Emile Claus, Belgian, (1849–1924), studied at the Academy of Antwerp. Later, influenced
by Claud Monet, Claus developed a style that has been characterized as luminism.
Luminism is a late–impressionist style in painting which devotes great attention to
light effects. In 1904 Claus started the artist group Vie et Lumière (Life and
Light). [DES–4/07]
Learning will be cast into the mire and trodden down under the hoofs of a swinish multitude.
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, (1790).