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George Inness (May 1, 1825 – August 3, 1894) was an American landscape painter. Now recognized as one of the most influential American artists of the nineteenth century, Inness was influenced by the Hudson River School at the start of his career.
It was designed by and used as a summer home by George Inness, Jr. (1854–1926), son of noted artist George Inness (1825–1894). In 1936, the estate was purchased by the missionary order Daughters of Mary, Health of the Sick and served as Motherhouse and Novitiate until 1970.
Inness created a series of dramatic storm scenes in the late 1870s. He drew on a number of sources to shape and inform this series, including the Hudson River School and the mystic Emanuel Swedenborg. Swedenborg believed that there was a correspondence between objects in the physical realm and the parallel world of the spirit, while the artists ...
Inness painting Evening in 1875 after returning from a years-long trip to Italy and France. [1] His European travels inspired him to paint more naturalistic works in the style of the Barbizon school - a contrast to Inness' earlier works painted in the more romantic style of the Hudson river school.
Painted in oil on canvas, it is one of Inness' most well-known works. [1] It is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The painting was commissioned from Inness in 1855 by John Jay Phelps the first president of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, and was meant to be an advertisement for his railroad ...
Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey is a late 19th-century painting by Scottish-American artist George Inness. The work is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [1] Done in oil and crayon (charcoal was also possibly used [1]), the painting depicts Montclair, New Jersey in springtime.
George Inness Jr. (January 5, 1854 – July 27, 1926), was one of America's foremost figure and landscape artists and the son of George Inness, an important American ...
Autumn Oaks is a late 19th-century painting by American artist George Inness.Done in oil on canvas, the painting depicts a grove of oak trees in the American countryside. Inness painted Autumn Oaks almost immediately after his return from a four-year trip to Europe during which he painted many naturalistic works.