Lumia (art)

Thomas Wilfred (June 18, 1889 in Naestved, Denmark - June 10, 1968 in Nyack, New York) born Richard Edgar Løvstrøm, was a musician and inventor. He is best known for his visual music 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".

Lumia is a form of art that uses light; originally associated with music but was later associated with painting. The term was coined by a 20th-century artist, Thomas Wilfred. In the early 20th century artists began to promote colors and light together in their artworks. Wilfred worked towards establishing lumia as a new form of art but the term never caught on. Despite creating the term lumia, Wilfred did not create the use of light in art.