Ranger Granville Redmond Albert Pinkham Ryder William Sartain Edward Steichen Dwight William Tryon John Twachtman Clark Greenwood Voorhees James McNeill Whistler Alexander Helwig Wyant Raymond Dabb Yelland Gallery See also California Tonalism Australian Tonalism Notes External links American Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a fully digitized 3 volume exhibition catalog American Tonalism - Montclair Art Museum Art movements Tonalism Impressionism American art movements