Artist
Thomas Wilfred
American, 1889–1968
Thomas Wilfred was an American artist. 3 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Thomas Wilfred was born in Næstved.
Thomas Wilfred, born Richard Edgar Løvstrøm, was a visual artist, inventor, designer and musician. He is best known for his art of light, which he named lumia, and his designs for color organs called Clavilux. Wilfred was not fond of the term "color organ", and coined the word "Clavilux" from Latin meaning "light played by key". His innovative, mobile works prefigured the kinetic and op art movement and the advent of light art in America, and influenced subsequent generations of visual artists, including James Turrell.
Collections represented
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