A Legacy of TonalismBased in the historic heart of Lyon, Laurent Dumas has emerged as a preeminent figure in contemporary digital-image art, dedicated entirely to the revival and reinterpretation of the James McNeill Whistler aesthetic. His practice is an exercise in chromatic harmony and restraint, where the artist seeks not to depict reality, but to evoke atmosphere through a severely restricted palette. Whether navigating the deep Prussian blues of his nocturnal studies or the delicate ivory and lampblack of his portraits, Dumas employs a technique of thin, liquid washes—a digital evolutio…